I tell you what, I'll take one great new album a year over 100 albums from all of the various modern rock artists! Two great albums released this year that are frickin amazing:
Rush : Snakes and Arrows
Scorpions : Humanity, Hour 1


Old school rock is still alive and well and kicking ass!

Personally I'm waitint for Hermans Hermits to make a new album.

Bruce springsteen:Magic oct 2nd..Steve Earle Washington Square seranade sept 25th

Nwokie, Me too!

I've still got some of the original Herman's Hermits albums that are old enough to be recorded in mono!

This Day In History:

1963
Herman's Hermits, with 16-year-old TV actor Peter Noone, hit #38 with "I'm Into Something Good".

Edit:

Old folks version:

This Day In History:

1963
Herman's Hermits, with 16-year-old TV actor Peter Noone, hit #38 with "I'm Into Something Good".

Was that a hit before or after: Mrs. Merkin, you've got a lovely daughter?

I have no idea, I was not around back then. I was just posting that for the old folks around here!

wait....

I have no idea, I was not around back then. I was just posting that for the old folks around here!

There...had to turn it up so the geezers could read it!

I can't believe it was 1963! That doesn't sound right...or I'm really old.

But hey, I only knew them from the 1969 Greatest Hits LP, which was a gag gift to my parents. but we kids adored and played over and over and over...

Hey Darktemper.....I resemble that remark!

Hey, I dont need this large type, thats why I have a magnifier on my laptop.

I once got my daughter a Rodger Miller CD, because she didnt believe me when I said there was a real song "You can't rollarskate in a buffalo herd". She didnt want it, so I got to keep it!

Music is very important to me. Classic Rock got me started, but New Rock keeps me young. There are some bands out there - some popular, some not - that are just SO good to me.

Thank God for all of it.

For some reason my kids, (2 at home 17, 21) like listening to modern music, which I understand, they also don't mind listening to KUPL, but they cant stand listening to Khits or KOOl now.

Something very cool for you old folks. IE7 made it easy to zoom in your browser window. Look in the lower right corner for 100%. You can change all the way up to 400% or custom without having to change screen resolutions.

Yes I know. They did it specially for old folks like me.

(Note as a point of reference that when I refer to my age, at the time of this writing I am 23.)

From the dark recesses of my stereo cabinet~

"INTRODUCING HERMAN'S HERMITS"
MGM LP #E4282

1 1) I'm Into Something Good (2:31)
1 2) Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter (2:46)
1 3) Kansas City Loving (2:07)
1 4) I Wonder (2:06)
1 5) Sea Cruise (2:08)
1 6) Walkin' With My Angel (2:19)

2 1) Show Me Girl (2:34)
2 2) I understand (Just How You Feel) (2:58)
2 3) Mother-In-Law (2:21)
2 4) Your Hand In Mine (2:00)
2 5) I Know Why (2:03)
2 6) Thinking Of You (2:03)

My Mum gave me this record for Christmas in 2004. (I was 20.) I think she found it at Everyday Music, or somewhere in the area.........

Skybill, this one *is* old enough to be recorded in mono! ;o)

sadly, none of my friends

4 of those made it at least into the top 10.
I'm pretty sure Mrs Brown and I'm into something good made #1.

Motozak, The cover on that album is white isn't it?

If it's the one I'm thinking of, I have it too. (Only I got mine in the early to mid 60's!)

album cover
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/H/hermits_hermits.html

Skybill--

Mine is the same as the one shown in the page to which Nwokie linked. (Thanks Nwokie.)

Classic Rock is the best, THANK GOD FOR CLASSIC ROCK because it is slim pickins with the new rock these days. 80% of the music I listen to is Classic Rock, the remaining 20% is new rock, which is getting harder to find decent new rock! Radio is certainly not playing it. 90% of the new rock played on the radio today is CRAP!!

So, have you listed to the new CD "humanity : Hour 1" yet from the Scorp's? It is a real "Stinger" start to finish. A real piece of "Heavy Metal Marvelousness!"

Nwokie, Thanks. That's the other one that I have. I had them confused!

I need to break out all my vinyl and put it on my PC.

I'll save Craig the trouble and post it myself:

I'm Into Something Good," their first hit, entered the chart on 11-14-64 and peaked at #13.
Mrs Brown... entered chart 4-17-65, #1 for 3 weeks.

Those are the only two from that album to hit Billboard's Top 40.

They had a total of 18 charting hits between 1964 and '68.

Thanks! I thought '63 was too early! (not by much, though)

Oh well....that's not the first time that source screwed up the year. Anyway take a peek at what I found:
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/2581915/