OT - Revisiting Old Albums

[Waquoit]

Never heard of them either. Just sampled through that trilogy and now I know why. If that's the type of thing you're looking for you can disregard all of my suggestions. I got nothin' in that realm.

I have no desired realm here. The perceived prog-rock bias is just coincidence due to my not listening to those albums back in the day. I like how threads evolve, this one took a swerve toward listing faves. Which is fine, of course. But that doesn't help my search. Is anyone who went to college in the 70s not familiar with the Dead, Traffic or Hendrix? Never mind the Doors, Who and Stones?

And isn't just sampling the polar opposite of listening to the entire album?

 

[Waquoit]

Speaking of SPAC, here's a bill for you: Tedechi-Trucks, Los Lobos, N. Mississippi All-Stars.

 

[Waquoit]

Got my Dan tix today.

 

[8893]

I have no desired realm here. The perceived prog-rock bias is just coincidence due to my not listening to those albums back in the day. I like how threads evolve, this one took a swerve toward listing faves. Which is fine, of course. But that doesn't help my search. Is anyone who went to college in the 70s not familiar with the Dead, Traffic or Hendrix? Never mind the Doors, Who and Stones?

And isn't just sampling the polar opposite of listening to the entire album?

I misunderstood your OP. I thought you said you never listened to classic rock albums back in the day and you only listened to the hits.

In any event, I only listed Traffic as among those you've referenced here (I mentioned the Stones only as the source of the Isbell comment).

As for sampling Gong, it's just not remotely interesting enough for me to spin an album. But I'm glad you found what you were looking for.

 

[imno1]

I have no desired realm here. The perceived prog-rock bias is just coincidence due to my not listening to those albums back in the day. I like how threads evolve, this one took a swerve toward listing faves. Which is fine, of course. But that doesn't help my search. Is anyone who went to college in the 70s not familiar with the Dead, Traffic or Hendrix? Never mind the Doors, Who and Stones?

And isn't just sampling the polar opposite of listening to the entire album?

Dead Traffic Hendrix I'm going to check those guys out

 

[Waquoit]

As for sampling Gong, it's just not remotely interesting enough for me to spin an album. But I'm glad you found what you were looking for.

Don't understand the snark here.

 

[imno1]

Don't understand the snark here.

I, like 8893 sampled it and found it too weird. I might need to warm up with some Captain Beefheart first.
Bright Light Social Hour is more accessible but something you might dig.

 

[tdrink]

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As for sampling Gong, it's just not remotely interesting enough for me to spin an album. But I'm glad you found what you were looking for.

If it,s not your thing it's not for lack of talent by the band. And I really don't understand how someone who likes Phish wouldn,t be interested in a band like Gong. They play lots of long long spacy intsrumental jams with evolving time signigtures wrapped around quirky, vampy songs. Sounds a lot like Phish or their big influence Zappa.

Most challenging, thought provoking stuff requires some getting used to but is often the most rewarding over time.

Also, the last album of trilogy is called You. It's the best one of the bunch. Instead of sampling listen to that all the way through. Maybe a couple or few times just to get past the surprise factor.

 

[alexd]

Got some VIP's for Los Lobos at Mohegan's Wolf Den next month.

 

[8893]

Don't understand the snark here.

No snark intended, sorry. I sampled it to see if it was music that interested me. It wasn't. But obviously that doesn't mean that it's not something that might interest others, which you underscored by saying it was exactly what you were looking for. I clearly totally misunderstood your original inquiry.

I am always interested in hearing about music I don't know, and I will give almost anything a shot except death metal, heavy prog rock or heavy electronica. What I heard seemed to be very prog and somewhat electronica, and the "concept" was just too dated/silly to connect with me.

Funny @imno1 mentioned Captain Beefheart, because that was the closest comparison that came to me while I listening to it, but even that was fleeting, as Captain Beefheart is ultimately blues-based music, whereas the Gong stuff is much more abstracted. I like Captain Beefheart and I love Zappa, who got his start there.

@tdrink , sorry, I just don't hear the Phish at all; nor do I hear the Zappa. It wasn't surprise, just not sounds that I liked hearing.

