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hi guys! i'm writing a blog because i recently had the revelation that even though i love music, and i love to play music, and i guess i probably love a ton of bands that have been heavily influenced by rock music, that until now i consider myself completely rock impotent. yes, rock impotent. like if a girl was like oh my gosh bone me with your bad-ass chops you rock god!!! i would be like *thup* nope this isn't gonna happen sorry babe gtfo
i had no prior appreciation to classic rock music, mostly because i had never really listened to it or even been the slightest bit interested in it.
i've never really listened to led zeppelin, with the exception of stairway to heaven, i guess. i've only heard a few songs by the doors. i didn't even know jimi hendrix was black (jk, wait he is black right) but i've never listened to him either except i've heard that song foxy lady but who hasn't heard that song. the name jimmy page only rang a bell because i've heard a song called "i hate jimmy page." i didn't even know that led zeppelin, eric clapton, the rolling stones, the who... etc, i had no idea they were british LOL. i thought they were like "classic american rock bands"
the term british invasion to me meant "the beatles"
do you see how fucking noob i am at rock & roll
please, post in this blog if you love and appreciate classic rock. post your recommendations for bands, songs, influential people, and defining events that helped shape rock & roll. yes i know i could just wiki this but i'd also like to hear from people and get some discussion going maybe
ps here is my first attempt at a rock song!
http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=abc8809
 
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Ofc...
Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Simon and Garfunkel
Boby Dylan
Nick Drake
The Beatles
The Who
Yes
Moody Blues
Cat Stevens
The Animals
Jethro Tull
Rush
Clapton
The Yard Birds
Cream
Ill think of some more tomorrow.
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Off the top of my head:
The Doors
Grateful Dead
Neil Young
Jeff Beck
Blue Oyster Cult
Uriah Heep
ACDC
Traveling Wilburies
Status Quo
Btw cool song you made 
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Oh god i love classic rock. its been a huge part of my life for the last 5 years.
Classic songs...
Highway Star
Deep Purple
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEvm1bAQi4
-Overview: Gillan's soaring vocals are just wicked, and one of the best solo's i've ever heard as Blackmore rips through his guitar and performs one of the best solo's ever.
Since i've been loving you
Led Zeppelin
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=89yw7wqoaio
-Overview: My god. Plants vox and pages extended blues guitar solos. instant boner, the song is just fucking unreal.
Warpigs
Black Sabbath
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRR_n_yQGA
-Overview: "Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses" potent song :>
The Ballad of Dwight Fry
Alice Cooper
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=caX3KX6U4J4
-Overview: Epic concept song by Alice Cooper, back when it was a band, and Alice Cooper was Vincent Furnier.
White Room
Cream
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ud1Y7rXFEQg
Overview: Clapton is god. etc.
Required listening:
Led Zeppelin 1
Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin 3
Led Zeppelin 4
Houses of the Holy
Physical Grafitti
Machine Head (deep purple album)
Made In Japan
Love it to death
Pretties for you
Easy Action
Killer
Electric Warrior
Tanx
Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars
Cream Cage in August
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Volume 4.
Sabbath bloody Sabbath
High Voltage (R.I.P Bon Scott, johnson is fucking nothing compared to you)
The Velvet Underground and Nico
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The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (frequently abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a heavy metal music movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved some international attention by the early 1980s. The era developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. NWOBHM bands toned down the blues influences of earlier acts, increased the tempo, and adopted a tougher sound, taking a more hardcore approach to its music. Not intended to win a wide audience, it was a scene directed almost exclusively at heavy metal fans. The era is considered to be a main foundation for heavy metal sub-genres with acts such as Metallica citing NWOBHM bands like Diamond Head and Motörhead as a major influence on their musical style.
New Wave of British Heavy Metal's music reacted against the artifice of contemporary pop, placing an emphasis on musicianship and amplification, the former trait setting it apart from punk rock. Yet, unlike progressive rock, which placed a far greater emphasis on musical complexity, and unlike post-punk, which emphasized 'strangeness' and innovation, the NWOBHM thrived on volume, speed, and directness, with an idealised working class image.
Reviled or ignored by many mainstream critics in both the UK and the US, the NWOBHM nonetheless came to dominate the hard rock scene of the early-mid 1980s. NWOBHM was musically characterised by power chords, fast guitar solos and melodic, soaring vocals, with lyrical themes often drawing inspiration from mythology, fantasy fiction, and the occult.
