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Title: Best THREE MAN BANDS
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URL Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K72P09J7un4
Published: Jan 16, 2011
Author: Multiple
Post Date: 2011-01-16 16:55:34 by abraxas
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Views: 1760
Comments: 96

Let's get this ball rolling with the Police and Rush.......mmmmmmmmm

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Oh, yes!

Great, great stuff - thanks.

Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.

Lod  posted on  2011-01-16   19:59:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Let's open this up. Resist the groove, if you can.

Thanks for nuthin', Jr.

Old Fud  posted on  2011-01-16   19:59:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Knopfler, despite achieving fame with Dire Straits, gets overlooked and I think it is because he makes the fiendishly difficult look effortless.

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For sure dude!

Da Boy Can Play.

Back in 1972, I was looking for a good 12-string acoustic. I found one for $50 in the paper, and went to check it out. A lady answered the door, and invited me in to look at the guitar in the living room. She said, "This is just collecting dust, I don't want it in the house anymore, and my son says he doesn't want to play guitar anymore. I just want to get rid of it."

It played like smooth butter, all 12 strings were crystal clear dreamy, and it hadn't bee played for years. I handed over the $50. On the way out, the lady said, "Oh, and Ricky Nelson gave that guitar to my son when we still lived in California. He used to play it a lot."

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-01-16   20:05:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   20:21:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Hmmm, given the song you have listed I would say they play the police songs but other than tom sawyer I've never heard of the others.

Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!!

farmfriend  posted on  2011-01-16   20:23:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   20:27:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I handed over the $50. On the way out, the lady said, "Oh, and Ricky Nelson gave that guitar to my son when we still lived in California. He used to play it a lot."

I hope you still have it and play it. That is a collectors item and worth considerably more than what you paid for it IF you can prove it was one of Ricky Nelson's Guitars.

I've never played 12 string - I started out on a Monkey Ward's electric that was a hand me down from my dad, and I had his old National Triple Neck Steel till I traded it off to get a Browning Fly Rod. I wish I still had that Steel. That actually was the first instrument I learned, haven't played in years, but it was a Fender Single Neck Steel. The Triple Neck was my Dad's and it had belonged to the Steel Guitarist for the "Royal Hawaiians". My Dad bought it from him when he was down and out and wanted drinkin' money. I do still have an old Collector's Guitar, that needs work, that belonged to my Great Uncle Clarence. It's an early electric built on an acoustic body. Nothing famous about it's history - just a rare instrument.

"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-01-16   20:28:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   20:31:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   20:34:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Well we have two rock stations out here that are worth a darn. 96 plays classic rock and 98 plays all the new stuff mixed with some old. I listen to 98 mostly unless they put on chili peppers or Ironman. can't stand that song.

I must admit the Santa Clause version was pretty funny.

Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!!

farmfriend  posted on  2011-01-16   20:39:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

But to dis rush in terms of not being "musical" is just plain silly.

Well, it's still not to my taste. It turned me off fast and I just never bothered with them after that. I have a copy of one of their double albums which I think has been played once, but not all 4 sides.

It's like Eddie Van Halen. I can admire the technical skill with which he plays the instrument, but his playing lacks depth and feeling. So, he's a great guitar technician, but not a Jimi Hendrix or an Eric Clapton.

There is an indefinable something which some musicians have and some don't. There are players who, now, are technically as good or better than Jimi Hendrix, but they don't have his soul. Clapton is the same thing. He's not called "Slowhand" for nothing. Ritchie Blackmoore of Deep Purple is twice as fast, and is a great guitarist, but Clapton still has greater emotional depth in his playing.

When I think of someone I consider a great musician it is not merely based upon technical expertise with the instrument. There are pianists who are every bit as fast as Oscar Peterson, but they aren't his equal because they don't have that inner difference that makes an Oscar Peterson or a Count Basie.

Art and music is to some degree a subjective thing and the interpretation varies from person to person as does personal taste. However, the defining difference between a damn good player and a Great Musician is that ability to transcend the instrument and communicate their soul to the audience. They connect on a level we mere mortals can only admire and stand in awe of.

"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-01-16   20:43:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   20:49:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!!

farmfriend  posted on  2011-01-16   20:51:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Either way, the Police were popular for what, 15 years? They've been disbanded for years whereas Rush keeps pushin' on with still albums and songs that sell to killer levels.

