Topic: Need more classic rock (Read 20128 times)

Narr · « **on:** 21 Jul 2006, 18:54 »

Gimme suggestions. I dunno what or why, but I've been on a classic rock binge since I got a job as an office runner. Picked up a Led Zeppelin album and just need MORE. My Cream, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and all that stuff that I alread have needs more brethren.

GOGOGOGO

quietnow · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 19:11 »

the cars

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 19:50 »

Rainbow, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, Dire Straits, yadda yadda yadda

Lines · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 20:20 »

^ yes + jefferson airplane/starship, the kinks, the beatles, the byrds, the yardbirds (early start for clapton and page), the who, bob dylan, and QUEEN.

Johnny C · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 20:32 »

Roky Erikson.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 21:22 »

Derek and The Dominos

valley_parade · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 21:30 »

Grand Funk motherfucking Railroad.

I've also been listening to a lot of Steve Miller Band.

mberan42 · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 21:37 »

Pink Floyd omfg

gideon · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 21:58 »

The Who, Traveling Wilburys and though they are a modern new band, Wolfmother has a very classic rock sound.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 22:08 »

Any Rush album from the 70s.

Aside from that, most stuff has been mentioned (especially on Khar's list), except everything Eric Clapton did after Cream kinda sucks.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 22:12 »

I think the Dominos are better than Cream.

Narr · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 23:25 »

Gimme either specific good songs I need to find or specific albums, because I'm notoriously bad at making up my own mind, especially when just looking at an album cover seeing as all I get from those are names of songs and abstract art.

If you would be so kind.

I second the motion of The Doors and Creedance Clearwater. I shall most likely spend cash on them later next week.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Jul 2006, 23:30 »

Get 2112 and Moving Pictures for Rush, Aqualung for Jethro Tull, and the Doors' self-titled. For most of the other bands, any of their albums work pretty well. You could probably just get The Very Best of Rainbow compilation, as it's actually a pretty good summation of their career.

Luke C · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 02:16 »

The Who, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits and AC/DC are all you need.

Maybe if you like something a bit heavier some Black Sabbath or some Motorhead.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 02:46 »

Yeah, Black Sabbath definately. Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd.

Rizzo · « **Reply #15 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 04:39 »

DIO

Like a rainbow in the dark.

Kai · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 05:50 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

and the Doors' self-titled.

NO

GET STRANGE DAYS

IT IS BETTER

Luke C · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 06:01 »

Totally forgot The Doors, good call. Get a bit of Jimi Hendrix and Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull did the best Christmas song EVER but nobody has heard of it.

Kai · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 06:16 »

Best Christmas song? Shit, they did a Christmas album.

Joseph · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 06:48 »

For The Doors, the s/t is the best starting place, but really, you should own it, Strange Days, Morrison Hotel, and LA Woman.

One that hasn't been mention, inexplicably, is Bruce Springsteen. He hasn't made an actual 'bad' album, so you can't go wrong with him, but you'd be best to start with Born to Run.

valley_parade · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 07:46 »

Albums?

for GFR, go with "Closer To Home".

Lines · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 09:38 »

Quote from: gideon

Wolfmother has a very classic rock sound.

yeah they do. they've got a ton of classic rock influence in them. and the album is quite good.

Johnny C · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 09:49 »

Quote from: Dark Flame

One that hasn't been mention, inexplicably, is Bruce Springsteen. He hasn't made an actual 'bad' album, so you can't go wrong with him, but you'd be best to start with Born to Run.

Besides Born to Run and Born In The U.S.A. - and even counting those two - I don't know if Springsteen fits in with Zep, Aerosmith, and AC/DC.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 Jul 2006, 19:52 »

Dosen't matter. He's awesome.
Get Born to Run, at least

The Zombies. totally underappreciated British invasion awesomeness. 'She's Not There' is a great song

you'll need some Kinks and some Who

Lines · « **Reply #24 on:** 23 Jul 2006, 07:09 »

yes, i forgot about the zombies. she's not there is a great song, but i like time of the season as well.

chamberk · « **Reply #25 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 09:54 »

The Zombies album "Odessey and Oracle" is amazing.