There are a lot of assumptions made about Phish fans and what other music they might like. Most of them don't apply to me. For example, many people have urged me about Widespead Panic, and they don't do it for me at all.

 

[tdrink]

@8893

Zappa-Were only in it for the Money (Nasal Retentitive Caliope Music)

Phish -Reba (very prog) / 2001 they verge on electronica

I guess those are valid reasons for dismissing music. Gong uses synthesizers to set up their jams and lots of people love to dump on anything with synthesizer. Problem is their is this one band called Pink Floyd....I will admit the concept stuff from them is silly and dated as well.

Widespread doesn't do it for me either. The songs sound bland. Didn't they steal the guitarist from Umphrie's? That helps.

Have you heard any Dopapod? That's my new favorite band but might be too progressive for your tastes.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Neil Young-Live at Massey Hall
Bon Iver- Bon Iver
Elliott Smith- Elliott Smith (not typos--the last two are just self titled albums)
Father John Misty-Fear Fun
The Guru-Pretty Things (just throwing this in because they're a CT band)
Mac Demarco- 2
MGMT- Congratulations
Modest Mouse- The Lonesome, Crowded West
Nick Drake- Pink Moon
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
Sufjan Stevens- Come on, Feel the Illinoise! and Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State

I put a couple of my favorites in bold...most of this stuff is newer music with the exception of Neil Young, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith

 

[intlzncster]

If it,s not your thing it's not for lack of talent by the band. And I really don't understand how someone who likes Phish wouldn,t be interested in a band like Gong. They play lots of long long spacy intsrumental jams with evolving time signigtures wrapped around quirky, vampy songs. Sounds a lot like Phish or their big influence Zappa.

Most challenging, thought provoking stuff requires some getting used to but is often the most rewarding over time.

Also, the last album of trilogy is called You. It's the best one of the bunch. Instead of sampling listen to that all the way through. Maybe a couple or few times just to get past the surprise factor.

YOU DO NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO LISTEN TO GONG!!!

 

[Northbound]

Got my Dan tix today.

I'll be on the lawn for all of them, it's about a 30 minute trek to saratoga for me.

Some good ones this summer.

 

[bobbygt]

YOU DO NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO LISTEN TO GONG!!!

Gong fans aren't made, they're born!

 

[intlzncster]

Neil Young-Live at Massey Hall
Bon Iver- Bon Iver
Elliott Smith- Elliott Smith (not typos--the last two are just self titled albums)
Father John Misty-Fear Fun
The Guru-Pretty Things (just throwing this in because they're a CT band)
Mac Demarco- 2
MGMT- Congratulations
Modest Mouse- The Lonesome, Crowded West
Nick Drake- Pink Moon
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
Sufjan Stevens- Come on, Feel the Illinoise! and Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State

I put a couple of my favorites in bold...most of this stuff is newer music with the exception of Neil Young, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith

Loved that Nick Drake album. Still think it's funny the first I heard of him was on a goshdarn Volkswagen commercial. One of the best car commercials (or in general) I've ever seen though.

 

[tdrink]

Mock away.

I was a DJ at WHUS in the late 80’s. I helped start the Pushing the Envelope show where we were trying to play some extreme music and push people's musical boundaries.Wasn't for everybody. Most people were listening to Wham! And Rick Astley at the time.

 

[Samoo]

Second the earlier Shins recommendation.

I can't believe we went 6 pages without Mermaid Avenue. California Stars is a top-ten-oat song.

For reggae, don't sleep on Alpha Blondy and Lucky Dube

 

[8893]

So I gave Gong another try and it wasn't as bad as I thought; and now that I've been edumacated about their talent I can hear some essence of this seminal influence throughout.

 

[tdrink]

So I gave Gong another try and it wasn't as bad as I thought; and now that I've been edumacated about their talent I can hear some essence of this seminal influence throughout.

And now you hear his influence everywhere. Pop has won.

And if you want to hear a guitar solo, you have to go to a Phish concert.

