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Jun 15, 2010 05:20AM
it was to a teenage girl!
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I agree that Patti Smith is good but not great. And I hated The Doors, too. But I wasn't a teenage girl diggin' Jim Morrison in leather pants or whatever:)
So were you a teenage boy diggin' Jim Morrison in leather pants or whatever? :-)
Jim "Oh baby baby Its a Wild World" wrote: "So were you a teenage boy diggin' Jim Morrison in leather pants or whatever? :-)"I could see him diggin' Pat Benatar.
Hm. No, not Pat Benatar. Kate Bush, maybe...
I think Patti Smith tends to be overpraised at times, but I dig the hell out of her. For what it's worth, Horses is one of the best debut albums ever, but she never quite matched the intensity of that seminal record.
The Doors, on the other hand...woof. I LOATHE Jim Morrison and his "hey, wanna see my little cock" shenanigans. I agree with Lester Bangs assessment of the most overrated LV ever: "a bozo Dionysus"
The Doors, on the other hand...woof. I LOATHE Jim Morrison and his "hey, wanna see my little cock" shenanigans. I agree with Lester Bangs assessment of the most overrated LV ever: "a bozo Dionysus"
I think intensity is a great word to use in relation to Patti Smith. She's got some high, wonderful moments. And then she mumbles into mic for seventeen minutes.
Go through? I'm still stuck there. Classic music never gets old. I still love it when my husband does the underwear dance to Cashmere.
People have told me that before, KD, thanks. Better than John Denver...
King Dinösaur wrote: "Also, "Tommy" is the worst thing The Who have ever done."
Not even close. "Face Dances," "It's Hard," and "Endless Wire" are bottom of the barrel. They should have packed it in after Moon went tits up.
Not even close. "Face Dances," "It's Hard," and "Endless Wire" are bottom of the barrel. They should have packed it in after Moon went tits up.
RandomAnthony wrote: "But I wasn't a teenage girl diggin' Jim Morrison in leather pants or whatever:)"
I find absolutely nothing objectionable about leather pants. I used to have a pair myself, circa 1981 (there's still some pictures around here of me deep within my Romantics phase, but mine were black as opposed to red). I just never cared for Jim Morrison's voice or Ray Manzarek's cheesy keyboards, although Manzarek did a hell of a job producing X's "Los Angeles" album, one of my all-time favs.
"Light My Fire" is alright though.
I find absolutely nothing objectionable about leather pants. I used to have a pair myself, circa 1981 (there's still some pictures around here of me deep within my Romantics phase, but mine were black as opposed to red). I just never cared for Jim Morrison's voice or Ray Manzarek's cheesy keyboards, although Manzarek did a hell of a job producing X's "Los Angeles" album, one of my all-time favs.
"Light My Fire" is alright though.
King Dinösaur wrote: "Yeah, you're right about that music being worse but, see...I don't consider anything they did post-Moon to be The Who. :)"
Yeah, you're right KD and even less so after Entwistle checked into the Wooden Waldorf. After that, it was just Townshend, Daltrey and a bunch of studio hacks.
But I still think Zak Starkey is a GREAT drummer and a much better stand-in for Moon than Kenney Jones ever was. Love the Faces, but Jones just wasn't built for the long haul.
Yeah, you're right KD and even less so after Entwistle checked into the Wooden Waldorf. After that, it was just Townshend, Daltrey and a bunch of studio hacks.
But I still think Zak Starkey is a GREAT drummer and a much better stand-in for Moon than Kenney Jones ever was. Love the Faces, but Jones just wasn't built for the long haul.
There are always exceptions, aren't there?I love "Eminence Front" from It's Hard
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "There are always exceptions, aren't there?
I love "Eminence Front" from It's Hard"
Me too, Jackie and "Cry If You Want" as well.
I love "Eminence Front" from It's Hard"
Me too, Jackie and "Cry If You Want" as well.
I loved Pink Floyd and LZ when I was 13. Wish You Were Here was also the first thing I bought on my first CD player in 1991, since I thought their sound would make the transition to CD really well. I stopped listening to both bands as I realized there were bands that were actually currently making music and that I wanted to be like them.
Definitely on the Led Zeppelin, to a lesser degree pink floyd. What about Jimi Hendrix? I'm mainly into jazz, have been for a while, but I go back to classics like zeppelin, floyd, hendirx-- it's like getting reacquainted with old firends.
Nice call MIkeAll Along the Watchtower, The Wind Cries Mary, Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, Are you Experienced, Sunshine of Your Love.... YES Jimi definitely rocked!
