rkbabang Posted July 1 Posted July 1 On 6/29/2024 at 11:49 AM, nwoodman said: This. In my opinion this video is the best version of this song by any artist (even far better than Disturbed's studio version). On 6/29/2024 at 11:49 AM, nwoodman said: I think it is says a lot about Disturbed that their most rated song is a cover. Saw them at a Knotfest early this year, would love to get that part of the festival back. OG version all the way for me. I wasn't commenting on anything else by them, there is nothing wrong with musicians only having 1 or a couple good pieces. I do like a few of their songs, but yes, this is their best. There aren't a lot of remakes of excellent classic songs that improve on the original (Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower" is another one I can think of), but this is one them in my opinion.
boilermaker75 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 58 minutes ago, rkbabang said: I wasn't commenting on anything else by them, there is nothing wrong with musicians only having 1 or a couple good pieces. I do like a few of their songs, but yes, this is their best. There aren't a lot of remakes of excellent classic songs that improve on the original (Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower" is another one I can think of), but this is one them in my opinion. Jimi did the best version of All Along the Watchtower. Plus he did it while holding a guitar upside down!
boilermaker75 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 @Parsad You mentioned some of my favorite musicians that I listen to all the time, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors. Plus, throw in Neil Young, my absolute favorite. Ray and Dave Davies fought even more than Liam and Noel Gallagher!
thowed Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Neil Young is a musical hero - the amount of stuff he's done! I like to imagine he'd have got on with Charlie Munger - both free-thinking & occasional curmudgeons! Have been recently listening again to one of my favourite grunge-era bands, The Jesus Lizard. Incredible live act in their day. One of their best songs was called Boilermaker, though it was years more before I discovered what it meant (not a thing in the UK!) cc. @boilermaker75
boilermaker75 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 29 minutes ago, thowed said: Neil Young is a musical hero - the amount of stuff he's done! I like to imagine he'd have got on with Charlie Munger - both free-thinking & occasional curmudgeons! Have been recently listening again to one of my favourite grunge-era bands, The Jesus Lizard. Incredible live act in their day. One of their best songs was called Boilermaker, though it was years more before I discovered what it meant (not a thing in the UK!) cc. @boilermaker75 I am not familiar with that song. I will have to check it out. The Jam in the band's name Pearl Jam came from them attending a Neil Young with Crazy Horse concert and watching them jam on stage.
Parsad Posted July 2 Posted July 2 On 7/1/2024 at 6:14 AM, boilermaker75 said: @Parsad You mentioned some of my favorite musicians that I listen to all the time, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors. Plus, throw in Neil Young, my absolute favorite. Ray and Dave Davies fought even more than Liam and Noel Gallagher! Neil Young is in a whole different category...like Dylan, Leonard Cohen or Hendrix...timeless and one of a kind! And three of those four had a Canadian connection or were born here...Young, Cohen and Hendrix! And Dylan was born in Duluth, which is essentially frigid Canada! Cheers!
Parsad Posted July 2 Posted July 2 On 7/1/2024 at 7:30 AM, boilermaker75 said: I am not familiar with that song. I will have to check it out. The Jam in the band's name Pearl Jam came from them attending a Neil Young with Crazy Horse concert and watching them jam on stage. It's funny how these guys are the last ones standing. Eddie is best buds with Young now. Everyone else from the Grunge era is dead or irrelevant...other than Dave Grohl...and his music is just a shadow of what they created together at Nirvana! I still think Vitalogy and Nirvana's Nevermind are the best albums to come out of that era! Cheers!
whatstheofficerproblem Posted July 3 Posted July 3 7 hours ago, CassiusKing1 said: Tyler Childers. Lot's of Tyler Childers, lol. I don't get the TC hype. Is the writing good? Yes! Are some of the songs good? Definitely. But the cult brain dead following that both Zach Bryan & TC have amassed in recent times is beyond my comprehension.
DooDiligence Posted July 4 Posted July 4 (edited) Jazzy Mac Miller is like the Bob Dylan of rap. I couldn't listen to the original recording(s) but damn, he killed those microtonal vocals live. Edited July 4 by DooDiligence
whatstheofficerproblem Posted July 4 Posted July 4 Happy 4th. Petition to change the national anthem to the following.
nwoodman Posted July 5 Posted July 5 On 7/1/2024 at 9:56 PM, rkbabang said: There aren't a lot of remakes of excellent classic songs that improve on the original (Hendrix "All Along The Watchtower" is another one I can think of), but this is one them in my opinion. Cool, and nice reply. In hindsight my reply was saltier than intended. Probably a little protective of S&G as it was a big part of my musical discovery (exploring Dad’s album collection). Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah is another case in point.
