Yeah, it's "21st Century Schizoid Man", which is King Crimson. I have a copy of "Epitaph". Love that song.

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In my research lately, of prog rock bands, this band has come up alot, and I sit and wonder why I dont remember a single one of their songs. It seems they are considered the fathers of progressive rock and even "hard rock". Another name that pops up is Gentle Giant and Cactus, I have never owned nor borrowed any of these three bands recordings.

They are all on my list.

thing is Zeppelins debut and Zeppelin II were released in '69 also

even this Jethro Tull "Stand Up" Im listening to was '69, a few songs have guitar attacks similiar to what became "Heavy Metal"

Chicago - CTA was released in 4-69 also and was certainly progressive rock though for some reason they dont seem to be considered progressive rock

My research has shown '69 was a great year for Rock !

70 did not disappoint either

In my research lately, of prog rock bands, this band has come up alot, and I sit and wonder why I dont remember a single one of their songs. It seems they are considered the fathers of progressive rock and even "hard rock". Another name that pops up is Gentle Giant and Cactus, I have never owned nor borrowed any of these three bands recordings.

They are all on my list.

thing is Zeppelins debut and Zeppelin II were released in '69 also

even this Jethro Tull "Stand Up" Im listening to was '69, a few songs have guitar attacks similiar to what became "Heavy Metal"

Chicago - CTA was released in 4-69 also and was certainly progressive rock though for some reason they dont seem to be considered progressive rock

My research has shown '69 was a great year for Rock !

70 did not disappoint either

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Gentle Giant is good stuff - haven't heard it in years though. Cactus is a new one for me.

I have a pretty good working knowlege of most Prog Rock :AH-HA_wink:

The second week of deer season

I have no freakin idea who does it.

Cactus is a new one for me.

I have a pretty good working knowlege of most Prog Rock :AH-HA_wink:

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I know I heard some way back but remember nothing

I did know the drummer Carmine Appice played with them. Pretty interesting lineage actually

" Cactus is an American rock band that was initially conceived in late 1969 as a supergroup of the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart. However, Beck had an automobile accident and Stewart joined Ron Wood in the the Faces. So Appice and Bogert brought in blues guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day (born Russell Edward Davidson) from the Amboy Dukes."

Amboy Dukes Remember "Journey to the Center of the Mind" ? If so who played guitar....... ? I wore the groves out on that one. A bit psychodelic though.

Ive heard that one Joe, probably the same guys that did "Grandma got run over by a Raindeer"

Razor: The answer to your question is Motor City Madman Ted Nugent

WMJ: that's quite the list!

I'll have a new lyric in a few minutes.

Razor: The answer to your question is Motor City Madman  Ted Nugent

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Did you know that all these years? I forget most of that record but the title song was pretty damn progressive for its time. Yep Ted was just a youngster. It was already "old" by the time I got it and we were already listening to Teds first solo album or I should say the one with "Free for All", I dont know the cronology

Just heard this one on sattelite radio in the local Wawa:

I got a certan little girl shes on my mind

No doubt about it she looks so fine

Shes the best girl that I ever had

Sometimes shes gonna make me feel so bad

*title* *title*

I thought I heard her calling my name now

*title* *title*

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

*title* *title*

Thought I heard her calling my name now

*title* *title*

I need her loving and Im not to blame now

(love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it

Shes got loving like quicksand

Only took one touch of her hand

To blow my mind and Im in so deep

That I cant eat and I cant sleep

Listen

*title* *title*

Thought I heard her calling my name now

*title* *title*

She broke my heart but I love her just the same now

*title* *title

Thought I heard her calling my name now

*title* *title*

I need her loving and Im not to blame now

(love, love)

They got it early in the morning

(love, love)

They got it late in the evening

(love, love)

Well, I want that, need it

(love, love)

Oh, I gotta gotta have it

Hush - Deep Purple

I almost said "Hey Laudy Momma"......dont know why ?

Cool, your turn.

