The Official Classic Rock Thread

**Moe** · August 2nd, 2009, 07:38 AM

This one was also posted earlier and removed.

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YouTube - Starcastle - "Lady Of The Lake"

**Moe** · August 9th, 2009, 01:09 AM

There are a lot of covers of Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of the Bay. I like Sammy's cover the best.

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YouTube - Sammy Hagar-(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay.

**Moe** · August 9th, 2009, 01:41 AM

Group - Santana
Album - Shango (1982)
Song - Nueva York

In this song Carlos demonstrates why he's considered a guitar god. But it's not just his guitar playing that makes the song - the rhythm section shows how tight a band Santana really is. When you listen to this and the music gets inside you, you'll see what I mean.

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YouTube - SANTANA [ NUEVA YORK ] AUDIO TRACK

**michelob** · August 9th, 2009, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe

There are a lot of covers of Otis Redding's Sitting on the Dock of the Bay. I like Sammy's cover the best.

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YouTube - Sammy Hagar-(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay.

Sammy adds a nice guitar sound to that.

**Moe** · August 9th, 2009, 02:49 AM

Of all the versions of this song, Sammy's is the best.

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YouTube - Sammy Hagar - I've Done Everything For You

**Moe** · August 9th, 2009, 03:01 AM

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YouTube - The Fools Life Sucks Then You Die

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 03:51 AM

Group: Grand Funk Railroad
Album: Survival (1971)
Song: "I Can Feel Him In The Morning"

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YouTube - Grand Funk Railroad - I Can Feel Him In The Morning

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 03:53 AM

Group: The Kinks
Album: Face to Face (1966)
Song: "Sunny Afternoon"

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YouTube - The Kinks-Sunny Afternoon

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 04:04 AM

Group: UFO
Album: Phenomenon (1974)
Song: "Doctor, Doctor"

Guitarist Michael Schenker joined UFO in June 1973, arriving in the UK directly from his German band the Scorpions, and without speaking a word of English. However, he managed to make friends with Phil Mogg, Pete Way, and Andy Parker and they began to work together.
This was the third studio album and the debut on Chrysalis. UFO left their strong Zeppelin-Sabbath-Purple influences behind, in part due to the presence of Schenker.

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YouTube - UFO-Doctor Doctor (Studio Version)

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 04:13 AM

Group: Argent
Album: All Together Now (1972)
Song: "Hold Your Head Up"

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YouTube - Hold Your Head Up-Argent-1972-(Long Version)

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 04:31 AM

Group: Santana
Album: Santana (1969)
Song: "Soul Sacrifice"

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YouTube - SANTANA - SOUL SACRIFICE (1969) LATIN ROCK

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 04:39 AM

Group: The Beatles
Album: Revolver (1966)
Song: "She Said, She Said"

"She Said She Said" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and released by The Beatles on their 1966 album Revolver. Lennon described it as "an 'acidy' song", with lyrics inspired by actor Peter Fonda's comments during an LSD trip.

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YouTube - The Beatles - She Said, She Said

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 04:48 AM

Group: Pink Floyd
Album: Animals (1977)
Song: "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

Animals is based approximately on George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm. Various castes in society are represented as different types of animals (dogs as the businessmen, sheep as the powerless pawns, and pigs as the ruthless leaders). Although this album attacks capitalism, in the book various animals (mainly pigs, sheep, dogs, etc.) represent different roles assumed by individuals in a communist society.

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YouTube - Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones)

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 05:04 AM

Group: The Alan Parsons Project
Album: I Robot (1977)
Song(s): I Robot/I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

I Robot is a progressive rock album recorded by The Alan Parsons Project, engineered by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson in 1977. It was released by Arista Records in 1977 and re-released on CD in 1984 and 2007. It was intended to be based on the I, Robot stories written by Isaac Asimov, and actually Woolfson spoke with Asimov, who was enthusiastic about that. But the rights had already been granted to a TV/movie company, so the album's title was altered slightly by removing the comma, and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than specific to the Asimov universe.
The cover inlay reads: "I ROBOT... THE STORY OF THE RISE OF THE MACHINE AND THE DECLINE OF MAN, WHICH PARADOXICALLY COINCIDED WITH HIS DISCOVERY OF THE WHEEL... AND A WARNING THAT HIS BRIEF DOMINANCE OF THIS PLANET WILL PROBABLY END, BECAUSE MAN TRIED TO CREATE ROBOT IN HIS OWN IMAGE."
The title of the final track, "Genesis Ch.1 v.32", follows this theme by implying a continuation to the story of Creation, since the first chapter of Genesis only has 31 verses.

Back in the days of vinyl albums, sometimes one song would immediately follow another giving the jock very little time to pull the needle off. So they sometimes just let the two songs play consecutively. Some other examples of "twofers" are:

Led Zeppelin: Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid
Journey: Feelin' That Way/Anytime
Journey: Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'/City of the Angels
Sammy Hagar: Run For Your Life/Danger Zone

Unfortunately, I couldn't find these in one youtube, so you'll just have to click the second one as soon as the first one stops.

