Hi bud.
Yeah they were (and still are) a great rock band.
I love that sound on “At Budokan”. I think it’s the Japanese audience that makes it. Those high-pitched screaming is reminiscent of The Beatles in their heyday (so I’m aware of anyway!).
Jethro Tull are one of the few prog bands I really like.
They’re different from a lot of the others in many ways. They are not so self-indulgent with their guitar twiddling and so on. Ian Anderson is a great showman too 
The Moody Blues are another example; sometimes I’ll listen then go years without - they certainly had a varied career.
They’re still going, on and off I think. I know Justin Hayward is doing a solo tour at the moment.
No.669: Radio KAOS by Roger Waters (1986)
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Ex-Pink Floyd bassist/vocalist/songwriter/control freak with his second solo release. I don’t rate it all that highly amongst the wealth of classic Pink Floyd-related material as it has dated badly. It’s also a very mixed bag of subject matter based around a Los Angeles radio show and listeners such as “Billy” tuning in for chatter then the DJ linking rather confusing themes such as the miner’s strike of '84, the concrete block thrown from the motorway bridge, the onset of technology, the usual end-of-the-world doom and gloom which Waters is rather ‘fond’ of and somebody who “doesn’t like fish”. A mixed bag.
Enjoying.
David Crosby tells about living next to Jackson Browne, in a shed-like ground floor apartment when he was writing “Running on Empty” and said he had the most astounding work ethic of any writer he knew. Said he would work on a piece 12 hours or more perfecting. Crosby said it was so good, no one cared about the repetition.
Have always liked the Moody Blues on tour because they always hired the local symphony to play with them. Always a great performance.
Love that Jackson Browne tale, Surfermom as I enjoyed the earlier story, again with the CSN connection.
I think you can tell that the Running On Empty album will make an appearance in here (my favourite of Browne’s in fact).
Love the Moodies and their solo projects. My best mate’s son was named after Justin Hayward incidentally and practically burst into tears when he met Hayward at a ‘War of the Worlds’ performance a few years ago.
Sorry there was only one album to post yesterday…up to my eyes in ironing all afternoon and I even forgot about the gym. I must have been enjoying it so much! Not.
…and thanks to you we’re now No.3 in the year’s Hottest Threads.
Not that it matters, but at least the interest is there 
Just a trio of goodies today…
No.668: “Year Of The Cat” by Al Stewart (1976)
Glaswegian singer-songwriter with his magnum opus. Both single and album are classics of the 1970’s.
No.667: “Buffalo Springfield” by Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Notable in the main because it supplied us with both Stephen Stills and Neil Young to enter the world of music. As Surfermom previously posted, here’s that great single once more, ‘For What It’s Worth’:
No.666: “My Aim Is True” by Elvis Costello (1977)
No Attractions to join Declan McManus on his '77 debut album, but he had the look and the songwriting craft intact of a future star; Sharp suited, sneerily singing, Buddy Holly glasses.
Appearing on the legendary Stiff Records, this debut featured amongst other goodies, the following two classics:
So who are we missing?
Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Joy Division…maybe they didn’t make the list.
Fret not
I remember lying in a hammock in southern California and listening to “Year of the Cat” when it was first released. Lyrically, melodically, and…that guitar solo…I’ll never grow tired of it…
I sort of have a love/hate thing with Declan. I think his rendition of “She” is the best ever, am a fan of his songwriting (Everyday I write…), really like his baritone range…but sometimes I want to throttle him for being so nasally.
He’s good, but how he ever land Diana Krall? Thankfully, this isn’t a tabloid magazine so we will let that stand as a rhetorical question…
Year of the Cat, beautifully-written song . The guitar and that sax too. I always compare the song with Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street as they both talk about life’s situations. Rafferty comes soon
With you also about E.C. and his nasal delivery. It’s quite nauseating sometimes isn’t it but his songwriting overshadows that. It’s probably the reason I can’t abide UB40 and their cover of Red Red Whine!
Half an hour to kill before the school run…
No.665: “Blizzard Of Ozz” by Ozzy Osbourne (1980)
While Black Sabbath were having a new lease of life with their excellent Ronnie James Dio-sung Heaven & Hell album in 1980, former lead vocalist had branched out on his own with a new band which he made a long series of fair to average metal album with. Blizzard Of Ozz is my favourite of the bunch, particularly for this Brilliant single:
No.664: “Happy Trails” by Quicksilver Messenger Service (1969)
American blues-rock outfit QSM almost hit paydirt with this conceptual album. It’s famous mainly for a 5-part elongated cover of Bo Diddley’s ‘Who Do You Love?’ which they attacked like a lengthy stage jam, building into a superb climax. They also had this song on the album, which has since become a popular hit by many other artists since, ‘Mona’:
No.663: “Spirit Of Eden” by Talk Talk (1988)
Ditching the early 80’s ‘new romantic’ new-wave pop sound of the early-to-mid 80’s, Mark Hollis and his band took a very severe swerve in a change of direction in 1988 and came up with this minimalist new age piece of work. Hauntingly beautiful, it’s a real grower and very relaxing. They made one more album in this vein before Hollis appeared to withdraw from the music business a virtual recluse. No videos were released from this album apart from audio excerpts.
Yes a real bodyswerve for Talk Talk, cant say it impressed me that much though.