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Yes, a couple of very nice lists posted more here, but after all the disturbance, I think that I'd like to repost this post of mine, so it can get some more attention:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Even in the '80s, I was mostly into mainstream Rock and different kind of much Pop-influenced music, I also liked much and listened to other kinds of music. For instance the Danish Before's A Wish of Life on my list here, which I today find to be some of the very best Post-Punk ever, with influences like Joy Division, The Doors and the Greek proggers, PLJ Band. 
Here's the title track from this album - powerful and very emotional stuff:
                        
                         
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

By the way, I once had someone tell me that rock and metal are completely different, and I could not understand the reasoning (especially as it was not given), but that does not seem sensible.

While I asked somebody once and not so long time ago, if Metal was mostly considered as a part of Rock genre or not, and the answer was that it of course was. Wink


In the last 3-4 decades or so, metal started to stand on his own, growing on its own, so much than even its subgenres got its own subgenres. LOL

So yeah, Mercyful Fate is not a rock band. 


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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

By the way, I once had someone tell me that rock and metal are completely different, and I could not understand the reasoning (especially as it was not given), but that does not seem sensible.

While I asked somebody once and not so long time ago, if Metal was mostly considered as a part of Rock genre or not, and the answer was that it of course was. Wink
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

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nah, he's just cheeky. 



I don't believe so in this case, but we do need a cheeky emoji at this site.

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Now you got me wanting to discuss Wyatt's Rock Bottom, which is both rock AND bottom, could add some metal to it with a Steely Dan.




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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

nah, he's just cheeky. 


I don't believe so in this case, but we do need a cheeky emoji at this site.

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Now you got me wanting to discuss Wyatt's Rock Bottom, which is both rock AND bottom, could add some metal to it with a Steely Dan.



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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Certainly I am no metallurgist and it may be best to have a devoted topic on this, but I have considered Heavy Metal to be a form of rock, and an outgrowth/ development from hard rock. So it would not be weird for me to see that Heavy Metal album listed with some other bands' albums under a general rock label.

Metals come from ore, and ore can come from rock, and I think that makes sense both for music and geology.

By the way, I once had someone tell me that rock and metal are completely different, and I could not understand the reasoning (especially as it was not given), but that does not seem sensible.



nah, he's just cheeky. 



I don't believe so in this case, but we do need a cheeky emoji at this site.

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Now you got me wanting to discuss Wyatt's Rock Bottom, which is both rock AND bottom, could add some metal to it with a Steely Dan.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Certainly I am no metallurgist and it may be best to have a devoted topic on this, but I have considered Heavy Metal to be a form of rock, and an outgrowth/ development from hard rock. So it would not be weird for me to see that Heavy Metal album listed with some other bands' albums under a general rock label.

Metals come from ore, and ore can come from rock, and I think that makes sense both for music and geology.

By the way, I once had someone tell me that rock and metal are completely different, and I could not understand the reasoning (especially as it was not given), but that does not seem sensible.


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Certainly I am no metallurgist and it may be best to have a devoted topic on this, but I have considered Heavy Metal to be a form of rock, and an outgrowth/ development from hard rock. So it would not be weird for me to see that Heavy Metal album listed with some other bands' albums under a general rock label.

Metals come from ore, and ore can come from rock, and I think that makes sense both for music and geology.

By the way, I once had someone tell me that rock and metal are completely different, and I could not understand the reasoning (especially as it was not given), but that does not seem sensible.



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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate. 
I can't call Sea Sun and A Wish of Life for "Danish metal". Big smile
I was talking about Mercyful Fate and you knew that... Ouch

And I was talking about the whole Danish Rock genre broadly understood. Smile


For someone obsessed with defining everything, you make no difference between rock and metal?! Confused 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate. 
I can't call Sea Sun and A Wish of Life for "Danish metal". Big smile
I was talking about Mercyful Fate and you knew that... Ouch

And I was talking about the whole Danish Rock genre broadly understood. Smile
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these were my favourite rock albums in the 1980s that I still enjoy today:-

