Made all the more amazing by the fact that only one of them was from America.
And I quote from allmusic.com about “Music From the Big Pink”: Over time, Music From Big Pink came to be regarded as a watershed work in the history of rock, one that introduced new tones and approaches to the constantly evolving genre
Eric Clapton loved it and so do I.
American, Canadian… When it comes to rock, they’re one and the same. Our musical culture is interchangeable. We listen to The Eagles, and you guys listen to The Guess Who or The Tragically Hip.
It’s interesting that British rock has a difference to it, aside from accents. It’s typically recognizable. But American/Canadian rock truly isn’t.
I think the other members of the band were Canadian, weren’t they? I know Robbie Robertson was.
And stop making that face all the time. Cyndi Lauper did that, twenty years ago, and look where she is.
Probably. And then he put the load right on me :mad:
The Band are almost everything …… they are the link between ‘modern’ music and ye olde North American folk tradition (which, itself, came from … ). I mean; How do you get from, for example, Guthrie and the old time boys to, say, Dylan > Springsteen > et al without The Band ?
What is it with the quality of rants recently, this is another unimaginative pile of shit ?
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No, A1C Joe, you were not mostly referring to the first album.
The Band’s first album, Music From Big Pink, doesn’t include “Across The Great Divide.” The Band, aka “The Brown Album,” is their second, and it does.
Now then. Carry on…if you have to.
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All the members except Levon Helm were from Canada…Levon was from Arkansas.
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is one of my all time favorite songs. The rest of The Band’s songs ain’t shabby either. I listen to them as much as I do CCR. Love that music.
A1C, are you like, an N*Sync fan or what?
No, I’m more of a Hendix, Floyd fan. Maybe I don’t like them because I’m not that interested in folk music. It surprises me becuase I’m kind of partial to the Grateful Dead.
Well, The Band didn’t usually stretch out with long instrumental jams in concert the way Jimi or the Dead did. Except for Garth Hudson, who would wail on things like “Chest Fever.” Perhaps that’s why you find them dull.
Rock of Ages is my favorite live album of theirs mainly because the Allen Toussaint horn arrangements really lit a fire behind the group. An album like Live at Watkins Glen sounds like they’re just re-creating their studio recordings (not necessarily a bad thing, as their studio recordings are some of the best rock and roll ever made).
Just chiming in to say that their eponymous second album is undoubtedly my favorite album of all time. Best songs? “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, the latter containing the most heartbreaking and beautiful vocal performance I’ve ever heard. The vocal on “Tears of Rage” from Big Pink is pretty amazing too.
Not like The Band?
[Hank Hill] That boy ain’t right. [/Hank Hill]
Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore.
Sometimes my husband sings “The Weight” and substitutes “shoot a load on Granny”. Always a big hit.
It’s not his fault- it’s the gold rollin’ through his veins, like a thousand railroad trains… 
I’m sorry, but The Band just stinks. I’ve never understood their appeal. At least one singer is always off-key, and the instruments sound like they haven’t been tuned.
But hey, I know next to nothing about music in general. Just expressing a personal taste.
Well, your penultimate statement goes without saying. Are you sure you understand the concept of “off-key” ?
Manduck, your above post is a perfect use of the angry smilie. I’m dying with laugher.
The refrain of “The Weight” holds the all-time award for “Best Use of a Conjunction in a Rock 'N Roll Song.”
[sub]I made that award up, but so what? If there were such an award, what other song would it go to?[/sub]
Yup. Take a listen to the aforementioned chorus of “The Weight.” Hell, even to my untrained ear, at least two (and possibly more) of the singers go through puberty on the word “free.”