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...just for you, rick;

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...OK rick, see if you can figure this out....who is this beauty below and why is she forever linked to rock and roll history?


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...better than close, rick...spot on.

...but what really makes her famous is that greatest song ever written about unrequited love was named after her...but because she was married to George at the time the "other man" could not use her name in the song for obvious reasons.


...the "other man" ...was George Harrison's best friend at the time, Eric Clapton....and the song? (long version)


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...also featured on the song is a very young Duane Allman (before the Allman Bros) who backs up Eric by playing slide guitar and taught Slowhand the art of playing slide...Layla was released in 1970 while she was still married to George Harrison. Clapton grew increasingly depressed over not be able to be with this woman he had fallen for, that he turned inward and turned to heroin and nearly killed himself as an addict. He became a recluse but broke out of his funk and addiction with a vengeance in 1974 with what IMO, was his best work ever. He titled his album after the address of his "drying out" house in Florida. (461 Ocean Boulevard)
...Clapton's dream finally came true in 1979 when he married Pattie after she and George split up. Another Clapton classic "Wonderful Tonight" is also a tribute to Pattie.
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That's great stuff 59. I had not known that. Wow, 2 of my favorite songs have more meaning. Thanks
 
...among other things, as a very young man, I was a DJ ("The Breeze" was my handle)(and my sign on song was "Call Me the Breeze" by Skynyrd)(one of the best all around songs ever)...but a young songbird named Juice Newton ended my short-lived career on the radio...it's a very funny story, though it wasn't at that time...remind me to tell you guys about it some time.



...good lyrics, killer piano, good horns, good percussion, and gangster guitars;


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During the early 70s I was into Alvin Lee (one of the best guitarist ever) and 10 years after. And Mark Farner's Grand funk railroad.
 
Rick2583 said:
During the early 70s I was into Alvin Lee (one of the best guitarist ever) and 10 years after. And Mark Farner's Grand funk railroad.
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Yeah, I still play "A Space in Time" every now and then...great album...Grank Funk was another great band...in addition to Farner, Don Brewer was a very under rated drummer and singer.

...speaking of Grand Funk, I started to take an off topic poll awhile back concerning the best 3 man bands ever...there were quite few;


Grand Funk RR
ZZ Top
The Police
Cream
Jimi Hendrix Experience


...I'm probably forgetting some. Maybe I'll post the poll later on.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Yeah, I still play "A Space in Time" every now and then...great album...Grank Funk was another great band...in addition to Farner, Don Brewer was a very under rated drummer and singer.

...speaking of Grand Funk, I started to take an off topic poll awhile back concerning the best 3 man bands ever...there were quite few;


Grand Funk RR
ZZ Top
The Police
Cream
Jimi Hendrix Experience


...I'm probably forgetting some. Maybe I'll post the poll later on.
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Iron butterfly
Tull
Black Sabbath
Ten Years After
Santana
Zeppelin
The Who
CCR (my favorite)

And I'm sure I'm missing a few.
 
...oh hell...my all around favorite bands ever would be a really tough call.

...in no particular order, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Zeppelin

...and close behind, Heart, Doobies, CCR, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band, Beatles (and anything by John Lennon)
 
yankeesince59 said:
...oh hell...my all around favorite bands ever would be a really tough call.

...in no particular order, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Zeppelin

...and close behind, Heart, Doobies, CCR, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band, Beatles (and anything by John Lennon)
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I still have Lennon's Imagine album & his first album with the plastic Ono band. And by Album I mean vinyl.
 
Rick2583 said:
I still have Lennon's Imagine album & his first album with the plastic Ono band. And by Album I mean vinyl.
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...I still have 700 to 800 vinyl albums...and still have my 35 year old Technics turntable and a 40 year old JVC 4 channel amp and Marantz receiver...great sound. I also have a Bose surround sound system which sounds great with digital recordings but you just can't beat the "warm" sound of the older stereo equipment. And I have a vintage McIntosh amp that I'm restoring. (tube type)
 
yankeesince59 said:
...I still have 700 to 800 vinyl albums...and still have my 35 year old Technics turntable and a 40 year old JVC 4 channel amp and Marantz receiver...great sound. I also have a Bose surround sound system which sounds great with digital recordings but you just can't beat the "warm" sound of the older stereo equipment. And I have a vintage McIntosh amp that I'm restoring. (tube type)
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With the exception of a few collectables (beatles, Sinatra, Martin etc.) I've sold most of my albums. But I do have several hundred 45s.
 
