Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs: Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma". I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
I saw Robin Trower with Peter Frampton about 20 years ago. Bridge of Sighs live was one off the bucket list. Today I bought and listened to Chris Tea, Tower of Power, Steely Dan, Rikki Lee Jones and Weather Report.
@bdp24 I did not have you pegged as a classical guy. Of course anyone should be able to enjoy Beethoven's 9th. In my meager experience with classical I see the 9th as possibly the greatest symphony ever.
@n80, I actually listen to Classical a lot (especially the Baroque era), but don't usually comment on it here. While fairly knowledgeable about Popular (non-Classical) music, I can be viewed as a dilettante in regard to the serious stuff.
The title I posted about is not just the 9th, but all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, in a little boxset. Listening to them all back-to-back is interesting: one becomes more aware of the composer's "tricks" (not said in the pejorative sense ;-); the frequent use of dynamic swells leading to a staccato chord punctuation. I actually prefer Mozart as a symphony composer; his are more different from one another, and he wrote far more of them.
But to me, J.S. Bach is THE composer's composer. I am of course not alone in holding that opinion. I was introduced to JSB by a songwriter I was recording with in '74-'75, the only genius I've known. He was a music major first at San Jose State College and then The University of California at Riverside, and possessed perfect pitch. Learning to sing a Fugue---as I was required to do in our work---was the hardest thing I've ever done. It also instilled in me a low tolerance for "flat" singing, and out-of-tune guitars. Both are far more common than you would think!
In case you are still roaming this thread, my Wish You Were Here SBM CD arrived today. I agree with your assessment and prefer it to SACD version although not dramatically.
Never bought a Mellencamp album before, albeit I kinda liked some I used to hear on the radio, or MTV back in the day. I think this tape is fine, but the engineering and recording technique of this album leaves a bit to be desired. Very ‘hallow’, poor SQ, and amateurish production vs some of the songs and music that deserved better. I don’t think quality recording was a concern here.....just ‘get it out there’. Probably sounded fine on most car radios. A shame really.
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