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Simple Minds were a phenomenal band
Remember "The American"? I stillhave the original 12"
The later albums were just amazing.
The Pretenders
By: GregE : June 21st, 2009-10:13
Hey Art, I was a big fan of the Pretenders too. I remember seeing them and a lot of other memorable shows at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium which was a great smaller venue fairly close to the beach. I worked at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles during t...
A lot of Symphonic Rock like
By: Geo : June 20th, 2009-13:25
YES, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Saga & of course Pink Floyd. And I actually still play these CD's a lot next to more modern jazz like Al Dimeola, Allan Holdsworth, King Crimson, John Patitucci and Marcus Miller. And at the moment plays Joe Zawinull's "Storie...
Allan Holdsworth
By: mrsnak : June 21st, 2009-18:01
Never realized that I first saw him in 1968 when he was in a band called "Soft Machine". Killer guitarist. Played on a lot great albums. The Bill Bruford album "One of a Kind" was a classic that should be required listening Many others, too.
a few
By: ei8htohms : June 20th, 2009-13:36
(c. 1981, still ahead of its time) www.youtube.com Sonic Youth - Making the Nature Scene, live 1983 Actually, I didn't discover Sonic Youth until around '84 or '85 (I was 15) and didn't discover This Heat until the mid to late '90s. In the early '...
i know what you mean....
By: G99 : June 23rd, 2009-02:27
i know what you mean. i've been buying more 60's and 70's blues rock CD's now than i ever did when i was younger. there are a lot of anthologies out there which i think are the best way of buying historic music. you get the best in 6 CD's. a couple of cra...
Blimp ...
By: AndrewD : June 26th, 2009-16:28
Hi Mark The song you are thinking of is “ Budapest by Blimp”. Musically, Aliens ate my Buick is extremely varied and most of the songs have memorable and inventive hooks. You just have to mention a song and the tune starts playing in my head. ...