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

lefty goldblatt said:
That's the one.
Collins looks fucked. Singing in an American drawl. Not for me, but I hope that those who go, enjoy it.
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I know what you mean, and I’ve chosen not to go either.
That said, watching that section of him singing Mama, I do feel sympathy for the bloke. Age catches up with us all, and as singer you are exposed most of all I guess. To include Mama in the doc is quite brave, as a track like that really exposes his limitations. I suppose it was tour with that voice or don’t tour at all - unless they did a Calling All Stations reunion tour of course ;-)
 
chesterbells said:
I know what you mean, and I’ve chosen not to go either.
That said, watching that section of him singing Mama, I do feel sympathy for the bloke. Age catches up with us all, and as singer you are exposed most of all I guess. To include Mama in the doc is quite brave, as a track like that really exposes his limitations. I suppose it was tour with that voice or don’t tour at all - unless they did a Calling All Stations reunion tour of course ;-)
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I saw the Calling All Stations tour and that really wasn't the same; wasn't bad or anything but Phil was missed.

What's noticeable in the documentary is also that Phil's voice did improve with "exercise" and he was pretty open on the subject. It is a bit of a worry though but it's also a recurring problem with aging rock singers. I'll save further comment until I have seen the actual show.
 
A to Z of Classic Rock

The letter E.

Easy one this week and it’s a huge thumbs up to Evanescence.
Ever since I saw the video for the first time, Bring me to Life is one of my favourite tracks by anyone ever. I love the Fallen album in it’s entirety especially the above and the exquisite My Immortal.
Amy Lee’s lyrics are often poignant and her voice is so emotional.
Evanesence 3 is also highly recommended and I can’t wait to see them in April 2022.

ELP were a bit Marmite for me. Brilliant musicians and Fanfare/Karnevil 9 are prog classics but they often left me cold.

Epica could well be the next band to coax money out of the PJ purse.

other bands inlude
The Eagles
Enter Shikari
Europe
ELO
Eloy
Extreme
 
OB1 said:
I've mentioned this before but I spent there weeks on an early Diamond ?Head tour, my best friends' (plural) were either in the support band or acting as on of their roadies (I did much of the transit driving and did the lights - DH's lead singer thought I was better than their professional guy).

See Leppard plenty of times, both as support and headliner; including their last tour. Another story I have told is pushing Phil Collen's broken down banger up Charing Cross Road to a side street when my friends and I happened by him on a trip down to London for some gigs - he was in Girl at the time. I wasn't a fan of DL in the very early days but that had to change in 1987 when they produced one of the finest albums of its kind.

Deep Purple, well, Blackmore is God... What a pity he and Dio didn't do more work together.

Dream Theater can be superb. I've said that I lost some interest when Migthy Mike stepped away.

Purple are the top D band but all these acts get my seal of approval:

buck dharma - bit of a cult figure but one of the great rock guitarists and a fine solo album.

damn yankees - Uncle Ted goes AOR with help from Nightranger and Styx stalwarts.

danger danger - catchy hair metal

daniels, charlie - good ole boy

darkness, the - not from the era but definitely inspired by it

deep purple

def leppard

derek and the dominos - EC was here to deliver one of the gretaest rock songs ever with a bit of help from Duane Allman

derringer (rick) - check put their live album

des barres, michael - made a couple of good solo albums but his best work was with the next band

detective - their first album on Swansong produced all sorts of inaccurate rumours but was one of those shoulda been bigger releases and definitely befitted the label

diamond head

dio

dire straits

dirty knobs, the - new band, awful name but Tom Petty will be smiling down on his guitarists efforts here.

doc holliday

dokken

doobie brothers - became kings of yacht rock but they could rock

dream theater

drive by truckers - best southern rock band of the last 20 years

drive, she said - a touch of AOR

duran duran - controversial inclusion (?) but one of my guilty pleasures

dylan, bob

donnas, the - not that old but they rock

the doors - they produced a few genuine classics - remember going to see the version that toured with Ian Astbury on vocals (sadly Stewart Copeland didn't join on drums) and being a bit surprised at how young the audience was; clearly a band of lasting appeal.
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I like your list but of course the top D is/are the Doors. A few classics?
one of the all time most influential bands.
 
Protein Junkie said:
A to Z of Classic Rock

The letter E.

Easy one this week and it’s a huge thumbs up to Evanescence.
Ever since I saw the video for the first time, Bring me to Life is one of my favourite tracks by anyone ever. I love the Fallen album in it’s entirety especially the above and the exquisite My Immortal.
Amy Lee’s lyrics are often poignant and her voice is so emotional.
Evanesence 3 is also highly recommended and I can’t wait to see them in April 2022.

ELP were a bit Marmite for me. Brilliant musicians and Fanfare/Karnevil 9 are prog classics but they often left me cold.

Epica could well be the next band to coax money out of the PJ purse.

other bands inlude
The Eagles
Enter Shikari
Europe
ELO
Eloy
Extreme
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The Everley Brothers
Edgar Winter
Echo and the Bunnymen
Eurythmics
Earth Wind and Fire
Elbow

of those I choose Elbow and the Everlies.
 
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