Classic Rock (Phil Collins lives, run for the hills)

Saddleworth2 said:
Nothing produced after 1975.

Classic Rock: Inside the circle of appreciation:

Yes
Genesis (up to then there were three)
ELP
Jethro Tull
The Who (up to Quadraphenia)
Led Zeppelin
Free
Family
The Stones (exempt from 1975 rule)
Kate Bush (also exempt as she is truly wonderful)
Nirvana (ok I know)
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Doors
The Beatles (sometimes)
The Small Faces
Cream
Peter Green Fleetwood Mac
probably the odd other band I have forgotten Oh, King Crimson defo.

Outside the circle of appreciation:
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple (other than a handful of tracks)
Marillion (retches)
U2
Bad Co.
Pink Floyd (the Coldplay of their time)
Any Guns n' Iron Maiden kind of crap.
Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green
Phil Collins
The Beatles (sometimes).
Any American crap like t Eagles

I have left out solo acts like Bowie and Lou.


I am, as ever, a man of 1000 prejudices.
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Stick inside the circle;
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
I’d definitely add Floyd although I think they are timeless and probably my favourites, nowhere near as bland as Coldplay, so take that back.

Pretty much agree with everything else.

Id probably add a ton of other lesser known stuff from 1970-1975 as part of this cache whether I was particularly into it or not.

Wishbone Ash
Frampton
Home
Argent. (Maybe)
Ellis. (Listen to El Doomo)
Steve Hillage (Maybe more new age hippie than classic)

This thread is basically all the stuff I was listening to from mid seventies into the 1980’s even through punk and new wave, until Talking Heads came along and broadened my horizons.

It started with an obsession with everything Yes related, that got me out of listening to whatever was on the pop charts i.e. Abba etc.
I also played Made in Japan to death. The odd thing now is most of these bands are not something I return to much now as it doesn’t have the same meaning to me as when I was 14/15/16 years old.

Whereas the likes of Rory Gallagher from the same era is something that I find every bit as exciting now. Live in particular he just gets the juices flowing. But I wouldn’t have him in the same category as most of these bands.
 
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OB1 said:
In later life, my fondness for Tull has grown and grown. I first saw them back in 1977 - day after Lynyrd Skynyrd - and had Aqualung and Bursting Out on vinyl but I think I've now got all their albums, including box set versions of six of them. Shame Ian's voice is shot.
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Ian’s voice is definitely gone but one of the bands I’ve never been disappointed by live. I’ve seen them here in Dublin and in London several times.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
Here are some classic rock legends that will never ever fade:

Robert Plant
Keith Richards
John Bonham
Keith Emerson
Bill Bruford
Steve Hackett
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
John Anderson
Tony Banks
John Entwistle
Pete Townsend
Peter Gabriel
Kate Bush
Keith Moon
Brian Jones
Roger Chapman
Steve Marriot
Ginger Baker
Jack Bruce
Steve Marriot
Harrison
Lennon
Graham Nash
Paul Rogers
Lou Reid
Alan White
Janis Joplin
Maggie Bell
Colin Hodgkinson
Brian Wilson
Jim Morrison
Phil Lynott
Rory Gallagher
Gary Moore
Ted Turner and Andy Powell
Van the man
Joe Cocker

I will think of more later.
Some obvious deliberate omissions who albeit famous fall short of my criteria. Feel free to propose others but I reserve the right to reject based on my list of musical prejudices and industry leading taste ;-)
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Wouldn’t have Kate Bush down as rock at all. Classic- yes, but not rock.
 
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