Whats playing on your system today?

@uberwalz - Definitely, I already listen to, and love, Lacuna Coil - just not this week.  Along with Eyes of Eden, Delain, Apocalyptica, Edenbridge, Tarja, Nightwish, Urn, Octavia Sperati, Theater of Tragedy, Eternal Tears of Sorrow...well you get the idea :-)  Mostly Autumn I'm not familiar with, but I'll check them out for sure.  Strawbs were really great, but they had some duds as well (Afraid I don't share your love of Bursting at The Seams - Now, Grave New World, From The Witchwood, Hero and Heroine, *that's* what I'm talking about!).  Not really a real fan of Sandy Denny's solo stuff, but...
If you haven't listened to Steeley Span you should give them a try.  "Portfolio" is a very good collection to start with.

@nutty - I'll have to check out Lucifers Friend and Mind Exploding.  New ones to me.  I'm also a big fan of Atomic Rooster, Audience, Renaissance, Genesis (think  From Genesis Through Revelation through  And Then There Were Three...),  Steeleye Span, Illusion, King Crimson (Lark's Tongues in Aspic, and Starless and Bible Black are favorites) and I love Dream Theater - all of their albums.  After Masque I think Kansas just kind of went downhill, but the earlier stuff was great! Just like with early Rush (Caress of Steel is really hard to beat), Tull (Aqualung and earlier).  So much good stuff from the 'good old days'.

And I listen to some esoteric stuff as well ;-)
KH

Aerosmith

Keith
No bursting at the Seams is not my fave Strawbs album either but I thought was only one I had on vinyl
I was wrong, I found hero and heroine before I came across bursting so that got the playlist late last night.

Dream Theater and Iq make my top lists very often too.

The Black Market... Rise Against

keithahughes,

Dream Theater, I used to listen a lot of DT. I have most of Dream Theater's media on CD. I’ve attended four of their shows, one with Spocks Beard as the opener.

I have an "original unopened" copy of Live Scenes from New York. 3 disc set. The cover shows the Twin Towers and Statue of Liberty engulfed in flames....

From Wiki"..Coincidentally, it was originally released on September 11, 2001, and when it was noticed that the cover artwork depicted the skyline of New York, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in flames, it was recalled and re-released a short time later with the Majesty symbol instead.[3] Some copies with the original artwork still exist, and are now rare collector’s items.."

Blood, Sweat and Tears, Greatist Hits
Crosby, Stills and Nash, CSN

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