tonym Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 I'm assuming there are lots of rock fans amongst us and during today i've had the urge to listen to a couple of my favourites. So, when it comes to big slabs of Strat and throbbing bass lines what are your all-time classic rock albums? Doesn't matter about sub-genre; Prog, Nu, Heavy, Poodle --- just give me some responses. BTW. mine have to be (in no order): Soundgarden - 'Superunknown' Led Zeppelin - 'Physical Graffiti' Black Sabbath - 'Vol. 4' Radiohead - any Smashing Pumpkins - 'Siamese Dream' Helmet - 'Betty' Veruca Salt - 'American Thighs' Blind Faith - 'Blind Faith' cheers, tony. Quote
Claude Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 I don't listen to much rock anymore, but my 70's favourites are Jimi Hendrix and Can. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 (edited) With the exception of Jimi Hendrix (who I still love), practically no rock music from the late 60's or any of the 70's does anything for me any more. (A possible exception might be the occasional Jethro Tull album here and there.) My wife is really into the whole "retro-80's" thing lately, so I've selectively caught that bug myself. We were both in our teens all thoughout the 80's (she was born in '67, I in '69), so it's difficult not to be nostalgic for some of that music. I'm not really into the really cheezy American pop from the 80's, but I do find that I like the slightly edgier Brit-pop from the 80's, more than I care to admit. Again, I know it's purely a nostalgia thing. I'm a little embaressed to mention that I have nearly every "The Fixx" album ever released on CD - but they kinda grew on me a couple years ago, in a way I never expected. But as far as Rock music more recent than the 80's, I do rather like Nirvana every now and then (and I think Cobain was a great songwriter), and I secretly like The Foo Fighters a lot, when I hear them on the radio. (I don't own any "Foo" CD's, but when they come out with the inevitable Greatest Hits CD, I'm sure I'll buy it.) Although not entirely considered Rock, there are a number of relatively recent "power-pop" groups I like quite a bit, like almost everything Matthew Sweet has released, and also Ben Folds Five, or Folds' two recent "five-less" releases. I know, practically none of this is really Rock. What do I like that really is Rock???? Radiohead is really outstanding in my book, and I look forward to each new release of theirs with baited breath. Interpol, while not exactly Rock, is also a band I've grown to like quite a lot. My wife really likes Dave Matthews (who I don't consider to be Rock with an uppercase "R"), and I guess I've grown to like Matthews more than I would have otherwise. (Although his sax-player sucks rocks - man, that guy has about as many intonation problems as a typical student trombonist!! ) If I think of any others, I'll post them here. Most of my 'pet' bands from the 80's and 90's are more "New Wave" in nature, like "The Cure", and "Talking Heads". If I think of any other real "Rock"-type bands to mention, I'll be back... Edited May 22, 2003 by Rooster_Ties Quote
Noj Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love Led Zeppelin II Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here The Doors 2cd Live Compilation The Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead Dr. John In The Right Place Funkadelic Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On The Police Regatta De Blanc Van Halen Van Halen Social Distortion Social Distortion The Cure Disintegration The Cult Electric Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking Firehose Ragin', Full On Primus Sailing The Seas Of Cheese Sausage Riddles Are Abound Tonight Nirvana Unplugged STP Purple Soundgarden Superunknown Alice In Chains Facelift Beck Mellow Gold Sublime 40 oz. To Freedom Rage Against The Machine Mad Season Oysterhead Audioslave Others: Donovan, The Beatles, CCR, Bob Dylan, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, Simon & Garfunkel, Jim Croce... ...The Vandals, Black Flag, Henry Rollins, many more I can't think of right now... Quote
Jad Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Aaah, gotta love the Stooges, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Ramones, Motorhead. Rock is best when it's dumb. Quote
jazzbo Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 I don't listen to much rock at all any longer. I only have collected on cds for instance Hendrix, Cream, and some Traffic, and some others that may or may not be called "rock" such as Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones. I still have a lot of records. . . gathering layers of dust. I have though recently felt the urge (thanks to a thread here) to listen to some of the Grateful Dead recordings, especially the 1972 to 1975 ones, so I'll be looking into getting cheap copies of these. . . . Quote
