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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: firko on July 20, 2009, 11:01:56 am
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While 1969 might not have been one of the greats in motocross bike development, it was a red letter year for rock/pop music. Glenn A Baker was on TV this morning talking about the music we were listening to when man first walked on the moon and after listing some of the songs of 1969 he stated that many of the greatest songs in rock history emerged in that "Summer of Love" year. After looking at a couple of online lists this morning I find myself agreeing with Glenn that rock music reached its creative peak in 1969. Although there has been some great stuff since, much of it is merely repeating the vibe of 1969. Below is a list of songs from that great year.....The list and order of merit isn't mine but it gives you an idea that so many rock standards came out in the same year. I can't think of another year to produce such a huge number of great songs. Everything from Frank Sinatras "My Way" to the MC5 classic' Kick out the Jams' which is now regarded as the first punk record to little Michael Jackson making his brothers look like hangers on (which they later proved to be) in 'I want you Back' are in there.
1 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin
2 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 I Want You Back Jackson 5
4 Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones
5 Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills & Nash
7 Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin
8 Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
9 Come Together Beatles
10 I Can't Get Next To You Temptations
11 Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival
12 Pinball Wizard.The Who
13 Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid Led Zeppelin
14 Evil Ways Santana
15 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly & the Family Stone
16 It's Your Thing Isley Brothers
17 You Can't Always Get What You Want Rolling Stones
18 Space Oddity David Bowie
19 My Way Frank Sinatra
20 Kick Out The Jams MC5
21 Something Beatles
22 Hot Fun In The Summertime Sly & the Family Stone
23 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
24 Get Back Beatles
25 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival
26 Here Comes The Sun Beatles
27 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King
28 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band
29 The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel
30 I Want To Take You Higher Sly & the Family Stone
31 Give Me Just A Little More Time Chairmen Of The Board
32 Down On The Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival
33 Stand Sly & the Family Stone
34 Venus Shocking Blue
35 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
36 Can't Find My Way Home Blind Faith
37 Whipping Post Allman Brothers
38 Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose James Brown
39 Oh What A Night '69 Dells
40 Born On The Bayou Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Feelin' Alright Joe Cocker
42 Midnight Rambler Rolling Stones
43 Time Is Tight Booker T. & the M.G.'s
44 We're Not Gonna Take It The Who
45 In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson
46 Something In The Air Thunderclap Newman
47 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
48 No Time Guess Who
49 Twenty-Five Miles Edwin Starr
50 Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & the Supremes
51 My Whole World Ended David Ruffin
52 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) Steam
53 In The Ghetto Elvis Presley
54 Rainy Night In Georgia Brook Benton
55 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Joe Cocker
56 Good Times, Bad Times Led Zeppelin
57 Beginnings Chicago
58 Choice Of Colors Impressions
59 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Hollies
60 Let It Bleed Rolling Stones
61 Living In The Past Jethro Tull
62 Get Ready Rare Earth
63 Don't Let Me Down Beatles
64 Down By The River Neil Young
65 Grazing In The Grass Friends Of Distinction
66 Reconsider Me Johnny Adams
67 Cinnamon Girl Neil Young
68 Psychedelic Shack Temptations
69 Everybody Is A Star Sly & the Family Stone
70 Overture From Tommy The Who
71 Up On Cripple Creek The Band
72 A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
73 Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan
74 Lodi Creedence Clearwater Revival
75 Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine In 5th Dimension
76 Soul Deep Box Tops
77 Sugar, Sugar Archies
78 Who's Lovin' You Jackson 5
79 Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin
80 Come And Get It Badfinger
81 You've Made Me So Very Happy Blood, Sweat & Tears
82 More Today Than Yesterday Spiral Starecase
83 I Want You (She's So Heavy) Beatles
84 Badge Cream
85 21st Century Schizoid Man King Crimson
86 Ballad Of John And Yoko Beatles
87 Marrakesh Express Crosby, Stills & Nash
88 Mother Popcorn James Brown
89 Cissy Strut Meters
90 Black Pearl Sonny Charles & the Checkmates
91 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
92 Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears
93 My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder
94 I Can Hear Music Beach Boys
95 Je T'aime ...Moi Non Plus Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
96 I Wanna Be Your Dog Stooges
97 Galveston Glen Campbell
98 Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' Crazy Elephant
99 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind) Delfonics
100 Hey There Lonely Girl Eddie Holman
20 more worth mentioning.
