During the early 70s I was into Alvin Lee (one of the best guitarist ever) and 10 years after. And Mark Farner's Grand funk railroad.
Yeah, I still play "A Space in Time" every now and then...great album...Grank Funk was another great band...in addition to Farner, Don Brewer was a very under rated drummer and singer. ...speaking of Grand Funk, I started to take an off topic poll awhile back concerning the best 3 man bands ever...there were quite few; Grand Funk RR ZZ Top The Police Cream Jimi Hendrix Experience ...I'm probably forgetting some. Maybe I'll post the poll later on.
Iron butterfly Tull Black Sabbath Ten Years After Santana Zeppelin The Who CCR (my favorite) And I'm sure I'm missing a few.
...oh hell...my all around favorite bands ever would be a really tough call. ...in no particular order, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Zeppelin ...and close behind, Heart, Doobies, CCR, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band, Beatles (and anything by John Lennon)
I still have Lennon's Imagine album & his first album with the plastic Ono band. And by Album I mean vinyl.
...I still have 700 to 800 vinyl albums...and still have my 35 year old Technics turntable and a 40 year old JVC 4 channel amp and Marantz receiver...great sound. I also have a Bose surround sound system which sounds great with digital recordings but you just can't beat the "warm" sound of the older stereo equipment. And I have a vintage McIntosh amp that I'm restoring. (tube type)
With the exception of a few collectables (beatles, Sinatra, Martin etc.) I've sold most of my albums. But I do have several hundred 45s.
...ahhh, 45's. I remember the very first record I bought with my own money...it was a 45 rpm..."I Get Around by The Beach Boys...flip side was "Don't Worry Baby"...yup, good times.
...a little known fact; even before Hendrix and others, if you listen to the very beginning of "I Feel Fine", you'll hear guitar feedback being used on a record for the first time ever,
Didn't mean to rehash but I just saw the lyrics to a song by the multi-millionaire thug who calls himself 50 cents. still scratching my head how anyone in there right mind would actually pay for this crap. So Al please just google the lyrics to a piece called "Material girl 2000" and tell me again how that's considered talent.
No, I know you didn't say EVERYONE but seriously this is the type of perverted shit that kids are listening to & trying to copy. And although this may not be an example of ALL rap it is a lot of it. To much of it. Give me Sinatra, Bennett, Temptations & even the Beatles any day.
Still think a generational gap does this with all music. Your parents or their parents may havr thought it it wasn't Bauch Beethoven and showpan (sp) it was crap. Bet parents of the 60's children though guys like hendrix the who were pyscodelical. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
Hendrix was a TALENTED guitar player. One of the best (TALENT) and could sing. Not great but he could sing. And I NEVER heard any of the artists from the 40s, 50s, 60s even the 70s & 80s recite garbage like so many of these rappers do. I mean there is just a time whether you're 20 or 70 where you say..."okay wait, that's just wrong". And the fact that the recording business is paying these clowns millions for this crap is just unbelievable. Okay now I'll get off my soap box. Back to the Yankees.
The part I find humorous is that these rappers think they invented the game. When in reality rap has been around before most of these sewer mouth clowns have been alive. jimmy Dean "Big bad John" around 1961. Lorne Greene "Ringo". Hell even Johnny Cash's "A boy name sue". was a form of rap. All from the 60s. And even Blondie came out with a song called "Rapture" in 1981 that was a nice mix of singing & rap. The biggest difference between then & now is that #1 the poetry was a damn lot better & #2 unlike todays rap-crap, you could actually understand EVERY word. _______________________________________ Rick, how about Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider".....not sure if you're familiar with it...check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=952h-AJ3Bcg
Now, now, now.....you're all missing the point of modern rap. The lyrics are poorly rhymed, badly 'sung' and a complete butchery of the English language...intentionally. Pop culture is being played in the most masterful way. We're beyond peer pressure, social media drives group think in ways Orwell never dreamed possible. Funny thing is, we have the most blatant bullies leading the anti-bully movement. Diversity training, non-confrontation and multiculturism has produced the most perfect storm...making sex, drugs and rock-n-roll an amuse bouche. Breaking it down further, the rappers know they aren't good, but the entertainment factor is what sells.