The Who are fantastic, get "Who's Next" and "Live at Leeds"

My favorite Doors album is "LA Woman", I'd suggest getting that

tehjiggles · « **Reply #26 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 10:43 »

Grateful Dead, 1969 "Live/Dead"

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #27 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 13:23 »

The Doors, Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath, Crosby Stills and Nash, and you're pretty much set.[/b]

MWhaling · « **Reply #28 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 13:36 »

hawkwind.

Kwi · « **Reply #29 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 13:41 »

Pink Floyd DSotM
The Clash - London is Calling
The Cars - Shake it up
The Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Foreigner - Four (What? You all know you love jukebox hero)
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz
Roxy Music - Avalon
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Genesis - Duke
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Nazareth - Pretty much any album
Boston - Any album

Preferrably on Vinyl. Those Scratches only add to it all.

Scuba_Steve · « **Reply #30 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 20:53 »

Oh man, here I go

Pink Floyd- Piper At the Gates of Dawn (it's easier to get into IMO)
Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms (Simply cause it's awesome)
Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck Group (again, awesome)
Frank Zappa- Apostrophe (funny album, and an amazing composer)
Fleetwood Mac- Live In Chicago (Before stevie nicks got in the band)
Mott the hoople- All the young dudes (Old glam, before it went bad)
T-Rex- Electric Warrior (again, old glam...before it got screwed up)
Rory Gallagher- Irish Tour '74 (if anyone can find me a better guitarist, hook me up)

I can think of more, but that should get you started.

jcknbl · « **Reply #31 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 21:03 »

I think the term "classic rock" might be more meaningless than "indie rock".

greenMonkey · « **Reply #32 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 21:18 »

Agreed. That said...

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here
The Who - Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who's Next
The Doobie Brothers - The Best of the Doobies
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam, Aja (or just get Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, its a pretty good compilation)

sjbrot · « **Reply #33 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 22:42 »

Quote from: jcknbl

I think the term "classic rock" might be more meaningless than "indie rock".

I think it may have come to be born so that certain radio stations could easily describe to their audience what their sound is, where as "classic rock" is short hand for "what you saw at the local hockey arena/cow auction place back in the days of your youth and had a blast and people were passing around jugs of wine and man, why don't April Wine tour through this town every month, 'cause I would go see them every time".

Night Rocker · « **Reply #34 on:** 24 Jul 2006, 23:12 »

most people have already mentioned some good bands but here is what i think the read deal is

Grateful Dead- good stuff but some of the songs are 10 minutes of guitar solos..good for driving to work
Wolfmother-great rock band that sounds like its from the 70's but i current great band, sorta like Led Zep but in a different world
The Who-GREAT STUFF, they created the rock opera so check out their album called "Tommy", The Who by Numbers, and Who's next
The Rolling Stones-they have a sound that lets you know who they are.
*checks cd rack*
Frank Zappa- if your looking for a sound that makes you go "huh?" and love it at the same time then he is for you
Queen-nice sounding depeding on how you look at it.still a goodie though

timehat · « **Reply #35 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 01:12 »

Am I the only person who hates AC/DC?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #36 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 01:23 »

No, I despise AC/DC.

Lines · « **Reply #37 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 06:50 »

i don't care for ac/dc either.

Quote from: jcknbl

I think the term "classic rock" might be more meaningless than "indie rock".

true. just means it's old. and probably good.

and if you do not get the album revolver by the beatles, that's going to make me probably cry.

Slick · « **Reply #38 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 07:44 »

Deep Purple's Burn and The James Gang's Bang! are still two of my favorite albums. My recommendations they come with.

I think classic rock applies though, since I take classic to mean something that stood the test of time, and is still appreciated today, or even, just the original or earlier versions of something that has been changed in it's present incarnation. It's a broad term, but it's based in fact.

If anyone tries to debate the merits of the 'indie' term here, I'm flying to your house personally via helicopter, and dropping bricks through your roof. I'll keep trying till I know I've hit you.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #39 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 08:20 »

I thought of Classic Rock as 60s onward, with an emphasis on 70s California country-rock. I preffered Oldies stations, which played alot of 50s and Motown and Elvis.

