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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   3080 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 10, 2023

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To be fair, the complete list is: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawbs, Organized Konfusion, Thievery Corporation, The Byrds, Bob Seger, Roy Harper, Boards of Canada, Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Big Star, Heart, Rush, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Bloomfield Kooper & Stills, The Pretty Things, Aretha Franklin, The Meters, Wishbone Ash, Talking Heads, Psyche Origami, Nick Drake, BS&T, Peter Gabriel, Phil Spector (Sort of), Bon Iver, James Brown, Jurassic 5, MAdlib, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Prefuse 73, Grizzly Bear, The Beach Boys, Traffic, Cat Stevens, Dungen, The Orb, Yes, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Pure Prairie League, Jade Warrior, The Black Crowes, Hot Tuna, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Commodores, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Eric Clapton, Alice in Chains, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Little Feat, Donald Fagen.

For those of you who claim to know classic rock but think you haven't heard of these (@SubstantialFrivolity @FiveHourMarathon), some of them have put out classic rock staples, though not necessarily on the albums listed. Donald Fagen was half of Steely Dan and "IGY" from the album here is pretty well-known, though doesn't get the airplay it used to. Traffic did "Dear Mr. Fantasy", the original "Feelin' Alright", and "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys". Pure Prairie League had "Aimee". Peter Gabriel did "Solisbury Hill", "Games Without Frontiers", "Shock the Monkey", "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", "In Your Eyes", among others, and was also in Genesis for a while. I'm honestly surprised you haven't heard of him. BS&T is best-known "Spinning Wheel" but that's played more on oldies stations than classic rock stations. Nitty Gritty did "Mr. Bojangles", which is also more of an oldies thing. Commodores did "Brick House", "Sail On", and "Three Times a Lady", among others, which are also oldies, though "Brick House" is pretty ubiquitous. Sam Cooke did a number of old soul songs that you're probably familiar with. And I don't know what to say to someone who hasn't heard of James Brown, who's made too many stone classics to even begin mentioning them, though I guess "I Got You (I Feel Good)" is a good start.

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