101 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Marvin Gaye
102 Walk On By Isaac Hayes
103 White Bird It's A Beautiful Day
104 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head B.J. Thomas
105 Wedding Bell Blues 5th Dimension
106 Sweet Cherry Wine Tommy James & the Shondells
107 Traces Classics IV
108 Leaving On A Jet Plane Peter, Paul & Mary
109 Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins Singers
110 Baby I'm For Real Originals
111 Hawaii Five-O Ventures
112 Easy To Be Hard Three Dog Night
113 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago
114 Laughing Guess Who
115 Going In Circles Friends Of Distinction
116 Give Peace A Chance Plastic Ono Band
117 Backfield In Motion Mel & Tim
118 My Pledge Of Love Joe Jeffrey Group
119 And When I Die Blood, Sweat & Tears
120 Put A Little Love In Your Heart Jackie DeShannon
FIRKO ADDITIONS
Something in the Air..Thunderclap Newman
The Real Thing..Russel Morris
American Woman..The Guess Who
Everybody's Talking..Harry Nilson
Who Do You Love...Juicy Lucy or Quicksilver Messenger Service
Crossroads..Cream
Willy the Pimp, parts 1&2..Mothers of Invention..
Rag Moma Rag..The Band
Oh Well, parts 1&2..Fleetwood Mac
Kozmic Blues..Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
In the Court of the Crimson King..King Crimson
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Just goes to show how different generations have different veiws Firko. While they are all great artists and great songs there's only 1 in that whole list that appealed to me enough to warrant me purchasing their music years ago. That artist is David Bowie. I have a fairly large collections of albums still but Bowie is the only common artist ;)
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Doc, how can you go past Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Who etc ??? I tho't you were my generation & that we all loved all those great bands.
'Spose it just goes to show (again) that one man's meat is another's poisin.
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And I think we even played a couple of those at CD6... ;D
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Yeah you did Alistair but you wimped out on doing Iron Butterflys imortal party favourite 'Inna Gadda da Vida'. Klub Kevlar executive has voted to throw you in the mosh pit if you guys don't do it next year. Start practicing. ;D
That artist is David Bowie.
Your right Doc, it's different strokes for different folks. I have over 600 vinyl albums and a fair few CDs but don't own one David Bowie record. I fully understand that he is one of the greats and appreciate that many people love his music but his stuff never did too much for me. In fact that whole glam rock thing bypassed me with the exception of Mott the Hooples "All the Young Dudes" which was co written by David Bowie which is one of my all time favourites.
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Yeah...pity that. ::) Oh well, once a wimp, always a wimp. ;)
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Yeah well..some of us remember 1969 from behind out mothers skirts! I was all of 7 then. BUT one song on that list had a profound influence on my life. Not really the song itself but a TV documentry series that used that song as it's into. The song is "Living in the past" and the documentry series was "The scientists". I watched it in my mid teens and I swore I was going to become a scientist. I did and not a moments regret.
BTW, I have most of the songs on CD (before my pirating days!)
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I feel old :'(. I remember all of them like it was yesterday ::) :P :D.
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Yeah, that's some list of songs alright. ALL from 1969? Who'd have guessed that... How's it compare to, say... ummm 2009?
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How's it compare to, say... ummm 2009?
While I pretty well agree with Doc's comments, the I reckon the answer to that question is "quite well".
Interesting to note that none of JJJ's top ten songs of all time were less than a decade old.... And the winner their Hottest 100 from 2008 only polled 90-somethingth in the all time vote.
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great list of classics, I wasn't born then though ;D Apart from Bowie and the Beatles, and CCR I don't have any albums of those specific artists but I've got most of their stuff on compilations.
The radio at work is always tuned to the golden oldies station, combine that with the old ute and the old bikes, not to mention the old house, and my boss thinks I'm some sort of throwback.
"Galveston" jeez that brings back childhood memories, there must have been a Glen Campbell fan in the house somewhere
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Was only 11 then. :o
Lot of great names there though. CCR, Beatles, Bowie, Rolling Stones.
Where was this mob? though '69 was early days for them then.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Deep_Purple_in_Rock_-_Anniversary_edition.jpg/200px-Deep_Purple_in_Rock_-_Anniversary_edition.jpg)
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That JJJ list was a perfect reflection of the voter age. While Smells Like Teen Spirit is a great song well deserved of being in any top 100, being voted the greatest record of all time is a bit of a stretch. It doesn't take much thought to think of 10 songs that had more musical innovation, sociological impact, and a great unforgettable groove than 'Teen Spirit.
