What Music Are You Listening To Right Now ??

[Whatwhatringrang]

ok, name that band... or name the guitar players? & the rest of the musicians...

Is that Paul? Mr. Big?

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Is that Paul? Mr. Big?

yep, he's one of the guitarists...

 

[Whatwhatringrang]

ok, name that band... or name the guitar players? & the rest of the musicians...

I don’t know you got me . Drummer and bassist have a great pocket . Slick lap steel tone . Looks like he is playing a vintage modern or there is one back there. See some jcm900s

 

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Re-listening to possibly my favorite DS track:

 

[Dogs of Doom]

I don’t know you got me . Drummer and bassist have a great pocket . Slick lap steel tone . Looks like he is playing a vintage modern or there is one back there. See some jcm900s

John Paul Jones is playing slide...
Paul Gilbert guitar
Nuno Bettencourt guitar

I'm not sure who bass is, I thought it was Alex Skolnick at 1st, but, playing bass, I doubt it. Not sure of the drummer either...

ok, just checked the video, it says: (must be for the whole show)

Nobody's Fault But Mine (Led Zeppelin cover)
Guitar Wars
Paul Gilbert - guitars, vocal
Nuno Bettencourt - guitars, vocal
Steve Hackett - guitars, vocal
John Paul Jones - bass and lap steel
Gary Cherone - vocal
Pat Mastelotto - drums
Roger King - keyboards
Mike Szuter - bass, vocals

 

[Whatwhatringrang]

John Paul Jones is playing slide...
Paul Gilbert guitar
Nuno Bettencourt guitar

I'm not sure who bass is, I thought it was Alex Skolnick at 1st, but, playing bass, I doubt it. Not sure of the drummer either...

Get outta here lol .You know I was gonna say John Paul Jones . He still looks young and its cool to see him play/sit in with other bands over the years. From what I hear he is humble .Always one of my favorites of Zep.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Get outta here lol .You know I was gonna say John Paul Jones . He still looks young and its cool to see him play/sit in with other bands over the years. From what I hear he is humble .Always one of my favorites of Zep.

he did a benefit show last year:

 

[Leonard Neemoil]

John Baldry: Don't try to lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock and roll.

 

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[Vinsanitizer]

ok, name that band... or name the guitar players? & the rest of the musicians...

If someone said to me: "I don't remember the guitar player's name, but he has a really long neck", I'd say, "you mean Paul Gilbert?".

 

[10kDA]

So then you'd also be familiar with:

The Rain, The Park, and Other Things (I Love The Flower Girl)
Everyone Knows it's Wendy
Walk Away Renee
Cherish

Yeah, all songs (and bands) with great vocal harmonies. My band fooled around with a soul-ish version of "Walk Away Renee" that we may revive some time. I'm not a good singer and on the chorus all I had to do was sing every word hanging on the 5th. D if we did it in G, E if we did it in A. And the front vocalists who are massive and gifted talents did all the real work LOL. But that's a harmony arrangement trick that thickens things up considerably, when some of the individual voices do not follow every chord in the changes in relation to the other voices.

The Association had very cool layered harmonies in just about everything I ever heard them do. I'm familiar with the songs you mentioned but many bands ago I actually did a version of "Along Comes Mary" without vocal harmonies. One of the band members claimed that song was about smoking weed and eating pn55y.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

Yeah, all songs (and bands) with great vocal harmonies. My band fooled around with a soul-ish version of "Walk Away Renee" that we may revive some time. I'm not a good singer and on the chorus all I had to do was sing every word hanging on the 5th. D if we did it in G, E if we did it in A. And the front vocalists who are massive and gifted talents did all the real work LOL. But that's a harmony arrangement trick that thickens things up considerably, when some of the individual voices do not follow every chord in the changes in relation to the other voices.

The Association had very cool layered harmonies in just about everything I ever heard them do. I'm familiar with the songs you mentioned but many bands ago I actually did a version of "Along Comes Mary" without vocal harmonies. One of the band members claimed that song was about smoking weed and eating pn55y.

