How about some old time rock & roll?


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These ARE old, and my wife does like these groups, but for me, it's........Styx, Boston, Heart, Queen, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Santana, ELO, Van Halen/David Lee Roth, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf and on and on. Oh, I'll add in: Paul Revere & The Raiders, Safaris, The Association, Blood-Sweat & Tears, Ventures and others. Wife like these as well, but I'm really the TRUE "Rocker" between us.
 
rkunsaw said:
Here's a good one

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I go to a lot of Doo Wop concerts and last year I was able to meet, talk to and got a hug from La La Brooks, lead singer of the Crystals. Kenny Vance, who I have met several times, is my favorite make-over musician. This man has a wonderful voice and his Planatones harmonize oh so great. Kenny is for real. He is a 100% Doo Wopper like me and has sung and recorded many of the old Doo Wop songs. I happened to be staying at the same hotel he was a few years ago and actually had lunch with him. (On my dime, but it was worth it.) Just give a listen to his falsetto.

 
And, if you ever get a chance to go see the Chantels with Arlene Smith, the original lead singer, but does not appear with them often, you really need to go. I saw Kenny Vance and the Chantels on the same program one night. Made my week. There are just so many really fantastic singers and groups from the past that it would be impossible to post all of their YouTube videos here in this forum. I have a collection of over 3000 songs from the 50's and 60's. I DJ'd record hops when I was in college to make a few bucks and retained all of my old records and still play many of them. I bought a laptop just to house the records, which I also learned how to digitize them and re-recorded them into digital recordings. It just made them sound so much better than they were on the old scratchy 45's.

 
Hubby bought a DooWop collection of DVDs from PBS a few years ago. It`s great! We had friends come to visit from out of town one weekend. They are our age and we had a blast listening to and watching them. It was funny though-they brought their daughter and SIL and our daughter and SIL were there and OMG-their eyes were glazing over LOL We still joke about that night whenever we see them. I guess it was pure torture for the "kids" (in their 20`s...) There are 11 DVDs with artists such as Jerry Butler,The Cadillacs,Arlene Smith and the Chantels,The Platters,The Capris,The Diamonds,The Chiffons,The Coasters,Don and Juan,The Del-Vikings and The Penguins. Many more,but you get the idea.
 
Steve Miller Band ~ The Joker



CCR ~ Long As I See the Light

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Cream ~ Sunshine of your Love



Deep Purple ~ Smoke on the Water

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Mrs. Robinson said:
Hubby bought a DooWop collection of DVDs from PBS a few years ago. It`s great! We had friends come to visit from out of town one weekend. They are our age and we had a blast listening to and watching them. It was funny though-they brought their daughter and SIL and our daughter and SIL were there and OMG-their eyes were glazing over LOL We still joke about that night whenever we see them. I guess it was pure torture for the "kids" (in their 20`s...) There are 11 DVDs with artists such as Jerry Butler,The Cadillacs,Arlene Smith and the Chantels,The Platters,The Capris,The Diamonds,The Chiffons,The Coasters,Don and Juan,The Del-Vikings and The Penguins. Many more,but you get the idea.
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Actually, it is surprising to see how many of the younger generation show up at live Doo Wop and Oldies concerts. Even if you look at the postings under the YouTube songs you will see many posts by the younger generation writing about how great this music is and they wish they had been born earlier, so they could have enjoyed it more.

Now, I was born in 1947, so I missed being part of the Sock Hops of the 50's, but I still got hooked on the music when I was 11 or 12. My sisters would watch American Bandstand after school everyday and that was followed by a show out of Baltimore called the "Buddy Deane Show." I am sure that most of you have seen the movie "Hairspray" with Devine and Debby Harry (Blondie) in it. The dance show in that move, "Corny Collins Show", was fashioned after it. My sisters would dance in front of the TV and wanted me to dance with them, which sometimes, if I was in a 'goofy' mood, I would. Then, I was also hooked.

Those were the best of times. Going to the drive-in movies and restaurants. Jukeboxes in drug stores and restaurants, Friday and Saturday night record hops, yeah, "Those were the days, my friend, I wished they had never end."

Remember "A CAPELLA?"

 
Now, THIS is my kind of "Old Time Rock & Roll"!! Add some Bob Segar & Silver Bullet Band as well.

Lyn said:
Cream ~ Sunshine of your Love



Deep Purple ~ Smoke on the Water

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I was born in 1949 and my first musical 'like' was The Shadows, I've always preferred instruments to singers, if they don't play instruments they're not a band, so called 'boy/girl' bands leave me cold. In the 60s I preferred The Yardbirds and The Who to The Beatles and Stones, and then when Pink Floyd and Hendrix appeared on the scene in 66/67, that was it for me.

This is one of my all-time favourite guitarists, Jeff Beck. Listen to his guitar break from 1.30 onwards. The Yardbirds ... "Mister You're A Better Man Than I"

 
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