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  • #376
    Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

    Wait... you think Mick is a great vocalist?


    No disagreement on Ent, but I believe that Gilmour is up there and stands just fine on his own.

    Mick? No way.


    My favorite Bass player is maybe Chris Squire. Just loved that nasty tone.

    RIP

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    • #377
      Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

      Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
      Wait... you think Mick is a great vocalist?


      No disagreement on Ent, but I believe that Gilmour is up there and stands just fine on his own.

      Mick? No way.


      My favorite Bass player is maybe Chris Squire. Just loved that nasty tone.

      RIP
      Well. I was thinking "frontman." Fair point.
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      • #378
        Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

        And in terms of "musicianship," all those bands have strengths and weaknesses.

        At first glance I'd easily put Floyd ahead of Zep.

        Not so fast though.

        Gilmour > Page

        but

        Bonham > Mason

        and

        John Paul >>> Waters as a musician (playing instruments)

        Wright and Plant really don't have counterparts.

        So it's probably a wash although I'd still say that Floyd > Zeppelin although for me they're 1A and 1B at this point.


        And Steve Howe is a better musician than anyone in either of those bands, or at least was in the 70s.

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        • #379
          Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          Well. I was thinking "frontman." Fair point.

          Well... Mick may be the greatest frontman of all time.

          Not sure even Plant can really compete although I'm sure he was sexier in his prime than Mick was.

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          • #380
            Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

            Ugh... is it 3:00cst yet?

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            • #381
              Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

              At one point, there was supposed to be a project featuring Squire and Page, but it fell through.

              Squire went on to a "new" YES with Trevor Rabin and Page I believe went on to the Firm.


              That would have potentially been a very interesting band.

              Could have been down and very dirty.

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              • #382
                Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
                Not sure even Plant can really compete although I'm sure he was sexier in his prime than Mick was.
                I don't think you can compare. Those are two very different kinds of girl. (Robert's girl is a lot smarter, but Mick's girl is a lot more fun before the, you know, high speed chase and firey crash.)
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                • #383
                  Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  I don't think you can compare. Those are two very different kinds of girl.

                  Yeah... the wife thinks Robert circa 1972 is a rock god.

                  She likes Stone's songs.


                  She (like every woman that has ever commented on it) thinks Roger Daltry is creepy.

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                  • #384
                    Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                    Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
                    She (like every woman that has ever commented on it) thinks Roger Daltry is creepy.
                    LOL. Roger Daltry is creepy. There is something deeply wrong behind those blue eyes.

                    He does have a human moment, however. He somehow got cast in the BBC's 1983 production of The Comedy of Errors and, completely defying all my expectations, he is adorable and actually great.

                    But other than that...

                    I watched him for fifteen years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall; not seeing the wall, looking past the wall; looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Sheriff.
                    Last edited by Kepler; 09-29-2017, 02:05 PM.
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                    • #385
                      Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                      I've seen everyone I need to see, except two. Van Morrison and Peter Gabriel. And at this point, Morrison is kinda notorious for either being really great, or totally disinterested, and going through the motions, so that would be a crap shoot.

                      As for favorite guitar players, I come from a bit of a different bent, based largely on my preferred tastes of '80's post punk. Course, there's still room for the classics. I like melodic soloists.

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                      • #386
                        Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        Well. I was thinking "frontman." Fair point.
                        Frontman? Freddie Mercury. Bon Scott. James Brown (if you count his "band"). Axl could have been one of the greats, but IMO GNR didn't have the longevity.
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                        • #387
                          Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                          Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                          Frontman? Freddie Mercury. Bon Scott. James Brown (if you count his "band"). Axl could have been one of the greats, but IMO GNR didn't have the longevity.

                          Those are certainly frontmen.

                          None are close to Mick.

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                          • #388
                            Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                            Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
                            Those are certainly frontmen.

                            None are close to Mick.
                            Freddy Mercury certainly ranks with Mick, along with David Bowie, Prince, Elvis, Frank Zappa, George Clinton, James Brown, Chuck Berry, and others.
                            Last edited by Kepler; 09-29-2017, 10:38 PM.
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                            • #389
                              Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                              Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
                              Those are certainly frontmen.

                              None are close to Mick.
                              IMO, Freddie is the greatest, not an insult to Mr Brown.
                              Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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                              • #390
                                Re: USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Freddy Mercury certainly ranks with Mick, along with David Bowie, Prince, Elvis, Frank Zappa, George Clinton, James Brown, Chuck Berry, and others.
                                As much as I love the others mentioned, I can't say they were better. Prince's musicianship is untouched. Mercury's theatrics AND singing put him on top (hence Brown being a close second). Bon, and I say this with great bias, was not a great singer but I can't name a better wailer. Elvis....everyone is biased in that realm. He was nicknamed The King for a reason. Bowie is underappreciated, I think. Even now. Never got into Zappa. Clinton, he just did what everyone else did, and more showy. Love him, but not top ten.

                                Hell, Janis Joplin. Not a great singer. She wailed. But she captivated audiences as a show-woman. Pure emotion. That was her hook.
                                Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                                Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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