RE: SAM Challenge - Music can shape your future
I understand I have a professional in front of me. A professional in listening to music, you are very close to the phenomenon through passion and ... husband. Another great post in SAM. Thank you! If you could become a groupie but you saved yourself through marriage ... and I could become a groupie, but I saved myself through friendship. What I want to say. I was very close to two Romanian bands, especially the Roata. I was a good friend with Sorin Chifiriuc and I am a good friend to the other members of the band: Elena Perianu and Valentin Badea (they don't play music now). I don't know if you heard of the Roata, but Chifiriuc really was a name in the Romanian alternative music (Old Court 43, Domino, Iris, Sfinx ...).
I was also close to Secret, a rock band of girls.
Exceeding confessions ... I now listen to The Who. Thank you for your impetus. I've listened a little in the past but I don't know why I've overlooked this band. I have to recover now and thank you for that.
In the end, I have to make a little bit uncomfortable. I admit that "Love reign o'er me" is a great song. I have to say, however, that Pete is more impressive with the guitar than Roger. Please forgive me ... I know very well how unpleasant it is for someone to not appreciate what you like. Roger Daltrey in the voice find some resemblance to the voice of one of my favorites (forgiveness again ... this one finds him better, GL, I'm curious if you guess it).
A professional? Not even close. Just a person who loves listening to good music and whishes to be able to play an instrument. But... Mother Nature gave me an analytical brain instead of an artistic one. Oh well, I can always brag about my husbands achievements in the musical field. 🙂
I've heard about Roata and Sorin Chifiriuc. I did not listen to them but I will rectify this. So thank you for the recommendation. A Romanian band which is really close to my heart is Semnal M. I also like Iris and Holograf (the old songs, not the ring one though 🙂). And I really love Luna Amara.
I cannot be upset if you like GL (not able to guess... perhaps due to the lazy Sunday 😂) more than Roger Daltrey. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. However, a slight note: I was pointing out the amazing Roger's vocal performance. The guitar part is also brilliant (have you ever felt that those strings can make your eyes watery?) but on this occasion I wanted to let my friends know what kind of voicesvI love. I'm wondering if I shouldn't write another SAM (next week) about the gods of guitar. 🙂
GL = Greg Lake!
Maybe next week I'll post about music ... who knows?
Sorin Chifiriuc was one of the rock pioneers in Romania. A charismatic and difficult character. I was listening to him through the 75s and 80s but I met him in the late 80s after he founded the band Roata (new wave influences and alternatives) with quite a lot of takeovers from other bands.
After it disbanded Roata he collaborated with Dida Dragan and then a become a monk!
After three years in the monastery, he gave up and went to England. Yet not sing.
Two films from which you can see a little of the atmosphere of the early years of the Romanian rock.