many years ago, so many years, my mother got 2 albums of music from a very close friend. She was divorced at that time from my father, and my world was so dark. I was so young I still wasn't able to read, but I remember the covers like it was yesterday...Dark side of the moon, and Tea for the Tillerman
Suddenly the world became so plain, so pure. Hearing my mother singing was heaven, and then this woman. She was the womankind, and still is.
It is the first music I can ever remember about, and nothing can compare to it. It is condensed life.
RIP Mother, I love you
The fact is, I could got a digital copy of the album "On time", and was really astonished by their music: powerful, fresh, one of its kind... I love it!
Seems like RP is more ready now than before, to integrate new GFR songs to its playlist? freemusic wrote:
Yeah, I'd sure like to hear much more... "ON TIME", their first album was truly most excellent, as a complete work. Their later albums were not quite up to the quality of the first. It's unfortunate that no one can listen to that album now, since it was never released digitally, and the vinyl is certainly out of print. My only copy bit the dust back in the 70's, (8 tracks just weren't meant to survive for more than about a year before becoming a ball of electronic yarn inside the players.)
This cut certainly seems like it was digitized, and sounds great — I still rate it at a 10. I heard them live a few years ago at bike week in Orlando. If you get the chance to hear them live, do so. But, bring your ear plugs.
treatment_bound wrote:
This is the only Grand Funk song being played here at RP, and it was just recently played for the first time since 2008. But after reading the comments for this cut, it seems to be pretty much all positive from the RP faithful on GFR (outside of raga and deepwoodskev) .
Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.
Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for of GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.
RIP Adam
Adam was a famous Aussie hang glider pilot. There was a marvelous clip of him flying the cliffs of Newcastle, Australia, accompanied by this song.
After he died, it was removed from YT.
This clip is surviving only in my memory and of few others
😨
The fact is, I could got a digital copy of the album "On time", and was really astonished by their music: powerful, fresh, one of its kind...
I love it!
Seems like RP is more ready now than before, to integrate new GFR songs to its playlist?
freemusic wrote:
This cut certainly seems like it was digitized, and sounds great — I still rate it at a 10. I heard them live a few years ago at bike week in Orlando. If you get the chance to hear them live, do so. But, bring your ear plugs.
treatment_bound wrote:
Maybe I have to do a reassessment on this band. I guess it would help if I started hearing more of their music here.
Will we start getting more Grand Funk Railroad "exposure" here at Radio Paradise? Is America ready for of GFR revival? I love the Jayhawks' cover of "Bad Time", which they usually play during encores, and it would be an awesome addition to see how it goes over.
Stay tuned...
9 -> 10
Adam was a famous Aussie hang glider pilot. There was a marvelous clip of him flying the cliffs of Newcastle, Australia, accompanied by this song.
After he died, it was removed from YT.
This clip is surviving only in my memory and of few others