Guilty Pleasures!!!!!

[Rick and Roll]

I sensed sarcasm in the title "prog titan". He's done some proggy kind of stuff.

Elton is a hard one for me to classify. I wasn't even thinking of him in this thread. I like everything he's done immensely through "Blue Moves", which is a great record.

Keith - I think you must have slept with Doris - or could you have mistaken her with Florence Henderson?

[byzantium]

I sensed sarcasm in the title "prog titan". He's [Elton John] done some proggy kind of stuff

'Madman Across the Water' for example. Especially the long version (bonus track on Tumbleweed Connection)

I must confess I love early Elton and I'm proud of it.

[Rick and Roll]

I was not aware of this bonus track. Interesting!

[byzantium]

The 'standard version' is better, though. The extended version has a sort of mick-ronson-psych-wank-guitar-solo part which is quite out of place there.

[zvinki]

I agree about his earlier stuff being good, but Funeral For a Friend has always been my personal favourite. Just felt that I had to throw that in during this Elton John love-fest.

[Rick and Roll]

it's my favorite by him. I guess I meant earlier in comparison to his 80's schlock. My favorite record is Captain Fantastic.

[ivan_2068]

I accept Elton John is a great artist, but I don't like most of his music.

Can you imagine what would happen if he had been accepted by King Crimson when he auditioned for them?

In the Court of the Crimson Queen?

Sorry couldn't resist the joke.

Iván

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Keith - I think you must have slept with Doris

If only.....if only!!!!!!!!

Trying to forget about this bulge I'm developing thinking about Doris let's get on the subject of Elton.......oh! It's gone.

"Yellowbrick road" is, for me, his best album. The opening "Funeral for a friend" and "Love lies bleeding" would grace any top ten I tried to put together.

It's a shame that "Candle in the wind" was SO OVER USED a few years back as it totally ruined it for me. I can't hear it without thinking about that wave of mass hysteria that swept over the UK (and other parts of the World) at THAT time.

EJ is a very important artist in the history of popular music. No doubt about that!

[Rick and Roll]

It's a travesty he used that song for Lady Diana - it lost all of its original intention. As always, I like the more obscure cuts from that record.

[Powerslave]

First, the heavy:
Iron Maiden (betcha couldn't guess that one!), Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica (the new album is the worst piece of crap I've heard in a while, however), Anthrax, Rammstein, Ministry, Static-X, L7, and Overkill.

Then the alternative (at least, at one time):
REM, Weezer, Presidents of the USA, Nirvana, Ween, They Might Be Giants, Primus, Hum, and Radiohead.

The eighties:
Blondie, Men At Work, Duran Duran, Elvis Costello, The Church, and The Police.

The seventies:
Foreigner, Dire Straits, Boston, Meat Loaf, Tom Petty, Journey, and Rainbow.

Lastly, some newer rock bands that I find enjoyable:
The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Shins, Interpol, and Wilco.


There's not much embarrassing stuff in there, except maybe for the fact that I still listen to all of the above bands on a regular basis.

[Rick and Roll]

I'll be seeing Maiden tonight (w/Dio & Motorhead). Looking forward to the triple-guitar attack, now that everyone is together. And of course one of my favorite musicians, Steve Harris.

The Church, good one!

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
I'll be seeing Maiden tonight (w/Dio & Motorhead). Looking forward to the triple-guitar attack, now that everyone is together. And of course one of my favorite musicians, Steve Harris.

The Church, good one!

If you get a chance to speak with Lemmy say Hi from me. I met him at a bar in Kensington, London where I used to work and he was charming. drank a few JDs and smoked a couple of packs of Marlborough (I think) while he was doing an interview for a magazine.

Enjoy the gig Rick..........let me know how it goes.

[Rick and Roll]

I heard a story a few years back where Emma Freud (Ziggy's granddaughter) had a short-lived TV show where she interviewed people in bed (fully clothed). Lemmy tried some moves on her, and was highly unsuccesful. Did you hear that one?

I'm interested to see if Lemmy still has the microphone way too high over his head.

Originally posted by Rick and Roll

I'm interested to see if Lemmy still has the microphone way too high over his head.

I think it's the only way he can get that voice working.

Straining the vocal chords and screwing them up with the Marlboro and JD makes for a great Metal Vocal.

Overkill!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy the Mosh man!!!

