Cecil. Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Phil Collins mentioned there was a "a blackness " when the Zeppelin members got together in context could anyone shine some light on the comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Phil Collins mentioned there was a "a blackness " when the Zeppelin members got together in context could anyone shine some light on the comment? I think they forget to change the light bulb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I think they forget to change the light bulb Thank You for enlightening me Did Tony Thompson say much about the subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 There was tons of great music in the 80s. What was shown on MTV and who played at Live Aid aren't at all indicative of the music released during that decade. That was only in relation to the DVD, their performance was indeed broadcast that day, the VHS does not lie. Queen were the only ones that turned in a stellar performance at Live Aid, U2 gained many new fans that day as well. Can't agree - there were loads of fantastic performances that day - I'll never forget Bowie's "Heroes", Ferry was brilliant, I seem to recall Paul Young put in a good turn, even good old Quo got the proceedings off to a great start. Yes, Queen and U2 were undoubtedly the stand-outs, but in a fantastic and unforgettable day, that still left room for many more great performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thank You for enlightening me Did Tony Thompson say much about the subject? I like it lol ^^^ No Tony was sent out to buy the pack of bulbs , Phil was told he would need to change said bulbs. I think thats where Phil's beef is with them, He Played Wembley, flys over on Concorde cattle class to play with these guys and he is reduced to bulb change man, I felt his pain Can't agree - there were loads of fantastic performances that day - I'll never forget Bowie's "Heroes", Ferry was brilliant, I seem to recall Paul Young put in a good turn, even good old Quo got the proceedings off to a great start. Yes, Queen and U2 were undoubtedly the stand-outs, but in a fantastic and unforgettable day, that still left room for many more great performances. Bowie was good that day as you say, Heros a highlight, Quo are always a great rock'n'roll band and were perfect to start it all. I seem to remember Georger Thorogood ?? and Bad to the Bone seems to stick in my diminishing memory. A special day at the time with every house either watchng it or having it on the radio, you could hear the echoes of all the houses down the road as it was a really hot afternoon and all the windows were open, and a even more special now when you think about it, where else would you have Booomtown Rats, Quo and Paul McCartney on te same stage...Zeppelin guys, Duran Duran etc on another stage in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I completely agree - that was the BEST day of music. I was a camp counselor in the Adirondack Mts. of NY that summer and only had a radio to listen to until later that afternoon. I remember all of the various artists from all of the different genres of music. All of the rumors of who might show up and play. The Who's set being cut by the helicopters overhead breaking the signal from Wembley Stadium. I became a U2 fan that day as well - "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" was fantastic and "Bad" was so hypnotic. The Black Sabbath reunion was one of the first sets I caught and being a HUGE Ozzy fan, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I have 4 audio tapes full of different sets - but they were recorded with on a radio that the tapes only sounded good while being played on that radio (one of those big "jam box" 80's radios) and so now when I try to play them it sounds so muddled. Oh well.....what was the discussion? Oh yes, who got them together? I had always read that it was Robert who initiated the reunion and seemed to regret it soon after it was over. Sorry to ramble, but thanks for jogging the ol' memory. What a great day it was, too bad it hasn't been preserved as well as it could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 There was tons of great music in the 80s. I lived all through the 80s, the music was in my honest opinion, "TOTAL GARBAGE" Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I lived all through the 80s, the music was in my honest opinion, "TOTAL GARBAGE" Regards, Danny I don't know I think U2 are one credible band that came out of the 80's, and alot of the rock was good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't know I think U2 are one credible band that came out of the 80's, and alot of the