There weren't many good radio stations in my part of America, so it was all Oldies and Classic Rock

Sythe · « **Reply #40 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 10:18 »

Zep III- The Immigrant Song is the best song on the subject of Norse invaders evar.

To My Childrens Childrens Children by the Moody Blues is not a bad album to keep on hand.

You might be in to Floyd's first album, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, but Dark Side is definitely the more essential of the two.

Ed: Dylan is also worth investing in. I don't know if you'd like the electric or acoustic Dylan, but a good place to start is Blood on the Tracks.[/i]

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #41 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 10:50 »

I love Blood on the Tracks, but Blonde on Blonde or Highway 61 Revisted are probably more 'classic.' The latter has Like A Rolling Stone, which you NEED. I'd say 'get a Greatest Hits', but Dylan is my God and he'll smite me for saying that. The three albums in this post are probalby the most essential, though

Sythe · « **Reply #42 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 10:59 »

I don't think the man would be too offended if you picked up Biograph. Three cds of awesome right there.

rive gauche · « **Reply #43 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 11:07 »

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Kai · « **Reply #44 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 12:28 »

Quote from: The Eyeball Kid

I love Blood on the Tracks, but Blonde on Blonde or Highway 61 Revisted are probably more 'classic.' The latter has Like A Rolling Stone, which you NEED. I'd say 'get a Greatest Hits', but Dylan is my God and he'll smite me for saying that. The three albums in this post are probalby the most essential, though

Am I the only person who can honestly not listen to BLonde on Blonde at all? I think it's trash.

Go pick up Highway 61 and The Times They Are a Changin.

Joseph · « **Reply #45 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 13:19 »

I love Blande on Blonde, but Rainy Day Women is a crappy way to start the album.

Anyway, Kai and Scuba_Steve have given excellent lists, and to add on to those;
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
The Doors - The Doors
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
The Stooges - Raw Power
Neil Young - Harvest
Van Morrison - Moondance
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Love Songs
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Band - Music From Big Pink

Many of these may not fit in with the artists that you listed, but all are essential.

Merkava · « **Reply #46 on:** 25 Jul 2006, 14:08 »

Quote from: Night Rocker

most people have already mentioned some good bands but here is what i think the read deal is

Grateful Dead- good stuff but some of the songs are 10 minutes of guitar solos..good for driving to work

That's why everyone should listen to Workingman's Dead. I didn't think much of the Dead either until I heard that album. It's the one that has Uncle Tom's Band and Casey Jones.

Yakob · « **Reply #47 on:** 26 Jul 2006, 21:32 »

Quote from: Night Rocker

Wolfmother-great rock band that sounds like its from the 70's but i current great band, sorta like Led Zep but in a different world

Up here in Canada, Wolfmother's being advertised as "What would happen if Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and The White Stripes all collided in space." Pretty accurate, IMO.

Oh, and my contribution....

Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses- My personal favorite album. Ever.

Night Rocker · « **Reply #48 on:** 27 Jul 2006, 00:01 »

Holy stolen christmas batman! did anybody mention David Bowie? although he isnt considered rock for the most part, check out his songs Rebel Rebel and Space Oddity

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #49 on:** 27 Jul 2006, 01:58 »

Quote from: Kai

Quote from: The Eyeball Kid
I love Blood on the Tracks, but Blonde on Blonde or Highway 61 Revisted are probably more 'classic.' The latter has Like A Rolling Stone, which you NEED. I'd say 'get a Greatest Hits', but Dylan is my God and he'll smite me for saying that. The three albums in this post are probalby the most essential, though

Am I the only person who can honestly not listen to BLonde on Blonde at all? I think it's trash.

Go pick up Highway 61 and The Times They Are a Changin.

Blonde on Blonde is a classic, man. shut yo mouth. I ain't a fan of Rainy Day Women, but the rest is great

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Author Topic: Need more classic rock (Read 20128 times)

Narr

gideon

Narr

TrueNeutral

The Eyeball Kid

chamberk

MWhaling

Kwi

Scuba_Steve

jcknbl

sjbrot

Night Rocker

timehat

The Eyeball Kid

The Eyeball Kid

rive gauche

Merkava

Night Rocker

The Eyeball Kid