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Post by Galactus on Nov 16, 2006 18:10:58 GMT -5
Everyone started using talk boxes?
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JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Nov 16, 2006 18:11:08 GMT -5
Kiss were big in the seventies, but they weren't THAT big. They were awfully influential, but they were also simply awful as well. But they didn't "own" the decade. If you want to talk about basic rock acts, Aerosmith have a better claim to "owning" the seventies than Kiss. Ken, I have to say I disagree with you here. Just think back for a minute. Kiss had pinball machines. Kiss had their own ice cream. Kiss had Kiss cards. Kiss sold make-up kits. I didn't even know who Aerosmith were until I heard that song they did with Run DMC. And let's not forget, Gene Simmons could kick all those Aerosmith wankers' asses combined, blindfolded and with both hands tied behind his back, just using his tongue. That's gotta count for something.  Tireless marketing does not equate to overall popularity. And Gene Simmons is the biggest asshole to ever wear face paint and sling a bass guitar strap over his neck. IMHO |
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Post by Galactus on Nov 16, 2006 18:17:17 GMT -5
Well, If it makes you feel any better, JAC, I have it on good authority that Bread want to make it with you.  |
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Post by kool on Nov 16, 2006 18:34:32 GMT -5
Yeah, but isn't he the only artist to ever wear face paint and sling a bass guitar strap over his neck? ;D
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Post by Ayinger on Nov 16, 2006 19:27:44 GMT -5
Yeah, but isn't he the only artist to ever wear face paint and sling a bass guitar strap over his neck? ;D  (blood too!) |
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Post by kool on Nov 16, 2006 19:47:11 GMT -5
LMAO! I stand corrected. |
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Post by phil on Nov 16, 2006 19:49:30 GMT -5
The Seventies belongs to ...  Nothing was the same after that album ... Oh, please. Tell me what changed after that piece of shit album? Exactly !! It went from bad to worse ... Coming from a guy who had fronted Humble Pie and played on George Harrison "All Thing Must Pass" who became a teeny bopper star, pressured by the music industry to sacrifice substance for image and bottom line for artistic creation ... In the mid-70's, Soft Rock and Disco became the main selling point, the "Suits" took over and tried to duplicate the success of an album that sold god knows how many million copies in a year, probably one of the first album people bought just because it was the "hip" thing to do, nevermind what was on the record ... Poor Peter went on to commit this album ...  "I'm In You. You're In Me" ...  and then took a role in the atrocious train wreck that was the Sgt. Pepper's ... movie with the fuckin' Bee Gees Add Kiss and Abba to the mix and I hope you'll understand why I did say that after PFCA, nothing was the same anymore ... ...in the humble opinion of a guy who lived his adolescence in the mid 60's of course ... |
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Post by phil on Nov 16, 2006 19:59:46 GMT -5
Frank Zappa even wrote a song "I Have Been In You"
on the "Sheik Yerbouti" album
that made fun of of the insipidness of Frampton's "I'm in You" song ...
Zappa stripped away the excessive sensitivity
and went straight to the point ...
I have been in you , baby
You have been in me
Aw' little girl, there ain't no time
To wash your stinky hand
Go 'head 'n' roll over
I'm goin' in you again.
;D ;D ;D
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Post by Ayinger on Nov 16, 2006 20:09:55 GMT -5
dammit, Pete's a fine musician -- I think he was just steered wrong in part by the record companies!
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JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Nov 16, 2006 20:56:09 GMT -5
I'm actually a very big fan of Bread. Early 70's soft rock doesn't get much better and besides, David Gates is a fellow Okie.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Nov 17, 2006 11:33:24 GMT -5
Dude, Bread is awesome.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Nov 17, 2006 11:51:27 GMT -5
You know, what about The Band? You guys say yay or nay? I personally love love love Levon Helm's voice so........could they have owned part of the 70s?
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Post by Galactus on Nov 17, 2006 12:16:14 GMT -5
I love the Band but their on that line...it's hard to consider them either a sixties or seventies band imo...but they certainly own part of the early seventies california scene.
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Post by phil on Nov 17, 2006 12:19:38 GMT -5
The Band three best albums were released in 68, 69 and 70 ...
That makes them more of a 60's band IMO ...
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Post by phil on Nov 17, 2006 12:22:03 GMT -5
"Rock of Ages" (72) and "Before the Flood" (74) with Dylan
were great concerts by the way ... !!
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