Iron Butterfly
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Topic: Iron Butterfly
Posted By: jean-marie
Subject: Iron Butterfly
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 07:41
Why is this American Band such underlooked through an American site? As a french pop teen fan ( like so many as me) Iron Butterfly has been such a high time, can't understand , so what ? HEAVY , IAGOE( same live) are just rubish? 
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 07:58
IRON BUTTERFLY THEME , check it out 
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 08:06
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Many people say that Prog as a musical form began long before King Crimson. I don't agree, but one of the interesting strands that was going on was Iron Butterfly. I thought they were Canadian? |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 08:22
| Canadian? i'm amazed |
Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 08:31
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Iron Butterfly is from San Diego, California. "Butterly Bleu" from Metamorphis is an excellent example of psych/prog.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 08:35
Thanks for that 
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 09:50
| Ditto, I just checked and found the same thing. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 09:53
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Yes but PA is technically Canadian. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 10:37
I think we can legitimately claim to be a global site!
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 11:21
 but , to me Iron Butterfly couldn't be other than American
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Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 11:30
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IN A GADDA DA VIDA HUNNAY
They were a very good psychedelic band, I love their work. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 11:33
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Well , so here you are butterfly fellows ! |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 18:58
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The only problem with Iron Butterfly, for those of us who enjoyed them and actually considered them to be a decent band back in the day, is that listening to them in 2011 borders on an excruciating-type experience. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 19:23
Well,I don't have that problem.The good tracks then are still good now.But of course they had some turkeys then,that are still turkeys now.  ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 20:31
------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 14 2011 at 22:00
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Somewhat the only song I like from them is In A Gadda Da Vida and it's for the main riff. Sometimes I find it a bit long though. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 11:37
| I'm ok, ther's average stuff through the albums ( but in the sixties several great bands did the same ) and ther's very good psycherock too |
Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 14:55
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Someone was bound to post this eventually ...
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 15 2011 at 15:00
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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: May 16 2011 at 13:25
Yes great riff. Bears many similarities with that of Cream's Sunshine of Your Love.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 07:01
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Clever deconstruct and rearrangement of IN A GADDA DA VIDA on latest Nguyen Le album, Songs Of Freedom, check it out ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 16:01
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 16:02
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 17 2011 at 20:21
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They also helped spawn Captain Beyond. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 03:07
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 08:01
Hey Jean-Marie,
I know Gisèle already answered you but the sirte is even Québecois, mailto:M@X" rel="nofollow - M@X and Proglucky being both French-speaking....
As for IB, well, I find that their best album is the
 debut (Heavy), because In A Gada Da Vida is way over-rated.... the shorter tracks are VERY average and the title track is plagued by a boring drum solo...as for Ball, it's more of a a soul album.... Metamorphosis is OK, but no more,IMHO ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 15:35
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but i confess i still sometimes listen to Sweet Smoke too Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 18 2011 at 15:46
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 01:02
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 03:33
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Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 13:35
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thanks for that!
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