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[accelafine]

Check out this prog-rock band from Canterbury. Their music is a compositional nightmare, so you might not like it... but listen to Parsons right here. You want goose bumps and tingles?

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxVsF4tAhulc ... a959W7t_jK

She obviously likes music that's beautiful--not the excruciating noises that you post

[Maia]

Check out this prog-rock band from Canterbury. Their music is a compositional nightmare, so you might not like it... but listen to Parsons right here. You want goose bumps and tingles?

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxVsF4tAhulc ... a959W7t_jK

That was quite good. Reminded me of Sally Oldfield's Songs of the Quendi, in fact.

[promethean75]

And if any of you happen to like this stuff and decide to go off on your own and start listening to National Health, DO NOT listen to Squarer For Maud until i tell you you are ready.

[promethean75]

Well I can't listen to stuff like Jacqui McShee because it makes me cry. It's so honest and pure and sincere and beautiful that I can't handle it.

[Maia]

Well I can't listen to stuff like Jacqui McShee because it makes me cry. It's so honest and pure and sincere and beautiful that I can't handle it.

Not all tears are bad, to misquote Gandalf.

[seeds]

Yes, there's definitely a lot of good music from that time. I particularly like the Moody Blues, for example, who I kept asking for on Friday, which no one complained about, not least, I suppose, because they were a local band. Local, that is, to my afore-not-mentioned home city. Their classic seven albums straddled the late '60s and early '70s, which was also the era of the folk rock bands, including Pentangle, who I really like, and Steeleye Span, to name just two. Pentangle are really good because they often recorded real traditional folk songs, such as Willy O' Winsbury. Just listen, for example, to Jacqui McShee's voice, on this.

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

It's a bit tingly, isn't it?

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Back in 1969, my best friend turned me on to their beautiful music. I don't remember what I did with my meager collection of albums, but I'm pretty sure I had one of their first albums. I think it was the one that had this image...



...on its cover.

To me, Jacqui McShee's singing style and vocal tone was (is) absolutely perfect for those old English folksy songs.

And I can't remember if it was Bert Jansch or John Renbourn (the two guitarists/vocalists) who allegedly said, "I'm just in it for the beer."
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[Maia]

Yes, there's definitely a lot of good music from that time. I particularly like the Moody Blues, for example, who I kept asking for on Friday, which no one complained about, not least, I suppose, because they were a local band. Local, that is, to my afore-not-mentioned home city. Their classic seven albums straddled the late '60s and early '70s, which was also the era of the folk rock bands, including Pentangle, who I really like, and Steeleye Span, to name just two. Pentangle are really good because they often recorded real traditional folk songs, such as Willy O' Winsbury. Just listen, for example, to Jacqui McShee's voice, on this.

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

It's a bit tingly, isn't it?

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Back in 1969, my best friend turned me on to their beautiful music. I don't remember what I did with my meager collection of albums, but I'm pretty sure I had one of their first albums. I think it was the one that had this image...



...on its cover.

To me, Jacqui McShee's singing style and vocal tone was (is) absolutely perfect for those old English folksy songs.

And I can't remember if it was Bert Jansch or John Renbourn (the two guitarists/vocalists) who allegedly said, "I'm just in it for the beer."
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They're truly beautiful, aren't they? Here's an earlier one of theirs, Let No Man Steal Your Thyme, from their first album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwT0COKXFMM

I'm afraid I can't see the pic you posted, though.

[Will Bouwman]

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Maia isn't old enough and you, me old China, aren't British enough to know that Pentangle got their big break when 'Night Flight" was used as the theme tune for a BBC series, Take Three Girls. This was in the days when there were only three TV channels, one of which, BBC2, was watched by about four people. So roughly half the population had Pentangle beamed into their living rooms once a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMm0wxpaRc (Got that song mixed up with Jethro Tull's 'Living in the Past' for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9IyFLDtjk Mind you, the flute's a bit of a giveaway. And the fact that Ian Anderson isn't Jacqui McShee. OK it seems obvious now, but I was very young!)