boilermaker75 Posted July 5 Posted July 5 (edited) From a 4th of July concert in 2004 in Buffalo, NY, home of the Goo Goo Dolls. The song John Rzeznik wrote for the movie City of Angels. Edited July 5 by boilermaker75
Spekulatius Posted July 5 Author Posted July 5 On 7/2/2024 at 2:52 PM, Parsad said: Neil Young is in a whole different category...like Dylan, Leonard Cohen or Hendrix...timeless and one of a kind! And three of those four had a Canadian connection or were born here...Young, Cohen and Hendrix! And Dylan was born in Duluth, which is essentially frigid Canada! Cheers! I just saw two great at the Outlaw concert in Charlotte - Bob Dylan and Robert Palmer. I like Bob Dylan as a songwriter but he is not the best live performer, imo. He sort of does his thing and mostly ignores the crowd. Amazing that he is already 83!. On of the best performers was the opener - Celisse loves you. Quite a stage presence - a huge women with a huge voice and a mean guitar.
boilermaker75 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 @Spekulatius I too saw Dylan and actually left before the concert was over. He sometimes seemed to glare at the audience. Like I'll do what I want to do and not what you want to hear. I prefer listening to the other Dylan, Jakob. Or others covering Dylan songs like Hendrix or Guns N'Roses.
rkbabang Posted July 6 Posted July 6 17 hours ago, nwoodman said: Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah is another case in point. Agreed. Another one is Eric Clapton’s I shot the Sheriff. Not that the Bob Marley version isn’t good, but Clapton improved it.
nwoodman Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Shellac’s new album,’To All Trains’ that was released 10 days after Steve Albini passed away. Was a big fan of Big Black in the day, and Steve’s vocals still hold up today, raw and intense as ever. RIP. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shellac-to-all-trains/
DooDiligence Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) 4 hours ago, boilermaker75 said: @Spekulatius I too saw Dylan and actually left before the concert was over. He sometimes seemed to glare at the audience. Like I'll do what I want to do and not what you want to hear. I prefer listening to the other Dylan, Jakob. Or others covering Dylan songs like Hendrix or Guns N'Roses. I saw Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Review with Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. Friedman was wearing big furry chaps and a huge assed hat. He passed a week ago. RIP Kinky. You will be truly missed. Edited July 6 by DooDiligence
Parsad Posted July 10 Posted July 10 When we started talking about the early stars of Rock, Punk, Metal, Grunge, etc. I decided to listen to one of my favorites from that era...the brilliant Robert Smith and the Cure! He pretty much overlapped all of it! Now 65, he was rocking out in Glastonbury in 2019 to my favorite song they ever wrote...a song for one of the best graphic novel/superhero movies of all time...Burn for the movie The Crow. Even in 2019, he still sounded like the late 20 something rocker I first listened to and probably one of the most unheralded guitarist/composers of his era. The solo riff in the middle of the song is right up there with the beautiful riff The Edge plays in U2's With or Without You! Cheers!
nwoodman Posted July 10 Posted July 10 2 hours ago, Parsad said: When we started talking about the early stars of Rock, Punk, Metal, Grunge, etc. I decided to listen to one of my favorites from that era...the brilliant Robert Smith and the Cure! He pretty much overlapped all of it! +1. One of those bands that I appreciate more these days than when I was younger. Feel the same way about The Smiths .
Parsad Posted July 10 Posted July 10 13 hours ago, nwoodman said: +1. One of those bands that I appreciate more these days than when I was younger. Feel the same way about The Smiths . Yup...I would include New Order in there as well. Cheers!
nwoodman Posted July 11 Posted July 11 3 hours ago, Parsad said: Yup...I would include New Order in there as well. Cheers! Spot on. Recently saw Peter Hook and the Light. They played both the Joy Division and New Order versions of their respective albums, Substance. Fan of both bands but Blue Monday got the crowd absolutely pumping. A road trip favourite
Redskin212 Posted July 11 Posted July 11 I have tickets for Peter Hook and the Light over the Labor Day weekend - can hardly wait! Lots of other early 80's bands that could be added to the list. They are all touring for their "retirement needs" but still great to see as it transports me back to my youth
nwoodman Posted July 11 Posted July 11 1 hour ago, Redskin212 said: I have tickets for Peter Hook and the Light over the Labor Day weekend - can hardly wait! Lots of other early 80's bands that could be added to the list. They are all touring for their "retirement needs" but still great to see as it transports me back to my youth Enjoy, we had two generstions at the Melbourne gig and had a ball . His vocals are no Ian Curtis but still so worth it. If you get a chance watch ‘Control’ in the lead up or at least one of the other two movies listed here. http://www.top10filmlists.com/joy-division.html
Parsad Posted July 11 Posted July 11 3 hours ago, nwoodman said: Spot on. Recently saw Peter Hook and the Light. They played both the Joy Division and New Order versions of their respective albums, Substance. Fan of both bands but Blue Monday got the crowd absolutely pumping. A road trip favourite The music that came out of both those bands influenced a lot of other people...A LOT! We're all used to New Order's synth-pop-alternative-rock in the 80's and 90's, but one of their best songs came later off "Get Ready" in 2001..."Crystal"! Bernard Sumner's voice and guitar like Robert Smith of the Cure are classics! Cheers!
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