All You Need is Love - The Story of Popular Music

First real "supergroup" too?

The thing that runs through most of the songs I mentioned, and what I love most about them, is how pop/melodic they could be. I think the perception of them is blues/drum solos/show-offy virtuosity/etc. Sometimes, yes--but there was another side to them.

I think they were the first supergroup...either them or Dino, Desi & Billy.

I suppose they invented the "power trio" (though that was really the Who

... or Johnny Kidd & the Pirates or Link Wray (he didn't have a rhythm guitarist, did he?)

Sometimes, yes

http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/medium/AVLL_999192__49284__01152009122753-2510.jpg

A1  Crossroads 
Written-By – Robert Johnson  4:13   
A2  Spoonful 
Written-By – Willie Dixon  16:44   
B1  Traintime 
Written-By – Jack Bruce  6:52   
B2  Toad 
Written-By – Ginger Baker  15:53  

I own this. Can't actually bring myself to play it....

That's only the live half of that album. The studio half is better, with "White Room" and "Politician"

I'm lucky in that I came to them via Heavy Cream in high school--22 songs, and "Rollin' and Tumblin'" is the only one longer than five minutes (almost half are either under three or just barely over). Thirty-five years later, I still don't have Disraeli Gears or Wheels of Fire.

Watched the first episode of this at the weekend, the one that's kinda a taster menu for the rest of the series. It made the rest of the series look terrible. I was nauseated by Jerry Lee Lewis trying to be sexy, then horrified by the continual bad performances that the doc clearly thought were good or important or whatever. I'm glad I watched it tho, an a "geez, now I understand why punk happened" kinda way.

Have I been lied to by my first impressions? y'all seem to be finding things of worth in it.