Neil Young ( b38 )

 On July 14, 2009, Young's first four solo albums were reissued as remastered HDCD discs and digital downloads as discs 1–4 of the Original Release Series of the Archives.

As of 2019, Young has launched a subscription website and application where all of his music is available to stream in high resolution audio. The Neil Young Archives also include his newspaper, The Times-Contrarian, The Hearse Theater, and photographs and memorabilia from throughout his career.

Personal life

Homes and residency

Young's family was from Manitoba, where both his parents were born and married. Young himself was born in Toronto, Ontario, and lived there at various times in his early life (1945, 1957, 1959–1960, 1966 to 1967), as well as Omemee (1945 to 1952) and Pickering, Ontario (1956) before settling with his mother in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1958, 1960–1966), where his music career began and which he considers his "hometown". Young has been outside Canada since 1967. After becoming successful, he bought properties in California. He currently holds dual citizenship for Canada and the United States.

Young had a home in Malibu, California, which burned to the ground in the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

Young owns Broken Arrow Ranch, a property of about 1,000 acres^[ near La Honda, California, that he purchased in 1970 for US$350,000 (US$2,332,434 in 2020 dollars); the property was subsequently expanded to thousands of acres.

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The Who ( B44 )

 

Legacy and influence

The Who are one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century. Their appearances at Monterey and Woodstock helped give them a reputation as one of the greatest live rock acts and they have been credited with originating the "rock opera". The band has sold over 100 million records worldwide.

The group's contributions to rock include the power chord, windmill strum and the use of non-musical instrument noise such as feedback. The band influenced fashion from their earliest days with their embrace of pop art and the use of the Union Jack for clothing. The guitar-smashing incident at the Railway Hotel in 1964 is one of Rolling Stone magazine's "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock 'n' Roll".

Pink Floyd began to use feedback from their early shows in 1966, inspired by the Who, whom they considered a formative influence. Shortly after arriving in London in 1966, Jimi Hendrix visited Marshall's music shop demanding an amp setup like Townshend's and manipulated electronic noises in ways that Townshend had pioneered. The Beatles were fans and socialised with Moon in particular during the mid-1960s. In 1965, Paul McCartney said the Who "are the most exciting thing around" and was inspired to write "Helter Skelter" in the group's "heavy" style; John Lennon borrowed the acoustic guitar style in "Pinball Wizard" for "Polythene Pam".

The loud volume of the band's live show influenced the approach of hard rock and heavy metal. Proto punk and punk rock bands such as the MC5, the Stooges, the Ramones the Sex Pistols, the Clash and Green Day cite the Who as an influence.

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Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven ( S3.3 )

 There’s a songbird who sings,

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.

Oh, it makes me wonder,

Oh, it makes me wonder.

There’s a feeling I get,

When I look to the west,

And my spirit is crying for leaving.

In my thoughts I have seen

Rings of smoke through the trees,

And the voices of those who standing looking.

Oh, it makes me wonder,

Oh, it really makes me wonder.

And it’s whispered that soon,

If we all call the tune,

Then the piper will lead us to reason.

And a new day will dawn,

For those who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow,

Don’t be alarmed now,

It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen.

Yes, there are two paths you can go by,

But, in the long run,

There’s still time to change the road you’re on.

And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won’t go,

In case you don’t know,

The piper’s calling you to join him,

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

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Cream ( B10 )

 Cream's farewell tour consisted of 22 shows at 19 venues in the US from 4 October to 4 November 1968, and two final farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 and 26 November 1968. The final US gig was at the Rhode Island Auditorium on 4 November. The band arrived late and, due to local restrictions, were able to perform only two songs, "Toad" and a 20+ minute version of "Spoonful". The two Royal Albert Hall concerts were filmed for a BBC documentary and released on video (and later DVD) as Farewell Concert. Both shows were sold out and attracted more attention than any other Cream concert, but their performance was regarded by many as below standard. Baker himself said of the concerts: "It wasn't a good gig ... Cream was better than that ... We knew it was all over. We knew we were just finishing it off, getting it over with." Bruce had three Marshall stacks on stage for the farewell shows but one acted only as a spare, and he only used one or two, depending on the song. In an interview from Cream: Classic Artists, he added that the band was getting worse by the minute.

