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Disturbed does a cover of the old Simon & Garfunkel tune, Sounds of silence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

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stui magpie wrote:Disturbed does a cover of the old Simon & Garfunkel tune, Sounds of silence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

Wow.
Heavy duty version. Powerful.

A song from an Album that would have been the first I'd heard as a kid - my older cousin (more like an uncle because of the age difference) had the original on Vinyl - I still remember the whole album.

The original "unplugged", less engineered "Sounds of Silence" back in 1964 by Simon & Garfunkle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4
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Will that accomplish your objective?
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pietillidie wrote:Terri Nunn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPhaCUZj-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZErqBJcBEY

I had a mega crush on her as a kid.

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We all had one or two of those :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qm8nq8RcA
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Reading PTID's and Wokko's posts got me to thinking about Gracie Slick and the Airplane. That line of thinking led me to finding out that, sadly, although Grace is still going strong (albeit as a painter, rather than a singer, for the last 25 years), Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship (and father to Grace's daughter, China) died in late January. Sadder still, Grace's predecessor in the Airplane, Signe Toly Anderson died the same day as Paul.

Paul was not the lead-singer of the Airplane on any of their hits, wasn't the stand-out psychedelic bass player of his era (that was Jack Casady), wasn't the genius lead-guitarist of the band (that was, of course, Jorma Kaukonen) and never really got much attention in his own right. But he did write some of the great songs of the 1960s, including some of the strangest sci-fi songs ever set to music. One of those, "Wooden Ships" (jointly written on David Cosby's boat on a trip with DC and Stephen Stills), was a stand-out track on Volunteers and also on CSN's self-titled debut album. The Airplane's version doesn't get the attention it deserves but, in one of rock's finest moments, it boasts Jorma's magnificent lead guitar, brilliant harmonies from one of the strongest trio of vocalists ever let loose on the one rock record (Marty Balin, Grace Slick and Paul) and, of course, the Prince of Sessionmen, Nicky Hopkins, who was, at that time, recording and touring with the Airplane. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIccZsURyLc

Paul also wrote the title track from the previous Airplane album ("Crown of Creation") and the magnificently paranoid "Have You Seen the Saucers", here in its live version from Thirty Seconds Over Winterland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJemA-eviU

RIP, Paul. Sail on to the other shore, singing along with Jorma, Marty and Grace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWX2-l788A
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Should have posted this last night but I couldn't stop laughing for long enough.

The Boy is doing his degree in guitar performance and, as part of the History of Contemporary Popular Music unit, he had to perform songs from the years 1954 to 1964 in authentic style (ie, no shredding, no tapping and a basically "clean" sound through a small amplifier) in public with other students. I have film evidence of him playing lead (using his Fender, not the beloved Dave Mustaine Signature "V") on "Hard Day's Night", "Johnny B. Goode", "All the Day and All of the Night" and "My Generation". This will be good blackmail material for years to come.

Two of the members of his usual gigging band turned up to watch. Since they think that "classical music" means early Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath before Dio joined, the looks on their faces as the Boy hit Chuck's opening riff were priceless. They were even more bemused when he joined one of the other bands and switched to bass on "Baby, It's You", "You Send Me" and "Pretty Woman".

The Boy will not likely live down his father knowing the words of every song played by every band and singing along loudly. I was A Complete Embarrassment.
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Pies4shaw wrote:Should have posted this last night but I couldn't stop laughing for long enough.

The Boy is doing his degree in guitar performance and, as part of the History of Contemporary Popular Music unit, he had to perform songs from the years 1954 to 1964 in authentic style (ie, no shredding, no tapping and a basically "clean" sound through a small amplifier) in public with other students. I have film evidence of him playing lead (using his Fender, not the beloved Dave Mustaine Signature "V") on "Hard Day's Night", "Johnny B. Goode", "All the Day and All of the Night" and "My Generation". This will be good blackmail material for years to come.

Two of the members of his usual gigging band turned up to watch. Since they think that "classical music" means early Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath before Dio joined, the looks on their faces as the Boy hit Chuck's opening riff were priceless. They were even more bemused when he joined one of the other bands and switched to bass on "Baby, It's You", "You Send Me" and "Pretty Woman".

The Boy will not likely live down his father knowing the words of every song played by every band and singing along loudly. I was A Complete Embarrassment.
hehe awesome, nothing like a bit of parental revenge!! enjoy!
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I can't believe the boy would do that.
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