Glad you guys enjoyed Greta Van Fleet!

And thank you for the video, Creeping_Doom - I have never seen that one before.

Hadn't heard of Greta Van Fleet before - excellent stuff and right up my alley: many thanks Marian!

And thanks to Creeping Doom for that the link to that powerhouse seasonal offering from Trans Siberian Orchestra which has led me to their album The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve - I may well get it!

More than welcome , Lex & Marian ! I've heard Greta before . Reminded me too much of LZ , so I changed the station . I'll take Rush any day of the week & twice on Sunday .

A Rush fan, huh?

True story: one of my oldest and dearest friends grew up in the same neighbourhood as Geddy Lee. He was in the very first incarnation of the band, too, when they were all very young. He always said that his biggest claim to fame was having Geddy Lee come to his house and fire him from the band. Apparently his guitar playing wasn't quite up to snuff.

Rush is one of those bands I admire without being able to listen to all the time. They've made some great music, though.

Perhaps I can enjoy Greta Van Fleet more because I was/am only a rather selective Led Zep fan (although I have later become quite a big fan of much of Robert Plant's subsequent oeuvre)...

Rush have rather passed me by, but maybe I'll have to give them more of a try.

Favorite Rush song outside of Tom Sawyer , Hagatha , is Limelight . Totally cool story about Geddy Lee . He is/was one of my influences , far as playing goes .


Lex , my senior year in high school , decades ago , there was a juke box in the lunch room . One of the most played songs , was Stairway to Heaven. Drove me right up the proverbial wall . I didn't like LZ to begin with , that just made it worse . I called them vastly over rated in a music forum once, it was like I started WW3 , several were wishing death on me . To each their own though . Listen to what makes you happy 🙂 . I became a fan at age 5 , of 4 guys from New York who dressed wierd, painted their faces , & had the mindset they would rule the world . Still a fan to this day . Mostly now though. ,I listen to music that peels paint off the walls . Still listen to same music I grew up with as a child . One of my all time favorite songs , is Iron Butterfly's In-A-Godda-Da-Vida .

I edited the previous post so that the posting of the quote would look the way it was supposed to, so the editing was purely for aesthetics - no worries.

I love Led Zep, although not entirely. Their first album took the Blues and turned it on its ears in a savage and brilliant way.

I agree with th disparaging comments about Stairway, though -- it was played far too often and grated on me horribly after a while.

Outside of "Heartbreaker" & "Livin Lovin Maid" (apologies for any spelling errors) , LZ makes my skin crawl . That's just me though . Mr's Ward , Butler , Iomi , & Osbourne though...
After I learned to play an instrument , I found myself listening to music I never would've before . It had been ages since I played . About 6 months ago , I picked up a bass , & learned The Temptations "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" . Trying to play "2 Minutes to Midnight" from Iron Maiden on a 5 straing bass was a pain, luckily , "Revelations" , "Different World" , & "Wrathchild" were rather less difficult .

I've never been able to hear the music in Iron Maiden, unfortunately. I guess it's too loud and angry -- but then again, that's the point, I guess. I can appreciate the artistry for sure, but the music is not for me.

What other music do you play, Creeping Doom? The Temptations is a long way from Iron Maiden.

I have bits and pieces of Sabbath in various playlists but never quite got into them enough to listen to albums from start to finish. Iommi's unique slack stringed sound though was quite a thing. And I do like Ozzy in full flight.
I too would be interested in knowing more about what you play and listen to CD.

Black Sabbath was on everyone's turntable back when I was 14 years old, of course. I was never a fan, though. I don't like Ozzy's voice.

Back then I was mostly buying records to play at parties (I ran a mobile disco), so Led Zep's Whole Lotta Love, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Free's Alright Now were at the heavier rock end, along with the odd quirk like Nut Rocker as performed by Emerson Lake and Palmer (the encore on a live album of Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWQct6D6HsM)

A bit of a long way from Maiden, yes . When I did play. ,I played mostly rock & metal . Then again , The Temptaions , "Papa" just had that groove to it . The very first song I learned all the way through. ,was Sugarloaf's "Green Eyed Lady" . Still love that song ! One of the most fun to me to play, was "Black" by Sevendust . I do remember being able to play a few Beatles songs , "N.I.B" , "Paranoid" , & "Iron Man" from Sabbath . When I stopped (I had bills & one sure way to pay ,was to sellmy gear) , I was learning "Higway Star" by Deep Purple" , & " Washington is Next" by Megadeth . "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal was a dream to listen to , but never did get around to learning . And I do remember being able to play about 6 songs from KISS (been a fan since 1975) .

I liked Free's "Wishing Well" a bit more myself , Lex . You remember Brownsville Station's "Martian Boogie" ?

I can't play anything, but I can well imagine Black would have been fun CD
I had to look up Martian Boogie but its style immediately reminded me of this by George Thorogood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--AvCsh48bk.
Thanks for the ELP reminder Lex. I had forgotten all about them. I am sure I had that album at one time but don't remember that track.

"One Burbon" does sound a bit , in style , like Martian Boogie . How about "Out Go The Lights" ? I want to say that was Pat Travers, but may be wrong . My biggest influence , when Iearned to play (& would love to play again one day) , was Dad . He still plays . I have family going back generations who played , & several friends who play .

As for "Black" , https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7Zih3HpjE

Or this : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i_i7PKdQJU4

I like George Thorogood. But I'm afraid metal is just plain out for me. it stresses me out, listening to it.

Since Christmas is almost upon us, I give you this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0EjVVjJraA


Never gets old. Never.

I feel that same way about country music pretty much , or anything top 40 . My counter to your link , enjoy ! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sdWzUYEuZI

Lovely. That, too, never gets old.

I feel the same way about country as you. There's very little of it that i like.

Nice links, both

George Thorogood is good fun, and I remember Brownsville Station but only for Smokin' In The Boys' Room: I googled Martian Boogie which reminded me somewhat of The Georgia Satellites whose greatest hits CD I have. I was struggling to remember the Deep Purple track I used to play for the disco, which was Black Night.

I gave up the disco to pursue my career in the law, as I did not have time for both, thinking (as did just about everyone else back then) that working in the popular music field could only be good for a year or two...

I got as far as some fumbling guitar several decades ago, but did not have the diligence to practice, so never got beyond Apache (the Shadows) and Where Have All The Flowers Gone (backing my mother who played violin). I did try taking up bass a couple of years ago, borrowing one a work colleague had in his attic, but was still too lazy to persevere.

Hagatha's link also led to this from Ian Anderson, holding the mood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAfnYJyQPo8

then perhaps time to start getting into gear with Jona Lewie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HkJHApgKqw
followed by Chris Rea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI (my wife's favourite) and again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckGOCu-Omc (more my own style)
... and of course the ultimate Christmas morning alarm clock from Slade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpfHSqLXePI

Have a great time everyone!

Ran across this tasty bit of 1969 music from Duane Allman and Boz Scaggs this morning. The photos during the song are pretty cool too.

Loan Me a Dime, 1969

Now that brings back memories, as I saw Boz Scaggs in concert along with Steppenwolf in 1970.

One of my favourite opera singers, Dawn Upshaw, with a very traditional Christmas carol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0na...Dyqb_uTVpV1c-eSIYAPRinHXXys&index=23

My family used to sing this around the piano when I was growing up. I don't know the words in German so I pretended.


I LOVE that Allman/Skaggs track. I've never heard it before. Time to go find it on Spotify....

I loved Boz Skaggs and have a couple of his later albums.