Jack Bruce performing on Dutch television in 1968

Post-Cream

Blind Faith, a band that included both Clapton and Baker, was formed after the demise of Cream, following an attempt by Clapton to recruit Steve Winwood into Cream in the hope that he would help act as a buffer between Bruce and Baker. Inspired by more song-based acts, Clapton went on to perform very different, less improvisational material with Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, and in his own long and varied solo career.

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Istoric ( 303 )

 12.05.1952 - s-a nascut Pete Fardon – bass – The Pretenders. A murit in 14 aprilie 1983 in urma unei supradoze.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven ( S3.2 )

 In 1972 mai toate grupurile de seama lansasera albume importante si de succes, nume ca The Who ( Metaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy ), Rolling Stones ( Exile On Main Street ), The Faces ( A Nod’s As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse ), Elton John ( Honky Chateau ), Moody Blues ( Seventh Sojours ), Humble Pie ( Smokin’), Jethro Tull ( Aqualong ), Deep Purple ( Machine Head ), Jeff Beck ( Jeff Beck Group ), Emerson, Lake & Palmer ( Trilogy ) figurind in toate topurile

Deasupra tuturor insa, plana albumul fara nume.

Stairway To Heaven

There’s lady who’s sure

All that glitters is gold

And she’s buying a stairway to heaven,

When she gets there she knows,

If the stores are all closed,

With a word she can get what she came for.

Oh, oh, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.

There’s sign on the wall

But she wants to be sure

̀Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings,

In a tree, by the brook,

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Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven ( S3.1 )

Cineva, cred, mi-a purtat mina pe hirtie. Exista intotdeauna un catalizator care-mi ordoneaza multimea gindurilor: munca in grup, locul in care traiesc, prietenii, copiii mei, animalele mele preferate.” – Robert Plant

Robert Plant va indica ulterior ca principala sursa de inspiratie volumul Magic Arts In Celtic Britain, al istoricului Lewis Spence. Femeia din cintec reuneste trasaturile tuturor eroinelor din mitologia celtica, de la Zina Zinelor, Zeita Alba, Doamna Lacului, si Diana Cimpiilor Verzi, pina la Rhiannon Vrajitoarea. Padurile si izvoarele, cintaretul din flaut si Regina din Mai, elementele prezentate in versuri, se constituie intr-o invitatie de a abandona valorile societatii moderne in favoarea naturii si a traditiilor.

Dar „ Stairway To Heaven ” nu este numai una dintre cele mai frumoase melodii din istoria rockului, ci si prima care a fost suspectata de a contine un mesaj subliminal, constituind chiar punctul de pornire al unui val de „ cruciade ” antirock, duse de o mina de preoti, mult mai infricosatori in integrismul lor decit asa-zisele mesaje destinate coruperii tinerilor.

Si, pentru ca lucrurile sa fie si mai confuze, Plant ii va marturisi, in 1992, poate cu sinceritate, lui Markus Ott de la Rock Power: „ Am cintat, destul de mult timp, lucruri pe care nu le intelegea nimeni. Stairway To Heaven nu l-am inteles nici macar eu ”.

In noiembrie 1971 albumul ocupa locul intii in Marea Britanie si locul doi in USA.

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Neil Young ( b37 )

 In December 2020, Rolling Stone magazine released a Special Edition marking Young's 75th birthday, called "The Ultimate Guide to His Music & Legend", plus his 100 greatest songs. In a December 2020 Letters To The Editor article on the NYA website, Neil Young revealed that he is currently working on a new solo album, possibly for a 2021 release. The only thing Young had mentioned about the album so far is, "I've been waiting a long time." In January 2021, it was reported that Young had sold the rights to his back catalog to a British investment company. Hipgnosis Songs Fund had bought a 50 percent stake in Young's catalog, amounting to 1,800 songs from his Buffalo Springfield days, through the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young era and on to his solo career with the Crazy Horse backing band. Financial details were not disclosed but the value was estimated to be at least $150 million.

In June 2021, Young confirmed that he was working on an album with Crazy Horse titled Barn, which was released on December 10, 2021; the first single, "Song of the Seasons", was released on October 15. The album's second single, "Welcome Back", was released on December 3, along with a music video. A stand-alone film also titled Barn will be released on Blu-ray and will be directed by Daryl Hannah. Young also confirmed that he completed his third book Canary, his first work of fiction.

Archives project

In an interview in 2008, Young discussed Toast, an album originally recorded with Crazy Horse in San Francisco in 2000 but never released.