My choice for the greatest rock record of all time? Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan with Born to Run by Springsteen close behind with Queens Bohemian Rhapsody in third. With no Beatles, Rolling Stones or any women performers at all I don't think the JJJ list a very accurate or reflective list.
It's all relative to when you were "smelling the teen spirit" I suppose so with me it was the 66-76 period that formed my love of music and feeds my bias for that era. To leave the Beatles out of any "greatest" list is never a good look.
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Guess I was more the 70's/80's as my collection though only about 100 LP's in total follows more along the lines of
Bowie
Pink Floyd
INXS
Cold Chisel
The Angels
Flowers (Icehouse)
Rose Tattoo
Alice Cooper
Skyhooks
The Eagles
Supertramp
Jim Croce
Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
Dire Straits
AC-DC
Pearl Jam
Blue Oyster Cult
Bon Jovi
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Offspring
Bachmann Turner Overdrive
Springsteen
Bob Segar
Aerosmith
Australian Crawl
Crowded House
Hunters and Collectors
and many others. More recently Seether and Sum41 but as much as I respect the era the 60's stuff doesn't do it for me. Some Led Zeplin and some Slade, Deep Purple and Status Quo but for the most it's stuff like the above ;)
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good list Doc, when is the footpeg viewing party??? Get some "Don't Fear the Reaper" blasting out over the burbs
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Theres always a vintage motocross connection...you just have to look. Buck Dahma the lead guitarist of 'Don't Fear the Reapers' Blue Oyster Cult is good mates with Klub Kevlars US member Michael McCook and is a sometime vintage racer. McCook himself is a musician of note who made his millions building power surge boards for bands onstage equipment. He and the Buckster live in the same town and often jam. Here's the Blue Oyster Cult today...Buck sure can play....Kinda proves that a good band is a good band,,even 30 years later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA)
Good list Doc, good honest rock'n'roll. Not a Whitney Houston record in sight.
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Great list Firko
Great Rock & Race bikes have and always will go together.
Good memories.
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The place to be
Sweetwaters
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/djracingyz/Sweetwaters_music_festival.jpg)
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Narrarra?
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.... my boss thinks I'm some sort of throwback.
Talk about the perfect set-up, Mainy... We all think you're a throw-back.
;D
That JJJ list was a perfect reflection of the voter age. While Smells Like Teen Spirit is a great song well deserved of being in any top 100, being voted the greatest record of all time is a bit of a stretch. It doesn't take much thought to think of 10 songs that had more musical innovation, sociological impact, and a great unforgettable groove than 'Teen Spirit.
I mostly agree, actually - but the point of the Hottest 100 is that its not about the technically best songs or anything like that - its about people voting for stuff that they like without needing to justfy it. Plenty of the punters that they called up, had actually voted for 'shockers' (by JJJ standards) for at least some of their choices.
So the Hottest 100 is actually the "Hottest 100 as voted by JJJ listeners in June 2009" - which is kinda what I was vaguely alluding to in my previous post. The youngsters do dominate the voting, and yet they can't get one of "their" songs into the Top 10. The list in another 10 years will be interesting - once the songs of the last ten years have had time to 'age' and be judged for their overall merit and/or historical significance.
I cannot think of any recent songs that I know will rate highly in the 2019 list, although I predicted at least half of the top 20.
Teen Spirit is THE anthem of Gen X, for better or for worse - as someone else said recently, "Nirvana was the band that finally killed 80s music". They're a long way from the top of my list, but the release of Nirvana's Nevermind was clearly a pivotal moment in recent musical history - and consequently its in the same "culturally signficant" ball-park as any Dylan/Stones/Beatles songs ever were - and arguably more significant at this point in history.
Teen Spirit isn't my favourite Nirvana song, or even my favourite song from that album - but it is still the iconic song that everyone of roughly my age thinks of when they talk about good music.
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Guys 69 was a great year no doubt but #THE SUMMER OF LOVE WAS IN 1967"
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Theres always a vintage motocross connection...you just have to look. Buck Dahma the lead guitarist of 'Don't Fear the Reapers' Blue Oyster Cult is good mates with Klub Kevlars US member Michael McCook and is a sometime vintage racer. McCook himself is a musician of note who made his millions building power surge boards for bands onstage equipment. He and the Buckster live in the same town and often jam. Here's the Blue Oyster Cult today...Buck sure can play....Kinda proves that a good band is a good band,,even 30 years later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA)
Ah the Blue oyster cult (AKA in early day as "soft white underbelly", "stalk forrest group") i love this band, have every album and some bootlegs too. i thought i was in a minority here but am amazed you blokes kike them as well.
was the Zombies "Time of the Season" a 1969 song as well?
