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40 minutes ago, Blessed2 said:

I've been a Jethro Tull fan for years now. Long ago I was just kinda snooping through my uncle's (kind of a cool guy) records at my grandmother's place and the Aqualung album caught my eye. Listened it through some old-school audio system and it was love by first 'hear'.

 

This is from one if their best albums. Just... Awesome. Such gifted musicians. This sound reminds me of winter time / christmas.

 

Me too, Aqualung was one of the first albums I bought as a teenager, 70s style folk-rock is one of my favourite genres. You've brought back awesome memories seeing Jethro Tull and some other legends at the Nostell Priory festival in Aug 82.   

https://www.setlist.fm/festival/1982/nostell-priory-music-festival-1982-7bd60244.html

https://www.ukrockfestivals.com/nostell-priory-1982.html

 

I agree with you about Songs From The Wood, but when I grew up a bit more the lyrics to the Aqualung title track sounded creepy so I skip that one now. 

 

[Blessed2]

9 minutes ago, Links said:

You've brought back awesome memories seeing Jethro Tull and some other legends at the Nostell Priory festival in Aug 82.   

 

That's crazy. I wasn't even on this planet at that time. 😁 I was born in 98.

 

14 minutes ago, Links said:

the lyrics to the Aqualung title track sounded creepy

 

Hear ya. It's pretty serious stuff. Though those lyrics actually comes from Anderson's interpretation of the photography his wife took of homeless people in the streets of London. It's not like Anderson wrote a song about 'eyeing little girls with bad intent' etc just for fun. He wrote songs of homeless folk, of what he saw in those pictures. The lyrics were inspired by such photography.

 

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9 hours ago, Blessed2 said:

That's crazy. I wasn't even on this planet at that time. 😁 I was born in 98.

 

Ha ha, I'm a boomer myself (just in that bracket).  It's always fascinated me how bands have an early formative creative period when their distinctive style is formed, and then many seem to rest on their laurels after their muse matures. Or perhaps it's just me getting older! But like, I'm going to see Bryan Adams next year and I prefer his older songs more than the recent ones. It's the same with most bands from my youth. 

 

9 hours ago, Blessed2 said:

Hear ya. It's pretty serious stuff. Though those lyrics actually comes from Anderson's interpretation of the photography his wife took of homeless people in the streets of London. It's not like Anderson wrote a song about 'eyeing little girls with bad intent' etc just for fun. He wrote songs of homeless folk, of what he saw in those pictures. The lyrics were inspired by such photography.

 

Ah thanks, I never looked into the background of that song except that he was making some social and moral commentary. Perhaps I'll reconsider it, 

Edited October 26, 2023 by Links

[Orb]

 

So good 😌. It's like energetic yet jazzy and chill. 

[Jonas Long]

 

 

[Jonas Long]

happy Halloween 🎃 

 

[Joseph Maynor]

I recently listened to this album of Metallica covers.  It's very well done!  This is a great album.  The version of 'Tuesday's Gone' is top shelf.
 

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

Even if you don't like Country, this album is excellent and you might appreciate it.  This is one of my favorite albums, lets say in the top 100.   Both of these guys are top shelf musicians.  There's some gold on this album.  It's a collaboration album between Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard released in 1983.  Those excellent lead guitar solos are Willie Nelson.  He's an excellent guitar player.  Willie Nelson is underrated as a lead guitar player.  He's got his own sound and style as a lead guitar player.  Both of these guys play guitar, you can hear it throughout the album.  
 

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Jonas Long]

this album WILL change your life. 

 

[Joseph Maynor]

This is Willie Nelson paying tribute to Kris Kristofferson's artistry.  This is really a Country album, but it can be appreciated outside of that genre too.  It was released in 1979.  One of my favorite albums.  You can hear Wilie's excellent lead guitar playing all over this album.  It's a Country album framed as a Rock album almost.  It crosses Country and Rock -- genre bending.  
 

