So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Basvarken]

I think they have a self released EP CD called Set Me Free.
But yeah, record companies seem to have their heads up their arses...

[tore00]

I've just completed listening a 4 CD Yes box set. Amazing listening covering more than 25 years

[Dave W]

Nothing says Heavy Metal like Delaney & Bonnie. 

[westen44]

Nothing says Heavy Metal like Delaney & Bonnie. 

About as heavy metal as Jethro Tull beating Metallica for a Grammy in 1989.   

[uwe]

Definitely less. Tull at least have hard rock/heavy rock influences, especially in their 70ies era. Hard rock in strange meters before Rush did it.  Their live act was pretty hard rockish too, introspective they were not.







Anderson was always cognizant of the fact that Tull were also serving the needs of a hard rock audience as well, not that he sometimes didn't deplore that fact, especially on lengthy US tours where audiences were not always receptive of the finer aspects of Tull's music.

I appreciate Tull's/Anderson's craft and idiosyncratic style, but I tend to tire quickly of his mannered vocals (and the voice mannerisms have become even more blatant over the decades). For some reason, Warchild is my favorite album. Perhaps because it is a bit "glammy".

[westen44]

That Fat Mattress (which like Jethro Tull also had flutes and foppish band members) never received recognition for their contribution to heavy metal continues to be baffling.  BTW, Hendrix called them "Thin Pillow."

[amptech]

I appreciate Tull's/Anderson's craft and idiosyncratic style, but I tend to tire quickly of his mannered vocals (and the voice mannerisms have become even more blatant over the decades).

Ditto. I checked out some early albums (because of gibson bass contents perhaps?), and I have that newspaper album somewhere in my LP collection.. but the vocals put me off after some time. But a lot of good music in there.

[Dave W]

[uwe]

That Fat Mattress (which like Jethro Tull also had flutes and foppish band members) never received recognition for their contribution to heavy metal continues to be baffling.  BTW, Hendrix called them "Thin Pillow."

Ah, that is where that song came from, I always wondered and only knew the Quatermass version as a predecessor to the Rainbow one!

[westen44]

That Rainbow version is really a nice one. 

[uwe]

I like the Quatermass one even better.

[uwe]

Oh my, here goes my hard rock credibility ...  I know, I know, I know ...  ... but what would we be without our guilty pleasures I cry? And hey, the way they criss-cross Georgy Girl with Ticket to Ride is pretty nifty!











To boot, I think I have fallen in love with that dewy-eyed cute bassist (Paul Layton), who is a great melodic player with a wonderful groove - sans any drums!

[westen44]

I like the Quatermass one even better.

The Quartermass version is definitely good and a lot of people seem to like it.  But the Rainbow version evokes a certain mood which appeals to me a little more. 

[Dave W]

If we're talking about pop, how about this rarity from South Africa?

[uwe]

Bit Karen Carpenterish, who I like as is well-documented. So there was South African pop before this, who'd have thought ...



And now for something completely different: These guys not only have awesome hair ...



... but they also sound - ever so faintly - reminiscent of another band I kinda like:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjX2jgxZLSU&list=RDkjX2jgxZLSU&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbqGrje5aqE&list=RDkjX2jgxZLSU&index=4

An American hard rock band that does not emulate Robbie & The Hindenburgs or whatever they were called again. A-ma-zing. I didn't know you guys had it even in you.