Bands that have fun
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Topic: Bands that have fun
Posted By: timothy leary
Subject: Bands that have fun
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:12
| My candidate is Guru Guru. Their live album seriously rocks. |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:14
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Hawkwind.... without a doubt hahahhahah.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:19
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:19
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You're looking for the, 'Bands who like to get smashed' thread ------------- My computer's broke |
micky wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:23
oh no... I thought I was iin the 'Bands that frollic with naked hirsute women' thread....  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:32
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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. ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:33
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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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:41
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'. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:43
hahaha.. call me strange but same with me.. and first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:48
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". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: anael
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:52
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All great examples, but nobody as Phish and Oysterhead Have you heard Harpua or You Enjoy Myself? That's Fun
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 14:58
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  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 15:03
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has that been translated into english Aaron |
Posted By: Ounamahl
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 15:04
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Focus? =D
------------- This is an electrified fairytale |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 15:07
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Frank Zappa, Dixie Dregs and Genesis ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 09:38
| The Mars Volta, Scab Dates... FOR SURE...! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 10:18
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As far as I know it is only available in German. A must for every fan of Amon Düül and Amon Düül 2. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 10:31
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I bet no-one says King Crimson. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 10:36
Why? Robert Fripp always seems to be so freaking happy when he's playing ! ...huuum no -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 13:23
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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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Posted By: LordOfTheRings
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 13:27
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 16:45
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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. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |