Members Weekly Music Recommendations-Nov. 26

[thebes]

When I logged on the Forum this evening there was only one other person logged on in the entire website at that time. Spooky. Everybody's either eating some leftover turkey or recovering from the bruises inflicted by crazed bargain hunters in search of the ultimate sale.

I guess I'd better hum a tune or two to myself, or maybe just kick it up a little with:

Prince, "Purple Rain", R&B slash dancehall

A strange little man who created a whole new sound. Blazing guitar licks coupled with tight layers of sound and on the stage a demented looking energizer bunny. Flat out good music, though and this is probably his best outing. Very well recorded to boot.

So what do you have to share this week?

[oldbuckster]

Ah yes PRINCE, a multi-talented man indeed, and a fine Guitarist too, some good songs on that soundtrack ....Do I own any Prince, no, but I cannot deny his talent......... anyway.....

Have had really good luck buying Concert DVD's this past couple of weeks, to me, it's like buying a Live CD that you can watch. I've written them up here but I'll quick list them now.........

LIVE IN MONTREAL : QUEEN ............ Great show, Super sound on disc 1 , really am happy with this one, glad I waited to get Queen on DVD, disc 2 from LIVE-AID is good, but they didn't do as nice a job on the sound, no matter what you think of Freddie, the man was good, and the Band just Rocks ....

CLAPTONS GUITAR FESTIVAL 2007 .............. I probably ranted too much about it, but disc 2 is so awesome, I can't say enough about it. The first disc is good, don't get me wrong, disc 2 was like it was custom made for me. Good Video, Great sound, what's not to like ? Just to see Eric Clapton's new band is worth the price ..........

JERRY LEE LEWIS : LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ........ The only time the Killer appeared on Austin City Limits, boy, that's hard to believe, 1982. Jerry, and his buddy Ken Lovelace give a great set, no superstars, just a bunch of old dawgs backing Jerry Lee. It's easy to say, that Jerry Lee Lewis is a Country singer, but that's not fair, Jerry Lee is whatever Jerry Lee feels like playing. It's a good set done the way Austin City Limits does it, top notch,(that's for you Jacksonbart) always well done. To me, Jerry Lee Lewis is a cornerstone of Rock and Roll, ranks right there with Chuck Berry, and Lil' Richard, these guys turned me on to Rock and Roll, the Devil's Music, and I thank them for it ........... the older I become, the more I appreciate Jerry Lee.....

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving, and those that traveled arrived home safe and sound ......... I swear, someday I'll grow up and stop listening to Rock and Roll .........................but Not right now ................

[seti]

THE CLASH! One of the best punk rock bands of that era. There are so many good songs by this band. ROCK!

http://www.theclashonline.com/ I want a Clash box set for Xmas.

The Sex Pistols may have been
the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive
British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were
fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist
political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically
adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae dub and
rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed
with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones each
with a distinctive voice and style. The Clash copped heavily from
classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause.
As a result, they won a passionately devoted following on both sides of
the Atlantic. While they became rock & roll heroes in the U.K.,
second only to the Jam in terms of popularity, it took the Clash
several years to break into the American market, and when they finally
did in 1982, they imploded several months later. Though the Clash never
became the superstars they always threatened to become, they restored
passion and protest to rock & roll For a while, they really did
seem like "the only band that mattered."

For a band that constantly sang about revolution and the working
class, the Clash had surprisingly traditional roots. Joe Strummer (born
John Graham Mellor August 21, 1952) had spent most of his childhood in
boarding school. By the time he was in his early twenties, he had
busked on the streets of London and had formed a pub rock band called
the 101'ers Around the same time, Mick Jones (born June 26, 1955) was
leading a hard rock group called the London SS. Unlike Strummer Jones
came from a working-class background in Brixton. Throughout his teens,
he was fascinated with rock & roll and he had formed the London SS
with the intent of replicating the hard-driving sound of Mott the
Hoople and Faces Jones childhood friend Paul Simonon (born December 15,
1956) joined the group as a bassist in 1976 after hearing the Sex
Pistols he replaced Tony James who would later join Generation X and
Sigue Sigue Sputnik At the time, the band also featured drummer Tory
Crimes (born Terry Chimes , who had recently replaced Topper Headon
(born Nicky Headon, May 30, 1955). After witnessing the Sex Pistols in
concert, Joe Strummer decided to break up the 101'ers in early 1976 in
order to pursue a new, harder-edged musical direction. He left the band
just before their first single, "Keys to Your Heart," was released.
Along with fellow 101'er guitarist Keith Levene Strummer joined the
revamped London SS, now renamed the Clash

