Rock Roxx

[wizardfromoz]

Imagine, lugging all that around to 16 countries and over the space of 10 months !!

...and on top of that, Philly in August was the 100th show of the tour, which went on until December, I don't know how many shows that was in total - we in Brisbane were in the first 6 weeks or so, when they were still "fresh".

But he, and his entourage, were so professional, every show looked like their first.

I've watched about 35 minutes of it so far. There is a part at around 25 - 26 minutes mark, where he seats himself at the keyboards, and talks a fair bit before his next song. The sound is not clear then, but I can tell you what he was talking about, and that is

Homeless People

He had people inside the venue, collecting, and donated the proceeds of merchandise sales fees he collected from stalls outside the venue, and gave them to the charities for same at each city.

Sue and I gave what little we could afford at the time.

The song he then played was "Another Day In Paradise", which I find quite haunting, but enjoyable, and I'll share the official video here.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

And, my favourite...

 

[KGIII]

I caught Phil's But Seriously concert in 1990 at Great Woods (Boston). Well, they called it Boston, but it's about an hour north of Boston, depending on traffic.

It was put together nicely. I almost didn't go, as I was busy at that point in my life. A buddy was a huge fan and didn't want to go alone. So, he grabbed a ticket for me and off we went. I'd have been finishing up school and starting my business.

They performed at the venue for a few days (I'm pretty sure). I do not recall which day of the week we were there, but it was almost certainly a weekend.

 

[Condobloke]

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78

Weir was a fixture in the psychedelic rock group and its various spin-offs over 60 years.

www.bbc.com

 

[Brickwizard]

not sure where to stick this, A local band to me [well where this was filmed 20 years ago]

and their more usual fare

 

[KGIII]

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78

Weir was a fixture in the psychedelic rock group and its various spin-offs over 60 years.

www.bbc.com

Yeah, that's a sad one. I don't have many tattoos, but I do have a 'Steal Your Face' tattoo on my shoulder.

I went to many Dead shows. Indeed, I've even seen some of the band members play after Jerry's death.

 

[Fymgee]

Warning this offering for Christmas from "Fascinating Ada" may offend

what the song says it's funny, cause' it's true

 

[wizardfromoz]

The equal worst concert (right down there with Joe Cocker's) I have seen was that of Cher.

Love her music, but the concert was a waste of time and money.

It was held at Brisbane's Entertainment Centre, November 12-13 1990, as part of her "Heart of Stone" tour.

It only lasted for about 45 minutes, and Cher was only on stage for about half of that. The rest of that time was filled with a body double lip-synching (was that supposed to be clever? To confuse us?), and her sitting on the edge of the stage telling us about how downtrodden she was when married to Sonny.

A few weeks later,at a Boxing Day party with friends, the hostess's cousin Tracy said "The Cher concert was the best I have ever seen".

Not knowing then that I had Asperger's Syndrome, I laughed, and blurted out "You can't have seen many concerts, then".

Of course that went down like a lead balloon.

That being said, I said I like her music, here are two from the setlist. Most of the songs were covers of other artists, First is one of hers, second is a cover.

and (with Peter Cetera from Chicago)

 

[Condobloke]

 

[wizardfromoz]

Now that's the Cher I like. Bright lights and no frills.

Not the dark (to facilitate the use of the body double) shambles we endured.

Ta, Brian.

 

[KGIII]

There are some great bands that just plain aren't good when they're live.

An example that I use to share this would be The Black Crowes. They do all sorts of great stuff in the studio, including the use of some fairly obscure guitar tunings. (You don't have to tune a guitar to standard tuning. There are many alternatives.)

This is all well and good when you're in a studio and can prep things to perfection. This is less viable when you're performing in a live environment with a crowd of fans wanting to hear your music.

Frankly, they absolutely sucked when I saw them live. I hoped the first one was a fluke, so I went and saw them again a few years later. Nope. They still sucked.

