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Was there ever a Tighter band than...
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Testament's current lineup is pretty darn tight. They've got Gene "the Atomic Clock" Hoglan on drums. And Skolnick, Peterson, and DiGiorgio aren't anyone to sneeze at either.
ROCK AND ROLL
Tight: Rush
Not Tight, (but GREAT to listen to) Neal Young with Crazy Horse
I think tightness can be cool in rock and roll, but it ain't the end all be all, that's for sure.
I can't comment on Jazz.
Tight: Rush
Not Tight, (but GREAT to listen to) Neal Young with Crazy Horse
I think tightness can be cool in rock and roll, but it ain't the end all be all, that's for sure.
I can't comment on Jazz.
The post-Hamburg/early Liverpool Beatles. The 10,000 hour rule was fully in effect. You can still hear it in the rooftop "Get Back" film.
Good point. I wouldn't call anything Hendrix and company or Allman Brothers did "tight". But it sure worked.
But the a Yellow Jackets and Tower of Power were tight as ticks live. That certainly worked too.
I can appreciate both approaches.
I doubt interp minds complexity. That was not a particularly good recording. Probably made on a cell phone. You'd never know they tuned low, because there's no bass.
I'll link to one of Periphery's official videos just for kicks. It's not really my thing. They are definitely tight, in a mechanical sort of way. I bet their live show blasts the audience away.
Japanese trumpeter Toshinori Kondo did mechanical well. Unfortunately I can't find the album. It would probably have been early 80s.
When I want metal of questionable taste, I turn to Stratovarius, because Jens Johansson.
In a different era, Jens would be 100% awesome. Sometimes musicians go where the gigs are, and Nordic taste has been a little strange ever since Yngwie stepped on the stage. Hence shred keyboards, which Jens invented.
His father Jan and bassist Georg Riedel were pretty tight. Forgive me, I don't know who the drummer was, because the three of them together are one of the tightest units ever.
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Yeah, I remember when I thought mush was not mush as long as it was "complex."
Booker T. & The MG's
Tomahawk
The Jesus Lizard (maybe not Mr. Yow so much)
and +1's to; Oingo Boingo, The Attractions, TCB Band, King Crimson, James Brown's early & any of Prince's bands.
Tomahawk
The Jesus Lizard (maybe not Mr. Yow so much)
and +1's to; Oingo Boingo, The Attractions, TCB Band, King Crimson, James Brown's early & any of Prince's bands.
That's more like it, much better recording of Periphery. Yeah, that's fairly tight. Don't much care for it, but that's not the point, is it?
Since this thread has to do with "tightness" and some commenters seem to equate that with complexity, I will offer the subjective observation that in my experience the less complex the music and the slower the tempo the more difficult it is for an ensemble to play rhythmically "tight." Speed and complexity can be a crutch.
guilty pleasure over here.
many of her songs were written by John Farrar who is one of the best unknown writers/musicians out there.You sat through a whole Olivia Newton-John album???
no one has mentioned Extreme-super tight.
Personal picks are pretty standard, but:
King's X
AC/DC
Zep
and THE WAILERS. Their live records, goodness gracious.
King's X
AC/DC
Zep
and THE WAILERS. Their live records, goodness gracious.
I must have a different definition of 'tight'. To me, the Stones and Zep were good, but very sloppy. The exact opposite of 'tight'. Which can be cool.
Just MHO.
Just MHO.
I win.
When the groove kicks in and he does the splits, just electrifying. Tight, tight groove.
When the groove kicks in and he does the splits, just electrifying. Tight, tight groove.
Read all the way thru - missing 2 of the very tightest ever:
Weather Report
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Return to Forever
I saw Zappa live many times and the complexity of the music and tightness was amazing.
Gentle Giant was a band I listened to on albums and always assumed there were dozens of musicians and lots of overdubs - but seeing them live was amazing as it's just a few musicians switching between many instruments - they sounded just like they did on the albums.
I miss the old days when musicians practiced their instruments and actually knew how to play live without backing tracks and pitch correction.
Gentle Giant was a band I listened to on albums and always assumed there were dozens of musicians and lots of overdubs - but seeing them live was amazing as it's just a few musicians switching between many instruments - they sounded just like they did on the albums.
I miss the old days when musicians practiced their instruments and actually knew how to play live without backing tracks and pitch correction.
