<p>My H was a huge fan of the Who - we saw them several times in Seattle-
I loved brit blues rock but also Motown- and Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense is a classic and I like how Byrne is still evolving.
( and Jackson Browne is playing the winery this summer)</p>
<p>I am a heathen- I like Vedders version of Reign oe’r me , much better than Daltrey’s
<a href=“http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292735/[/url]”>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292735/</a></p>
<p>I was just going to bring up Jackson Browne - Fountain of Sorrow is one of my favorites that just seems more meaningful every year. </p>
<p>Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
But they didnt show your spirit quite as true</p>
<p>You were turning round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes</p>
<p>Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the futures there for anyone to change, still you know its seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past</p>
<p>And Mythmom, Sandy Denny was amazing.</p>
<p>this is the one that keeps going through * my head*</p>
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<p>OK guys, you get old; it sucks, opportunities lost, roads not taken, but nothing to get morose about. I look at it this way, if I had made other decisions I would probably not have the wife and child I have, and the pretty good life I’m living now. I know more than I ever did before, people find that useful, and I’m calmer than I’ve ever been.</p>
<p>It’s all cool.</p>
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<p>Well no one likes to think of themselves as stuck in an era nearly 50 years past, but The Who also find themselves still playing Tommy songs in concerts in the 21st century. So their fans clearly still remember them for that early stuff. They had a few hits later (“Who Are You” for example), but Who’s peak came with three albums: The Who Sell Out (1967), Tommy (1969), and Who’s Next (1971). Quadrophenia sold a lot copies to Who fans like me who were hoping for the next Tommy, but it didn’t produce any hit singles or significant air play in the US. It clearly marked the downslope of their career.</p>
<p>OK guys, you get old; it sucks, opportunities lost, roads not taken, but nothing to get morose about. I look at it this way</p>
<p>I wasn’t whinging, I was remembering how much I used to love Jackson Browne- but I like " today’s" music too
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<p>coureur - It’s all perception. As a musicologist, I see The Who as pioneers of electronic (synthesized) sound. They grew out of the 60’s, but made their most important contributions to the world of rock (in terms of technological advancements) through their work in the 70’s. Their synthesized sound is a 70’s sound, not a 60’s sound. You see them as a 60’s band. Cool. No problem.</p>
<p>^^The whole synthesized sound phenomenon really took off with the release of Switched On Bach (1968).</p>
<p>Actually, Carlos released his album in November 1968, and it gained popularity in 1969. I wouldn’t consider Wendy (Walter) Carlos a rocker. He/She is classified as a classical music composer. (For the most part, his/her works are synthesized remakes of classical music compositions. I don’t consider Tomita a rocker, either, even though his music is synthesized.) 1969 also saw synthesized sound used in jazz. The Moog synthesizer (Carlos’ instrument) was used in rock music prior to 1970, but it was groups such as I named in my previous posts that brought synthesized sound to the forefront of rock music. </p>
<p>Just a thought - Pink Floyd wrote *Dark Side of the Moon]/i] in 1972-1973, right around the time of The Who 's Who’s Next and Quadrophenia. I don’t consider Pink Floyd a 60’s group or sound. I look at a composer/group to see whether they are the culmination of what went before or innovators leading into what is coming next. I see The Who as innovators who started out with a 60’s sound and, but evolved to eventually lead the way into the synthesized sounds of the 70’s.</p>
<p>and back to The Who (sort of)–
Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass, along with Patti Smith’s Horses, was one of my most-played albums. Still listen to it on car trips, and none of the kids ever complain…</p>
<p>A couple of other bands who though originally coming on the scene in the sixties had an enormous impact on the 70’s are War, Sly and the Family Stone, and The Doors.</p>
<p>Morrison died in 1970 (along with Joplin and Hendrix). Were the Doors more popular after he died? I’m too ‘young’ to have listened to the 60’s music as it was happening. During the 70’s, when I grew up, it was all ‘reruns’.</p>
<p>wharfrat2 - I just have to think you are a deadhead with that moniker
I think you need to go to [Internet</a> Archive: The Dead](<a href=“http://www.archive.org/details/TheDead]Internet”>Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine) and look for the most recent shows because the Dead are SMOKING up the tour right now. Cream Puff war, King Solomon’s Marbles, back in rotation…</p>
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<p>No. The new material stopped when he died so the music they had already produced remained popular for a while in a memorial sort of way. But the era of The Doors was really over once Jim Morrison died. Kinda like Nirvana once Kurt Cobain died. </p>
<p>As I recall The Doors put out a comeback album or two without Jim, but they never went anywhere. Losing Jim Morrison was really tragic. He was one of the few rock superstars of that era who was a college graduate - UCLA class of '65.</p>
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<p>I thought I remembered LA Woman not being released until the 70’s of course my memory could easily be failing me. </p>
<p>Indeed I am a deadhead, though I’m also big into Phish, moe. Gov’t Mule, ABB, Drive By Truckers and some others…Definitely well aware of the archives, been d/l shows from there for years. I’ve been hearing really mixed things about the current Dead tour. I had a chance to snag a free ticket when they were in DC a couple of weeks ago but passed due to really short notice.</p>
<p>On the other hand I am catching another legendary 70’s band in a few weeks, Little Feat.
