(Finished September 9th, 2017) Led Zeppelin Live 1973: At The Height of Their Powers

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My favorite all-time favorite band is Led Zeppelin and I'm so disappointed that I'll never be able to see them live. But thanks to YouTube I can still relive some of their greatest performances. In May, 1973 Led Zeppelin was the hottest band in the world. They released their 5th CD, "Houses of The Holy" on March 28th, 1973. Led Zeppelin came to my town, Salt Lake City, a couple of months later. On May 26th, 1973 Led Zeppelin was at the height of their powers.

I was just short of my 6th birthday, so obviously I didn't go. So as close as I can I'm going to try and recreate that setlist from that night. If there are any performances from Salt Lake that night I will include those. If not I'll find a equivalent performance from another city from the same year. Where I don't mention a city, that performance is from Salt Lake. All other performances I'll mention the city where that song was recorded at.

The greatest band of all time:

Robert Plant, vocals and the golden god of the band
Jimmy Page, guitars and a few other instruments and the musical heart of the band
John Bonham, drummer extraordinaire and the backbone of the band
John Paul Jones, keyboards and the soul of the band

Here's a complete live performance on January 22nd, 1973 from Southampton University:

The sound isn't very good on this song. "Rock and Roll":

The sound is so much better on this 1973 New York City performance of "Rock and Roll":

Live from Texas: "Celebration Day":

This is from Seattle "Bring It On Home (Intro)/ Black Dog":

"Over The Hills and Far Away":

"Georgia On My Mind" (partial):

At Madison Square Garden: "Misty Mountain Hop":

"Since I've Been Loving You":

"No Quarter":

 Madison Square Garden and looks to be from the film of the same name. "The Song Remains The Same": /"The Rain Song":

All of these are from Seattle: "Dazed and Confused" (Part 1):

"Dazed and Confused" (Part 2):

"Dazed and Confused" (Part 3):

There's four parts, but I think you get the idea.

For those of you that want a full video, here's "Dazed and Confused" from "The Song Remains The Same":

From Vancouver "Stairway To Heaven":



From England "Heartbreaker":



"Whole Lotta Love":



Live in Kezar (no idea what that is or where it is) "Communication Breakdown":

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(Finished September 25th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Bands #32 The Knack: Their Best 80's Era Songs Part 2 # 30 to #21

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30) "Art War":

29) "Soul Kissin'":

28) "The Hard Way":



27) "Radiating Love":



26) "Another Lousy Day In Paradise":



25) "Mr Handleman":



24) "Let's Get Lost":



23) "One Day At A Time":



I couldn't find a video with just "Won't Let Go". 22) "Won't Let Go/ Aces and Eights":



21) "Doin' The Dog":

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(Finished September 6th, 2017) themusicaddict's Review of Night Ranger's "Don't Let Up"

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While looking into information about Night Ranger, I noticed that Warrant also had a new CD. "Louder Harder Faster" was released several weeks after "Don't Let Up".  "Louder" is the kind of CD from a band that's usually trying to claim their glory days. While overall Warrant's CD isn't a great CD, it does have some good songs on it. The highlights include "Devil Dancer", "Music Man" and "Big Sandy".  This is the kind of CD made for iTunes, buy the few good songs and leave everything else behind.

I'd completely forgotten that Jani Lane had died, these are the current members of Warrant:

• Erik Turner – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica (1984–present) Note: Erik Turner was absent from Warrant for periods during 1997–98 and May 2003
• Jerry Dixon – bass guitar, backing vocals (1984–present)
• Steven Sweet – drums, percussion, backing vocals, harmonica (1986–94, 2004–present)
• Joey Allen – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica, talk box (1987–94, 2004–present)
• Robert Mason – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (2008–present)
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Whereas with Night Ranger, I'd buy the entire CD. On March 4th, 2017 Night Ranger released their most recent CD, "Don't Let Up". Night Ranger, best known for "Sister Christian", "You Can Still Rock In America" and "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", was a mid-tier 80's band. In fact Night Ranger didn't even make my Top 106 Greatest 80's era bands, which may or may not be an omission. This is their first CD since 2014's "High Road".

"Don't Tell Me You Love Me":

This is their first very good CD since 1985's "Seven Wishes". "Wishes" was highlighted by "Four In The Morning", "Sentimental Street" and "Goodbye". Usually once an 80's band popular days are done, great CDs are hard to find. Usually I don't even listen to CDs from an 80's band past their glory days.

How does Night Ranger sound in 2017? "Sentimental Street":

But as I'm always on the outlook for good new music, even if it's by old bands, so I googled best new CDs of 2017. One of the CDs that came up was "Don't Let Up". (Sadly the CD by Chastity Belt wasn't as good as the band name.) I've now listened to this CD a couple of times and quite like it. Unless you are related to a member of Night Ranger or a hard core, it's quite likely you'd never hear of this CD. While my blog gets very few page views, I thought I would use my limited readership to increase visibility for this CD.

Overall I give this CD a solid 8, on a scale from 1 to 10. Some of this CD's best songs include "Somehow Someday", "Running Out of Time" and "Nothing Left of Yesterday".

I'm a big fan of "Don't Let Up" and will be adding to my collection very soon. I suggest you do the same.

