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Question: Fave?
Robbie - 3 (8.3%)
Manuel - 8 (22.2%)
Danko - 7 (19.4%)
Garth - 4 (11.1%)
Levon - 14 (38.9%)
Total Voters: 34

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« Reply #100 on: July 21, 2014, 11:39:21 PM »

I'd like to get into The Band, just don't know where to start...
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« Reply #101 on: July 21, 2014, 11:53:58 PM »

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« Reply #102 on: July 21, 2014, 11:58:44 PM »

I'd like to get into The Band, just don't know where to start...
shut up. Big Pink. Self Titled. Last Waltz.

Shut up.

I've heard of the Last Waltz, but not the others.
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« Reply #103 on: July 22, 2014, 03:03:24 AM »

The second album has always seemed more accessible than Big Pink to me for some reason, so I'd recommend starting with that one. But I truly love them both equally.
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« Reply #104 on: July 22, 2014, 06:11:54 AM »

Yeah. Genius stuff - and The Band live is a totally different beast.
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« Reply #105 on: July 22, 2014, 06:25:41 AM »

I can't find the Georgia On My Mind performed at SNL video anymore on YouTube, only a bad quality one. What am I supposed to do with my life now?! Richard looked and sang so greatly in that one. Anyone know the actual origin of the video?
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« Reply #106 on: July 22, 2014, 06:26:36 AM »

DUNNO ORIGIN BUT HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_4L4MeTvg8
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« Reply #107 on: July 22, 2014, 06:32:02 AM »

I had it open already so it was not hard to find  Cheesy
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« Reply #108 on: July 22, 2014, 06:33:20 AM »

I'd like to get into The Band, just don't know where to start...

if you go to google you'll get such strange album reccomendations for the band, its just best not to use it.

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« Reply #109 on: July 22, 2014, 06:40:28 AM »


Myeah. Damn, if only Richard was more sober during the Last Waltz shows, perhaps Scorsese would've given him a spotlight performance akin to this one. I still can't get over how underrepresented he is in the movie.

Is this performance better the studio version? I've yet to hear the Islands album.
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« Reply #110 on: July 22, 2014, 06:47:10 AM »

Islands is better than its reputation, but it just doesn't have any songs that stand strong on their own. Northen Lights before it had Ophelia, Makes No Difference and Acadian Driftwood - Islands has....Georgia.

Just give it a spin without any expectations. You can't listen to Stage Fright expecting The Brown Album, but if you look at it as its own thing, its great.
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« Reply #111 on: July 22, 2014, 06:50:22 AM »

Nice to see you so passionate, Niko. 'Rockin' Chair' is another huge fav of mine as well. I remember one night in Jan/Feb before an exam being stressed out of my mind (other things were going on in my life as well). At one point I just said "f*** it", lit one, sat back and played the brown album. I was absolutely mesmerized when Rockin' Chair came on - the vocals, the little guitar flourishes, the background vocals in the chorus, the accordion, the mandolin - everything was just perfect (I had  played the album many times before that, but somehow never listened to this song with full attention). I replied it over and over again almost forgetting that there was more of the album left. In retrospect the rest of the night is kinda blurry, but the song still hits the spot every time I play it.

I've been there  Thumbs Up

It feels like a waste in that situation if I'm not listening to The Band or The Beach Boys. They are the best. and the greatest.
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« Reply #112 on: July 25, 2014, 01:45:52 PM »

Took me a while to find copies of Big Pink and The Band that were acceptable...and I ended up just going with reissues. Everything else is an original press.



I doubt I'll pick up Cahoots or any of the other albums...limited space/money.
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« Reply #113 on: July 26, 2014, 07:42:27 AM »

Is 'Out Of The Blue' the Band's most overlooked song? Great one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upQk-O2k67U
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« Reply #114 on: July 26, 2014, 10:29:21 AM »

Is 'Out Of The Blue' the Band's most overlooked song? Great one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upQk-O2k67U
Indeed. There's some great unknown stuff on that comp.

I like louie d's comment:
 
"Love the tune.  Robbie does as good as he can.  BUT!!!    Listen close.  I've used this song as a lesson in teamwork.   

"No way Robbie pulls this off without great help - Rick Danko shadows Robbie throughout, adding a fullness to his voice, almost a vibrations.  More important, there are parts Robbie simply just can''t pull off,  For these few words, mostly towards the end of the song, Robbie stops singing, Rick continues seamlessly, stops singing for only a second only once Robbie can pick up again,  Utter genius, utter teamwork, total selflessness on Rick's part." 

I just voted for Richard----he deserves to be up there with Rick.

 
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« Reply #115 on: July 27, 2014, 03:01:39 AM »

Is 'Out Of The Blue' the Band's most overlooked song? Great one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upQk-O2k67U

Great singing too. His singing on Kingdom Come is kinda harsh, but he sounds great on this song.

I have RR's first solo album...I'm a little skeptical after hearing 'Crazy River'. The music video for it is bizarre...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4
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« Reply #116 on: July 27, 2014, 03:16:29 AM »

Is 'Out Of The Blue' the Band's most overlooked song? Great one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upQk-O2k67U
Indeed. There's some great unknown stuff on that comp.

I like louie d's comment:
 
"Love the tune.  Robbie does as good as he can.  BUT!!!    Listen close.  I've used this song as a lesson in teamwork.   

"No way Robbie pulls this off without great help - Rick Danko shadows Robbie throughout, adding a fullness to his voice, almost a vibrations.  More important, there are parts Robbie simply just can''t pull off,  For these few words, mostly towards the end of the song, Robbie stops singing, Rick continues seamlessly, stops singing for only a second only once Robbie can pick up again,  Utter genius, utter teamwork, total selflessness on Rick's part." 

I just voted for Richard----he deserves to be up there with Rick.

 

Interesting, I didn't hear Danko at all, maybe I need to listen again. But it wouldn't be the first time, they also sang in duet on the gorgeous Bessie Smith.

I have RR's first solo album...I'm a little skeptical after hearing 'Crazy River'. The music video for it is bizarre...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4

That was terrible.
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« Reply #117 on: July 27, 2014, 03:17:17 AM »

Love your new username, Niko!  LOL
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« Reply #118 on: July 27, 2014, 03:18:30 AM »

Dontcha just love the guy who appears at the end of the chorus and stares at you? It comes across like that's RR's lover, who he brought in to make the video more fun to make.

Or something. IDK, it was the 80s. I hear good things about the album.
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« Reply #119 on: July 27, 2014, 03:18:42 AM »

Love your new username, Niko!  LOL

I am watching you.
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« Reply #120 on: July 28, 2014, 02:33:46 PM »

I've been listening to 'In A Station' for the last few nights before going to sleep. Absolutely incredible recording, even Manuel's humming I find perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXhj45urx3Y


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« Reply #121 on: July 29, 2014, 12:38:08 AM »

I have watched this too many times. TOO MANY. It's just so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wY
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« Reply #122 on: July 29, 2014, 04:31:15 AM »

I have watched this too many times. TOO MANY. It's just so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wY
Damn right. One of the great live moments ever. Love Levon's fill at 2:19----while he's singing!
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