Music Appreciation Thread.

[Jimmydinho]

i was thinking of starting a music trivia thread or something, but there are already to many of those types of threads.

what song is the only song (by same aritst) in history to go to number 1 in 3 different decades?
name the versions?

[pom pom]

here we go again....this is what i have to live with...

[Jimmydinho]

ok, either no one knows or doesnt give a toss. ;D
the song is actually "candle in the wind" - elton john.
1st version off the yellow brick road album in the 70's
2nd version live with the melbourne symphony orchastre in the 80's
and the 3rd was the diana tribute in the 90's

[yellowcake]

pjimmy86 said:

pete, apart from jimmy page, robert plant and eric clapton, were there any other well knows musos that were part of the yardbirds line up over the years?

Robert Plant wasn't ever a YB

[Jimmydinho]

i read somewhere he was. hmm, must discuss this next we meet

[striker 9]

Hey Jimmy

I saw Status Quo and Deep Purple last night......... how good were they? pitty Ritchie Blackmore is no longer in the band...but Steve Morse is just as good!

[Jimmydinho]

SHIZEN! i knew it was soon, didnt know it was that soon.
how was it?

[striker 9]

pjimmy86 said:

SHIZEN! i knew it was soon, didnt know it was that soon.
how was it?

they rock as good as ever - they were amazin' for geezers some few years older than me! hehehehe

[Ursus]

When Jimmy Page first formed Led Zepelin they were known as the New Yardbirds for a very short time. That was the only time Robert Plant sang with a group with yardbirds in their name.
When Clapton left because he thought they were becoming too commercial the Yardbirds wanted Jimmy Page to replace him. At the time Page was too busy as a session muso recording tracks for groups such as Herman's Hermits so he sent along his understudy Jeff Beck, who imho was the best of the three guitar heroes to play with them.
For a brief period both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck played together with them (awesome times). Unfortunately there was not enough room for two lead guitar heroes' egos so Beck, who was tired of touring left.
Page introduced a lot of new experimental style to the band but unfortunately they were running out of steam while he was just beginning. Much of the stuff he was doing with the Yardbirds was taken to Led Zepelin and gave them a great launch to become one of the greatest groups of all time.
As to the original question, Keith Relph was a God who considering he was at best operating on about 50% lung capacity was a great lead singer who could blow a mean harp.

[Jimmydinho]

ursus said:

When Jimmy Page first formed Led Zepelin they were known as the New Yardbirds for a very short time. That was the only time Robert Plant sang with a group with yardbirds in their name.
When Clapton left because he thought they were becoming too commercial the Yardbirds wanted Jimmy Page to replace him. At the time Page was too busy as a session muso recording tracks for groups such as Herman's Hermits so he sent along his understudy Jeff Beck, who imho was the best of the three guitar heroes to play with them.
For a brief period both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck played together with them (awesome times). Unfortunately there was not enough room for two lead guitar heroes' egos so Beck, who was tired of touring left.
Page introduced a lot of new experimental style to the band but unfortunately they were running out of steam while he was just beginning. Much of the stuff he was doing with the Yardbirds was taken to Led Zepelin and gave them a great launch to become one of the greatest groups of all time.
As to the original question, Keith Relph was a God who considering he was at best operating on about 50% lung capacity was a great lead singer who could blow a mean harp.

ah! ok. i knew there was some link there.
thanks ursus, i will jog that one away in the archive to annoy mel with more triva quizes. ;D

[Perm]

dont know if anyone realised this, last week the former frontman of PINK FLOYD, Syd Barret passed away due to complications with his Diabetes.

He's regarded as one of the most influential figures of the 1960s rock and roll scene, inspiring artists like The Beach Boys and The Beatles and leading a counter culture rebellion against mainstream society.

[Pete]

afrosean said:

dont know if anyone realised this, last week the former frontman of PINK FLOYD, Syd Barret passed away due to complications with his Diabetes.

He's regarded as one of the most influential figures of the 1960s rock and roll scene, inspiring artists like The Beach Boys and The Beatles and leading a counter culture rebellion against mainstream society.

