Old School Musicianship… Rock and Roll.. Jazz… Blues… Big Band even…

[Elmo_Lincoln]

Birthday wishes to Mitch Ryder, born February 26, 1945. He's released a ton of albums but hasn't had a hit since the late 60s. It doesn't mean there isn't good music on those albums, but I'm not really familiar with his later catalog. Most people only remember "Devil With a Blue Dress" but he had a number of hits in the 60s, including this one which hit the top ten but I can't remember the last time I ever heard it.

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Sock It to Me Baby!

 

[UnquietDreams]

There isn't a lot of thrash metal in this thread. It isn't a form most people look to for musicianship, which is too bad, but here we go.

This is Anthrax's "A Skeleton in the Closet," based on King's novella "Apt Pupil," the "Summer of Corruption" part of Different Seasons (a collection which brought us not only the film Apt Pupil, but also Stand By Me, and The Shawshank Redemption, based on "The Body" (Fall from Innocence), and "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" (Hope Springs Eteranl), respectively. I am still waiting for (A Winters Tale) "The Breathing Method," but it is the weakest of the four stories).

Anyway, even if you don't like thrash, listen to the interplay between Frank Bello on bass and Charlie Benante on drums. It is beautiful thunder.

 

[BrendaBear]

There isn't a lot of thrash metal in this thread.

Pretty sure this is a first.

It isn't a form most people look to for musicianship, which is too bad, but here we go.

I can’t see (hear) them as musical at all and there is no chance I will listen to this.

However, if you like it I am happy for you.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Pretty sure this is a first.


I can’t see (hear) them as musical at all and there is no chance I will listen to this.

However, if you like it I am happy for you.

I appreciate that. I have eclectic tastes, and I can find beauty in anything. Well, some things take more searching than others, but that is part of the joy.

 

[Bambear99]

Just to double the metal content, I always thought the early-90’s version of Megadeth was about as good as it got in terms of musicianship in this genre. Their crispness in executing time signature, tempo, and key changes was outstanding. For a genre mainly thought of as noise, they managed such a clean sound with breathing room that showcased their musicality.

There’s probably no better example than “Holy Wars”. The wild thing about this song and video was that both were released months before Iraq invaded Kuwait. This song felt like prophecy as all that started to go down.

 

[BrendaBear]

Somehow… the idea of talking about musicianship from a band named after hoof and mouth disease, and another named after death…. Just strikes me as hilarious - like Nigel writing a beautiful little piano ballad in D minor (the saddest of all keys) and calling it “Lick My Love Pump”.

 

[hotoldrguy]

The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb​

 

[hotoldrguy]

Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Johnny Rivers​

 

[hotoldrguy]

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) The Hollies​

 

[UnquietDreams]

Fine, just for @BrendaD

I also love Richter's take on Vivaldi.

 

[UnquietDreams]

 

[BrendaBear]

Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Johnny Rivers​

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) The Hollies​

The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb​

Now that’s what I am talking about!!

Let crank that up a bit…

 

[hotoldrguy]

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly​

 

[hotoldrguy]

Suzie Q CCR​

 

[BrendaBear]

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly​

Holy cats! That is the full 17 minutes!

 

[hotoldrguy]

Holy cats! That is the full 17 minutes!

Of course

 

[BrendaBear]

Suzie Q CCR​

I swiped this album, and the other four my parents had as a kid and undoubtedly wore them completely out. This version is sooooo good!

 

[hotoldrguy]

Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses​

 

[hotoldrguy]

Live With Me Rolling Stones​

 

[BrendaBear]

Live With Me Rolling Stones

I must admit - my favorite song on that album is Monkey Man. That slow, groove laden guitar sound with those chord subtle inversions is just soooo tasty!!!

The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man (Remastered 2019)

 

[hotoldrguy]

I love every song on that album

 

[UnquietDreams]

Lets cut the difference.

 

[Elmo_Lincoln]

Non-Journey fans should skip this post (and I know who you are!), because today...

Today is Neal Schon's birthday, born February 27, 1954 (I had to do it). That aside, he's an awesome player who gets criminally overlooked when lists of best guitarists are put out. If he's on them, he's usually really low on the list, and undeservedly so IMHO!

So which of the fifty million songs do I go with...

Journey - Still They Ride

Because... it's a decent power ballad, and one that didn't get played into the ground with other songs on the Escape album (ahem! Don't Stop Believing or cough! Who's Crying Now). And Neal's solo, starting at about the 2:25 mark is really sweet, and he has great tone on the guitar. Love it!

 

[latecomer91364]

The studio version of the Stones' 'Midnight Rambler' is... okay... but the live version from 'Get Your Ya Yas Out' is absolutely Killer!

 

[Rj_1954]

Three Dog Night - Joy to the World 1971