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Classic Album Discussion Thread: The Kinks-Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (5 Viewers)

I listened to decent amount of Steve Miller, mainly because my "Mott the Hoople" best friend was also a big Steve Miller fan. I liked it but wouldn't call myself a big fan. Can't say I even have a favorite song. 

 
timschochet said:
Steve Miller Band-  Greatest Hits 1974-1978

Swingtown

Jungle Love

Take The Money and Run

Rock’n Me

Serenade

True Fine Love

The Stake

The Joker

Fly Like An Eagle

Threshold

Jet Airliner

Dance, Dance, Dance

Winter Time

Wild Mountain Honey

I chose a Greatest Hits album rather than any of their original recordings because in my experience, this is what everybody I knew owned. These guys were a hits band and not an album band (though in their early days, much like Fleetwood Mac, they were a pretty damn good blues band, and had some great songs not included here like “Space Cowboy” and “Kow Kow Calqulator”) 

There tends to be two opinions about Steve Miller- either you found his songs to be filler on the radio and you basically waited for them to be over so you could get to the REAL artists (Pink Floyd, Stones, Zep, etc), or you liked these songs for what they were: fun rock and roll with pop sensibilities, nothing serious, but highly enjoyable. I’m defintely in the latter group. My favorite is Jet Airliner, which is actually a cover, but I love almost all of it. 
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This.  I am quick to switch stations when Miler comes on. A bunch of meh for me.

 
dutch said:
No joke, an alltime favorite of mine.  Not often you get a trumpet lead in classic rock; sets the tone beauftifully.  :thumbup:
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Randy Brecker  :thumbup:

He was also a member of the horn section that played on Aerosmith's Same Old Song and Dance

 
My life's journey has followed the model established by Steve Miller

  1. Born in Milwaukee - check
  2. Attend University of Wisconsin-Madison - check
  3. Relocate to San Francisco - check
  4. Artistic stagnation - check
  5. Fame and fortune - pending

 
timschochet said:
There tends to be two opinions about Steve Miller- either you found his songs to be filler on the radio and you basically waited for them to be over so you could get to the REAL artists (Pink Floyd, Stones, Zep, etc), or you liked these songs for what they were: fun rock and roll with pop sensibilities, nothing serious, but highly enjoyable. I’m defintely in the latter group. My favorite is Jet Airliner, which is actually a cover, but I love almost all of it. 
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I enjoy his tunes, but REALLY liked them as a kid and young adult. His hits are nostalgic to me, bringing back childhood memories of riding in my parents' car. But, man, I have heard those songs a few times too often. Deep cuts are fine, but I don't seek out his greatest hits stuff any more. Much respect for Miller's career, though, and for his humility and down-to-earth nature: Miller has said that he hangs several of his gold records in his laundry room so that he can look at them while washing his socks and underwear.

 
What’s wrong with me, I love classic rock but so far the only album I like is Boston.  I do like the Beatles but the white album doesn’t resonate with me.

Steve Miller band , oof. Never like him and the RRHOF stories cemented it

 
Steve Miller has got to have some of the worst vocal technique among professional singers.  He constantly breaks up lines to take audible gasps of breath.

It's really annoying on songs like Wild Mountain Honey

 
timschochet said:
Steve Miller Band-  Greatest Hits 1974-1978

Swingtown

Jungle Love

Take The Money and Run

Rock’n Me

Serenade

True Fine Love

The Stake

The Joker

Fly Like An Eagle

Threshold

Jet Airliner

Dance, Dance, Dance

Winter Time

Wild Mountain Honey

I chose a Greatest Hits album rather than any of their original recordings because in my experience, this is what everybody I knew owned. These guys were a hits band and not an album band (though in their early days, much like Fleetwood Mac, they were a pretty damn good blues band, and had some great songs not included here like “Space Cowboy” and “Kow Kow Calqulator”) 

There tends to be two opinions about Steve Miller- either you found his songs to be filler on the radio and you basically waited for them to be over so you could get to the REAL artists (Pink Floyd, Stones, Zep, etc), or you liked these songs for what they were: fun rock and roll with pop sensibilities, nothing serious, but highly enjoyable. I’m defintely in the latter group. My favorite is Jet Airliner, which is actually a cover, but I love almost all of it. 
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"bingo-jet-had-a-light-on ..."

