The bass playing on Free's "All Right Now"? It never jumped out at me as being funkier than any number of other classic rock songs?
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 7 December 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
I guess compared to the unyielding plod of any Bad Company song it could almost be construed as semi-funky but it sounds more like somebody trying to grasp the concept of syncopation for the first time. Simon Kirke is surely the least interesting drummer to have ever attained that level of success, though.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
Half the time on the radio I get really excited to hear "All Right Now," only to be severely disappointed that I'm actually listening to "Rock 'N Me" by Steve Miller Band
― voodoo chili, Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:38 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
me otm
― big crime for a SPECIAL WHATEVER (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
hahaha
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
All Right Now is good for about a minute...but it feels like it’s 20 min long & by the end it’s just annoying
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
For a minute I was thinking maybe the single edit was really short, and that it's been harmed a bit by MP3s/streaming putting the spotlight back on the album version. Nope - the album track is 5:31 and the single only cut it down to 4:14. Which surely makes a difference, but it's one of those songs that would be massively improved by being, say, 2:30.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
who even are you people
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
devotees of ILM's all-time greatest thread
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
On the topic of classic rock basslines, I never really thought much about the reggae-tinged bassline to "Hotel California" until I taught some bass but it's a surprisingly syncopated groove and fun to play.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
it's like you people don't want to strut around for 5 minutes like you are the cock of the block. sure you could strut for 2 and a half minutes but that is only half the strut.
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 7 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
Simon Kirke is surely the least interesting drummer to have ever attained that level of success, though.
Ahem...
https://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdatabase.com/files/don_henley.jpg
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 December 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
well, yeah.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 7 December 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
singing drummers get like a half-exception imho, that shit seems like it'd be really hard. plus he has a really distinctive and fun-to-imitate voice.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
― L'assie (Euler)
really feeling this post
― sleeve, Friday, 7 December 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
Can't get over that Henley's got such a Neil Peart-esque kit in that photo.
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
don henley really looks like bob pollard there
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
bob pollard sitting at a drumset looking confused, that is
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 7 December 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
Well, Andy Fraser was like 16 at the time! In fact the whole band were teenagers I think. Anyway, dude was an excellent bass player.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Friday, 7 December 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
"all right now" is also quintessential b/c when it's on in a car or at the beach or sth it sounds dope and you wanna sing along to the chorus and nod yr head to the verses, but if you like just sit down to listen to it it's kinda boring and too long and unvaried but still kinda good
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, December 7, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, December 7, 2018
speaking purely as a former bar band singer DC + VG very OTM
could never convince the other guys to go for Fire and Water tho lol
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 7 December 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
Feel like 'Slow Ride' may best answer the question posed by the revive.
― vocabulary is just a way to sound samrter than you actually are (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
Or like a 'Slow Ride'/'Free Ride' Two-For-Tuesday. Something with 'ride' in the title.
― vocabulary is just a way to sound samrter than you actually are (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 December 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
"slow ride" took #5 in the poll and imho is actually a little closer to the CR essence than DFTR at #1
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
The appeal of "Slow Ride" is a bit mysterious to me tbh.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
where do you come down on cowbell generally speaking?
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
"Don't Fear the Reaper" was my #1!
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Friday, 7 December 2018 23:51 (five years ago) link
slow ride rules, always
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 December 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
BAWBAWBAWBAWBAWBAW BAWBAWttsstt ssttssttbomp bomp bomp bomp bomp― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, July 28, 2014 5:52 PM reposting bc this is stilk the best thing i have ever posted imo, i am proud to have posted it in this, the greatest ilx poll + thread ever of all time
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 December 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
I can't hate Steve Miller for the simple reason that I feel like he's just begging you to hate him with every song
― rip van wanko
awww come on he's an ok sf hippie, side two of "journey from eden" is classic
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 December 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
Hendrix poll still open: “Oh, Move Over POLLER, And Let Jimi Take Over!” – ILX Artist Poll #101 – Jimi Hendrix – Voting Thread
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:04 (four years ago) link
partially my fault, but 'roll with the changes' deserved better than 138th
- pick slide/scrape- barreling piano- multiple whoos and yeahs from singer- regular guitar solo- female backing vocals- ORGAN SOLO- call-and-response dueling guitar solos- goes on maybe just a little too long
give it a sax solo and it's almost a platonic ideal
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 March 2021 23:47 (three years ago) link
SO IF YOU!RE TIIIIIE YERD OF THE SAAAAAAME OLD STORAAAAAYdef classic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 March 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
“Changes” could be an Elton John b side
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
well now look…we’re the doobies now
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 January 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
reading back a chunk of this thread (the last big revive) over breakfast really warmed up this chilly winter morning.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 17 January 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
happy classic rock szn dudes
my hometown rock radio station is once again counting down the 'memorial day 500' greatest songs of all time, as voted on by you, the listener (or so i'm told)
when i was a kid, 'stairway' was always first and 'freebird' was always second. last year 'bohemian rhapsody' won and 'freebird' wasn't even the top skynyrd song. fuckin kids these days
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 May 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
wtf lame
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 May 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
This year it’ll be Africa and Running up that Hill at 1 and 2
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Sunday, 28 May 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
lol or Nirvana
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 May 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
lol it will never ever be k8
it *should* be 'ah leah' every single year, but so it goes
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 May 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
summertime, summertime
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 May 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
it was always July 4th here, the Firecracker 500 on WNEW. There's a thread for it.
One year i glued myself to the radio and wrote down as much of the list as i could, i brought it with me to the roof to watch the fireworks and everything. Stairway was always first, but that year it was second and Layla was first. the following year they split the Layla votes into original Layla and EC unplugged, and both made the top 10, but this ensured Stairway would be first. Then when it was over they played DSotM in full and i taped it. Good times.
WCBS also had one of these countdowns every year and In the Still of the Night was always first. i think Mack the Knife was often second.
― No, 𝘐'𝘮 Breathless! (Deflatormouse), Monday, 29 May 2023 01:42 (one year ago) link
\m/
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 May 2023 02:04 (one year ago) link
Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" topped @971TheDrive's #MemorialDay500. It ended about 90 minutes ago. The full list is here. https://t.co/cVr3e17sB5 pic.twitter.com/ynDG2WoUa0— Andy Beebe 🟧 (@Andy_Beebe) May 30, 2023
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link
Ugh. I'll say this for that station, though: the "Rock & Roll Roots" DJ Bob Stroud was someone I listened to a lot as a kid. The first time I heard a lot of Stax, Chicago soul, less-obvious Motown tracks, garage rock, girl groups, and early rock & roll was on his show, and many of those songs I haven't heard on the radio since (almost 40 years).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 14:06 (one year ago) link
hometown station completed its 500 and indeed, stairway was #1 and freebird was #2 once again
the most recent song on the list was, at #310, green day's when i come around (1994)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
gotta throw the kids a bone
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
Ugh, these winners are so boring
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:44 (one year ago) link
I could live with tumbling dice
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
Or combination
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link
No one goes to Classic Rock radio to be surprised
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link