Most of the bands of this era were signed to Neat Records, who has released volumes of NWOBHM compilations in later years.
(wikipedia)
Early NWOBHM is my fave (maiden, priest).
Second fave:
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Hey I just wanna reaffirm that kefkalives has great taste.
Especially recommend you to explore The Velvet Underground and David Bowie (bowie just lots and lots of good stuff).
The Velvet Underground and Donovan, probably cited as the most influential bands/artists of the 60's. The former, while a cult band today, were virtually unknown at the time to the public -- at the same time they were greatly influential because so many great bands/artists bought their records.
Good velvet underground songs to start with: Sweet Jane, Stephanie Says, Venus in Furs, Femme Fatale, Heroin.
Dunno if Pink Floyd really fall under classic rock as such, but you should listen to them regardless
Other bands I like though maybe not fitting your search criteria fully: Queen, The Kinks, Frank Zappa. More recent continuing in the tradition: Remy Zero, Radiohead.
I find it really hard recommending bands though, as there are so many one hit wonders in rock history and albums that suck immensely apart from 2-3 good songs.
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OH SWEET FUCKING JESUS HOW COULD I FORGET TRANSFORMER AND CONEY ISLAND BABY FROM MY LIST 
Reed's lyrics are so powerful.
Heroin, Venus in furs, Sweet jane, Perfect day, andy's chest, sattelite of love, I'll be your mirror, Coney island baby, A gift. Perfect day and heroin make me particulary emotional :<
For an example...
I'll be your mirror
The Velvet Underground
I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are, in case you dont know
Ill be the wind, the rain and the sunset
The light on your door to show that youre home
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside youre twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
cause I see you
I find it hard to believe you dont know
The beauty that you are
But if you dont let me be your eyes
A hand in your darkness, so you wont be afraid
When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside youre twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
cause I see you
I'll be your mirror
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Such a simple metaphor, yet so poetically deep and powerful.
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Allman Brothers
Cream
Deep Purple
Iron Butterfly
Led Zeppelin
Santana
Savoy Brown
Steppenwolf
The Doors
The Who
There's a bunch of online classic-rock only radios you can listen to. That's a great way of discovering bands if you're a noob.
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Belgium9872 Posts
Wow I haven't seen people mention The Smiths yet. These guys MADE modern day indie rock.
I guess a lot of indierockers also like Joy Division for their influence.
I guess I'm not recommending 'classic rock' but just bands that had major influences.
edit: oh and The Kinks
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[QUOTE]On November 22 2008 20:22 LaLuSh wrote:
Dunno if Pink Floyd really fall under classic rock as such, but you should listen to them regardless
Pink Floyd is rock, but more so psychedelic.
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[QUOTE]On November 22 2008 20:22 LaLuSh wrote:
Dunno if Pink Floyd really fall under classic rock as such, but you should listen to them regardless
Pink Floyd is rock, but more so psychedelic.
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[QUOTE]On November 23 2008 00:38 Braiiiins wrote:
[QUOTE]On November 22 2008 20:22 LaLuSh wrote:
Dunno if Pink Floyd really fall under classic rock as such, but you should listen to them regardless
Pink Floyd is rock, but more so psychedelic.
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but hey, it's still rock so it doesn't matter
also: MR MOJO RISIIIIIIIIN
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Get some Neil Young and your set!
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So, if you haven't heard any good rock bands, what have you been listening to?... Coldplay?
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On November 23 2008 03:15 Pwntrucci[sR] wrote:
So, if you haven't heard any good rock bands, what have you been listening to?... Coldplay?
Isn't that band so cliche, if you know what I mean?
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Yeah I said Coldplay with a contemptuous voice. I say every word I type out loud btw.
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I'm not sure I'd call pink floyd rock at all. I can appreciate a genre being diverse, but there comes a point when a word can be stretched to mean so many things that it becomes pretty meaningless. To me, rock is this more upbeat, freeform genre that bred out of post-war electric blues in the 1940s. 12-bar blues structures, call and response features... Rock has a distinctively bluesy feel to it. Prog, like pink floyd/king crimson/genesis/whatever gets so eccentric that it has very little in common with rock (besides some instrumentation). At the very least a distinction has to be made between rock-rock and prog-rock or post-rock.
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you play guitar dont you? you had to have heard more than one zepp song. TROLLBLOGGER!
ill post some cool vids here in a bit
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listen to The Music
its fresh and it owns.
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