Hush was written by a country singer named Smith (I just learned this searching for the lyrics so I didn't have to type them all)

Hey Lawdy Mama is a blues standard,I think. I only know the Cream version though.

Edit: OH yeah, wasn't "To Much To Dream" on that same Amboy Dukes record?

Did a research, Hush was written by Joe South....yes thats right the guy that did "Games People Play" he also wrote "Never promised you a rose garden" and "Down in the Boondocks" I see DP released the album with Hush on it in 1968, what bugs me is that for some reason I always thought that was Ian Gillan singing, he was not in the band then, not until 1970, a guy named Rod Evans sang Hush.

In 1970 what other famous work did Ian Gillan record on ? Did an excellent job BTW.

Once again Id like to plug Deep Purples 2005 release of "Rapture of the Deep" as a damn good recording.

Hey Lawdy Mama is a blues standard,I think. I only know the Cream version though.

Edit: OH yeah, wasn't  "To Much To Dream" on that same Amboy Dukes record?

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I remember Hey Laudy Mama from "Steppenwolf Live" the song "Monster" was also a standout.

I remember nothing of that Amboy Dukes record, I havent heard that since ? 74/75 ? probably.

Steppenwolf! Of course, now I remember.

Answer to your Ian G. question = JCS

Gethsemene is my favorite cut from that.

I'm going to try to remember this one off the top of my head so it may not be complete.

You say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend

lying on the pavement with a misery on his brain

stoned on some devotion he found upon the wall

of some onholy bathroom in some ungodly hall

He only had a dollar to live on 'til next moday

so he spent it on a comfort for his mind

Did you say you think he's blind?

Someone should call his parents, a sister, or a brother

and they'll come to take him back home on a bus

but he'll always be a problem to his poor and puzzled mother

and he'll always be another one of us

he said he wanted heaven but praying was to slow

so he bought a one-way ticket on an airline made of snow

did you say you saw your good friend lying low

dying slow

flying low

blinded by snow

Another I havent listened to in ages. I have no turntable, havent since 89. Dont know why. We went to see JCS at Saratoga, I remember it opened with a guitar solo, I was a young teenager and was blown away. I also got to go see Chicago that same year. Ill never forget those sounds ringing out in the open air on a summers evening. Terry Kath and the Chicago horn section ! AWSOME ! Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an open wall theater. Anyhow the guy Paul O'Neil that is a co-writer for Savatage and Trans Siberian Orchestra was the guitarist for the JCS tour sometime in the early 80's....I found that interesting. With Savatage being one of my favorites and the opening guitar solo for JCS one summers night in the early 70's helping to mould my musical taste.

"King Herods song"

Edited November 30, 200619 yr by razoredge

I've seen a show or two at SPAC- good place.

"He's Herrod's race, he's Herrod's case..."

as for you last lyrics Im not sure if Ive heard that.

Ill have one tomorow night, I need my notebook, I know I wrote them down last summer. Notebook is in the shop.

Something like

As it flys up from the ground

taking off you hear the sound

close your eyes

its about to.................

I've seen a show or two at SPAC- good place.

"He's Herrod's race, he's Herrod's case..."

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"prove to me that your no fool

walk across my swinning pool"

I look forward to it,Razor.

I was sure you'd get that last one- I'll post the answer if no one gets it by tomorrow night.

I'll need to see more than the bit you posted to try your latest- it does sound familiar but I need more to work with.

This has been fun tonight.

"prove to me that your no fool

walk across my swinning pool"

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If you do that for me, then I'll let you go free

C'mon king of the jews.

Last chance, folks. anyone know it?

I'm going to try to remember this one off the top of my head so it may not be complete.

You say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend

lying on the pavement with a misery on his brain

stoned on some devotion he found upon the wall

of some onholy bathroom in some ungodly hall

He only had a dollar to live on 'til next moday

so he spent it on a comfort for his mind

Did you say you think he's blind?

