The Concert Hall

[Oldschool]

Tag change and since when I put up the holiday tracks and couldn't remember exactly where in the L's I was I figured another set of Led and Lynryd was appropriate. And after a second rotation there's still wasn't enough room.

[Oldschool]

With all this music banter I've changed my tags again. Nice LoTR and Conan vids on the Magna Carta and Manowar tracks btw.

@ Syrius I noticed you added to yours - nice selections.

And your Joe Walsh track ended up leading me to this AWEsome live Eagles version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3_SSZElXg) of Walsh's Turn to Stone so stand repped.

[Syrius]

...is all about. Thanks for the Joe Walsh/Eagles video "Turn to Stone." Brought back some old memories rushing in. Glad you enjoyed some of the tunes I've been slappin' together like an old jukebox from years gone by. I see you got a Great Molly Hatchet in your sig, had to listen... been dyin to get on the board, but have been listening to an eclectic mix of Rock all day. :D Stand repped yourself for all the help.

[Syrius]

... double-shot on my sig of Stevie Ray Vaughan. And a third here: Stevie Ray Vaughan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQsqRBCXiuw)

[Oldschool]

Tex's and BDK's "conversation" re: bullets to bells had me thinking like Sryius.

Old song; Gimme back, Gimmee back my bullets! :D

Then I read his reply and thought "bullets", so here's some more................

Since I just posted some Skynyrd here is a fine cover by Pat Travers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RF2gXSjCzg) and if you're a Southern Rock or Skynyrd fan it's definitely from an album that you should enjoy. Jackyl also does a cover - no chainsaws though. ;)

And some more bullets some southern fried some not.

Couldn't find an Allman Brothers' version or a good one by Gregg. But here's Warren Haynes from the ABB and Gov't Mule - Before the Bullets Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrWcnTMnoss)

AC/DC - Gimme a Bullet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDjKl41gs54)

Uriah Heep - Simon the Bullet Freak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugk1c1-vZbc)

Neil Young - Bite the Bullet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFSGTsXl5A)

Elton John - I Feel Like A Bullet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAhRvpd_00)

Black Label Society - Bullet Inside Your Head (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE-hZZXbuCo)

Dokken - Bullets to Spare (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMV-3imGPQk)

Megadeth - Sweating Bullets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIiArYI5ass&feature=related)

I gotta give a shout out and thanks to Sryius' earlier mention of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils as it sent me on the journey that led me back to a tune that I'd nearly forgotten about and although I posted it elsewhere it's worthy of another one - OMD's Whippoorwill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wToTha9zMVs)

Edit: Maybe I'm too old but I just checked my links and noticed the view numbers or lack thereof and caught myself shaking my head.

[thingirl]

Edit: Maybe I'm too old but I just checked my links and noticed the view numbers or lack thereof and caught myself shaking my head.

I suppose it's unrelated, but a true hero would take a bullet for someone. And this video has 4.5 million views.

Hero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGcsIdGOuZY&ob=av2el)

[Syrius]

Oldschool sorry to hear you're not getting many looks at you links... how can you tell? Secondly, I like most of the groups you've linked so far, don't get discouraged. I know how you feel about not getting many hits on your links... In the: Tribute, Memorials, and Rememberances section of the forum, I wrote a hearty thanks to all the vets... and a poem I wrote about 9/11... and so far only one person has even said anything about it... hope it didn't, forgive my wording, 'suck'? The poem that is? Anyway, guess adventurer's are too busy playing Syrth. :)

To Thingirl, I like Skillet a lot. I think they're a pretty decent band. Thanks for the Hero song... here's another:

Hero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zueKq3z3Sk&feature=related) Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott.

[Oldschool]

Actually Syrius I could've worded that better. By checking my links I meant I was just making sure the links were to the YouTube vids I wanted not somethng else. I meant the YouTube views which I'm pretty sure just include registered views since I've viewed (or listened while in another window or even away from the computer) some enough that the numbers seem to support that thinking. I've got an account but I rarely log onto it.

And I read and liked your poem Sryius.

[Oldschool]

Thanks TG and Sryius now I'm on a "Hero hunt" on YouTube. :rolleyes:;)

Couldn't find Queensryche's version and done listened to Charlie Daniel's (The Last Fallen Hero) and Ozzy's versions and Thin Lizzy is currently blaring (The Hero and the Madman). Up next is one TG might like Petra's (oldschool Christian rockers) "Heart of a Hero"

Also Queen's, Foreigner's, Lennon's and Alan Jackson's "hero" songs come to mind.

[Syrius]

We sure do like an ecletic mix of music, don't we? Wow. I haven't listened to this many songs in ages. especially the "oldies". :D I'm glad someone liked the poem. Thanks.

[Oldschool]

Thanks Sryius - I like eclectic. Usually folks call some of my typical playlists/listening preferences weird, lol.

[Oldschool]

Since my Wichita Lineman post in This or That Ive been listening mostly to covers - especially today. And here's a couple that led me to the third - a collaboration between two departed guitar geniuses. The music speaks for itself.

Stevie Ray Vaughan covering Stevie Wonder's Superstition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPDJicA816s).

Jeff Healey covering The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1YNtOZTzc).

Both of them playing SRV's (not the best quality video and a bit outta sync but the audio's good) Look At Little Sister (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY).

[Oldschool]

Figured this would only be handy for vids/music. There are a few sites that will loop YouTube vids.

http://www.youtubeloop.com/

http://endlessvideo.com/

Or just type repeater between youtube and .com in the YouTube url which will automatically loop the selected vid and take you to a third looping site, http://www.youtuberepeater.com/

[Badstench]

I did a Badstench rant a couple of months ago about a guy named Jimmy Christmas. I extolled his talent.

He currently fronts a band called Luger Boa, but I first recognized him as the frontman for a band called The D4. He guest appeared on Letterman's night show and atrracted some interest.

This is Jimmy Christmas taking the piss... using a Warren Xevon song and mixing it with Kid Rock's version to do a New Zealand version of sheep music.

Funny as hell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMe-AP1wHeA&feature=related

And just to put things in perspective, Wairarapa is a province of New Zealand that is next to nowhere.

[Oldschool]

Couldn't get away from my musical tags and considering Gary Moore's recent passing my current sig features Gary and other guitar virtuosos.

And for Gary Moore fans here's something a bit different featuring Gary and some friends, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KR7txrLvuY

[Badstench]

Thanks for mentioning Gary Moore, Oldschool. I heard the news and felt another notch being nicked aginst the belt of age.

For those of you who don't know, Gary Moore was the lead guitarist with Thin Lizzy... then went on to ply his trade with many famouse musical figures.

Another great musician/guitarist bites the dust.

[Badstench]

My radio station of choice is called "The Rock".

Recently (actually, just yesterday), they finished a listeners poll of the top 100 best rock albums of all time.

The top 20 in reverse order is this:

20: Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
19: Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
18: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
17: Pearl Jam -Backspacer
16: RATM - RATM
15: Pearl Jam - vs
14: AC/DC - Highway to Hell
13: Shihad - The General Electric
12: Disturbed - Down With the Sickness
11: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
10: Metallica - Master of Puppets
9: Blindspot - Blindspot (this is a New Zealand group similar to Linkin Park)
8: Greenday - American Idiot
7: Pearl Jam - Ten
6: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5: Tool - Aenima
4: Nirvana - Nevermind
3: Metallica - The Black Album
2: AC/DC - Back In Black
1: Guns'n'Roses - Appetite For Destruction


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Before you comment on this list, vitriol has already been spitted by the lack of any Led Zeppelin inclusions to the top twenty. However, over-all Led Zeppelin had the most mention.

The Rolling Stones weren't mentioned at all.

Nor was Deep Purple.

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I make no excuses for any omissions or deletions. Time passes and new bands hit the music scene. I might disagree with the list, but that's only from my 46yr old point of view.

However, I don't disagree with the top 2... last year, those two albums were reversed in placing, and this just goes to show... a really good album that ROCKS will transcend time and age.

[Oldschool]

Nice post Badstench and when I read,

I might disagree with the list, but that's only from my 46yr old point of view.I thought ditto albeit a 43 year old one. Then I thought wait a LOT of stuff I listen to was "old" when I discovered it. Still it's a point of view based on personal likes and dislikes but I digress.....

I don't think we've had a best of or favorite albums discussion past the occasional mention of a few specific albums or best/favorites of specific artists/bands so it may be time to do so now.

And since I have a fondness for live recordings I'll limit my current list to favorite live albums.

In no specific order and this is by no means all inclusive since I'll probably remember some I'll overlook later. And most of mine will be what I consider rock or metal although a few out of that box choices come immediately to mind. And so I don't reach the character limit I'll limit my list to one album per artist and 10 20 25 overall.




Frampton Comes Alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2bJMm-XT3c) - Peter Frampton
Alive! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqu989gxEFg) - Kiss
At Folsom Prison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T7sU3A2m18) - Johnny Cash
How the West Was Won (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM6ppOUlxRY) - Led Zeppelin
At Fillmore East (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcpwMZKPsQM) - The Allman Brothers
One More From the Road (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_zHuL5dKM0) - Lynryd Skynryd
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTHIgHucpg) - The Rolling Stones
Live in Japan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8gQsYwhHOE) - Deep Purple
Live at Leeds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Y64dpZGnE) - The Who
Live and Dangerous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FURg5T_FsmE) - Thin Lizzy
Pulse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baAyfvfeK38) - Pink Floyd
Different Stages (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhCNkuk8jw) - Rush
Unleashed in the East (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRW-qrEHZjE) - Judas Priest
Yessongs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVEB6K03wP4) - Yes
Operation: Livecrime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJb3Lcvtn4M) - Queensryche
Live Shit: Binge and Purge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_vb7zM1X8) - Metallica
Live Rust (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSj5yOK_mt4) - Neil Young
Highway Song Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYM9OU6cuE) - Blackfoot
Live After Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBWOsfyNY_o) - Iron Maiden
Live Bootleg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKQFgzWmoQM) - Aerosmith
Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3larcGfwC0g) - Alison Kraus and Union Station
If You Want Blood You've Got It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XM1kIFldM) - AC/DC
On Stage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQydv8l2hlY) - Rainbow
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_VgT00CkYU) - Motorhead
The Concert in Central Park (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvI5xnX6eJk) - Simon and Garfunkel


And I'm quitting now although I'm still thinking of a few more which I'll give honorable mentions.



James Taylor Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raiZOHAYhwU) - James Taylor
Double Live Gonzo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkSUhe7vKZs) - Ted Nugent
Double Trouble Live (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwEV4rSK3k) - Molly Hatchet
Band of Gypsies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO9wO_SD-Sc) - Jimi Hendrix
Live Evil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHvkYFtRvE) - Black Sabbath


That's it, gotta stop. :rolleyes:

In retrospect it might have been easier/quicker/shorter to go with studio albums provided I kept it to one selection per band/artist.

[Badstench]

If I was about to start a life-time journey into outer space with 25 of my favourite concert albums, I'd have to include...

1) The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
2) Live Killers - Queen.

[Oldschool]

Well I'd already picked a Zeppelin album and I was keeping to my self imposed one limit rule. But as far as the Queen album, knew I'd forget some.....

Good picks Badstench and worthy of inclusion and don't forget Queen's Live at Webmley.

As recompense of sorts and since I linked my album posts (although not all are actual album tracks) there's a nice cover of Queen's Stone Cold Crazy by Metallica in my earlier post.

And here's another fine version with a mix of Master Musicians, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QwUp_MDHU4

[demojan777]

Primus's 1st LP was also their 1st live album, and having seen them in concert 4 times personally I can attest to their ability to remain the jam-band they started out as whilst creating some seriously awesome stuff in the studio. That being said, after all these years that album still stands the test of time, I would recommend it anyone who hasn't heard it, or even hasn't heard Primus, as it is one of the best:

Suck on This - Primus

Another band who I've seen live the same # of times, and are similar as far as their ability to improvise and how different they can be live but still be phenomenal in the studio is TOOL, and if you've never heard their live album (well, most of it is live, there is one cover and 2 tracks of weirdness plus a hidden track; the only other live stuff they've released are 2 tracks off of their debut EP), you should:

Salival - TOOL

To complete my triangle of favorite live albums, I am going to have to go with the best band I have ever seen with my own eyes and ears, the band who puts on the best show ever (and I have seen many, many concerts), and that band is Ween. It's impossible for me to convey how incredibly insanely transcendent a Ween concert is unless you've also experienced the wisdom of Boognish, but the following album will give you some idea (and I was in Las Vegas during the performance of "Vallejo" on this album so you may hear me screaming in the background):

Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990–1998 - Ween

That there is my triumvirate of best live albums ever, and yep, I'm weird.

[Oldschool]

Nice ones DJ - maybe I should've expanded that list to 50. :)

Real familiar with and fans of Primus and Tool. And what I've heard of Ween I like although admittedly I'm not as familiar with their stuff. Might be time to change that, thanks for the post.

[Oldschool]

HOLY MACKANOLEY I've just spent I dunno how long listening to some uber LIVE finds on YouTube.


I'm not endorsing bootlegs by any means but these are too good to pass up or pass along. Besides their historic value alone........

Anyhoo.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLoWP_u4nnc

Was trying to find a LoTR Battle of Evermore vid which ultimately lead me to stumble upon them.

After the first few vids I kinda figured the Nobs and the "coding" of the songs were an attempt to throw YouTube, etc.... off as I've seen it on other vids and/or a lead in segment of something totally unrelated.

The Nobs is of course a reference to Zeppelin who used the name on a early European (maybe just while in Denmark?) tour because members of the von Zeppelin family were upset at their name and their first album cover which depicted the burning Hindenburg. Led Zeppelin is actually word play. After the Yardbird's disbanded Page had an idea of forming another group with Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Jeff Beck and maybe Steve Winwood? and/or others and one of 'em said it'd probably go over like a lead balloon.

As much as I like the individuals above and their associated groups I'm glad that never happened.

You can go to the poster's page or channel or whatever it's called to see more. Actually it seems there are more than his/her videos "coded" on YouTube.

[Oldschool]

Speaking of Led Zeppelin, I just changed my tags and stumbled upon another find....

Seems Robert Plant isn't the only member that enjoys bluegrass. Recognize anyone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9lr9p-YmA&feature=related)? ;)

Quality isn't the best but I can't blame the crowd. :)


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[Badstench]

Erm... no, Oldschool. But bluegrass isn't my forte... unless the guy with the full head of white hair was... nah, couldn't be...