Sundog Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 Funny, I've been getting back into my rock collection lately after many years of neglect. There are a few albums/bands that have never gone out of style for me. Here are a few... Allman Brothers: Live At The Fillmore, Brothers and Sisters Peter Green Era Fleetwood Mac Kinks: Pretty Much Everything Clash: London Calling Stones: Exile On Main Street Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die/ Low Spark... Joe Walsh: But Seriously Folks (Extremely underrated album even though "Life's Been Good" was a fairly big hit. Rest of the album is outstanding. Great Cover Too!) Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection, Honky Chateau Quote
Soul Stream Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 I don't really dig much rock any more other than a one-off listen like,...hey, I dig that tune! My one exception seems to be...ZZ TOP(!), I've been hearing a lot of their earlier albums lately at I club I play a bunch. Great stuff I used to love as a kid that still does it for me. If funk counts, I've still got a pretty long list. Of course, Hendrix is alway good as well as The Stones (Some Girls is my favorite.) Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 (edited) For the Zep fans on May 27th they will be releasing 8.5+hrs of live Zep. Out on a 3CD set and a double DVD release. I have had advance copies for a few months and they rock. The audio release is called How The West Was Won, it was recorded in the LA Forum and Long Beach Arena in June of 1972. The DVD is basically everything that was ever filmed of the group that there was audio tracks to go along with. There is more in the vaults but their are either no audio tracks or the film and audio tracks are in too bad of shape to do anything with them. I also believe that they will be showing the DVD release on big screens in about 8-9 cities in the U.S. on the day of the release. In Los Angeles that will be at the Universal City Walk. I don't know if they will be showing the full 5+hrs worth of footage on the DVD on the big screens. They will be released a day earlier in the rest of the world on May 26. Except Japan where they will be released on June 11th. The three living members will also be on Conan O'Brien this week. Edited May 24, 2003 by Mnytime Quote
Sundog Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 My one exception seems to be...ZZ TOP(!) Yeah, they still do it for me too. Still get goose bumps everytime I hear the guitar solo to "Jesus Just Left Chicago". Wicked, just wicked! Incidentally, I believe ZZ Top is touring with Ted Nugent and Kenny Wayne Sheppard this summer. You never know who might show up at a ZZ Top show. Jeff Beck has been known to come out of his garage long enough to play a show or two with ZZ Top. One can only hope. Quote
7/4 Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 (edited) My one exception seems to be...ZZ TOP(!) Yeah, they still do it for me too. Still get goose bumps everytime I hear the guitar solo to "Jesus Just Left Chicago". Wicked, just wicked! Incidentally, I believe ZZ Top is touring with Ted Nugent and Kenny Wayne Sheppard this summer. You never know who might show up at a ZZ Top show. Jeff Beck has been known to come out of his garage long enough to play a show or two with ZZ Top. One can only hope. Yes indeed...ZZ Top has a new album, Mescalero, but it's on hold. RCA's Clive Davis wants to "Supernatural" it with guests. You can find Mescalero on Kazaa. As fer the Zep...I listened to the CD set this afternoon and started on the DVD (although I can't watch it now, must work). In My Time of Dying - the hair on my arms are standing up.... I got back into listtening to r'nr a year or two ago, it's great for driving a car to. Faves: Led Zep, ZZ Top, Johnnny Winter, North Mississippi Allstars, Capt. Beefheart (harmolodic rock?), Robin Trower, Hendrix, Jeff Beck and a few other's ah can't think of right now. Edited April 23, 2006 by Jim Alfredson Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 After a brief flirtation with Deep Purple and the single of Paranoid I turned away from the heavy stuff (I'm a mild sort of chap!)...but Led Zeppelin were always a richer brew and I still play them today. I'll be tracking down that DVD. [Having said that I'm more than happy to skip around the kitchen to the grungier moments of King Crimson] Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 Bev Don't forget the 3CD set as well. There is no overlap between the CDs and DVD material. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 Yes, I saw that in my local supermarket this evening. But having spent a fortune on CDs this month I showed restraint. £13 for 3 CDS is pretty amazing though! Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted May 27, 2003 Report Posted May 27, 2003 (edited) Yea, I talked to Page about that and he said that they felt it was a way of thanking all the loyal fans. CD Universe has it for $18.99 at the moment for 3CDs. Verve sells a single Cd for that much. As I understand it the CDs will ship already 5 times Platinum. I actually almost made it to the LA Forum concert that is included in the CDs. But my mother thought I was too young at 7. lol Though I ended up seeing them 14 times from 73 until they broke up. I have seen everyone that is worth seeing from 73 through today and no one still comes close to them live. They really where like a Jazz band when they played live. God, you go to a rock concert today and they play everything note for note and if you’re lucky you get a 90 minute performance, which for Zeppelin was barely half a show. They recorded every show they played so they could put out a whole lottal more live Zep in the future. Though as with everything Zeppelin getting all 3 remaining members to agree to anything is not that easy as you would think. As close as they where at one time it's not like that now. Especially with Jones being pissed with having to hear about Page/Plant getting together from the media and not even bothering to ask him if wanted to be included. Here is an a LA TIMES on how they put this together if you're interested http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/c...l=cl%2Dcalendar Edited May 28, 2003 by Mnytime Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 (edited) When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. --Fast Times at Ridgemont High After that excellent advice he goes on to play Kashmir from Physical Graffiti instead of side one of IV. I don't think many people caught on to that joke. Not that Kashmir is not great make out music. At least based on what I can recall personally. Edited April 23, 2006 by Jim Alfredson Quote
Big Al Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 AC/DC POWERAGE cranked to maximum volume has kept me awake and alive for the drives to and from work! Been getting into the Byrds pretty heavy as of late (got Younger than Yesterday playing right now)! Quote
Matthew Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 Been getting into the Byrds pretty heavy as of late (got Younger than Yesterday playing right now)! Best all-time Los Angeles bands. 1. The Byrds 2. The Doors 3. X 4. Love Just thought you'd like to know. PS: How could I forget The Knack! Quote
Guest Mnytime Posted May 28, 2003 Report Posted May 28, 2003 (edited) The best LA Bands Van Halen-The Diamond Dave Original version. Not VanHager. Guns N' Roses, almost impossible to be impartial on this. If William didn't go all Howard Hughes would have been #1 eventually. The Doors The Byrds Buffalo Springfield Red Hot Chili Peppers Jane's Addiction-another one hard to be impartial with. Rage Against the Machine X The Dils Dead Kennedys Black Flag The Germs Circle Jerks Social Distortion Edited May 28, 2003 by Mnytime Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted June 12, 2003 Report Posted June 12, 2003 When rock 'n roll became Rock I went along, but when Rock turned to RAWK I got off the train. I'll elaborate later when I get the time but I just wanted to pull this one up so it didn't get lost. Quote
Matthew Posted June 12, 2003 Report Posted June 12, 2003 Like a couple of others on this thread, I'm just starting to listen to rock again afters years of ignoring it. It all began when I started listening to Led Zeppelin again, and realizing just how good they were. Just put any of their records on, and you get 45 minutes on good, primo, rock 'n roll. I'm starting to even buy the Classic Record lp's of the Zepp that are out. Love is always good for a trippy flashback, along with the Byrds. I still can't get into the Beatles, they just don't click for me, much rather listen to the Ramones anyday of the week. The Grateful Dead have been in my car cd player a lot, it's great music when you get stuck on the L.A. freeways. I just on a streak where jazz seems kinda "blah" right now, so I'm taking a little break from it, playing only about two jazz cd's a week for the past month or so. Quote
Jad Posted June 14, 2003 Report Posted June 14, 2003 Any other fans of the Melvins out there? "Ozma/Gluey Porch Treatments" has been on heavy rotation at work lately (my coworkers LOVE me!!) Quote
jacman Posted June 15, 2003 Report Posted June 15, 2003 records: The Beach Boys-everything The Beatles-everything from Help to Let It Be Santana-everything from Santana to Caravanserai Bruce Springsteen-everything from The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle to The River The Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street, Let It Bleed, Some Girls, Beggers Banquet Black Sabbath-Paranoid songs: AC/DC-Back in Black Ted Nugent-Stranglehold Spirit-I Got a Line On You Mountain-Mississippi Queen Led Zepplin-When The Levey Breaks Quote
BruceH Posted June 15, 2003 Report Posted June 15, 2003 Lately I've been listening to some old Velvet Underground and Brian Eno albums after giving them a long rest. Usually when I want some rock'n'roll I dig out some Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, early Ramones, Undertones, or Nick Lowe. Or whatever. Depends on the mood. Quote
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