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Posted: December 07 2013 at 18:37
Goblin seems to be identified (too) frequently by either title track of Profondo Rosso or (more usually) Suspiria...when they have an entire row of albums to listen to!
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 21:16
bloodnarfer wrote:
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home. Many people (my friends included) seem to have heard this before since its the only radio play they've had, but they don't know anything else about the band. Also they play it in the encore of every concert without fail
There were a couple other songs(The Suffering got a lot of airplay around 06/07) but Welcome Home got real big and that's all anyone who was a musician around here would play from them . Maybe that's because all the other songs from that album actually had guitar parts and not power chords
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 19:08
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
I've actually never heard Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues that I know of, but I'm a big fan of "Days of Future Passed" and "In Search of the Lost Chord"
Nights in White Satin (+ Late Lament) is "The Night" on Days of Future Passed, so you've probably heard it.
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 12:30
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
I've actually never heard Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues that I know of, but I'm a big fan of "Days of Future Passed" and "In Search of the Lost Chord"
Nights in White Satin (+ Late Lament) is "The Night" on Days of Future Passed, so you've probably heard it.
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 11:20
bloodnarfer wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
bloodnarfer wrote:
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible.
I was so disgusted when I bought my 1st Kansas album Masque and dropped the needle and that's what I heard! I almost gave up there and returned it to the store
Luckily I kept going and was knocked out by Mysteries & Mayhem/The Pinnacle
Happens to be my favorite thing Kansas has ever done
Glad they were able to prove they could get a lot more fans playing what they wanted instead of what the record company wanted.
Ya, they had amazing chops and could really write great pieces...who knows what an amazing prog band they could have been without cheesy Don Kirschner breathing down their necks
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible.
I was so disgusted when I bought my 1st Kansas album Masque and dropped the needle and that's what I heard! I almost gave up there and returned it to the store
Luckily I kept going and was knocked out by Mysteries & Mayhem/The Pinnacle
Happens to be my favorite thing Kansas has ever done
Glad they were able to prove they could get a lot more fans playing what they wanted instead of what the record company wanted.
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 17:42
The.Crimson.King wrote:
bloodnarfer wrote:
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible.
I was so disgusted when I bought my 1st Kansas album Masque and dropped the needle and that's what I heard! I almost gave up there and returned it to the store
Luckily I kept going and was knocked out by Mysteries & Mayhem/The Pinnacle
Totally agree, guys, that was why I actually went back an edited my post to say `mostly superb' for those first five albums, `Masques' being the `mostly'!
All good once you get into the guts of the album, but the closest to a weaker link in that set of the first five.
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 17:32
bloodnarfer wrote:
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible.
I was so disgusted when I bought my 1st Kansas album Masque and dropped the needle and that's what I heard! I almost gave up there and returned it to the store
Luckily I kept going and was knocked out by Mysteries & Mayhem/The Pinnacle
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible.
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:42
I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb!
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:32
Totally forgot those two as well. Thing is with a band that long-running, they end up having like 20 signature songs and getting them all into a live set is not always easy...
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
DP also had Speed King, Woman from Tokyo and Fireball. And that's just from the Gillain-fronted era.
Actually haven't heard those on the radio. Its only ever smoke on the water and occasionally Hush. When I went to DP concert they only played Woman from Tokyo.
But they did play most of machine head including Lazy and Space Truckin which made me verrry happy.
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:27
richardh wrote:
chopper wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
1)
4) Lucky Man was ELP's highest charting single (I think)
In the UK it was Fanfare For the Common Man (number 2 in 1977).
Indeed. Fanfare was also the only UK hit for ELP as a band although..
Greg Lake also had a no 2 hit with his Xmas record and..
Keith Emerson had a solo hit (No 21 I think) with Honky Tonk Train Blues
in the USA ,ELP's biggest hit was From The Beginning (No 39) .
Ya, looks like you're both right...Lucky Man only got to #48 US. Funny, I only remember hearing From the Beginning occasionally on FM radio whereas it seemed Lucky Man was everywhere.
Edited by The.Crimson.King - December 04 2013 at 16:27
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:25
DP also had Speed King, Woman from Tokyo and Fireball. And that's just from the Gillain-fronted era.
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
I think Mike Oldfield is one of the best examples... look at how many times they've made him remake or make a sequel to Tubular Bells. Everyone has heard the intro of Tubular bells without even knowing who he is.
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic. When the album came out it was the big thing and now people are not as interested in the band and most are of the opinion they've never topped that 33+ min song.
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home. Many people (my friends included) seem to have heard this before since its the only radio play they've had, but they don't know anything else about the band. Also they play it in the encore of every concert without fail
I'd also agree with Yes, Jethro Tull, and Deep Purple at least from a commercial standpoint. I don't know how it was in the 70's but today they only get one song each on the radio (+Owner of a lonely heart or whaever)
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:20
The.Crimson.King wrote:
1) As for 70's Yes, Roundabout was the song that got the massive airplay (especially the shortened single radio version). It was always fun to attend Yes concerts in the 70's and watch the people who only knew Roundabout look totally lost when they played Sound Chaser
Damn, I got Roundabout and HotS confused - turns out the latter was never even released as a single!
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bloodnarfer wrote:
. Maybe that's because all the other songs from that album actually had guitar parts and not power chords 
