Golden Earring

How's that group like? I'm really intrested!

Edited by flowerchild

I don't think so. I think thier just Classic Rock.

Still good tho

Golden Earring certainly have some prog elements and may be on par with Alquin, another Dutch group.

Are You Receiving Me is certainly prog material.

My favourite Golden Earring track (nice acoustic into turning into a good little rocker): Jangelene

I've been listening to the The Complete Naked Truth album of late. The unplugged version of Radar Love is superb.  

pop prog

DallasBryan wrote: pop prog

No, classic rock I think.

They did had some progressive periods, psychedilcs in the late  60's, with songs like I've Just Lost Somebody, and the Byrds cover Eight Miles High, 19 minutes of sheer brilliance.

And of course the brilliant Moontan, Seven Tears and Switch, which all leant on progressive rock on occassion.

But overall it's very good classic rock, with more resemblens to Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, and the Who, than with progressive rock acts.

Instrumentalists are all good, Fabulous guitar play from George Kooymans, one of the best rock-bassist IMO, Rinus Gerritsen, and a great drummer, who'm I consider to be in the same league as Bill Bruford, Neil Peart and more of that type.

I love the Golden Earring, but I will never refer to them as progressive rock.
 

Edited by tuxon

Ce Soir has alot of information on the recording
industry in the mid 70's and it aint nice! Great song
but you could be murdered for pushing the envelope,
government control was rearing its ugly(satanic)
head!

if you are enlightened!

almost lets the cat out of the bag like Pink Floyds
Sheep or Rolling Stones Fingerprint Files or the
whole Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album.

Its only knock and knowall!

   I only know Radar Love.  What's their other stuff like??

Eight Miles High (69) is definitely proggish especially the four tracks on the first side. The Byrds title track on side 2 is OK but not superb (3.5/5)

Golden Earring (also called Walls Of Dolls )(70) is many times prog and sounds a bit like Jethro Tull.(4/5)

Together (72) is a bit weaker but has two or three good/excellent tracks(3/5)

Seven Tears (72) is another fave of mine(4/5)

Moontan (73) is mostly known for Radar Love but the rest of the album is also fine (4/5)

Switch (74) , they added a KBdist but I find that they were going downhill by that time , some progheads thinking otherwise.(3/5)

To The Hilt and Contraband (75 &76) have not much I like (2/5) but the live album that comes in 77 is excellent - a suitable intro for newbies

From 79 on , albums are really very common RNR but with some neat tunes here and there (Twilight Zone , Devil Made Me Do It etc....

Lead singer Barry Hayhas a flawless english accent and made an excellent solo album called Parrots and Seers (I think)

Before Eight Miles High , they were called The Golden Earrings and were very poppish/psychish

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One of my favourite bands from the non prog category. Elements of prog at times but just good honest top quality rock with a jazzy, bluesy feel at times. (Amazing live and Cesar Zuiderwijk is the only drummer who can jump out of his seat clean over his kit and land at the front of the stage - I saw him do it live and still wonder how he did it!)

Hearing Earring - 4.5/5

Moontan - 5/5 (Vanilla Queen is particularly amazing although everything is top notch)

Live - 4/5

Swithch is the best of the rest