Anyway, CD's I have bought recently:

Frank Zappa: The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
Status Quo: Blue For You
Lenny Kravitz: Let Love Rule
Steve Vai: Sex & Religion
Shihad: Love Is the New Hate

[Oldschool]

Look closer BS - that be John Paul Jones. :)

Here's a different camera angle, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zxjpqTI1aQ

And more JPJ this time playing the piano, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCFJ3LURCtc

[demojan777]

John Paul Jones is probably my favorite surviving member of Led Zeppelin these days. I saw him play with King Crimson opening for TOOL, he still rocks no matter what instrument he puts his hands on, whether guitar, bass, keyboards, the guy's a true musician in every sense of the word.

[Oldschool]

Kazoo songs


Crosstown Traffic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUCNsZXCd58) - Jimi Hendrix
Collegiana (http://www.myspace.com/nittygrittydirtband/music/songs/collegiana-36237750) - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jugland Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqkCrJD4g1U) - Pink Floyd
The Big Squeeze (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3YnNMWOKXA) - Frank Zappa
The Walk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR7LcxyAv3I) - The Cure

And that's about the extent of my knowledge and truth is most of those came via Googling.

[Oldschool]

Tag change and if you haven't heard of Chantel McGregor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqKrjZdvNRc&feature=related) you're missing out. Fair amount of vids on YouTube including the one in my current sig and her own stuff is just as awesome.

BC, thanks for turning me onto her - friggin' amazing.

[Blackcrowe]

lol...didn't think you'd be that impressed with the clips I sent you that you'd be posting it on here!

I wouldn't expect many to have heard of her - she was playing to a crowd of only about 100 when I last saw her on Saturday, but I expect if theres any justice she'll become better known over the next few years.

Heres one of my favs of her on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaAaugWg308&feature=related

And an unrehearsed gig with Joe Bonamassa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6dUJPubNdI&feature=related


First album due out next month as well for those who like to pay for their music.;)

[Badstench]

Is there room for another Nickelback?

Nickelback joined power chords with power lyrics, and no matter their songs all sound eerily similar, they did it and did it well.

But Nickelback doesn't transcend to aural satisfaction. I only like Nickelback when I watch their videos. The visual experience is entertaining, at least.

But, in my opinion, it's something you can't do twice. I like Nickelback because they sing songs that touch on hopes and dreams, on memories and hearts. In their own cheesy way, Nickelback is cool.

So... I came across a band called 'Theory of a Deadman". I listened to a few tunes and wasn't impressed. It was Nickelback!

Some songs should never be copied, and it is my fervent belief that the Foo Fighters should have left Gerry Rafferty to rest in peace. "Baker Street" is a classic that can never be emulated, like Stairway to Heaven will always be Led Zeppelin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo&feature=related

Gerry Rafferty retired and became a nutcase. He survived quite nicely on the royalties of Baker Street, but he also had another big hit... "Stuck In the Middle With You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g&feature=related

Here's a poser... the song, "Stuck In the Middle With You" was the theme to a murder depicted in a movie that starred Michael Madsen, Steve Buschemi, Harvey Kietel and a bunch of other misfits who only knew each other by colours.

What is the movie?

[demojan777]

Here's a poser... the song, "Stuck In the Middle With You" was the theme to a murder depicted in a movie that starred Michael Madsen, Steve Buschemi, Harvey Kietel and a bunch of other misfits who only knew each other by colours.

What is the movie?

Reservoir Dogs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/)

It wasn't a murder, it was a torture scene. Michael Madsen was great in that scene. Makes me think of Simon Tam's line in the Firefly episode "War Stories":

"...just, don't, fiddle with it."

[Oldschool]

Resevoir Dogs, a great movie and Gerry Rafferty a great artist.

Good point about some songs being covered. Still here's one imo that isn't too bad. Of course I'm a big Waylon Jennings fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GddtEUftShw

And if you think Waylon was just a Country artist think again as there's plenty of "other stuff" by him out there. He was bass player for Buddy Holly and gave up his seat for the "Big Bopper" who was sick with the flu irrc. Richie Valens also boarded the plane at the last minute after he won a coin toss with Tommy Allsup a music producer. This was the plane trip that crashed killing them.

The reference to "the day the music died" in Don McLean's American Pie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U) is about the crash.

And with the exception of Don McLean all the artists mentioned above have passed on - Rest In Peace gentlemen.

EDIT: Ninja'd.... blame YouTube as I'm still "immersed". Currently playing...... Waylon covering Neil Young, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLgfiVQLVDE

[kaffe]

Here is another Waylon for you to check out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hEwoGjNWc&feature=related

[Badstench]

My radio station of choice is called "The Rock".

This station is the second highest rating radio station in New Zealand. It aims toward a mostly male audience between the ages of 15-30 (but I'm a lot older than that, and so are many of its listeners - and I know a fair amount of females listen to it too!).

They have had three competitions called "The Concert Eliminator".

In the latest competition, they offered free flights, two concert tickets and spending money to various concerts in various places around the world.

I can't remember all of the bands, but this is a sampling of the prizes on offer...

1) The Big Four (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeath) playing somewhere in the USA, with $1,000 dollars spending cash.

2) Shihad playing in Wellington, New Zealand, with $6,000 dollars spending cash

3) Muse playing in Sao Paolo, Brazil, with $1,000 spending cash

4) Queens of the Stoneage playing in Sydney, Australia, with $3,000 spending cash

5) My Chemical Romance playing somewhere in USA with $1,000 spending cash

6) Foo Fighters playing in Copenhagen, Denmark, with $1,000 spending cash

There were 11 choices in all. The one's I haven't mentioned are all BIG bands that played in overseas locations... except for one wild card.

The wild card was a band called "The Farelli's". This is a band in which one of the radio announcers plays. Apparently, it isn't very good. The prize for this band was a gig at the home of the prize-winner anywhere in New Zealand, with a bonus $6,000 cash!

The competition worked like this:

For eleven days, listeners were asked to call in to the radio station. The callers who got through were subjected to three music questions. If any caller answered incorrectly, the question went to the next caller.

The person who answered the third question correctly became an entrant to the draw for their preferred choice of concert, but first... they had to eliminate one concert from the list.

In effect, everyone could ring in, but only 11 people were in the draw to win the final prize.

"The Farelli's" were knocked out on day one.

Tha last two bands standing were The Foo Fighters and The Big Four, and The Big Four was knocked out.

So... the prize for eleven fortunate people was a chance to see the Foo Fighters perform in Copenhagen, Denmark, with $1,000 spending cash.

But then the radio announcers threw the wild card back, and asked their listeners to vote for one concert to be restated.

It could have been The Big Four or Disturbed or Guns'n'Roses or Muse... but the vote was awarded to "The Farelli's"

Straight away, I'm starting to think, "This is a fix!" But, no. The final three questions offered the winner a chance to knock out "The Farelli's" again, then fly off to Denmark to see the Foo Fighters.

And guess what happened? The last winner eliminated the Foo Fighters!!!!

His explanation was... "I've got tickets to see the Foo's in Auckland next week."

It wasn't a fix, because the final prize for "The Farelli's" to play anywhere in New Zealand came with the added bonus of $6,000 cash. The money was equal to the value of any of the other concerts, so the radio station didn't gain anything by the strange outcome.

That's the end of the story.

And the segue into the Foo Fighters concert that took place in Auckland on Tuesday, 22nd March.

It was a surprise concert that was made public knowledge 8 days before it happened. The Foos were meant to be in Japan, but with all the disaster stuff happening there, they diverted to New Zealand to play a benefit concert for victims of the Christchurch earthquake. They played at a small venue (the Auckland Town Hall) that seats 2,000 people. The tickets were available at NZ$175-NZ$250 each.

The Foo's played their new album, then played all their favourites from past albums... a set that lasted for three hours. Every dollar made through ticket sales went to the earthquake relief fund, and so did ALL the merchandising sales of T-shirts, etc.

I wasn't there!

[Badstench]

I'm a fan of Weezer, but I've been a worried that they've become a bit boppy... a bit commercial. They sold out to the money-making machine.

I haven't listened to Weezer for a while, until I came across an older recording called Maladroit.

They are redeemed!

Maladroit lends itself to hard grinding guitars and stabbing drum beats that I like.

I bought it

Along with a fistful of other CD's to fill out my CD collection, including:

Guns'n'Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

[Badstench]

I'm going to talk "collections", and the discussion doesn't have to stop at music.

I'm typing this here because my habit is buying CD's.

I used to own a very large record collection (remember records?) In a fit of wanting to be 'modern', I sold them and embraced Compact Disc technology.

I've regretted that decision given time and value.

Anyway, now I own a CD collection.

What's my point?

I swear, if you have a CD collection, keep hold of it. CD's are going the way of LP's. Downloading music is the way of the NOW, not the future... just like books will not be printed rather than presented.

How can I qualify or quantify this opinion? Easy. Next time you're in a music store, take a note of what you can and can't buy. The things you can't buy will start to out-number the things you can.

I really became aware of music in the 70's. Records (LP's) were all you could get. Then cassette tapes came along, and so did personal recording. Man... cassettes were awesome!

Cassettes have disappeared too!

The 80's saw the invention of CD's, and I embraced the technology. However, I embraced it without really understanding it. The new catch-phrase was 'digital'. The only thing I knew about 'digital' to that stage was by my Casio watch, or by borrowing my older sister's calculator (the one with the space invaders game).

R.I.P analogue.

Am I complaining? Hell no!

I now own a digital flat screen TV with LED lighting, 100 hz, freeview compatible, motion flow kick ass piece of technology that I can plug my blu-ray player into, along with my laptop, Ipod and vacuum cleaner... for that full suck experience.

And I don't need a plethora of cords to achieve it.

But, back to collections. I'm busy buying CD's because I have a sneaking suspicion that Ipods and MP3's and multi-platform phones will be the death of hardware.

One day, my valueless CD's will make a comeback.

If not in my lifetime, then in my son's.

So, I continue to hunt down CD's, make sure the plastic cases are scratch-free, wrap them in cellophane and enclose the whole inside a zip-lock bag. I download them to my computer first, of course.

Collections. Who would ever have thought a stupid No 1 superman comic would be worth so much?

[Oldschool]

Like Badstench I had a large collection of vinyl and cassettes - remember .45's and those single cassettes. Many of the cassettes were copies or mixes of vinyl for portability in the car or for the boom box - remember those. I also had a smaller collection of eight tracks.

Key word being had - like Badstench mine are gone. And like Badstench I wished I still had mine.

I've got a smaller collection of CD's - nothing "new" only stuff that I'd previously had or wished I'd had on vinyl and tape. And I seldom buy many now for the reasons Badstench mentions as they're falling by the wayside.

For example, most new cars come equipped with Bluetooth and also allow you to plug your player, satelitte radio, etc... into the sound system. Some come with a disc player some do not or only offer one as an option.

And another of the bad side effects of the demise of "playable" media - particularity albums is the absence of liner notes and all the other extras. Most notably album covers (as well as interiors, back covers, sleeves, etc...). Sometimes referred to as album art. Because, no mistake about it - much of it is art.

You had to be there moment: Remember going to the record store with your friends after school and on the weekends window shopping and just looking at albums.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Badstench - repped when allowed.

[Badstench]

No worries, Oldschool, but I should also state that I'm not averse to change.

I was listening to an interview with Neil Young the other day, and he came across as sounding really angry about illegal downloads and the loss of intimacy with the act of buying a recording. He had a point that I could identify with; part of buying a new recording is the whole mystique of getting off your ass and going to the music store, then perusing the shelves before committing to a decision.

In days of yore (yep, I'm so old that I have to revert to ye olde English), I can remember taking my first pay check to a music store and angsting for ages before I parted with NZ$30 on a Frank Zappa double album. In those days, $30 dollars was not a small amount.

Times, they are a-changing, and I'm not so old that I am not willing to change with the advent of new technology.

Neil Young wasn't just railing against the loss of lifestyle, but against the experiences lost to the new generation. There is a fundamental flaw in his argument... the experience is only lost if it was known in the first place.

The kids of today recognise normalcy by downloads. Hardware is for old people. Compact discs have gone the way of cassettes.

Plug and play, swap and share... and all at the touch of a button. Pretty soon, the button will be obsolete too.

Oh, it already is!

[Oldschool]

Sig change. Decided to "start over" with my alphabetical jukesiggies since I'm now archiving 'em in the personal pages thread.

And it just so happens that three of my very short list favs start with A. :D

[Badstench]

Let me guess... would that be, erm... AC/DC, Aerosmith and the Allman Bros?

It seems that I've reached a point in my CD buying where i'm just buying stuff for the sake of adding to my collection; My last few purchases were disappointing.

Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock'nRoll, Too Young To Die.
Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses
The Mothers: Filmore East, June 1971
KISS: Alive II

But I did like this one... an Australian band.

Hoodoo Gurus: Stoneage Romeos

I'm adding a YouTube link to asong from that album called "I Want you Back". It's not the best song off the album... infact, it's not even close. But i laughed when I saw the BIG 80's hair.

Jeez... I'm old!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYmSYtGzmI&feature=related

[Oldschool]

Link blocked here Badstench but here's another that should work for folks here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izkd-ND-gW4

Lol'd at the big hair reference and I was also reminded of another band from "down under" with a "big hair" guest appearance,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwy1x0-cZaI

[Blackcrowe]

I'd forgotten the Hoodoo Gurus ever existed!

(And strangely Badstenchs link works for me but I cant access Oldschools).

Time to buy a cassette player and revisit the Annals of Ferromagnetic Tape.

Meanwhile heres one of my faves from back in the tape days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXZXJ46xdfg

[Tetracapillactomist]

(And strangely Badstenchs link works for me but I cant access Oldschools). Ti

Same here - except it's not that strange: in case you've forgotten, there is the U.S. of A... then there's the rest of us, in the rest of the 'alien world.' XD

(;))

[Young Ned]

Lol'd at the big hair reference and I was also reminded of another band from "down under" with a "big hair" guest appearance,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwy1x0-cZaI

I felt like I should remember who Leo Sayer was -- the name seemed really familiar -- but I had to look him up just to find out that he did the original recording of "Dance the Night Away" (which I liked much better than this version, sorry to say). He also had two other hits that were certified gold in the U.S.: "When I Need You" and "More than I Can Say", both of which I remember well, but I can't say that any of the rest of his listed songs ring any bells. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Oldschool. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/Old_Ned/icon_cool.gif

[Oldschool]

You're welcome YN but this might jog some memories for you - or Kermit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL689VlC-44

And it's funny that came up the first time (about a week ago) and should come back up again considering the timing of someone's (*cough cough* SUBZERO) return.

