BillWelcome Home Studios Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I thought that this particular sadness had a little more relevancy than some of the more recent posts of similar subject. http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=987001&lang=eng_news "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Page would not load on clicking on the link. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Worked for me (maybe bill edited it ?)... "Pushing Too Hard" was a great song, with content that went beyond most early-mid 1960s pop/rock. Kinda similar to the Standells & some of their material. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C3WVzPy4cw Plus he didn't just lean on his glory days but kept working.search_query=sometimes+good+guys+don%27t+wear+white&search_type=&aq=f Plus Saxon didn't just lean on his glory days but kept working. That's more than we can say for many. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 This is going to sound terrible, but I have never heard of him, or his band. Were they strictly a US band? Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 This is going to sound terrible, but I have never heard of him, or his band. Were they strictly a US band? The Seeds were a short lived phenomenon in the mid-60's. They weren't huge but had 1 big radio hit (Pushing Too Hard) & 1 lesser hit (The Farmer), then disappeared after less than a year in the limelight. Some people consider them an important proto-punk band. Mainly they were a marginally talented primitive band which happened along before punk got started, but I doubt anybody really considered them an influence. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 The first solo that Eddie Van Halen learned was Sky Saxon's in "Pushin' Too Hard" by The Seeds... Does that count as being an influence, a little? I've read and heard their name (The Seeds) dropped a few times as an influence or favorite old garage/proto-punk band... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 The first solo that Eddie Van Halen learned was Sky Saxon's in "Pushin' Too Hard" by The Seeds... Does that count as being an influence, a little? That was an odd little descant obligato part. Whether it was an influence might be judged by how much Van Halen sounds like the Seeds. I've read and heard their name (The Seeds) dropped a few times as an influence or favorite old garage/proto-punk band... You know, I do think the Seeds' bass player was a big influence on how low Keith Richards' straps his guitar on. The bass player had his bass down around mid-thigh. And Sky Saxon used to play a Mustang, which just maybe kinda possibly sort of a little bit might have influenced Adrian Belew to do so later in the 80's. I actually rather liked the Seeds' primitivism at the time, though they were pretty much overshadowed by the context of a lot of incredibly great music going on around them at that time. IIRC they came out around 1966, just before the second British invasion which would sweep everything else off the map. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 You know, I do think the Seeds' bass player was a big influence on how low Keith Richards' straps his guitar on. The bass player had his bass down around mid-thigh. And Sky Saxon used to play a Mustang, which just maybe kinda possibly sort of a little bit might have influenced Adrian Belew to do so later in the 80's. I just checked some YouTubes & see that it was Saxon playing bass (a Vox teardrop, like Bill Wyman,) & it was the guitarist who had the Mustang down around his knees. So my memory was kinda correct, after 43 years. There's a very distinct possibility the Ramones were influenced in their haircuts by Sky Saxon. Take a look. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rw2003 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Pushin' too Hard and Can't Seem to Make You Mine.... those are great songs. I've heard them before but I don't have much recollection of The Seeds... Granted I was just a few years old when they were out but that's no excuse... [video:youtube]ifQK_86Nk-A "Spend all day doing nothing But we sure do it well" - Huck Johns from 'Oh Yeah' Click to Listen to Oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumblyfingers Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 "Yeeeeeah Bobby...yeah boy!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I vaguely remember that Pushin Too Hard tune, (The page finally loaded for me). dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Does that count as being an influence, a little? I'd say we're influenced by almost anything we hear, even if we forget it. I think I've just been influenced by Sky Saxon to end the use of a tanbourine onstage by just dropping it & letting the jangle when it hits the floor be emphasis (check the vid above, about 40 swconds in). It's also possible to be influenced by what we don't like, as in "I'll never do anything like that!" d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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