I'm usually an eternal optimist, and I can't think of anything good to say about their live performances that I've experienced.

To top it off, entirely unknowingly, a buddy of mine went to see them a while back. When he told me about the concert, he told me how horrible they were. If he'd asked ahead of time, I probably would have warned him -- but suggested he go himself to make up his own mind.

Anyhow...

They've made some great music in the studio. Their version of Hard To Handle is, in my opinion, the best cover ever done. Yes, I prefer it over the original -- and I love Otis Redding!

But, for 'purity', I'll shars the Otis Redding version (the original version:

Also, if you're really bored, look up scordatura tuning and microtonal guitars. An altered state of mind and a microtonal guitar can be a bunch of fun, or sound like a hot mess. I suppose that there are theoretically 'infinite' possible ways to tune a guitar. Most of them wouldn't be any good, but it's possible to tune 'em all the way across the spectrum.

 

[KGIII]

Hmm...

I had to hit the refresh button for the videos in the last two posts to load properly.

That could be on my end, but let me know if others experience the same thing. Thanks.

 

[Deleted member 197709]

Speaking of David Gilmour... Wow, what a talent!

A very old song, so pretty that always fascinated me. Julia Dream....

Another one that blew me away when i heard it,,, guitar and flute... Rainbow eyes, by Rainbow.

And this one by Deep Purple.. Soldier of Fortune

A few of the gorgeous songs that calmed my soul in my wild rock n roll days.

 

[Condobloke]

 

[Condobloke]

That could be on my end, but let me know if others experience the same thing. Thanks.

Yes, I didn't even know they were there....hit the refresh button out of sheer curiosity. That bought up the ducls postings at 9.26 and 9.40

 

[Condobloke]

otis redding vs the black crowes ...........?

Otis has the win in absolute spades !

 

[KGIII]

otis redding vs the black crowes ...........?

Otis' version is really good -- and I love his work, but I just prefer the Crowes in this case.

I think we can all agree that the Grateful Dead's version is the worst.

I say that and I'm a pretty big fan of the Grateful Dead. Indeed, my left shoulder has an old 'Steel Your Face' tattoo on it.

That's the typical name given to an unnamed sticker that came in an album -- that had this familiar logo on it:

 

[VP9KS]

There are some great bands that just plain aren't good when they're live.

An example that I use to share this would be The Black Crowes. They do all sorts of great stuff in the studio, including the use of some fairly obscure guitar tunings. (You don't have to tune a guitar to standard tuning. There are many alternatives.)

This is all well and good when you're in a studio and can prep things to perfection. This is less viable when you're performing in a live environment with a crowd of fans wanting to hear your music.

Frankly, they absolutely sucked when I saw them live. I hoped the first one was a fluke, so I went and saw them again a few years later. Nope. They still sucked.

I'm usually an eternal optimist, and I can't think of anything good to say about their live performances that I've experienced.

To top it off, entirely unknowingly, a buddy of mine went to see them a while back. When he told me about the concert, he told me how horrible they were. If he'd asked ahead of time, I probably would have warned him -- but suggested he go himself to make up his own mind.

Anyhow...

They've made some great music in the studio. Their version of Hard To Handle is, in my opinion, the best cover ever done. Yes, I prefer it over the original -- and I love Otis Redding!

But, for 'purity', I'll shars the Otis Redding version (the original version:

Also, if you're really bored, look up scordatura tuning and microtonal guitars. An altered state of mind and a microtonal guitar can be a bunch of fun, or sound like a hot mess. I suppose that there are theoretically 'infinite' possible ways to tune a guitar. Most of them wouldn't be any good, but it's possible to tune 'em all the way across the spectrum.

Let me see...... What was that line from "Animal House''? Oh, yeah "Otis, my man"!!

 

[KGIII]

Let me see...... What was that line from "Animal House''? Oh, yeah "Otis, my man"!!

The Doors had a 'tribute' to Otis Redding.