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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 7, 2011 21:42:53 GMT -5
Would Fleetwood Mac, and Heart be considered rock bands? Sure. But I can't see Heart being too high on many lists. I like Heart but I'd put The Runaways way before them. |
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Post by m on Aug 7, 2011 23:08:34 GMT -5
Speaking of the group Heart. I like Heart when Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen and Michael DeRosier were a part of the group. When they had a falling out with Ann and Nancy Wilson and left the band for one reason or another, Heart became too commercial sounding for my liking. The only reason why Ann and Nancy was able to keep the name Heart for the band after the firing of Roger Fisher and Steve Fossen leaving the band, the group's founders, is because Roger Fisher gave Ann and Nancy Wilson 51% of all rights to the name Heart and songs while he was still in the group and after he was fired. I felt Roger was being extremely generous.
I still wish there was no falling out within the band, for they were putting out truly good music.
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Post by geddyleemarvin on Aug 8, 2011 1:18:27 GMT -5
Sure. But I can't see Heart being too high on many lists. They are remembered in Seattle for being from Seattle. Seattle claims them? The Wilson's are from SoCal, and Heart first hit the charts when they were based in Vancouver (B.C.). I'm curious, and not being in the least bit snarky, when I ask if they are considered a Seattle band by folks in King County. And of course Fleetwood Mac are considered a band...an incredibly successful one at that. Rumours is still an amazing album, start to finish |
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 8, 2011 1:32:02 GMT -5
They are remembered in Seattle for being from Seattle. Seattle claims them? The Wilson's are from SoCal, and Heart first hit the charts when they were based in Vancouver (B.C.). I'm curious, and not being in the least bit snarky, when I ask if they are considered a Seattle band by folks in King County. Are you implying that some other location was the origin of the band? I've never seen them considered as anything other than as a Seattle band, although Vancouver has sort of a claim. The Wilsons moved to Seattle and graduated from HS here, and the Fishers were born here. Seattle was where Mike Fisher met Ann Wilson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_%28band%29#Origins_.281967.E2.80.931974.29So yeah, in Seattle they are generally credited as being a Seattle band. It's true that due to evading the Vietnam War draft, the band found its first commercial success in Vancouver. Ann and Nancy also owned a recording studio in Seattle and have been involved in the Seattle music scene for decades. Cameron Crowe's movie Singles was set in the Seattle music scene right in the middle of his marriage to Nancy, which I suspect is not a coincidence. |
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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 8, 2011 4:05:15 GMT -5
@thrill The Runaways? You're too young to know about them. Fleetwood Mac, Frampton, and Journey were the soundtrack of my high school years.While I still love the music, their place in rock history as seminal bands is kind of dodgy. As successful seller of vinyl, no question.
@m Yes, the original Heart was great showed lots of bite and chops. And cleavage too.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 8, 2011 7:50:17 GMT -5
@thrill The Runaways? You're too young to know about them. I listen to a lot of classic rock (as well as other genres) and also try to read about a lot of the bands to find out about them since I wasn't around back then. I had been listening to Joan for awhile when someone told me that she was in The Runaways so I gave them a listen and liked them. I then started reading about them and saw they are considered the first all girl rock band (some argue the first was Goldie and the Gingerbreads but they sounds more pop than rock to me) which was pretty cool and important to music history. I was excited when I heard they were making a movie based on them but when I saw some of my least favorite actresses were in it I was torn about whether or not to see it. I finally got around to it but after about half an hour I couldn't bear it anymore and turned it off. |
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Post by elevationvb on Aug 8, 2011 11:38:25 GMT -5
Sure. But I can't see Heart being too high on many lists. I like Heart but I'd put The Runaways way before them. The Runaways? Seriously? Heart was a great rock band in the 70s led by Ann & Nancy Wilson. Yes, they veered off the path a bit in the 80's but so did a lot of 70's rock bands - - Journey, Styx REO Speedwagon. Hell, the, Rolling Stones (Miss You); Rod Stewart (Do Ya Think I'm Sexy); KISS (... meant for loving you) Grand Funk( Locomotion) had their non rock moments. |
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Post by bigfan on Aug 8, 2011 12:25:30 GMT -5
