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OsricPearl Fri 6 Jan - 5:00

A good song, with the added bonus of it being played to scenes from the American SW.

Neon Knight Mon 9 Jan - 23:58

Sary, I see why you put the Chris de Burgh song with "Soldier Of Fortune" (one of Deep Purple's and David Coverdale's best) - it has a similar vibe. Bad Company was the first band I ever saw live when they supported Deep Purple.

Osric Pearl, I like the cello music you posted. I've thought of an instrumental I know which features a violin:

Skyclad from England invented folk metal and became more folky (and less metal) over time.

Sary Mon 16 Jan - 1:49

The song by SYML sounds a little like The Beatles to me, John Lennon in particular
Free as a Bird has a similar video too, except this one is played over scenes of England.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_as_a_Bird

I heard this song twice in the past two days and both times it instantly put me in a better mood. It is an oldie but a goody, classic rock.

Neon Knight Wed 25 Jan - 22:28

I like that revived Beatles song. I'm not sure I gave it proper attention when it first came out. Some say "Helter Skelter" was the first heavy metal song. I disagree, but maybe it was the first heavy rock song:

Someone on Twitter was saying this Black Sabbath song is 'heavy blues' but I think it's closer to being heavy metal:

OsricPearl Tue 31 Jan - 18:04

Neon Knight Sun 12 Feb - 2:05

Another song that some suggest as pre-Sabbath heavy metal. But I think it obviously has a groovy rock beat:

Sary Sat 11 Mar - 2:25

I think of Born To Be Wild as the first heavy metal song, probably because Steppenwolf coined the name. I watched Easy Rider for the first time awhile back, I thought it was okay.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida too, is another song that I think of as early heavy metal. I posted that song already, so one more by Iron Butterfly.

Bad ass heavy metal hippies lol!
I love most all of the music from that era.

Neon Knight Thu 16 Mar - 10:09

The IB song must be region-restricted Sary. Can you find an alternative?

Sary Fri 17 Mar - 11:53

The song by Iron Butterfly that won’t post is Easy Rider.

Iron Butterfly Theme, an instrumental song from their debut 1968 album Heavy:

I can hear some elements of heavy metal music underneath the layers of psychedelic sounds.

Neon Knight Tue 28 Mar - 21:42

I like both of those IB tracks. Yeah the instrumental is metaloid, and much psychedellic rock apparently was. It especially had a doomy element which you can hear in this song by Reverend Bizarre

This came up as a recommendation on YouTube. I nearly didn't bother playing it because there are many similar sounding female-fronted operatic style metal bands now, but it's pretty good:

Sary Fri 31 Mar - 1:05

Two more songs from the late 60’s that I like.

Neon Knight Tue 11 Apr - 22:16

I know and like the Led Zep song and the PH song is quite good too. Dio seems to have been inspired for the title of his song here from the 60s Donovan song but it's nothing like it:

Sary Sat 15 Apr - 0:14

Awww . . . that is such a touching performance of the song Sunshine Superman!
When you listen to a song played acoustically, without all of the extra fluff, you can really appreciate it for what it is. In this case as Donovan points out, a love song and a classic one at that.
That was clever of you to pair it with Sunset Superman.
A couple of Blues Rock songs from the band Wishbone Ash:

They are one of those bands that I vaguely remember from the past and only recently have begun to listen to.

Neon Knight Tue 25 Apr - 23:29

The band name Wishbone Ash is familiar and the album cover of Argus has always intrigued me but I'm not sure I've actually heard them before. I like the guitar solos.

Although not intended as a concept album, [Argus] is medieval-themed to a degree, particularly on the second side. The album features a blend of progressive rock, folk, and hard rock and is considered a landmark album in the progression of twin-lead guitar harmonisation, later adopted by bands such as Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. The sound engineer on Argus was Martin Birch who also worked with Deep Purple, later with Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and other hard rock bands. - Wikipedia

A black metal song but with vocals in a goth rock style:

As I was looking for another song to post while listening to the above, I saw "Dedication" by Doro just as I heard the word 'dedication' sung in the Satyricon song, so that coincidence decides it!

Neon Knight Mon 8 May - 0:03

A couple of song's for King Charles' Coronation yesterday:

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