Author Topic: What's Your Favorite 70's Rock (Read 12737 times)

Agnostic007 · « **Reply #75 on:** June 19, 2018, 09:40:30 AM »

Quote from: Joe Pietaro on June 19, 2018, 09:09:06 AM

Am I the only KISS fan who loved "The Elder?"

Probably

Dan-O · « **Reply #76 on:** June 19, 2018, 10:37:46 AM »

Quote from: Joe Pietaro on June 19, 2018, 09:09:06 AM

Am I the only KISS fan who loved "The Elder?"

I have a friend from back in high school who may be the ultimate KISS fan. He and his wife go on the KISS Kruise every year and he's on a first-name basis with all the guys in the band. He also claims his fave KISS album is The Elder. But I kind of wonder if he just says that to prove to the world how hardcore of a fan he is.

Taffin · « **Reply #77 on:** June 19, 2018, 11:19:23 AM »

Quote from: The Ugly on June 18, 2018, 11:42:30 AM

Can't really endorse anything after Animalize, probably ('84), but Alive is fantastic. Probably the best live rock record I own. Alive II's pretty damn good, too, as well as the studio stuff leading up.

Wheels came off in the 80s, trying to compete with the younger hair bands and such. Some truly embarrassing stuff, no way around it. Churning out garbage ever since.

Based on that I watched this 6/10 documentary - well it is taped from VH1!, but good enough for someone like me who knew/knows nothing about them...

Spoiler: the album wasn't exactly 'live'...

The Ugly · « **Reply #78 on:** June 19, 2018, 11:55:24 AM »

Quote from: Taffin on June 19, 2018, 11:19:23 AM

Based on that I watched this 6/10 documentary - well it is taped from VH1!, but good enough for someone like me who knew/knows nothing about them...

Spoiler: the album wasn't exactly 'live'...

Not even close. Are any, though?

The Ugly · « **Reply #79 on:** June 19, 2018, 12:11:25 PM »

Quote from: Joe Pietaro on June 19, 2018, 09:09:06 AM

Am I the only KISS fan who loved "The Elder?"

No way, but Kiss fans are an odd bunch.

True test is where you stand on buffoonery like "I Just Wanna" and "Uh! All Night," which are empirically demonstrable dogshit. There was a study.

Fortress · « **Reply #80 on:** June 19, 2018, 11:55:05 PM »

Max Webster

Hail.

HTexan · « **Reply #81 on:** June 20, 2018, 07:40:35 AM »

Best and favorite are 2 different things. Best is probably Queen or David Bowie. Favorite is probably Led Zeppelin.

DroppingPlates · « **Reply #82 on:** June 20, 2018, 07:43:33 AM »

Quote from: HTexan on June 20, 2018, 07:40:35 AM

Best and favorite are 2 different things. Best is probably Queen or David Bowie. Favorite is probably Led Zeppelin.

Queer is pure horror to listen to, even Madonna is more pleasant

beakdoctor · « **Reply #83 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:34:41 AM »

38 special
van halen
zeppelin
pink Floyd
queen
Paul McCartney wings
alot of disco one hit wonders but might not qualify as rock. like the bee tees.
Joe Walsh
three dog night
steely Dan
Eric clapton

Agnostic007 · « **Reply #84 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:39:53 AM »

Quote from: beakdoctor on June 20, 2018, 11:34:41 AM

38 special
van halen
zeppelin
pink Floyd
queen
Paul McCartney wings
alot of disco one hit wonders but might not qualify as rock. like the bee tees.
Joe Walsh
three dog night
steely Dan
Eric clapton

Bee Tees?

Dan-O · « **Reply #85 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:44:42 AM »

I kind of got Zeppelin'ed out as a teen. They're great of course, but for me at least they're played out.

My wife and I caught the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan a couple of Sundays ago. The Doobies' vocal harmonies and musicianship were impeccably on-point. And Steely Dan (sans Walter Becker, RIP), of course you know their performance was as tight as should be expected.

funk51 · « **Reply #86 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:48:24 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on June 16, 2018, 08:31:55 AM

They’re OK. I wouldn’t put them in the league with the truly great southern rock bands.