Queen -  Queen  II
    “.    -   Sheer Heart Attack
    “.    -   Hot Space
    “.    -   The Works
    “.    -    A Kind of Magic
    “.    -    Queen I
Yes.   -  The Yes Album
 “.     -  Fragile
 “.     -  Close to the Edge
 “.     -  Relayer
All About Eve - All About Eve
Adam and the Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox
     “.   “.    “.    “.    - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future 
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
    “.      -  Rising
 ELO - Time
Marillion - Script for a Jester’s Tear
     “.       - Fugazi
     “.      -  Real to Reel
     “.      -  Misplaced Childhood 
     “.      -  Seasons End
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
   “.      “.     - Ziggy Stardust
   “.      “.     - Scary Monsters
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
  “.     “.      - Making Movies
Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latino
Adam Ant - Friend or Foe
  “.      “.   - Strip
  “.     “.    - Vive le Rock
Roger Taylor - Fun in Space
   “.        “.   - Strange Frontier
Genesis - Foxtrot
Iron Maiden - Killers
  “.       “.     - Iron Maiden
   “.      “.     - Somewhere in Time
Brian May - Star Fleet Project
John Miles - Zaragon
Pallas - The Wedge
  “.     - The Sentinel
IQ -  the Wake
 “. -  Tales From the Lush Attic
Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
Slade - Rogues Gallery
Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection 
   “.     “.         - King Arthur
Chris De Burgh - Man on the Line
   “.    “.    “.    -  Spanish Train
UFO - UFO2 Flying
  “.   - Lights Out
  “.   - Misdemeanour 
  “.   - Mechanix
Pink Floyd - The Wall
  “.     “.    - Relics
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3
Motφrhead - On Parole
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Bruce Hornsby - The Way it Is
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Deep Purple - In Rock
Robin George - Dangerous Music
Men at Work - Cargo
Jon & Vangelis - Short Stories
  “.  “.     “.      - Friends of Mr Cairo
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
   “.      “.  - Crest of a Knave
T’Pau - Rage
Rush - 2112
   “.   - A Farewell to Kings
   “.   - Permanent Waves
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
   “.     “.      - Houses of the Holy
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Budapest Live


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate. 

I can't call Sea Sun and A Wish of Life for "Danish metal". Big smile


I was talking about Mercyful Fate and you knew that... Ouch
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate. 

I can't call Sea Sun and A Wish of Life for "Danish metal". Big smile
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I entered the 80's as a 16 year old and left as a 26 year old so my tastes changed dramatically through 6th Form College and University.

Rainbow - Rising
Motorhead - Overkill
Led Zeppelin - IV
Deep Purple - In Rock
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
The Stranglers - The Raven
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
ELO - Discovery
Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill
The Pink Fairies - Kings Of Oblivion
Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Groundhogs - Split
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Yes - Close To The Edge
Genesis - Trespass
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Gong - You
Roy Harper - HQ
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

A Wish of Life is by the way one of the three Danish Rock albums that I'm most impressed by when looking at it from an international perspective, and the all three are:

                        Secret Oyster - Sea Sun (1974)
                        Before - A Wish of Life (1982)
                        Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1984)
Melissa is one of the most important heavy metal albums, influential and groundbreaking. Just calling it "Danish rock" belittles it quite a bit. 

Well, I use Rock term in a broad sense here, and exactly because it's so groundbreaking and influential Heavy Metal / proto-Prog Metal album, I'm so impressed by it in an "international perspective" - and still, it is a Danish album and one Danes can be proud of, I think. Smile


Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate. 


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

A Wish of Life is by the way one of the three Danish Rock albums that I'm most impressed by when looking at it from an international perspective, and the all three are:

                        Secret Oyster - Sea Sun (1974)
                        Before - A Wish of Life (1982)
                        Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1984)
Melissa is one of the most important heavy metal albums, influential and groundbreaking. Just calling it "Danish rock" belittles it quite a bit. 

Well, I use Rock term in a broad sense here, and exactly because it's so groundbreaking and influential Heavy Metal / proto-Prog Metal album, I'm so impressed by it in an "international perspective" - and still, it is a Danish album and one Danes can be proud of, I think. Smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


A Wish of Life is by the way one of the three Danish Rock albums that I'm most impressed by when looking at it from an international perspective, and the all three are:

                        Secret Oyster - Sea Sun (1974)
                        Before - A Wish of Life (1982)
                        Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1984)


Melissa is one of the most important heavy metal albums, influential and groundbreaking. Just calling it "Danish rock" belittles it quite a bit. 
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A Wish of Life is by the way one of the three Danish Rock albums that I'm most impressed by when looking at it from an international perspective, and the all three are:

                        Secret Oyster - Sea Sun (1974)
                        Before - A Wish of Life (1982)
                        Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1984)



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Even in the '80s, I was mostly into mainstream Rock and different kind of much Pop-influenced music, I also liked much and listened to other kinds of music. For instance the Danish Before's A Wish of Life on my list here, which I today find to be some of the very best Post-Punk ever, with influences like Joy Division, The Doors and the Greek proggers, PLJ Band. 
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