I think Geezer was more of an improviser than Iommi. Those bass lines sound spontaneous while Iommi's riffs sound more calculated.
Nice to see the Sabbath love. I have to go Master of Reality but I love all of them up through Sabotage or so. I got a ridiculous portion of live metal on Saturday when Slayer rolled through on their farewell tour Napalm Death Testament Anthrax Lamb of God Slayer Napalm Death played approximately 47 songs in their 28 minute set. Not exaggerating much. Nazi Punks **** Off was a righteous cover to end the set. I saw them once before as a headliner and was blown away. Even with a super short set, they packed it full of insanity and it seemed like so much longer. I've never really been into the middle three bands, but all three brought the heat. I was really surprised by how good Testament was. Anthrax really isn't my thing, but they were far from terrible. Probably my least-favorite of the day, but that's more due to my taste rather than them having a poor performance. Lamb of God never really did anything for me in the past, and I hadn't ever bothered to listen to more than one or two albums, but they absolutely annihilated the place. Straight up, no frills heavy American metal. I'll be working my way through their catalog when I need something heavy. As if that wasn't enough, we got 90 or so minutes of Slayer doing what they do best as storm clouds started to roll in. The lightning picked up a bit during Raining Blood and really brought an ominous atmosphere. It was outstanding. The best part of the event was the crowd-watching compared to the JRAD show 2 nights before. Honestly it wasn't too different, there was a ton of positivity at both. Families with kids at both. Substitute black for tie-dye and toss in some moshing.
I can't say that I ever had a heavy metal phase. I just never fell for the stuff. Now, granted, take into consideration, that I don't really consider Black Sabbath heavy metal (even though they sort of invented it). They're just a good rock band who got nice and riffy and made great songs about the dark side of life on occasion.
Hard rock on the other hand? Oh yeah - I'll get into that groove every once in a while. Speaking of which - Groundhogs, anyone? "Split, part two"
Love the Groundhogs, and that one is my favorite of theirs, although Thank Christ for the Bomb is close.
Dr. John - Gris Gris. First time listening to the Dr. Opening track is hypnotic voodoo. Second track not so much.
I'm writing again, fighting against my lack of discipline and other obstacles. Taking a short break now:
I'm on a good youtube roll at work--I listened to Khali by Dzyan, and have been letting it ride since. They gave me Luzifers Ghilom by Amon Duul II, Love is Peace, Freedom is Harmony or whatever by ADI, and then Yeti by ADII....
When I'm in the right mood, it's hard to beat the Krautrock scene. I once worked my way through the top 50 or 100 albums that Julian Cope had put together, and I don't think I was disappointed by a single one.
Yeah it's good stuff, like you for me it's mood-dependent. There are only a few truly classic bands, but a lot of really good ones. If you like the jazzy and the folky variants that number goes up, but I never went too far in those directions (like Embryo (j) or Sand (f)).
You obviously haven't heard Fairies Wear Boots>Franklin's>Sweet Leaf>We Bid You Goodnight. Neither have I. Blazin' On with Phish in Alpharetta, 8/3/18. "I saw you with Carini and that naked dude. I couldn't eat my food."
Playing INXS "Listen Like Thieves" for the very first times. This album is fantastic! 6 songs in and I haven't had an instance of being bored or wanting to skip to the next track.
Probably not as many as at JRAD! There was a guy passed out on the lawn next to us for most of the Slayer set, but I think that was due to alcohol. Saw at least one guy wearing tie-dye but he appeared to be existing almost entirely in the physical plane at the time. But I could have been mistaken
I have been enjoying some nice aged country lately, being at an age where, like a great drink, it goes down easy. My daughter, who has what I find to be pretty good taste in pop and older jazz, asked if we were momentarily trapped in a 'backwoods horror movie' when Hank and Merle were wafting through the room. LOL I reminded her that a lot of what she likes came from these guys in one way or another. It's all good... Vassar plays on the Dickie Bettes lp, which is great, Merle's stuff is from disc 1 on The Bear Family 69-71 The sound is absolutely stunning.
INXS may be the best 80s band. I remember hearing Don't Change pretty early on (counselors at my summer camp were often from England and brought early new-wave before it hit the US radio/MTV). I need to listen to them again.
This may or may not interest you. Beck and some friends covered the entire album INXS album Kick (there's a Utube playlist) as part of his "album club" series:
