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[smokeyh2 1,512]

marc bolan and t rex at their very best

early t rex music was brilliant

just loved them as a teen

still have this album and just sitting with headphones on blasting this out 

reminds me of my early years

sit back and enjoy this

 

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Wow, this was much harder to do than I thought it would be.  Between remembering songs and hunting the best copy on YouTube this is about eight hours labor...and I haven't written anything yet!

 

Anyway, it was my idea to post some of the music that ushered in an era.  As kids we called this music "Heavy or Hard Rock or even Acid Rock".  There was a lot of Psychedelic Rock (we called it Acid Rock too) floating around during that period but much of it didn't have the crunchy bass line which was the initial defining difference between the two genres.  The Doors could very arguably be in that Psychedelic genre but they were starting to get heavier.  In 1968 Iron Butterfly did In A Gadda Da Vida and it hit everyone's Heavy earbuds even though it eventually became kind of looked down on as being a bit cheesy.  It had the heavy bass fuzz sound that kids were searching for.  Grand Funk came up with the next real offering of the heavy sound with Paranoid.  Hendrix and others were playing Heavy Rock, but it tended to emphasis guitars instead of that badass bass line.  Led Zeppelin brought Heavy Rock into the pop limelight in 1969 with their smash hit Whole Lotta Love...Heavy Metal had been born, was in the Mainstream, and was ready to rumble.  Black Sabbath came along and terrified all the Christians, which made their music even more appealing.  Then, during the early 70's, the deluge of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal began.  It got so common it morphed into the somewhat embarrassing Glam Rock of the late 70's early 80's and there were hundreds of clone bands everywhere. 

 

Obviously this is not a definitive list, just some of my ideas from that period.     

 

The Doors - Break On Through ( To The Other Side ) (1967)

 

Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (1967)

 

Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On (1967)

 

Cream - White Room (1968)

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (1968)

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (1968)

 

Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida  (1968) 

 

Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues  (1968)

 

Deep Purple - Hush  (1968)

 

Grand Funk Railroad - Paranoid (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdcs7F-MWhA

 

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (1969)

 

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCIfDqgDIk

 

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)  To get the gist of the song jump to 3:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTHBEbivfZI

 

Black Sabbath - Iron Man  (1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aQRq9hhekA

Edited August 10, 2018 by ByeByeBye

[Magenta 5,165]

[Total_SkiIl 1,983]

why no one here likes EDM? :(

[CooperO 7,956]

why no one here likes EDM? :(

You mean something like this?

:ph34r:

[Total_SkiIl 1,983]

. . .

[Hancho 3,902]

[babyofRosemarysbaby 256]

One of the chillest raps out there and other laid back background tracks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2018 by babyofRosemarysbaby

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Ry Cooder - The Very Thing That Makes Her Rich (Will Make You Poor)

I love this song...the lyrics are spot on.

 

This is also a great of example of compression on YouTube and what it does to sound.  Even if you don't care for the song, listen to how much more you can hear when dynamics are present.  The tonal coloring is so much more vibrant and elaborate in the less compressed version.  They almost sound like different songs.  Compression makes the file smaller but squishes up all the dynamics into a homogeneous sonic goo.

 

Probably the least amount of compression you can get from YouTube

 

A normal amount of compression between CD and uploading to YouTube

 

 

Ry Cooder Bonus for lucky spoiler openers...don't touch this spoiler if you don't like the blues.

 

I found this while looking for Makes Her Rich...holy crap it is badass.  I can see the gators, smell the fresh cut hay, and taste the cornbread & beans

 

Edited August 11, 2018 by ByeByeBye

[smokeyh2 1,512]

dont forget this guy bye bye bye

absolutely loved this guy

saw him in belfast live and wow what a gig that was

totally mind blowing

pure genius

 

[smokeyh2 1,512]

another guy i just love listening too

joe bonamassa

 

live from the albert hall london

 

[Chronicle 164]

Here's what I listen to, careful though. 

 

You have been warned.  :ph34r:

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2018 by Chronicle

[D_A_R_K_F_I_N 7,457]

[Winner_Of_Turkey 2,647]

[pringerfinger 934]

Haven't shed a tear in I don't know how long....But today....Damn....my heart....I need to find someone.....

3:10-3:20   My heart    :c

[pringerfinger 934]

why no one here likes EDM? :(

I do, I just don't check this very often .-.

[D_A_R_K_F_I_N 7,457]

New one from Amaranthe  :wub:

 

[Zak 2,532]

Use headphones  ^_^

[Bydo 20,128]

unofficial world record broken in Australia for most guitarist in one place

 

one of the old record

 

 

 

 

 

new unofficial record

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkJQMPvWe-k

[Hancho 3,902]

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Here's what I listen to, careful though. 

 

You have been warned.  :ph34r:

 

 

 

Holy crap, this is badass...very clean and very tasty.  Articulation is superb...it's like drummers that play guitar.  It reminds me of a new and improved Dixie Dregs.  Thanks for the enlightenment.

[Merovingian 656]

[thunderousrailgunner 1,934]

New to this topic :D

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0EQlIzPowM

[Bydo 20,128]

lets say a prayer for this wonderful singer . she is now in hospital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by Bydo

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

I wish we never had to lose them.  One of my favorite scenes from The Blues Brothers: