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What is your favorite rock band? (pg. 6)
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| Frequency Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by DOOMBOT
One of the greatest things that has come of me buying turntables and dj'ing is that I now have my stepdads old classic rock collection at my disposal. It's like digging through a gold mine. :)
Edit: Nothing beats going through hundreds of records and finding Pink Floyd - Animals. :crazy: |
oh man.... wow..... i got dark side on vinyl when they re-released it for the 25th aniversery... but thats just plain awesome |
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| Frequency Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkFall01
Dream Theater
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damn right! |
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| Frequency Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by tiesto14
You know he is kiddie porn collector right?:p |
lol...wasnt he cleared on those charges.. i mean he didnt have handcuffs on while playing the axe |
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| Frequency Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
Pink Floyd started a bit earlier and were progressive rock, so I can see that. The only thing of theirs that I'm really familiar with is Pictures at an Exhibition, which is just an amazing concept album. The first time I heard it was just :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: |
i dont think piper at the gates of dawn is considered prog rock... |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frequency Mike
i dont think piper at the gates of dawn is considered prog rock... |
It's not, it's psychedelic rock. It was their debut album and when Syd Barrett was still a driving force in the band, as he became more separated from the band (fueled by his use of all the psychedelics that helped create their early sound). The others that are more psychedelic are A Saucerful of Secrets and Ummagumma. Atom Heart Mother is probably the most transistional album, where you can notice their sound taking the turn towards prog rock. I think it was the combination of the death of the psychedelic rock scene and the departure of Barrett from the band that led them in the new direction. Yes was another band that started in the psychedelic scene and shifted to prog rock.
A lot of transition seemed to stem from the shift in drugs being used. The hippies of the 60s were into LSD, mushrooms, etc, whereas the 70s brought the coke, speed, and heroin. This is the era when Hunter S. Thompson, one of my favorite writers got really big with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which pretty chronicles this same shift in society and he makes lots of references to music in doing so. If you haven't read the book, you should, it's a classic, or at least watch the movie, which is pretty well done by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. They consulted Hunter a lot in the creation and much of the dialogue is directly quoted from the book.
Anyhow, back to Pink Floyd. The albums that followed, which are the ones most people are more familiar with, are the more prog rock ones (Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall). |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frequency Mike
i dont think piper at the gates of dawn is considered prog rock... |
BTW, I had barosoap listen to Pictures at an Exhibition last night and she commented, "This is drug music" :haha: :haha: |
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| FastFashion |
rock newave electropop synthpop call it what you want..
DEPECHE MODE FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!8 |
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| dj tek |
| quote: | Originally posted by FastFashion
DEPECHE MODE FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!8 |
rock, DM are my fav. group of all time.
everyone checkout their new dvd, Touring The Angel Live In Milan :)
PTA is their best work since Ultra IMO... |
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| bogartgreens |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
This is the era when Hunter S. Thompson, one of my favorite writers got really big with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which pretty chronicles this same shift in society and he makes lots of references to music in doing so. If you haven't read the book, you should, it's a classic, or at least watch the movie, which is pretty well done by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. They consulted Hunter a lot in the creation and much of the dialogue is directly quoted from the book.
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+1
depp also lived in hunter's basement for a few months to prep for the role and hunter was the one who shaved his head..just a bit o'trivia..but yea def one of the best films gilliam has put out |
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| ArminD1981 |
NIRVANA COBAIN was the greatest !!!!!
Radiohead
Oasis
Rock nowadays lack of talent !!! |
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| dj tek |
| quote: | Originally posted by bogartgreens
+1
depp also lived in hunter's basement for a few months to prep for the role and hunter was the one who shaved his head..just a bit o'trivia..but yea def one of the best films gilliam has put out |
probably my 2nd fave. Gilliam flick, next to  |
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