Skynyrd
Allman Bros
Marshall Tucker
Outlaws

Next tier

Molly Hatchet
Blackfoot
38 Special

black berry smoke seems to be trying to keep the southern rock tradition alive..

funk51 · « **Reply #87 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:51:36 AM »

Quote from: Taffin on June 17, 2018, 09:20:11 AM

I'm a bit out of my depth in a Rock thread, but I've found myself listening to these guys - live performances only, mind you - many, many times since I 'found' them last year. I put 'found' in quotes as I'm sure that as usual everyone else in the world was there before me...

1970

one of the best live albums ever..

Agnostic007 · « **Reply #88 on:** June 20, 2018, 11:59:31 AM »

Quote from: Dan-O on June 20, 2018, 11:44:42 AM

I kind of got Zeppelin'ed out as a teen. They're great of course, but for me at least they're played out.

My wife and I caught the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan a couple of Sundays ago. The Doobies' vocal harmonies and musicianship were impeccably on-point. And Steely Dan (sans Walter Becker, RIP), of course you know their performance was as tight as should be expected.

Some of the greatest bands to ever exists are bands I rarely listen to for that reason. Great songs but I listened to them so much over the decades I end up changing the station when they come on. Much of Boston, Zep, Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Doobies , Stones, Springsteen. Sometimes it depends on the location I'm at when I hear them.

Dan-O · « **Reply #89 on:** June 20, 2018, 12:32:21 PM »

Quote from: Agnostic007 on June 20, 2018, 11:59:31 AM

Some of the greatest bands to ever exists are bands I rarely listen to for that reason. Great songs but I listened to them so much over the decades I end up changing the station when they come on. Much of Boston, Zep, Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Doobies , Stones, Springsteen. Sometimes it depends on the location I'm at when I hear them.

Same for pretty much all those artists.

EXCEPT a few songs I could listen to every day and never get sick of:

Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider
ZZ Top - Any of their stanky, nasty, dirty blues tunes, e.g., Blue Jean Blues, Fool For Your Stockings, Ten Foot Pole, Jesus Just Left Chicago, pretty much all their good stuff pre- and post-Eliminator. Nobody plays the blues like the Reverend Willie G.
Bad Co. - Silver, Blue and Gold

We could make a whole other thread about songs you never get sick of hearing.

ratherbebig · « **Reply #90 on:** June 20, 2018, 12:38:43 PM »

all the songs you dont get sick of hearing i get sick of hearing in fact im getting sick of hearing you talk about it

HTexan · « **Reply #91 on:** June 20, 2018, 12:40:10 PM »

Quote from: DroppingPlates on June 20, 2018, 07:43:33 AM

Queer is pure horror to listen to, even Madonna is more pleasant

SOMEPARTS · « **Reply #92 on:** June 20, 2018, 12:58:52 PM »

70s Genesis...Gabriel or Phil doesn't matter.

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #93 on:** June 20, 2018, 01:50:13 PM »

Quote from: beakdoctor on June 20, 2018, 11:34:41 AM

38 special
van halen
zeppelin
pink Floyd
queen
Paul McCartney wings
alot of disco one hit wonders but might not qualify as rock. like the bee tees.
Joe Walsh
three dog night
steely Dan
Eric clapton

It’s really hard to deny that the 70s was the best decade of music ever. You can even add a few to that list, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, and, IMO, the greatest progressive rock band ever: Yes.

beakdoctor · « **Reply #94 on:** June 20, 2018, 02:10:41 PM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on June 20, 2018, 01:50:13 PM

It’s really hard to deny that the 70s was the best decade of music ever. You can even add a few to that list, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, and, IMO, the greatest progressive rock band ever: Yes.

most of pop culture peaked in the 70s. cinema, boxing, bodybuilding, humor, music, muscle cars (peaked in 60's but had a few holdovers) television was way more fun.