Old School Rock - Combined Thread

[GeneW]

Hocus Pocus... Live performance in 1973. Very tight musicianship. Classical training does pay off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxg-WO1Vc4

Gene

[jinxor]

Nice performance....
After listening to that song, I even browsed around and listened to Sylvia... really great songs....

[SailDesign]

Heh! Thanks for the memories - I saw them at Reading Rock festival (UK) in 1972, and when they did a live show at the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth later that year. Always great stuff.

[Bob_VT]

Start my morning out with a flashback! I have not heard that in years!

[kou]

thanks for making me do acid again.

[NJBob]

COOL! There are other vids of them playing in 2000. The singer is an old fart with a hat now, like me. hehehe Not to mention that I can play the guitar part....just not quite as fast. LOL

[GeneW]

Some of you were really lucky to see them in their prime.

I did not realize how good these guys are until I saw this video.

Glad that you all liked it.

Gene

[GeneW]

I really wanted to put up "Kentucky Woman", which made a good song better but had to settle for "Burn".

Their commercial stuff like "Smoke on the Water" is great but Burn has a lot of classical riffs that make it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YuQMIeK28U

Gene

[ddongbap]

I saw this song on Guitar Hero 3.

But it reminds me of..
SMOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEE IN THE WAAAAAAATTTTTTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR bwap bwap bwaaaaaaaap bwap bwap bee bwaaappp duh duh duhhhhhhh duuu duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[GeneW]

Very lucky to have these online.

Emerson Lake and Palmer rehearsing Karn Evil 9. They make it look both very easy and very hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zOB-nP5nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEPeRBXBDEU

No wonder Brain Salad Surgery took a year of studio work... also notice Keith's bottle collection. He probably needed it after a time, trying to build such a work note by note and gesture by gesture.

Eruption from Tarkus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZquiACzPLY


Greg Lake going it alone, sorta ("Still you turn me on").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssC6Pun5qzQ

Another Lake ballad.. 1997. Fat old farts who never lost their edge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=570W6DKg_Oo

Note Keith's fluid playing. You'd have never guessed he had ulnar nerve damage and had to have nerve surgery to restore use of one of his hands.

Gene

[SailDesign]

Tarkus. I remember, i remember....
They had one of those Tarkus-tanks on stage at The Oval concert in '72, IIRC. Puny little smoke-shots, but great music.

[jclo3313]

Deep Purple was my first big concert.

[Loren]

I'm not old enough to have seen any of these guys in concert in their prime (Focus, Deep Purple, ELP, etc), but having a brother who was in his teens in the early 70's (10 years older than me), I picked up on a lot of the music. I blame him for my musical tastes primarily spanning the 60's through the 80's instead of being limited to the late 70's through the 80's... and that's a good thing.

Now, what about Yes and some very early (pre-disco) ELO?

[Bob_VT]

Okay Gene you can stop anytime. Dam I miss those days and music.

This is a great walk down the nostalgia road. The songs remind me of what I was doing way back then..... the good times LOL

The AM radio in the car the 8 track player..... then the AM FM 8 track combo which only weighed 20 lbs when mounted!

[eTiMaGo]

I could listen to Highway Star over and over and over...

[gid]

I think DEEP PURPLE's " Who Do We Think We Are " is their best release . All tracks rock . Then there's Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW . " RISING " is all time classic . The debut not to shabby as well .

[KCALB SIRAY]

Gene, I busted Palmer for solicitating a prostitute charge back in 1998 at a Hilton. lol. Love it. Good times. I still have the report somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up.

[ChinoCharles]

Gene, could I merge all of these threads into one and then you could just update it every once in a while? It could be the rock nostalgia thread or something... haha.

[GeneW]

Chino Charles suggested this idea and it's a good one. We old farts and youngin's who appreciate good music can just put up stuff.

So far I've put up....

Focus Hocus Pocus Live 1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxg-WO1Vc4

Deep Purple Burn Their official DVD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YuQMIeK28U

ELP Studio sessions/rehearsals for Brain Salad Surgery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zOB-nP5nk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEPeRBXBDEU

Opening from Tarkus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZquiACzPLY


Two Greg Lake ballads (which is what really sold ELP records I think)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssC6Pun5qzQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=570W6DKg_Oo


Gene

[ChinoCharles]

Oh man. I'm going to hit this thread like Amy Winehouse hits her boyfriends.

[GeneW]

Mike Nesmith was still noodling guitar with the Monkees when this music video came out from Yes. So this isn't MTV video quality but I think the musicianship is a lot better than most of their "offerings".

Your's is no Disgrace (about ten minutes long, hope your bandwidth is up to it) It's worth it, I think this is a "live" performance, does not sound like the studio version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLL3ApTO4w


Budapest 1998 Siberian Khatru

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qve_dx2TMLU


Gene

[GeneW]

Being a keyboard player myself (sorta) this is one of my fave Led Zepplin pieces...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr9AsPogaGY

Gene

[CompanyXPaladin]

One of my all-time favorites... Purple Haze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSW67ySCio&feature=related

Suzi Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp3FvIe3XNE

All Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2clFsLA3w

[GeneW]

That Jimi Hendrix video was great. Thanks!

