The Allman Brothers Band do it for me, particularly before the tragic deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. If you had to choose one band to take their music with you to a desert island, who would it be? nb I increased the font size of "one"... Seems like asking for one is a tall order!
Public enemy, no wait, the levellers, no hang on, lynard skynard, bugger wait, prodigy. Yep definately the prodigy.
It would have to be a band with a large output of quality music. I would go for the Beatles or the Who.
Manic Street Preachers and Blur Why? The Manics can be depended upon to produce the goods everytime, and have done so since the early 90's. As for Blur, you have to admit Damon Albarn is one of the most talented musicians around today, as well as a fantastic lyricist.
Were they at Knebworth ? ... sure I saw them there. Was also lucky to see Skynyrd on their first UK tour. But favourites of mine in this era were Wishbone Ash & Rory Gallagher Wishbone Ash - Jailbait
Yep, 1975. I was there too. Ditto Saw Rory numerous times. Always came home with a sore neck and whistling in my ears for days Saw Wishbone Ash once also. MAN from Penarth in S. Wales supported them and blew them offstage IMHO.
Yeah.. "Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth" and "Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day" are my favourites
I was going to reply last night Mike but I had the same problem that everyone else has, I just can't resolve it down to ONE of anything The closest I could get at my current age and tastes was maybe the Steve Miller Band but I would be really happy right now with just one track from an Irish American lassie Joanie Madden. The problem for me is that the stuff that really gets to my heart and soul is generally folk music and in particular Celtic folk, some of it just breaks your heart, but I have also loved so many other more modern things and find that every other week there is something modern that I might like for a while. I just don't have absolute's that I clearly define
“The problem for me is that the stuff that really gets to my heart and soul is generally folk music and in particular Celtic folk, some of it just breaks your heart, but I have also loved so many other more modern things” – Oss Agreed, that is the problem, plus as well this modern phenomenon of categorising music into “genres” or styles. My tastes these days are very eclectic…. If I like it, I listen/buy it. And at the moment I’m really into what is described as “Americana” or “alt-country”. Drive-by Truckers, Ryan Adams, Wico, etc etc. Oss- “Celtic Folk”, are we talking Van the Man ?, The Saw Doctors, The Waterboys ? or something more pure ? For something very very different (but very enjoyable), try this….classical, latin, jazz, and big band. Pink Martini - Let's Never Stop Falling In Love
Exactly, me too my tastes have become very eclectic, much of what I obsessed over as a youth no longer matters to me, I am no longer the person that felt the feelings inspired by the music of, or at, that time (mostly referring to the rock music of that time). I have changed with age I spent a great deal of time in the 1970's going to rock concerts, various gigs at Uni on so on but I also spent every Sunday night in the Paisley folk club, the home of Danny Kyle and one of the places that Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty first came together, I went to the same school as Rafferty and Egan but about a decade or maybe a bit more later, needless to say the Humblebums, Steeler's Wheel and Rafferty's solo work are all stuff that I love, but the whole experience of going to the Rockfield, the Brabloch and the Silver Thread (hotels) every Sunday night (different venues as the years passed) was something that drove the appreciation of the older purer classical folk into my bones, but it is by no means exclusive it's just the stuff that is most likely to get to me. When I met Ana she got me into some of the Latin stuff, her dad was a Choreographer and a brilliant dancer, he taught Ana a lot of his skills before he died she is fairly seriously into ballroom dancing, sadly I have little or no skill but one day I may learn. There have been many folk rock bands that I liked, Horslips for instance and Jethro Tull of course, but some of the bands I liked the most no one would ever have heard of like 'Findask', no not 'Findo Gask' the one that got popular about 8 years back, Findask was a wonderful wee duo, Willie Lindsay and Stuart Campbell they made many Sunday nights very special
Hi. Thanks for the replies. I too have many bands/artistes that I love. It would be strange to only like one band. I like so many different types of music. My question was really aimed at making a decision. Say your house was on fire and you could only get to your cd's (yes seems a bit out-dated now I know) long enough to grab something quickly. In that moment you had to think about only one band that meant so much to you for whatever reason. I first heard the band I chose (Allman Brothers Band) in 1972. I was 16 y.o. and I walked into the best music shop back then and asked them to recommend something. They did, it was "Eat A Peach". I would still take that with me. Maybe the question is silly, but sometimes it is good to get off the fence and decide..... Now, for me, the decision would be "which hard drive should I rescue"...... The strange thing about all of this, is that people I know with connections to the music business have told me that recorded music doesn't earn as much for the artistes as before so the live music scene is important as it was before recorded music came into being. Maybe the question should have been "who would you prefer to see live?" This can be difficult if members are no longer with us.... Personally, I never have the time anymore to see live bands or to relax with friends listening to music due to having two kids under 3 y.o.. We all get older, but if push came to shove, put the Allman Brothers on.......please
Has to be Led Zeppelin having seen them perform in a small club in Southall middlesex in March 1969 for the princely sum of 8 shillings and sixpence, such memories gone but not forgotten.
I use to be a big Genesis fan, still like them, but I prefer Pink Floyd. David Gilmour , for me one of the best lead guitarists going.
Well, I stand to be ridiculed, I know, but my choice would be The Beatles. Despite the years that have passed since they first thrilled me I still find time to enjoy their music, and most of it still thrills me today. I grew up with the Beatles, and can still find some special memories hiding in the nooks and cranies of my mind when I listen to the music. I'm not good at picking just ONE but did my best. John Lennon gave a blistering vocal performance on Mr Moonlight. Well anyway if you've never heard it before see what you think. Just remember it was long ago in 1964. It's not everyones cup of tea and it was the most unsuccessful release they ever made. But I love it. [video=youtube;owteWcxpQWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=owteWcxpQWs[/video]
Music is a big thing in the lives of both me and my wife. In fact I first met my wife at the Jazz themed restaurant she ran in Yokohama. Jazz is her 'big thing' Mostly we really love the same stuff, so we can share some great times together listening to lots of different music. There's one genre however that I love and she does not, and that is various mixes of 'traditional Irish Music' My interest started out with such bands as The Chieftains and The Dubliners in the 1960's, included the almost Irish Rock of Thin Lizzy (who could forget their version of ‘Whisky in the Jar’) and even broadened (inexplicably) to include The Pogues with their Irish Folk Punk Rock. I can't ever see a time when my wife will listen to that. I've spent literally hundreds of nights in Dublin just listening to the live band playing their traditional Irish instruments, singing some great folk songs and enjoying the atmosphere.
Good choices here! I saw Genesis and the Floyd many times. Didn't catch Led Zep unfortunately. The Beatles were/are excellent too, Peter! I met George Harrison once, what a nice bloke. We talked about Liverpool where we were both from, it seemed a better idea to me at the time. I didn't chat with him for a long time unfortunately. I was listening to Nucleus's "Roots" tonight coincidently. Great Jazz fusion from 1973. I once saw Return To Forever. They were great live. Irish music with traditional instruments is great. Folk was never a big thing to me, Jim. I really like John Martyn's "Solid Air" though and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Broadcating from Home" is wonderful too.
Saw Skynyrd a couple of times, Stu. Great band. Damon Albarn is talented, Rob Never got to see the Who, John Ash. Wish I had.
I was a big Genesis fan too but like you found the Floyd to be much longer lasting, Genesis was one of my youthful obsessions but these days I would probably only listen to 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', most of the stuff on Foxtrot was pretty good too but I rarely if ever return to it, the Floyd on the other hand have a lot of really timeless stuff, although I saw Genesis several times including Knebworth 1978 I sadly never got to see Pink Floyd live. I agree with your view on Gilmour as well, he is one of the all time greats!
