The Kinks.
There. I've said it.
The Kinks.
There. I've said it.
:hehe: :nod:
The reason is he took all his influences from blues and others. And then many of the guitarists who came later took inspiration from Page.
It covers a lot of stuff I need to fill. There is too much information available for today's guitarist in fact too much. I am going back to basics. All I had when I started when I was 16 was a ****ty acoustic and a pitch pipe and book of chords.
You should perhaps then look into Page with the Yardbirds where any tangible influence from "the blues" (man) would perhaps be more obvious.
More or less every musician from the 60s could claim influence from the blues, Chuck Berry, JLL but then that was the music that immediately went before them. Not so easy then to identify any influence as their career progressed.
Lemmy from Motorhead, biggest influence on his career (other than drugs)? The Beatles.
Go figure.
Pink Floyd is very much a matter of vibe, man.
I could never get into them, until one winter when I shared a house with a highly enthusiastic stoner. I spent about 8 months constantly stoned, with Floyd blasting out from his very expensive hifi system. I've liked them ever since, but would struggle to listen to an album all the way through if I was straight.
And of course, what we really want is good, sensible rock bands.
People who don't like Zeppelin tend to fall into two camps: complete ****s, and those with an axe to grind, such as the grumpy old **** I spoke to in a pub the other week who lectured me on Tom Waits and other unlistenable crap.
I don't like Pink Floyd after Syd. My main one is probably the Small Faces. I just don't get it at all.
They took themselves seriously (as did everyone else) because they were seriously ****ing good.
I don’t particularly like looking at them and would happily accept they may well have been a bunch of ****s (that said, Robert Plant these days seems a very nice chap). Its just inconvenient that the music is extraordinarily ****ing good. To write it off as souped up blues is ridiculous as anyone who has made it past Zep 2 will know.
Anyway….. each to their own and all that.
Broadening out to indivduals......
Adele and Paul Weller
Both complete overated ****s
Good analogy. Its the difference between the supporter and those of blind faith. He could serve you a warm bag of **** on a hot day and you would still leave a tip.
I'd send it back and ask to speak to the manager.
Standards are standards, and those most able to meet them create the greatest disappointment when they fail to do so.
Ramrod, FFS. The imagery alone is revolting. Even Saxon wouldn't stoop that low.