TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY

quicksilver · Post by **quicksilver** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:51 pm

Yea, his solo career has been nothing to write home about but I like wings alot. He is still a great entertainer and his new live DVD is great. Hard to believe he's pushing 60.

dgsyd1 · Post by **dgsyd1** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:22 pm

Paul McCartney's post Beatles music has been very often dismissed, which is a little unfair as he's produced some quality stuff in the last 33 years. The albums RAM, BAND ON THE RUN, BACK TO THE EGG, TUG OF WAR, FLOWERS IN THE DIRT and FLAMING PIE, are among the best solo material by an ex Beatle. He's had some albums that haven't been very good too (MCCARTNEY II, PRESS TO PLAY), but so did John, George and Ringo. Indeed I would have to say the IMHO the weakest solo album is John's SOMETIME IN NEW YORK CITY.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 5:29 pm

Flaming Pie is a GREAT album. Melodic, well produced - and only seven quid!

bong · Post by **bong** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:53 pm

* 1951 Kim Wilson ( Fabulous Thunderbirds ) was born
* 1953 Malcolm Young (AC/DC) was born
* 1964 The Rolling Stones open their first major tour in Britain
* 1966 "We Can Work It Out" (Beatles) goes gold
* 1968 The "Flying V" is patented by Gibson
* 1971 Neil Young comes home to Canada for his first concert in several years

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:51 pm

AC/DC are my fourth favourite band...

bong · Post by **bong** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 4:57 pm

* 1958 "American Bandstand" is rated as the number one daytime show in America
* 1964 The Beatles debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
* 1970 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" goes gold
* 1981 Bill Haley passes away in Harlingen, Texas
* 1993 "Wandering Spirit" is released by Mick Jagger
* 1993 "Off The Ground" is released by Paul McCartney
* 2000 The movie "The Million Dollar Hotel" opens at the Berlin Film Festival. The film was co-written by U2's Bono

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:18 pm

I like Simon and Garfunkel, but I'm not a big bridge over troubled water fan. good lyrics, but the music is definitly weak

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:24 pm

Bono co wrote a film? I bet it was crap. I HATE Bono!

Anyway, i never liked Simon And Garfunkel much but that song America reamins in my all time 30 songs list.

Real Pink in the Inside · Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:52 am

I'm not a huge fan of S&G, but I think America and Mrs. Robinson are quite bloody good.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 3:38 am

all the music they did for The Graduate was brilliant, what a great movie

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 1:27 pm

'I Am A Rock' is really quite moving, pour moi.

Not too keen on Paul Simon solo, though.

bong · Post by **bong** » Mon Feb 10, 2003 8:49 pm

I can't say that I'm a real fan of S&G but I like a fair bunch of their songs.
Scarborough fair, Mrs. Robinson, Sounds of Silence etc.....

bong · Post by **bong** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 6:56 pm

* 1971 James Taylor appears on television ( The Johnny Cash Show ) to perform Fire and Rain and Carolina On My Mind
* 1972 At the Rainbow Theater in London, Pink Floyd introduce songs from The Dark Side of THe Moon. The album is released a year later
* 1972 Billie Joe Armstrong ( Greenday ) is born
* 1976 "Greatest Hits" ( The Eagles ) is released
* 1982 Thelonious Monk passed away

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:39 pm

bong wrote: * 1972 At the Rainbow Theater in London, Pink Floyd introduce songs from The Dark Side of THe Moon. The album is released a year later

Ahhhhhh.

Thirty-one years of genius.

We'll have to come up with some sort of celebration on the 24th.

bong · Post by **bong** » Thu Mar 06, 2003 8:19 pm

* 1947 David Gilmour was born in Cambridge, England. He joined Pink Floyd in 1968
* 1966 British Prime minister Harold Wilson was given a petition ( with 5,000 signatures ) by Beatle's fans, requesting the Cavern Club be re-opened. The Beatles played more than 300 times at the Cavern ( starting in January 1961 )
* 1970 Charles Manson released an album called "Lie" ( to pay for his defence in the Sharon Tate murder trial ). The album cover had the cover of Life magazine ( where Manson had appeared ) with the "F" taken out to form the word "Lie."
* 1970 "Hey Jude" went gold
* 1973 Five days after it was granted, John Lennon's visa extension was canceled by the New York Immigration Department
* 1975 "Physical Graffiti" ( Led Zeppelin ) went gold
* 1975 "Pick Up the Pieces" ( The Average White Band ) went gold
* 1976 "Rhiannon" ( Fleetwood Mac ) was released
* 1989 An all-star Greenpeace benefit album, with The Pretenders, U2, the Grateful Dead, Peter Gabriel, Huey Lewis and the News and Bryan Adams, was released in the Soviet Union. The album was released in North America as "Rainbow Warrior"