Sounds like a mountain of cocaine. I dig the first 3 albums, but have never listened to anything beyond that.
Not Crap!
Re: James Gang
2I remember playing "Funk #49" in marching band!
Just seems like fun rock & roll to me. I have no reason to vote crap, so NC.
Just seems like fun rock & roll to me. I have no reason to vote crap, so NC.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
Re: James Gang
3Just dumb fun. Great guitar playing. Nothing deep to be found.
I always chuckle when I hear Midnight Man because it seems abundantly clear that Joe Walsh stumbled upon a really beautiful interplay between two guitar parts that were heart stirring and then didn't really have the lyrical depth to match after he sang "I'm the midnight man....", I mean this verse is as stupid as the song is beautiful:
I'm the midnight man
I do all I can
To make sure that I am
the Midnight Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6P3aLrGz6k
Also kind of reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_NiQnH93yc
I always chuckle when I hear Midnight Man because it seems abundantly clear that Joe Walsh stumbled upon a really beautiful interplay between two guitar parts that were heart stirring and then didn't really have the lyrical depth to match after he sang "I'm the midnight man....", I mean this verse is as stupid as the song is beautiful:
I'm the midnight man
I do all I can
To make sure that I am
the Midnight Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6P3aLrGz6k
Also kind of reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_NiQnH93yc
Re: James Gang
4Not a great band but some very fun riffs and awesome guitar sound. I read a guitar magazine interview with Walsh where he mentioned even back then he was swapping out pots and capacitors and whatnot, long before you could just look those kind of tricks up on the internet. NC!
Re: James Gang
5I forgot about Dennis' excellent Jeff Buckley impersonation.losthighway wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 4:07 pm Just dumb fun. Great guitar playing. Nothing deep to be found.
I always chuckle when I hear Midnight Man because it seems abundantly clear that Joe Walsh stumbled upon a really beautiful interplay between two guitar parts that were heart stirring and then didn't really have the lyrical depth to match after he sang "I'm the midnight man....", I mean this verse is as stupid as the song is beautiful:
I'm the midnight man
I do all I can
To make sure that I am
the Midnight Man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6P3aLrGz6k
Also kind of reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_NiQnH93yc
I'd rather be throwing darts.
Re: James Gang
6LOL. I'm pretty sure any group of murderous bastards who started out as Confederate soldiers are an automatic CRAP, despite the way people might romanticize them.
Total_douche, MSW, LICSW (lulz)
Re: James Gang
7The Tommy Bolin records (esp Bang) are pretty good. Not "go out and listen right now" great, but surprisingly solid. I dunno if the James Gang was the best place for Bolin's skills, but he certainly made the most of the opportunity.RyanZ wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:43 pm I dig the first 3 albums, but have never listened to anything beyond that.
Rides Again is a masterpiece of intuitive, unabashed musicianship with a great variety of atmosphere and mood. One of the greatest rock records of the 70s.
N.C.
Re: James Gang
8Apart from moments of sophistication like this. Listen to the string arrangements at the end of the song:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUr1wVf29b8
Nothing dumb or shallow there.
Re: James Gang
10And the lyrics aren't hilarious, they're solid enough.M.H wrote: Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:14 amApart from moments of sophistication like this. Listen to the string arrangements at the end of the song:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUr1wVf29b8
Nothing dumb or shallow there.