The current lineup of Night Ranger:

• Jack Blades – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Kelly Keagy – drums, percussion, backing and lead vocals
• Brad Gillis – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Eric Levy – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
• Keri Kelli – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals

They even made a video for this song. Other than Youtube where can you see videos now? 1) "Somehow Someway":

2) "Running Out of Time":



3) "Truth":



4) "Day and Night":

5) "Don't Let Up":



6) "(Won't Be Your) Fool Again":



7) "Say What You Want":



8) "We Can Work It Out":



9) "Comfort Me":



10) "Jamie":



11) "Nothing Left Of Yesterday":

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(Finished September 3rd, 2017) Steely Dan's Walter Becker Dead at 67: Steely Dan's Best Songs

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Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band Steely Dan, died Sunday at the age of 67. Following the release of their debut 1972 LP Can't Buy a Thrill, the lineup would change again with Palmer's exit; while Steely Dan would routinely rotate musicians, Becker and Fagen remained the group's core members. Despite the ever-changing lineup, Steely Dan made their stamp on music with a string of pristine, sophisticated albums with "calculated and literary lyrics" that blurred the lines of jazz, pop, rock and soul. (Thanks to RollingStone.com for the above information.)

Some of the best of Steely Dan:

My favorite Steely Dan song, "Hey Nineteen":

"Do It Again":

"Reelin' In The Years":

"Peg":

"Deacon Blues":

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number":

"FM":

"Kid Charlemagne":

"Bodhivista":

"Brown Cow":

"Dirty Work":

"I Got The News":

"Aja":

"My Old School":

"Cousin Dupree":

"Babylon Sisters":

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(Finished September 2nd, 2017) Review of Yes featuring Anderson/Rabin/Wakeman Salt Lake City, Utah Area on 9/2/17

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Last night I was able to go see Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman in an outdoor theatre on a nearly perfect night. Joining those three were drummer Lou Molino 3rd and bassist Lee Pomeroy.

Jon Anderson, at 72, is still in fine voice. His voice hasn't seemed to change at all over the years. He's still a great singer. Although he does have a bit of lead singers disease. The band came out in three waves. First Molino and Pomeroy came out, then Rabin and Wakeman came out and a bit later Jon Anderson came out. But he positively called out his band mates multiple times and didn't try to hog the limelight.

Rabin, at a spry 63, is still a great guitarist. He's also part of Yes' great harmonies. Rick Wakeman, at age 68, came out in a robe, honestly which seems a bit odd. He's still a great keyboardist. He was busy switching between multiple keyboards and even played a key-tar for a bit. Both are very talented musicians, as are Molino and Pomeroy.

Great things about seeing them in concert, excellent musicianship, good songs, great harmonies- one of the best thing about a Yes concert- and they have a great camaraderie.

The only thing I wasn't a big fan of is that Yes is very much a jam band. They played right about two hours and only played 12 songs. But when they played just the actual song, they rocked and were fantastic. I wish they would have eliminated about a half-hour of jamming. In that space they could have played "Leave It", "It Can Happen", "Long Distance Runaround", "Changes" and "Love Will Find A Way". As is it was a solid concert, but limiting the jamming would have made it a fantastic concert. Again the musicianship was excellent, the extended jamming isn't my favorite thing.

Jon Anderson wisdom of the night: "Love is the best religion". (I see his point, but I think love is the foundation for any successful religion.)

The following songs were the biggest highlights:

"Hold On":

 "Lift Me Up" was great and the sound is at least 10 times better than on this video:

"Rhythm of Love":

This song starts out with a jam, which is fine. Then when they get into the song, it's amazing. Sadly an extended jam was tacked on. Still an amazing song, but the jamming diminishes it's power a bit. "Owner of A Lonely Heart":

After the briefest of intermissions they came back on and played this encore, they played the song straight up and it was a perfect ending to the concert. 

Again the live sound is so much better than this video indicates. "Roundabout":

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(Finished September 2nd, 2017) Preview of Yes featuring Anderson/Rabin/Wakeman Salt Lake City, Utah Area on 9/2/17

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Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman at Layton's Ed Kenley Amphitheatre on Saturday night September 2nd, 2017. This is a full concert in 2016, live in New York City:

"Cinema":

"Perpetual Change":

"Hold On":

"South Side of The Sky":

"And You and I":

"Lift Me Up":

"Rhythm of Love":

Have to go back to 1994 for this one, "I Am Waiting":

"Heart of The Sunrise":

"Awaken":

"Owner of A Lonely Heart":

Encore

 "Roundabout":

Other songs I'd like to hear:

"I've Seen All Good People":

"Long Distance Runaround":

"Changes":

"Love Will Find A Way":

"Leave It":

"It Can Happen":

"Starship Trooper":

"Yours Is No Disgrace":

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(Finished September 28th, 2017) 1977: The Best Songs of All Genres A-C

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This is the second part in my blog series of the best pop culture events of 1977. I scoured several genres of songs from 1977. I scoured through pop, rock, soul, funk, country and even novelty songs. For the most part I took the word of the websites that said these songs were from 1977. If I'm incorrect, please forgive me.

Elvis Costello "Alison":

Englebert Humperdinck "After The Lovin'":

Hot "Angel In Your Arms":

Manfred Mann Band "Blinded By The Light":

The Emotions "Best Of My Love":

Commodores "Brick House":

Chicago "Baby What A Big Surprise":

Heatwave "Boogie Nights":

Linda Ronstadt "Blue Bayou":

Ram Jam "Black Betty":

Rose Royce "Car Wash":



Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son":



Foreigner "Cold As Ice":



I don't think I'll ever reach the point where I'll oversaturate my blog with this song. This is one of those Top 100 all-time songs. Fleetwood Mac "The Chain":



Kiss "Christine Sixteen":



Climax Blues Band "Couldn't Get It Right":

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