...ahhh, 45's. I remember the very first record I bought with my own money...it was a 45 rpm..."I Get Around by The Beach Boys...flip side was "Don't Worry Baby"...yup, good times.
 
yankeesince59 said:
...ahhh, 45's. I remember the very first record I bought with my own money...it was a 45 rpm..."I Get Around by The Beach Boys...flip side was "Don't Worry Baby"...yup, good times.
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Mine was I feel fine by the Beatles. I think the flip side was either She's a woman or If I fell.
 
Rick2583 said:
Mine was I feel fine by the Beatles. I think the flip side was either She's a woman or If I fell.
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...a little known fact; even before Hendrix and others, if you listen to the very beginning of "I Feel Fine", you'll hear guitar feedback being used on a record for the first time ever,
 
BigDaddyAl1973 said:
That so sounded like my dad. And for the record I just turned 40.

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Didn't mean to rehash but I just saw the lyrics to a song by the multi-millionaire thug who calls himself 50 cents. still scratching my head how anyone in there right mind would actually pay for this crap. So Al please just google the lyrics to a piece called "Material girl 2000" and tell me again how that's considered talent.
 
Where did I say everyone had talent?

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BigDaddyAl1973 said:
Where did I say everyone had talent?

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No, I know you didn't say EVERYONE but seriously this is the type of perverted shit that kids are listening to & trying to copy. And although this may not be an example of ALL rap it is a lot of it. To much of it. Give me Sinatra, Bennett, Temptations & even the Beatles any day.
 
Still think a generational gap does this with all music. Your parents or their parents may havr thought it it wasn't Bauch Beethoven and showpan (sp) it was crap. Bet parents of the 60's children though guys like hendrix the who were pyscodelical.

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BigDaddyAl1973 said:
Still think a generational gap does this with all music. Your parents or their parents may havr thought it it wasn't Bauch Beethoven and showpan (sp) it was crap. Bet parents of the 60's children though guys like hendrix the who were pyscodelical.

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Hendrix was a TALENTED guitar player. One of the best (TALENT) and could sing. Not great but he could sing. And I NEVER heard any of the artists from the 40s, 50s, 60s even the 70s & 80s recite garbage like so many of these rappers do. I mean there is just a time whether you're 20 or 70 where you say..."okay wait, that's just wrong".

And the fact that the recording business is paying these clowns millions for this crap is just unbelievable. Okay now I'll get off my soap box. Back to the Yankees.
 
The part I find humorous is that these rappers think they invented the game. When in reality rap has been around before most of these sewer mouth clowns have been alive. jimmy Dean "Big bad John" around 1961. Lorne Greene "Ringo". Hell even Johnny Cash's "A boy name sue". was a form of rap. All from the 60s. And even Blondie came out with a song called "Rapture" in 1981 that was a nice mix of singing & rap. The biggest difference between then & now is that #1 the poetry was a damn lot better & #2 unlike todays rap-crap, you could actually understand EVERY word.
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Rick, how about Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider".....not sure if you're familiar with it...check it out.

 
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blgridesagain said:
The part I find humorous is that these rappers think they invented the game. When in reality rap has been around before most of these sewer mouth clowns have been alive. jimmy Dean "Big bad John" around 1961. Lorne Greene "Ringo". Hell even Johnny Cash's "A boy name sue". was a form of rap. All from the 60s. And even Blondie came out with a song called "Rapture" in 1981 that was a nice mix of singing & rap. The biggest difference between then & now is that #1 the poetry was a damn lot better & #2 unlike todays rap-crap, you could actually understand EVERY word.
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Rick, how about Charlie Daniels' "Uneasy Rider".....not sure if you're familiar with it...check it out.

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Another great example.
 
Now, now, now.....you're all missing the point of modern rap. The lyrics are poorly rhymed, badly 'sung' and a complete butchery of the English language...intentionally. Pop culture is being played in the most masterful way. We're beyond peer pressure, social media drives group think in ways Orwell never dreamed possible. Funny thing is, we have the most blatant bullies leading the anti-bully movement. Diversity training, non-confrontation and multiculturism has produced the most perfect storm...making sex, drugs and rock-n-roll an amuse bouche.

Breaking it down further, the rappers know they aren't good, but the entertainment factor is what sells.
 
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