Eric, you are really cutting the list of singles short--Walking on the Moon, King of Pain, Spirits in the Material World, Invisible Sun, Wrapped Around Your Finger--for the Police......along with all their awards.

BRIT Awards1982: Best British Group/1985: Outstanding Contribution To Music

Grammy Awards 1980: Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Reggatta de Blanc"

1981: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Behind My Camel"

1983: Song of the Year for Every Breath You Take, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Every Breath You Take, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for Synchronicity

The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2003.

Rush had way more albums.......but much less acclaim for them. Still putting records out and still getting less airplay and acclaim. Like I said before, Rush is a great band and I love them, but they are not as influential as the Police have been and still are. What bands can you state have a distinct Rush influence? I can name at least a dozen with a Police influence off the top of my head and that's what I mean by influential.

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-01-16   20:51:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I've always loved E'Lou and Mark is amazing.

I wish them happiness together, for a long, long time.

Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.

Lod  posted on  2011-01-16   20:58:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

My favorite Kingston Trio (god, we're old)

Jethro Tull  posted on  2011-01-16   20:58:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Jethro Tull  posted on  2011-01-16   21:02:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:07:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

However, the defining difference between a damn good player and a Great Musician is that ability to transcend the instrument and communicate their soul to the audience. They connect on a level we mere mortals can only admire and stand in awe of.

Absolutely, amen.

It's whatever knocks the listener out that matters.

This is not stand alone great music, but in context, I love the video version.

Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.

Lod  posted on  2011-01-16   21:09:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I would go with Cream and ZZ Top as my favorite two, and if I had to pick one it would be SURPRISE the greatest ever 3 man Rock Band - Cream. Each of the members were capable of making any band they played with. There was no better drummer than Ginger Baker, Clapton - well what do you say about a living legend?, and Jack Bruce was simply superlative on Bass. I don't see how you beat that line up with anything other than a fantasy band.

I agree. I see jack Bruce as the real voice of Cream being as he wrote a goodly portion of their hits along with lyricist Pete Brown. The best 3 piece band in my lifetime. I have all of Jack Bruces' albums---great stuff.

www.youtube.com/watch? v=AQ4atzvGSvs

46;"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end. "

Rube Goldberg  posted on  2011-01-16   21:09:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I guarantee that you don't hear The Police at all on them.

Have to disagree completely here. With distinct punk, reggea and jazz in the Police sound, almost all new wave bands and great number of alternative bands ive credit to the Police as having influenced their music.

Even Rush's first top five album, Permanent Waves, included raggae and new wave which was on the heels of the Police.

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-01-16   21:13:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:16:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:18:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I see what you're saying, but I'd challenge you on tunes. Most of Claptons newer stuff is so simplistic from a guitar perspective that you can make the same comments about it.

Pick up a copy of "Just One Night" which was recorded live at the Budokan in Tokyo. It is the definition of the Blues/Rock Genre. The performance of "Blues Power" is alone worth the price of the album, but all 4 sides (2 CDs) is memorable.

Clapton doesn't play complexity for complexity's sake. He plays the music he is performing.

FWIW the double album I have is 2112. I'm sorry, but they may have their good points but the screechy vocals are not my cup of tea.

I'm with ab on this one. The Police I like and still listen to even though most of what I listen to any more is Classical or New Age.

However, I suspect our taste in Rock is probably different in other regards. One of my all time favorite groups is "The Outlaws" along with "Lynard Skynard" and "Molly Hatchet". All of which dates me nicely to the mid to late 70's. Not to mention being an avid Santana fan.

"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-01-16   21:18:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm guessing there is a difference between east coast and west coast play.

Tough women come from New York, sweet women from Texas, prissy women from Southern California, but we NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN have fire & ice in our blood. We can ride 4-wheelers, be a princess, throw a left hook, pack heat, hunt with the men, bake a cake, love with passion, and if we have an opinion, you know you're going to hear it!!

farmfriend  posted on  2011-01-16   21:19:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Hawaiians can sure play a mean steel. They are naturals for that kind of music, and really pour their hearts into it. Beautiful voices too. Elvis loved them.