Nirvana's rise to super stardom inrock history occurred at a a specific moment, when America's disaffected youth inherited a terrible economy, a trashed environment, and shattered fantasies of nuclear families. Nirvana reached millions of people who saw themselves as outcasts. History today is repeating itself ...................the music industry is waiting and looking for another band for this time and space. Nirvana rocked the music industry into upheavel at a time that "boy bands" and Brittney Spears reigned supreme. Your timeline is a bit off. Kurt Cobain had killed himself before Spears and the two major boy bands of the 90s had released their first albums. ![]() Spears made her local stage debut at age five, singing "What Child Is This?" at her kindergarten graduation.At age eight, Spears and her mother Lynne traveled to Atlanta for an audition in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club. In December 1992, she was finally cast in The Mickey Mouse Club..........................she has been haunting us since the time of Nirvana. I consider the Osmond brothers as a"boyband". |
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Post by geddyleemarvin on Aug 8, 2011 12:26:38 GMT -5
Seattle claims them? The Wilson's are from SoCal, and Heart first hit the charts when they were based in Vancouver (B.C.). I'm curious, and not being in the least bit snarky, when I ask if they are considered a Seattle band by folks in King County. ] Nah, just curious. I knew the Wilson's weren't originally from the NW, and I had a recollection of Heart having left Seattle before they had any success. Sounds like I only knew part of the story. Singles...wow, I forgot about that flick. Fun movie, good cast, great soundtrack. |
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Aug 8, 2011 12:35:11 GMT -5
One thing that I have noticed, out of all the big name artists in music, I have yet to hear or come across any artist say Elvis Presley influenced them. I know both Led Zeppelin and Heart mentioned The Beatles influenced them. While I was a HUGE Elvis fan as a kid, I think his biggest contribution to the music industry was his ability to entertain. He rarely, if ever wrote a song and wasn't much of a musician when it came to playing an instrument and had ZERO acting skills. However, he was second to none when it came to entertaining a crowd. Secondly, maybe it's because of the focus on the rock genre, but I am still a little surprised no one has mentioned Bob Dylan, one of the greatest song writers ever. |
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Post by m on Aug 8, 2011 13:49:09 GMT -5
I like Heart but I'd put The Runaways way before them. Heart was a great rock band in the 70s led by Ann & Nancy Wilson. Yes, they veered off the path a bit in the 80's but so did a lot of 70's rock bands - - Journey, Styx REO Speedwagon. Hell, the, Rolling Stones (Miss You); Rod Stewart (Do Ya Think I'm Sexy); KISS (... meant for loving you) Grand Funk( Locomotion) had their non rock moments. But in Heart's case, once the main players left the group, it was inevitable that the band's style and sound changed. If one listens to every album since Roger Fisher left the group, the band started to lose its Led Zeppelin with tits sound that they were known as. A sound that Ann and Nancy Wilson have been for several years now been trying to bring back. Heart's latest album was Ann and Nancy's latest attempt in doing such that. By reading interviews of Ann and Nancy promoting their latest album, that was the direction they were trying to achieve with their latest album. But listening to it, one can still notice something is missing from that attempt. It is the musical inputs and style of playing of those original members that left the group. Heart have always had those "non rock moments" from the very start, with songs such as "Dreamboat Annie" from their first album, "Here Song" and "Just the Wine" from their album titled "Magazine", "Cry to Me" and "Treat me Well" from the "Little Queen" album, "Sweet Darlin'" and "The Pilot" from their "Bebe Le Strange" album, "Dog and Butterfly" and "Nada One" from their "Dog and Butterfly" album, etc.. |
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Post by m on Aug 8, 2011 14:26:18 GMT -5
@thrill The Runaways? You're too young to know about them. I listen to a lot of classic rock (as well as other genres) and also try to read about a lot of the bands to find out about them since I wasn't around back then. I had been listening to Joan for awhile when someone told me that she was in The Runaways so I gave them a listen and liked them. I then started reading about them and saw they are considered the first all girl rock band (some argue the first was Goldie and the Gingerbreads but they sounds more pop than rock to me) which was pretty cool and important to music history. I was excited when I heard they were making a movie based on them but when I saw some of my least favorite actresses were in it I was torn about whether or not to see it. I finally got around to it but after about half an hour I couldn't bear it anymore and turned it off. Not sure if part 1 was pulled or just hard to track down on YouTube, but watch "Edgeplay" to get a better feel of the band. Here's part 2 and you can find the next following parts on YouTube. |
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Post by halekulani on Aug 13, 2011 4:56:15 GMT -5
Chicago!
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Post by chipNdink on Aug 13, 2011 15:01:55 GMT -5
The Beatles
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Post by kalama on Aug 20, 2011 23:31:12 GMT -5
I really like Queen. Their music continues to endure the generations of young music lovers.
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