Originally Posted by Il Duce

the Carpenters are the toppermost of the poppermost

and all of their songs, if you learn them, are actually jazz-based, cept for Top of the World

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Just focusing on the 70`s here and these bands for me pretty much sum it all up, there`s probably some I`ve forgotten to mention:

Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Supertramp, Rush, Free, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Toto, Journey, Styx, Kansas, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, James Gang, Cars, Devo, Scorpions, Yes, King Crimson, Grateful Dead, Wishbone Ash, Captain Beyond, Stranglers, Talking Heads and Triumph.

Favourite bassists from the 70`s include: John Paul Jones, Ian Glover, Tom Hamilton, Mike Pocaro, Ross Valory, Chris Squire, John Wetton, Tom Petersson, Rick Anderson, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Phil Lesh, John McVie and Benjamin Orr

Originally Posted by VocalsBass

(Adult Contemporary) They are among some of the best selling artist of all-time. They had a jazz trio thing going with Wes Jacob in '65. Their music may have very well been influenced by jazz for obvious reasons, if that's what you mean by jazz-based.

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

i mean, most of their songs use jazz chords, has jazz theory and are jazz progressions

only they change it to make it "pop"

Originally Posted by VocalsBass

So..oo.. their music is basically influenced by jazz. Steely Dan, is very jazz influenced in the same way. (jazz rock)

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

yeah, they somehow make it sound less "jazzy" and more mainstream, but any Carpenters song is pretty hard to learn, there're at least six chords in one line in a verse

Originally Posted by VocalsBass

Triumph is a fav of mine also. I remember having a discussion with you before concerning who was the best band between Free & Bad Company. Bad Company were really big here (in the northeastern states anyway). Were they very popular in the UK? compared to Free.

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Free never reached the heights of popularity that the big three (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple) did here in the UK. In terms of popularity they were the next level down along with the likes of Humble Pie.

Bad Company were a much bigger selling band here in the 70`s than Free ever were, but I think today more people will have far more nostalgia for Free than they would for Bad Company.

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I think today more people will have far more nostalgia for Free than they would for Bad Company.

Originally Posted by VocalsBass

I don't know if that applies in the states or not. Of course "All Right Now" by Free has always been popular here, but that's about it, as far as Free is concerned with mainstream. Bad Company's Ready For Love, Bad Company-Bad Company, Movin'On, The Sky Is Burning, and the list just goes on, is always being played on the classic rock stations here.