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The Who ( B43 )

 Their relationship diminished somewhat when Entwistle got married in 1967, though they still socialised on tour. When Moon was destroying toilets in hotels, Entwistle confessed he "was standing behind him with the matches".

The group regularly argued in the press, though Townshend said disputes were amplified in print and the group simply found it difficult to agree on things. Tommy mutually benefitted Townshend and Daltrey's standing in the band because of the former's songwriting and the latter's stage presence, yet even this did not make them close friends. The pair quarrelled, particularly in the mid-1970s, over the group's direction. During his time with the band, Jones was subject to intermittent criticism from Daltrey.

Entwistle's death came as a shock to both Townshend and Daltrey, and caused them to re-evaluate their relationship. Townshend has said that he and Daltrey have since become close friends. In 2015, Townshend confirmed their friendship was still strong, adding their acceptance of each other's differences "brought us to a really genuine and compassionate relationship, which can only be described as love."

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"The one thing that disgusts me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door in the uncharted hallway of rock 'n' roll without leaving much more than some debris for the rest of us to lay claim to."

—Eddie Vedder

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven ( S3 )

 

Stairway To Heaven

Stairway to Heaven ( 7:55 )

Jimmy Page / Robert Plant

Led Zeppelin – LP – IV ( albumul fara nume ) - 1971




Stairway To Heaven este fara indoiala ce a mai cunoscuta piesa a grupului, devine imnul grupului, reprezentind totodata o piatra de hotar a rockului si raminind timp de cinci ani cel mai bine vindut disc single din USA

„ Din punctul meu de vedere, cristalizeaza esenta formatiei. In piesa asta e tot si ne arata trupa la capacitatea ei maxima. Am avut grija sa nu lansam piesa pe single ( in Marea Britanie ). Ea trebuie ascultata alaturi de celelalte. Cred ca fiecare muzician vrea sa faca ceva cu care sa ramina in constiinta oamenilor pentru mai mult timp si noi cred ca am izbutit asta cu Stairway To Heaven. The Who au reusit probabil si ei acelasi lucru cu Tommy.

Nu stiu daca vom mai fi in stare sa producem ceva atit de consistent, atit de stralucitor.” – Jimmy Page

„ Stairway To Heaven s-a nascut dintr-o suflare. Atmosfera se bazeaza pe misticismul celtic, amplu dezvoltat in mitologia galezilor. Aceste influente s-au putut observa si pe al doilea album si inca de atunci am sugerat noua directie pe care doream s-o urmam. Asa a prins viata, pe rind Ramble On, Thank You, The Battle of Evermore. Pe cuvintul meu, sunt mindru de acest text.

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Cream ( B9 )

 The antagonism between Bruce and Baker created tensions in the band. Clapton also felt that the members of the band did not listen to each other enough. Equipment during these years had also improved; new Marshall amplifier stacks produced more power, and Jack Bruce pushed the volume levels higher, creating tension for Baker, who would have trouble competing with roaring stacks. Clapton spoke of a concert during which he stopped playing and neither Baker nor Bruce noticed. Clapton has also commented that Cream's later gigs mainly consisted of its members showing off.

Cream decided that they would break up in May 1968 during a tour of the US. Later, in July, the band announced that they would break up after a farewell tour of the US and after playing two concerts in London. Jack Bruce was quoted as saying "Travel can kill a group. It becomes boring, tiring and very depressing."

Cream were eventually persuaded to do one final album, appropriately titled Goodbye. The album was recorded in late 1968 and released in early 1969, after the band had broken up. It comprised six songs: three live recordings dating from a concert at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, on 19 October, and three new studio recordings (including "Badge", which was written by Clapton and George Harrison, who also played rhythm guitar and was credited as "L'Angelo Misterioso"). "I'm So Glad" was included among the live tracks.

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Istoric ( 302 )

 

21.11.2007, The Red Hot Chili Peppers were suing a US network over the name of its TV show, Californication saying the title was „immediately associated in the mind of the consumer” with its 1999 album and single release. The band filed a lawsuit against Showtime Network – the makers of the TV show, which featured David Duchovny as a writer going through a mid-life crisis. „For some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right,” said the band’s singer, Anthony Kiedis. He described Californication as „the signature CD,video and song of the band’s career”.