The Clash performed its first concert in the summer of 1976,
supporting the Sex Pistols in London. Levene left the band shortly
afterward. Hiring as their manager Bernard Rhodes a former business
associate of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren the Clash set out on
the Pistols notorious Anarchy Tour late in 1976. Though only three
concerts were performed on the tour, it nevertheless raised the Clash s
profile and the band secured a record contract in February of 1977 with
British CBS Over the course of three weekends, the group recorded their
debut album. Once the sessions were completed, Terry Chimes left the
group, and Headon came aboard as the band's drummer. In the spring, the
Clash s first single, "White Riot," and eponymous debut album were
released to great critical acclaim and sales in the U.K., peaking at
number 12 on the charts. The American division of CBS decided The Clash
wasn't fit for radio play, so it decided to not release the album. The
import of the record became the largest-selling import of all time.
Shortly after the U.K. release of The Clash the band set out on the
whirlwind White Riot tour supported by the Jam and the Buzzcocks the
tour was highlighted by a date at London's Rainbow Theatre when the
audience tore the seats out of the venue. During the White Riot tour,
CBS pulled "Remote Control" off the album as a single, and as a
response, the Clash recorded "Complete Control" with reggae icon Lee
"Scratch" Perry

Throughout 1977, Strummer and Jones were in and out of jail for a
myriad of minor indiscretions, ranging from vandalism to stealing a
pillowcase, while Simonon and Headon were arrested for shooting racing
pigeons with an air gun. The Clash s outlaw image was bolstered
considerably by such events, but the band also began to branch out into
social activism, such as headlining a Rock Against Racism concert.
Released in the summer of 1978, the single "(White Man) In Hammersmith
Palais" demonstrated the band's growing social consciousness. Shortly
after the single peaked at number 32, the Clash began working on their
second album with producer Sandy Pearlman a former member of Blue
Öyster Cult Pearlman gave Give 'Em Enough Rope a clean but powerful
sound designed to break the American market. While that didn't happen
-- the album peaked at 128 on the U.S. charts in the spring of 1979 --
the record became an enormous hit in Britain, debuting at number two on
the charts.

Early in 1979, the Clash began their first American tour, entitled
"Pearl Harbor '79." That summer, the band released the U.K.-only EP The
Cost of Living which featured a cover of the Bobby Fuller Four s "I
Fought the Law." Following the later summer release of The Clash in
America, the group set out on its second U.S. tour, hiring Mickey
Gallagher of Ian Dury's Blockheads as a keyboardist. On both of their
U.S. tours, the Clash had R&B acts like Bo Diddley Sam & Dave
Lee Dorsey and Screamin' Jay Hawkins support them, as well as
neo-traditionalist country-rocker Joe Ely and the punk rockabilly band
the Cramps The choice of supporting acts indicated that the Clash were
becoming fascinated with older rock & roll and all of its legends.
That fascination became the driving force behind their breakthrough
double album, London Calling Produced by Guy Stevens who formerly
worked with Mott the Hoople London Calling boasted an array of styles,
ranging from rockabilly and New Orleans R&B to anthemic hard rock
and reggae Retailing at the price of a single album, the record debuted
at number nine on the U.K. charts in late 1979 and climbed to number 27
on the U.S. charts in the spring of 1980.

The Clash successfully toured the U.S., the U.K., and Europe in
early 1980, during which time the pseudo-documentary Rude Boy was
released in England. During the summer, the band released the
Dutch-only, dub inflected single "Bankrobber," which they recorded with
DJ Mikey Dread by the fall, the British branch of CBS was forced to
release the single due to popular demand. Shortly afterward, the band
went to New York to begin the tension-filled, self-produced sessions
for their follow-up to London Calling In November, a U.S.-only EP of
odds and ends entitled Black Market Clash was released. The following
month, the triple-record set Sandinista! appeared in the U.K. and the
U.S. The critical reaction to the album was decidedly mixed, with
American critics reacting more favorably than their British
counterparts. Furthermore, the band's audience in the U.K. was
shrinking slightly -- Sandinista! was the first record the group
released that sold more copies in the U.S. than the U.K.

After spending much of 1981 touring and resting, the Clash
reconvened late in the year to record their fifth album, with producer
Glyn Johns a former engineer/producer for the Rolling Stones Who and
Led Zeppelin Headon left the band shortly after the sessions finished;
the press statement said he parted with the group due to political
differences, but it was later revealed that the split was due to his
heavy drug use. The band replaced Headon with their old drummer, Terry
Chimes around the spring release of Combat Rock The album was the Clash
s most commercially successful effort, entering the U.K. charts at
number two and climbing into the American Top Ten in early 1983, thanks
to the Top Ten hit single "Rock the Casbah." During the fall of 1982,
the Clash opened for the Who on their farewell tour. Though the tour
helped Combat Rock scale the U.S. charts, the Clash were routinely
booed off the stage on every date of the tour.

