You weren't the one Kerry. Our friend from Down Under responded he'd only take the beer and skip the Skynyrd. In another thread he dissed Sweet Home Alabama as a song that just, and I paraphrase, plunks along clumsily. And even well before his comments, Skynyrd have been one of the whipping boy bands on PE...
I honestly did not expect the amount of posts in response to my comment...
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
It would be hard to beat this thread for an example of where a throwaway remark by one member, followed by a light-hearted response from another, managed to blow up into World War 3.
People need to take a cold shower.
probably because Skynyrd is a very popular, country influenced band with southern accents whose music assaults those with sensitive ear drums attuned to the restrained wails and Hawkwind-ish sounds of Opeth fanboy Steven Wilson. Indeed, Skynyrd lacks the refinement of the Allman Brothers and do not have the constant metaphors for penises that are in ZZ Top, so they are low brow and stuff of the unwashed masses who drink moonshine and waller in bogs...
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
I wonder what Mr Godfrey would think of LS? Let's ponder that for a page or two. Or even the thought of a collaboration!
Symphonic Southern Rock! At LAST!
I'm from Canada. It's all the south to me!
Of course Kansas were a band from the prairies, not the south....
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Yep. Nothing southern about Kansas. They occasionally flirted with that style though, the tune Down The Road is a good example with it's shit kicking, boogie groove and harmonized guitar licks. But even then, it has something more....
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"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
"Country Eyes" is very, very nice, SS, thanks for the heads-up. 1975, huh? Never heard of Zazu, will definitely be checking out more, their story, etc.
I am trying to draw a parallel between low-level bands like mine today and '70s bands like Zazu (assuming they remained obscure), about how the only real difference is back then there were record labels with the money and willingness to take a chance on something like Zazu, and today the artists just do it themselves.
The end result is kind of the same -- the vast majority of released music just doesn't reach a mass audience, major label or not.
Hearing "Ittsanottasonatta, But It's Close" now, I dig this a lot, thanks again SS.
There's some guy in here who actually knows a member of Zazu, but I can't recall who it is just now. The LP is fairly easy to come by, and I believe there's a CD edition of this. It was never held in particularly high regard among "progs", though - I remember accusations along the lines of "Kansas don't mix with the Doobies" etc. I personally think it's a good one. Not great or excellent, but solid.
You know. Anyway, I'll chime in with zum Germaniac polka-folk later.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Sweet Home Alabama - play that dead band's song. (Warren Zevon)
I think this is the most drastic derailing I've ever seen in a thread. The Enid -> Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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