Neil Young ( b36 )

 Young, multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren, bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina recorded the new album with Young's co-producer, John Hanlon, in spring 2019. The 10 new songs are ranging from around 3 minutes to over 13 minutes. Colorado was released on October 25, 2019 on Reprise Records. On August 30, 2019, Young unveiled "Milky Way", the first song from Colorado, a love ballad he had performed several times at concerts – both solo acoustic and with Promise of the Real.

2020s

In February 2020, Young wrote an "open letter" to President Donald Trump: ‘You Are a Disgrace to My Country’. In April 2020, he announced that he was working on a new archival album titled Road of Plenty, which will consist of music made with Crazy Horse during a 1986 US tour and tracks recorded in 1989 while rehearsing for their Saturday Night Live appearance.

On May 7, 2020, it was announced that Young would release on June 19, 2020, his 1975 unreleased album Homegrown, which he described as "the missing link between Harvest, Comes A Time, Old Ways and Harvest Moon". The original release date of April 17 had to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On August 4, 2020, Young filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Donald Trump's reelection campaign for the use of Young's music at campaign rallies.

On August 14, 2020, Young announced that he would "soon" release a new EP entitled The Times. Young shared the news via his video for his new song "Lookin' for a Leader", stating: "I invite the President to play this song at his next rally. A song about the feelings many of us have about America today, it's part of The Times, an EP coming soon from Reprise Records—my home since 1968."

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B.B. King ( i1)

 

The Who ( B42 )

 By The Who Sell Out, he began to work narrative and characters into songs, which he fully developed by Tommy, including spiritual themes influenced by Baba. From the mid-1970s onwards, his songs tended to be more personal, which influenced his decision to go solo.

Entwistle's songs, by contrast, typically feature black humour and darker themes. His two contributions to Tommy ("Cousin Kevin" and "Fiddle About") appeared because Townshend did not believe he could write songs as "nasty" as Entwistle's.

Personal relationships

"We're not mates at all."

—Roger Daltrey, 1965

"I just couldn't get through to Pete and Roger. We have absolutely nothing in common apart from music."

—Keith Moon, 1965

The Who are perceived as having had a poor working relationship. In the original band, Sandom had been the peacemaker and settled disputes. Moon, by contrast, was as volatile as Daltrey and Townshend. Entwistle was too passive to become involved in arguments. The group established their live reputation and stage show in part out of insecurity and aggression amongst its members, and Townshend recalled that all decisions had to be made democratically "because we always disagreed".

The only genuine friendship in the Who during the 1960s was between Entwistle and Moon. The pair enjoyed each other's sense of humour and shared a fondness for clubbing. Journalist Richard Green noted a "chemistry of playfullness that would go beyond playfullness". 

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Cream ( B8 )

 I couldn't stand it. The last year with Cream was just agony. It damaged my hearing permanently, and today I've still got a hearing problem because of the sheer volume throughout the last year of Cream. But it didn't start off like that. In 1966, it was great. It was really a wonderful experience musically, and it just went into the realms of stupidity." Bruce and Baker's combustible relationship proved even worse as a result of the strain put upon the band by non-stop touring, forcing Clapton to play the perpetual role of peacekeeper.

Clapton had also become interested in the music of Bob Dylan's former backing group, now known as the Band, and their debut album, Music from Big Pink, which proved to be a welcome breath of fresh air to Clapton in comparison to the psychedelia and volume that had defined Cream. Furthermore, he had read a scathing Cream review in Rolling Stone, a publication he had much admired, in which the reviewer, Jon Landau, called him a "master of the blues cliché". In the wake of that article, Clapton wanted to end Cream and pursue a different musical direction.

At the beginning of the band's farewell tour on 4 October 1968, in Oakland, California, nearly the entire set consisted of songs from Wheels of Fire: "White Room", "Politician", "Crossroads", "Spoonful", and "Deserted Cities of the Heart", with "Passing the Time" taking the place of "Toad" for a drum solo. "Passing the Time" and "Deserted Cities" were quickly removed from the setlist and replaced by "Sitting on Top of the World" and "Toad".

Goodbye and break-up (1968–1969)

Ginger Baker at the drumkit

From its creation, Cream was faced with some fundamental problems that would later lead to its dissolution in November 1968.

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David Gilmour - Love on the Air ( s1 )

 

"Love on the Air" is a song by Pink Floyd's guitarist, David Gilmour. The track was released as the second single from his second studio solo album About Face.

The lyrics to the track were written by the Who's main songwriter Pete Townshend, and the music was by Gilmour himself. The lyrics for the track were written within a day, after Gilmour had asked for Townshend's help. Townshend had also written the lyrics to another track from About Face, "All Lovers are Deranged".

