I listened to Uriah Heep in my youth, kind of a prototypical heavy metal band, and this melancholy ditty was out of the box for them. But I've always liked it.
Songs from popular artists that you think are underrated.
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I had tickets to see them at a local place back in 2012 but they cancelled the concert. Would have been worth it just to hear Easy Living.
Blue Öyster Cult is playing in November. $29 for a ticket is not too bad. Paid $5 back in 1973 to see them. Deep Purple (a group I’ve always wanted to see) is playing tomorrow night, but sadly not enough of the original band to make me want to go.
An underrated Deep Purple song...
Wow, 2012. I wonder if the age-related maladies were kicking in. I say that with sympathy.
We took the kids to see a trio concert back when - Dream Theater, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Deep Purple. To my surprise and pride, ELP was the favorite for them, although after watching Emerson's antics on the keyboards and Palmer's wizardry on the skins, they were saying, "What is it that Lake does?"
Ian Gillian of Deep Purple was the superior vocalist, of course, even though he had lost a couple degrees of power, and there was one spot that he tried and just couldn't hit at all. He had a "whaddya do?" moment with the crowd, who were collectively good-natured about it. And their keyboarder and drummer were no slouches, certainly. Just weren't the savant status of Keith and Carl.
I'm not much on concerts, but that one was well worth it.
Definitely not what they were when they were in their 20’s. But are any of us?
Never got to see ELP... dangit.
Since it was September 6th yesterday (Dolores O'Riordan's birthday 
), it's the perfect moment to spread some extra Cranberries love. Of course they are mostly known for Zombie, Linger, Ode To My Family and Dreams, but there is so much more gold. Here some of my favourite tracks. Some. Because really, I could go on forever.
), it's the perfect moment to spread some extra Cranberries love. Of course they are mostly known for Zombie, Linger, Ode To My Family and Dreams, but there is so much more gold. Here some of my favourite tracks. Some. Because really, I could go on forever.
LOL!
The last band I was in was called Coaster Thieves. Check out the "Self-Promotion" thread for more info on that.
I've been kicking around the idea of a solo recording project. I might call that The SwiftDog Collective
Y’know, I may have only picked “Golden Age of Leather” a few months ago as being underated, but being honest (almost) their entire discography is. I mention them a lot (maybe too much, lol) in music threads, but they are truly one of my favorite bands out there, bested only by the Beatles if not equal to them. The original BÖC line up (Eric, Buck, Allen, and the Bouchard brothers) had one of the strongest music discography’s, in my opinion at least, out there. Their first 3 albums are perfect, and they continued to be all through the 70’s and early 80’s up till after the release of “Extraterrestrial Live” (1982). Even after that, when the band’s lineup started wavering, they still had some solid songs (Dragon Lady, Take Me Away, Perfect Water, Del Rio’s Song, Imaginos, Spy in the House of the night, Harvest Moon, Dance on Stilts). Heck even their super obscure previously unreleased material until the Rarities compilation album were awesome (Mommy, Boorman the Chauffeur, Dial M for Murder, etc.). Yet people still only know “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, “Burning For You” And occasionally “Godzilla”. Oof, that was a lot of ranting, but I just had to get it out.
I was able to see BOC once in a small venue in Tacoma. They were really great live. My favorite BOC song (and yes, it's underrated). I made this video of a night-time snorkel to it (in SD, sorry)
I love the Night is a good one, Spectres is my second favorite album. Personal favorites are Dominance and Submission, Golden Age of Leather, Subhuman, Teen Archer, and Before the Kiss a Redcap.
Cool! That would’ve been the year of Tyranny & Mutation, eh? Had two solid albums by then, still a year before what I would consider their best work would release. Secret Treaties and Carrie were released less than a week apart from each other
Great King Rat, March of the Black Queen, and Innuendo don’t get their dues either
Elton released this as a single in the 70s when he was very popular and for some reason this song didn't get any traction. It's a great song and it's a hilarious self depreciating look at fame.