Never out of place. My friend is a 57 year old Economics Professor from Sardinia, loves heavy metal. Still goes and sees the new Heavy bands when they come. Sits in the back, puts his earplugs in and rocks. Gets the strangest looks. But, he knows his rock. He loves the Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ramstein. He is constantly telling me about some new band he saw as he is going over economic analysis and a Capaccino (roasts his own beans). Interesting guy, into endurance fitness rather than weights like I am.
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If we’re being brutally honest, a 57 year old at a JP or Maiden concert is not out of place.
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Just saw Priest…fucking ripped. I’m 47 and still feel like 16-year-old at metal shows. Law of the Claw \m/
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Ok let’s be brutally honest. Does it change anything? You like Heavy Metal, go. You like Taylor Swift, knock your self out. Be you …
If not good songs, what makes you a fan of a band?
I can recognize genius and not want to listen to it daily. To “light” for my taste. But, how they created the songs are foundational. I am not musically gifted, but what they accomplished in 7 years and how is monumental. So, I like and respect them, but rarely listen.
I had to ask questions of people that know music much better than I do and here are a few of the things they told me and pointed me to a good article on them. (25 Reasons the Beatles are the Greatest Band Ever | Hooks and Harmony).
I can recognize innovation, but not really know what it is. This helped me.
-They were the first group ever to employ feedback, which is commonplace now.
- One of their first hits, “A Hard Day’s Night,” features an opening chord so revolutionary that it took almost [45 years] for someone to figure out how they played it.
-1964’s “I Feel Fine” featured the first use of guitar feedback in a song.
-1965’s Rubber Soul and the follow-up, Revolver, saw more innovation, from the use of a different instruments, such as the sitar to tape loops.
-Then there are the backward vocals in “Rain” (a first) and a Moog synthesizer on several songs on 1969’s Abbey Road.
-hey revolutionized the science of recording, using multiple tracks instead of playing live. Producer George Martin used varying tape speeds to make Lennon’s voice sound high (“Tomorrow Never Knows”) and slow (“Strawberry Fields Forever”); he also brought in string musicians to accompany certain songs (“Yesterday”). In another session, McCartney utilized bass drums halfway down a corridor to achieve a staccato sound in “Mother Nature’s Son.”
-In an age where other people wrote songs for the flavor of the day. the Beatles surprised everyone by penning their own hits from the beginning. As a result, they helped usher the singer-songwriter movement that popularized the late 1960s.
I am not even going into the commercial success. Their songs are musically sound and crossed over. They were the first to do it in an age that didn’t think that way. Sort of like Reeves, Oliva, Mentzer or Arnold in bodybuilding. They were revolutionary and when you look years later, they still hold as great physiques even though they would not win a contest today. Look at Reeves, Oliva or Mentzer and you see the innovation, they changed the game. I see the Beatles like that…
One persons opinion. More than you wanted, but you asked…
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I appreciate the thoughtful response.
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I don’t know how Halford hasn’t destroyed his voice over 50 years, but their new album is just as good as many of the past ones (maybe not as good as British Steel - but that’s a hard album to top).
I’ve been listening to a lot of J.J. Cale lately. Great artist and inspiration for many including Eric Clapton and Gun’s and Roses (“after midnight” and “Call me the Breeze” are his songs)
These guys are doing a lot for me lately. Just started listening to them this year.
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Oh, I love them. The first time I heard CAFO I had to pull the car over to listen and look them up so I didn’t forget.
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Saw him in Myrtle Beach, S.C. about 25 years ago.
While David Gray isn’t a band, his music is very moving. His song Forgetting is one of the heaviest songs I know. Not in decibels but in emotion. That descending string line makes you feel as if you are falling into an inescapable abyss. Even his more commercially available songs are sincerely good. The music may be catchy but in a challenging way. It’s not manufactured or cookie-cutter. And he doesn’t use trite lyrics, He is authentic in every way I can discern.
I’m not a big rap person, but this might be one of the best things I’ve seen in a while. There are so many Easter eggs that the nostalgia factor is off the charts.
Hey @marine77, this is a new episode of this podcast I think you might like, an interview with Harley from the Cromags. It reminded me of this thread. It’s primarily a podcast about NYC graffiti but touches upon some other subcultures (and as I said, NYHC and graff had considerable crossover). An acquaintance of mine was featured on the show some time ago.
It’s always been Metallica for me.
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Whiskey Myers, Flaherty Brotherhood and Neil Young are all bands me and my wife listen to religiously, very good, intimate and deeply moving music for late nights out in the mountains.
We haven’t met any other younger people our age listening to young yet, but, we absolutely love him regardless out of all of these bands. I’ve must’ve learnt 10-15 songs from him at this point (granted they’re fairly easy), all so simple to learn, but what makes the magic is the drumming and bass holding Neil’s playing down SO well. Backing tracks can’t replicate that.
Flaherty Brotherhood is a brand new blues band out of Southwestern US, incredible musicians. It’s hard to play blues with feel but they do it so well.
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Time Stand Still might be my favorite.
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This might get some all capitals, but I preferred Van Hagar.
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Hell ya ! Ty
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old man is a tear jerker
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