----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:38 PM > Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:09 PM > > Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > > > > > > Talking about Yes, William T Goodall asked: > > > >They did good stuff too? > > > > > > Quite a bit of it. Many musicians consider them one of the best bands > of > > > the 1970s. > > > > > > As a matter of fact (and I'm not saying whether this is a good thing or > a > > > bad thing), there would have been no Duran Duran without Yes. There > > > was an interview sometime in the middle 1980s where some of the > > > members of Duran Duran said that their musical goal was to be as unlike > > > Yes as possible. :-) > > > > > That was more or less the entire impetus of the "Punk Revolution". > > The idea was that garage band quality music and the application of the > most > > basic rock tropes was somehow more desirable than compositional ability > and > > years of acquired skills. > > Actually, I thought it was more a revolution against glitter rock; which > was viewed as a rococo bastardization of the heart of rock and roll. There is some truth to that. It was to a great degree a revolution against art by people who felt that rock music was "really" about revolution and dissidence<sp>. There was some feeling that the concept of "rock as an artform" would be the death of rock. There is actually some evidence that could be taken to support this allegation (though I would deny it as factual completely). Examples are diverse and quite dependent on what species of bug is up which particular talking heads ass, but right off you would have to point at the bands that had great influence *and* had strayed from "the basics". Alice Cooper, for showmanship and theater. Yes, for using the forms of classical music and for using fantasy visuals on their albums and in their shows. Genesis, for singing about mythology and science fiction. Jethro Tull, for turning celtic folk into something that *sounded* enough like rock to supply the same visceral satisfaction. > > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of > this. Yes explored the possibility of a more classical music approach to > rock. Even Zep took some hits over their penchant for experimentation that led to songs such as D'yer Maker. >I remember a Minn. band "Jessie Brady" who did a lot of Yes covers > and wrote music in that style. They talked about filling the same musical > space as an orchestra with just a few instruments. There were quite a few Yes-sound-a-likes back then, the most successful of which was Starcastle, who sounded more like Fragile era Yes than Yes did. > > My absolute favorite group from that time period was a very short lived > group: Derek and the Dominoes. (sp) > I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love song ever. The intro is absolutely gut wrenching. All those Clapton bands from that time were great. The best rock music ever made for the most part fell inside a 10 - 12 year period centering around the early 70s. My greatest hope is that with this MP3 revolution occurring, the artists will regain control of the music industry and real musicians will make music that is thought provoking, emotionally engaging, and most importantly, moving. xponent Prog Is The SciFi Of Music Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
