SinceThe70s Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 Black Dog/Rock and Roll was my first thought, nothing else mentioned so far has trumped that...yet. 1
KD in CA Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 Can they wrap around, so last song/first song (consecutive if your turntable or CD is set properly). If so, I’ll go with The Last Resort and Hotel California.
GETTOTHE50 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, KD in CA said: Can they wrap around, so last song/first song (consecutive if your turntable or CD is set properly). If so, I’ll go with The Last Resort and Hotel California. should be another thread 1 hour ago, PastaJoe said: The Beatles: Golden Slumber / Carry That Weight / The End If you want to bring the Beatles into this.. then while my guitar gently weeps to happiness is a warm gun is so much better than this overrated medley.
SinceThe70s Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said: If you want to bring the Beatles into this.. then while my guitar gently weeps to happiness is a warm gun is so much better than this overrated medley. Quit while you're ahead. The Beatles were always in on this. For my money Black Dog/Rock and Roll is still the winner. Waiting to see if someone can change my mind.
GETTOTHE50 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said: Quit while you're ahead. The Beatles were always in on this. For my money Black Dog/Rock and Roll is still the winner. Waiting to see if someone can change my mind. Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley.
Gugny Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 All the best ones have been taken. I will submit another great ... Feelin' That Way into Anytime ..... from Journey's Infinity album. 1
SinceThe70s Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, GETTOTHE50 said: Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley. Perhaps. I love pretty much everything posted in this thread. But when you're king of the mountain (Black Dog/Rock and Roll) why indulge the pretenders? Edited May 30, 2020 by SinceThe70s 1
Gugny Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 9 hours ago, GETTOTHE50 said: Hey I like the Beatles, but I’m just saying that there are better Beatle back-to-backs than the abbey road medley. I agree. I have always loved the transition from the heavy I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun. The way I Want You just stops; no fade; not in a predictable spot. Just stops. Then, in the blink of an eye, Here Comes the Sun begins. I always thought it was genius. 3
Nextmanup Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 18 hours ago, DD4Bills said: Gotta get some Rush into this thread. Conventional wisdom will say Tom Sawyer / Limelight from Moving Pictures, but my favorite back-to-back is from Hemispheres - The Trees / La Villa Strangiato...two great songs that do a great job of showing of Rush's "Rushiness". The Trees La Villa Strangiato I think a lot of WNYers are more tuned into Rush than perhaps people from other areas, maybe because we are more connected to Canada than most of the country. I don't know. But it's almost impossible to overstate how good of a band they were. Interesting creativity with a unique sound, outstanding musicianship all the way around, a very unusual and interesting approach to the guitar from Alex, some of the best drumming in history, and Getty's unmistakable voice. Great bass player too. I love how they often worked weird time signature shifts into the middle of songs, which usually is a bad idea. But they always pulled it off and made it seem obvious and natural somehow! It seems like they never reached the fame and stardom they deserved. 1
LewPort71 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 Santana. Black Magic woman followed by Oye Como Va. 2
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) On 5/28/2020 at 7:19 PM, Gray Beard said: That whole album flowed well. It may have been the first album that I ever listened to all the way through, over and over again. It’s not considered to be as good as Led Zeppelin 4, but it will always be a favorite of mine. 2143 in order for my personal favorite. But 1 and 4 swap depending on the day. 7 hours ago, Gugny said: I agree. I have always loved the transition from the heavy I Want You (She's So Heavy) into Here Comes the Sun. The way I Want You just stops; no fade; not in a predictable spot. Just stops. Then, in the blink of an eye, Here Comes the Sun begins. I always thought it was genius. I always thought that was cool too. Not sure how intentional that was considering they were the last and first songs on side 1 and 2, so they wouldn't have transitioned as smoothly as it does now with CDs/Tapes/digital downloads. Although I put this record on to fall asleep once or twice. I stopped because the repetitiveness of the ending of She's So Heavy lulls you to sleep, and the sudden stop actually shot me back awake. Edited May 30, 2020 by The Real Buffalo Joe 2
SinceThe70s Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Nextmanup said: I think a lot of WNYers are more tuned into Rush than perhaps people from other areas, maybe because we are more connected to Canada than most of the country. I don't know. But it's almost impossible to overstate how good of a band they were. Interesting creativity with a unique sound, outstanding musicianship all the way around, a very unusual and interesting approach to the guitar from Alex, some of the best drumming in history, and Getty's unmistakable voice. Great bass player too. I love how they often worked weird time signature shifts into the middle of songs, which usually is a bad idea. But they always pulled it off and made it seem obvious and natural somehow! It seems like they never reached the fame and stardom they deserved. Rush managed to stay true to what they wanted to play, rarely had mainstream success and yet has an intensely loyal following, . That's rare. 1
SinceThe70s Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: For the win, off of "Live Bullet." Just listened to this recently for the first time since forever. Love it, great entry. But not even close.
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Best #1-2: Heck... Might as well just include the best #1-10 of all-time from the whole darn American Beauty LP: Click on the link, expand it to YouTube to get the other 8. Edited May 31, 2020 by ExiledInIllinois
Bad Things Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 There's a lot of great back-to-back songs. One of my favorite pairings has to be The Grateful Dead with China Cat Sunflower/I know you Rider. 1 1
Mark80 Posted June 2, 2020 Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) On 5/29/2020 at 8:36 PM, PastaJoe said: The Beatles: Golden Slumber / Carry That Weight / The End The medley starts with "You Never Give me Your Number" though, you left off like 5 songs! And these two to end Let it Bleed deserve recognition. Edited June 2, 2020 by Mark80
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