And get ready for another trip down a more recent memory lane or some eerie deja vu......

From the old forum.....

http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=4798&page=1

[Young Ned]

You're welcome YN but this might jog some memories for you - or Kermit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL689VlC-44

And it's funny that came up the first time (about a week ago) and should come back up again considering the timing of someone's (*cough cough* SUBZERO) return.

And get ready for another trip down a more recent memory lane or some eerie deja vu......

From the old forum.....

http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=4798&page=1

Ah ha ha, I see I was almost as clueless about Leo Sayer then, and that was only two years ago! You'd think I'd at least remember that conversation. Better version of the song in the Muppets video, too -- recorded when he still had a high voice.

[Oldschool]

I'm thinking.....

I can remember a Leo Sayer/Sub Zero reference from back on the old forum but certain other things that I need or are expected to remember I'm like .....?..... :o

Go figure.... :rolleyes:

[Oldschool]

Just changed my tags and was trying to find a vid for bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock when I found this vid.

Brain surgery with a bluegrass banjo assist, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqWBDHRvHrQ

And this opens with Eddie in Talk of the Town. The rest of this vid and the other parts are a nice watch if you're into this type of stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_zjQXJCZVo

[Oldschool]

This ought to stoke some folks besides yours truly.

A certain Judge's handler comes to mind.

These ain't your typical "remasters" folks.

http://tinyurl.com/3w4fke2

http://tinyurl.com/6ffknfs

[Badstench]

I worked some extra hours a few weeks ago and spent the extra money on two CD's I wanted, rather than what was available.

Frank Zappa: Studio Tan - this is one of his early albums that I would never recommend to a new listener. Side 'A' consists of one track that is a silly rock operata called "Gregory Peccary". I say it's silly because the spoken story is silly. However, if you can get past the banal story-line to hear the music, it's quite genius.

Having said that, their is a track on the 'B' side that is pure Zappa at his best, and it has always been one of my favourites. The track is titled REDUNZL, and it includes an awesome guitar virtuoso.

The rset of it is crap.

The second album I bought was Metallica's "Ride Like Lightning". I bought this on the strength of one track alone... "For Whom The Bell Tolls".

There's a riff on this track that had me sit upright... hang on! I know that riff. And I twigged... it's the main musical back-sound to the first Halo game.

And that was an awesome game!

[Oldschool]

The second album I bought was Metallica's "Ride Like Lightning". I bought this on the strength of one track alone... "For Whom The Bell Tolls".

Where is that Pedants' Corner....? Ride the Lightning ;) and that's an awesome track. Here it is with a bass intro by Cliff Burton - yep that's a bass , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22W38jJk81s

And the rest of that album is full of good stuff.

@ Badstench Plans on the "new" Floyd stuff above?

[Badstench]

I'll reserve my decision on the Floyd stuff till I hear it.

I'm not a fan of their earlier stuff; my preference begins with Meddle. The earlier albums (Obscured By Clouds, Umma Gumma, etc) were a little too psychadelic/ progressive for my taste.

[Badstench]

post Led Zeppelin, this is one of my favourites.

On a loudness scale, it's huge!

I think it was filmed in Morrocco

[Oldschool]

Erm.......?

No link and is that a request, a question, ...?...


Kashmir is the first song with a Morocco influence that comes to mind - well actually the only one that comes to mind atm at least. While Kashimir is in Asia and disputed between Pakistan, India and China Plant (iirc it was written by him) wrote it while in Morocco.

Besides versions of Kashmir the only thing I get on YouTube when doing a Led Zeppelin Morocco search is a clip I'm guessing is related to the Page and Plant Unledded Album.

Speaking of said album here's a version of Battle of Evermore with Najma Akhtar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najma_Akhtar) and the boys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4axrTFBV3cU

Gotta love Page's guitar on this one. :)

[Oldschool]

Speaking of multi neck guitars/instruments....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHZU5LydJU&feature=player_detailpage#t=11s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1wHZfZz9s

Gotta give the bass players a plug....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R61T-3pBCw&feature=player_detailpage#t=353s

[Badstench]

Oldschool corrected...
Where is that Pedants' Corner....? Ride the Lightning.

"I excuse myself by admitting another CD I've been searching for is Lonnie Mack's "Strike Like Lightning", which is proving quite elusive.

[scout1idf]

Here you go....

http://www.amazon.com/Strike-Like-Lightning-Lonnie-Mack/dp/B0000009Y6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306101449&sr=1-1

Don't have a clue what shipping would be, but I thought it's worth a try.....

[Oldschool]

Feeling a little blue about not finding it Badstench?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MXlRlvi284&feature=related

Hopefully you'll find it.

In the meantime don't go overboard on the Oreos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHr7xGvDBmY). ;)

Hopefully Scout's link will do the trick - good luck.

[Oldschool]

Work really inhales sharply and briskly at times.

Trying to coordinate going to a Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Concert June 9 with little success so far.

That coupled with my previous mention of Pink Floyd brings me to another favorite subject - jam bands. And I went back and looked at my favorite band list and noticed a few glaring omissions such as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule.

Jam bands to me means a lot of improvisation often extended and usually covering multiple music genres and a lot of range. And while the best jam bands have their own stellar stuff they often render excellent covers of other folks stuff with their own stamp on it - sometimes subtle sometimes glaring.

Anyhoo I've been jam banding it out so to speak and figured I'd link some covers and/or collaborations often with original artists or other "jam banders".



Since she inspired this post - first up is Grace Potter w/ Joe Santriani covering Neil Young's Cortez the Killer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q
Can't have a jam band discussion without mentioning "The Dead" so here's Railroad Earth covering Casey Jones, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iReM5ay0Ots
And another cover of Cortez the Killer this time by The Dave Matthews Band with Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes. Notice Dave's "he's bad" re: Haynes around 7:25, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwgIn3vobag
Bela Fleck with Tony Trishka and Steve Martin - yep the "wild and crazy guy" Steve Martin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn3KCZEqxc
Gov't Mule featuring Les Claypool - love that intro, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_FAQteWySc
Another former ABB member Derek Trucks who has his own band with a true colloboration with his wife who has her own band Susan Tedeschi. And together they have their own band. Can you imagine the offspring, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok
May as well throw Oteil Burbridge (another ABB alum) in as well then. Here he (see my Aquarium Rescue Unit link in my current sig also) is with Trucks and Haynes covering the ABB's Soulshine which Haynes wrote (it's his family nickname), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbQpS1LOsb0
Zac Brown Band covering Fox on the Run by Manfred Mann, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VBDOKbuug
Maybe I'm a Leo by Deep Purple covered by Gov't Mule with Roger Glover, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueGGx8ORGq8
And another Gov't Mule cover featuring Little Milton. 49 views? WTF. This one a cover of Led Zeppelin's I Can't You Baby which is actually based on an Otis Rush cover (iirc) of a Willie Dixon song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdywdFi_nnM


Been pulling those out while listening to YouTube and didn't realize I'd listed that many already.

Time to close this one but before I do here's two more (out of a bunch of) reasons why I want to see Grace Potter. These are originals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYrdfFpxTXQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlhOgQ36m8

[Badstench]

First, Oldschool, You're quite the music officiando.

And I went back and looked at my favorite band list and noticed a few glaring omissions such as Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule.

One ommission in your "A" list was Argus, but no never mind.

As for your mention of Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer", one of my all time favourites, especially from his Live Rust album. I often find myself singing this tune quietly to myself while bus riding, and follow up with "Powderfinger".

I'm also a huge Deep Purple fan. The first alum (record) I ever bought was "Deep Purple In Rock". When "Machinehead" came out, I was first in line at the music store. My favourite track off the album is "Maybe I'm a Leo".

Having said that, my favourite Deep Purple album is "Burn". It's jammed full of listenable tunes.

In fact, I'm missiing two recordings from my CD collection... "Who Do We Think We Are?" and "Fireball". I'll have to remedy that.

[Oldschool]

Well I'm not done with the A's yet so I may have to add them. Actually I don't recall a group called Argus :rolleyes: - will have to google 'em after this post.

Cortez the Killer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSj5yOK_mt4) a definite classic. Testimony to that imo is the two covers above.

But there is an album titled Argus by Wishbone Ash that is an absolute classic. And Wishbone Ash imo is highly underrated, both as a sum and as the individual parts if that makes any sense. And here's one of my favorite tracks from them off of that album, Throw Down the Sword (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX25katB8OQ).

And speaking of Deep Purple's Deep Purple in Rock I gotta post this - another absolute classic, Child in Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAWReBmxEs).

Wife and kids gone, headphones off and the speakers blaring......

Three EPIC reasons for my handle.

[Badstench]

I was looking at famous birthdays for today, and noticed Stevie Nicks was born on this day in 1948.

1948? My God, she could be my Grandmother! Okay, my mother.

Is it wrong to think of a woman that old as being hot?

She never got married, so we have that in common.

Conversely, Katy Perry recently toured New Zealand. She's nice to look at, but doesn't turn my dials.

I can't even name one of her songs, but I can name heaps of Stevie's. :)

Oh... I'm old!

[Oldschool]

Is it wrong to think of a woman that old as being hot?

I certainly hope not. :rolleyes:


Oh... I'm old!

Well see how this makes you feel - courtesy of my favorite local radio station.

Today or tomorrow (can't recall) is the 35th anniversary of The Steve Miller Band's Fly Like an Eagle album.

And you know I'm not leaving here without linking a song. And here's one about a classic American car line that was just "retired".

A cover (can't recall the original artist(s) atm), Mercury Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8np54vddgu4).

[Oldschool]

Darrell Scott is a fav of mine - vastly underrated as much of his stuff has been covered by other better known artists.

Anyhoo here's two songs of his that have been covered by others but here's Darrell doing them.

It's considered country but give it a shot as it's not just country imo. And Led Zeppelin fans might want to check out the other links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TXrOKyluNc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BwNVtyCKs

Here's Robert Plant and the Band of Joy....

Btw Band of Joy was a band with Plant and Bonham pre Zeppelin that Plant revived.

Here's Plant and the Band of Joy (with Darrel Scott and others). Btw they do a mix of stuff including some Zeppelin covers.

Quality isn't the best but anyhoo....

Plant on vocals covering Lightnin' Hopkins, Give Me Central 209 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjpoBWuKhHw)

Scott on vocals, Satisfied Mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKhcSdNz3o)

[Oldschool]

Tolkien inspired with a nod to Blackcrowe's recent Repping Room post.

Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHsghdLr6U&feature=related)

Rush - The Necromancer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphWi_GOIao)

Megadeth - This Day We Fight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acsc6ZVd3cM)

Blind Guardian - The Lord of the Rings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71A5hPk2mM)

Nighwish - Elvenpath (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFSJAfkF03I)

Styx - Lords of the Ring (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_gcH1V8yI)

Heart aka "Little Zeppelin" covering Led Zeppelin's Battle of Evermore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxcC18xE4Y)

And Led Zeppelin doing Tolkien inspired Zeppelin - Ramble On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3HemKGDavw)

Most of the above artists have more Tolkien inspried stuff and there are several European/Scandinavian Black/Symphonic Metal bands that have names and entire albums inspired by Tolkien.

And Google rocks as I'll be checking quite a bit of "new" stuff out it seems, http://www.tolkien-music.com/

[Oldschool]

Just heard some dumb$&*! ex-spurt music reporter on tv talking about Fleetwood Mac and how they have always been a pop/soft rock favorite of many people.

And not to take away from later Fleetwood Mac which I also enjoy but I guess jackass never heard of early Fleetwood Mac - much less listened to any of their stuff. Not to mention his crack research staff, editors, etc....


Pop/soft rock my effin' ass - just a few selected originals covered by others.

I'm pissed so I hope my neighbors like early Fleetwood Mac as well..... :rolleyes:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvKaLW5bu8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqUZVnboh7c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddrSvypVg-U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kEH8qbjH_c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knZltCtkedk

[Badstench]

Oldschool admitted...
I'm pissed so I hope my neighbors like early Fleetwood Mac as well.....
I laughed out loud when I read this. i imagine you meant "pissed" as in 'having imbibed a few drinks'? rather than 'angry'.

I can't imagine getting angry over Fleetwood Mac.:)

[Oldschool]

No I meant mad. But you're right about it not making one angry - after a few tunes the music mellowed me out considerably.

And not as much about Fleetwood Mac as much as early Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. And not that as much as the fact that this expert talked about how he was not only an expert on Fleetwood Mac but a fan and gushed on and on about all he knew about Fleetwood Mac before he became an expert.

With absolutely no friggin' mention of early Mac before they changed at all.

And here's some Peter Green pre and post Mac with The Bluesbreakers and his own Splinter Group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOKj5XdVAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRVGwmpf7UU

[Badstench]

I have to share this. I don't know what made me look at it, but I did.

American Idol has spawned similar programs internationally. Susan Boyle became a sensation, Paul Potts went viral... and now this: The attachment is "Korea Has Talent".

When you hear this guy's story and then hear him sing... well, I'll let you decide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewknNW2b8Y&feature=aso

[scout1idf]

WOW!

I hope he wins or at the very least, continues singing and goes on to a better life....

[texlaw1992]

For some reason, before clicking on the link, I was thinking "William Hung."

This guy is much better.

[Badstench]

I bought Weezer's "Hurley". It's crap.

There's only one song that grabbed my attention - "Where's My sex?"

[Oldschool]

Is it me or is there something odd that makes you feel a bit old when one of your favorite Heavy Metal Headbangers does a very respectable and responsible flight safety vid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbH62Bn0oM

And considering it's Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson I kept expecting to hear THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sam5omG0v0) blaring in the background during the flight sim, lol. Now that's the Bruce Dickinson I'm familiar with and recognize. :cool:

Actually Bruce is a professional pilot regularly flying 757's and also marketing director for an UK airlines, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson#Aviation

[Badstench]

I can't acclaim to being a head banger, but I am a head banger from way back. When Heavy Rock became Heavy Metal, I wasn't sure if I liked it.

Mid-80's, and 'rock' was kept alive by Guns'n'roses and AC/DC. Eeryone else had thrown off the Disco tunes to embrace New romanticism.

