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

lonestay said:
go listen to them back to back the similarities are amazing, dunno why Survivor never took legal action .
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I'll have to do that. No surprise that both tracks are in my collection.

Never bought much Dio until recently when I added a five pack of their albums to the collection. I do have Holy Diver on vinyl and cd and saw the tour.
 
OB1 said:
Yes, Whitesnake are Classic Rock.

They've just announced a tour for 2022 with Foreigner and Europe supporting them. However, they have an second vocalist to sing all the difficult bits Coverdale can't manage so I think I will pass on that.

First time I saw a version of Whitesnake was, IIRC, 1978 in a small club on Oxford Road.

I've seen Whitesnake several times in different versions. One time was in Nashville where they supported Motely Crue. Now I can't recall which band my wife (to be then, we'd just got engaged a few days before) said it about but she'd been by the pool during the day in the hotel I was living in because I was at work that day (on secondment from UK) and been surprised about some scruffy long haired guys had been by the pool too at one of Nashville's finer hotels until she saw them walk out on stage at the sold out arena we were sat in. The Crue that nite were probably the loudest band I ever heard.
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Europe have released some excellent albums in the last few years, plenty of Purple and Zeppelin influences showing but Joey Tempests vocals are still great, as is John Norums playing.
 
MCFCTrick said:
Though I am not a Prog fan in general, Yes are one I like some songs by. I think that has a lot to do with Squire's bass playing.
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Squire is one of the great bass players. I only purchased his Fish out of Water in last few years. Had never heard it but a friend recommended it and it is really good. His backing vocals were an important part of the Yes sound and he sings lead well too, reminded me a bit of Sting. I also like the album he did with Steve Hackett - Squackett: A Life Within A Day.
 
blueparrot said:
Anything you think fits imo,some will like it some won't.
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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.
 
OB1 said:
Squire is one of the great bass players. I only purchased his Fish out of Water in last few years. Had never heard it but a friend recommended it and it is really good. His backing vocals were an important part of the Yes sound and he sings lead well too, reminded me a bit of Sting. I also like the album he did with Steve Hackett - Squackett: A Life Within A Day.
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Both top Albums mate.
 
Good thread Sir.
prog rock is definitely something I missed out on in my music upbringing- and having heard a lot of early Genesis and the latest Rush selection it’s definitely something I’ve enjoyed without fully understanding - so will keep a close eye on the music here.
 
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OB1 said:
I'm currently trying to buy all UH's albums with David Byron. I only had the live album back in the day and then a cd box set covering more than just Byron stuff.

They were much derided in this country back then but they had some chops. Never saw them with Byron but did see later incarnations.
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Another band who’s last few releases have been very good, since Wake the sleeper all good.
 
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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You can’t possibly write off some of those Bands
 
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