Someone should call his parents, a sister, or a brother

and they'll come to take him back home on a bus

but he'll always be a problem to his poor and puzzled mother

and he'll always be another one of us

he said he wanted heaven but praying was to slow

so he bought a one-way ticket on an airline made of snow

did you say you saw your good friend lying low

dying slow

flying low

blinded by snow

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Nope

If you stand in the light

you get the feel of delight

and the music that plays in your ears

in your head you can hear

a voice so sweet and clear

and the music that plays in your head

as it flows up from the ground

taking off you hear that sound

close your eyes

its about to..........

hardly daring to breath

a new life you percieve

you try hard

not to break the spell

while at once it seems both

so far and yet so close

if you reach out to touch

it will be gone

as it flows up from the ground

taking off you hear that sound

close your eyes

its about to...............

OK, mine is Snowblind Friend by Steppenwolf.

Razor, I have no clue on yours.

Anyone else know it?

Dont know if I ever heard that Steppenwolf song Camino, if so it was in the early 70's. I only had "Live" but there was a few others floating around. I have "For Ladies Only" but as I recall it was very poor and I only listenend to it a few times. Interesting inner photo of an interesting car.

Anyhow, Im going to try something different. Clues using different song, same artist or related band featuring the artist. Heres indirect clue for my last one. First verse missing as its a dead givaway.

She said, 'There is no reason

and the truth is plain to see.'

But I wandered through my playing cards

and would not let her be

one of sixteen vestal virgins

who were leaving for the coast

and although my eyes were open

they might have just as well've been closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'

though in truth we were at sea

so I took her by the looking glass

and forced her to agree

saying, 'You must be the mermaid

who took Neptune for a ride.'

But she smiled at me so sadly

that my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love

then laughter is its queen

and likewise if behind is in front

then dirt in truth is clean

My mouth by then like cardboard

seemed to slip straight through my head

So we crash-dived straightway quickly

and attacked the ocean bed

Guess this one if you want.

"Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream

I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been

To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen

They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear

But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear

Oh, oh.

Oh, I been flying... mama, there aint no denyin

Ive been flying, ain't no denyin, no denyin

All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground

And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land

Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream

Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream

My shangri-la beneath the summer moon, I will return again

Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through [---].

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years

With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear

Ohh.

When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah

When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...

Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down

Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there

Let me take you there. let me take you there"

That song means a lot to me. That and a few Aerosmith tunes are the first rock songs I listened to at the young age of three and four.

Razor's missing verse:

I skipped the light fandango

truned cartwheels cross the floor

I was feeling kind of seasick

the crowd called out for more

the room was humming harder

as the ceiling flew away...

YJ: Kashmir by Led Zep

Camino: Got it.

One of my top ten from them,YJ. Great song.

anyone know Razor's yet?

Seems familiar, actually. Can't quite place it.

Obviously, I know the second one but his earlier one still escapes me.

That was a very moving song and means alot to me to. Too bad Im unsure of the title. .....Is it "Kashmir" from Physical Graffiti. I need to update my Zep to CD also. Most of these get lots of radio play yet.

Obviously, I know the second one but his earlier one still escapes me.

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So now, who did the second song and what became of those guys ?

Ah, is the first one a Trower tune?

This is as close as I can get right now.

The second set of lyrics Razor posted are Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum.

Robin Trower was a member of that band, and I'm guessing that the earlier set of lyrics are from a Robin Trower song. (Just a guess) I don't think I know the song.

Sorry folks I'm just too tired to wrack my brain anymore tonight.

Until tomorrow.

TaDa.........

close your eyes, its

"about to begin"

seems like it might be about the rush of walking onto the stage, catching a groove and ridin it. Bridge of Sighs was a great recording for the most part. Awsome guitar sound and a great deep voiced vocalist too. Songs - Bridge of Sighs, Day of the Eagle (rocked), Too Rollin Stoned, I love this "About to Begin" its a very dreamy sound

I figured you'd be fimilar with this Trower album ?

OK - Lets try this one..........another song I repeated over a few times upon first hearing it. Sorry for all the obscure songs, these are my important ones. Im not really trying to be tricky.