Nirvana came along, followed by Soundgarden and the new genre of music called 'grunge'.

I went a different way. At the same time guitars were going to the grind (Metallica, etc) I tuned into Funk'n'Soul'.

This was the precursor to Drum and Bass.

The reason I have said the previous is because I remembered an album by Sly & Robbie; Language Barrier.

I have been looking for it in my local music stores for ages. Finally, I ordered it. I picked it up today, and I'm sooooo happy.

The following links are from the album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu0LL-M5gxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky07dqq4d-8

[Tetracapillactomist]

Actually Bruce is a professional pilot regularly flying 757's and also marketing director for an UK airlines, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson#Aviation

He's also a train aficionado, I believe. Lots of locomotion... :)
-----

Nice on the DnB, Badstench, now bring on Jungle Jazz, and we've got a weekend soundtrack. Me like where this is going.

[Oldschool]

Yeah he's into trains - real ones, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5836772751640050839#

I just changed my jukesiggies and ran the stable through SHC II and although I don't think wind has much (if any) impact I figured to play it safe and included an appropriate track by The Association. :rolleyes: :)

And my current sig contains more heavier stuff than I usually post, but it fit today's listening preference. However I did try to balance things out with a good mix of "light" stuff. But I'd like to point out the track by America which proves soft rockers can jam when they want. And I could've easily interspersed America tracks between all the heavy stuff as they're an excellent band.

[Oldschool]

While we're waiting for Badstench......

Just changed my tags and I'm guessing most folks don't know who Hoyt Axton is or only remember him as the dad from Gremlins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24CFZqSEAA). Hoyt was an excellent singer and songwriter. While he's mostly known in music as a songwriter for such acts as The Kingston Trio, Ringo Starr, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf, etc.... his singing also speaks for itself.

EDIT: Just stumbled across this gem - Hoyt doing a cover of Chuck Berry's Downbound Train.

One of my favorites by Chuck Berry and now Hoyt Axton. Can't believe I never heard Hoyt's version before.

Axton's cover, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InXdUhsWmMA

Berry's original, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz8IHY4UeVk

And here's a few more by Hoyt,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSRRMCpAhS0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6Btxs8r0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s2FOwCfiX4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2DGmSuDgJ8

[Badstench]

$200 in my wallet and no plans for spending it, so I visited my favourite CD store.

Picked up a Joe Satriani Cd for $2.95, just because it was cheap. (and so was I).

Also purchased the first Arctic Monkeys album, which I'm listening to as I type this.

You know that song, "You Look Good on the Dance Floor"? That's the only song I knew of the Arctic Monkeys, but now I know many more.

It's a good listen.

Anyway, I bought the 2 CD's and then went to Sky City, which is the name of Auckland's Casino. I left the Casino with $30 more than I entered, but I left the CD's at a machine and didn't remember them until I was walking out.

So I went to the Security station with the forlorn hope that someone might have handed them in as 'lost property'.

Lo and Behold, someone did.

yay! I'm a winner!

and in appraciation, I dropped a five dollar note in the case of a busker.

One good deed deserves another.

[Oldschool]

Thanks for some enlightenment Badstench.

First I haven't heard of the Artic Monkeys till your mention and after going to YouTube I recall the same song you mention. I'll have to give 'em more listening time.

Also busker seems to be more "separated by a common language" as it seems via Google that it's what most folks in the States would call a street performer/entertainer.

I'm guessing it's origin is from Sock and Buskin.

Edit: Seems my education is continuing as I stopped my earlier googling too soon. Busker apparently has no connection to the theater term, http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=busker

[Tetracapillactomist]

Yep, goes back to a Germanic term, making its way through Spanish and Italian, then French, ending up in English, meaning first tacking on the wind (sailing against the wind at alternating angles, as opposed to sailing with it), then selling, then performing.

Isn't it a more flavourful word than 'street entertainer?' :) (Never used in the US? I'm surprised - I thought that word was kinda internationally used.)

That's like calling a skillet (bit of a divide there, with that word too, for sure, come to think of it) a 'cooking implement.' :) Right?

[Badstench]

Thankyou Tetracapillactomist. I sometimes forget that words and titles I take for granted might not be known in other countries.

I must admit, though, I was somewhat surprised when Oldschool didn't recognise the word, "Busker".

In Auckland, 'Busker' is a generic term for anyone who performs on the street with a hat/bag/case open to receive money. On the other hand, 'Street performers' are usually sanctioned by the city council and employed as entertainers; paying them gratuities is not necessary (though they will accept donations.)

For example, when Auckland has it's annual Art & Fair week, entertainers are employed by the city for the express purpose of providing street-side entertainment. It's a lot of fun.

While I'm on the subject of gratuities, it's not necessary to tip people in the service industries. In fact, tipping is considered gauche and show-offy in New Zealand. You have to remember, New Zealand is a country that doesn't embrace celebrity status.

[Badstench]

Now I've had a chance to listen to the Arctic Monkeys more, I like it!

[Oldschool]

Tag change - can you tell I like the featured bands?

Trivia involving all three follows with accompanying reps.

Heavy Metal pioneers Black Sabbath endured a few name changes before actually settling on Black Sabbath - name any one of the three earlier names.

Besides "Black" in their names two of the bands have at least one common link. What two members of different bands below played together and in what band (not one of the three below)?

One of Blackfoot's original members was their frontman. Blackfoot disbanded soon after being rechristened Blackfoot. He left to play drums and do some lead vocals for what band? Yes I said some lead vocals - bonus rep/question name any of the songs he sang lead vocals for with that band. This was early on in the other band and iirc (confirmed) there were four songs total.

[Tetracapillactomist]

Just made available to you guys in the US, apparently:

PCMag.com article about Spotify (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366868,00.asp)

http://www.spotify.com/int/ (http://www.spotify.com/int/)

Enjoy.

[Doolipalally]

Sigh. Still waiting for Spotify to be available in Russia. My father-in-law swears by it.

Maybe it's time to check out that proxy server idea.

[Tetracapillactomist]

Began looking into the possibility of a reliable on-demand proxi sevice, whether free or paid, in order to access Hulu. I found some leads and possible products (all looking rather reliable, providing a changing roster to prevent being locked out, and fair to excellent security - for costs ranging from 'nought' to 'no way!'), but I left off before getting to experimenting or paying, as I found a different source for the content I was seeking.

Still, I intend to settle the 'circumventing proxi' issue eventually, so I will rummage among the 'rat pack files' trying to find the relevant info - but I recall a near-bulletproof Swiss service, though not free, as you'd expect.
Can't recall its name though... rummaging it is.

Would you let me know if you find anything? Still interested. I intend to get to the end of it, and make a decision, pick something - far too many borders, fences, and exclusionist interdictions in this "world wide web" and "global village."

[Doolipalally]

I know quite a few expats out here who use a proxy server in order to be able to access BBC iPlayer. I can ask around.

[Tetracapillactomist]

Thank you, I'll take you up on that - meanwhile my search is made more difficult by that barely organised, always-in-a-hurry pack rat instinct and the fact that files and folders are spread across three portable and two desktop computers, all of them strictly 'non-networked,' and never synchronised...

(And I only just realised that I seem to have very consistently spelled proxy as 'proxi' in my previous post... odd.)

[Oldschool]

Sabbath fans may note that I only put Dio and Ozzy tracks in my sig - blame the sig warden.

So here's a few by other Sabbath frontmen,

Ian Gillan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEo-gg7mE8

Glenn Hughes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1VT67GnkSM

Ray Gillen, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXukwxwJ9ZE

Tony Martin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfhTU5o_-60

And two more classics from Ozzy and Dio,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MII3ns2KTBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGMdZVyl_eU

[Badstench]

I've often mentioned my radio station of choice is "The Rock".

If you're inclined, you too can listen by visiting this site...

http://www.therock.net.nz/Portals/0/listenonline/listen_online.htm

[Oldschool]

Nice Badstench I've bookmarked it and will continue to pop in from time to time.

For rock I bounce between a few up here (for the most part it was two but just "found" a third (actually they just recently swapped their format to "classic rock" anyhoo...) especially when I'm in a vehicle as the terrain can cause reception issues.

Fortunately I'm not too far from where I grew up and the following station is the one I grew up on as it's been the one constant as the other one I listen to is relatively new as well (been around a few years). It's a good mix of modern and classic rock,

Anyhoo,

http://socialstreamingplayer.crystalmedianetworks.com//radio/wklc?from=external

How cool - I just tuned in and it the blistering piano solo by Billy Powell in Lynyrd Skynyrd's Call Me the Breeze was just starting.

[Blackcrowe]

I'm liking the music OS but far too many ads! Haven't checked Mr Stenchs choice yet.

[Oldschool]

Yeah it can get pretty bad at times. Another reason for multiple stations to swap between.

The other two I listen to gravitate more towards Classic Rock and depending on DJ and time their "depth" varies as well.

And of course I've got a few bluegrass and country stations I listen to and they favor older stuff as well - go figure. :)

Used to have satellite radio and after I realized (actually admitted :rolleyes:) I only listened to a handful of stations on it and they started getting more and more long-winded I let it expire. Besides I like a little of everything so as long as music is playing it's not too hard for me to find something to jam to whether it's satellite or broadcast. Plus local stations have other benefits like news, weather, "swap shop", concert info, etc....

[Tetracapillactomist]

I tried to get some invites for you gringos, signing up to Spotify with a new account - but they stopped giving out invites for free accounts...

Not only that, but the £4.99 a month Unlimited accounts get no love any more either! Only the 10-quid Premiums get any invites now, and only two to begin with, even at that level... So I tried that - but get this: they wouldn't even accept the PayPal account cos it was registered in another location!

That's a first, I never ran into that ever being an issue!

Bugger all... well, that pretty well closes the doors on any 'global village' and 'a world without borders' concept, I'd say... 'world wide web' - yeah, but with locks, manacles, doors, borders, censorship, exclusionism galore, peepholes, corporate concerns overruling all others, ...

I'll just say this: Global Corporate Monarchy, and we're its serfs, the Global Village Idiots...

Anyway, bitterness and right-wing mass-murdering gobshite trogs (may he wither from the most painful, long-lasting diseases for a hundred years without a moment's relief) aside, I'm trying to numb my brain and keep myself from cursing at the first person that looks askance at me by listening to some Spoty-music for now...

Badstench, have you heard of Mr. Scruff? Anyone? I've not heard him before, but the album might 'do the trick.'

It's called Ninja Tuna.

(Ah, still, I'm really peeved... this exclusionist bull... on top of everything else... I only have expletives on my mind right now, and obviously I can't retch my bile all over this forum... And I can't yell them out in the open, cos that's just not on, and it's not me either... so... gulp: internalise and bury it for now... I just have this powerful urge to type the sixth, the twenty-first, the third, and the eleventh letters of the alphabet in capital letters, o'er and o'er... heh :mad: ... anyone had a good Sunday?... :(
I hope everyone did. Really, I do. I don't wish anyone this feeling, not even my 'foes,' real or perceived. What's the use talking about it - I don't have words for any of it right now.
Maybe I need to listen to an angrier album after all...)

[Tetracapillactomist]

Amy Winehouse died... :(

R.I.P....

[edit] (Didn't hear, didn't see: didn't listen, didn't watch, didn't read news...)

[Tetracapillactomist]

...7 or 8 hours later, posting again as thunders mean to blast straight through the earth's core...

I'm hopping all over the place, both within my head and without, so here's a less mournful post, with a link to some DnB kinda stuff, but on YouTube instead - Badstench, if you're interested - and a link to jazzy Mr Scruff's stuff...

Chase & Status (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0X8TvYpiGU)

Mr. Scruff (Ninja Tuna) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSHSpDY_nuw&playnext=1&list=PL39063FEA33768BF6)

Won't anyone 'ninja tuna' me so I don't end up tripe-posting?...

[Blackcrowe]

From the man who brought you Mr Sock....

Won't anyone 'ninja tuna' me so I don't end up tripe-posting?...

Tripe-posting? Intentional perhaps? Wheres the missing L?...we wonders, aye, we wonders.

Fear not though my friend, if you wish to be saved from the horrors of tripe-posting I shall accompany you into Mr Scruff territory. A land with which I am not unfamiliar.

Perhaps we should stock up on provisions before we begin. I recommend the Jazz Potato (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmOArLdg9d4). Oh yeah, diggin' that potato baby.

Now we've savoured our comestibles lets don our best Jeeves and Wooster gear and Get a Move On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_CLIF1h-o).

Lets traipse through the fields of Hairy Bumpercress (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6u5tkMhV_o&feature=related) before we make our way to that pinnacle of Mr Scruffland - the undeniably funky place inside your head that goes by the unlikely name of CHAMPION NIBBLE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TxgogDgLaM).

I'm glad you joined me on a little trip to Mr Scruffland. I find it to be a vibrant, chilled yet funky place to retire to upon occasion. :)

*********************

While we're discussing music here's one of my all-time favourite music-videos from way back in the day...

Its totally unrelated
but this cats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR-Ckj5M-jU) underrated.

[Tetracapillactomist]

Intentional you say... maybe...

To be honest, my conscious - we'll call him Conchie - meant 'triple,' but it seems my subconscious - call him Sconchie - had a different view, and now that you pointed it out, Conchie tends to agree, I think: much of my posts are tripe, the rest are... my tripe spilled out. :)

So this too, like Mr Sock, so perfect, so fitting, I'll leave it unchanged. Too good, too fitting to be mucked-with, and too fitting to be accidental. A 'Freudian slip,' no doubt. Delish. :)

The clips: thanks much. :) Love all - in fact know some already, so as it turns out, I did listen to Mr Scruffy, apparently without knowing, most times (went on to listening to much more, both on Spotty and on YouTube). :)
(We loveses the Dr Jeeves and Squire Wooster too... now Dr House, and American - never would have guessed Bertie would end up a doc... a duck, mayhap... :))

*****
And that: good! :) Not totally unrelated though: it too is a member of the extended jazz family, right? :) Is you is, or is you ain't a jazz cat?... :D

[ed.] Hm, see, I was going to say the 'L' is everywhere I post, in my avatar!
Then I remembered that I changed my avatar... again.
(Da... rned restlessness... 'L' removed exactly when he'd have come in handy... Oh, well...)

[Oldschool]

So I don't further derail the General Adventure thread....

Those definitely sound like enviable good times. :) Thanks for sharing!

