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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 18, 2008 05:09 PM
The recent music posts I and my fellow forum members have been listing has reminded me of my intense love of 70's music and bands.
I have done 17 albums of my own work, from love songs to hard rock, (never did get a bloody label but I'm an artist, love the craft, hate the business aspect of it! But I'll never have to say "what if?") and loved every minute of it, so I think I can say a few things with at least a little authority.
A remember a lot of people ripping on the 1970's as a wasted decade and writing off 70's music, (mostly because of the advent of disco, which I can't really blame them much for) ...
But my Gawd!! There was such a rich cornucopia of music back then! The 60's feel pretty much stayed in music through the early 70's (I STILL rock to "Mississippi Queen" by "Mountian")
and I truly feel that, while the 60's were full of great experimentation, I believe that in the 70's, EVERY musical format reached thier "maturity", (not including formats that started in the 70's but ripened in the 80's and beyond). Hard Rock reached it's maturity, heavy Metal reached it's maturity, country reached ect. ect.
The writing I think was at it's best as well, especially when you look at the variety of everything from America and Gordon Lightfoot, (lets not forget Croce) to Black Sabbath and KISS,
(damn! what a rock group!). There was still that subgroup of poetic folk style, (from the 70's) to bubble gum rock, ("Love Grows Where My Rosemary Grows" Edison Lighthouse, "Smile a Little Smile For Me, Rose Marie" The Flying Machines).
The melodys are great, chord progressions are great, musical craftsmenship was masterful!
... and I've had to see bastards taking the complete instrumental to "Every Breath You take (by the Police) and just adding a damned Rap to it and mkaing Millions!!! "What the ****
is up with that?!!
My favorite all time artists (bands) of the 70's
America
Bread
Carpenters (yeah, a guilty pleasure with a few of thier songs)
Electric Light Orchestra (Still de best!)
Styx
KISS (Hard Luck Woman, Christine 16! Aww, I gotta get that 45 out!!) Ironically, I love thier earlier stuff best!
Foreigner
Aw heck, I could go on allnight!
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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Dan Lail
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Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 18, 2008 07:10 PM
Osi!
Gag me with a spoon! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Kev, when you were hospital jock did you ever start your show screaming "good morning I-C-U" or.
Osi, where can we buy your albums? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
If I ever hear Aqua Lung, Magaritaville, Leroy Brown, Brown Eyed Girl, or In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida again just to mention a few, I'll scream! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I will admit I'm stuck on 33-1/3 but ocassionally get it up to 78rpms. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Michael O'Regan
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Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted April 19, 2008 02:04 PM
I'm a huge Springsteen fan myself, and...yep, I share Osi's love of the Carpenters - what a voice Karen Carpenter had!!!
Also a big fan of Country Music - Steve Earle, but, also Hank Williams, Cash (just one or two numbers though), Kristofferson (who we saw in the Albert Hall a couple weeks ago), etc.
Also Opera - just listening to La Boheme as I type.
And yes, no doubt about it - vinyl beats the socks off CD - just that CD is more convenient these days .
Mike
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 19, 2008 05:50 PM
Dan ...
I have been thinkinf of late of making two or three collections of my stuff, "Best of Albums", one, love songs, one Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, and one of everything else in-between.
In all cases however, I always had an emphasis on orchestra
backing it up. I still have two unfinished albums I'd love to record someday! All 45 songs (instrumnetals) are ready and just require the mic and vocals. I think they contain my best
orchestral work. A number of songs are quite reminiscent of
"Eleanor Rigby" in style, almost nothing but "pop orchestra"
and harmonious vocals!
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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