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[Arundodonuts]

No of course they weren't. I love 'em though. Saw them twice. But, no. Not a patch on Floyd or Yes (Yes Album and Fragile get lots of airplay in our house) or the great master you name - Frank Zappa (especially the later touring bands - utterly sublime).

As for "classical adaptations" Emerson did it first and I reckon better with Nice.

I thought mention of Uncle Meat might spur Roy to action!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I can't resist. Just put that hook out and haul me in.

And I should have mentioned Gong and Soft Machine - I love Gong!

Hmm. Believe it or not I saw Gong perform on the back of a truck in the car park behind the Virgin record shop on The Moor in Sheffield in 197..... ooh I forget. I don't really remember them!!

As an aside, that was the good old days of Virgin shops. A huge "Orange" PA in the shop, everyone sitting around on cushions saying "yeah man", etc.

Soft Machine. Well, I never was into that whole jazz fusion thing (it took a long time to accept FZ incorporated jazz into his work - shudder). Having seen odd snippets of them recently though I am beginning to think I should dip my toe belatedly into the water. Of course nowadays my interest may have something to do with Karl Jenkins' oboe.

Oh and I really, really MUST get that recording of King Crimson playing 21st Century Schizoid Man on the Earthbound album. Recorded live on a 2 track cassette machine in the back of a van - and it's brilliant (I seem to recall).

[nickjones8]

Oh and I really, really MUST get that recording of King Crimson playing 21st Century Schizoid Man on the Earthbound album. Recorded live on a 2 track cassette machine in the back of a van - and it's brilliant (I seem to recall).

'Terrifying' is the word, and faaar too loud ... saw KC twice, which may have something to do with my hearing loss.

[Arundodonuts]

Oh and I really, really MUST get that recording of King Crimson playing 21st Century Schizoid Man on the Earthbound album. Recorded live on a 2 track cassette machine in the back of a van - and it's brilliant (I seem to recall).

'Terrifying' is the word, and faaar too loud ... saw KC twice, which may have something to do with my hearing loss.

I missed out on that pleasure. I did see Pink Floyd in 71 from 4 rows back and by the end I thought my ears were bleeding. Actually I think it was just my brain liquefying and leaking out. They were still ###### loud many years later outdoors in a football stadium.

Oh and on that subject. When I saw ELP about a year later they had a vast PA of enormous Vitavox cinema bass bins and horn loaded tweeters. That made me cringe down in my seat with anticipation, but surprise and delight, when they crancked it up the volume was almost restrained and the sound quality tremendous.

Led Zep though. Oh Boy.

[nickjones8]

Oh and I really, really MUST get that recording of King Crimson playing 21st Century Schizoid Man on the Earthbound album. Recorded live on a 2 track cassette machine in the back of a van - and it's brilliant (I seem to recall).

'Terrifying' is the word, and faaar too loud ... saw KC twice, which may have something to do with my hearing loss.

I missed out on that pleasure. I did see Pink Floyd in 71 from 4 rows back and by the end I thought my ears were bleeding. Actually I think it was just my brain liquefying and leaking out. They were still ###### loud many years later outdoors in a football stadium.

Oh and on that subject. When I saw ELP about a year later they had a vast PA of enormous Vitavox cinema bass bins and horn loaded tweeters. That made me cringe down in my seat with anticipation, but surprise and delight, when they crancked it up the volume was almost restrained and the sound quality tremendous.

Led Zep though. Oh Boy.

I'd like to think that we are rid of that 'how loud can you go' nonsense. Though I suspect that some death metal (eg Sunn-O) is pretty stupid (and not just in that respect! - opps, living dangerously!)

[Arundodonuts]

I'd like to think that we are rid of that 'how loud can you go' nonsense. Though I suspect that some death metal (eg Sunn-O) is pretty stupid (and not just in that respect! - opps, living dangerously!)

But then if you were as rubbish as Grand Funk Railroad you had to have something special - like the intent to be the loudest band. Of course sometimes you just NEED a few more dB.

I have to say Death Metal is a bit lost on me. As far as modern rock bands go I reckon my tastes are for the likes of the Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age. Of course some spotty oik will now come along and say "they're not modern granddad". Of course Josh Homme and Dave Grohl are "echt" musicians.