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That's a great list. I was only 5 in 1969 but most of those songs strike a chord because my older brothers would always have many of them playing on the record player in their room, the old single speaker portable type.
I have about a quarter of the list on my iPod so I think I'll have to find a copy of the rest of them... arrrrrr me hearties
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I was in grade 5 in 69. I remember a group of us being allowed into the staff lunch room to watch the moon landing. It dragged on a bit waiting for it to finally happen, but it was way better than doing actual school work ;D
I was just discovering music around that time & that list is a good reflection of what was being played at the time.
Amazing to think though, that they were all released in 69, obviously some of them got a lot of airplay over the following years.
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was the Zombies "Time of the Season" a 1969 song as well?
It sure was Hoony....How could that not be on the 1969 list? That would have to be one of the great tracks. The song was actually a hit a year after the Zombies broke up and Rod Argent and Russ Ballard from the Zombies had formed Argent (Hold Your Head Up. To hear the most arse kicking version of Time of the Season look for the 'Argent Live' album.
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A movie which gives a pretty good feeling of the time must be "Forrest Gump". OK the movie's crap but the soundtrack is great.
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Eddie and The Cruisers ;)
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OK the movie's crap but the soundtrack is great.
I have a different slant on Forrest Gump, besides a 'groovy' soundtrack, I reckon it's a great yarn showing that little people can also find greatness if they have the vision. I reckon Tom Hanks nailed it.
For a soundtrack that encapsulates the era there are four movies that grab me....Easy Rider, Woodstock, Monterey Pop and Blow Up. Blowup is a cool 1966 whodunit with Terrence Stamp that features the Yardbirds with both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck but after Eric Clapton had left. Lots of mods and groovy dolly birds. Santanas 'Soul Sacrifice' from Woodstock is still my all time favourite filmed live performance closely followed by Ten Years After 'Goin' Home also at Woodstock. This was Santanas debut to a wide audience and they are truly amazing, especially Carlos's guitar solo and the drumming from 15 year old (not 19 as the You Tube caption says)Mike Shreive. Monterey Pop, also from '66 shows Janis Joplin blowing quite a few famous minds with 'Ball and Chain'. A week earlier she was an unknown bar blues singer a week later, she was a superstar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPX-9QXgGM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPX-9QXgGM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGJynZNr7rk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGJynZNr7rk)
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Forrest Gump is cool alround.The scene when they take the shrimp boat out in the storm is somethin'.
Thanks for the links Firko (I thought that I'd fifnished YOUTUBING for today)
They are all awesome vids.
Mickaël Shrieve is truely awesome and at that age.
I wasn't familiar with that movie with the Yardbirds .Looks like Jeff Beck might hav ebeen the first one to smash up his guitar onstage - definitely started a trend there.
Monterey was also in 67 ya know.
Alvin Lee is fantastic - almost forgotten thesedays unless you live in europe.That Goin home track is one of the best live recordings ever.(Alvin Lee and TenYears after still tour but not together) 8)
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features the Yardbirds with both Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck but after Eric Clapton had left.
That must have been just prior to the New Yardbirds who morphed into a group called Led Zeppalin, who I heard had one or two good songs 8)
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Alvin Lee is fantastic - almost forgotten these days unless you live in europe.That Goin home track is one of the best live recordings ever.(Alvin Lee and Ten Years After still tour but not together)
Apparently the original lineup Ten Years Later are reforming for a 40 year Woodstock reunion in August. Alvin would have to be one of the best guitarists 'nobody' has heard of. I saw TYA in 1975 in a small 500 seat bar/concert hall, the long gone Golden Bear in Huntington Beach where they virtually blew the old shingle roof off. My wife cried she was so blown away. Before that gig hard rock to her was an evil 'guy thing' but after a dose of Alvins brilliance she was hooked for life. At the age of 60 she goes to every Alvin Lee or TYA gig whenever he or they visit California. ;D
Monterey was also in 67 ya know
That's right and so indeed was the 'Summer of Love'. The memory is way eaten up by sixties 'indulgence'.