Brother, brother, hear me please

Im as lonely as I can be

All me friends are scaring me

But if you forget me

Then I will bleed

Sister, sister, what can I do

Im in love with Tootsie, too

Please excuse me if I am low

But me feelings have to show

People, people, hold my hand

Where in the heavens

is this promised land

Float right passed me

ooh I like your style

Seek it, seek it, seek it

Here for awhile

Mother, mother, so good to me

praying just so I can breath

My father, my father, my only one

hope your pride is this your son

I haven't heard Bridge of Sighs since sometime in the 80s, I just don't remember that song. Trower and Beck were seen as Gods back then.

Remember "Freeway Jam" ?

Guess the lyrics to this song

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- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

FREEWAY JAM !

Yep, have both Blow by Blow and wired Wired

the writer/performer of my previous song lyric was trying to be one of these guys, he dabbled (brilliantly) in many bands and styles, including one great fusion album and finally this, his first of two solo albums before he too, pulled a Hendrix/Joplin the night after his band opened for......... Jeff Beck .......... in Miami.......1976.......first show of the tour.

Heres another from the same, the songs come together much better than the lyrics would suggest....this guy excelled at "letting a song breath"

Baggage handcuffed to my wrist

I drag it every where I go

Sometimes I fight you with my fist

But if I only knew which way was home

Its where I'd go

If I knew which way was home

My babys gonna come and cut it loose

Bring that whiskey in my water

Sometimes I get the blues

but I know I shouldnt holler

Its where I'd go

If I knew which way was home

Run down ghost trail no cheerful love

No sign of life, just wild dogs howlin'

in the night

thats what I like

Hey, gonna come and cut me free

Im sick of my own company

Sometimes I miss her though

Most times I miss my home

Its where I'd go

If I knew which way was home

Run down ghost trail no cheerful love

No sign of life, just wild dogs howlin'

in the night

hear 'em howlin........

I'm drawing a blank on this one too Razor.

In the meantime, let's make things interesting.

Here's a verse from a song. Note: it's not the original version but a cover in which the lyrics were changed.

Name the band that performed the original song. Guess which band covered it.

"Lock the door, kill the light.

No one's coming home tonight.

The sun beats down and don't you know?

All our lives are growing cold, oh...

They bring news that must get through.

To build a dream for me and you, oh."

Battle of Evermore - LZ

Edit: OOPS! brain fart: the name of the song is NO QUARTER

Can't remember the cover band's name, but their version is KILLER

I do know where I can find out. :AH-HA_wink:

from Houses of the Holy. I loved that record......once I accepted the change but No Quarter was one easily adapted to. That foggy electric piano, paints the picture

Tool coverd the song

I'm drawing a blank on this one too Razor.

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between 1973 & 1976 this artist

Replaced Joe Walsh in the Jamesgang recorded two albums with them

Replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple released one album with them also featuring David Coverdale who replaced Ian Gillan

Recorded guitar tracks on Billy Cobhams Spectrum also featuring Jan Hammer

Recorded two solo albums

exited the big stage left in 1976

It's a toss-up. Camino named the song and band and Razor named the band that covered it. Spoils will be divided among the victors.

Edited December 3, 200619 yr by YellowJacket894

YJ: I think I'm thinking of another band that covered the tune.

Razor: I'm still blanking, but I expect that I'll recognize the name.

Time for something more recent, yet still a bit obscure:

I know that I should think about giving

and think about

helping out

think about living

but I can't seem to rescue myself

Chorus:

What about my bank account

and my holy desert shield

that keep me dry under the arms?

Flags and mental jewelry's all I know

and they keep me happy and warm inside

So I said unto this man

"Who are you and where do you come from"

And he proceeded to tell me many things

But I said nothing at all

For the flower in the corner,by the room,

in the window and the sun

said it all

Chorus again

At least they said they would

said they could

Mama said they would

do me good

I dont even know where to begin with that one.

my previous two were from Tommy Bolins first solo album Teaser, first song was People people, 2nd was Wild Dogs.