rock was good too. Hi Leddy, How many incredable guitar solos can you remember from the 80s? not many I would guess. U2? Queen were more of a credible Rock band than U2 will ever be and they were a joke as far as credible rock bands go. Kind Regards, Danny PS, Not until Ocean Colour Scene did the Riverboat Song did I hear anything like a credible guitar solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knebby Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't know I think U2 are one credible band that came out of the 80's, and alot of the rock was good too. Agreed Leddy. Loads and loads of great music in the 80s - saw hundreds of brilliant live gigs in that decade too, some of my top 10 xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hi Leddy, How many incredable guitar solos can you remember from the 80s? not many I would guess. U2? Queen were more of a credible Rock band than U2 will ever be and they were a joke as far as credible rock bands go. Kind Regards, Danny PS, Not until Ocean Colour Scene did the Riverboat Song did I hear anything like a credible guitar solo. Hi Danny well Iron Maidens first album came out in 1980, Mettalica also came out in the 80's, Megadeth, Guns'n' Roses, so Smith,Hammet,Friedman all to me at some point in the 80's did some great guitar stuff. I would also have to say Slash wrote a very iconic riff and guitar solo on Sweet Child o Mine.so for me there was lots ofgood rock in the 80's and it isn't all about the solo though. The Edge writes some as Pagey said sonic stuff on guitar...again iconic stuff. Music isn't a sport, who is the fasrtest or the most technical but WHO IS THE MOST MUSICAL. Anyway its cool to disagree, but there was also a load of pap in the 80's on the pop scene which I guess all decades since the 50's are rememberd for., I saw the reformed Deep Purple in the 80's more times than hot cakes. I went to loads of rock festivals in the 80's..Donington every year was a pilgrimage for good guitar stuff. Take it easy. Agreed Leddy. Loads and loads of great music in the 80s - saw hundreds of brilliant live gigs in that decade too, some of my top 10 xx You know I went to more gigs then in the 80's than any other before or since.Anything and everything from Kim Wilde (I know it was with the youth club and everyone went) to classical to eve ryone above in the chat with Danny, Def Leppard, Maiden, Queen and of course all Zeppelin related anything , oh and sorry Danny:) U2, have to say in 87 their gig was a religious experience and I am not religious...but they were and are great stadium band and there are only a few that are that good to hold and captivate an audience of 80,000 it take all sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I have 4 audio tapes full of different sets - but they were recorded with on a radio that the tapes only sounded good while being played on that radio (one of those big "jam box" 80's radios) and so now when I try to play them it sounds so muddled. The area I lived in didn't have cable so therefore no MTV so my only recourse was to record it off of the radio. I one point I had to run an errand into town so I took my boombox with me and taped while in transit. Meanwhile I left my home stereo in record mode just as a precaution. Still, I was so jumpy and in a hurry to get back that I got involved in a minor fender bender. Thankfully, a friend of mine had taped everything off of MTV. Only thing is, the VJs kept interrupting so it was rare that you ever got to hear a complete song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I lived all through the 80s, the music was in my honest opinion, "TOTAL GARBAGE" Everything? To each their own but I found plenty to like in the 80s from Peter Tosh to Stevie Ray Vaughan. There was also the Replacements, the Cure, X, the Blasters, Los Lobos, John Prine, Guy Clark, Del Fuegos, Cheap Trick, Mother's Finest, the BoDeans, R.E.M., the Itals, the Long Ryders and tons and tons of other great bands. Probably one of my favorite decades for music, ever. In addition to Stevie Ray Vaughan reviving American blues there was also the Paisley Pop underground movement and all kinds of wonderful reggae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Hi Danny well Iron Maidens first album came out in 1980, Mettalica also came out in the 80's, Megadeth, Guns'n' Roses, so Smith,Hammet,Friedman all to me at some point in the 80's did some great guitar stuff. I would also have to say Slash wrote a very iconic riff and guitar solo on Sweet Child o Mine.so for me there was lots ofgood rock in the 80's and it isn't all about the solo though. The Edge writes some as Pagey said sonic stuff on guitar...again