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YouTube - The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

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YouTube - I Wouldn't Want to be Like You by The Alan Parsons Project

**Moe** · August 16th, 2009, 05:09 AM

Group: The Kings
Album: Are Here (1980)
Song: This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide

This is an intentional twofer. Where the first songs ends and the other begins is not well define. One blends into the next.

The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s. The original lineup included David Diamond (bass, lead vocals), Sonny Keyes (keyboards, vocals), Max Styles (drums), and Mister Zero (guitar) with Mister Zero and David Diamond serving as the main songwriters with contributions from Sonny Keyes. The Kings were originally known as WhistleKing and rehearsed, performed club gigs, and wrote a considerable number of songs for more than three years.
In early 1980 the band went into Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto to record their first album. While recording, renowned producer Bob Ezrin visited the studio, listened to the band, and liked what he heard. Together they created the album The Kings Are Here featuring the North American hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide". Two other singles followed and the band began touring extensively with Bob Seger, Jeff Beck, The Beach Boys and Eric Clapton. 1980 culminated

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YouTube - The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin To Glide

**Moe** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:23 PM

Journey kicked so much ass before they got f**gy in the mid-'80s. This twofer is a perfect example:

Album: Infinity - 1978
Song(s): Feeling That Way/Anytime

The song starts out with Gregg Rolie singing the first verse and playing the piano. After the first verse, the rest of the band starts to perform and Steve Perry sings the chorus. Starting near the end of the song each band member together sings the line "Feeling that Way" continuously throughout the rest of the song. Their vocals blend very powerfully together, while Perry and Rolie continue to sing their lines.

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YouTube - Journey - Feeling That Way/Anytime

**Moe** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:27 PM

Album: Evolution - 1979
Song: Just the Same Way

Here's another that features Rolie on vocals. Of course, Perry sings as well alternating lines with Rolie. And thanks to Neal Schon and his guitar work it makes this a timeless classic.

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YouTube - Journey-Just The Same Way

**michelob** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:30 PM

Bout time this thread came back.

**Moe** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:33 PM

Album: Evolution

Neal Schon wails on this pair.

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YouTube - Journey - Majestic & Too Late

**Moe** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by michelob

Bout time this thread came back.

As long as I'm alive, you can still rock in America.

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YouTube - Night Ranger - (You Can Still) Rock In America: Relaid Audio

**Moe** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:51 PM

Album: Trilogy 1972

How can you not appreciate the raw talent on display here?

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YouTube - Hoedown - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

**michelob** · September 2nd, 2009, 09:14 PM

I like the wine bottle on the keyboard.

**Moe** · September 10th, 2009, 11:23 PM

Album: R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)

R.E.O./T.W.O. is the second LP released by the Illinois based rock band REO Speedwagon. Under the leadership of guitarist Gary Richrath, this album continued the musical direction set on 1971's R.E.O. Speedwagon with Richrath's own classic compositions carrying the record. R.E.O./T.W.O. launched REO on its first national tour and presented a more polished production than the band's debut album.

The album introduced Kevin Cronin as vocalist and contributing song writer to the band, replacing Terry Luttrell. Highlights of the album include Richrath's "Golden Country," a compelling political statement with possibly his finest guitar solo as well as "Like You Do." Both songs, as well as Cronin's "Music Man," have stood the test of time and are frequently part of the band's current set list.

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YouTube - Golden Country by REO Speedwagon

**Moe** · September 10th, 2009, 11:36 PM

The previous posting of this was removed.

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YouTube - Montrose- Rock Candy

**Moe** · September 10th, 2009, 11:44 PM

Group: Scorpions
Album: Animal Magnetism (1980) is the seventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. The RIAA certified Animal Magnetism as Gold on March 8, 1984, and Platinum on October 28, 1991.

The album cover was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis and, as with earlier Scorpions album sleeves, courted controversy. However unlike several of their previous album sleeves the controversy did not result in the cover being replaced with an alternate sleeve. Recalling the cover photo with the guy drinking the beer and the girl with the dog, Storm remarked "That one was funny. I don't think we figured it out. We just knew there was something rude somewhere."

Scorpions bassist at the time, Francis Buchholz, recalls that, "Herman (Rarebell) came up with the title for the album Animal Magnetism and we all liked it because it's an interesting title. So we had this guy Storm who was doing album covers for Pink Floyd, I think he did the one with the guy with the flames. So Storm came up with idea for the Animal Magnetism cover, I personally didn't like it, but the rest of the band loved it. I liked the dog though."

Song: Make it Real

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YouTube - Scorpions - Make it Real

**Moe** · September 10th, 2009, 11:51 PM

Band: Scorpions
Album: Lovedrive (1979) is the sixth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, which exhibited a new Van Halen-style energy. Michael Schenker, younger brother of rhythm guitarist Rudolf Schenker, performed lead guitar on 3 songs. The RIAA certified 'Lovedrive' as Gold on 28 May 1986 and the album ranked 25 on IGN's list of the top 25 metal albums.

