And now for something completely different...
Admittedly the tunes thuis week are a little different than what you may have expected, not that there were any expectations but its nice to think so. The diversity of music were getting into is pretty cool, so that's this weeks point (yes there is usually a point), loads of cool stuff happening. And not to dodge the issue of Disco's emergence and America's Bicentennial (Happy Birthday 'Merica!), this is a "Hidden Treasures" playlist afterall, so were avoiding the obvious and giving you something to think about...
PLAYLIST --> http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1hiymjp
Al Stewart |
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Billy Joel |
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Jefferson Starship |
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Pat Travers |
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Triumph In The Beginning or Triumph 5 - Blinding Light Show/Moonchild Before they were on par with Rush as Canada's prog-rock heroes, Triumph were earnestly forging away to develop their sound. Triumph (later released as In the Beginning...) captures just that: the band's debut recording while they were still finding and developing the formulas that would make them so successful. The opening "24 Hours a Day" wouldn't sound out of place during the finest moments of Boston's catalog, but the majority of the tunes found herein are highly informed by the presence of Led Zeppelin. Gil Moore's take on the infamous Bonham stutter kick of the bass drum, the exact chord progression found on the climax of "Stairway to Heaven" is also the anchor to "Don't Take My Life", and the comparisons go on and on. But that's not to say In the Beginning... is a total loss -- far from it. It's the cornerstone from which their house of prog-rock greatness was built. |
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Where's the Bicentennial motif?
THERE IS NOT ONE MENTION OF OUR 200th BIRTHDAY?????
I have family friendly filters on so this smut doesn't come up in my searches ...
How DARE you, sir! He had a museum dedicated to him and only him!
It's in Vegas and it' was shut down around 10 years ago. So, no.
And yes, we did live in Vegas from 2001-2005 but still, no.
Bet you did though.
Until I discovered KISS late in 1976, I apparently listened to a lot of PoP on the radio, because the songs that nowadays reminds me of 1976 is: "Dancin' Queen" (ABBA), "Save Your Kisses For Me" (Winner of the European Song Contest), "If You Leave Me Now" (Chicago), "Don't Go Breaking Me Heart" (Elton John & Kiki Dee (I had a little crush on her. I loved her voice, just like I loved Karen Carpenter's voice around the same time)), "I Write The Songs" (Barry Manilow), "All By Myself" (Eric Carmen), "Devil Woman" (Cliff Richard), "A little Bit More" (Doctor Hook), "Lost In France" (Bonnie Tyler), "You make me feel like dancing" (Leo Sawyer), "You sexy Thing" (Hot Chocolate) and "Under The Moon Of Love" (Showaddywaddy), but also "Pinball Wizard" (Elton John) and "Love Hurts" (Nazareth).
Then I bought a "Music yearbook - 1976" in november/december, and I saw pictures of KISS's concert in Denmark earlier that year, and that was it. The ABBA-poster was history, and a poster of a blood-spitting Gene Simmons went up on my wall, and 100's of KISS-posters followed the next 4 years.
"Before they were on par with Rush".........that's the funniest thing I've read today. That song sounds like Hobbit music. The album cover looks like they're in the eye of Sauron. They probably played a mean game of D&D after finishing the album.
Damn. Look how much this is going for. Maybe I should sell my copy?
I remember seeing that Al Stewart album at the local record store when I was a kid. Didn't buy it, but remember the cover. I like this song.
I don't remember seeing the Billy Joel album cover at that record store. Or the Jefferson Startship one, but I'm getting tired of that song listed here, it's been played too much on this here site. Did you know there's more than one song one that album? At least I think there is.
I don't remember seeing that Pat Travers album at that same record store mentioned here and above.
Damn, again! Looks how much this is going for. Maybe I should sell that one too.
"And Now For Something Completely Different" came out in 1971, have no idea why it's mentioned here in 1976.
Pretty good listen. Pretty good. Pretty, pretty good.
3 albums, 4 songs.
Norma Jean Fox
(11/30/1945-9/7/2010)
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