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Alvin Lee is fantastic - almost forgotten these days unless you live in europe.That Goin home track is one of the best live recordings ever.(Alvin Lee and Ten Years After still tour but not together)
Apparently the original lineup Ten Years Later are reforming for a 40 year Woodstock reunion in August. Alvin would have to be one of the best guitarists 'nobody' has heard of. I saw TYA in 1975 in a small 500 seat bar/concert hall, the long gone Golden Bear in Huntington Beach where they virtually blew the old shingle roof off. My wife cried she was so blown away. Before that gig hard rock to her was an evil 'guy thing' but after a dose of Alvins brilliance she was hooked for life. At the age of 60 she goes to every Alvin Lee or TYA gig whenever he or they visit California. ;D
Monterey was also in 67 ya know
That's right and so indeed was the 'Summer of Love'. The memory is way eaten up by sixties 'indulgence'.
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Hard too imagine Alivin getting back with the group , still feuding as far as I know, still if it happens would be awesome.
I kived in HB for a bit never heard of the golden bear though.
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I kived in HB for a bit never heard of the golden bear though
When did you live in HB? I lived further up PCH in Belmont Shore, near Long Beach.
The Golden Bear was on the corner of Huntington Blvd and PCH, directly accross the road from the Huntington Beach Pier. It closed in January '86 after it failed fire inspection once too often. I saw The Grateful Dead, Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, Tom Waits, TYA, Asleep at the Wheel, Weather Report, Muddy Waters, BB King, Leon Russell, Warren Zevon, Spooky Tooth, Procul Harum, Motorhead, John Mayall (about 5 times), Johnny Winter and quite a few more that I can't think of right now. It was an amazing place with atmosphere that oozed through the walls. http://www.goldenbearbook.com/ (http://www.goldenbearbook.com/)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/golden-bear.jpg)
Below: A rare shot from the final gig..Robin Trower and Gary Brooker from Procul Harum...It kinda gives you an idea of the vibe of the place. It's my alltime favourite music venue.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/goldenbearroy.jpg)
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So I missed it by 4 years as I was there in 1990.I lived a 421 8th street which was a privately run hostel.It was sort of a half way house for Aussie's and others foreigners.It was a great time HB was still small and freindly ,they just started developing the shopping mall stuff on one sideat the end.Apparently its all develpoed now.I had the best time there.
Some place that I remember where "the sugar shack" for breakfast or brunch , "TaxiTaxi" second hand jeans shop and I think it was Sams where we played pool.We also went to " Mutt Lynch's" in Newport Beach on ocassion.I didnt see any bands but I got a part in "The Doors Movie" which was fun.
Hey where were "The doors" in the 69 list? :)
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It would be great to convince AJ and the boys to do some TYA covers for the next CD.
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That must have been just prior to the New Yardbirds who morphed into a group called Led Zeppalin, who I heard had one or two good songs
And let's not forget that a reasonably early version of the Yardbirds reformed as 'A Box of Frogs' in 1984 and had a minor hit with 'Back Where I Started From" and a brilliant album. They were ready to hit the bigtime when incredibly, original Yardbirds Samwell-Smith, Dreja, and McCarty refused to go on tour, much to singer John Fiddler's (who replaced original singer Keith Relf who'd died from electrocution in the early 70's) dismay and Jeff Beck's disgust (that's him on lead guitar - not in the video, he'd quit in disgust by then). The experience broke John Fiddler's heart and he wasn't seen much after that, pity he's a great singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIyOTBGVIg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIyOTBGVIg)
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FFS how can any over 50 yo person talk about the music of 69 without reference to the greatest rock guitarist ever. Check out the last half of Hendrix at Woodstock and if that isn't the defining moment of rock music not sure what is. Kind of like leaving out the first Penton in a list of defining dirt bikes. On lesser known axemen should check out Rory Gallagher or Jorma Kaukonen.
Biased Billy
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As good as Jimi Hendrix is, I'll go against popular opinion and claim that Hendrix was a tad over rated, a bit of a one trick pony. If he hadn't died so young I wonder if he would be so revered and if his music would have progressed much further?Would he have settled into playing the same old licks for the rest of his life, just as most other 'great' guitarists have? We'll never know.
Jorma Kaukonen was great with the Jefferson Airplane but achieved minor greatness with Hot Tuna...very underrated. Rory Gallagher was one of my favourites. A great blues player, much better than blokes who achieved higher stardom (Clapton especially). Just my humble opinion.
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I particularly enjoyed Hendrix's later works where it sounded he was going up a solid blues road. Whilst I enjoy his earlier work it can, IMO, be a little err.. noisy.
Mayalls my man. Lot's of stuff on CD. Pity about the vinyl.