iconic stuff. Music isn't a sport, who is the fasrtest or the most technical but WHO IS THE MOST MUSICAL. Anyway its cool to disagree, but there was also a load of pap in the 80's on the pop scene which I guess all decades since the 50's are rememberd for., I sawthe reformed Deep Purple in the 80's more times than hot cakes. I went to loads of rock festivals in the 80's..Donington evry yea was a pilgrimage for good guitar stuff Take it easy. You know I went to more gigs then in the 80's than any other before or since.Anything and everything from Kim Wilde (I know it was with the youth club and everyone went) to classical to Def Leppard, Maiden, Queen and of course all Zeppelin related anything , oh and sorry Danny U2 and have to say in 87 there gig was a religious experience and i am not religious...it take all sorts. Hi Leddy, Yeah, what a Great Decayed the 80s were for Rock Music, I'll give you Deep Purple and some Rush, but the rest are second rate compared to the 60s and 70s. I don't give a rats tutu what Jimmy thinks of the Edge, he was mediocre at best and wouldn't know what a guitar solo was like to write let alone play. All guitarists suck up to each other, they are not as objective as the fans though. My trouble is that I have worshipped the bands at the very pinnacle of Rock Music, so all the 80s stuff comes over as very tame and "allcastrate"d to me, I know what I like and the 80s can for the most part be remembered as a decayed not to be remembered for much, old bands who still toured and released albums were all that made that decayed memorable. And Robert Plant did his bit to push forward and cover new ground, I love him for that. But if you and others are prepared to accept second rate performances from third rate bands then that's your choice just don't try to sell that garbage to me matey cos it wont wash, I'm too much of an honest Cockney Boy for that to ever happen, and I'm as light as I'll ever be. Kind Regards, Danny PS, Def Leopard, Iron Maiden, Metalica, Queen, Guns'n' Roses, your cracking me up mate, that's what the kids liked, the men stuck with bigger and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 PS, Def Leopard, Iron Maiden, Metalica, Queen, Guns'n' Roses, your cracking me up mate, that's what the kids liked, the men stuck with bigger and better. Ouch you have to remember I was a kid in the 80's lol. Also What was bigger and better then apart from Zepplein and they were abcent in the 80's or at least after 1980. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zeppelin Fan00 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 What was and what should have never been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Ouch you have to remember I was a kid in the 80's lol. Also What was bigger and better then apart from Zepplein and they were abcent in the 80's or at least after 1980. Leddy? come on now, do I have to spell it out? OK here goes. 60s and 70s Rock bands, these are the bands I was brought up on, some made it to the 80s, but who from the 80s could live with these guys at their best? there was something missing in the new bands of the 80s that previous bands had in abundance, the ability to be a rock and not to roll, there was too much commercialism and not enough good content in the 80s compared to the 60s and 70s which is why for me it was so dull, apart from the Old Guard of 70s Rock Bands that is. Deep Purple. Black Sabbath. Rush. Rainbow. Cream. Jimi Hendrix. Pink Floyd. Yes. The Who. The Rolling Stones. Free. Bad Company. Fleetwood Mac. Rory Gallagher. The list goes on. Kind Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Everything? To each their own but I found plenty to like in the 80s from Peter Tosh to Stevie Ray Vaughan. There was also the Replacements, the Cure, X, the Blasters, Los Lobos, John Prine, Guy Clark, Del Fuegos, Cheap Trick, Mother's Finest, the BoDeans, R.E.M., the Itals, the Long Ryders and tons and tons of other great bands. Probably one of my favorite decades for music, ever. In addition to Stevie Ray Vaughan reviving American blues there was also the Paisley Pop underground movement and all kinds of wonderful reggae. No not everything Jahfin, but enough for there to be a big difference for me. You have a muck bigger variety in your taste that I do but I fear that the 80s lacked the quality of the 60s and 70s, you have to remember that the bands then were breaking new ground and had the ability to out perform themselves, music was all about excesses, long guitar solos, people wanted to show off so much more and weren't afraid to experiment, I think that the 80s will be remembered for conformity rather than musical expression and expansion. You are right though, each to there own, maybe I'm wrong, I'm sure people on here have a much wider interest in Rock Music than I do, but is it as objective and subjective? I don't know, I only know what I like and what I don't like I discard, however wrong that is. Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Leddy? come on now, do I have to spell it out? OK here goes. 60s and 70s Rock bands, these are the bands I was brought up on, some made it to the 80s, but who from the 80s could live with these guys at their best? there was something missing in the new bands of the 80s that previous bands had in abundance, the ability to be a rock and not to roll, there was too much commercialism and not enough good content in the 80s compared to the 60s and 70s which is why for me it was so dull, apart from the Old Guard of 70s Rock Bands that is. Deep Purple. Black Sabbath. Rush. Rainbow. Cream. Jimi Hendrix. Pink Floyd. Yes. The Who. The Rolling Stones. Free. Bad Company. Fleetwood Mac. Rory Gallagher. The list goes on. Kind Regards, Danny That lot I agree with, all good stuff, well most of them, but I am talking music from the 80's and the bands I say were good, I agree the 70's was the best decade, its my fave, but growing up in the 80's you had to get what you can get lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 That lot I agree with, all good stuff, well most of them, but I am talking music from the 80's and the bands I say were good, I agree the 70's was the best decade, its my fave, but growing up in the 80's you had to get what you can get lol. I can agree with that mate, WW3 has been avoided then hey? I still think Mozart and Beethoven could kick all their arse's, and even Whale song has its merits, especially if its the Right Whale Song. Kind Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 WW3 is breaking out on another thread, unlees the United Nations get in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 WW3 is breaking out on another thread, unlees the United Nations get in there A lot of good the UN are, you'll need Ally's Army for that one mate, they take no prisoners and bury all the survivors heads down. Kind Regards, Danny PS, Where? can you direct me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't know, I only know what I like and what I don't like I discard, however wrong that is. There aren't any wrong opinions. I just felt music from the 80s was just as experimental and groundbreaking as anything released in the 60s. I've also never used the amount of guitar solos (or lack thereof) as some sort of measuring stick. Seems to me that a lot of folks have a very hard time looking past the artists that MTV helped to popularize. While some of those were certainly noteworthy they were in no way indicative of all the great music that was out there at the time. I had always been into music that was a bit off the beaten path back in the 70s such as songwriters like John Prine but in the 80s, the post-punk movement really helped to open my ears to a lot of great artists I never would have heard otherwise. Then there was the blues revival led by Stevie Ray Vaughan, lots and lots of reggae/ska and more roots-oriented artists such as Los Lobos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 You wanna go down there to the topic and put ya ore in ?? thing is you have written in there lol...its the What you hate about ya country thread...its going to explode at some point lol. Rigt back to the Live Aid topic here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thirty years ago today folks. The first of the three Major reunions took place at the historic Live Aid. I still have my VHF recordings from MTV. What a day... Queens greatest live 18 minutes. a reunited Black Sabbath with a clean and sober Bill Ward. Mr Concorde Collins ... The V-Jays....lame but I kind of miss them Brian Ferry with David Gilmour... Judas Priest. Pretenders Madonna, "I ain't taking off shit today" REO Speedwagon Duran Duran - historic Simon Lebon voice crack Power Station..with Michael Desbarres . Sheena Easton grabbing the microphone away from Joan Baez... Eric Clapton Dire Straits w/Sting Tom Petty flipping the bird during American Girl .EJ.. W/Kiki Dee, George Michael...and Andrew Ridgley U2. Page Plant Jones Collins Thompson and Martinez... Patty LaBelle on overdrive. Ashford Simpson and Teddy Pendergrass.. Dylan Richards and Wood, Hall and Oates backing The Temptations Sting Phil C (pre Concorde) and Branford Marsaellis Mick and Tina. . Status Quo.. On and on.. A Great great day in music history.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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