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

One of my favorite albums.  Released in 1974.  Top shelf Progressive Country album.  
 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1974.  One of my favorite albums.  One of the best Country albums and also just good music IMO.   I like how it's not really Outlaw Country but it kinda sounds like it.  It's kinda Progressive Country but also has a lot of Traditional Country in it too.  It's a genre bending/concept bending album.  It's a peculiar album that stands alone.  It's hard to pigeonhole this album into neat categories besides being clearly a Country album.  I like the backing vocals.
 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1972.  One of my favorite albums.  Rolling Stones' Southern Rock album basically.  Perfect bar band music.  Very nice nod to roots music like Blues.  Shows how Rock kinda comes out of Blues.  I like "Casino Boogie".  "Tumbling Dice" is lightning in a bottle, we know that.  "Sweet Virginia" is top shelf.   The vocal harmonies are very well done on this album.  I wish I could distinguish Keith Richards and Mick Taylor's guitar parts from each other.  I don't know their styles well enough to do this.  There are people who can though which is cool.  "Loving Cup" is top shelf.  Reminds me of something that could've been on "Sticky Fingers (1971)", which is the album before this one.  I'd be willing to bet you Metallica got the idea Load from Sticky Fingers.  Because basically what they were trying to do is make a Southern Fried Rock album like Guns N' Roses "Use Your Illusion" albums.  I don't think Metallica liked playing second fiddle to Guns N' Roses but they were influenced by them too.  They tried to capture that side of the audience.  Rock is a bigger pond than Heavy Metal is.  "Happy" is top shelf.  The electronic guitar in this song is excellent.  "Ventilator Blues" is top shelf.  Sounds like something that could've been on "Let It Bleed (1969)" but it's so much better produced on this later album.  This album is mastery.  This is not amateur hour, generic, or derivative sounding at all.  This is the blueprint not the copy.  It's interesting when you can see hierarchy in art.  There's limits to that, but it can be found too.  It's a paradox.  "Let It Loose" is top shelf.  The vocals are next level.  It's a fun song.  This is a double album.  Side 4 functions almost like an encore after "Let It Loose" which could've closed this album.  This album is the gift that keeps on giving.  "Shine A Light" is is great.  I can tell Guns N' Roses listened to "Soul Survivor", a fun song with slide guitar party vibe.  Perfect bar band music.

Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
Mick Taylor – rhythm and lead guitar
Bill Wyman – bass
Charlie Watts – drums, percussion

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Edited November 3, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

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[Devin]

 

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1973.  This is a good Southern Rock album.  Great Production/Engineering too.   Such a big sound.  I love the perfection in their sound.  Nice and loud too.  An album like this needs to be kinda pumped up.  

Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
Dusty Hill – bass
Frank Beard – drums

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Edited November 4, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1972.  One of my favorite albums.  One of the first Outlaw Country albums.  Top shelf.
 

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1991.  I wouldn't think this album could be improved but this remaster is excellent.  They way they got that rich and complex  sound is by recording thru multiple amplifiers and then blending them together.  Each amplifier sounds a little bit different.  It's Bob Rock's technique that he brought to Metallica.  I can really appreciate it in "Sad But True".  I think what they did with the remaster is set the vocals a bit back and move the rhythm guitar a bit forward in the mix.  The mids are brought a bit forward in the mix.  I like the album better this way.  

James Hetfield - rhythm guitar, vocals
Kirk Hammett - lead guitar
Jason Newsted - bass
Lars Ulrich - drums

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Edited November 6, 2023 by Joseph Maynor

[Orb]

 

 

This song is epic. 

 

I love how the previous song In the album this song is in is called "Let it Happen", then the lyrics in this song (the next song in the album) are "But is there something more than that?" lol. 

Edited November 7, 2023 by Orb

[Joseph Maynor]

Released in 1985.  One of my favorite albums.  Nice and loud.  Well done remaster.  People don't realize how influential this album was on Heavy Metal.  It's different.  I wonder how much of this album was influenced by Hardcore Punk.  I've never really gotten into that genre much.  But this album makes a unique statement in Heavy Metal.  I want to say it's original but I don't know all the influences they draw from.  I know some of them.   I'm not really that versed  in Hardcore Punk.  That's not really my cup of tea so to speak although I do like Punk Rock a lot.  Punk Rock casts a wider net than people might realize.  There's a lot in that.  Overkill definitely and Pantera probably were influenced by this album.

Joey Belladonna – lead vocals
Dan Spitz – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Scott Ian – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
Frank Bello – bass, backing vocals
Charlie Benante – drums

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Edited November 9, 2023 by Joseph Maynor