...I always thought The Moody Blues were a very underrated group. Long Distance Voyager was probably my fav album of theirs.
By this, I mean, I recall starting the CD over or something like that to have the music through the entire movie, not just these 43 minutes...
________________________________________ Indeed, very underrated. They got it all - "moody" Love Songs, Rock n Roll, songs that commented on the world, "head music",<-- lol They were/are a GREAT live band. First albumn was 1965? My god! Evey hear their tune: Lost in a lost world ? And I believe they're still recording. Talk about underrated, not that I need them to be bestowed with "awards" and such to validate them, but, can you believe this group isn't in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame? So much for a so-called Hall of Fame for rock n roll. By the way, I used to also follow Jethro Tull (AMOUNG OTHERS) in the late 60's early 70's. They were also absolutely great performing live.
...I'm also a big fan of The Tull...Aqualung was probably their best commercial success, but Thick as a Brick was my fav.
_________________ Aqualung was a great albumn. Commercial and quality. Thick as a Brick - yeah, the albumn was like a newspaper. lol "c'mon ye childhood heroes, won't you rise up from the paaages, of your comic books and super crooks, and show us all the waaaaay" They started as a jazzy band with Mick Abrahams - first albumn was "This Was" good albumn. Then they went in a different direction with Ian Anderson leading the way with their 2nd albumn ("Stand Up") great albumn. great unique sound.. This became Jethro Tull as "we" know them now. When you opened the albumn there was a pop-up of the group which stood up like one of those greeting cards. It may be rare nowadays..I've seen other versions which didn't have the pop-up.
Same here 59. My 1st ever concert, (other than those many Louisiana Hayride shows when I was 9-11 yrs old), was Tull at the Forum in LA, on the "Thick as a Brick Tour. Damn good band, full of hits, I loved the way Ian Andersen played his flute through the entire concert, standing on one leg, as was his customary stage stance. The same stance on "Living In The Past" My buddy asked me, which chair did I prefer, the end aisle seat, or next one beside it. I chose the end aisle seat, and it paid off. The guy sitting in the seat next to my buddy, had a bolo bag of Wine, and was toking heavily. Not even halfway through the show, the guy puked on my buddy's pants legs, worse yet, my buddy was wearing sandals, and got to squish his toes in the puke, cussing all the way to the bathroom......
___________________________________ When he performed "My God" from Aqualung...he started out sitting in a chair...then, when the crescendo came he jumped up and kicked the chair towards the front row.....there was usually a good flute solo from that song (live) and the band sounded as if you were listening to it from the LP --- fabulous. Great musicians. Their guitarist Martin Baree (who replaced Mick Abrahams) had a certain sound... ...so crisp and clear and fast! lol Glenn Cornick on bass and Clive Bunker was tremendous on the drums. Whatta band! lol
If I had to pick one single guitarist composer, who could play as well, refined as any other guitarist on the face of earth, it would be no doubt Frank Zappa. Zappa's arrangements were a bit of everything. Got to see Frank play at UofA Tucson, with a young 21 year old guitarist side kick Frank hired especially for Zappa's Barking Pumpkin Tour....that unknown then guitarist was Stevie Vai...1980. Saw them both again on New Years Party at the Forum, and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) joined in with Zappa and Vai. Dr. John, and Leon Russell were part of the show. Frank may not be my single favorite guitarist, because I can't pick just one guitarist, to say I like better than others, yet David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, SRV, Satriani, Ry Cooder, Lowell George, of course Jimmie Page, Clapton, Harrison, Lennon, Pete Townsend, James Burton, Albert Lee, Mick Ronson, early Keith Richards, Leo Kottke, and a ton of others.
__________________ Too many great ones to pick only one. The Doors' Robbie Krieger was also something special. He just had HIS sound- check it out-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E7llRmYTJts#t=178 Yeah Zappa. The Mothers. Sounds like one helluva show. Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Dr John, Leon Russell. good stuff
Heck, there are so many special guitarist, I even errantly left out Carlos Santana, Joe Walsh, John McLaughlin, and I am sure I will think of another dozen or so....,yet I think I will leave it here, there...!
