The official "What are you listening to right now?" thread

[AbsoluteUte]

@salUTE

…ptions).My early liking of the band was all related to their heavy rock versions of a lot of the old blues classics that many newer/younger (mostly English) bands were into at the time. Songs like, “you shook me”, and “I can’t quit you”, which were decades old, but which they did nicely, (especially on the guitar), and with a very new and usually heavy-ish metal feel. Those tunes were completely driven by Jimmy Page’s prior success in the genre.To this day, my favorite Zeppelin tune is the one I recently rediscovered and posted about (and I’m not a real reggae fan :)). I’ll even call this one of my top favorite rock vocals (this from a person who is admittedly not a great fan of Robert Plant). It’s not a complicated guitar bit, but the tune is a lot of fun to play. Here it is again:

As a musician, I wonder what you think about the oft refrained remarks “Jimmy plays sloppy” or “Hendricks was always out of tune?”
I can inagine I would pick up really out of-key stuff, but I have never noticed. But of course, I certainly don’t have perfect pitch either.
Anyway, it seems like so many sour grapes. There’s plenty of amazing technocrat musicians who either cant write a song to save their life, or no one wants to play with them.

[NewbombTurk]

@AbsoluteUte

I heard they played in SLC in 68?

July 30, 1969. Terrace Ball Room.

I wasn’t there. Didn’t live here at the time.

[UteBrave]

@AbsoluteUte

I heard they played in SLC in 68? A small venu (not sure where) but my neighbor was about 14 and he said it was a very small crowd and amazing.

I’ve heard they played the Salt Palace, not sure what year.

[salUTE]

@AbsoluteUte

“Jimmy plays sloppy” or “Hendricks was always out of tune

Everybody plays sloppy now and then, and everybody is slightly out of key occasionally, but I’ve never really noticed either of these comments to be particularly true, but then I don’t have perfect pitch either.

Frankly, I notice myself out of tune more then everyone else put together.

[330ute]

https://youtu.be/N0RzxhLLPzc The Blues had a baby and named it Rock&Roll

[RowdyReptile]

Love this forum. I am a pretty big Zeppelin fan and one of my favorite songs in one a lot of people have never heard of, but brings out, imho, the best of all four musicians.

Achilles Last Stand (Remaster)

Totally banging, but that is just me.

RR

[330ute]

love that album !!

[AbsoluteUte]

@RowdyReptile

Love this forum. I am a pretty big Zeppelin fan and one of my favorite songs in one a lot of people have neve...

RR

@RowdyReptile Your’e a favorite regular. To quote a famous movie line: “You’re one of us now”

[RowdyReptile]

@AbsoluteUte

Your’e a favorite regular. To quote a famous movie line: “You’re one of us now”

You have a great forum here ,and Utah is my adopted team out west, regardless of conference.

[NewbombTurk]

I’m probably missing some, but here are the concerts I remember seeing (some of the bands were “warm up” bands to the headliner)

Aerosmith
Badfinger
Black Sabbath
Black Oak Arkansas
The Guess Who
Iron Butterfly (saw them recently, not one original member)
James Gang (post Joe Walsh, Tommy Bolin was the guitarist and Roy Kenner was the singer)
Jethro Tull ( a couple of times)
Elton John
JoJo Gunne
Focus
Eagles (as the warm up band actually)
REO Speedwagon ( before they went pop)
Wild Turkey (Glenn Cornick’s band after he left Jethro Tull)
Spirit (post Randy California and Jay Ferguson, headed by the Staehely brothers)
Steppenwolf
Ten Years After
The Who
ZZ Top
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter
Gentle Giant
Malo
Rick Derringer

[UteKing]

@NewbombTurk

Focus

FOCUS? As in Hocus Pocus?

Focus - Hocus Pocus ("BABY DRIVER" Movie Scene)

Rated R for language and violence but check out the synchronization.