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YEH CANT GO PAST LED ZEP HAVE THERE BOX SET STILL LIKE BRAND NEW.ALSO CANT FORGET THE REMIX OF MY WAY AROUND MID SEVENTIES BY SID VICOUS.CHEERS GARY
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Hi all probably a bi of the subject but i used to do a lot of rodie work around sydney mid to late 90,s.most were tribute bands such as gold zepplin purple last stand[cold chisel] cliche[zz top show].also did some for party boys wich had members from angels john swan singer and i think a guitarest from status quo.there was also another band called mother load wich was masters apprentices but had a female singer.all were quite good bands and surprising to see how many members from some big name bands went back to playing pubs in sydney and loved it cheers all gary
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I lived a 421 8th street
Motomaniac.....Ever since you posted the above address it's been bothering me as to why it was so familiar. Over the weekend I found an old address book and discovered that some friends at the time, Karen and Jay Quinn lived in that very building during the 1975-1978 period and I recall going there a few times to party. Back then it was a fairly run down old boarding house but it had lots of soul. Lots of hippy surfer dude types lived there at the time and the sweet smell of the 'herb superb' wafted through the old hallways! I vaguely remember an Aussie named Gavin from Cronulla living there until he was busted for pot and I suspect, deported. Since then the old building seems to have become a backpacker hostel (when you were there) and now apears to be a 'boutique hotel' and for sale. Hows that for one of those "it's a small world" occurences?
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/evangaline%20hotel.jpg)
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1279542.php (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1279542.php)
http://www.calcoasthomes.com/evangeline.html (http://www.calcoasthomes.com/evangeline.html)
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Firko you are a ledgend ! Thanks alot for the links.That place is sacred.Its had a very varied and colorfull history.That picture used to hang on the reception wall .It was a boarding house long ago ,then a hospital,knock shop etc etc before the backpackers came.I knew that it had closed , it was sold a while ago and closed its doors for backpackers .Its been vacant and for sale for a while.
I posted one of your links on facebook .Theres is a page for people who stayed there- The Colonial Inn.
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hey mark your original list was ok i s'pose but all a bit modern for me, plus where was willie nelson? by the way as far as radio is concerned i listen almost exclusively to community FM these days, they play good aussie country independents and don't annoy s**t out of me telling me i should invest in there latest nasal spray or horney sheep weed! cheers wally.
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I was born in 1969 - cannot remember a bloody thing, whats that saying about remembering the 60's
OLDYZMAN
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1969
Whats with the old bit, still a pup.
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Yep should have called myself OLDYZ's
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Hey Firko, great post, so many memories come flooding back.
Not many people have heard of Alvin Lee, but was one of the best ever if not fastest.
Johnny Winter? another underrated guitarist. My pick for best ever is Jimmy Page playing Rock n Roll.
Thank god for You tube, you can spend endless hours watching all that stuff.
Remember the Bondi Lifesaver? The Stagedoor Tavern?
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Remember the Bondi Lifesaver? The Stagedoor Tavern?
You Betcha! I was a regular at the Lifesaver during the 70s and remember AC/DC being the semi regular Friday night band. Once they hit the big time their gig was taken over by Rose Tattoo. I can remember Bon Scott challenging me on the pin ball machine! Other venues worth remembering was the Manzil Room at Kings Cross, The Oxford Hotel at Taylor Square in Darlinghurst where the amazing Radio Birdman had a residency. Great bands, great venues, great era.
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Alright! The great Radio Birdman, the Saints, we used to see them at the Caringbah Inn, Manly Vale Hotel, Selinas, Sweethearts at Cabramatta, the good old days.
when AC DC played for free at Lane Cove Town Hall, many a good night was had at these venues, all pre RBT days, The main act would come on at
midnight, saw Dr Feelgood on night at the Manzil Room, then wrote off my Lancia Beta Coupe on the way home.
Saw the Knack My Sharona at the Stagedoor, little did i know at the time. that song was going to become an anthem for drunken bucks nights on years to come. Saw the reformed Birdman AKA NEW RACE at Manly Vale when they had MC5 guitarist Ashton? with Denis Tek playing, God i could go on for hours.
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Aerosmith
AJ saw the American mx/vmxer's talking about this on facebook this morning..Legend stuff tickets where $7.50 8)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1959-Gibson-Les-Paul-Standard-Jay-Geils-J-Geils-Band-/220989181434?pt=Guitar&hash=item3373fb4dfa
Jay Geils of J.Geils Band 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
After almost forty five years of ownership rock superstar Jay Geils is selling his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. He has owned it since 1967 and it has appeared on every single J.Geils Band recording as well as on live shows around the world. Jay has played it on stage with bluesman B.B King, Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers Band, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells . Jay affectionately calls it his “lunch pail” Les Paul because he made his living for so many years playing it.