But what's this in your siggie, Paladin, about them coming to take you away?!
Don't play nice, don't let them, resist kicking and screaming if you must! :D

If they bind you up hand and foot, bite them! And when you no longer have teeth, gum them to death! :D

(Another rep for answering where that last bit was paraphrased from - I was going to give a funny sort of hint, but that would almost certainly give it away in an instant, so... no hint. :) Unless it becomes necessary, of course.)

Ah, well 'Tis actually a song title! Napoleon XIV's 1960's novelty tune. At first listen it appears to be about a patient in an insane asylum or about to be sent there, ranting about his situation. But if you pay attention to a later verse it's revealed that it was written about the songwriter having lost his dog and supposedly gone crazy as a result. Then he wrote a sequel called They're coming to Get me Again, ha-haaa! That one isn't as funny though in myopinion.

Here's the song as well as the other one Paladin mentions and two more by Napoleon XIV aka Jerry Sameuls.

Not sure of any actual covers but the song's inspired others as well as referenced in other songs.

Quiche Lorraine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBpYDNMb_wY) anyone?

And it seems other folks have been inspired by the song as well. There's a reference to the title in a song by the Monkees (can't recall the name atm) and Mudvayne has a song, Internal Primates Forever, that borrows the song's title in a line which immediately follows a line referencing "monkeys".

And continuing the trivia questions....

What do Jerry Samuels aka Napoleon XIV and Alan Parsons have in common?

[Oldschool]

Tag change - can you tell I like the featured bands?

Trivia involving all three follows with accompanying reps.

Heavy Metal pioneers Black Sabbath endured a few name changes before actually settling on Black Sabbath - name any one of the three earlier names.

Besides "Black" in their names two of the bands have at least one common link. What two members of different bands below played together and in what band (not one of the three below)?

One of Blackfoot's original members was their frontman. Blackfoot disbanded soon after being rechristened Blackfoot. He left to play drums and do some lead vocals for what band? Yes I said some lead vocals - bonus rep/question name any of the songs he sang lead vocals for with that band. This was early on in the other band and iirc (confirmed) there were four songs total.

Shoulda closed this one out before I posted the other poser....

Black Sabbath early names The Polka Tulk Blues Band, Polka Tulk and Earth.

Question 2.... Ozzy Osbourne was in Black Sabbath before starting Ozzy Osbourne. At one time Black Label Society's frontman and guitarist Zakk Wylde played in Ozzy Osbourne.

#3.... Blackfoot's lead man Rickey Medlocke played drums and sang lead vocals on a few songs for early Lynyrd Skynyrd - White Dove, Ain't Too Proud to Pray, The Seasons and You Run Around. Incidentally Medlockes' father, "Shorty", is credited as the inspiration for the Skynryd song The Ballad of Curtis Loew. He also is said to have had an impact on many of the bands from around that area and does the harmonica work on Blackfoot's Train Train and does an intro and some banjo on other tracks.

[Oldschool]

Lollapalooza 2011 this weekend and streaming live on YouTube.

Nice variety and there's actually two channels to choose from.

http://www.youtube.com/Lollapalooza?feature=ticker

And here's the lineup by schedule starting today Friday, August 2011.

http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/events/2011/08/05/

And alphabetically as well as there's a good mix,

http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/?sort=alpha

And time to close the following trivia question out....



And continuing the trivia questions....

What do Jerry Samuels aka Napoleon XIV and Alan Parsons have in common?

Besides being musicians and record producers both were audio or recording engineers.

While Parsons has been successful as an musician (he sings and plays multiple instruments) he also was involved with several well known albums including the Beatles' Abbey Road and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

[Oldschool]

Any Judas Priest fans?

Pre leather flower power with a long locked Halford. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI0iX2q4pw8&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBnAhMDFdI

[Badstench]

Here's a fact about Led Zeppelin...

Until they played their concert in London a few years ago, they had never played the song, "Nobody's Fault But Mine" live.

They played it for the first time in front of an audience, then commissioned a film crew to record a video.

This is the result...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1doWOA9eoD8

The song is from Led Zeppelin's 6th studio album... "Presence". It's a goodie!

[Oldschool]

Dangit it's blocked here.

Badstench I thought that was somewhat of a concert staple as I think it's on some of the many bootlegged albums. Anyhoo I know it's on the Knebworth DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwBMVg9L7Q0

And here's Blind Willie Johnson doing the original iirc, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1SRJrNZZw

[Badstench]

Hmmm... there was definitely a song from 'Presence' that was never performed live. Now that Oldschool has pulled me up on it, I think it might have been "For Your Life".

[Oldschool]

Presence wasn't well received by many critics and still remains one of the lower selling albums. Well p!$$ on 'em I say because it's near the top of my list. Personally I think much of that reason is because it was a departure from what they had been putting out. That was in large part due to the fact that Plant was recuperating from a car wreck and thought he may never walk again.

Anyhoo....

While I consider myself knowledgeable on Led Zeppelin your post got me wondering since by process of elimination I could only account for one other song that I know has been played live which just happens to be one of my favorite songs period, Achilles Last Stand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOuzYvksRw). That intro makes me salivate like one of Pavlov's dogs. :rolleyes:;)

This song rocks and it's title is in reference to the ankle injury that Plant suffered in the car wreck. It also features a lot of overdubbing by Page since as the only guitarist he couldn't quite clone himself. What's amazing is that despite the overdubbing the song doesn't suffer when done live. And I didn't know this until my googling but the studio version was speed up - again the live versions don't suffer. How the band kept up the pace in live versions still amazes me considering the song is over 10 minutes long. The only "bad" thing about the song is that Page's guitar prowess often overshadows the other members work. Btw here's the studio version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6S9oqJRclo

Second track is For Your Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FEucAx3dGE) which points a finger at the drug scene in music at that time. And bingo as Badstench is correct (from wiki), This song was never performed live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts[6] until their reunion show on 10 December 2007 at The O2 in London. An arrangement was also worked out for the Coverdale and Page tour of Japan in 1993, but never executed live.[7]

Third track is Royal Orleans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aaBmmZIbz4) which is about a guy that unknowingly picks up a drag queen and they pass out in the room of the hotel and accidentally set it ablaze. Seems it was never played live either (from wiki), "Royal Orleans" was never performed live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts.[1]

Funny if uncoventional lyrics (btw they're in the description) especially if you know the back story below and back story or not that Barry White line - LOL!

It doesn't say but I wonder if that's because John Paul Jones was allegedly the guy that picked up the transvestite although he has a bit of a different version. In an interview he gave to Mojo magazine in 2007, Jones clarified the reliability of this rumour, stating that:

The transvestites were actually friends of Richard [Cole's]; normal friendly people and we were all at some bar. That I mistook a transvestite for a girl is rubbish; that happened in another country to somebody else... Anyway 'Stephanie' ended up in my room and we rolled a joint or two and I fell asleep and set fire to the hotel room, as you do, ha ha, and when I woke up it was full of firemen![2]

Zeppelin fan or not this might elicit a smile or even a chuckle. Supposedly JPJ said that the singing was the least important part of that song. Considering the following by Plant referencing the Royal Orleans "incident", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xfg8lnfTw&feature=player_detailpage#t=23s it's a good guess that he was engaged in a little riposte.

LOL!

Nobody's Fault but Mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZibgdi7hXY) As Badstench put it, It's a goodie! :) And some killer harmonica by Plant.

Candy Store Rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbYMwI036ck) speaks for itself and from wiki, "Candy Store Rock" was never performed live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts[2], except for a brief riff by Page at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 20 April 1977. However, a one-minute improvisation was played live in concert by Page & Plant as a "Black Dog" introduction on 26 July 1995 at Wembley Arena.

Hots On for Nowhere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPtVy1LsWE) was never performed live either according to Wiki,
This song was never performed live by the group at Led Zeppelin concerts.[1] However, Jimmy Page later performed it with The Black Crowes on their 2000 US tour.

And Tea for One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWvsdhuWVBU) another fav - a bluesy song about being on tour and homesick.

Again never played live back in the day - at least in its entirety (from Wiki),

"Tea for One" was never played live in its entirety at Led Zeppelin concerts,[1] but the introduction riff was played onstage shortly before the beginning of the acoustic set during Led Zeppelin's final show at Earl's Court on May 25, 1975 and some parts of the guitar solo was incorporated into "Since I've Been Loving You" at various shows from 1977.

However, it was played in full by Page and Plant during their tour of Japan where it received six airings backed by an orchestra on February 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 & 17, 1996[4].

And another nice lesson for yours truly as I don't recall the Page and Plant version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFCBAcipSU

[Badstench]

For the past two weeks I've been in music heaven. My radio station of choice (The Rock) has been playing the top 1000 songs as voted by the Listeners. They do this every year.

What this means to practical listening is that, between 9am and 5.30pm (NZ time) on weekdays, I've been enjoying rock music uninterupted and without repetition. I'll present a smattering of songs played over the past two weeks with the positions of each...

1000: Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
999: Def Leppard - Hysteria
998: Stereophonics - Dakota

897: AC/DC - If You Want Blood
896: Nickelback - Figured You Out
895: Tom Petty - Refugee

794: Joan Jet - I Love Rock'n'Roll
793: Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
792: Iron Maiden - Running Free

691: Candlebox - 10,000 Horses
690: AC/Dc - The Jack
689: Radiohead - Karma Police

588: I am Giant - Livin' the Crash
587: Supergroove - Scorpio Girls
586: Foo Fighters - This Is A Call

465: Queen - We Are the Champions
464: Shihad - Ignite
463: Live - Lakinis Juice

342: Steve Earl - Copperhead Road
341: Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide
340: Billy Idol - Cradle of Love

239: Disturbed - Inside the Fire
238: Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
237: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the Way

126: Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
125: Blur - Song 182
124: Seether - Country Song

20: Black Sabbath - War Pigs
19: Guns'n'Roses - Sweet Child O'Mine
18: Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
17: I Am Giant - City Limits
16: Motorhead - Ace of Spades
15: Pearl Jam - Black
14: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
13: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
12: Foo Fighters - All My Life
11: Shihad - Home Again

10: AC/DC - Back In Black
9: Guns'n'Roses - November Rain
8: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
7: Metallica - Enter Sandman
6: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
5: Tool - Sober
4: Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (uncensored)
3: Metallica - Master of Puppets
2: Foo Fighters - Everlong

And the number 1 rock song as voted by The Rock listeners...

1: Metallica - One

It was good week of radio listening. If you're remotely interested, the full top 1000 can be seen here..
http://www.therock.net.nz/MusicampEvents/Countdowns/TheRock1000.aspx

[Badstench]

Excuse me, but I'm a Shihad fan.

listen and be wowed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auBzRcMHmKo&feature=related

[Chareos]

Excuse me, but I'm a Shihad fan.

listen and be wowed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auBzRcMHmKo&feature=related

That's all good mate, but for Chareos and the MIGHTY SKYRAGE HAMMER there can be only one...

http://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo

[Young Ned]

That's all good mate, but for Chareos and the MIGHTY SKYRAGE HAMMER there can be only one...

http://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo

Nice pantaloons. :D They seem to be the logical extension of the whole wear-your-baggy-pants-halfway-down-your-legs craze. First, adjust your baggy pants until the crotch is at about knee level. Then add more material to the waistband until it actually reaches your waist again and you don't have to worry about them falling down all the time. Voilá le pantalööns!

[Badstench]

there can be only one...
This probably belongs in the Screening Room thread, but...

After Opening Night of the Rugby World Cup, I was hung-over an not good for anything except lying on the couch and staring at my TV, for which I went and hired a handful of movies. One of them was "Highlander 2", which I remembered as being quite awful. My memory proved correct... it was atrocious. I fell asleep, thankfully, but not before recognising that the movie followed the original with a Queen soundtrack.

Ha! There's the music connection!

[Oldschool]

Metallica live from Rock in Rio,

http://www.youtube.com/rockinrioeuvou?feature=ticker

[Oldschool]

For Pink Floyd fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXa7G3kQKLY

And here's the studio version of one of the albums' songs Pigs (Three Different Ones) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCM-dDQSM8g). One of my favorite Pink Floyd songs - as if there's a shortage. Which happens to fit the first link nicely although they aren't Pigs On the Wing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCQREAaPoec).

What were you expecting? Sheep (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGUp9SHa4w4) or Dogs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HxHwuiDPgk)? ;)

Btw, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade covered the entire Animals album on their Live Frogs Set 2 album. Live Frogs Set 1 is a album of Claypool original stuff except for the first song, Thela Hun Ginjeet, a King Crimson cover and the last, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, another Pink Floyd cover. Set 2 is actually introduced at the end of Set 1 as Shine On..... is closing.

Here's a taste from Set 1, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo0UI0OGoDw

[Oldschool]

Was going to rant some more about auto tune, but truthfully I ain't got the energy.

So instead as September comes to an end here's two guys singing an apt song together that definitely didn't need auto tune.

A bit of a rare find - Frank Sinatra and John Denver singing September Song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI2PnaULlbQ

[Oldschool]

English and Canadian ballads with a heavy metal Irish bouzouki feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvZp4SdVsOg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1glogDTfw

And the originals,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwhLz1ll4Wk

LOL at the South Park opening, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGVDWc_5Q8&feature=related


And some more of Beth Patterson, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SUc9j_8OY

[Oldschool]

2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees.

http://rockhall.com/inductees/

And I'll forego my rant regarding neither of the above bands, as well as some others, being inducted much less nominated.

[Badstench]

I know we've done this before, but I came across a Youtube site where someone espoused their top ten lead guitarists of all time.

Jimi Hendrix has to be there, and he was on the list.

However, the list was full of rock guitarists, which denies artists of different genres who are awesome and awe inspiring.

But, if it's Rock guitarists you want, here's my list:

10) Steve Howe
9) Eric Clapton
8) Eddie Van Halen
7) Yngwei Malmstein
6) Stevie Ray Vaughan
5) Angus Young
4) Slash
3) Jimi Hendix
2) Carlos Santana
1) Jimmy Page


And yes, I missed virtuosos, but shit happens. The poeple on my list aren't just great guitar players, but they also wrote the tunes that made them famous.

Defy me the greatest riff ever written wasn't 'Whole Lotta Love'. (Okay, 'Smoke On the Water' was a good one, and so was 'Satisfaction')

Oh... I can think of many more, but Jimmy Page is my favouritist!

Just remember, these are rock guitarists.

