Don't forget the fact that they were nearly electrocuted on stage during a rain storm.
Would you classify acid as a downer?
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Don't forget the fact that they were nearly electrocuted on stage during a rain storm.
Would you classify acid as a downer?
McGarnagle
Yes.
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I googled to get the answer and it looks like it's classified in a separate category called hallucinogens. I've never done LSD, or anything for that matter, and I guess different people have different responses to it, and even the same people have different kinds of trips on different occasions from what I've read, but from the outside it appears like it's more of a drug for lie back and watch all the fun visions and such rather than being something stimulating that gets you up and active. But again, I've never done it so I don't know.
But we know John picked up heroin after and was strung out for a lot of the White Album and Let It Be. Meanwhile Paul did flirt with cocaine for a bit around Sgt. Pepper but purportedly backed off it quickly.
You won't be surprised that none of this surprises me.
I could be wrong, but I believe John's heroin use coincided with his relationship with Yoko, who I believe, perhaps incorrectly, was using heroin as well.
You probably know that the other three made fun of Paul for not trying acid. I don't believe he did so until '67. John and George had been introduced to same in 1965, with Ringo following suit. Paul, ever conservative and bourgeois -- and I mean that in a laudatory sense -- hung back, wary.
And then, he blabbed about it to the papers. Who got on his ass.
Exasperated by their incessant needling, McCartney snapped, "If you'll stop talking about it, I will!"
He also said something else. Which was a good point. He said taking acid is like taking an aspirin when you don't have a headache.
I report this as someone who did acid a long time ago, in high school.
Do you know why? I wanted to be Revolver era Beatles.
Bathos not pathos.
The Beatles were my heroes at the time. I wanted to be a member of the Fellowship of the Acid Heads,
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Just down the hall.
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"When are free to take some tea with me?"
Acid, ecstasy or agony?, "I tattooed my brain all the way"
Blowfish
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Not a jam band fan but, again, that's why they make vanilla and chocolate.
"To each his own, Number One."
Does your sense of gratitude have anything to do with what's happening on the high seas at present?
Gratitude, humility and compassion are watch words.
I typically don't post anything musically related to video games or film scores here, but in this case...I will make one exception. And that is for Akira Yamaoka. The music producer and composer for the Silent Hill soundracks, as well as a litany of other amazing works both in film and games, Yamaoka takes inspiration from the industrial stylings of Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode along with groups like Metallica and Massive Attack and turns it into music that leaves you feeling haunted which perfectly blended into the environment the original Team Silent was trying to achieve with the first four games of the Silent Hill franchise. Did so well that the people who made the first Silent Hill movie asked Yamaoka to score it.
A modern jazz band which doesn't feel like a jazz band, badbadnotgood make such fascinating music that takes a lot of inspiration from hip hop.
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Blowfish
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The dead have a unique way of blending country/folk and old school blues...the sound is simple and rythmic. Yes, live versions are over-extended but that doesn't seem to bother the acid shroom and lit folk in the crowd.
There are 3 live albums I own and love. Supertramp "Live in Paris", Rush "Exit Stage Left", and Neil Young "Live Rust". I typically only listen to studio versions. Most live stuff I enjoy will be by Neil.
Can't go wrong with someone possessing gratitude, humility and compassion. If you can't laugh at yourself something isn't right.
Blowfish
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Hey thanks for sharing...I read Depeche Mode and Massive Attack and that "mode" music has led me to some unique stuff. Perhaps we can share some music much "like above". I've been into the new new wave music and enjoy finding new interesting sounds/music. I will give Akira a good listen.
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I own 4 live albums. Two that you do (Paris and Live Rust), Alchemy by Dire Straits, and Europe '72 by the Dead (the only Dead album I own). I too am not that fond of Live albums, but those 4 are stellar.
Not particularly a Floyd fan, though I appreciate AG's post above.
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I love live albums and own a bunch. I've got Live Rust, Alchemy and Exit Stage Left (as mentioned above). Here are a few others that I think are fantastic and worth checking out:
AC/DC: If You Want Blood You've Got it
Allman Brothers: Live at the Filmore East
Husker Du: The Living End (if you only get one Husker record in your life, get this one..)
Jackson Brown: Running on Empty
Robert Earl Keen: #2 Live Dinner
Jerry Garcia Band: GarciaLive Vols. 1 and 2
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Live
Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood & Jason Isbell: Live at the Shoals Theatre
Queen: Queen Rock Montreal
The Replacements: For Sale, Live at Maxwell's 1986 (They were great live, when they actually gave a shit...)
Townes Van Zandt: Rear View Mirror
Widespread Panic: Light Fuse Get Away (Live)
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Blowfish
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Interesting we have 2 and agree good live albums. If you're a Rush fan please be sure to listen to Exit Stage Left.
. I will check out your 2.Love seeing Widespread Panic in that list. Definitely going to check that out.
If you are into live albums by Jam Bands, check out Goose's new release: Goose: Live at the Salt Shed. That was recorded here in Chicago about 3 months ago and has just been released. I didn't really know about them until I heard their latest single "Hungersite" on my favorite local station.....
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Dennis Bonvie
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My live album would also be my best show. Saw Ian and Ronno on this tour.
"My name is Ian Hunter and you just spent one hour of my life!"
"My name is Ian Hunter and you just spent one hour of my life!"
Georgia Satellites
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Keep Your Hands To Yourself
08SeaBass08
Maybe next year.
U2: Under a Blood Red Sky
Frampton Comes Alive
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
KISS Alive/Alive II
Frampton Comes Alive
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
KISS Alive/Alive II
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