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One more for the other side of the road.

This is what I'll be listening to and watching today.

Talking Heads NOT but a superb rendition of Psycho Killer.

Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous (Super Deluxe Edition)

On CD1
7 more to go

Almost sold out everywhere. Buy now or regret it.

nlgbbbblth wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:39 pm Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous (Super Deluxe Edition)

On CD1
7 more to go

Almost sold out everywhere. Buy now or regret it.

Going to be honest. Always thought their studio albums were a bit patchy quality wise. But Live & Dangerous is genuine classic. One of my favourites

My favorite John martyn album. Very underrated musician

Not having climbed an alp (or similar sized hill) for ages, I'm allowing the music to transport me there this evening. This is an Austrian/Tirolean "neo trad" group.

Bit of red neck AC/DC

I'll be drowning in Horslips next week as More Than You Chew has finally shipped - nearly one year after being announced



But for tonight, it's Saint Etienne's wonderful debut Foxbase Alpha.

Going to see Depeche Mode in June at Malahide Castle so had them on repeat all day!!

Elvis Presley - From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis

Ravi Shankar. Quite a chance of pace for me. But very enjoyible all the same

"An analog man in a digital world" yep, that about sums me up.

The Amazon Prime van has just arrived - listening for the weekend sorted

Just thought of this one again tonight - it really is excellent - turn up the volume.

Ren is rather good. He suffered fron undiagnosed Lymes disease which destroyed him. He finally got and is currently getting treatment in Canada.

All these arrived yesterday so working my way through them

Del.Monte wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:02 pm Just thought of this one again tonight - it really is excellent - turn up the volume.

I thought for a second you were listening to this band.

Apelles wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 7:21 pm I thought for a second you were listening to this band.

God, I'd completely forgotten about them despite them being from my era! I had to go trawling to find something by them that I could remember and this is it - not bad but not nearly heavy enough for me - back then.

Since we're back in the early Seventies again my mind drifted back to the Electric Light Orchestra and this tune, the first track on their first album and about the third single that I ever bought. Still a classic, from a time before ELO became mainstream and mega. Great stuff!

Del.Monte wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 8:45 pm God, I'd completely forgotten about them despite them being from my era! I had to go trawling to find something by them that I could remember and this is it - not bad but not nearly heavy enough for me - back then.

Hard Habit To Break leaves me in a weeping puddle every single listen!!

"not bad but not nearly heavy enough for me - back then."

Terry Kath was constantly frustrated with trying to make the 'Chicago sound' even 'heavier'. Similar in comparison to the situation Joe Walsh of The Eagles found himself in (Walsh hated Don Henley's constant mantra of "writing songs to make the young girls cry"). Kath likewise was trying to fight against the grain of the sound his band Chicago was going in.



Being an extremely talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, even Jimi Hendrix was so impressed with Kath's playing, he took Chicago on tour with him, and also once described Terry Kath as "The Best Guitarist In The Universe". Then again . . Hendrix was always saying similar things about every other guitarist he encountered.
Kath had his issues with substance abuse, and accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with a loaded gun.