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    Posted: March 15 2006 at 16:45
No band seemed to have as much fun as Zappa's bands.  They were encouraged to "put the eyebrows on" most songs.  You can hear it in many of the live performances where the band would throw jokes and musical references into songs throughout the show.  Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.  But the band always appeared to be having a blast onstage.
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

My candidate is Guru Guru. Their live album seriously rocks. 

Guru Guru definitely have fun on stage. And so do Gong; just listen to their live albums. Grobschnitt and Hawkwind are good calls too. The Düüls certainly were a crazy bunch; their biography, written by music journalist Ingeborg Schober, who lived with the Düüls during the first few years of their carreer, is full of hilarious events. All these bands were a bunch of pot- and aidheads, by the way.
Oh, and Van der Graaf Generator have a lot of fun on stage too, or, as Hammill calls it, "serious fun".


 I remember you have mentioned that book before... it is only printed/availbable in German right?  I took 4 years of german.....20 years ago ha ha ha ha
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I`ve heard of Fripp saying more than once that Crimson music wasn`t meant to be fun although if you listen to some of his in between song comments on the live Great Deciever box set he displays some of his dry British humour.
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Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

I bet no-one says King Crimson.


Why? Robert Fripp always seems to be so freaking happy when he's playing !



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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

My candidate is Guru Guru. Their live album seriously rocks. 

Guru Guru definitely have fun on stage. And so do Gong; just listen to their live albums. Grobschnitt and Hawkwind are good calls too. The Düüls certainly were a crazy bunch; their biography, written by music journalist Ingeborg Schober, who lived with the Düüls during the first few years of their carreer, is full of hilarious events. All these bands were a bunch of pot- and aidheads, by the way.
Oh, and Van der Graaf Generator have a lot of fun on stage too, or, as Hammill calls it, "serious fun".


 I remember you have mentioned that book before... it is only printed/availbable in German right?  I took 4 years of german.....20 years ago

As far as I know it is only available in German. A must for every fan of Amon Düül and Amon Düül 2.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

. The Düüls certainly were a crazy bunch; their biography, written by music journalist Ingeborg Schober, who lived with the Düüls during the first few years of their carreer, is full of hilarious events.

 

has that been translated into english

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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

My candidate is Guru Guru. Their live album seriously rocks. 

Guru Guru definitely have fun on stage. And so do Gong; just listen to their live albums. Grobschnitt and Hawkwind are good calls too. The Düüls certainly were a crazy bunch; their biography, written by music journalist Ingeborg Schober, who lived with the Düüls during the first few years of their carreer, is full of hilarious events. All these bands were a bunch of pot- and aidheads, by the way.
Oh, and Van der Graaf Generator have a lot of fun on stage too, or, as Hammill calls it, "serious fun".


 I remember you have mentioned that book before... it is only printed/availbable in German right?  I took 4 years of german.....20 years ago
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

My candidate is Guru Guru. Their live album seriously rocks. 

Guru Guru definitely have fun on stage. And so do Gong; just listen to their live albums. Grobschnitt and Hawkwind are good calls too. The Düüls certainly were a crazy bunch; their biography, written by music journalist Ingeborg Schober, who lived with the Düüls during the first few years of their carreer, is full of hilarious events. All these bands were a bunch of pot- and acidheads, by the way.
Oh, and Van der Graaf Generator have a lot of fun on stage too, or, as Hammill calls it, "serious fun".


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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Hawkwind.... without a doubt hahahhahah.

You're looking for the, 'Bands who like to get smashed' thread



oh no... I thought I was iin the 'Bands that frollic with naked hirsute women' thread....

Hawkwind fit into both categories. In fact, I doubt if any other 70s band enjoyed themselves quite so much in terms getting totally trashed and having statuesque naked women gyrating on stage with them - and that's pretty much my definition of the word 'fun'.



hahaha.. call me strange but same with me.. and first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Hawkwind.... without a doubt hahahhahah.

You're looking for the, 'Bands who like to get smashed' thread



oh no... I thought I was iin the 'Bands that frollic with naked hirsute women' thread....

Hawkwind fit into both categories. In fact, I doubt if any other 70s band enjoyed themselves quite so much in terms getting totally trashed and having statuesque naked women gyrating on stage with them - and that's pretty much my definition of the word 'fun'.
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Hawkwind definitley! Good call.

ELP always seemed to be having a ball on stage, especially Emerson with his show stopping removal man from hell routine, with his Hammond.

Rush too! I think they have agreat sense of humour, despite whatheir critics may say. The intros to their concerts are usually very funny.
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Amon Duul II seem like a nutty bunch to hang out with.
Love their crazy outfits and psychedelic Krautrock.
Great music but don't think they ever took themselves too seriously.
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Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Hawkwind.... without a doubt hahahhahah.

You're looking for the, 'Bands who like to get smashed' thread



oh no... I thought I was iin the 'Bands that frollic with naked hirsute women' thread....
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Hawkwind.... without a doubt hahahhahah.

You're looking for the, 'Bands who like to get smashed' thread

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Yeah, I would agree but with the exception of their first LP UFO. They were just tripped out on that one. Grobschnitt was another German band that had a ball.  I saw them in the late seventies and they had all kinds of pyrotechnics, dancers and they would laugh and crack jokes during their sets which were mostly improvised. The most impressive band I ever saw live. Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull always seemed to be in high spirits any time I saw them in the seventies.


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