Tom Geiger Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Okay Harry, If you like "Laughing" try this one.... my fav.... and an interesting contemporary version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Sorry Tom... but I have never liked "These Eyes." There are a whole lot of Guess Who songs I do like... like No Time (like it a lot), American Woman, Share the Land, No Sugar Tonight, Undun... etc. But "These Eyes" ain't one of 'em! In fact, I find Burton Cummings very annoying, actually, but I put up with him because some of the songs are just that good. But not "These Eyes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Oh well.... I found the Guess Who with the American Woman album when I was probably 12. Then their Wheatfield Soul album came out and I really got into it. How about "Friends of Mine"??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Second track sounds like a try (not very good) at Jim Morrison (hand holding nose Emoticon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Harry, we're largely in agreement. T-Hip, Cowboy Junkies, Steppenwolf, But, no Gordon Lightfoot for me. I'll stick with Joni Mitchell. Gordon Lightfoot is an all-time great! But Joni is no slouch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Well Ed, He's on record as saying it refers to a different kind of "69",... You nasty boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Oh well.... I found the Guess Who with the American Woman album when I was probably 12. Then their Wheatfield Soul album came out and I really got into it. How about "Friends of Mine"???You have your timeline confused. "Wheatfield Soul" was the album before "Canned Wheat" (which included my favorite GW song, Laughing), which was the album before "American Woman," which was their big US breakout hit album in 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Randy Bachman left Guess Who in 1971, at the height of their success (go figure!).... hooked up with bassist Fred Turner, and formed a new Canadian band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (the "Overdrive" part coming from the trucking magazine "Overdrive"). BTO went on to be as successful, if not more so, than Guess Who. One of the great trucking songs of all time, with Fred Turner on vocals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbash1 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 In no particular order.The Guess Who, BTO, Max Webster, FM, Lighthouse, Goddo, Zon, Rush, Madd Cats, Jeff Healy Band, The Spoons, Honeymoon Suite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 You have your timeline confused. "Wheatfield Soul" was the album before "Canned Wheat" (which included my favorite GW song, Laughing), which was the album before "American Woman," which was their big US breakout hit album in 1970. Interesting.... as you mess with my rather fragile grip on reality! I had assumed that Wheatfield Soul was the follow up to American Woman since I discovered them in that order. Here's what I found as a list of Who albums. I had no idea that they started that early, nor that they recorded this long! I got a lot of albums to buy! Shakin' All Over 1965 Hey Ho! (What You Do To Me) 1965 It's Time 1966 Wheatfield Soul March 1969 Canned Wheat Sept 1969 American Woman March 1970 Share Land Oct 1970 So Long, Bannatyne July 1971 Rockin' Feb 1972 Wild One 1972 Live at the Paramount (live) Aug 1972 Artificial Paradise Jan 1973 Guess Who's Back April 2002 #10 June 1973 Road Food April 1974 Flavours Oct 1974 Power in the Music July 1975 The Greatest of the Guess Who (live) 1977 Guess Who's Back 1979 All This For a Song 1979 Now and Not Then 1981 Liberty 1995 The Ultimate Collection Jan 1977 Running Back Through Canada (live) Dec 2000 This TIme Long Ago (compilation) 2001 The Essential Guess Who (compilation) Oct 2010 (and a few more live albums) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbash1 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Randy Bachman left Guess Who in 1971, at the height of their success (go figure!).... hooked up with bassist Fred Turner, and formed a new Canadian band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (the "Overdrive" part coming from the trucking magazine "Overdrive"). BTO went on to be as successful, if not more so, than Guess Who. One of the great trucking songs of all time, with Fred Turner on vocals... Before there was BTO, Randy and Fred formed Brave Belt and put out one album under that name before becoming BTO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Several bands in your list I've never heard of. I guess they didn't (or don't) get much airplay here in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) Several bands in your list I've never heard of. I guess they didn't (or don't) get much airplay here in the States.I lived in Germany from 1969-73 so I had different influences. There were US bands that were successful in Europe but not back in the USA. It is also possible that albums were released in different order than US. We also lived through German language versions of popular songs (you haven't lived until you've heard The Partridge Family in German!). I got back to the states in 1973 and was amazed that nobody had heard of Bloodrock. I had all their albums! Big in Germany, not so here! Edited March 26, 2016 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Yes, "culture shock" for sure! A great example is ABBA. They were huge in Europe, even big in Australia. But they never really made it big here in the States. I think "Dancing Queen" was their one and only US #1, yet they sold a bazilion albums worldwide. In fact I'm pretty sure they are among the very top 2-3-4 best selling bands ever as far as millions of records sold. Just never quite made "super stardom" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Hey Harry ,, check this out,, Thought you might dig this Bonus if you know what the other two albums are, even though they are not Canadian artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Link doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Hosted on Fotki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 You couldn't see the first pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 I see the pic. But I assumed it was a link to a video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I see the pic. But I assumed it was a link to a video? No, sorry. it's just a pic of my copy of the album. Thought you'd get a kick out of seeing it. The record's mint and still has the original jacket inside. I have a very small collection of vinyl but still have most of the cassettes I bought in my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 Before there was BTO, Randy and Fred formed Brave Belt and put out one album under that name before becoming BTO.Yes, but Brave Belt went nowhere. Total flop. But once they became BTO, they made it big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) How do you post a video from youtube anyway? I can't seem to figure it out. Edited March 26, 2016 by Can-Con Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Teenage Headhttps://youtu.be/4UjCzrdzR48Gimme that opener....pass me that beer,... best opening line ( pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) David Wilcoxhttps://youtu.be/sw8S_Kv89IUand thenhttps://youtu.be/GbTS7jS4UHw Check 'em outCheers Edited March 26, 2016 by Belugawrx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Anybody remember Glass Tiger had 2 hits I have both in my MP3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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