This was the first album to feature Matthias Jabs as the band's new full-time lead guitarist, replacing Uli Jon Roth. During the recording of the album with Jabs, original Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker exited the band UFO and rejoined Scorpions for the remaining recording sessions, the result being "Lovedrive became a three-guitar-player album". Jabs recorded the album, but left shortly after completion to make way for Michael Schenker's full time return.

The cover depicted a man and woman in formalwear seated in the back of a car, with one of the woman's breasts exposed and connected to the man's hand by stretched bubblegum. It was created by Storm Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis. It caused some controversy upon the album's release and was subsequently banned, with later pressings of the album baring a simple design of a blue scorpion on a black background. The album's artwork was named "Best album sleeve of 1979" by Playboy magazine.
Recalling the cover photo with the girl and the car, Thorgerson remarked, "Not exactly the most politically correct scene you've ever seen. I thought it was funny, but women read a different inflection into it now."

Song: Holiday

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YouTube - Scorpions - Holiday

**Moe** · September 14th, 2009, 12:17 AM

Group: Triumph
Album: Just A Game is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979. The album contains their first big hit, "Lay it on the Line" and the near Top 40 hit "Hold On".

Song: Hold On

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YouTube - Triumph - Hold On

**Moe** · September 14th, 2009, 12:35 AM

Group: Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio on November 13, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Album: Aldo Nova is the debut studio album by Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, released in 1981. It successfully reached number 8 on the Billboard 200. The overall sound is poppy, melodic hard rock enlivened by plenty of guitar solos.

Song: Fantasy is a hit single by the Canadian rock musician, Aldo Nova, and is regarded as his most popular work to date. Released on his eponymous debut album in 1982, the song climbed to #3 on the Mainstream rock chart, and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was featured in a flashback sequence in the final episode of the popular television series, Rob & Big. A cover version of the song, performed by Steel Panther, is the current theme song for the MTV show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.

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YouTube - Aldo Nova - Fantasy

**Moe** · September 14th, 2009, 12:47 AM

Group: Pat Travers

Album: Makin' Magic (1977)

Song: Rock 'N' Roll Susie

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YouTube - st. louis style ribs 1

This songs kicks hard-core ass all over the place.

**Moe** · October 24th, 2009, 06:42 AM

Group: AC/DC
Album: Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Song: Jailbreak:

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YouTube - AC/DC - Jailbreak (Hot Russian Girls Version)!

**Jack Daniels** · October 24th, 2009, 08:59 AM

:approve:

**Moe** · November 9th, 2009, 01:55 AM

Group: Yes
Album: The Yes Album is the third album by British progressive rock band Yes. The first release to feature 24-year-old guitarist Steve Howe, the album was released on Atlantic Records in February 1971 in the UK, a month later in the United States. This was the album that finally set Yes' career alight, with the album reaching #4 in the UK and, eventually, #40 in the U.S., where it was a platinum seller. This was also the last Yes album for over twelve years to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until his return in 1983's 90125.
Song: "Starship Trooper"
a. "Life Seeker" (Anderson)
b. "Disillusion" (Squire)
c. "Würm" (Howe)

The Würm part of "Starship Trooper" is a continuous cadenza of chords (|G-Eb|C|) played by ensemble and repeated adlib: first accompaniment: electric guitar on the right stereo channel, then acoustic guitar, bass pedals, and drums from middle channel, then organ and bass guitar with vibrato and distortion from left channel, then starts the guitar solo, that swaps from side to side. The whole piece lasts about three and a half minutes. "Würm" originally evolved from a song called "Nether Street" by Howe's earlier group, Bodast. While "Wurm" (without the umlaut over the "u") is an Old English word for "dragon" (worm, wurm, wyrm), the Würm is a river in Germany.
Würm is also the name of a period of Alpine glaciation occurring ca 24,000–10,000 ybp, during the Last glacial period. Which suggests a correspondence to the "long winters longer / than time can remember" lyric.

I think this comment on youtube sums it up nicely:

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One of the most refined and well written examples of progressive rock ever recorded.

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YouTube - Yes / Starship Trooper / Studio version

**Moe** · November 9th, 2009, 02:08 AM

Group: Van Halen
Album: Women and Children First s the third album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1980. It basically continues the trends laid out on the first two albums, relying on the vocals of David Lee Roth and the guitar playing of Eddie Van Halen. This is the first Van Halen album to feature all original band compositions. The opening track, "And the Cradle Will Rock...", begins with what sounds like guitar chords, but is, in fact, a phase shifter-effected Wurlitzer electric piano played through Van Halen's 1960's model 100-watt Marshall Plexi amplifier.
Song: "Take Your Whiskey Home"

I'm telling you, it just doesn't get any better than this. VH at their finest, This is one of their (many) songs that will have you reaching for the volume knob to crank it up.

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YouTube - Van Halen - Women and Children First - Take Your Whiskey Home