From: fins@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jason Young)
Subject: Whole Bunchas of Bands
Summary:  Groups so far
Keywords: etc. etc. etc.
Organization: The Dark Side of Margaritaville, CATT North Carolina
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:47:05 GMT

The first point that caught my attention was the collaboration between J. Page
and David Coverdale (sp.?).  DC has reportedly said that he does a better Plant
than Plant (which kinda just made him drop several points on my respect-o-meter
but how can you fault ego in rock-n-roll, or in his case almost r-n-r, 
performers)

To respond to those posts that advocated certain groups, I have tried to go
over what I at least think about them.
(My musical tastes seem to center themselves on Classic Rock (of course,) Jazz,
 and Country, a somewhat strange trio, but not so if you think about it a 
 little bit)

Zeppelin - They are very good but......
I have a reservation about calling any band the greatest of all time.  For some
odd reason or another, they never really grew on me.  I really like "Going
To California" and "Rock and Roll" but beyond that all their music just seems
to blend together for me.  Maybe it was the fact I was forced to listen to 
"Stairway.." for hours on end.  If anyone would like to suggest a really good
signature song that would turn me over, then by all means mail me about it. 
(Don't say "The Rain Song" or "Moby Dick" they never worked)

Rush - one word, Pert.
Not that a drummer makes a band, but he has to be the driving force behind 
Rush's staying power.  I didn't think Roll the Bones was too bad either, not
better than the old, but better than most new.

The Who - Besides their irritating tendency to destroy massive amounts of
expensive equipment while on tour.  Pete has to be a musical genius.  Daltrey's
voice has lasted much longer than Plant's, "Baba O' Riley" beats the hell out
of "Rock and Roll"  and has the greatest scream ever. (at least in a rock song)
Their "Gettin' in Tune" happens to be the best song made out of absolutely 
nothing (beating Elton's "This Song has No Title" and the Beatles' "Helter
Skelter")  One bad thing for me though is that Tommy has a tendency to get
old quickly.

Beatles - Well, they had the biggest fan base.
Lennon and McCartney are in many of the High School English Poetry Books, as
compared to others.  (Eleanor Rigby if I remember right)  Interesting that no
Doors alumni appear (may have something to do with image though).  I like
the Beatles, but some of their material is too bubble gum for me

Doors - Morrison does not make the band.
The DOORS are great, not Morrison, "Riders of the Storm" is the best.  Very
melodic, very much close to what I like.  But it is only a group of about
five songs, everything else goes downhill.  

Pink Floyd - Probably my longest lasting favorite, They, along with a band 
to be named later, have the distinction of the being the only group that I
like the entire album of (Dark Side of the Moon).  Their style is like no
other group before and no group after.  It is hard to classify them as rock
because of that.  "Time" is the best.  One thing though, Roger Waters is a
major ass.

Jimi - The man can't sing, can play guitar, but he can't sing
What else can I say?  Even "Purple Haze" grates on me.

The Band, Procol Harem, Steely Dan - I group these folks together because
I know little beyond their signature songs.  "Cripple Creek" is the best
Band song yet!  Well I like it.  Somebody got any suggestions for songs
(especially some Steely Dan tunes, I know this girl who likes them, well you
can guess the rest)

Dead - Ok, Ok, Ok, I sing along to "Driving that Train" (right title?) and
"Touch of Grey" a lot.  Sometimes it surprises me that the type of music they
sing attracts the fans it does, maybe it's just Jerry.

Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach, what else can you say?
The absolute epitome of southern rock, even eclipsing Skynyrd.  I'm from
the South, what else can I say.  "Blue Sky" definitely.

King Crimson, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple - Deep Purple yes, others no.
However, I am quite unfamiliar with the first two, perhaps I just haven't
heard the right songs yet. (Though I doubt it)

Three Dog Night - For some reason, they seem to create the bubble gum rock
image in my mind.   Maybe it was the fact that I used to sit back in 9th
Grade High School English Class and disrupt the the teacher by singing 
"Joy To The World" all the time.  

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Points to ponder,  Why not more mention of Clapton, besides the Cream 
references,  jeez, he's just only the greatest blues guitarist of all time.

As mentioned before, Floyd's "Dark Side..." and the Eagles' "Hotel California"
are the only two albums where I like _every_ single song (not including 
compilations)  I wonder what albums are this way for others.

And one more ponderance, I wonder what every one thinks of the Classic Chicago
"25 or 6 to 4," "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?"  Even though they
sold out later, these two are really good "Classic" songs, though less rock
and more something else, but "Hey, Hey, My, My"

FLAMES, comments, or anything else to ..........




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