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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 15/09/2011 : 18:54:36
Help me out Dukie for those I forget!
So many great ones from Wales!
But surprisingly I will start with a contemporary Welsh Prog band....
They (and Christina Booth!!) leave me Speechless.
Speechless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6eSGANq0Y&feature=related
MAGENTA
Magenta are a Welsh progressive rock band formed in 1999 by ex-Cyan member Rob Reed. Reed takes his influences from bands like Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Yes, Eurythmics and Björk.
Although heavily influenced by progressive rock, Reed is a professional songwriter and has done many other projects for both film and television. The most successful of these projects was called Trippa, featuring Christina Booth on vocals and Rob Reed on guitars and keyboards. Reed asked Christina to be lead vocalist for a progressive rock project he had in mind, and the initial ideas for Magenta were born. Booth went on to guest on a number of Cyan albums.
In 2000, Reed started writing for what would become Magenta's debut release, Revolutions. Reed wanted to do something new, bigger and more conceptual. "Current prog bands are always scared and shy about admitting the influences of the great bands of the 70’s, and I wanted to come clean and admit and celebrate those influences, and hopefully create something as worthwhile as those classic bands" said Reed. "To do this, all I had to do was to give priority to melody rather than technical showmanship, something I have always tried to do with all my work." Revolutions was named "Best New Album" in 2001 by Musical Discoveries, an online resource for female vocalists in the music industry.
Magenta's second album, Seven was released in March 2004 and sold out of its first pressing within four weeks. The band's first single, "Broken" was released in June 2004 - from the EP Broken. While shorter than any of the epic tracks on Seven, Broken retains the classic prog rock sound of Magenta, with a slightly more modern edge. In November 2004, Magenta released the double live album Another Time, Another Place, recorded on tour in Europe from 2002-2004. The live concert DVD The Gathering was also released in late 2005 and a series of live shows followed.
Here is a brilliant live performance...
Metamorphosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVkze-HOt0&feature=related
Morning Sunlight From home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4cHqSzNHJ4&feature=related
I'm Alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NgBQgx0WLU&feature=related
* Christina Booth: lead vocals.
* Rob Reed: keyboards, backing vocals.
* Chris Fry: lead electric guitars, backing vocals.
* Keiran Bailey: drums.
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Sometimes I have good luck...
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 19:03:03
A favorite album of mine and Jack's....HARMONY ROW.
Was that infamous stretch of row houses around for you to remember, Dukie? I may have asked you about that...
Harmony Row is Jack Bruce's third album, originally released in July 1971.
The album takes its title from a tenement street in Glasgow, near where Bruce grew up.[1] The street, since demolished, was famous as the largest unbroken houserow in Europe, stretching for over a mile.[2] The album's cover photo was taken near the Harmony Row tenement.[3]
Although since cited by Bruce as his favorite solo album,[4] Harmony Row did not chart upon its release. The album would be his last solo effort for over three years, as Bruce would join the power trio West, Bruce and Laing (with whom he would record three albums) in early 1972.
Folk Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fvqPsbn7I
Can You Follow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSiGu-DbBdM
Escape From The Royal Wood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Kv2iUv_QM&feature=related
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Sometimes I have good luck...
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-Hemmingway |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 18:56:10
And....
Roger Glover of Deep Purple
Amen Corner
Budgie
Badfinger
Tom Jones
Shirley Bassey
Andy Scott of SWEET
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Sometimes I have good luck...
& write better than I can.
-Hemmingway |
| Dukie |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 18:21:16
Frankie Miller!! |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 17:47:09
quote:
Originally posted by captain america and billy
Are there any worthwhile artists from Scotland?
Uhhh....YEAaaaaH!
DONOVAN!!
Jack Bruce the best bassist on the planet!
I need to start a Scotsman thread because I could go on & ON!! And will!
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Sometimes I have good luck...
& write better than I can.
