jbow


Well, thanks!


Now I am going outside to plant some okra, squash, and ****es. I hope to finish today. I grow mostly in Earthboxes.

Thanks again!

(PS: Moshakie... I too have a family. My family put the funk in disfunctional.. no doubt.  )

J

There are some guitarists, that do VERY DIFFERENT things, and comparing them is really silly and off the wall.
 
They "rock" ... and make many of the popular guys look not only bad, but downright silly and poor musicians. With that said, there was a time when not knowing notes and chords was also a good thing, and some of them came out of that ... and got better.
 
Some examples, and more than likely have not heard many of these foreigners:
 
Ax Gernreich - Early Guru Guru (what Jimi probably would have done in his non-existant future!)
 
Michael Karoli - Late guitarist from CAN. Start with "Mother Sky", and then listen to "Bel Air", and then the 2 long cuts back to back in "Soon Over Babbalooma"
 
John Weinzierl - Amon Duul 2 - I call him the pupil from the John Gurley guitar method that went on to teach Dave Gilmour! But Gurley would be first, too! Check out the long title cut "Yeti" and then the insane quality of the use of effects in "Wolf City" and "Vive La Trance".
 
Terje Rypdal - Check out his early album, "Odyssey" and then his unreal "Eos" with David Darling (wish Bapu could play like that!), and then his later stuff with another guitarist with a rock band. He was the original, and Jeff Beck has copied more than once in his lifetime!
 
David Allen - Carmen. Classically trained guitarist, doing Spanish guitar licks on an electric guitar. "Fandangos in Space without Bapu" and "The Gypsies with Bapu". Bass player from this band was stolen by Ian Anderson for Jethro Tull until passed away with cancer!
 
Egberto Gismonti - used to build his own guitars. "Folk Songs" "Magico" with Charlie Haden and Jan Garbarek, and then his solo stuff prior to this ... excellent!
 
Gayle Ebbett - Djam Karet. Becoming one of the best bands in American Progressive Music. And Gayle rocks!
 
Robert Fripp -- Richard Pinhas ... 
 
They all rock ... differently!
 
There are many more ... late guitar player with Funkadelic (Maggot Brain), Stevie Ray Vaughn, Garry Moore ... all of them are magnificent rock'rs in their own right ...
 
So play for them "Roll Over Beethoven" and then "Rock Me Amadeus" and tell them that they don't know what a rock is! Anyone saying that, has never heard music ... they only heard one song! Tell them to go back to the crib and ask them if they need diapers!

Wood67


The live versions of Run Like Hell from the last two tours are pretty well up there, though once you've heard them the album version is a bit tame.  I was in the audience at Wembley and at Earl's Court for both.

And Earls court for Dark Side Tour first and second time round that rocked my tiny little furry mind.


The Delicate Sound of Thunder tour at Wembley and the London Arena, that rocked me physically the sub bass on Dogs of War, cloth flapping.  


It depends on what you call Rock? do we need to categorise or can we not just enjoy what pleases our ears.

Pink Floyd rocks.

Justin Bieber does not rock.

HTH.

UbiquitousBubba


Pink Floyd rocks.

Justin Bieber does not rock.

HTH.

Say...  Would you mind using your time machine for a small community service UB?  Can you make it where Justin is on his way out and Pink Floyd is just beginning?  Yeah, that would be cool...

"The Delicate Sound of Thunder tour at Wembley and the London Arena, that rocked me physically the sub bass on Dogs of War, cloth flapping."
 
well said wookiee-that concert to me was and still remains the benchmark for me as far as a sound and light spectacle goes-was not a big fan of the band but have never been so immersed in an event-usually check out the players and the gear but not this time-the finale would have made hitler blush at nuremburg! 

Sounds like there were a few of us at that gig in Wembley Stadium (1987 or thereabouts I think?).  I got a bit freaked out by the net of lasers bouncing up an down (ok I wasn't entirely sober at the time if I'm honest) and had to sit down for a while.

For the last tour at Earl's Court I'd dispensed with the youthful experimentation and only had a couple of beers.  Didn't have quite the same vibe as a result...

hi wood,
i`ve never been to wembly (my loss).
saw them at the then state of the art Sydney Ent.Centre with around 8,000 people so you can imagine how intimate and Loud it was.
sadly,it`s being demolished as we speak to make way for a bigger and "better" venue.
better my arse-for whom-certainly not the fans,definately the promoters.
i haven`t been to a stadium gig for years-any band that tours here invariably plays local warmups and after show jams so if you keep your ears open and your phone handy you can usually ferret them out.
ps:"One of these Days" ,on my first real stereo rocked my world,though it sounds a bit thin and dated now.
cheers

CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE.

Speaking of Pink Floyd and rocking out, I'm quite partial to some Tame Impala now and then, they kind of sound like Pink Floyd rocking out at times...in a totally shameless kind of way....
 

I was also at the aforementioned Wembly gig. My cloth is STILL flapping...