I think you nailed it on the earlier songs.  I love Steve Miller Band ...before '75 or so.  I saw someone mention that their Mott the Hoople friend was also a Steve Miller fan.  I would bet that guy was more of a fan of Miller's earlier hits compilation "Anthology" than that other thing.  

 
timschochet said:
fun rock and roll with pop sensibilities, nothing serious, but highly enjoyable. I’m defintely in the latter group. My favorite is Jet Airliner, which is actually a cover, but I love almost all of it. 
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Great description - always enjoy when they pop up on an Amazon station.  I don’t make a point to listen to their stuff specifically so maybe that why I still really like them.

Jungle Love, Jet Airliner, The Joker, Rockn me, Take the Money and Run.  Good stuff

 
zamboni said:
That greatest hits album was a mainstay of every college keg party though.
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For me it was high school.  I remember going to a concert and it seemed the entire crowd was high school kids. It was a blast at the time.

Seemed everyone had moved on once we go to college.

 
Binky The Doormat said:
link to HOF stories?  
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He wasn't particularly gracious when he was inducted into the Hall a few years ago.  I don't know if his speech is online anywhere but you can google the music news from that period and catch the drift.

I have no love for the RRHOF so Miller's cranky old man schtick appealed to me.

 
zamboni said:
Just saw Steve Miller and Peter Frampton in concert last month. Miller can still bring it at age 74.

Was never a huge fan of his other than his early days at Fillmore West.

That greatest hits album was a mainstay of every college keg party though.
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We're going to see this show Aug 20th at the Botanical Gardens in Boise.  Great place to see a show.  Was never a huge fan of Miller and everyone listened to Frampton in HS. Hoping it will be a good show with lots of   :banned:

 
Also saw Steve Miller Band open for the Dead at this show. Was cool to see him and other band members join the Dead for part of the second set, adding horns and harmonica.

As a side note, check out that last song @krista4 @Anarchy99

 
Getzlaf15 said:
We're going to see this show Aug 20th at the Botanical Gardens in Boise.  Great place to see a show.  Was never a huge fan of Miller and everyone listened to Frampton in HS. Hoping it will be a good show with lots of   :banned:
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They were both surprisingly good, particularly their guitar chops - both are pretty underrated guitarists IMO. I went because of Frampton, as a fan of Humble Pie and his live album, and hoping to hear some of his acoustic stuff of recent years. Not so much for Miller, although he was better than expected for a guy pushing 75 years old.

 
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Eephus said:
Steve Miller has got to have some of the worst vocal technique among professional singers.  He constantly breaks up lines to take audible gasps of breath.

It's really annoying on songs like Wild Mountain Honey
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I was in bed reading this thread on a tablet and meant to tap Like This and hit your link instead. There was no reason for you to provide that link, man. No reason.

 
zamboni said:
They were both surprisingly good, particularly their guitar chops - both are pretty underrated guitarists IMO. I went because of Frampton, as a fan of Humble Pie and his live album, and hoping to hear some of his acoustic stuff of recent years.
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Frampton was still amazing as of circa 2005. He looks about as unassuming as possible when he takes the stage, like someone's math-professor dad took a wrong turn backstage or something. The visuals might be a long way from his proto-Bon Jovi look, but that dude can still work the axe just fine.

 
Eephus said:
He wasn't particularly gracious when he was inducted into the Hall a few years ago.  I don't know if his speech is online anywhere but you can google the music news from that period and catch the drift.