-Hemmingway |
| captain america and billy |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 16:15:12
Are there any worthwhile artists from Scotland? |
| dyecraig |
Posted - 20/09/2011 : 02:44:18
what about jon langford of the mekons?
great frontman, brilliant lyricist and funny as hell
solo album - skull orchard - amazing kickass strummer style rockers with some weepies thrown in to break your heart |
| Kula John |
Posted - 19/09/2011 : 15:10:40
Super Furry Animals.....one of the best |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 19/09/2011 : 00:18:01
quote:
Originally posted by Dukie
Unfortunately it closed a while back, but it was a great venue. I saw another great Welsh band there (Racing Cars) a few years back and Mickey Jones from Man played there as well. Other notable gigs were The Grandmothers and Mountain. It was an old church and is about 8-10 miles from where I live.
That is sad to lose such great venues. We have a small old church in Bath Maine that is a great venue for concerts.
The Chocolate Church-Arts Center
http://chocolatechurcharts.org/about/about-the-building/
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Sometimes I have good luck...
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-Hemmingway |
| Dukie |
Posted - 18/09/2011 : 23:12:52
Unfortunately it closed a while back, but it was a great venue. I saw another great Welsh band there (Racing Cars) a few years back and Mickey Jones from Man played there as well. Other notable gigs were The Grandmothers and Mountain. It was an old church and is about 8-10 miles from where I live. |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 18/09/2011 : 22:26:01
http://classic-rock-and-more.blogspot.com/2008/09/magenta-live-at-point-pre-ordering-now.html
MAGENTA-Live At The Point, Cardiff, Wales
A fantastic DVD - 100 minutes of great live performance ....voted Best Live Band 2007
So, is this a nice venue, Dukie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cze9Oawm6qk&feature=related
Various venues...
King Of The Skies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6eSGANq0Y&feature=related
Wondrous Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EeF59ObeE&feature=related
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Sometimes I have good luck...
& write better than I can.
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| lemonade kid |
Posted - 16/09/2011 : 20:46:58
quote:
Originally posted by Signed RW
I'm thinking this list shouldn't go on much longer without mention of both Dave Edmunds and Man, a band that at their live best, whether with or without Deke Leonard, pretty much always managed to
be truly amazing, y'know?
AND Love Sculpture.....a short lived but great band fronted by and to show off Edmunds' guitar prowess!
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Sometimes I have good luck...
& write better than I can.
-Hemmingway |
| SignedRW |
Posted - 16/09/2011 : 18:36:12
I'm thinking this list shouldn't go on much longer without mention of both Dave Edmunds and Man, a band that at their live best, whether with or without Deke Leonard, pretty much always managed to
be truly amazing, y'know? |
| lemonade kid |
Posted - 16/09/2011 : 18:14:30
JOHN CALE! (in LARGE BOLD type!)
John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground.
Though best known for his work in rock music, Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical. Since departing from The Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released approximately 30 albums. Of his solo work, Cale is perhaps best known for his album Paris 1919, and his cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" plus his mid-1970s Island Records trilogy of albums: Fear, Slow Dazzle, and Helen of Troy.
Cale has produced or collaborated with Lou Reed, Nico, La Monte Young, John Cage, Terry Riley, Cranes, Nick Drake, Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Patti Smith, The Stooges, The Modern Lovers, Art Bergmann, Manic Street Preachers and frontman James Dean Bradfield, Marc Almond, Squeeze, Happy Mondays, LCD Soundsystem and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
DYING ON THE VINE....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_H24Z6ux4A
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Sometimes I have good luck...
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| captain america and billy |
Posted - 16/09/2011 : 15:08:03
And let's not forget the way out Wales Wonder,Mr. Tom Jones. |
| John9 |
Posted - 15/09/2011 : 23:29:46
I've actually seen them live in concert on two occasions....both in Yorkshire. I was introduced to Magenta by a very good friend of mine and through him I actually got to meet the individual members. I'm Alive...one of the tracks posted above by LK...was a single...and a truly beautiful song. 
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