“ As much as it pains me to sell it I just don’t use it anymore and hate to see it just sitting on my wall in my guitar room. It deserves to be played and wail as Gibson intended . I’ll miss it but hope it goes to someone that needs it’s huge sound”
Jay acquired the guitar in 1967 when someone came up to him at a gig and was admiring the 1950’s Les Paul Custom he was playing. The gentleman wanted to trade Jay his Les Paul Standard for the shiny Les Paul Custom. The 1959 Les Paul was in horrible shape with a paint brush finish and a non original Bigsby tailpiece. Jay immediately saw the possibilities and did the deal.
He contacted his good friend and luthier Eddie Murray who was the premier Boston guitar repairman at the time about putting the guitar back to it’s original specifications. When stripping the guitar to re-finish it Eddie found it still had the inserts for the original stop tailpiece. After a month of intense labor Eddie gave Jay back his guitar re-finshed in the standard Gibson sunburst with original Gibson stop tailpiece parts and the original high output Gibson PAF humbucking pickup that came with the guitars.
In Jays words,” It was a keeper, good looking and it would break up any amp on the planet with those zebra PAF pickups.” Jay played the guitar on record and in live concerts for the rest of his career with the J.Geils Band.
The last time the guitar was played in concert was when the J.Geils Band played at Fenway Park in 2010 with Aerosmith.
Original brown Geib hardshell case and original nickel pickup covers for the PAF’s come with this guitar.
During the recording of the J.Geils Band recording of Monkey Island the guitar fell in the studio and cracked the headstock. Eddie Murray again took the guitar back and made a cosmetically pleasing and structurally sound repair that has stood the test of time and affects the guitars sound and playability not at all. As Jay says” it’s part of the rock and roll wars. If you don’t play it and lock it up in a case it’s not a guitar but a museum piece. My guitar needs to be played it’s not a museum piece.”
The two PAF pickups, pots and caps are original to this guitar as are the pickup surrounds. The pick guard, stop tailpiece, bridge, tuners, truss rod cover, frets, rhythm/treble plate, knobs are not original to this instrument but are correct original , Gibson Guitar Company period pieces available in 1969 or before as there were no companies to our knowledge manufacturing aftermarket replacement parts . The metal jack plate was Jay’s idea because when jumping around the stage he pulled the jack out of the guitar a few times.
The bridge pickup measures 8.37k and the neck pickup 8.46k.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSJkEYLCOGE&feature=youtu.be
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Nice axe, but I really struggle to see the extreme price in it. Even though it's celebrity owned, it's not an iconic celebrity as far as I am concerned. The George Harrison "Let it Be" Rosewood Telecaster went for GBP 250K, but that was a one off guitar and it was the Beatles. (and incidentally it was George buying it back).
'59 LPs are iconic and extremely valuable, but this isn't even a great example of the '59LP. It has a repaired headstock, refinished body and some non original hardware. All those things subtract value.
Will be interesting to see if it sells. I seriously doubt it at that price. ;)
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If you can call it a repair looks like it as done with a chainsaw................lol. i would love an early LP
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I see the "bathroom window song" Joe cocker--- was a remake of the Beatles and Firko, youve added king crimson and they are already in the list.. i didnt think they were that good for a double entry.. ;)
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Even though it's celebrity owned, it's not an iconic celebrity as far as I am concerned
The J. Geils band were huge in America in the 70's. Their one hit here belies just how big they were in their home country. Their harmonica player, Magic Dick is the best I've heard and Peter Wolfe the lead singer had all the rock god moves down pat ;D. There's a good close ups of J. Geils playing the above Les Paul in the "Lookin' for Love" vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEoSJrLxxbw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEoSJrLxxbw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlIkpKr3xM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlIkpKr3xM)
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1969 Led Zep not quite Woodstock but their debut year. 2013 Robert Plant just like a vmx bike. A little rough round the edges but gives you the same joy as back in the day. Concert was fantastic!
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its a mixed grill with these "old" bands on tour. seen Roger waters twice and he was fantastic. saw Steely Dan and they were terrible. backing band was superb but both fagen and becker were out of tune and out of time.
looouuve the Celebration day concert. Kashmir had to be one of the greatest renditions ive ever heard. ed zep were on the cusp of failing but pulled it together for most songs. isnt it great when 50 y/o music still cuts it among the latest stuff.
