Led Zeppelin Flying High with New Concert Discs

Reuters (via Yahoo) ^ | 05/28/03 | Dean Goodman

[nunya bidness]

Doofus. Better to spend your time figuring out For The Love of God by Steve Vai.

[LS]

No, Marty was gone, I think. His name was Mickey---he had a much higher voice than Balin. He sang on "We Built This City."

[RightOnline]

That would be Asia.

[Helms]

(And they tried to warn me of my evil ways, But I couldn't hear what they had to say)

Fascinating tagline and it begs an explanation and or are you referring to your younger, Don Imus-like days. Some us on FR definitely defy a liberal stereotype of being uptight, no fun guys. Recall Neil Young of Mirrorball and the song "Hippie Dreams". Well we have survived and without buying the hippie dream.

Just thought I would ad Warren Zevon to the concert list and to close out by asking you all what if any really off the wall/ esoteric music you have run across. I used to read the best music reviewer (male, not Les Bangs) who wrote for Stereo Review and he in turn led me to the Outrageous: Tonio K.:

http://home.earthlink.net/~mrmando/tonio_k/

3. Life in the Foodchain, 1978. U.S. black vinyl LP: Full Moon/Epic JE 35545 U.S. green vinyl promo LP: Full Moon/Epic PE 35545 Canadian gold vinyl LP: Full Moon/Epic AL 35545 Japanese LP: Sony 25-3P-135 CD reissue (1995): Gadfly 208

Songs:

Life in the Foodchain

The Funky Western Civilization

Willie and the Pigman

The Ballad of the Night the Clocks All Quit

(and the Government Failed)

American Love Affair

How Come I Can't See You in My Mirror

Better Late Than Never

A Lover's Plea

H-A-T-R-E-D

LIFE IN THE FOODCHAIN (Tonio K.)

well your mother was there to protect you

your papa was there to provide

so how in the world did the excellent baby

wind up in this hotel so broken inside

you lie on your bed in the midnight darkly

listening to every sound

watching the shadows for anything moving

and hoping they don't come around

'cause it's dog eat dog

and it's cat and mouse

it's watch your step and cross yourself

and get back in the house

and it's do or die

it's push and shove

because everybody's hungry

and there isn't quite enough

that's right, we're talkin' about the good life

in the foodchain

love among the ruins

i guess that you've finally got to accept

that there's nothing you can do about it

it's kind of like carving the turkey

it's kind of like mowing the lawn:

everything gets to this certain dimension

winds up on a customer's plate and then gone

©1978 Intersong-U.S.A., Inc. and Worthless Music

[wardaddy]

The tagline is from Born to Lose by Social Distortion ....the album is called Somehwhere Between Heaven and Hell.

It's whiteboy punk rockabilly stuff.....Long Beach white trash sort of.

[Benrand]

Danny Careyhasn't defined the instrument as Neil has. No one plays big concerts better.

[Chuzzlewit]

OK-- here is my list of current great bands for anyone who loves classic rock:

Porcupine Tree—album : In absentia Sounds like Genesis meets Crosby Stills and Nash, meetsLed Zepplin.. Very melodic.. At times heavy, at times very beautiful. My current favorite. Try a google search.

October Project— now disfunct.. had 3 CD’s in the 90s on Columbia.

Dirty Vegas—disco beats but very cool melodies. One song was on the MAZDA car commericial , with The girl dancing in the front seat.

Spocks Beard

As for the real old stuff, I’m still very partial to Pink Floyd, Beatles, Genesis, Yes, Return to Forever,Weather Report, Gong, CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Who, Led Zepplin, Steely Dan, and on and on….

[jimbo123]

Streaming Audio link to new Steely Dan album out next Tuesday...

[Revolting cat!]

The following caught my eye in last Friday's Wall Street Journal. A John McWhorter article titled Street Theater, subtitle: "Gunfire kills another rapper. What an awful image for black America."

