OT: The Semi-Annual, Taste Optional Music Thread: Post Your Feel-Bad Hit of the Summer

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[Ugene Magic]

 

[OtherThingsILike]

 

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BOC cover:

 

[T1K]

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

 

[HandshakeLine]

Ok, Willy. School me on KC- what would you recommend as a starting point for a dude who's into virtuoso guitar playing but not as into say, Yes or ELP.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Ok, Willy. School me on KC- what would you recommend as a starting point for a dude who's into virtuoso guitar playing but not as into say, Yes or ELP.

Hahaha... I'm honestly RIGHT there with you but I just LOVE me some Fripp and Belew. That said their "classic" albums before Belew are probably the best place to start. Obviously their debut is all it's ever been advertised as, Red is also terrific and Larks' Tongue In Aspic rounds that group out.

Check out the Belew debut in Discipline, too. And I think you would also dig Islands because it's kinda jazzy and only semi-coherent. And also Lizard because it's dark and practically inaccessible haha.

I'll be honest though I'm not generally a HUGE KC fan. Just enjoy them here and there as mood music and again... Fripp is a hero of mine as is Belew.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Frippertronics!

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Frippertronics!

Fripp + Eno + Bowie

Mix and match the awesomeness as you please.

 

[Deport Ogie]

Fripp + Eno + Bowie

Mix and match the awesomeness as you please.

And Belew was the unspoken partner in there for a lot of it. Add in that he spent time with the Talking Heads having to deal with David Byrne and I feel honestly sympathetic for the poor guy.

Also, IMHO, you can never go wrong with the KC debut but I think my favorite song may be Starless.

One last post script, the current iteration of KC has Gavin Harrison on drums, ex of Porcupine Tree and also currently of The Pineapple Thief (what a goofy ass band name). If the topic is "amazing drummers who no one ever talks about," Gav should be top 3 on everyone's list.

 

[T1K]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I certainly made the mistake of not going to see them at Cattivo in Lawrenceville about 6 years ago.

 

[Andy99]

Raising a pint to John Henry tonight! We still miss you!

 

[T1K]

This MGK album is actually really good surprisingly. It has a nostalgic early 2000’s pop rock vibe

 

[HandshakeLine]

The charms of anything past Zep IV are lost on me, but When the Levee Breaks is a stone banger and mostly because of that drum beat.

 

[Andy99]

The charms of anything past Zep IV are lost on me, but When the Levee Breaks is a stone banger and mostly because of that drum beat.

you’re crazy man...Physical Graffiti is a desert island album and Houses of the Holy has some of Zep’s best songs, especially live...

 

[HandshakeLine]

you’re crazy man...Physical Graffiti is a desert island album and Houses of the Holy has some of Zep’s best songs, especially live...

Can't get into them, sorry. And I've tried! Too long, too noodlely and not enough of what I like about the first 4 albums. They're just not for me.

 

[Andy99]

Can't get into them, sorry. And I've tried! Too long, too noodlely and not enough of what I like about the first 4 albums. They're just not for me.

you need to listen to these...some of the best rock songs on YT and tell me what you think...