Yes, sad indeed that Syd has passed on, but he lived a lot longer than some folks gave him in the 70s.
He was the main writer for Pink Floyd, singer and guitarist when they started out. Quite a charming good looking man at the time, he quickly became one of the 'beautiful people' in London throughout the pyschedelic period (1965-68?).
Syd grew up with Roger Waters in Cambridge and also knew David Gilmour who would eventually replace him. Like a lot of kids growing up post war, he became quite artistic and challenging to the norms of the period. His real name was Roger Keith Barrett - Syd was a name given to him by folks who frequented a jazz club that had a regular band, whose drummer was named Sid Barrett. Everyone except his family called him Syd.
He penned most of Pink Floyd's first album which was right at the point that he started to drop off, so to speak. He was a keen party goer and would indulge in frequent trips on LSD, this eventually leading to mental illness and a complete inability to cope with the demands of being in a rock group. After being replaced in Pink Floyd, he basically disappeared on occassions, many Floyd fans recalling chance meetings with Syd in and around Cambridge, where his mother and other family lived. Other occassions he would be stable and start to think of plans to record some music or indulge in painting. He did make a couple of solo albums, which did have some help from Gilmour and Waters. But he was a shadow of his former creative brilliance.
After the last solo album in the early 70s, he eventually retreated to his mother's home in Cambridge and lived on an invalid pension. Gardening became his passion.
In one frightening scene in Abbey Road Studios, Pink Floyd were recording (I think the Shine On You Crazy Diamond sessions) and Richard Wright noticed a fat grubby guy in the corner of the studio, while others were at work setting up the gear. Richard mentioned the guy to Roger Waters, who in turn asked one of the roadies who the guy was. They told them it was Syd!
Pink Floyd did ensure that Syd was comfortable and wouldn't have gone wanting, but often Syd would just disappear and not let people know what he was up to - and when he'd get into trouble, his mother would be contacted. As the 80s wore on tho, Syd was basically at home in Cambridge and to some extent stable.
If there's ever a case against the taking of hallucinogenic substances, Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett would be a good example. Being atristic and sensitive, it had been suggested that Syd had a pre disposition to paranoid schizpohrenia, but certainly taking LSD opened the door for the hounds of hell in his mind.

[Perm]

sad. great artist.
crazy coincidence, the night before he died, i watched a Pink Floyd dvd "1966-1967" which was when Pink Floyd were on the rise in underground London, and Syd wrote his most famous song "interstellar overdrive".
the next morning i found out he died.

i bought their latest DVD, which is the P.U.L.S.E tour, many features and bootlegged footage. also the only footage of Dark Side of the Moon performed in concert.
awesome DVD.

[Pete]

Pink Floyd, with Syd at the helm and before their first album, were THE group to see in the London club scene. The group was a slightly less predictable and less structured group under Syd, often songs would start and 15 minutes later would still be going at Syd's insistence. They played some awesome gigs that have gone into 60s pop culture as much as the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
Post Syd, Pink Floyd settled down a bit, got a bit more serious about what they were doing and set about meeting their obligations under their record contract. It was tough for them to leave Syd behind, but eventually Gilmour and Waters were able to take up where Syd left off in writing duties. Both Gilmour and Waters shared singing duties, Gilmour firstly being more accomplished.
By the time Dark Side of the Moon came around (1973), Pink Floyd was poised to acheive what they did with that album. They were quite removed from the whimsical psychedilic pop songs that Syd had had success with.
I was lucky to see Pink Floyd in 1988 (minus Roger Waters), and I must say that it was a hell of a show with all those lights and special effects.
I don't think they played anything from Syd's time, the oldest song they played, I think, was One of These Days (great slide guitar work).

[yellowcake]

Love how this threat keeps sneaking back to Page 1...

...and I recall mentioning...

yellowcake said:

...Radio Birdman/Deniz Tek (my personal hero)...

Saturday night:
1. See Newcastle get done at Bluetongue
2. Get straight up to Newcastle (Leagues)
3. Get my ears done seeing Radio Birdman

Doesn't get much better

[shelleybeach]

radio birdman deserve page 1.

[yellowcake]

Big bump!

Just listened right through Silverchair's Young Modern. Stunned.

Also found an article in Australian Guitar from 1999, Neon Ballroom time (Daniel John's was I think 19 then), quote: "In terms of song writing and song construction, silverchair are head and shoulders above any other band in the country. If this is what they are capable of now, the mind boggles at what heights they could scale in another five years."

I think they just did it. Possibly an Oz Music masterpiece.

[Foriegnmariner]

I am blown away by Young Modern.
This is a masterpiece and easily the best "album" of our generation.
How he thought of the music styles and the way there set out and performed for this album i do not know.

[Perm]

anyone go to V fest?

the Pixies were by far one of the best things ive seen.

[~Floss~]

Saw Red Hot Chili Peppers last night: as awesome of ever (seen 'em 3 times before).

First 3-4 songs, i wasn't sure if they'd meet expectations, but once they - and the sound guys - got warmed up, they absolutely cooked for the rest of the night. Rocked out hard and tight.