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Barnabas62
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Not sure about definitions etc, but I'd give the award to the E-Street Band. I guess some of that comes from loving the Springsteen songs, but mostly it's because they are excellent live; great backing musicianship combines with bravura and a lot of fun.
Happy to be bashed up over genre, but this song (from the recent UK Wrecking Ball tour) is the sort of thing I have in mind.
YMMV!
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
The only group comparable to the Beatles--where there was broad collaboration on songwriting, arranging, recording, and live performing--was the Beach Boys, who came along at almost exactly the same time.
The Byrds?
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Best, like most superlatives, is largely personal. And when one looks at who influenced who, it is a twisted, intertwined ball of yarn, not a progressive thread.
But if one entity had to be named so for rock, it is the Beatles.
For innovation, variation, influence and popularity, they have no match.
Doesn't mean anyone one person needs to like them the best, but everyone else falls short of the measure.
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Argh. As a direct result of this thread, I am now trying to master the piano intro to Lamb lies down ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif) ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
A pox on genre-splitters!
And genre-movers.
Steppenwolf's Born to be wild contains the line 'Heavy Metal thunders.' Heavy Metal got it's name from that song. But if you were to tell a metalhead today that Born to be wild was metal they'd laugh at you. Yet it is the definitive Heavy Metal* song.
And don't get me started on R&B which was once blues tinged energetic rock and now is music such as Beyonce, soul with the energy removed.
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* Though I'd probably define it as the first 4 Black Sabbath albums.
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Originally posted by Snags:
Personally, I tend to view "rock'n'roll" as having a more direct lineage back to the 50s/early 60s stuff and swing/jive with full skirts and wotnot, morphing into the whole rockabilly vibe, Stray Cats through to Imelda May and so on. But ... you've then also got bands like the Jim Jones Revue who are very much rock'n'roll with piano-playing straight from the school of Jerry Lee Lewis, just heavied up on the guitars.
Or, as the Blessed Muddy Waters once sang:
The Blues had a baby and they called it rock'n'roll
So perhaps we should see the roots of rock in the blues?
(And I am well aware of the suggestions that have been made about the links between the Blues and the kind of music being played in West Africa, where many slaves in the Mississippi area were taken from. Which kinda brings me back to Tinariwen....)
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
So perhaps we should see the roots of rock in the blues?
That and country. In roughly equal amounts, it seems to me.
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I am surprised there has been no mention of the band that kept proper rock'n'roll alive throught the plastic pop years - Motorhead. I rarely miss a chance to see them live.
As for my runners-up, I would plump for Uriah Heep and Slade.
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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
I am surprised there has been no mention of the band that kept proper rock'n'roll alive throught the plastic pop years - Motorhead. I rarely miss a chance to see them live.
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Sorry I saw Sisters of Mercy and got too depressed to read the line properly. We need a mopey goth emoticon...
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Wikipedia has this to say about rock 'n' roll. But suspiciously edited anonymously only 13 hours ago...
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Any song that prompts a five year old boy to pick up a wooden block, play air guitar, and chant "Rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll" is rock 'n' roll.
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
The only group comparable to the Beatles--where there was broad collaboration on songwriting, arranging, recording, and live performing--was the Beach Boys, who came along at almost exactly the same time.
The Byrds?
The Byrds didn't have the run of hit after hit after hit that the Beach Boys and Beatles did. They had a brief fling in the mid 60s but nothing like the decade of the Beatles and the near-decade of the Beach Boys.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Fr Weber:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
So perhaps we should see the roots of rock in the blues?
That and country. In roughly equal amounts, it seems to me.
Not equally. More like three grandparents in the blues and 1 in country.
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
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Originally posted by Fr Weber:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
So perhaps we should see the roots of rock in the blues?
That and country. In roughly equal amounts, it seems to me.
Not equally. More like three grandparents in the blues and 1 in country.
I don't think we can disregard the influence of New Orleans jazz either. Early R'n'R had a lot of brass, which is rare in blues and country.
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Originally posted by balaam:
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
A pox on genre-splitters!
And genre-movers.
Steppenwolf's Born to be wild contains the line 'Heavy Metal thunders.' Heavy Metal got it's name from that song. But if you were to tell a metalhead today that Born to be wild was metal they'd laugh at you. Yet it is the definitive Heavy Metal* song.
And don't get me started on R&B which was once blues tinged energetic rock and now is music such as Beyonce, soul with the energy removed.
Oi! I got a new arsehole torn me for saying that about R&B here a few months back. Doesn't stop you being bang on.
If anyone asks "what is heavy metal" I play Ace of Spades. It's not the best metal song ever, but it is three minutes of perfect explanation of exactly what metal is.