Jimi playing "Fire" live... not sure if at Woodstock. Used a white Telecaster, left handed of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQRUcybOjOM

Star spangled banner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nO0F4ugss

Gene

[nsmitchell]

Mike Nesmith was still noodling guitar with the Monkees when this music video came out from Yes. So this isn't MTV video quality but I think the musicianship is a lot better than most of their "offerings".

Your's is no Disgrace (about ten minutes long, hope your bandwidth is up to it) It's worth it, I think this is a "live" performance, does not sound like the studio version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLL3ApTO4w


Budapest 1998 Siberian Khatru

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qve_dx2TMLU


Gene

I love YES!:smile:

[GeneW]

Frank Zappa on SNL Slime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66FJ_Tdh-c

Gene

[GeneW]

I love YES!:smile:

Yeah, me too.

Gene

[gid]

how about your favorite songs ( tracks ) that weren't hits or felt should have been hits off popular rock band albums ? Such as LED ZEPPELIN " Ten Years Gone " , www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wnYYlvb5-k , from PHYSICAL GRAFFITI . Carry on .... :clap:

[gid]

lots of great stuff already ... :smile:

[ChinoCharles]

I just wrote a verse I really like.


Don't watch the headlines
Turn your head
Don't heed the signs
Whats more American
Than two tightly shut eyes


LOL.

[GeneW]

Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown. It's nasty but that's Zappa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8y0JLPQl94

[GeneW]

More Yes

Roundabout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVi7KY_WJ8

You and I (Close the Edge)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkX8IafsnBM

Soon (which I strongly suspect is a cribbed Opera piece, sure does sound familiar) but the guys make it sound very nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pNm2VqLPx4

Gene

[GeneW]

A bit of a flashback.... Del Shannon was an enigmatic guy. He could sing the most unpleasant things in a cheerful way.

Runaway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASBDZ8zoYNQ


Searching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJvoDJCW0A


Hats off to Larry (modern version, not long before he died)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqe9G0NKOM

Gene

[GeneW]

ELP Instrumental - version of Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OLWgrr671g

Another Greg Lake ballad from I think the "Concert" tour, which almost bankrupted the group. Keith was determined to "give all" to the fans. Here he plays an.... accordion.

C'est le vie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMneLKSYnY

I am disappointed that there is no live performance of Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, first movement. Would have been worth seeing. Also would have been nice to see a live version of "Still you turn me on" with full keyboard accompaniment.

I guess we're just lucky for what we get online.

Gene

[nsmitchell]

You need some greenery to really listen to this music. It's so much deeper than most of the crap put out nowadays. I took greenery to make music like that as well.

Memories...

[gid]

Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown. It's nasty but that's Zappa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8y0JLPQl94 don't forget , a danty little _____ princess , with titanic t_ts and sand blasted zits . HIO ! :laugh:

[KCALB SIRAY]

You need some greenery to really listen to this music. It's so much deeper than most of the crap put out nowadays. I took greenery to make music like that as well.

Memories...

everything now has that 4/4 beat and no arrangement. That's why it was so good back then. You could really get lost in the arrangement....and the greenery helped a bit, but you get my drift

[gid]

and FRANK ZAPPA's song " FLAKES " dedicated to JOE SIX PACK and all those minivan soccer moms , www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvtoJrK1Zg . :biggrin:

[gid]

and FRANK ZAPPA's song " FLAKES " dedicated to JOE SIX PACK and all those minivan soccer moms , www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvtoJrK1Zg . :biggrin: have to change " AMERICAN made " to " CHINESE made " to be up to date, otherwise " the song remains the same " . :biggrin:

[GeneW]

Gene, I busted Palmer for solicitating a prostitute charge back in 1998 at a Hilton. lol. Love it. Good times. I still have the report somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up.

I'm surprised that he had to buy a young lady's time, but more likely he paid for her to go away...

Gene

[GeneW]

don't forget , a danty little _____ princess , with titanic t_ts and sand blasted zits . HIO ! :laugh:

Tried to find that one at Youtube.

Gene

[GeneW]

Deep Purple

Highway Star - Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgZSnAkQc4c


Gene

[GeneW]

Zappa Muffin Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eot80AMgWdM


Zappa Montana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJN_uWaVRfo


St. Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThCpo5-sRsY


Zappa on Crossfire... (censorship)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc


Gene

[GeneW]

Led Zeppelin

Babe I'm gonna Leave You (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNj9RkqYLwU

Gene

[NJBob]

Always an ELP fan back in the day...I remember Greg Lake also was lead singer for "King Crimson"
http://froogle.google.com/base_image?size=2&q=music/image/0/0SLL4TW_26tI.jpg