I went in the military in the fall of '72 to avoid being a ground pounder in the draft and sold the Harmony for $50 before I went in. I've kicked myself ever since. I've done some research on the one I had, and I'm almost certain Ricky owned it back in the 60's. No way of proving it, since I never recorded the serial #. Back then, I was into Cat Stevens, Ritchie Havens, James Taylor kinda sounds. Then I went to a Glenn Cambell edition Ovation acoustic with humbickin pickups. Traded it for a Martin D45, which I still have. Haven't played it in over 20 years, but amazingly I still have callouses on the first three fingers. I bite them off and they still come back - LoL. I gotta get that thing out and bang on it again.

Like riding a bicycle ..

U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY

HAPPY2BME-4UM  posted on  2011-01-16   21:20:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:20:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:21:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm a huge Rush fan and I've never even heard them mention Sting or the Police as any kind of influence in their music.

They don't mention it. But, let's be honest, Permanent Waves introduced raggae and new wave into Rush that wasn't there before.

I agree that Peart is the master of technique...but Copeland has groove.

Both Geddy and Sting are epic song writers IMO. I see similarities on concepts. I really like Geddy's literature inspired lyrics. I equally like Synchronicity, a concept album written on the work of Jung.

For me, it's not either or, but just different. Rush is better in some ways and the Police are better in some ways.

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-01-16   21:23:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

And again, where are The Police today?

They toured just two years ago. Great show. : ) In fact, I didn't fully appreciate them until I saw them live.

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-01-16   21:24:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

RIP, Stevie.

CadetD  posted on  2011-01-16   21:24:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

He's not called "Slowhand" for nothing.

How did Eric Clapton get his nickname, Slowhand?

The Yardbirds’ manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, gave Eric Clapton the nickname “Slowhand” in early 1964.

The Yardbirds rhythm guitarist, Chris Dreja, recalled that whenever Eric Clapton broke a guitar string during a concert, Eric would stay on stage and replace it. The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing a “slow handclap”. [The British colloquialism is "to be given the slowhand".]

Clapton told his official biographer, Ray Coleman, in the mid-80s that “My nickname of 'Slowhand' came from Giorgio Gomelsky. He coined it as a good pun. He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into 'Slowhand' as a play on words.”

In a June 1999 online chat, Clapton gave a slightly different version of how his nickname came about: “I think it might have been a play on words from the “Clap” part of my name. In England, in sport, if the crowd is getting anxious, we have a slow handclap, which indicates boredom or frustration. But it wasn’t my idea it was someone else’s comment.”

In Clapton - The Autobiography (2007), Eric had this to say, "On my guitar I used light-gauge guitar strings, with a very thin first string, which made it easier to bend the notes, and it was not uncommon during the most frenetic bits of playing for me to break at least one string. During the pause while I was changing my string, the frenzied audience would often break into a slow handclap, inspiring Giorgio to dream up the nickname of 'Slowhand' Clapton."

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-faq/biographical-information-eric-clapton/how-did-eric-clapton-get-his-nickname-slowhan

Bill Crowe  posted on  2011-01-16   21:31:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:39:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

This has always been one of my favorites........

" If you cannot govern yourself, you will be governed by assholes. " Randge, Poet de Forum, 1/11/11

abraxas  posted on  2011-01-16   21:43:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:48:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

Eric Stratton  posted on  2011-01-16   21:53:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I would go with Cream and ZZ Top as my favorite two, and if I had to pick one it would be SURPRISE the greatest ever 3 man Rock Band - Cream. Each of the members were capable of making any band they played with. There was no better drummer than Ginger Baker, Clapton - well what do you say about a living legend?, and Jack Bruce was simply superlative on Bass. I don't see how you beat that line up with anything other than a fantasy band.

I agree. I see jack Bruce as the real voice of Cream being as he wrote a goodly portion of their hits along with lyricist Pete Brown. The best 3 piece band in my lifetime. I have all of Jack Bruces' albums---great stuff.

And as a measure of their influence, and I think this does surprise some people, Cream only produced 3 studio albums while they were together. The last album (Goodbye Cream) was produced after the group disbanded from cuts they had already recorded prior to disbanding or were cut from the other albums.

"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin

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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.

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