The single was only released in the UK, but sales were poor, despite the single also being available as a 7" picture disc.

Gilmour performed the tack live on his 1984 tour, and in 1985 as a member of Townshend's supergroup, Deep End, a recording of which became Townshend's live album Live: Brixton Academy '85.

Single by David Gilmour
from the album About Face
B-side	"Let's Get Metaphysical"
Released	24 April 1984
Recorded	1983 at Pathé Marconi Studio, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:19
Label	Harvest
Songwriter(s)	Pete Townshend David Gilmour
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour

Neil Young ( b35 )

 On Record Store Day, April 21, 2018, Warner Records released a two-vinyl LP special edition of Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live, a double live album of a show that Young performed in September 1973 at the Roxy in West Hollywood, with the Santa Monica Flyers. The album is labeled as "Volume 05" in Young's Performance Series.

On October 19, 2018, Young released a live version of his song "Campaigner", an excerpt from a forthcoming archival live album titled Songs for Judy, which features solo performances recorded during a November 1976 tour with Crazy Horse. It will be the first release from his new label Shakey Pictures Records.

In November 2018, shortly after his home had been destroyed by the California wildfire, Young criticized President Donald Trump's stance on climate change.

In December 2018, Young criticized the promoters of a London show for selecting Barclays Bank as a sponsor. Young objected to the bank's association with fossil fuels. Young explained that he was trying to rectify the situation by finding a different sponsor.

Neil Young was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

On August 19, 2019, Neil Young and Crazy Horse announced the forthcoming release later in August 2019 of the new song "Rainbow of Colors", the first single from the album Colorado, Young's first new record with the band in seven years, since 2012's Psychedelic Pill.

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Brian Connolly - Fox on the Run ( l1 )

 I don't want to know your name

'Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before
OK you think you got a pretty face
But the rest of you is out of place
You looked all right before

Fox on the run
You screamed and everybody comes a-running
Take a run and hide yourself away
Fox on the run
F-foxy, foxy on the run and hideaway

You-you talk about just every band
But the names you drop are second hand
I've heard it all before
I don't want to know your name
'Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before
Fox on the run
You screamed and everybody comes a-running
Take a run and hide yourself away
Fox on the run
F-foxy, foxy on the run and hideaway

You-you talk about just every band
But the names you drop are second hand
I've heard it all before
I don't want to know your name
'Cause you don't look the same
The way you did before

The Who ( B41 )

 His bassline on "Pinball Wizard" was described by Who biographer John Atkins as "a contribution of its own without diminishing the guitar lines"; he described his part on "The Real Me" from Quadrophenia, recorded in one take, as "a bass solo with vocals". Entwistle's basses include a "Frankenstein" assembled from five Fender Precision and Jazz basses, and Warwick, Alembic, Gretsch and Guild basses.

Drums

Moon further strengthened the reversal of traditional rock instrumentation by playing lead parts on his drums. His style was at odds with British rock contemporaries such as The Kinks' Mick Avory and The Shadows' Brian Bennett who did not consider tom-toms necessary for rock music. Moon used Premier kits starting in 1966. He avoided the hi-hat, and concentrated on a mix of tom rolls and cymbals.

Jones' drumming style was in sharp contrast to Moon's. The Who were initially enthusiastic about working with a completely different drummer, though Townshend later stated, "we've never really been able to replace Keith." Starkey knew Moon from childhood and Moon gave him his first drum kit. Starkey has been praised for his playing style which echoes Moon's without being a copy.

Songwriting

Townshend focused on writing meaningful lyrics inspired by Bob Dylan, whose words dealt with subjects other than boy–girl relationships that were common in rock music; in contrast to Dylan's intellectualism, Townshend believed his lyrics should be about things kids could relate to. Early material focused on the frustration and anxiety shared by mod audiences, which Townshend said was a result of "searching for [his] niche"

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Cream ( B7 )

 

Wheels of Fire (1968)

Cream performing in 1968

In 1968 came the band's third release, Wheels of Fire, which topped the American charts. The album was recorded in a spate of short sessions from July 1967 to June 1968. Still a relative novelty, the double album of two LP records was well-suited to extended solos. The Wheels of Fire studio recordings showcased the band moving away from the blues and more towards a semi-progressive rock style highlighted by odd time signatures and various orchestral instruments. However, the band did record Howlin' Wolf's "Sitting on Top of the World" and Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign". According to a BBC interview with Clapton, the record company, Atco Records, also handling Albert King, asked the band to cover "Born Under a Bad Sign", which became a popular track off the record. The opening song, "White Room", became a radio staple. Another song, "Politician", was written by the band while waiting to perform live at the BBC. The album's second disc included three live recordings from the Winterland Ballroom and one from the Fillmore. Clapton's second solo from "Crossroads" has made it to the top 20 in multiple "greatest guitar solo" lists.

