Is The Move the greatest rock band ever, or just the best?

RandomKoolzip

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Tue Dec-21-04 11:38 PM
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Poll question: Is The Move the greatest rock band ever, or just the best?

Listening to the "Movements" box set right now. I always loved the Move, especially Rick Price's fucking INSANE bass tone....I swear they're the greatest band ever. Or are they the best?

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jpgray

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Tue Dec-21-04 11:49 PM
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1. I'll give you "good"

But at this moment I like even a middling Kinks track like "Session Man" more than what Lynne and Wood were up to at the time. The Move were cool though, and I just got Boulders which is pretty interesting.

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RandomKoolzip

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Tue Dec-21-04 11:57 PM
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3. I just can't get over the thick-assed bass tone Rick Price came up with...

I'm just obsessed with it....there's nary a word in all the literature I've read about the Move that tells how he acheived such glory. At least in Cheap Trick's box set, they tell you that Tom Petersson used a Gibson Thunderbird put through a Sound City guitar amp to get his similar tone. Feh!

And as much of a Kinks freak I am, I'll take "Fire Brigade" over anything the Kinks were doing prior to "Village Green Preservation Society...."

Okay, I'll make an exception for "She's Got Everything."

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jpgray

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:15 AM
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5. Fire Brigade wasn't with Price, was it?

Edited on Wed Dec-22-04 12:15 AM by jpgray

That is a great single.

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RandomKoolzip

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:18 AM
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6. No, he wasn't in the band yet.

That was 'Ace" Kefford....Even the pre-Price stuff floats my boat. Apart from that bass tone, there is the pop craftsmanship to consider, and the snide attitude.

Mark E. Smith is a big Move fan, y'know.

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jpgray

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:26 AM
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8. Also they helped to make "He's a Whore" possible

Their later stuff like Message from the Country just never really grew on me--I only had that one for a week or so, though.

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RandomKoolzip

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:33 AM
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9. Exactly....if their only function was to tenderize the ear

of the rock listener so's that he'd be receptive to Cheap Trick....then that's worth a cigar or six in my book.

I do like the early stuff, but it sounds somewhat undernourished in comparison to the four/three-piece years to me; I prefer the later stuff, actually.

And "Do Ya" is one the most awe-inspiring songs ever loosed upon humanity, IMO.

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progmom

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Tue Dec-21-04 11:51 PM
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2. I voted for my husband

...who loves The Move.

A boxed set, you say? Hmmm.....

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RandomKoolzip

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:00 AM
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4. It's one of them imports from da UK.

It's subtitled the "30th Anniversary Anthology."

I wish there were more tracks from "Message for the Country" or "Split Ends," seeing as how my vinyl copies are all scratched up. But it's got the non-sound effects version of "Fire Brigade" on it, so it's well worth the forty bucks I spent at Tower for it.

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Redleg

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:21 AM
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7. Holy crap- some other Move fans.

"Fire Brigade" is probably their finest song and a great Rock song.

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RandomKoolzip

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Wed Dec-22-04 12:36 AM
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10. Oh, you bet. Loved 'em since I was a kid.

I loved Cheap Trick when I was little (5-6 years old) and used to read every article I could find about them, and a few mentioned The Move as influences. My mom happened to have "Split Ends" in her collection......"Do Ya" and "Chinatown" hooked me for life.

But "Fire Brigade...." Ay yi yi. Just thinking about that tune gives me goosebumps.

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