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Dust off your cow bells, the Blue Oyster Cult are in oz as we speak. You lot down south have a couple of days to go see them
http://www.blueoystercult.com/Road/OnTour.html
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Dust off your cow bells, the Blue Oyster Cult are in oz as we speak. You lot down south have a couple of days to go see them
http://www.blueoystercult.com/Road/OnTour.html
fork it, i forgot to get tix. long time BOC fan. give us a review MainSki when you can.
its the only time they have been to oz.
Buck Dhama rules
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Sorry, my wife only saw the tour poster this morning in our local coffee shop. They've already been and gone from Brissy. Absolutely f%&#'ing spewing that I missed The Plimsouls though. Never get another chance to see them live.
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Shit.......that one got past me, I'm also a big BOC fan. My American mate Mike McCook is a mate of Buck Dahma, they live in the same town and jam and ride their cafe racers together I believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuYlRs9_Do (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDuYlRs9_Do)
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Bugger we all missed out
Workshop of the telescopes
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I was watching morning TV while taking in my morning caffeine hit this morning and Aerosmith, Van Halen and Billy Joel came on. I was saddened to see an old and knocked about Aerosmith, especially Steve Tylor who looked like Keith Richards older brother. It was kind of sad to see a 60+ aged old rocker still wearing 12 layers of chiffon and faux leopard skin with a fake fur 'Mad Hatter' style top hat and silver knee boots as street attire. In contrast Van Halen looked in pretty good shape especially a tanned David Lee Roth who looked to be in pretty good nick for his age and was dressed in something close to modern style. The rest of the band also looked far better preserved than Aerosmith. Billy Joel has aged gracefully and despite losing his hair and gaining a bit of condition looked pretty damn good. Riding his beloved Moto Guzzi's in semi retirement seems to have agreed with him.
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.........I've got to agree with both Doc and Firko.....I was born in the late '50s and I love everything through to the late '80s with the odd bit of new stuff thrown in......my I-Pod literally has every thing from Patsy Cline to Marilyn Manson........at this very moment I've got the Allman Brothers blasting out........I don't think I really ever got past 19 years old.
Roger
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I was watching morning TV while taking in my morning caffeine hit this morning and Aerosmith, Van Halen and Billy Joel came on. I was saddened to see an old and knocked about Aerosmith, especially Steve Tylor who looked like Keith Richards older brother. It was kind of sad to see a 60+ aged old rocker still wearing 12 layers of chiffon and faux leopard skin with a fake fur 'Mad Hatter' style top hat and silver knee boots as street attire. .................
Joe Perry looked aqually weird to me as well, he also looked bored shitless and could not be bothered during the interview i saw.
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.........I've got to agree with both Doc and Firko.....I was born in the late '50s and I love everything through to the late '80s with the odd bit of new stuff thrown in......my I-Pod literally has every thing from Patsy Cline to Marilyn Manson........at this very moment I've got the Allman Brothers blasting out........I don't think I really ever got past 19 years old.
Roger
eat a peach?,(err fugg that wasn't the doobie bros was it?,fugging drugs ::)), :P
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eat a peach?,(err fugg that wasn't the doobie bros was it?,fugging drugs ),
Mick, Mick, Mick.....Eat a Peach is The Allman Brothers Band at their brilliant best. The album was called Eat a Peach in decication to to master slide player Duane Allman who died half way through recording the album after he t-boned a peach truck on his Triumph Bonneville.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Allman_Brothers_Band_-_Eat_A_Peach-Front-www_FreeCovers_net__zpscfece6fd.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/Allman_Brothers_Band_-_Eat_A_Peach-Front-www_FreeCovers_net__zpscfece6fd.jpg.html)
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cool!,me memories a tad shot mate,nowadays i blame the acetone ;), :P
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A slightly different era, but very sad news of the passing of Chrissie Amphlett today, only 53.
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Maico Music
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Biker-Motorcycle-Cover-LP-High-Life-Maico-Motorcycle-On-Cover-/370910054797?roken=Ih3W8c
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The place to be
Sweetwaters
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/djracingyz/Sweetwaters_music_festival.jpg)
Played there - was a great time
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Firko, Gregg Allman at the BBBF next Easter. Will be keeping an eye out for a side show in Sydney. Hopefully there could be a few more from the family coming. Cheers Bill
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Firko, Gregg Allman at the BBBF next Easter. Will be keeping an eye out for a side show in Sydney. Hopefully there could be a few more from the family coming.
That'd be a great addition to the program. I don't know if there are too many Allmans left.....Duane certainly won't be coming.
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Yeah but if you got GA Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes that would be a pretty good substitute and I would be there.