What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

Have to agree with you here Ruby. A fantastic album. I play it a lot.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JOHN FOGERTY "eye of the zombie" cd, 1986:

John's fourth solo set...
I used to love this one but it just didn't have that "it" or "wow" factor
for me on this listen for some reason...
still a good album, like I said, jusrt not as good as I remembered it to be,
I just figured it out, its those horrid 1980s synth drums that make it annoying for me but...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

title track:

[CRAZY-HORSE]

CHEAP TRICK "the essential cheap trick" cd, 2004:

two cd, thirty six track compilation...
contains a nice mix of album tracks and singles from their career up to that point...
too many live versions on the set for my liking though...

favourite:

[Ruby]

Oldies today - 50 and 45 years respectively - On the Threshold of a Dream, Moody Blues

and Hero and Heroine, Strawbs. Love 'em. 


Some clips -

The intro from On the Threshold of a Dream, including "Lovely to See You" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMANmVkF...E&index=11

The title track from Hero and Heroine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrvGZy3MGDs

Difficult to pick just one, or even a few from either of these - I keep changing my mind! They all work together, as intended, so best to listen to the whole lot. Gotta run - work to do .... have a chilled Sunday all.  

[Jerome]

One of my favourites - https://youtu.be/3u7UZPxu7H0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

^^
I love that song Jerome.

[Jerome]

Many, many moons ago, when I was still in high school, there was this girl, Jeanne Van Huysteen (not sure about the spelling) - every time I see this YT video I think of her. Mad! Those sparkling eyes and that smile. The things that make life worth living….


Magnificent piece of music - https://youtu.be/K1jQQ4DTov0

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Just enjoy - https://youtu.be/WM7-PYtXtJM

[Jerome]

Now here's one concert I wish I had been at. Those strings are superb. Two tracks I really like.

https://youtu.be/NhlgsgTrLfM

https://youtu.be/RA4L-EhDCXY - the strings in the second verse are simply spectacular. If that does not move your soul you should visit your doctor - you may be dead.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

concert was broadcast live on Aussie TV, awesome, like you mate, wish I was there!

as a footnote, I purchased Rocket Man today, looking forward to watching it later!

[Ruby]

STEELY DAN - The Royal Scam



Good listening IMHO, with a long list of additional musicians, including another of those ubiquitous session players - Dean Parks.  

An Eagles/Steely Dan anecdote from Wiki which I found interesting - 

"In the song "Everything You Did", a lyric says, "turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening."Glenn Frey of the Eagles said, "Apparently Walter Becker's girlfriend loved the Eagles, and she played them all the time. I think it drove him nuts. So, the story goes that they were having a fight one day and that was the genesis of the line." Given that the two bands shared a manager (Irving-Azoff) and that the Eagles proclaimed their admiration for Steely Dan, this was more friendly rivalry than feud.

Later that year in a nod back to Steely Dan for the free publicity, and inspired by Steely Dan's lyric style, the Eagles penned the lyrics, "They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" in their hit "Hotel California". Frey commented, "We just wanted to allude to Steely Dan rather than mentioning them outright, so 'Dan' got changed to 'knives,' which is still, you know, a penile metaphor."This comment refers to the name's claimed origin in William S. Burroughs' book Naked Lunch. Timothy B Schmit, who sang background vocals on "The Royal Scam" would later join the Eagles."

"Haitian Divorce" with Dean Parks on talk box guitar ...