Although the Clash were at the height of their commercial powers in
1983, the band was beginning fall apart. Chimes was fired in the spring
and was replaced by Pete Howard formerly of Cold Fish During the
summer, the band headlined the U.S. Festival in California; it would be
their last major appearance. In September, Joe Strummer and Paul
Simonon fired Mick Jones because he "drifted apart from the original
idea of the Clash " Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite the following year,
while the Clash hired guitarists Vince White and Nick Sheppard to fill
his vacancy. Throughout 1984, the band toured America and Europe,
testing the new lineup. The revamped Clash finally released their first
album, Cut the Crap in November. The album was greeted with
overwhelmingly poor reviews and sales; it would later be disowned by
Strummer and Simonon

Early in 1986, Strummer and Simonon decided to permanently disband
the Clash Several years later, Simonon formed the roots rock band
Havana 3 A.M. which released only one album, in 1991; following the
record's release, he concentrated on painting. After reuniting with
Jones to write songs for Big Audio Dynamite s second album, 1986's No.
10 Upping Street Strummer drifted between a musical and film career,
appearing in Alex Cox s Straight to Hell (1986) and Jim Jarmusch s
Mystery Train (1989). He also scored Permanent Record (1988) and Cox s
Walker (1987). Strummer released a solo album, Earthquake Weather in
1989. Shortly afterward, he joined the Pogues as a touring rhythm
guitarist and vocalist. By 1991, he had quietly drifted away from the
spotlight. For the remainder of the decade, Strummer was quiet,
appearing on only one other recording -- Black Grape s 1996 Top Ten hit
"England's Irie."

Though Strummer and Simonon were both quiet, and Jones was busy with
various incarnations of Big Audio Dynamite rumors of a Clash reunion
continued to circulate throughout the '90s. When "Should I Stay or
Should I Go?" appeared in a Levi's television commercial in 1992, the
song was re-released in the U.K. by CBS and it shot to number one,
fueling reunion speculation. The rumors appeared again in 1995 and
1996, when the Sex Pistols decided to reunite, but the Clash remained
quiet. Live: From Here to Eternity assembling material recorded between
1978 and 1982, was released in 1999, shortly followed by the
documentary film Westway to the World ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All
Music Gue

[seti]

I just stumbled upon the artist John Henry which I am rather suprised that I like but I do. Is anyone here familiar with his music?

Listen to the track called Our Song here http://www.joehenrylovesyoumadly.com/listen.php It is a whopper coming in at 6 minutes.

[boom3]

http://www.amazon.com/Aguas-Amazonia-Uakti-Phillip-Glass/dp/B00000JQJT/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196437838&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Naqoyqatsi-Score-Philip-Glass/dp/B00006L3LH/ref=pd_sim_m_title_3

http://www.amazon.com/Dvorak-Symphony-Water-Goblin-Audio/dp/B000059ZHF/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196437989&sr=1-27

This last is an DVD-Audio

[Steve_L]

The Clash song, by Joe Strummer, "Train in Vain" (...did you stand by me, no not at all) is one of my favorite songs.

He was genius.

[seti]

the Clash song, by Joe Strummer, "Train in Vain" (...did you stand by me, no not at all) is on of my favorite songs.

He was genius.

I would love to have seen them live. The Documentary film channel showed a great Clash documentary that was really cool. I stayed up till 4am to see just in case it they never showed it again. The recording industry was not good to them.

[Steve_L]

the Clash song, by Joe Strummer, "Train in Vain" (...did you stand by me, no not at all) is on of my favorite songs.

He was genius.

I would love to have seen them live. The Documentary film channel showed a great Clash documentary that was really cool. I stayed up till 4am to see just in case it they never showed it again. The recording industry was not good to them.

The recording industry hasn't been good to many MANY artist. Watching the recent Tom Petty new Box Set "Runnin Down a Dream" it's the same story.

[Steve_L]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

If you haven't listened to Tom Petty in a while, try this tasty little number! It's great!

(sorry if you guys are sick of hearing me pimp Petty)

[oldbuckster]

AND, if you're not into to TOM PETTY, try his Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits package........You will be after listening to that...makes you realize how many good songs they did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[seti]

Tom Petty has some superbly recorded albums especially Wildflowers. I just don't listen to him that often. There is a live version of Don't Come Around Here No More with tons of sitars that is amazing also Dave Stewart wrote that song for Petty.

[Steve_L]

There are interviews and discussions about Dave Stewart and his talents and collaboration with TP in this latest TP boxed set which chronicles Petty's career.

TP and Petty had lots of good Karma. There was also a great MTV video with Stewart playing sitar atop a mushroom.

[seti]

I remeber that video it was really cool. Dave Stewart is a great producer and he is great at spotting talent.. His solo CD David Stewart and his spiritual cowboys had a b side called suicidal sid that was great.