After the completion of Wheels of Fire in mid-1968, the band members had grown tired of their exhausting touring schedule and increasingly loud jamming, and wanted to go their separate ways. Baker stated in a 2006 interview with Music Mart magazine, "It just got to the point where Eric said to me: 'I've had enough of this', and I said so have I. 

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Black Sabbath - Paranoid ( D2 )

 

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Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole ( S1.7 )

 Charts

Chart (1990–91)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	45
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)	28

Single by Nine Inch Nails
from the album Pretty Hate Machine
Released	March 22, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Industrial rock electronic rock industrial dance
Length	5:00
Label	TVT
Songwriter(s)	Trent Reznor
Producer(s)	Trent Reznor Flood Adrian Sherwood Keith LeBlanc
Nine Inch Nails singles chronology
"Down in It" (1989) "Head Like a Hole" (1990) "Sin" (1990)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 2 (1989) Halo 3 (1990) Halo 4 (1990)

Neil Young ( b34 )

 In summer 2015, Young undertook a North America tour titled the Rebel Content Tour. The tour began on July 5, 2015, at the Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ended on July 24, 2015, at the Wayhome Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ontario. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real were special guests for the tour.

In October 2016, Young performed at Desert Trip in Indio, California, and announced his thirty-seventh studio album, Peace Trail, recorded with drummer Jim Keltner and bass guitarist Paul Bushnell, which was released that December.

On September 8, 2017, Young released Hitchhiker, a studio LP recorded on August 11, 1976, at Indigo Studios in Malibu. The album features ten songs that Young recorded accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano. While different versions of most of the songs have been previously released, the new album will include two never-before-released songs: "Hawaii" and "Give Me Strength", which Young has occasionally performed live.

On July 4, 2017, Young released the song "Children of Destiny" which would appear on his next album. On November 3, 2017, Young released "Already Great", a song from The Visitor, an album he recorded with Promise of the Real and released on December 1, 2017.

On December 1, 2017, Young performed live in Omemee, Ontario, Canada, a town he had lived in as a child.

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The Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within A Dream ( L1 )

 

[Instrumental]

"For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down
in words with even more distinctness than that with which I conceived it.
There is, however, a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy which are not
thoughts, and to which as yet I have found it absolutely impossible to
adapt to language. These fancies arise in the soul, alas how rarely.
Only at epochs of most intense tranquillity, when the bodily and mental
health are in perfection. And at those weird points of time, where the
confines of the waking world blend with the world of dreams. And so I
captured this fancy, where all that we see, or seem, is but a dream within
a dream."

Istoric ( 301 )

 03.01.1946 - S-a nascut muzicianul si producatorul englez John Paul Jones cel mai bine cunoscut in rolul de basist in cadrul legendarei trupe de rock Led Zeppelin.

The Who ( B40 )

His rhythm playing frequently used seventh chords and suspended fourths, and he is associated with the power chord, an easy-to-finger chord built from the root and fifth that has since become a fundamental part of the rock guitar vocabulary. Townshend also produced noises by manipulating controls on his guitar and by allowing the instrument to feedback.

In the group's early career, Townshend favoured Rickenbacker guitars as they allowed him to fret rhythm guitar chords easily and move the neck back and forwards to create vibrato. From 1968 to 1973, he favoured a Gibson SG Special live, and later used customised Les Pauls in different tunings.In the studio for Who's Next and thereafter, Townshend used a 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins hollow-body guitar, a Fender Bandmaster amp and an Edwards volume pedal, all gifts from Joe Walsh. Townshend started his career with an acoustic guitar and has regularly recorded and written with a Gibson J-200.

Bass

A distinctive part of the original band's sound was Entwistle's lead bass playing, while Townshend concentrated on rhythm and chords. Entwistle's was the first popular use of Rotosound strings in 1966, trying to find a piano-like sound.

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