Hendrix was godhead to most of my generation but epic twiddly guitar solos have never done much for me, from him or anyone else.
Adult ADD...
Adult ADD...
I think Hendrix is better in theory than in practice. Like I should like listening to him but I don't, really.
RandomAnthony wrote: "I think Hendrix is better in theory than in practice. Like I should listening to him but I don't, really."
In junior high and high school, one of my closest friends used to genuflect at the mere mention of "Hendrix." If anyone had the gall to bad mouth him or his music - which I used to do just to fuck with him - he was ready to drop the gloves.
Last time I was over at his house, I was perusing his CD collection and saw Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, and Shakira in there. Don't ask me how or why, but I kept my big mouth shut.
In junior high and high school, one of my closest friends used to genuflect at the mere mention of "Hendrix." If anyone had the gall to bad mouth him or his music - which I used to do just to fuck with him - he was ready to drop the gloves.
Last time I was over at his house, I was perusing his CD collection and saw Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, and Shakira in there. Don't ask me how or why, but I kept my big mouth shut.
I think Hendrix was innovative and brilliant, but he doesn't move me emotionally. I liked the song that Misha put on her Shebang, though.
Hendrix has some great songs, but he also has a lot of overlong pointless noodling on his albums, too, sure. But c'mon, "Voodoo Child" is genius! As is "Purple Haze" "Foxy Lady" "All Along the Watchtower" (with props to Dylan), "Little Miss Strange" "Fire" and "The Wind Cries Mary."
For as short a career he had, the man produced some amazing work.
Oh, hey, can anyone tell me what "slight return" means? I've wondered about that for years!
i can def zone out listening to jimi. i do like guitar solo's and love his bluesy Bleeding Heart
I kind of agree with RA and Clark's assessment of Jimi Hendrix. I agree Hendrix was brilliant, especially considering how he revolutionized guitar playing, but I'm just not in love with him. I think that's because he left enough work behind for it to be recycled over and over and over again, to the point where Hendrix just doesn't seem interesting to me.
One theory I have about Hendrix, and this was hinted greatly by him before he died, was that, were he still alive, he would have completely abandoned his hard rock leanings and committed himself to more experimental work, even if it meant losing audiences and market share. I mean, if he'd been 50, could anyone have seen him playing Foxy Lady? I don't.
One theory I have about Hendrix, and this was hinted greatly by him before he died, was that, were he still alive, he would have completely abandoned his hard rock leanings and committed himself to more experimental work, even if it meant losing audiences and market share. I mean, if he'd been 50, could anyone have seen him playing Foxy Lady? I don't.
I don't know Gus, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are still touring..... and personally Mick is a little old to be providing satisfaction to anyone - IMO.
ms.petra wrote: "I don't know Gus, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are still touring..... and personally Mick is a little old to be providing satisfaction to anyone - IMO."
lol...I shuddered at the thought of Mick and/or Keith 'providing' satisfaction to anything!
lol...I shuddered at the thought of Mick and/or Keith 'providing' satisfaction to anything!
King Dinösaur wrote: "Nothing Hendrix ever did would I call "pointless noodling." I could listen to him play all fuckin' day. Genius."
Point taken. But I think you have a longer attention span than me.
Point taken. But I think you have a longer attention span than me.
Hendrix is one of those artists who crossed over into another level. Only a few have ever existed at the same level-- Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Mozart, and Stravinsky to name a few. While some musicians use their instrument to convey a message, others use it to speak through and still others transcend it all-- their instrument, the music, everything. It's as if the music and the musician can't be separated. Hendrix was one of those extraordinary musicians who existed on a different level within music and was no longer confined, or limited, by their instrument-- every utterance of Hendrix's soul was displayed through his music.
This may sound a little like hero worship, but I'm pretty sure if you ask other heavy-weight musicians they would say the same. Their list might differ a little, but almost all musicians agree that there are a select few that have transcended beyond the limitations of their instrument.
This may sound a little like hero worship, but I'm pretty sure if you ask other heavy-weight musicians they would say the same. Their list might differ a little, but almost all musicians agree that there are a select few that have transcended beyond the limitations of their instrument.
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No. Stages I went through: Billy Joel, Aztec Camera, New Order, country (Dwight Yoakum, Wynonna and Naomi Judd), Jakob Dylan (that lasted about 13 minutes).
New Order to Dwight Yokum and the Judds?
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I had a huge David Bowie stage all thru high school, now I find his voice kind of annoying. Even so, I will occasionally crank up Jean Genie and Panic In Detroit when I am driving on the highway.
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