It was 27 years ago today....

[mrlee]

i dont see what he did. i dont see it.

led zeppelin took rock music to a whole different level

hendrix wrote some for its time amazing guitar work and used all those wah pedals n stuff

t-rex invented glam rock and the image factor with some fun tunes

bowie well, he did a fuck load.

alice cooper invented this shock rock thing

sex pistols brought on strong change and agression helping make way for metal.

and so on. i just dont get what lennon did, that was so amazing.

Check out St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

yes, i liked some of the more bluesier rocky tracks but not much of it did anything for me.

perhaps they are just one of those bands no matter what one cant like.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

^Listen to Revolution 9. That's some freaky stuff right there...

[mrlee]

^Listen to Revolution 9. That's some freaky stuff right there...

though, i will admit, i loved the song john did with members of the stones and hendrix experience.
 yer blues i think

[fuckin crazy]

i dont see what he did. i dont see it.

led zeppelin took rock music to a whole different level

hendrix wrote some for its time amazing guitar work and used all those wah pedals n stuff

t-rex invented glam rock and the image factor with some fun tunes

bowie well, he did a fuck load.

alice cooper invented this shock rock thing

sex pistols brought on strong change and agression helping make way for metal.

and so on. i just dont get what lennon did, that was so amazing.

Check out St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

yes, i liked some of the more bluesier rocky tracks but not much of it did anything for me.

perhaps they are just one of those bands no matter what one cant like.

I should have been more specific. That album is what defines the beginning epoch of modern Rock n Roll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

[mrlee]

personally i think the stones were more rock n roll than the beatles.

[Jim]

And The Who were more rock n' roll than the Stones!

[mrlee]

true, especially live, but the stones made better music in my opinion

[Bill 213]

And don't forget about the damn Kinks!!! Between the era of Something Else up until Muswell Hillbillies they made some of the most amazing underated music that got shadowed by the Beatles and the Stones. 

[mrlee]

they made some catchy power chord riffs i can definately agree!

[Jim]

And don't forget about the damn Kinks!!! Between the era of Something Else up until Muswell Hillbillies they made some of the most amazing underated music that got shadowed by the Beatles and the Stones. 

Believe me, I won't! The Kinks and The Who fight it out for my favourite band of all time.

they made some catchy power chord riffs i can definately agree!

Right, that's it. ''Catchy power chord riffs''?! Examine the era mentioned above and you can have your karma back you cheeky swine. The Kinks were so much more than that. Ray and Dave together again, that'd be the real big reunion as far as I'm concerned.

true, especially live, but the stones made better music in my opinion

To be honest, I don't actually own a Stones album that ain't a best of...

... I know.

PS: My post count... Best post count ever?

[mrlee]

lol i wasnt ripping on the kinks with that post, you must have read it wrong.

why do i have a minus 5 karma lol.

[Jim]

Oh please!, you wouldn't praise a mathematician by saying that he was good at multiplication and could solve basic root problems.

Seriously though, the Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society blows Sargeant Peppers out of the water.

As for your karma, you can have minus five for a few days. It will be a humbling experience, but embrace it and you will come out of the other side a better man.

[mrlee]

never had a negative karma or warning in my time here.

so you give me -5 for complimenting a band.

brilliant, very professional. 

[Jim]

Okay, how about that? Now we can be polar opposites!

As for my being (or rather, not being) professional, I would bloody hope not (or rather, bloody hope so).

Come on now, get a sense of humour!

So. John Lennon. Very sad. White Album's better than Sargeant Peppers.

[mrlee]

Okay, how about that? Now we can be polar opposites!

As for my being (or rather, not being) professional, I would bloody hope not (or rather, bloody hope so).

Come on now, get a sense of humour!

So. John Lennon. Very sad. White Album's better than Sargeant Peppers.

im all up for humour, but not when it effects ones reputation on the forums.

now if you posted a photo like this http://www.slapyo.com/wp-content/owned004.png , then i wouldnt mind LOL

But yes, if it makes all feel better. as a non beatles fan or john lennon fan, i really do dig yer blues!!! his voice works great on it.

[Bill 213]

they made some catchy power chord riffs i can definately agree!

With that I'm going to assume at best the only Kinks song you're familiar with is "You Really Got Me".

And hell yes Jim, The Village Green Preservation Society is perhaps to me the most underated album of all time.? It runs rings around Sgt. Peppers.? Great taste!

To add to the Kinks talk.......David Bowie did a really swell cover of "Waterloo Sunset" as a b-side to his Reality album.? He also joined Ray onstage for a live go at it......which is on video here....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THj9uQYy4SY


PS. mrlee.....you just loved Yoko Ono's awesome backing vocals in the Dirty Mac (Lennon's group in The Rolling Stone's Rock N Roll Circus) jk man.

[fuckin crazy]

White Album's better than Sargeant Peppers.

That is one of my favorite albums ...definitely my favorite Beatles album. The Animals is another kick ass band that is often over looked.

[Jim]

To add to the Kinks talk.......David Bowie did a really swell cover of "Waterloo Sunset" as a b-side to his Reality album.  He also joined Ray onstage for a live go at it......which is on video here....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THj9uQYy4SY

If we're youtubing it up now, this is one of my favourite Kinks song, and this performance, while a Ray solo, is one to give you chills... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06oipehWqUg.

Arthur or Village Green Preservation Society... I just can't make my mind up. But if I had to choose one, right now, it would probably be Village Green. A lot of it getting the slight edge is to do with Animal Farm being one of my favourite songs of all time.

That is one of my favorite albums ...definitely my favorite Beatles album. The Animals is another kick ass band that is often over looked.

I've not really heard much of the Animals, outside of the obvious, but I mean to. Ever since I properly discovered, and really got into, The Who (and I mean experiencing Tommy to The Who By Numbers, not an Ultimate Collection) a few years ago I've taken to looking to the past to find a lot of my music.

One of the biggest tragedies, or rather... Maybe tragedy is an overstatement, but the biggest shame about all these bands is their big songs. What I mean is, the youth of today... Which is me, actually... So I'd better rephrase. A lot of kids... No, that's way too condescending. Bollocks. A lot of them people think that the Kinks are about Days and You Really Got Me, The Who peaked with My Generation and The Animals one hit wondered with their House of the Rising Sun. But there is so much more. These bands had such a massive impact for so many more reasons.

But hey!, it's not everyone. Just a lot of people. I am interested in the Animals though, and now you've lit a fire in me. Where should I start?

[fuckin crazy]

It is all great; kick ass bluesy Rock n Roll. any of the first 4 are probably some of Burdens best work. Animals On Tour 65 has one of the best covers of "Boom Boom" I have ever heard.

[norway]

The Animals one hit wondered with their House of the Rising Sun.

Hehe, that one was a Dylan song

A lot of the old bands big songs were covers, Elvis played gospel song. Nazareth covered Love Hurts etc
Beatles were very original and experimented a lot as time wen't by.