[Powerslave]

that Maiden and the rest of the metal boys aren't coming anywhere near the Twin Cities! Neither is the Dream Theater/Fates Warning/Queensryche tour.

Minneapolis = The Town that Metal Forgot

[Rick and Roll]

Sorry, man, that was low. Last night was great, except for the $11 beer! You are kidding! Motorhead was loud, professional, and just jammed for 45 minutes without a discernable break. Dio was his usual excellent self (I've seen him about 6 or 7 times). He did "Stargazer" - a surprise!

I passed on the Dream Theater show. I'm burnt out on those guys. I saw QR about two years ago again, so I'm OK there. My 15-year old went (he also along with me last night).

Maiden was too good. I can't believe that they still have all of that energy! They ripped through Number of the Beast, Trooper, Revelations, Die With Your Boots On, and Hallowed Be Thy Name before anyone caught their breath. So good to hear a heavy dose of Piece of Mind - not only my favorite Maiden record, but an all-time favorite. Another great inclusion was Fear of the Dark - a very underrated album, too - one of my favorites, along with Seventh Son. There was an exciting version of The Clansman - Dickinson was great on that tune (not even his!) Other tunes were Tailgunner, Iron Maiden, Wicker Man, 2 Minutes To Midnight (encore 1), Run To The Hills (encore 2), The Clairvoyant (my least favorite off of Seventh Son). No Killers, Somewhere In Time, or X Factor. Dickinson went on a lengthy yet interesting tirade about how file-sharing actually helps out bands and how everyone should quit crying. Then they did a new tune (pirated by some on the net) called Wildest Dreams. Good to see Adrian Smith back, so he can complement Dave Murray while Janick Gers jumps around. 25 freakin' years of these guys! Very funny at the end, when everyone chanted Eddie! Eddie! - very topical since Eddie Murray just went into the baseball Hall of Fame as a Oriole over the weekend. BTW, they had all of the Eddies pictured, and a 15-foot walking Eddie!

I shall end this by a special mention of Steve Harris - probably my favorite musician, next to Ian Anderson and Neil Peart. Just a super musician, a class act, and the glue that holds that band together. And he still mouths all of the words.

Up the irons!

Sounds like an excellent gig!!!!

I haven't seen Maiden for a few years.....Powerslave I think, so to hear that they're still good is excellent.

BTW: We call them Maiden over here because Iron is a Cockney rhyming slang term for GAY. Iron Hoof = Poof. Don't ask me where that one comes from.....I haven't a clue.

Motorhead playing for 45 minutes, eh? That's about long enough for most people. Does Lemmy still strain the vocal chords with his mike too high.

Glad you enjoyed it.

[Rick and Roll]

Not sure about the rest of me. Motorhead was exactly the same as when I saw them 20 years ago. I saw them as an opener for Ozzy on the "Diary" tour about 6 months before Randy Rhoads died. I still remember the staff coming around with buckets of sand so that the cigs could be extinguished. Also, Ozzy's keyboardist almost in the parking lot (not quite as bad as the Who having theirs under the stage).

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Not sure about the rest of me. Motorhead was exactly the same as when I saw them 20 years ago. I saw them as an opener for Ozzy on the "Diary" tour about 6 months before Randy Rhoads died. I still remember the staff coming around with buckets of sand so that the cigs could be extinguished. Also, Ozzy's keyboardist almost in the parking lot (not quite as bad as the Who having theirs under the stage).

Recovered???????? Sounds like a GREAT night.

I just got back from a wedding. The singer didn't turn up so they asked if I'd do a turn. The band were OK and had a pretty good repetoire so I thought why not!!!!

Looking at the average age of the party I thought it better to start off with some........you guessed it Barry Manilow tunes. They went down OK as did the Sinatra, but when we kicked in with "Light my Fire" the place went nuts!! I've never seen so many grooving grannies........excellent!!!! The band could manage Fleetwood Mac's Green Manaleshi and we ended up with Arnold Layne and See Emily Play. My friends daughter (who's wedding it was) started off REAL embarrased but ended up grooving with the rest of them.

I loved it. No more offers of gigs but a good time anyway.

[Rick and Roll]

Is that the short version or the long version of Light My Fire? And not the Judas Priest version of the Green Manaleshi?

you are THE MAN. see Emily Play??? Cool.

Next stop - Jethro Tull on Thursday. Hope they mix it up a little - the last several years have been kind of stale.