I have other faves from different genres, not least of which is Leo Kottke.

Perhaps the next category should be "Top ten compositions"... leaving it open to instrument and voice as options.

Then i'd have Mike Oldfield included (among others)

[Badstench]

Metallica like you've never heard before!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98xNx87hRbU

[Blackcrowe]

^^
Sometimes the covers better than the original.;)

Good list as well by the way. Don't think I could make a top ten - far too difficult. I could easily manage a top 3 favourites though (and they're all in your top ten).

For me its Jimi, Jimmy and SRV.

And a link to finish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

[Oldschool]

I'll agree with BC as my lists often contain extras. And as Badstench points out we've done this before. So I'll use this as an excuse to expand my list by some "new" additions. Plus it's fun so....

And keeping with Badstench I'll list ten rockers.


Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqy4DTHGqg
Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) Hey it's my list http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeKuH114EiA
Adrian Smith/Dave Murray/Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) see above comment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2pxaiXy_Go
Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple/Rainbow) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1sAkZF7SCQ
Alex Lifeson (Rush) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0qlHHvELU
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xJIzapzMnc
Neal Schon (Santana/Journey) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uA1ksmnwPc
Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, et. al.) Badstench got the other two else I'd have another "disclaimer" even though all three (Page/Clapton) never played at the same time iirc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC02wGj5gPw
Steve Morse (Kansas/Deep Purple) His and Blackmore's time didn't coincide esle there'd be another disclaimer. :rolleyes: Also plays with The Dixie Dregs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad_PVz0wONc
Ted Nugent (Amboy Dukes/solo/Damn Yankees) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOV8uu17t0


I'm pretty sure those aren't any repeats of my previous list(s). And if Badstench hadn't said "lead" guitarists Angus Young's brother Malcom would've been in there as he's one of the best rhythm guitarists out there.

Re: "riffs" that's another discussion entirely and Zeppelin has no shortage of 'em by any means so I'd have to issue another "disclaimer" such as Heartbreaker/Whole Lotta Love/et. al......... ;)

[spencer]

^^
Sometimes the covers better than the original.;)

Good list as well by the way. Don't think I could make a top ten - far too difficult. I could easily manage a top 3 favourites though (and they're all in your top ten).

For me its Jimi, Jimmy and SRV.

And a link to finish:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

One of my very favorite songs is "Sweet Jane."

Lou Reed did the original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4outnu6os&feature=fvst)

The Cowboy Junkies have an excellent cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o)

I love both versions, but love the Cowboy Junkies version just a little more.

I will leave it to all of you to decide for yourselves :)

[Young Ned]

Defy me the greatest riff ever written wasn't 'Whole Lotta Love'. (Okay, 'Smoke On the Water' was a good one, and so was 'Satisfaction')

I always liked the riff from "Day Tripper"; it may not be technically difficult, but it's so distinctive: the moment you hear it, you recognize it.

I don't know enough rock guitarists to make a Top n list for any value of n, so I'll just stop now. :rolleyes:

[Oldschool]

Excellent choice Young Ned, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwmtNk_Yb2Q

Nice versions Spencer and here's another. A collaboration, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSFxzvTNhTs

[Badstench]

I don't know why, but I've developed a Neil Young phase.

In pursuit of my CD collection, I have bought 5 CD's recently...all Neil Young recordings.

1) Harvest -arguably his best
2) Comes A Time - only for the song, "Four Strong Winds"
3) Zuma - recorded with Crazy Horse, and I love this album.
4) Rust Never Sleeps - again, there's one track on here that I love: Pocahontas.
5) Trans - this was recorded in the early eighties. It has a few good tracks, but, honestly, the whole album is crap!

I have to get over my Neil Young phase... two more albums on my wish-list are After the Goldrush and Hawks And Doves.

But I'm really interested in the new collaboration between Metallica and Lou Reed. I heard a clip on The Rock radio station the other day and loved it.

But it's definitely not traditional Metallica.

Feedback from "Rock" listeners was anti, but I understood what they were doing. It's heavy rock meets poetry.

If you get a chance to hear it... think of Lou Reed first, with Metallica as the backing band.

[Oldschool]

You're talking about Lulu and your description as Metallica as a backing band is a good way to put it.

Apt description re: rock meeting poetry, and like you I get it and like what I've heard.

Some of it's up on YouTube and you're right most traditional Metallica fans don't/won't like it.

Hell, Metallica's taken a lot of flack over the years for "straying" from the roots of thrash heavy metal from as far back as Fade to Black's acoustic intro.

Anyhoo, here's a track,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LWtb621DRg

http://www.youtube.com/user/LouReedMetallicaTV

[kaffe]

In a way it reminded me of some of King's X stuff.

[Doolipalally]

It's late, and I'm not sure if I've shared this before, but here's an acoustic cover of 'Stairway to Heaven' that I would like to bring to your collective attention :)

http://youtu.be/lJR6Fsu2hZg

[Oldschool]

Very nice Dooli.

And here's a few more covers,

Heart aka "Little Zeppelin", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh_Sk74a3Gc&feature=related

Dolly Parton, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_Codf29Pw&feature=related

Great White, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Bp2qgj074

Lou Gramm/Zakk Wylde, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka-T1UuvXkM&feature=related

Frank Zappa, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3Ue3ncH3g

London Philharmonic Orchestra, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7qAL5kWyU

Vitamin String Quartet, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odYZ9Xi_p8A

Camille and Kennerly Kitt, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7TDOtfxts&feature=related

Iron Horse, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csBjdP8spXs

And the original, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ&feature=related

[Badstench]

Last week I read in the newspaper that the 3G was coming to town.

I can hear you asking, "What's 3G?"

Well, 3G is a guitar virtuoso concert started by Joe Satriani. He plays a concert with two guests.

The upcoming concert includes Steve Vai and John Petrucci.

I've already bought my ticket.

here's a clip from a past concert. Go full screen and turn the volume to LOUD!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3593623584137678217#docid=-503987554035165281

[Oldschool]

Just changed my tags and had a flashback.

My Bobby Blues Bland track, Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City is the original version of that song and it has been covered and sampled heavily and both the original and most of the covers are before my time to to speak.

Still I can remember being in a bar with some buddies in the late 80's early 90's and a cover of it came on - I think Al Brown's version because it had a reggae style to it.

One of my buddies got bent thinking it was a new version and got on a rant that it was a rip off of Whitesnake (who also did a cover). Hadn't then and still haven't a clue as to which cover was first, but I knew they were both covers.

Ended up winning a night full of drinks (at a later date after I proved my case). And it wasn't the first time I'd won such a bet from this friend. :)

And from the YouTube comments it seems it's in the film The Lincoln Lawyer - haven't seen it and not sure which version.

Anyhoo, both Brown's and Whitesnake's covers are well done.

Bobby Bland's original, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vCAqdFx1s

Al Brown's, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaxYqlBaQDY

Whitesnake's, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3DNlBMNL0

[Oldschool]

The Lincoln Lawyer's use of Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City must've caught some folks attention as I just heard some of it in a commercial for Chrysler. Not sure which model as I was reading another thread and by the time it clicked the ad had finished.

[Oldschool]

In my opinion, you should always do the shorter wait time adventure first, and since you can do Yir-Tanon a little faster, then it can be repeated sooner than if you go the other way. Or, you can go your own way (*starts to sing like Fleetwood Mac (in his head, anyway)*)

Here you go... (http://youtu.be/0GN2kpBoFs4)

That reminds me...... :rolleyes:

Started to stay in the original thread and go off topic but it's gotten a little involved to say the least so I decided to bring it here and post it.....

And if you like blues particurlarly British blues skip to the last section of links. Anyhoo....

Awhile back I made mention of my "distaste" with an experts purported knowledge on Fleetwood Mac. More specifically early Fleetwood Mac. Why? Because he failed to mention the early Peter Green era. Now if Fleetwood Mac fans don't know what I'm talking about that's fine. However this guy claimed to be an expert on Fleetwood Mac and one of their biggest fans from (paraquoting him) "early on" in their career. And no it wasn't some joke or parody, but it should have been. And before I go any further....

I love the later pop oriented Fleetwood Mac that I actually grew up with - Stevie Nicks one of my favorite female vocalists period. Still there's a big difference in early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, et. al. with that blues sound compared to the later better known pop rock Fleetwood Mac.

Anyhoo... here's some earlier Mac and two of the best known cover songs period. Best known may be a misnomer since in fact most folks think they're Santana and Judas Priest originals and not covers as they're actually staples of both bands. And these are actually a bit less "bluesy traditional" than what the band started out playing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRu7Pt42x6Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjOD8i-8uWY&feature=related

Again I don't have anything against the better known Fleetwood Mac but the fact is the original Fleetwood Mac was one of the best blues bands ever - British or otherwise.

Here's some more typical songs by Fleetwood Mac (btw some of these are covers/collaborations),
,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7EKCmHqw9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yx0h-vHXmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kncvXm5ES4Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGBgfbbCALc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16n7mgTWxqw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDGi0SZkgpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKgh_QNjyg

[Badstench]

Okay Oldschool... on the strength of your recommendation (and the fact that I love The Blues), I will buy an early Fleetwood Mac album.

I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

[Oldschool]

You won't and Kirwan, Spencer and Green are some of the best blues musicians ever that just happen to be white and British. And while they all play guitar with skill their vocals ain't too shabby either - and that's an understatement.

Here's a track by each of 'em singing as well.

Spencer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPuiLlLWkY

Green, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5LdmjQU

Kirwan, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8AcEYTEFY

And I just stumbled across this myself and have bookmarked it for later (seems a couple parts may be blocked worldwide though). Anyhoo it appears to be a documentary on early Fleetwood Mac,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M3YOWnMHDk

[spencer]

Dang, I saw "Spencer" and thought it was a message for or about me. I will have to click on the link when I am at home and can actually get youtube to play.

[Oldschool]

Just stumbled across this while looking for a Wishbone Ash track. Tripped over is more accurate. Anyhoo turn it up to eleven then rip the knob off. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAvNdtUjZGE

And the eleven reference lol, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY

[Oldschool]

Where does this stuff come from.....? :rolleyes:

Recent talk of Fleetwood Mac and more recent my own Iron Maiden linking got me thinking of the Fleetwood Mac song Albatross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viqr6KHwJjc) and Iron Maiden's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfNAiPpApx4) not to mention Pink Floyd's Echoes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thwwd3S9rmA). Also I recall a Douglas Adam (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which Paladin just referenced) story - Dirk Gently's Detective Agency iirc.

They all reference Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner to varying degrees.

Anyhoo, I went a googling and learned that the theme song to Gilligan's Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY) was written with the same meter and rhyme scheme. Also it seems there's a Gilligan's Island version of Led Zeppelin's classic Stairway to Heaven called Stairway to Gilligan's Island (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2lTB-UVvs).

So now I have more inane trivia rummaging around in my head to potentially further the "where does this stuff come from's".... :rolleyes:

Actually a pretty interesting list, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner_in_popular_culture

And it seems it's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

[Young Ned]

I notice the Wikipedia list doesn't mention the Monty Python albatross sketch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U), which I always thought was a Coleridge reference. The albatross isn't exactly hanging from his neck, but it is lying in a tray that's hanging from his neck. Isn't that close enough? :cool:

[Tetracapillactomist]

Heh... funny forum...

http://www.srythforum.com/showthread.php?p=54401&highlight=albatross#post54401

[Oldschool]

Since my tag's full and the time change has it getting dark way too early here's some more Christmas tunes ranging from traditional to satirical.

Peace on Earth.....

Belleau Wood – Garth Brooks (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2505081926071475613)

Christmas in the Trenches - Mike McCutcheon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTXhZ4uR6rs)

Christmas 1914 - Mike Harding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJD122Yd9U)

Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtuVP8Mj4o)

Same Old Lang Syne – Dan Fogelberg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYIWeow6W14)

Christmas for Cowboys – John Denver (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kjfiatbz68)

It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way – Jim Croce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxvd8NEd_C8)

Christmas Tears – Freddie King (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2wypLkWkY)

Happy Christmas (War is Over) – John Lennon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oIjVEXj7Rw)

The Night Santa Went Crazy – Weird Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CD_Hfijg9E)

Christmas Rappin – Kurtis Blow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bogm5NygXXQ)

Slipping Into Christmas – Leon Russel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD-E4-p_fpI&feature=related)

Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BZDpni56Y)

I Saw Three Ships – Jon Anderson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y92FAWqhQEo)

Bluegrass White Snow – Patty Loveless (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CuJhw_I4oM)

Ding Dong Ding Dong – George Harrison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJR44H48POo)

Gabriel’s Message – Sting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DpCJY6QEMI)

Step Into Christmas – Elton John (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJMSnj6UUM)

Mistletoe and Wine – Cliff Richard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7lKKNrXUJg)

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – Wizzard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME&ob=av2e)

Christmas is for Children – Glen Campbell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dChEd-nDNQ)

Christmas Song – Dave Matthews Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6LbNlUU5bk)

Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqNFdFbo8cA)

Larry the Cable Guy’s Politically Correct Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abEQ8WoNyCo&feature=related)

Larry the Cable Guy’s Twisted Christmas Carols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkSEcCwU8A)

Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGZ1IYRirtQ)

Merry Christmas Darling – The Carpenters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67_I18LaUwg)

Redneck 12 Days of Christmas – Jeff Foxworthy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOe3CXE-mA)

The Kid – Clint Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zf_cFyngM)

Do You Hear What I Hear – Carrie Underwood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad7KU9bCTAM)

Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAUs0rcsA4)

Must Be Santa – Lorne Greene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9zpQrb3dg)

Amen – The Impressions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3-iBfP-Pfo)

Christmas Lullaby – Cary Grant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N06ef_9KtYg)

I Wanna Be Santa Claus – Ringo Starr (www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCvx8nGi788)

Do They Know It’s Christmas – Band Aid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cX_ncZLls)

12 Days of Christmas – Bob & Doug Mackenzie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEbUtpPQihM)

"A Visit From St. Nicholas ('Twas The Night Before Chrismtas) – Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPPltRf2tfo&feature=related)

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Hall & Oates (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81SbmGDuYDA)

The Gift of Giving – Bill Withers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erSMLvYWSk0)

Marshmallow World – Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEqsnOQrxY)

Thank God It’s Christmas – Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCON07r908g)

Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto – James Brown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryKRcVqsph8)

It’s Christmas – Ronnie Milsap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1lHnp4J7Y)

Rock and Roll Christmas – George Thorogood & The Destroyers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnnj-N_Vc0I)

[Badstench]

You know those times when you're hankering for a song but you can't remember the title, then you think of another song that's close to what you were thinking, so you dial it up on Youtube and it wasn't exactly what you wanted, so you go for plan B, but plan B is actually plan C, and then you remember the song you wanted to hear in the first place and it tiurned out to be a shadow of how you remember it?

