Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
Vespair@lemm.ee 3 days agoFirst off, I’m American, but I understand your decision. Elbows up!
Beyond that, gotta be honest I’m not a huge classic rock guy, so I don’t even recognize about half those names. But that’s cool; I like stumbling into stuff I haven’t before.
I know Harvest of course (it’s great but I agree on Neil’s voice). And the Guess Who are one of those bands I know the singles from, but haven’t really explored deeper than that. Likewise I have never really dove into Gordon Lightfoot but I like what I know of his a lot; I absolutely adore Sundown. Rush I’ve listened to a bit but I’m more a Yes guy when it comes to classic prog rock.
Beyond that I’ve heard of but haven’t heard anything by Tragically Hip and Great Big Sea, but the rest are new names to me.
I’d say if I were to try to find something at the intersection of our interests and you say you like classic rock and Iron Maiden, the most recent Pentagram album ‘Lightning in a Bottle,’ which is technically a traditional doom metal/stoner rock album, but to my ears I think sounds a lot like Maiden mixed with a real classic rock sound and just a touch of doom on top (and obviously Bobby Liebling is no Bruce Dickinson) would probably be my first thought… but they’re American (from my neck of the woods, actually) and I don’t want suggest crossing the metaphorical picket line, so maybe bank the suggestion as something to check out if we’re ever freed from the insanity of our current situation. ✌
cod@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ll keep an eye out for that album as a used CD or record, if I can find a copy for cheap. All my money will stay in Canada that way. Thanks for the recommendation!
You should listen to more Lightfoot! His discography is vast, there’s bound to be more of his stuff you like. At the same time, there’s probably lots of stuff you won’t like. I’m personally a big fan of his record Gord’s Gold, it’s a comp album but he re-recorded everything for it, so it’s all new recordings (or was all new in 1975), which gives you a more mature voice on some of his older tracks. Canadian Railroad Trilogy especially sounds way better rereleased (though I love the original too, it’s probably my favourite song of his). It’s a pretty early comp album though, and is missing a few of his biggest hits, like Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. He has Gord’s Gold Vol. 2 as well but it’s not as good imo.