WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO......RIGHT NOW......Mk III

DdBob said:
I did not know that about Bowie....Billy Squire was the first music I ever owned. A neighbor friend gave me a copied cassette (which I played on my Toshiba Walkman). It was the "Don't say no" album which had "The Stroke" and on side B was some REO Speedwagon album. I think he just stole it from his bro who was like college age and we were about 11 or 12 :embarrassed:

*edit* yes...the The is a great album I think I downloaded that back around 2012...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN ! :cop:
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Thanks! :old:

Yeah, that Billy Squier album is a classic. I remember when I first heard him and thought it was some new Led Zeppelin, The Stroke was pretty risqué stuff back then especially for an artist’s big breakout hit. As an aside, I had a friend/classmate who was teaching me guitar when I was a young teen and he had a guitar teacher in NYC, I tagged along with him one day and during the lesson Billy Squier pops in the doorway to say hi…turned out he was good friends with the teacher and just came to hang out. I was completely starstruck, he did a little jam with us and we chatted about guitars etc. This was right as Don’t Say No was blowing up, we had some good bragging rights at school the next day! :bigg:
 
DdBob said:
I don't know how I've overlooked this album till now, really digging it. I think in part because for so many years I overlooked the whole 77 to mid eighties music that wasn't say indie/alternative/punk. So for 'regular" music or groups/artists that originated in the 60's I just didn't bother, figured it was their twilight years and how wrong I was. Many bands even bands that formed in the early 70's I have found some of their stuff from this era as my favorites of their work.
Now overall in general i think the era from about 77 to 84 is one of my favorites...I even love the production on a lot of this stuff and things like Billy Squire even I am digging.
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I don't know if you've ever listened to Lou's Blue Mask album, but if you haven't I thoroughly recommend it. Lou is on top form, and Robert Quine's guitar playing is phenomenal.

 
Motorik said:
I don't know if you've ever listened to Lou's Blue Mask album, but if you haven't I thoroughly recommend it. Lou is on top form, and Robert Quine's guitar playing is phenomenal.

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I haven't heard that one but will definitely check it out. It says 1982 so that's in my sweet spot .
 
Been on a massive Flower Kings binge again recently.
This being imo the best post-70s big prog epic there is - and the definitive version of it.

 
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