teej
03-11-2009, 10:09 PM
I cannot believe all these familiar names are here! I felt compelled tonight to see if this site still existed, I don't think I've looked at it for years.
I also can't believe ye old geezers are talking about DT too! They are my current most played band...Octavarium and Train of Thought got me through the work day today. I had the pleasure of catching DT on the Prog Nation tour this past summer. Three (one of the opening bands), was well worth sitting through. Sort of Strawbs meets Jethro Tull meets Metallica. Opeth I could do without but for some of their softer bits, and I can't recall the third opening band which is okay coz their music that night was forgetable. A bit too much of the growling vocals for my taste.
Since I've last been a regular I have been living with two growing little girls which have altered my lifestyle. No longer do I spend my evenings kicking back between the speakers spinning vinyl late into the night. I'm lucky if I can fire up the big rig once a month!
Other music I've been hearing a lot of:
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus - hey, I did say I have 2 little girls...I can't escape this pop. If it's not playing on one of their boom boxes, they have it on the main TV stereo. But to critically tear her music apart...it's good pop! Derivative of the 80s (Kim Wilde, Go Gos) with a bit of 60s psychadelia thrown in at times. Some melodies are lifted straight from Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night", the Turtles "Happy Forever" but what 6 yr old is going to recognize that? And to top it off, the kid can sing! I don't apologize for knowing all her songs. I have spent many a wondeful evening jamming on guitar with my girls dancing and belting out Hannah Montana tunes.
Ayreon - the Final Experiment and the Human Equation. Haunting melodies, true concepet albums, cheezy lyrics at times (but it's translated into English as I understand it). I think DT's heavy sounds have led me down a path of heavier screaming guitars. I'm still a Steve Howe fanatic though, he won't be dethroned!
the Band - Music from Big Pink - I've never been a fan of this sort of stuff before, but I stumbled across a DVD called Raising Low which was about all these bass players joining ex-Band members for a Gov't Mule project. Tony Levin and Chris Squire were 2 of the bass players which is how I found it. So I figured I ought to give the Band a spin. Love their cover of "Long Black Veil"
Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! - nearly 10 years after Troy's Zappa comps made the rounds I finally submit myself to listening to a complete Zappa album repeatedly.
Neal Morse - his solo stuff, particularly One, I can't get enough of. Love the fat synth lines.
and just in case you are wondering, what are my girl's favs from daddy's stash:
The Sweet - "Ballroom Blitz" (they beg me to dust off Desolation Blvd and spin they vinyl)
Dream Theater's cover of Metallica's "Damage Inc", "Solitary Shell" from 6 degrees
Kim Wilde "Kids in America"
enough rambing! I hope to visit again someday.
tj
I also can't believe ye old geezers are talking about DT too! They are my current most played band...Octavarium and Train of Thought got me through the work day today. I had the pleasure of catching DT on the Prog Nation tour this past summer. Three (one of the opening bands), was well worth sitting through. Sort of Strawbs meets Jethro Tull meets Metallica. Opeth I could do without but for some of their softer bits, and I can't recall the third opening band which is okay coz their music that night was forgetable. A bit too much of the growling vocals for my taste.
Since I've last been a regular I have been living with two growing little girls which have altered my lifestyle. No longer do I spend my evenings kicking back between the speakers spinning vinyl late into the night. I'm lucky if I can fire up the big rig once a month!
Other music I've been hearing a lot of:
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus - hey, I did say I have 2 little girls...I can't escape this pop. If it's not playing on one of their boom boxes, they have it on the main TV stereo. But to critically tear her music apart...it's good pop! Derivative of the 80s (Kim Wilde, Go Gos) with a bit of 60s psychadelia thrown in at times. Some melodies are lifted straight from Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night", the Turtles "Happy Forever" but what 6 yr old is going to recognize that? And to top it off, the kid can sing! I don't apologize for knowing all her songs. I have spent many a wondeful evening jamming on guitar with my girls dancing and belting out Hannah Montana tunes.
Ayreon - the Final Experiment and the Human Equation. Haunting melodies, true concepet albums, cheezy lyrics at times (but it's translated into English as I understand it). I think DT's heavy sounds have led me down a path of heavier screaming guitars. I'm still a Steve Howe fanatic though, he won't be dethroned!
the Band - Music from Big Pink - I've never been a fan of this sort of stuff before, but I stumbled across a DVD called Raising Low which was about all these bass players joining ex-Band members for a Gov't Mule project. Tony Levin and Chris Squire were 2 of the bass players which is how I found it. So I figured I ought to give the Band a spin. Love their cover of "Long Black Veil"
Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! - nearly 10 years after Troy's Zappa comps made the rounds I finally submit myself to listening to a complete Zappa album repeatedly.
Neal Morse - his solo stuff, particularly One, I can't get enough of. Love the fat synth lines.
and just in case you are wondering, what are my girl's favs from daddy's stash:
The Sweet - "Ballroom Blitz" (they beg me to dust off Desolation Blvd and spin they vinyl)
Dream Theater's cover of Metallica's "Damage Inc", "Solitary Shell" from 6 degrees
Kim Wilde "Kids in America"
enough rambing! I hope to visit again someday.
tj