[Maia]

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Maia isn't old enough and you, me old China, aren't British enough to know that Pentangle got their big break when 'Night Flight" was used as the theme tune for a BBC series, Take Three Girls. This was in the days when there were only three TV channels, one of which, BBC2, was watched by about four people. So roughly half the population had Pentangle beamed into their living rooms once a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMm0wxpaRc (Got that song mixed up with Jethro Tull's 'Living in the Past' for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9IyFLDtjk Mind you, the flute's a bit of a giveaway. And the fact that Ian Anderson isn't Jacqui McShee. OK it seems obvious now, but I was very young!)

Jethro Tull are really good too. Here's The Witch's Promise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrGlfeA-JdY

[seeds]

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Maia isn't old enough and you, me old China, aren't British enough to know that Pentangle got their big break when 'Night Flight" was used as the theme tune for a BBC series, Take Three Girls. This was in the days when there were only three TV channels, one of which, BBC2, was watched by about four people. So roughly half the population had Pentangle beamed into their living rooms once a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMm0wxpaRc (Got that song mixed up with Jethro Tull's 'Living in the Past' for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9IyFLDtjk Mind you, the flute's a bit of a giveaway. And the fact that Ian Anderson isn't Jacqui McShee. OK it seems obvious now, but I was very young!)

Right you are me old bean. Until today, I had never heard of the "Take Three Girls" tv series.
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[seeds]

Hi Maia, I'm surprised to hear someone mention Pentangle.

Maia isn't old enough and you, me old China, aren't British enough to know that Pentangle got their big break when 'Night Flight" was used as the theme tune for a BBC series, Take Three Girls. This was in the days when there were only three TV channels, one of which, BBC2, was watched by about four people. So roughly half the population had Pentangle beamed into their living rooms once a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsMm0wxpaRc (Got that song mixed up with Jethro Tull's 'Living in the Past' for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9IyFLDtjk Mind you, the flute's a bit of a giveaway. And the fact that Ian Anderson isn't Jacqui McShee. OK it seems obvious now, but I was very young!)

Jethro Tull are really good too. Here's The Witch's Promise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrGlfeA-JdY

Ah, yes, Jethro Tull.

I saw them live here in the states just after the release of Aqualung.

I'll never forget watching Ian Anderson toss his flute 20 feet into the air as it spun like a baton, sparkling in the stage lights and then caught by him in perfect timing to continue where he left off on his solo.

Dang, I miss my youthful days (well, at least the having the energy to do things part ).
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[Will Bouwman]

Dang, I miss my youthful days (well, at least the having the energy to do things part ).

Just do it slower. Works for me. Anyhoo, here's one that you and Maia might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFXUmVbsYI

[Maia]

Dang, I miss my youthful days (well, at least the having the energy to do things part ).

Just do it slower. Works for me. Anyhoo, here's one that you and Maia might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFXUmVbsYI

Very nice, I hadn't heard of those before. Here's another favourite of mine, Gypsy, by the Moody Blues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ym1AsJAzE

[seeds]

Dang, I miss my youthful days (well, at least the having the energy to do things part ).

Just do it slower. Works for me. Anyhoo, here's one that you and Maia might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFXUmVbsYI

Very nice, I hadn't heard of those before. Here's another favourite of mine, Gypsy, by the Moody Blues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ym1AsJAzE

Yes, Will's suggestion was indeed very nice.

Furthermore, we all seem to be kindred spirits here, for very few groups can match the greatness of the Moody Blues,

Not meaning to turn this into another "what's your favorite music" thread, but seeing how you seem to like the old stuff, have you ever listened to Joni Mitchell's very first album, "Song to a Seagull"?

I think you might like it, Maia...

https://youtu.be/8PGITZmJrkE
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[attofishpi]

Yes, there's definitely a lot of good music from that time. I particularly like the Moody Blues, for example, who I kept asking for on Friday, which no one complained about, not least, I suppose, because they were a local band. Local, that is, to my afore-not-mentioned home city. Their classic seven albums straddled the late '60s and early '70s, which was also the era of the folk rock bands, including Pentangle, who I really like, and Steeleye Span, to name just two. Pentangle are really good because they often recorded real traditional folk songs, such as Willy O' Winsbury. Just listen, for example, to Jacqui McShee's voice, on this.

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

It's a bit tingly, isn't it?

Yes, I'd imagine a Pagan as yourself getting waves of goosebumps at that!

It's very nice on the ears but not the sort of music that does much for me..