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I was listening to VH's debut the other day. Now I put back in Hell Bent for Leather. I don't know what happened, but the album just lost something for me. I used to listen the hell out of it a few summers ago, and now it's kind of ...meh. Maybe I'm just burned out on it. It does contain some of my alltime favorite tracks though.
When I first started playing in the mid 80s, we did maybe 5 or 6 Priest songs, and as a bass player, even starting out, man, those songs are boring to play. Ironically, the covers of Green Manalishi and Diamonds and Rust were the two I tended to enjoy the most, I also dig Victims Of Changes a lot. Others we did were Breaking The Law, Living After Midnight, You've Got Another Thing Coming. I really burned out on Priest back then and rarely revisit them now.
Been listening to Phil X and The Drills a bit lately. He's the guy playing in Bon Jovi at the moment. The guys solo stuff is great, it's straight up heavy rock with a bit of humour thrown in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uij9bOFzyRA
That's the one Priest record i never got into!Quote:
Originally Posted by EVH_Erupted
It certainly was a step down from the brilliant, Stained Class.
I think i liked "Delivering the goods" and "Green Manalishi" (though, i prefer the "Unleashed"
version).
I was hardcore into Sin after Sin, Stained Class, Point of Entry & Screaming.
I liked British Steel & Defenders, but not as much.
I used to have this weird double album called, "Hero Hero."
It was like a compilation of the first three Priest records.
I listened to it a lot as a kid, but i thought it was strange.
Phil X shreds pretty good. Big EVH influence. He did a few VH covers years ago:Quote:
Originally Posted by CalFB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr0QvtoGwy8
Phil X is a good player . He has a lot of neat stuff , and he's played some impressive gigs .
I won't see him in Bon Jovi though , and I've already passed up 2 of their live shows . Richie Sambora all the way ...
It's a bit more of a polished record. Honestly, there are only three tracks that I don't really care to listen to. The other tracks are great though. I do prefer them live though, it gives a better sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by unchainedguitars
I think it's because I was listening to Screaming for Vengeance for a whole week and then came back to this. Two different sounds, man.
Ace Frehley "Anomaly"
I just went back to this record, and it sounds better every listen. I don't know if it will make me forget Led Zeppelin 4, but it's really good. I rarely enjoy newer hard rock records, so it's great to get excited about some newer stuff.
I think Ace and Anton Fig really have something special when they play together. So much better than anything KISS has done in decades. Ace isn't the greatest singer, but he gets by. Some of the tunes don't have great choruses, but they all seem to have at least some really cool instrumental sections.
Some of the tunes that stand out to me are...
Outer Space
Too Many Faces
Little Below the Angels (a bit cheesy)
It's a Great Life (my fav, and Ace shows a bit of a different style on this track)
A lot of bebop...
Charles Parker, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, etc
I have listened to a bit of Art Blakey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick AVH fan
You ever listen to Sun Ra, Nick? I guess it's not Bebop, but it's got some elements of it
I have not. I'll have to look for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1234over
Also been jamming to early Miles Davis, Max Roach, Coltrane. Really trying to get into more bebop for some reason. Didn't really like the west coast, cool jazz, derivative. I like my jazz hot.