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May 14, 2006, 10:29 pm
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 Ready to Rok  Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,932 | Classical Rock's Greatest Song For all those old guys, and uncharacteristicly musically tasteful youth who happen to listen to and like Classical Rock, I'm talking 60's and 70's here.... What is your favorite song, and by what band? Mine has to be, without a doubt, American Pie by Don McLean "I believe Christianity as I believe the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." -C.S. Lewis- |
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May 14, 2006, 11:07 pm
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| Paladin  Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | I used to have several favorites when I was a kid until my mom pointed out that a lot of them were veiled references to drugs: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, for instance.  Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 14, 2006, 11:14 pm
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  formerly Isherwood  Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163 | Quote:
I feel an urge to do gross bodily harm anytime I hear it now, the same response "Barbie Girl" causes my nervous system. I'm warning you, don't say "Bye, bye Miss American Pie" if I'm anywhere close with a loaded firearm. My favorite? Gee, I'll have to think about that.  The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant) | |
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May 14, 2006, 11:17 pm
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| formerly Isherwood Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163 | Quote:
The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant) | |
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May 14, 2006, 11:19 pm
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| Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | Well, I wasn't very old at the time. And of course, once I knew it was there, that opened a Pandora's Box and I started finding others myself pretty quickly. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 15, 2006, 12:10 am
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| formerly Isherwood Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,163 | That's too bad in a way. You should be able to appreciate music for what it says to you, not what it means to others. I still love monophonic and polyphonic motets and early church music, choir and organ works especially. It doesn't bother me a bit that this was written as a part of a religious rite. It doesn't concern me that the words refer to a philosophy I don't share. I love the music. I love the sound of a well-trained human voice. I appreciate the talent of those who wrote this music. I'm not going to let the fact it was written by and for christians ruin my enjoyment of it. Rock! I know, the topic is rock. I'm still thinking. Early favorite; Our House, CSN&Y. The Forum Rules Radical Atheist Heathen Queer Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. (Ashleigh Brilliant) |
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May 15, 2006, 12:42 am
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| Paladin Location: Narnia Posts: 4,277 | I like "Rockin' Down the Highway" by the Doobie Brothers. Not my absolute favorite, but it's one I can think of off the top of my head. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. -- Song 8:6 |
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May 15, 2006, 03:29 am
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| Fire the Liars  Location: California Posts: 7,090 | Not sure why this came to mind first (Maybe because I laugh every time I hear it ):Quote:
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May 15, 2006, 05:32 am
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| 9/11: Inside Job  Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,453 | Crossroads by Cream, from Wheels of Fire, live concert recording (edited). DRIVING, distorted guitar by Eric Clapton, with memorable phrasing. Busting bass by Jack Bruce and inspired drumming by Ginger Baker. Blues lyrics (Clapton sings) are a Robert Johnson creation, supposedly about his trip to the crossroads where he sold his soul to the Devil in return for the ability to wail on guitar. Clapton wails. "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams Last edited by PatrickHenry; May 15, 2006 at 05:59 am. |
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May 15, 2006, 09:37 am
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 Fyrdman  Location: Middlesbrough UK Posts: 4,174 | P I N K F L O Y D - The entire WYWH album, as it really shouldn't be listened to in singles. If that's too new for ya, The Kinks "You Really Got Me" is good enough for me. Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill |
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May 15, 2006, 10:12 am
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| Made of pure win.  Posts: 3,795 | Oy. "Hi. I'm 2006. Have we met?" Seriously, guys, you live in the age of iTunes, file sharing* and the Internet. It's time to expand your horizons a little. Nostalgia is great and all, but the bands of today are influenced by the bands of yesterday. You're missing out on today. Here's some bands you may not have heard of that you may like: Into Hendrix and psychadelic acid rock? Try Dungen. Into Zepplin and others 70's rockers? You need to check out Wolfmother. Did you like Liza strutting her stuff in Cabaret? Check out the Dresden Dolls. Did you like happy-go-lucky songs of the 60's? Try Belle & Sebastian. If you liked The Allman Brothers, you may dig Peeping Tom. Were you a hippie? Then you need to check out the Flaming Lips. Were you into Bob Marley? Are you Jewish? You have no business NOT listening to Matisyahu Go forth and join up with this decade. Also, check out the world's coolest radio station. *It's only illegal to share with others. You can download all you want... just don't share and you're good. |
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May 15, 2006, 10:20 am
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| Market Anarchist  Location: United States Posts: 652 | Yeah, because people who can appreciate classic rock and oldies obviously don't appreciate any other forms of music. I suppose you tell admirers of baroque music to get their heads out of the 1600s. :rolleyes: Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. |
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May 15, 2006, 11:37 am
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| little light of mine  Location: In the shadows Posts: 127 | Touch of Grey by the Grateful dead sticks out in my head as my favorite song from the 60's/70's (not that i was alive back then) what are they gonna do when the lights go down? Without you to guide them all to Zion? What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun? Other than tremble incessantly |
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May 16, 2006, 05:02 am
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| Fyrdman Location: Middlesbrough UK Posts: 4,174 | Quote:
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill | |
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May 16, 2006, 09:19 am
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| Made of pure win. Posts: 3,795 | Quote:
Seriously, though, a lot of old fogies don't bother to look at what's out there today. Some do. Most don't... which is a shame, because there's a lot of great music out there you may not have heard of. I mean, come on: can you type with a straight face that you'd heard of Dungen? How about World Leader Pretend? | |
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May 16, 2006, 10:32 am
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| Evil Overlord  Location: A Geofront, somewhere in Antarctica Posts: 938 | I'd have to say anything by Led Zepplin, but my favorite song by them would have to be Kashmir. I realized once while going up to eastview mall and listening to it, that its PERFECT merry-go-round music. If I ever had a merry-go-round, that would be what played from it. Its got the perfect beat and everything, it was like an epiphany, like one of the universes most closely gaurded secrets was revealed to me. And no, I was not on drugs. As my friend Scott likes to say, 'My brain makes its own drugs.' I know your type. You think, "I'll just get me a costume, rip off the neighborhood kids." Next thing you know, you've got a jet shaped like a skull with lasers on the front! -The Monarch |
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