[RowdyReptile]

Playing out of key and off tune…not getting it quite right all the time… someone should write a song about that.

Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends

[NewbombTurk]

@UteKing

FOCUS? As in Hocus Pocus

Yep

[AbsoluteUte]

@RowdyReptile

You have a great forum here ,and Utah is my adopted team out west, regardless of conference.

Can you guess the movie?

[SkinyUte]

@NewbombTurk

I’m probably missing some, but here are the concerts I remember seeing (some of the bands were “warm up” bands to the headliner)

I actually have a spreadsheet I’ve used to track the bands I’ve seen since I was a teenager. It’s currently sitting at 254 different bands and a total of 402 sets (seen lots of bands multiple times). It’s been a fun exercise to track, especially seeing how things have changed over the years.

The album I’ve spun the most this week is the new Incantation, “Unholy Deification”. I’ve always dug the way they straddle the line between doom and death metal, and this album is no exception.

INCANTATION - Concordat (The Pact) I (Official Music Video)

The new Cannibal Corpse is pretty fun too. Can’t wait to see them with Mayhem in a couple weeks!

Cannibal Corpse - Blood Blind (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[UltimateUte]

Probably missing a few, plus dozens of bands that aren’t famous:

Rolling Stones (1972 & 2005)
Metallic (warm up band for Stones)
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead
Chicago
Santana
James Taylor
Malo (TV show taping)
Kenny Rodgers (TV show taping)
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks (TV show taping)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Leon Russel
Albert King
Aussie Floyd (6 months ago, supposedly best Pink Floyd cover band, they were spot on)

I would have missed all the above in order to have seen The Beatles.

[Kosh]

@UltimateUte

… us as we dropped into the bowels of the arena. We walked around near the stage, an electric guitarist who I was unfamiliar with (Lindsey Buckingham) plugged his white Gibson Les Paul into the amplifier and belted out a beautiful riff. My friend and I did not have the money for tickets but I realized at that moment I should have found a way. That afternoon seemingly the entire dorm population walked over to the SEC.Fast forward to about 18 months later, my future wife treated me to a Fleetwood Mac concert at the Salt Palace.As vocalist and keyboardist Christie McVie has passed away and the band no longer exists, my wife and I will be going to see these guys in early October, supposedly the best cover band (Rumours of Fleetwood Mac), at the Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso de Robles, CA.

I got to see The Mac on their Tusk tour (Weber State homecoming concert), but never again. If they truly are gone for good, I cannot complain. Over 4 decades of amazing work. IF I understand correctly they recently booted same Buckingham from the band… Again

[AbsoluteUte]

@SkinyUte

I actually have a spreadsheet I’ve used to track the bands I’ve seen since I was a teenager. It’s currently sitting at 254 different bands and a total of 402 sets (seen lots of bands multiple times). It’s been a fun exercise to track, especially seeing how things have changed over the years.

The album I’ve spun the most this week is the new Incantation, “Unholy Deification”. I’ve always dug the way they straddle the line between doom and death metal, and this album is no exception.

I have no idea what you just said; but I’m glad you said it.

[330ute]

My list, if anyone cares
Kinks
The Who
George Shearing Trio
Dizzy Gillespie
Albert King
Miles Davis
ZZ Top
John Lee Hooker
Robert Cray
BB King
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pat Metheny
Robin Trower
Santana
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers
Los Lobos
Weather Report
Return to Forever
Wayne Shorter
Buddy Guy
Ziggy Marley
Marcus King
Medeski Martin & Wood
John Scofield
Stanley Jordan
Jean Luc Ponty
John McLaughlin
Derek Trucks
Little Feat
My wish list…
John Coltrane
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
Duke Ellington
Sarah Vaughn
Pearl Jam
Wes Montgomery

[LuckyUte]

@UteKing

FOCUS? As in Hocus Pocus?

The riffs in this song are extremely strong, but what I love is that this is a great example of a late 60’s early 70’s use of the Hammond Organ.