Railroad Earth who is another favorite of mine is opening.</p>
<p>It was the singer-song writers who really floated my boat once I hit middle school: James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Brown, Elton John, Billy Joel, Carol King, Carly Simon, etc. Also, Stevie Wonder, during the seventies, was my entire world (The Talking Book, Inner Vision, Fullfillingness’ First Finale albums inparticular). And the older I get, the more I’m absolutely blown away by Paul Simon’s genius. My S loves my Earth Wind and Fire LPs and has put them on his Ipod.</p>
<p>Just turned 58. Lived the sixties-seventies music as it happened. Lead Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and even The Who a bit all were a bit after I was really involved with music though both my husbands (one is current, yes tsdad life is fine) loved them.</p>
<p>However, Desire and Blood on the Tracks, which some consider Dylan’s great masterpieces, came out in the seventies and I love them.</p>
<p>Paul Simon’s Graceland (or is that 80’s help!) and the world music movement grew out of the seventies, no? </p>
<p>George Harrison’s Wonderwall (strange wonderful music) and Lennon’s solo albums were seventies phenomenon and pretty great to me.</p>
<p>John Cage (I think it was him, but I seem to get things wrong a lot here) wrote an obit for George Harrison that appeared in the Times the day after he died and claimed that his use of sitar and “new instruments”, at least to the west, was more influential than everything the Beatles did. Not sure I agree, but interesting point of view.</p>
<p>mathmom: A special thanks to you to let me know I’m not crazy.</p>
<p>jnsq: Thanks for the clarification on Talking Heads songs.</p>
<p>And I guess, I’m very, very boring and predictable, but to me Bob Dylan was THE genius of my generation.</p>
<p>And to SueofPhilly: It was pretty exciting. Each new Beatles album was like a new Harry Potter book. Couldn’t wait to see where they’d go. Sgt. Pepper was THE topic of conversation the first day of tenth grade.</p>
<p>And yes, it’s all perspective. To me, Billy Joel is pure sixties, haha. Saw his band in HS at “Battle of the Bands” where I sang, too. Grew up a few towns over. Hm. He’s just a few zip codes richer now. </p>
<p>And for a look at the past and aging I do think Paul’s MEMORY ALMOST FULL is quite poignant. Beatles forever!!</p>
<p>poetsheart: We crossed posted on Paul Simon. Is your name from the song “A Poet’s Heart?”</p>
<p>reached from about 63 to 73. Those albums came out of the 60s era. As opposed to, say, the Stones’ “Miss You” which was bad disco music, and definitely a 70s sound. JMO. </p>
<p>Not just your opinion…a lot of rock,new wave and punk bands had a disco sound to it back then. It took me a lot of years to really hear it , but even the Clash had a hand clapping disco sound…many did, as sad as it is</p>
<p>I always laugh at my disdain for disco, but how is it that I know all of the words ?</p>
<p>Here’s a sad tidbit:</p>
<p>My son knows all the words to “I Am the Walrus,” which I never really did.</p>
<p>And I just heard Donovan’s “Colors” to advertise Lenscrafters.</p>
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<p>Nope. It’s due to the fact that I love poetry, and write it on occasion.</p>