The Nazz and the Nazz

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:18 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPrNCQQBvY&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llJG6pHhuBY&mode=related&search=

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:31 am

I always liked Todd Rundgren, and his solo stuff he did in the 70's

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:47 am

I love The Nazz, have everything they did on a double CD, very underrated band. Charlie check out that Psychedelic EB-3

lionheart · Post by **lionheart** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:46 pm

Todd has always been a real inspiration for me, since about 1985. Not really for his guitar playing, but more for his knowledge of pop "form". In my opinion, Todd is one of the few people I would call a true "genius".

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:03 pm

Mitch, I have to tell you...the links you choose to post are always wicked good gems. If we collected and listed all of your YouTube links in one spot, that would make one hell of a fine rock and roll history class.

Thanks Mitch.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:39 pm

Hey thanks alot Mark,I really am glad that you like some of the stuff I post.I used to collect records and then in the 70s and 80's I co-owned a record store.I think there are some pretty amazing music videos on youtube and I am always looking for some of my favorites so that I can share it with you all.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:17 pm

Mitch did you find anything live by The Nazz? I'd like to see "Loosen Up" haha!

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:40 am

Not bad for a band whose name came from a David Bowie song, huh?

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:44 am

Not so, but you probably knew that... Ziggy was written in 1972.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:36 pm

Todd took the name from the Lord Buckley's riff about "The Nazz"(the 1st clip I posted above).

http://www.informer.org/nazz.html

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:13 pm

I'm impressed by the guitar tone they achieved on this one...definitely ahead of it's time, and a precursor of things to come.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:17 pm

How about The Nazz is blue by the Yardbirds? that's what I had heard.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:00 pm

Bob,I stand corrected.According to Wikipedia:

" Origin of the band's name
The Nazz took their name from the song "The Nazz are Blue" by The Yardbirds from their album Roger the Engineer. That song, in turn, took its title from Lord Buckley's comic monologue, "The Nazz," which is a re-telling of the tale of Jesus of Nazareth. [1] It is also often erroneously said that the band took its name from a line in the David Bowie song "Ziggy Stardust" which goes: "He was the nazz, with god-given ***..." but that song appeared in 1972, long after the first Nazz album, which appeared in 1968"

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:20 pm

Well that clip you posted was the father of the inspiration, close enough for me. I have a great Nazz CD, everything they ever recorded, it is probably on there, although I do think I happened to have had it somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind allready. Great EB-3 sound.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:00 pm

I stand corrected. Memory almost full.