And why, people, have Jethro Tull not appeared on this thread as yet when they should have been the one post answer to the question in the thread title?
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
And why, people, have Jethro Tull not appeared on this thread as yet when they should have been the one post answer to the question in the thread title?
The guy who sold me my first and only electric guitar wanted to dress like Ian Anderson - until he found out just how much that would cost.
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
If anyone asks "what is heavy metal" I play Ace of Spades. It's not the best metal song ever, but it is three minutes of perfect explanation of exactly what metal is.
And ironically, as pointed out, Motörhead don't see themselves as being a metal band.
For me it's the definitive metal song, and video, is Judas Priest's "Painkiller". If I had to name a Maiden song, I'd go for "The number of the beast", even though they've done many better songs.
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Boxes. Why do we bother? Why do radio stations? The US market seems particularly prone to the desire to know which 'box' to put music in and has trouble handling something that crosses the boundaries. But crossing boundaries is how some of the most interesting stuff happens.
I only try to divide my music collection into 'classical' and 'popular', and even THAT breaks down occasionally.
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Indeed. I divide music into 'stuff I like' and 'stuff I don't like'.
Works for me.
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This is why I like 6 Music, because they play good music, irrespective of category. You can get jazz, metal, indie, instrumental all in one day.
I did write an paean to Mary Anne Hobbs, because I think she epitomises this. She plays all sorts of music, and appreciates it all because it is all good music. She did a show on Radio 3 playing mainly classical, she plays metal and drone, and semi-classical-piano instrumental music. It is all music, and she loves it all.
That is the core point. Music is music is music. Some of it is good, some of it is bad; some I like, some I don't. But it is all music.
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
That is the core point. Music is music is music. Some of it is good, some of it is bad; some I like, some I don't. But it is all music.
Totally agree with this that the best music bursts through categories like genre. I like distinctions made earlier in thread between rock/blues and rock/post-blues. My strongest opinions are that AC/DC in the Bonn Scott era could claim to be the best rock/blues group ever, but the Geordie singer dragged them down. Most progressive rock is pretentious rubbish and especially Focus. There are exceptions to any strong opinion and Sylvia is one of them. Best live band ever was Dave Lee Roth-era Van Halen.
There are some brilliant bands around at the moment. I love listening to anything by The Strypes as much as any music of yesteryear. Sunset Sons, Hudson Taylor and Southern are worth a listen. I'm very happy that my teenage children are listening to music as good if not better than the stuff I grew up with. The best thing about it is that they have decades of music to immerse themselves in and loads of influences.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
I don't think we can disregard the influence of New Orleans jazz either. Early R'n'R had a lot of brass, which is rare in blues and country.
ISTM, jazz arrived in Rock'nRoll through Jump Blues, which is a child of Jazz. If one can draw a direct line, it would be jazz to swing to jump blues to rock'n'roll. The swung note, that get on your feet and dance to the beat, that is the spark.
Not to shade the arena rock sitting, zippo lighter waving, hippie wannabe, head-banging, spaced raving, prog noodling grand-daughters, but their conception would not have been except for that swing.
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Fr Weber
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
I don't think we can disregard the influence of New Orleans jazz either. Early R'n'R had a lot of brass, which is rare in blues and country.
Depends on what you mean by "a lot"--wasn't it usually a single saxophone?
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I'll take Cream.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
This is why I like 6 Music, because they play good music, irrespective of category. You can get jazz, metal, indie, instrumental all in one day.
Isn't it strange? I love all sorts of music from all over the world. I thought I would love 6 Music when it started. Every time (and I mean EVERY TIME) I listened to it, I switched off after 15 minutes, having been bored out of my mind.
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Music is music is music. Some of it is good, some of it is bad; some I like, some I don't. But it is all music.
Absolutely.
There are very few genres of music that I cannot listen to. House and Trance would probably be the only thing I can think of. I'm not too keen on Country and Western, but I love a bit of Dolly Parton! I love the Blues but can't abide B.B. King. That's how it goes.
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
.. but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
.. I've had a brainworm since I read that ...
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
.. but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
.. I've had a brainworm since I read that ...
Here's an earworm on a similar topic.
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Originally posted by mousethief:
Is this a universal differentiation between "rock and roll" and "rock" or your own idiosyncratic one? I tried to find something on the web to explain when the "and roll" got dropped but without success.
My own observation (having been there at the time, as I know you were) that by 1966 "rock & roll" was no longer in current use, except to refer to Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, etc. It came back in about 1968-69, with what was then called the "rock & roll revival" (CCR, the Band, Cat Mother, and--most egregiously--Sha Na Na). It was in 1969 that the Stones began calling themselves "The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band." Before that everyone called them a rock band (most would have said the second greatest).
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
.. but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
.. I've had a brainworm since I read that ...
