[ChristineZ]

I was flicking through the chanels last night and couldn't find one damn thing to watch.
I than came across this old Journey concert.
Man what memories.
I love Journey.
This concert was the "Escape Tour LIVE From Houston" on Nov 6, 1981.
Played all their greatest hits. Awesome show!
Wish they would show more old concerts on TV. Loved the old times & Rock n Roll.

Looked for another thread on this subject and didn't find one.

[underburn]

welcome to NO

[ChristineZ]

welcome to NO

Bless you. You never change.

[underburn]

Don't bless me with your Christian bullshit.

[QuillzInk]

Queen
Def Leppard [80s, so not so old]
a lot of grunge/rock [80s-90s, again not so old]

Queen is probably as far back as I go lol

[ambercoloredglasses]

I enjoy a lot of band's from the past. Am I the only one who loves those Time Life infomercials? I'm not sure if it's general classic rock or just 70's, but that is a great collection either way. Man, I haven't seen that in a while.

[QuillzInk]

I enjoy a lot of band's from the past. Am I the only one who loves those Time Life infomercials? I'm not sure if it's general classic rock or just 70's, but that is a great collection either way. Man, I haven't seen that in a while.

RAWK! lol I haven't seen those in awhile. Bee Gees all the way!

[dewey fidalgo]

I love "Who's Next" and "Live From Leeds". The husband is older and has a ton of old records. The ones I like I have replaced with CDs. The bands Yes, Argent, Cream, Blind Faith, Traffic, Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow...actually sounds better to me with all the scratches on the original lp, evocative), "Beggar's Banquet" from the Stones (not a lot of their stuff moves me that much, but I love that album).

Mott the Hoople, Free, Atomic Rooster, Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, early Fleetwood Mac, Small Faces, early Rod Stewart, early Elton John, on and on. David Bowie in a lot of different stages. Ziggy is still my favourite, but there is an album from before his glam period that is a hoot. He's got a Beatle type haircut. maybe he's a Mod or something. When I saw Velvet Goldmine, all the stages Brian Slade went through reminded me of Bowie's career in a major way.

[islandgirl]

Ah yes, Journey. But it has to be older Journey.

Def Leppard
Scorpions
Judas Priest

Ah, the 80's.

I"m old.

[apocalyptica]

moody blues & donovan

[ferro_man]

When I saw Velvet Goldmine, all the stages Brian Slade went through reminded me of Bowie's career in a major way.

there's a lot of refrences and metaphores in velvet goldmine
for example, the character of
Curt Wild was based off of iggy pop/mick jagger
brian slade was based off of david bowie (tommy stone was supposed to represent his mainstream/arena rock phase from the 80's)
Jack Fairy was based off of brian eno and bryan ferry from roxy music

from imdb

The film was originally supposed to feature some of David Bowie's music, hence the title. However, when Bowie learned that the script for the film was partially based on the unauthorized biographies "Stardust: The David Bowie Story", written by Henry Edwards and Tony Zanetta and "Backstage Passes" written by Bowie's ex-wife Angela, he threatened the producers with a lawsuit. Hence, no Bowie songs were used, and the script was partially re-written to avoid unnecessary resemblance between Bowie and the Bowie-style character Brian Slade.

and on the soundtrack...the venus in furs cover four roxy music songs (well brian eno did baby's on fire after he left roxy music...but still)

[Enk]

The Doors
Queen
Cream
Steppenwolf
The Eagles

[dewey fidalgo]

Thanks ferro_man.

I was going to mention that Curt Wild had a serious Iggy Pop vibe. His performance on stage really was an ode to Iggy, from what I have read and seen. Now that you mention it, I really see the Jack Fairy character being an Eno/Ferry. The whole movie seems like an elegy for the period.

That reminds me, another great band from the past, Roxy Music. I had "More Than This" playing in my head all day yesterday. I got dig out that CD.

[Cracky-chan]

Black Sabbath the original Christian Rock band

[LetMeGo]

Maybe these bands aren't totally that old, but I love Front 242 and older New Order. Oh, and Book of Love!

[ferro_man]

Thanks ferro_man.

I was going to mention that Curt Wild had a serious Iggy Pop vibe. His performance on stage really was an ode to Iggy, from what I have read and seen. Now that you mention it, I really see the Jack Fairy character being an Eno/Ferry. The whole movie seems like an elegy for the period.

That reminds me, another great band from the past, Roxy Music. I had "More Than This" playing in my head all day yesterday. I got dig out that CD.

that was basically the point of the movie
the fact that you got it makes you more intelligent than 75% of the people who post on the imdb forums

there is some mick jagger in curt wild though (with the whole supposedly sleeping with bowie thing)

the whole movie is basically a period piece about the history of glam (very stylized and overindulgent)

the whole tommy stone = the thin white duke period really seals the fate of glam

I love Front 242

[dewey fidalgo]

that was basically the point of the movie
the fact that you got it makes you more intelligent than 75% of the people who post on the imdb forums

there is some mick jagger in curt wild though (with the whole supposedly sleeping with bowie thing)

the whole movie is basically a period piece about the history of glam (very stylized and overindulgent)

the whole tommy stone = the thin white duke period really seals the fate of glam

Yes, I can totally see it all now. I was missing the Jagger thing before. I've always loved the movie and knew it must haved been based on real people, but it was quite deliberate wasn't it? I didn't even think of that when I watched it before. And yeah, I can imagine the crowd at IMDB if it's anything like the other movie boards there. I think I'll stick to these brief conversations, thanks.

[Alexandros]

there's a lot of refrences and metaphores in velvet goldmine
for example, the character of
Curt Wild was based off of iggy pop/mick jagger
brian slade was based off of david bowie (tommy stone was supposed to represent his mainstream/arena rock phase from the 80's)
Jack Fairy was based off of brian eno and bryan ferry from roxy music

from imdb

and on the soundtrack...the venus in furs cover four roxy music songs (well brian eno did baby's on fire after he left roxy music...but still)

that was basically the point of the movie
the fact that you got it makes you more intelligent than 75% of the people who post on the imdb forums

there is some mick jagger in curt wild though (with the whole supposedly sleeping with bowie thing)

the whole movie is basically a period piece about the history of glam (very stylized and overindulgent)

the whole tommy stone = the thin white duke period really seals the fate of glam

I love you Dan, seriously.

Velvet Goldmine is a very good film among my favourites and most of the people who were born 15 years ago or so know shit about the Glam Rock era. I'm not a fan of Glam Rock but it certainly had a big impact in the progress of the movement.

Other bands/artists:
America
Barclay James Harvest
Mike Oldfield
Led Zeppelin
Simon & Garfunkel
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Rolling Stones
Mamas & Papas
Jim Croce
David Bowie
Queen
Uriah Heep
Blue Oyster Cult
Iron Maiden
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Bob Dylan
Donovan
Jethro Tull
Jefferson Airplane

uhhh I can't remember more now.

[QuillzInk]

How could I forget Simon and Garfunkel? Bad me. They are amazing.

[Alexandros]

Yes, I grew up listening the vinyl from their awesome gig in Central Park in 1981. I have connected Central Park with that gig.