 

[8893]

Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker

Sufjan Stevens- Come on, Feel the Illinoise! and Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State

I like Ryan Adams a lot, and he was great when I saw him in concert. Seriously messed up in the head, but really good. I actually like his recent cover of Taylor Swift's 1984, and I don't like her at all.

Sufjan is definitely very unique. In particular, writing a good song about cancer is a pretty tall task, and I thought his "Casimir Pulaski Day" was brilliant; and then I heard Jason Isbell's "Elephant," which topped it in that regard. One of the most painfully beautiful songs I've ever heard.

 

[Onions]

Some slightly lesser known great albums -

"Hollywood Dreams" - Thunderclap Newman
"Sailin Shoes" & "Dixie Chicken" - Little Feet
"Howlin Wind" - Graham Parker
"Brave New World" - Steve Miller Band
"The Natch'l Blues" - Taj Mahal
"Better Days" - Paul Butterfield
"Lola" - The Kinks
"Then Play On" and "Kiln House" - Fleetwood Mac (the original band)
"Live with the Edmonton Orchestra" - Procol Harum
"Cloud Control" - Sister Monk (modern group)

 

[intlzncster]

Mock away.

I was a DJ at WHUS in the late 80’s. I helped start the Pushing the Envelope show where we were trying to play some extreme music and push people's musical boundaries.Wasn't for everybody. Most people were listening to Wham! And Rick Astley at the time.

Oh settle down. We're just having some fun.

 

[intlzncster]

and now that I've been edumacated about their talent I can hear some essence of this seminal influence throughout.

Very subtle 'roll. hat tip

 

[Point6]

Any of the Bon Scott era AC/DC albums.

 

[WhiteDressWes]

Mock away.

I was a DJ at WHUS in the late 80’s. I helped start the Pushing the Envelope show where we were trying to play some extreme music and push people's musical boundaries.Wasn't for everybody. Most people were listening to Wham! And Rick Astley at the time.

Gothic Blimp Works? Better than Alien Rock on WRTC?

 

[Onions]

Some slightly lesser known great albums -

"Hollywood Dreams" - Thunderclap Newman
"Sailin Shoes" & "Dixie Chicken" - Little Feet
"Howlin Wind" - Graham Parker
"Brave New World" - Steve Miller Band
"The Natch'l Blues" - Taj Mahal
"Better Days" - Paul Butterfield
"Lola" - The Kinks
"Then Play On" and "Kiln House" - Fleetwood Mac (the original band)
"Live with the Edmonton Orchestra" - Procol Harum
"Cloud Control" - Sister Monk (modern group)

Also -

"Elephant Mountain" - The Youngbloods

 

[gampelcrazies]

"Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen
"Darkness on the Edge Town" Bruce Springsteen
"The River" Bruce Springsteen

 

[uconnphil2016]

I like Ryan Adams a lot, and he was great when I saw him in concert. Seriously messed up in the head, but really good. I actually like his recent cover of Taylor Swift's 1984, and I don't like her at all.

Sufjan is definitely very unique. In particular, writing a good song about cancer is a pretty tall task, and I thought his "Casimir Pulaski Day" was brilliant; and then I heard Jason Isbell's "Elephant," which topped it in that regard. One of the most painfully beautiful songs I've ever heard.

In regards to Ryan Adams, agreed. Definitely a troubled dude and I think his music kind of went south, but Heartbreaker was like a modern take on Neil Young for me.

Sufjan is the type who people either love or hate. Maybe more difficult than Casimir Pulaski Day was John Wayne Gacy Jr., a song where he profiles the mass murderer of the same name. Some people probably don't enjoy the religious connotations in Sufjan's music (especially Seven Swans--which I left off my list because most non-religious folks probably wouldn't enjoy it) but I think his ability to incorporate religion and artistry is unparalleled. Everyone knows that Christian music sucks--it's unbearable. Sufjan's music is hugely theological while still incredibly unique--and often theologically questioning rather than blindly following. Really interesting stuff. He's definitely my favorite artist--I'm headed to seminary and he's one of the only artists I can enjoy who discuss Christianity in any capacity...

 

[husky99]

traffic welcome to the canteen