I am just old enough to remember when whites were making the sourest, nastiest pop music while blacks were making the sweetest and truest. White kids listened to hideous screaming while funk and soul were black America's soundtrack. As a kid in the 1970s I was conscious of that contrast and proud of it. The civil-rights protesters a decade before, who made the lives of "the hip-hop generation" possible, would have been appalled to hear the likes of Jay-Z, and we would be hard-pressed to claim that they would have been somehow missing something in that judgment. They accomplished a lot more, too, than any rapper's sideline donations to community efforts ever will.

[mylife]

You sound like a real music fan...You dont just constrain yourself to what is POPULAR...
GONG OH Wow...What a sonic trip!
Have U heard Ozric Tentacles? Very Indie Band with a lot of Gong infuence..

[mylife]

I just got "how the west was won" yesterday. I like it better than the old Studio Material. It rocks!

[Shralp17]

Being an 21 year old male I can't stand modern music especially the top 40 crap they play all the time. There are a few bands I like from the 90's such as Collective Soul, Cake, Incubus, and Pearl Jam. I have really gotten into classic rock such as Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, the Doors, James Gang, and etc. I also like some of the quieter stuff like Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkel, and Neil Young. I also need to buy Beach Boy's Pet Sounds. I also enjoy the King Elvis Presley. I have also started listening to some progressive Jazz, Jaco Pastorious and Weather Report. If you want some good rap/hip-hop try LA Symphony which is undergound Christian rap pretty talented and don't sing about girls shaking their butts.

[Chuzzlewit]

Yeah I have heard of Ozric Tentacles, but have not heard them yet... I'll have to check this out.

[mylife]

May I suggest ozrics "Live at the Pongmasters Ball 2002"
There may be audio bits on Amazon.

By the way Im from Ohio originally too

[WRhine]

"I guess they were able to draft one of the Foo Fighters in their band...not sure if he is still there."

Not just one of the Foo Fighters, but Dave Grohl, who actually drummed on some the tracks (first time he played drums since Nirvana).

Thanks for the background there on Dave Grohl.

[mylife]

I burned out on hip hop in the 80s.
Now Progressive Jazz/Rock.....its still works for me! :^)

[WRhine]

OK-- here is my list of current great bands for anyone who loves classic rock:

Porcupine Tree—album : In absentia Sounds like Genesis meets Crosby Stills and Nash, meetsLed Zepplin.. Very melodic.. At times heavy, at times very beautiful. My current favorite. Try a google search.

October Project— now disfunct.. had 3 CD’s in the 90s on Columbia.

Dirty Vegas—disco beats but very cool melodies. One song was on the MAZDA car commericial , with The girl dancing in the front seat.

Spocks Beard

Your description of those bands is very interesting. I remember something about an "In absentia" album but the band Porcupine Tree barely registers with me. I am again reminded of how little I know about the more currents bands in the last 8 years or so.

My list of "To Buy" albums continues to grow.

[mylife]

OK-- here is my list of current great bands for anyone who loves classic rock: Porcupine Tree—album : In absentia Sounds like Genesis meets Crosby Stills and Nash, meetsLed Zepplin.. Very melodic.. At times heavy, at times very beautiful. My current favorite. Try a google search. October Project— now disfunct.. had 3 CD’s in the 90s on Columbia. Dirty Vegas—disco beats but very cool melodies. One song was on the MAZDA car commericial , with The girl dancing in the front seat. Spocks Beard Your description of those bands is very interesting. I remember something about an "In absentia" album but the band Porcupine Tree barely registers with me. I am again reminded of how little I know about the more currents bands in the last 8 years or so. My list of "To Buy" albums continues to grow.

This material is all good Prog rock.
Thank god for the internet Coz the RIAA and record industry dont give a rats ass if we hear Good music or not they just pump out the same crap and hype what THEY THINK WILL SELL!! There is plenty of good music in the world it just seems nowadays you really have to search it out....the days of underground FM are gone. The underground is now on the internet, and the RIAA is trying to kill that!! If any of you like Pink Floyd you may wanna check out Camel at http://www.camelproductions.com/ These guys are Indies now thanks to the net.

[stands2reason]

It was called "GTR", and they had a hit with "When the Heart Rules the Mind."

That's right! I remember now...

[stands2reason]

I agree with you on the live thing. But I do hear a lot of growth from Danny over the past few albums...