On the vocals - yeah, I think those are one of my biggest attractions to some of those songs (any music, actually). The Mamas/Papas, a lot of them had... I don't know what it's called, but maybe "dissonant" notes?... notes where you wouldn't normally go, but they make the mood? You can throw in the Fifth Dimension too: "Aquarius" and "Beautiful Balloon", also some songs by the Beach Boys (who got their style from the Four Freshmen).

Here's a section I think is amazing. It's also an (poor) example of what I mean by "dissonance", in the low notes here, though I may be using the wrong word:

Listen to it couple of times, because you might not be used to the sound at first...

 

[10kDA]

Yeah, very cool! I don't think I would call it dissonance but I would call it close harmonies - which to me means harmonies that are closer than thirds + fifths like you typically hear. Instead there are for example notes one step away from another instead of strictly chord tones. To some people it can sound like it "clashes" but I have a pretty flexible idea of harmony so to me it sounds great!

The part of "Are you staying..." that totally makes the song is right in the opening, where the chords go from Eb - "Don't let a lonely..." - Ebmaj7+9 - "... Monday come a-" - Ab9 - "-gain" and right there, the middle voice is on the fourth and the highest voice is on the fifth - Bb, only a step away from the next lower voice. The three voices in the It's My Party version are low to high Eb - Ab - Bb and because of that close harmony it sounds way more dense.

 

[10kDA]

On the vocals - yeah, I think those are one of my biggest attractions to some of those songs (any music, actually). The Mamas/Papas, a lot of them had... I don't know what it's called, but maybe "dissonant" notes?... notes where you wouldn't normally go, but they make the mood? You can throw in the Fifth Dimension too: "Aquarius" and "Beautiful Balloon", also some songs by the Beach Boys (who got their style from the Four Freshmen).

Here's a section I think is amazing. It's also an (poor) example of what I mean by "dissonance", in the low notes here, though I may be using the wrong word:

Listen to it couple of times, because you might not be used to the sound at first...

Every member of the Beach Boys sang, some not all the time, and Brian was able to put together so many vocal parts that turn out to be deceptively complex.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

Yeah, very cool! I don't think I would call it dissonance but I would call it close harmonies - which to me means harmonies that are closer than thirds + fifths like you typically hear. Instead there are for example notes one step away from another instead of strictly chord tones. To some people it can sound like it "clashes" but I have a pretty flexible idea of harmony so to me it sounds great!

The part of "Are you staying..." that totally makes the song is right in the opening, where the chords go from Eb - "Don't let a lonely..." - Ebmaj7+9 - "... Monday come a-" - Ab9 - "-gain" and right there, the middle voice is on the fourth and the highest voice is on the fifth - Bb, only a step away from the next lower voice. The three voices in the It's My Party version are low to high Eb - Ab - Bb and because of that close harmony it sounds way more dense.

Very good analysis.

Where else, thoughts on Gary Puckett & The Union Gap? Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds? Not sure if you go that far, but seems like you know your way around pretty well.

 

[Vinsanitizer]

 

[10kDA]

Very good analysis.

Where else, thoughts on Gary Puckett & The Union Gap? Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds? Not sure if you go that far, but seems like you know your way around pretty well.

I was not much into those guys and I can't relate any thoughts about their stuff beyond what was on the radio on a regular basis.
Certain music and/or groups caught my ear, and other than some kind of musical "richness" to their sound, I don't know exactly why. I developed a pretty good ear because I taught myself to play mostly by jamming with friends. I learned how to use music terms and chord names etc as a result of working with a keyboardist who was used to formalized ways of describing music. He did not have a good ear and when we would be learning songs, if somebody called out a chord name and the keyboardist on the recording was playing something different than a straight "E" or whatever, I would stop and say for example "Do you hear that one note that is different from what you're playing?" and by a process of elimination we could find the note, and then he'd say something like "OK that's an E sharp 5" or whatever. I'm not sure if that's what you mean by me knowing my way around.
What about yourself? You obviously pick up on what these style - if that's the right word - groups are doing.

 

[Harlequin tusk]

Saw him do this song live at Jones Beach, still remember that concert from long ago..

 

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[Dogs of Doom]

I guess today is somebody's birthday, so there are a lot of tributes being posted...