Here's an earworm on a similar topic.
That made me smile!
Confession time. The brainworm was ''Jolene. Jolene, Jolene, Jole-e-ene" but the lyric got twisted into "which bit, which bit ...." Coupled with giggles and guilt.
Sorry. Too much information.
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Originally posted by Fr Weber:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
I don't think we can disregard the influence of New Orleans jazz either. Early R'n'R had a lot of brass, which is rare in blues and country.
Depends on what you mean by "a lot"--wasn't it usually a single saxophone?
Looking at some early R'n'R line ups that's so, but I can hear horns on recordings. Then again there's rock with brass sections too, not to mention the notorious sax soloes, which IMNSHO are fit only for the elevator.
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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
As for my runners-up, I would plump for Uriah Heep and Slade.
The (double) album version of _Live_ ended with a rock and roll medley (not, alas, available on later CDs) which is worth a listen.
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by Barnabas62:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
.. but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
.. I've had a brainworm since I read that ...
Here's an earworm on a similar topic.
That link told me that the video wasn't available. Perhaps it's just as well ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
Dare I ask what bit? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
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Originally posted by Oscar the Grouch:
but I love a bit of Dolly Parton!
Dare I ask what bit?
If you have to ask, you probably won't understand....
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Originally posted by moron:
The (double) album version of _Live_ ended with a rock and roll medley (not, alas, available on later CDs) which is worth a listen.
It is available on Spotify though.
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Stones ; No argument! I would have said Led Zeppelin if I had ever seen them but I have not and did see the Rolling Stones twenty years ago. Zep did not invent heavy metal anyway: that was done by an obscure US band called Blue Cheer. Their first album on vinyl predated them by at least a year.
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Stones ; No argument! I would have said Led Zeppelin if I had ever seen them but I have not and did see the Rolling Stones twenty years ago.
I think a very good argument could be made that LZ is not a rock band but a blues band.
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Talk about your pretentious rubbish. "Look at me! I can tell an Ayn Rand fairytale about how evil collectivism is! Ooooo!"
This made me chuckle. Also, Neil Peart was number 2 on Blender's list of worst rock lyricists - surpassed only by Sting.
Maybe it's the Canadian in me, but I don't mind small amounts of Rush.
My vote goes to the mighty Zeppelin.
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Originally posted by Canucklehead:
I don't mind small amounts of Rush.
Me to! Sometimes my enjoyment lasts almost to the end of a song.
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I suppose it's telling that my favorite Rush numbers are "La Villa Strangiata" and "YYZ." Every time I hear "Trees" I want to bash Neil Peart in the teeth with Joyce Kilmer.
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Originally posted by mousethief:
I think a very good argument could be made that LZ is not a rock band but a blues band.
The Stones were a blues band too when they first started out. Sir Michael could really wail on the harmonica on cuts such as "Midnight Gambler"!
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Originally posted by mousethief:
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Stones ; No argument! I would have said Led Zeppelin if I had ever seen them but I have not and did see the Rolling Stones twenty years ago.
I think a very good argument could be made that LZ is not a rock band but a blues band.
There's no question that they played blues songs, and that the blues looms heavily over their work. But "Your Time Is Gonna Come" isn't a blues song at all; neither is "Good Times Bad Times" or "Black Mountain Side" (which is actually an old Irish folk song). And that's just the first album!
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So you're saying that in order to be a "blues band" a band has to play NOTHING BUT BLUES? Ever? At all?
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Originally posted by mousethief:
So you're saying that in order to be a "blues band" a band has to play NOTHING BUT BLUES? Ever? At all?
They would best be described as a rock band heavily influenced by the blues. Actually there is a better description, backed by successful lawsuits, but I'll still refrain from giving it in deference to the Ship's copyright policy. Which, in regards to the lawsuits, is a bit ironic.
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Sorry everyone, but The Groundhogs are the original and the best. The only excuse for not rating them is that you haven't heard them. Split is one of the great LPs of all time.
I like early Alice Cooper too. There's hardly a weak track on Love it to Death or School's Out.
I saw Groundhogs live in Reading when I was about 17 - and I sat on the stage! Great album.
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leftfieldlover
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Pink Floyd are my all time favourites, with Led Zep a very close second. The Stones are good - are they in their 70s now? I can remember enjoying bands like Ten Years After and Family, years ago. What ever happened to them? An album I still play every now and again is Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 'Hot Rats'. It hasn't dated at all. These days I love Faithless, but I'm not sure if they would be classed as rock and anyway, they have split up.
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Apologies for thread necromancy but I had a sudden urge to have a youtube moment with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy doing I'm a Rocker - still as mindblowingly brilliant as ever.
I'm a bit of a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan as well but find Zep quite dated these days.
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