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[JuntaJoe]

Ok, we have some oldsters and some youngsters here.

But we've all lived in the Age of Rock.

Born out of Gospel, R&B, and Rockabilly, it exploded across America around when I was born.

Could you imagine America if Rock Music never happened?

*Shudder*

Ok, we won't go there.

So here's what I propose. The oldsters ponder the classic tunes and the youngsters hunt them down and learn what we fell for back then.

Now it's easy to toss up laundry lists of classics and bury the kiddos.

I've got another plan.

Everyone over 30 posts the title of one single song once a week and everyone under 30 tries to listen to one on the suggestion list. The youngsters post when they've heard it and give an opinion.

We won't ask where the kids find the song, ok? :wink:

So what is a classic? Forget trying to define a classic. Too subjective. It will what is a classic to us. So let's make the cut-off at the year 1990. Of course, the classics run back actually to the 50's. Where would rock be without Johnny Be Good? Interesting factoid is that song is the first song mankind sent into outer space on a probe for posterity. We told the universe that Rock is humanity. 8)

Ok, that one doesn't count. :wink:

Here's my first submission:

Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull.

Read the lyrics if you can for an eye popper. :shock:

[CooJoe]

I found a few oldies (ACDC,Rush ect) that I found, while looking for workout music (my gym's started playing freakin' Celene Dion music)

And I'm hooked, and intrigued.

Oh great guru of old music! Please show me the way to musical enlightenment.

[JuntaJoe]

I just gave you one. Read the lyrics when you listen.

Other folks will give you more.

The limit of one a week for the oldsters is so they try hard to find you a real good one.

[Eddy]

Hotel California. One of the best songs ever.

[Brf]

Eddy wrote: Hotel California. One of the best songs ever.

"One of the best"? Ha! Several of the surveys rated it "The" best -- which I will not argue with.

[Eddy]

You are forgetting the best songs are the ones by my favorite all girl band. The Spice Girls.

[NibbyCat]

Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

I was thinking about this sort of thing in the shower this morning. It's so rare for "pop" stations to play stuff from early years, kids today don't have an understanding of the culture of the times they read about in history books.

How about the "funny" songs, like "Hello Muddah"? Or old folk standards, like Tom Dooley?

It's not a matter of trying to get the young'uns to like the songs, but to appreciate the changes music went through, and what was going on while those changes happened.

[Brf]

NibbyCat wrote: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

One of the band members was on the Bob and Tom show a few weeks back.... he was saying that that song was their most daring because of its Weirdness factor -- so much surrealism.

[Che]

With 60's and 70's R-n-R... it is hard to pick what is the best :?

There was so many good groups, putting out... so much good stuff.

Week #1 - Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company --- newbies to the classics should start with Janis. I recommend that you begin the journey with...

Ball and Chain

The 1967 Monterrey Pops version is available on video. The best performance of her life.

Week #2 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience --- it is impossible for me to pick one track by Jimi. Jimi requires students to do extra work.

You MUST listen to the entire album... Are You Experienced?

You will enjoy the such greats as, Hey Joe, Purple Haze, and The Wind Cries Mary.

Sorry Joe, with Jimi... no one can pick just one song.

It would be sacrilege... :cry:

The Zep

Jethro Tull

Steppenwolf

Doobie Brothers

Three Dog Night

The Doors

Some Stones and Beatles

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Whoever

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Moody Blues

Chicago

Blue Oyster cult

ELO

Who

I also like the Golden Age... 1955 to 1964.

[JuntaJoe]

NibbyCat wrote: It's not a matter of trying to get the young'uns to like the songs, but to appreciate the changes music went through, and what was going on while those changes happened.

I disagree.

They should like the songs first to get their interest up.

The nuances of history are rarely appreciated until a person is older.

Me? I'm going for the fun factor. Something that just makes them say Wow!

You all might notice that I didn't go for a "super classic" either as my first choice.

Rare is the person who hasn't heard Hotel California or Stairway to Heaven.

What's the point of recommending something they most likely heard?

Ok, enough slapping of the wet noodle.

Everyone who's already recommended something will just have to wait for next weekend to come up with another gem for the younger crowd. That gives you a week to dig into your dusty piles of albums, cassettes, and 8 tracks for that great title.

[JuntaJoe]

Ughhh! :shock:

Che! You didn't get the message!

One song title only! Work with me here. :?

The purpose isn't a history lesson or a trip down memory lane.

It's to get the young people interested enough to hunt down a tune.

Ok, I would appreciate you editing your post and finding that one song for them to try.

And if he doesn't then I'd recommend the younger crowd stick with the single suggestions.

Boy, these old stiffs are a pain in the ass! :wink:

[Che]

Edit completed... I also have a list to update on a weekly basis {insert angel smiley}

I even made the first pick easy for the kiddies... it is available as a video.

They only know how to "watch" music :twisted:

[AriesQtPie]

Here's my contribution for the week:

Zager and Evans

"In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)"

[JuntaJoe]

Now we're cooking with gas. 8)

[Che]

Hey Joe... on what day will the new week start?

Need to listen to some tunes and decide on my next selection.

[DrJoshuaFalken]

The Doors-The End.

it is below, shrunk so as not to strecth the thread.

The Doors THE END lyrics
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again


Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land


Lost in a Roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah


There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby


Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he's old, and his skin is cold


The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest


The blue bus is callin' us
The blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you taken' us


The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...I want to...Bleep! you


C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
C'mon, yeah


Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill


This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end


It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die


This is the end

[JuntaJoe]

Next weekend, Che. Weekends make it easy to remember in our doddering years. :P


What's with the lyrics, Doc?

I might be verbose, but I'm pretty clear about what I say.

This is a project, not a history lesson.

Your role as a person under 30 here is to take one of our suggestions and go listen to it and come back to comment.

Those lyrics very familiar to the older crowd. It's not like we even need to see the microscript. And we oldsters certainly don't need help finding good oldies either. We lived them, remember? Jim Morrison was alive when I first learned his music.

You might rather get more entertainment listening to our suggestions than trying to teach us your repertiore.

[CooJoe]

I listened to a few of the suggestions, and I can't believe what I've been missing.

This is better than most the stuff that's out today.

But then again, there's stuff out today that's better than some of the stuff you had *Cough*Disco*Hack Wheeze Cough*

"Stairway to Heaven" really made me think, which is kind of hard to do.

Locomotive Breathe is great

So is Hotel California.

[JuntaJoe]

Looks like some of the other oldsters here need to chime in with suggestions.

For the moment, KJ, you might wish to use those songs as a stepping stone to explore those artists a bit more.

They didn't get those songs out of thin air. They honed their skills to get to that point.

Did they make other songs as good?

Oh, yeah. Lots.

Did they put out the lousy song too?

Oh, yeah.

But the masters of the classics cranked out more quality over crap than their contemporaries.

Btw, did you read the lyrics on my song?

In the shuffling madess
of the locomotive breath,
runs the all-time loser,
headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping --
steam breaking on his brow --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
at the stations -- one by one.
His woman and his best friend --
in bed and having fun.
He's crawling down the corridor
on his hands and knees --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling --
catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideons Bible --
open at page one --
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going --
no way to slow down.

Remember this was long before punk, shock rock, or death metal was invented. It was even before Alice Cooper.

It's just so.....I can't even find the perfect word. Where is the fountain that such stuff springs from?

All you can say is that it's much better him than me! :shock:

[CooJoe]

I read the words as I downloaded, as I listened, then listened to the music without reading the words.

I did that with all 3.

I'll have to look more into it.