I have no love for the RRHOF so Miller's cranky old man schtick appealed to me.
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He was a real ##### to the Black Keys who inducted him . I have no idea if they are ##### or anything. I guess he treated staffers like crap on even the minor things

 
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Eephus said:
He wasn't particularly gracious when he was inducted into the Hall a few years ago.  I don't know if his speech is online anywhere but you can google the music news from that period and catch the drift.

I have no love for the RRHOF so Miller's cranky old man schtick appealed to me.
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IMHO, Miller had a good point, just that he made it ungraciously:

No one was laughing when The Joker unloaded his grievances about the whole induction process. And the proceedings had little to do with speaking of the “pompatus of love,” whatever that means. ”[The organizers] need to respect the artists they say they’re honoring, which they don't," he said. His biggest gripe? Getting two free tickets and then getting charged $10,000 for every ticket after that. "What about my band? What about their wives? They make it so unpleasant." Miller appeared on Howard Stern's Sirius radio show a few weeks after his induction, pledging to have the Hall's music education charities audited. He was more succinct on satellite radio about how he felt about the whole ordeal: "[Eff] the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
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Played the heck out of that Steve Miller greatest hits album in my old '86 Cutlass Supreme, cruising around town in my college days.  If I never hear a song from that album again, I will be ok.

 
HellToupee said:
He was a real ##### to the Black Keys . I have no idea if they are ##### or anything. I guess he treated staffers like crap on even the minor things
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For those curious, here's some details about Miller's interaction with The Black Keys at the 2016 RHOF induction, courtesy of Keys front man Dan Auerbach. Auerbach and Keys' drummer Pat Karney introduced Miller during the ceremony.

While I don't think Miller was slagging on The Black Keys personally (IOW, he'd have been a flaming jerk to anyone that night) ... Miller definitely had on his Grade A jackhole pants that night. Auerbach and Karney didn't need to hear about Miller's issues with a third party.

Steve Miller was a lot better behaved in the 80s, it seemed. Guess he's bitter about this and that, and he doesn't feel like he needs to keep his mouth shut anymore. It's a bad look, to say the least.

 
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Doug B said:
Steve Miller was a lot better behaved in the 80s, it seemed. Guess he's bitter about this and that, and he doesn't feel like he needs to keep his mouth shut anymore. It's a bad look, to say the least.
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RRHOF induction ceremony train wrecks where people slag off former bandmates and settle old scores are a lot more rock 'n roll than a guy reading off a list of thank yous to Jann Wenner and other industry types.  I fast forward through the latter.

 
Eephus said:
I did a Lou Rawls number at the local karaoke bar last Saturday so I'm in as good a form as I get these days.
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I either do Lynyrd Skynyrd or JImmy Buffett. Odd how the same bad voice works for either. If I pop a few pillies I might do Tom Jones, well Jimmy Buffett doing Tom Jones.

 
Eephus said:
RRHOF induction ceremony train wrecks where people slag off former bandmates and settle old scores are a lot more rock 'n roll than a guy reading off a list of thank yous to Jann Wenner and other industry types.  I fast forward through the latter.
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Check this out -- Steve Miller got inducted in the same ceremony that Chicago got inducted (2016).  Here's Chicago co-founder Robert Lamm's account of meeting up with Steve Miller backstage:

Actually, when I was standing downstairs in the hallway, Steve Miller walked in. I haven’t seen him since 1969. He just looked at me, gave me a big hug and said, “Why has it been so ####### long?” I told him that I had the poster of the show where he opened for Chicago. He had the poster, I had the poster and we were both considering bringing it along with us for each of us to sign. But it was better seeing him and seeing how well he’s doing and watching his performance. It was great fun. That was my favorite performance of the night. 
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Makes me think maybe Miller just finally got to that get-off-of-my-lawn! stage of life. Cool with contemporaries, but has no use for the new school.

Neither here nor there: 95-year-old Marvel comics icon Stan Lee is kind of like that, too ... only really classy about it. He'll typically apologize if a fan asks him something about contemporary comics because he hasn't really kept up in decades.

 
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