Don't you hate that?

[Young Ned]

The Night Santa Went Crazy – Weird Al Yankovic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CD_Hfijg9E)
Oh, my... never heard that one before! But I like it, in a sick, warped, and twisted way. ;)

[scout1idf]

You know those times when you're hankering for a song but you can't remember the title,[.....]

Even worse, you never knew the title.

I ran into that problem recently.

I wanted the theme song from Whale Wars TV show, by Smashing Pumpkins, you know the Rat in a Cage song.

I would have never guessed that it was titled, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings (http://youtu.be/8-r-V0uK4u0)"

[scout1idf]

Oh, my... never heard that one before! But I like it, in a sick, warped, and twisted way. ;)

If you liked one about Santa, here's one about his favorite Reindeer (http://youtu.be/yt6cAzUCdkw).

[Badstench]

Ha!

I would have never guessed that it was titled, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Smashing pumpkins is one of my favourite contemporary bands and their album, Siamese Dream, ranks high on my all-time fave list (quite a bit lower than Physical Graffiti, but quite a lot higher than Never Mind the Bollocks). [Hint: watch out for new category in an upcoming Rock Wars edition]

But as well regarded as I hold them, you're spot on Scout. I always refer to that tune as "The Rat in the Cage" song too!

[Oldschool]

Same here and thinking of The Who's Baby O'Riley being mistakenly referred to as Teenage Wasteland.

And here's another Christmas parody song

1st Marine Division Party Band doing The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFIZOkIC9o). :)

[Young Ned]

If you liked one about Santa, here's one about his favorite Reindeer (http://youtu.be/yt6cAzUCdkw).
Hmm... Not as well written as Weird Al's, but still amusing.

And here's another Christmas parody song

1st Marine Division Party Band doing The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFIZOkIC9o). :)
Ah, a Bob Rivers song. :cool: He's almost as good as Weird Al, but he does more Christmas songs than anything else. I'm sure many of you have heard "Walkin' 'Round in Women's Underwear", and I also like "Police Stop My Car" (to the tunes of "Winter Wonderland" and "Feliz Navidad", respectively).

[Oldschool]

A while back we were talking about riffs. Anyhoo I started to go and fight Ildraria and was looking for some appropriate music and this one definitely qualifies for the riffs discussion. Drums, bass, guitar and vocals all. Needless to say my mp'ing has been sidelined.

Queen's Dragon Attack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXD76Muk8o). This is one of those that just begs to be played LOUD. And I can still remember that sentiment causing a few stirs back in the day at the ole high school. Now to go find an "Ogre Battle". ;)

[Oldschool]

Red Solo Cup (Holiday Version), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M1DCYqlXA

And here's the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 1st Armored Division Band doing Christmas in Killarney, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kxc5Inqo7U

[Oldschool]

For Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy fans......

http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/700-newly-discovered-Thin-Lizzy-tracks-to-be-released-26-years-after-Phil-Lynotts-death-136806083.html

One of the most underrated and unappreciated bands as well as the individual members including Phil Lynott and Gary Moore.

And Thin Lizzy's sound is often wrongly pigeon holed just as hard rock/metal. They have tracks that have blues, jazz and even country sounds. But make no mistake their dual lead sound influenced many hard rock/metal outfits and much of their stuff is hard rock or metal.

Case in point the following tracks which have been covered by metal groups. The second by none other than Iron Maiden. Note: The last track is not the same song of the same name by the band Slayer, but it has been covered by other metal bands. The first one has a bit of a bluesy feel and Moore gets to show his vocals a bit.

Turn it up!!!

Don't Believe a Word (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9n981iQz3w)

Massacre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1vIoPWzgkw)

Angel of Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BVjsx_YriI)

EDIT: Here's a great live version of Emerald which has Srythian type lyrics and Lynott's bass is awesome, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KAUXWm1_A

[Badstench]

Here's a music question in multiple parts. The first person to correctly name the artist I have in mind wins Kudos points.

I will present a new hint every day until someone gets it. Google if you like, but please admit to Googling. You have a bonus statement to kick this off.

Clue 1) His preferred sound comes from the Ionian scale.

Clue 2) Badstench has never, not ever, previously mentioned this persons name in the Sryth forum.

Clue 3) Given the previous clue, I'm wondering where my head was at when we postulated on guitar greats. How did we miss this guy?

Clue 4) He hasn't appeared in any of the Rock Wars categories either. This might be because I've never considered him a "Rock" musician. Actually, it's pretty hard to pigeon-hole this guy. He's very versatile.

Clue 5) Some of his music is quite frenetic, some of it is very cool and laid back. The part of the sentence in italics is not an anagram, but he is hidden there.

Clue 6) Another word for this artists' recordings is "ecclectic". This is a reason he is highly sought after as a session musician. He is one of the "Go-To" guys, and especially for any music that includes slide guitar.

Clue 7) Although he played on many recordings that became music chart hits, he only had one real hit of his own, and that was a cover of an Elvis Presley song - Little Sister.

Clue 8) During the 80's, he arranged and performed the scores of quite a few movies. One of these was Crossroads.

Clue 9) His first two given names are Ryland Peter.

[Blackcrowe]

This is a tough one.

Ionian is the scale used for the vast majority of music these days and I can't decipher your very cool and laid back clue. So far I've only managed to exclude the palyers in your rock wars list and any female guitarists but that leaves an awful lot of possibilities. Many more clues needed before I could hazard a guess methinks!

[Doolipalally]

Googling leading to Wkipedia, and a dash of brandy-fuelled inspiration:


Ry Cooder?

[Badstench]

At clue 6, Dooli found the correct person. If you don't want to look beneath her spoiler tags and are willing to wait a few hours, all clues will be presented to make things get progressively easier.

[Oldschool]

Argghhh...... didn't realize you were editing your clues in till I read your post after Dooli's spoiler.

Don't know that I would have got it although I think (or would like to think) that the last one would have done it. Still trying to figure out the "very cool and laid back" reference and the only "v" song I can recall (without googling) him doing is the following link.

Tried to find his cover of Cash's song Hey Porter which is in my current tag off his Into the Purple Valley album but couldn't, but here's another cover off that album. This one a cover of Woody Guthrie's Vigilante Man (I posted a Nazareth cover of the same song awhile back).

And Badstench you're spot on as it's hard to categorize him and he's definitely one of the premier slide guitarists out there. Anyhoo this speaks for itself.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KmbUCwkyE

And he ain't too shabby on the mandolin either, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpKLgwcXD8

[Badstench]

Oldschool said:
Still trying to figure out the "very cool and laid back" reference
It wqas trick question. I said very cool and laid back wasn't an anagram, but all the letters to Ry Cooder were included in that part of the sentence, so, in effect, it was an anagram, but with extra letters.

[Blackcrowe]

Got it...finally! Needed the Crossroads reference on clue 8 though.

[Badstench]

Next conundrum...

This riddle asks you to discover the name of one of the fifty states of the USA from music questions.

An example would be... "Lynyrd Skynyrd sang sweetly about which state?"

The answer would be "Alabama".

But that would be too easy.

You can only answer one state per question.

No Googling allowed (because it's too easy otherwise.) In effect, this is a logic problem.

*****

Clue 1) There are eight states that start with the letter "M". Name all of them before I give the second clue.

Clue 2) Thanks to Dooli's correctness, we now have eight states that aren't the answer I'm looking for (talk about contradictions!) That leaves 42 possible answers, and oddly enough, 42 is the answer to Life, tha Universe and Everything.

Clue 3) Clue 1 took away eight states from the list of possibilities. The number "8" is important for another reason pursuant to the state I'm looking for (and to save you time, no... I'm not looking for the eighth state to be admitted into the United States, which means you can cross South Carolina off the list).

Clue 4) Well whaddya know... a music oriented clue! Both Dave Grohl and Mick Jagger (among a plethora of other singers) have something in common regarding this state.

Clue 5) I still can't believe so many of you didn't get the Ry Cooder clue with the italicised words.

Clue 6) There are seven notes in an octave. The eighth note is the same as the first at the other end. Interestingly the state we're looking for was the birth-place of 8 presidents. I told you the number 8 was important.

Clue 7) Alabama was "Sweet Home" to Lynyrd Skynyrd. The name of the state we're looking for is also mentioned in song, but not in reference to the state of being a state.

Clue 8) How often do you know Badstench to make a spelling mistake? He made one on purpose among all these clues to draw attention to the answer, which has already been pointed to by another clue. What are you waiting for, a signpost?

Clue 9) Here's the number 8 rearing it's head again. There are 8 letters in the name of this state.

Failing an answer after Clue 9, the signpost will appear.

[Doolipalally]

You can only answer one state per question.

...

Clue 1) There are eight states that start with the letter "M". Name all of them before I give the second clue.

I was trying to work out if this was a trick question, because of the contradiction, but if so I can't work out how, so I'll go for it anyway.

No Googling involved in this answer, just a lot of staring into space and muttering to myself :)

Montana, Mississippi, Missouri, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota

[Badstench]

Signpost: every clue had a definitive meaning. Where a clue seemed like a personal remark, it was still a clue; towit, clue 5 made mention of the previous riddle. In particular, it mentioned words in italics.

This should have directed you back to clue 2.

Although the repetitive naming of number eight had specific meaning to the state, these were general knowledge clues. The "logic" part of the riddle stayed with the hints to italics.

Clue 8 repeated the "logic" theme, asking you to look for a spelling mistake. The mistake is obvious within the italics.

But the reason for the mistake can only be certain by the mention of the Ry Cooder riddle, which clue 5 directed you to look at. "The part of the sentence in italics is not an anagram, but he is hidden there". The same applied for the second riddle.

The mistake is obvious: "Life, tha Universe and Everything". Why would I supplement an 'a' in place of the 'e'?

Because the name of the state includes an 'a', whereas the proper sentence does not.

And all the letters that make up the name of the state are within the italics.

And if you discount all the states that start with the letter "M", south Carolina and Alabama, you are left with precious few within the available letters.

Given the letters allowed, Clue 9 discounted all but one state.

Answer: Virginia

And if you find an argument I haven't seen, the general knowledge questions were posed to clarify Virginia.

Post Script: Oldschool sent me a message regarding clue 3, within which he hit the nail on the head. He theorised the state having 8 letters and guessed Virginia. But a guess isn't good enough.

Sorry Oldschool, you should have said your thought in the post.

Slap me sideways and call me Bilbo. I won this riddle.

[Doolipalally]

Sorry, Badstench. Because edits to posts don't show up when you click 'New posts' I wasn't aware that you were posting here, so this is the first time I've seen any of these clues. I'm afraid my memory isn't up to remembering to check threads unless they show up in the 'New posts' list.

Maybe next time you could do a riddle with each clue in a new post?

[Badstench]

I'll do that Dooli... but not in The Concert Hall. The next riddle will look for the name of a monster/ person/ being from mythology.

And there wil be no italics.

[Oldschool]

Slap me sideways and call me Bilbo. I won this riddle.

LOL Badstench and it was early on in the hinting process and a lucky guess, but as your hints progressed and got easier I narrowed it down to Virginia for sure, well semi by process of elimination.

Yeah adding the hints (or anything else) as an edit can be a problem since they don't show new.

Early on (second round of clues) I got hung up on thinking states that both were arrested in (I tossed concert venues out early because of the sheer numbers of them). And after I thought about songs some more I recalled The Stones Sweet Virginia and couldn't recall Foo Fighter's Virginia Moon or any other "state" that would fit till after I got Virginia from your other clues and googled a bit.

By the way I also kept getting sidetracked on Stone/Stones thinking The Rolling Stones and Queens of the Stone Age (Dave Grohl's toured and recorded with them) might have something to do with it.

Very enjoyable Badstench. :)

[Blackcrowe]

Taking the discussion off course for a moment. Sad to see Etta James passed away today.

For anyone who doesn't know of Etta James, heres the links to find out.
For anyone who does...well I imagine you'll already be clicking them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1uunRdQ61M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqr4PhiaWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApNirMC9gM




R.I.P. Etta

[Oldschool]

Sad indeed. Johnny Otis earlier in the week and now Etta James. Two pioneering legends - R.I.P..

[Oldschool]

Just noticed the post count and gotta get past that one. Thought of deleting my previous one all together.

Btw Badstench Virginia was just the first 8 letter non M state I came up with given it's proximity and name similarity to my home state. It wasn't until later and after more hints that I thought of the Stones song. Then as your clues narrowed it down I thought that was it for sure but I couldn't think of a Grohl song till I googled it.

Excellent job and good fun on the "Wars" threads and the posers - keep 'em coming. :)

[psychoadept]

This picture seemed apropos...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/430503_10151226101950226_139390825225_22874669_100 4955615_n.jpg

[Badstench]

I've seen this, but I can't find it on Youtube.

I need the exact wording.

Two people play guitar, and they are damned good guitar players ordinarilty, but then... they also drum against the woodwork of the guitar.

I have the sneaking suspicion that they're South American.

The effect is to hear flemenco style guitar with simultaneous drumming against the wood of the guitar.


Hint me. If I find it, I'll post it.

[Doolipalally]

Sounds like

Rodrigo y Gabriela

(couldn't think of any way of hinting that!)

[Oldschool]

Don't know if that was it Dooli but awesome. :)

And having this window open way too long before I remembered it courtesy of a little "side trip" after YouTub'ing Dooli's mention that currently has me here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl1ibykWZU).

[Blackcrowe]

For some reason that got me thinking of something I saw last year.

The Hoax were a fantastic blues band in their day so when they did a reunion tour I was straight on it. They'd clearly picked up a new trick or two though as when I went to see them in Newcastle they did a little piece that totally took me by surprise. A quick youtube search has just found it (admitedly from a different gig - but its good nontheless).

Enjoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FidQpKo6vH8).

[Young Ned]

The Hoax were a fantastic blues band in their day so when they did a reunion tour I was straight on it. They'd clearly picked up a new trick or two though as when I went to see them in Newcastle they did a little piece that totally took me by surprise. A quick youtube search has just found it (admitedly from a different gig - but its good nontheless).

Enjoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FidQpKo6vH8).

:eek:

Wow. That's impressive.

[Badstench]

Dooli suggested
Rodrigo y Gabriella
Thanks Dooli. That's them! There's a world music shop called "The Conch" not too far away from where I live, so I'll be paying them a visit tomorrow.

[Doolipalally]

No problem! I discovered them a few years ago, and they're one of my favourites.

(OT: Nostalgia - I really used to like listening to them while driving, and I haven't driven a car for nearly two years now...)

[Badstench]

Initially, I wasn't affected by the news of the death of Whitney Houston.

But, just in case, I dialed up "I Will Always love You on Youtube.

I back-track. I'm affected.

[spencer]

Very amazing voice. Very sad story. Her version of the US National Anthem still brings tears to my eyes.

[Badstench]

Even better... jaw dropping stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M782Ax4b4_0

[Oldschool]

Badstench I know you've discussed Queen's Roger Taylor's prowess and there's other and maybe better examples out there and I've posted this or a similar version before, but kids here's some kick ass showmanship in fronting a band and getting the crowd involved. Not to mention vocals, bassline, guitar playing and drumming. Each member's performance is awesome, the sum of the whole is fanfriggintastic.

Most folks know of their legendary Live Aid performance - if not Google it or search YouTube. But here's another and one of my favorite Queen songs.

Only problem is I can't get it LOUD enough....

Freddie, "... sing like Aretha Franklin c'mon.... ....you can join the band." :) Hell the improv alone is worth posting...

Queen's Dragon Attack, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDSje_5kcK4

[Badstench]

I phoned my radio station of choice this morning. I wouldn't normally contemplate it, but their constant derisive comments against Nickelback prompted me to take them to task.

When I say "them", I refer to the four announcers who hold sway on "The Rock" from 6am to 9am. Too often I've heard them disparage Nickelback.

Now, before I quote the converstaion, I will explain that I'm not necessarily a Nickelback fan. A lot of their songs are backed by appropriate videos that serve two purposes; 1) they are poignant to the emotions of the lyrics and, 2) They tell a story.

And until today, my CD collection was devoid of Nickelback recordings. I've changed that by buying Dark Horse a few hours ago. In fact, The tune playing through my headphones right now is one I've never heard before, simply because it wasn't released as a single for radio fodder. It rocks!

Anyway... my phone call went like this:

DJ (off air): Hi. You have the answer to the competition?"

Me: No, sorry, I'm ringing to tell you guys to stop bagging Nickelback.

short pause.

DJ: You think we're too hard on Nickelback? You are aware this is a 'rock' station?

Me: Yes, and I love this station, but you guys have a lot of responsibility making your comments, but you obviously don't like Nickelback. It shows in your comments about them."

DJ: And you do like them?

Me: It's not my first music of choice, but they're not as bad as you guys make out.

DJ: Would you be willing to back that up on air? You know, we will take you to task over it.

Me: Yep.

DJ: Can you hold the line? We have a lot going on for the next few minutes, but this could be good. But only if you've come with a good argument.

Me: I'm not after an argument, just facts.

DJ: Quickly, what facts?

Me: The fact you guys play Nickelback on the station. The fact that you've stepped up the number of Nickelback tunes because they're playing in Auckland soon. the fact that..."

DJ: Okay, stop. I like where this is going. Just hold the line.

Before I get to the on air conversation, I must explain that "The Rock" morning crew is known as "The Rumble". The four DJ's who comprise the show are Roger Farrely (the longest serving DJ. He has a distinctive laugh that could be descirbed as annoying), Andrew Mulligan (the most recent addition to the 'four'. He's got a great sense of humour) Bryce Casey (the 'motor-mouth' of the four; often speaks without thinking) and Leah Panapa (has strong opinions, but is a sweetheart regardless.

**********

Competition phone calls... lots of laughs.

Music break - it happens to be "Something In Your Mouth", by Nickelback.

Commercials.

DJ Roger: We're going away from the program for a minute, because we've got a guy on the line who actually likes Nickelback. Good morning Kori.

Me: Hi Roger

DJ Leah: Kori, we understand that you're offended by our treatment of Nickelback. You think we give them a raw deal?

Me: I think you give their music a hard time, yes.

DJ Leah: But they're crap. It's so samey

DJ Bryce: That's a bit harsh, Leah. You know, Nickelback has the fastest selling album in America for the past two years.

DJ Leah: That's America. Do you have statistics for New Zealand?

DJ Bryce: As a matter of fact, I do, and they're right up there. The public speaks.

DJ Mulls (Andrew Mulligan): I like them.

DJ Leah: Yeah, but you don't have any taste. I think Nickelback compromised their talent for dollars. They went commercial.

Me: Leah! You defeat your own argument.

DJ Leah: No I don't. You just have to...

DJ Bryce: Leah? Nuh. Nuh. Shush, girl."

DJ Roger: (laughing) Well, it seems Kori has opened a point of contention here. Should we be playing Nickelback on "The Rock"? Kori, what's your point of view?

Me: First Roger, I've got to say this to Leah...

DJ Leah: Yeah?

Me: About two years ago, I remember you saying that the song, "Photograph", was awesome. You made a comment that the lyrics were very strong in your heart.

DJ Leah: God! That's one song. It doesn't mean I have to like the band.

DJ MUlls: Snap!

Me: Okay... but you've also said that you like Seether.

DJ Leah: I love Seether.

Me: But Seether played back-up for Nickelback in a recent world tour, and the lead singer made no excuses about wanting his band to be more like Nickelback. Their new hit is "Tonight". It sounds just like Nickelback. What's the difference?

DJ Bryce: Yeah, Leah. What's the difference?

DJ Leah: The difference is that.... you're a dick, Bryce.

DJ Roger: (laughing) Kori's right, though. We do play Nickelback, and we have two tickets to give away to the concert at the Vector Arena in July. Caller nine will win them.

blah blah blah

[Young Ned]

Well done, BS! :D

[Oldschool]

Nice and thanks for sharing Badstench.

My two cents worth - they should have gave you the tickets. :)

[texlaw1992]

I even think they should have "given" you the tickets.

Even better, invite you down as a guest DJ!

[Tetracapillactomist]

I even think they should have "given" you the tickets.

Couldn't resist it, eh? ;)

Even better, invite you down as a guest DJ!

I was going to say: berry cool, DJ Koriri! XD

[Oldschool]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/kmh/lowres/kmhn57l.jpg

;)



And I agree that they should've let Badstench guest DJ.

[Oldschool]

Edit note: CCR refers to Creedence Clearwater Revival and AC Alice Cooper - both who appear in my current sig at the time of this post and edit.

Re: recent discussions my sig is fine but I had to temporarily dump my character links for this sig rotation.

And the second track (first one by AC) goes out to Young Ned and Spencer. :cool: ;)

I know we have some CCR and AC fans and I always put stuff I like up and try to mix up some well known with some lesser known tracks. The first CCR track rocks - hell all of 'em rock what am I saying. :) And the second AC song is not what most folks think it's about hence the lyrics "version".

Enjoy..... and I dumped my character links instead of the vote links so folks would remember to..........

Vote for Sryth - thanks. :)

[scout1idf]

Re: recent discussions my sig is fine but I had to temporarily dump my character links for this sig rotation.

And the second track (first one by AC) goes out to Young Ned and Spencer. :cool: ;)

I know we have some CCR and AC fans and I always put stuff I like up and try to mix up some well known with some lesser known tracks. The first CCR track rocks - hell all of 'em rock what am I saying. :) And the second AC song is not what most folks think it's about hence the lyrics "version".

Enjoy..... and I dumped my character links instead of the vote links so folks would remember to..........

Vote for Sryth - thanks. :)

I just posted in random chat that everything is working fine then come here and your pictures are missing. I was about to start cussing when I read that you dumped your pictures for now.

Boy, you sure know how to make my head explode Oldschool!!!

[Oldschool]

:rolleyes:ops.... at least I issued a heads up. ;)

[scout1idf]

:rolleyes:ops.... at least I issued a heads up. ;)

Note to self: Read everything before jumping to conclusions..... :rolleyes:

[Badstench]

Erm... Message from an Antonym challenged person ( I KNY... Kid You Not)

When did the English language get dumbed down to initializations? I looked at the previous three posts and thought, ""meh".

Most of it made sense, except for the bits that made no sense whatsoever.

I thought I had a handle on CCR, until you mentioned AC.

***************

I like to think I'm intelligent, but here's a couple of facts about Badstench...

1) I don't own a mobile phone, an iPad, an iPod, or a tablet.

2) I own an internet friendly TV, but don't know how to work it.

3) I never, ever, communicate in anything less than proper spelling.

4) So, what is "AC"?

[Doolipalally]

Erm... Message from an Antonym challenged person ( I KNY... Kid You Not)

When did the English language get dumbed down to initializations? I looked at the previous three posts and thought, ""meh".

Most of it made sense, except for the bits that made no sense whatsoever.

I thought I had a handle on CCR, until you mentioned AC.

I didn't understand the abbreviations either, but it seems a bit harsh to me to call it 'dumbing down the English language'. Acronyms get used whenever people are discussing a specialised topic, whether that topic is a genre of music, or quantum physics, or knitting. If someone uses an abbreviation and misjudges whether his/her audience is going to understand it, that's just a mistake.

'Dumbing down' is a term I think you have to use carefully. Especially if you're then going to mix up 'antonym' and 'acronym' :p


I like to think I'm intelligent, but here's a couple of facts about Badstench...

1) I don't own a mobile phone, an iPad, an iPod, or a tablet.

2) I own an internet friendly TV, but don't know how to work it.

3) I never, ever, communicate in anything less than proper spelling.

4) So, what is "AC"?

The association between acronyms/abbreviations and modern technology interests me. Let's face it, people have been using the terms UFO, lbw, CV (well, in some parts of the world, anyway), the USA, KFC, GMT, etc. since long before mobile phones made their way onto the scene. But then along come thx, b4, yr, LOL and all the rest, and suddenly there are two sorts of writing.

I'm quite happy to use some abbreviations - like the ones I've listed above. But I prefer to read text that doesn't give me headache, so I don't write text-speak.

Anyway, getting back to the point, what are CCR and AC? :)

[Badstench]

;
Especially if you're then going to mix up 'antonym' and 'acronym'
Let alone Simile and synonymous

[Oldschool]

:rolleyes:ops.... seems that post needed another heads up - sorry for the confusion. However, ;) they are terms related and contained in the post - sorta. See my current (at the time of this post/edit) signature or "sig rotation". And if you try just one hit the first CCR track - one of my short list favs and a definite lesser known/played one.

Note: CCR refers to Creedence Clearwater Revival and AC Alice Cooper - both who appear in my current sig at the time of this post.

But points taken especially since that post will not have those references as I change my sig. Although CCR is a known and accepted abbreviation for Creedence Clearwater Revival and this is "The Concert Hall".

Anyhoo... I made a note in that original post, the rest remains unedited.

[Oldschool]

Considering the recent discussion and the fact that this is the Concert Hall this meshes together nicely,

http://echohub.com/posts/communication/josh-ritter-on-the-red-pen/

;)

And here's a couple Josh RItter tunes,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rcUsFatXw4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCeCVmJAUA

[spencer]

Edit note: CCR refers to Creedence Clearwater Revival and AC Alice Cooper - both who appear in my current sig at the time of this post and edit.

Re: recent discussions my sig is fine but I had to temporarily dump my character links for this sig rotation.

And the second track (first one by AC) goes out to Young Ned and Spencer. :cool: ;)

I know we have some CCR and AC fans and I always put stuff I like up and try to mix up some well known with some lesser known tracks. The first CCR track rocks - hell all of 'em rock what am I saying. :) And the second AC song is not what most folks think it's about hence the lyrics "version".

Enjoy..... and I dumped my character links instead of the vote links so folks would remember to..........

Vote for Sryth - thanks. :)

I love me some CCR. I will have to wait until I am home from work to listen to my "tribute." :)

[spencer]

And, here I was thinking that AC stood for Alternating Current :)

[Oldschool]

I better explain since as a "tribute" the lyrics might raise some eyebrows, lol.

And it's not typical Alice Cooper fare, but it's one of my favs.

Young Ned's "tie in" should be obvious. But just in case that's Alice Cooper on The Muppet Show.

Spencer's a bit less obvious. Obviously in regards to fairly recent Alice Cooper comments in which he also mentioned giving him a listen or two or something along those lines. And this would be a good song to try out since as stated it's not typical fare.

I was going to wait till Spencer posted (and even though he hasn't yet listened to it here goes...) before I revealed this reason.

Spencer I know you're a baseball fan and family man. Perhaps this will raise Cooper's "standing". Maybe not musically, but as an all around good guy. Cooper's a big sports fan and not just baseball. Anyhoo...

http://www.examiner.com/frank-sinatra-in-national/frank-sinatra-and-alice-cooper-exchanged-favors

And for Cooper fans here's a good article. By the way you can listen to the whole interview as well via the player on the top. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134230317/alice-cooper-the-gentle-man-behind-the-shock-rocker

[spencer]

Cool story. I will definitely listen to the song when I get home.

[texlaw1992]

Although I've been using computers since the 1980s (ok, technically since the 1970s), like Badstench I held out a long time on getting a cell phone even though I'm a lawyer. I don't really consider myself a luddite - my attitude was simply that I don't think people need to be available 24/7 and sometimes I just did not want to be found.

However, spending more time in Mobile, Alabama than Houston on a case during a six month period from December 2008 - May 2009, I really had no choice but to get a cell phone and got used to it. Now, maybe one of these days I'll take the next step and actually send a text message (lol).

[Tetracapillactomist]

Erm... Message from an Antonym challenged person ( I KNY... Kid You Not)

When did the English language get dumbed down to initializations? I looked at the previous three posts and thought, ""meh".

Most of it made sense, except for the bits that made no sense whatsoever.

I thought I had a handle on CCR, until you mentioned AC.

***************

I like to think I'm intelligent, but here's a couple of facts about Badstench...

1) I don't own a mobile phone, an iPad, an iPod, or a tablet.

2) I own an internet friendly TV, but don't know how to work it.

3) I never, ever, communicate in anything less than proper spelling.

4) So, what is "AC"?

Since this is the same subject from about a year ago [memory trap] (which ended in some unnecessary huffing and puffing and resentment by some members during my earlier, happier days, regarding abbreviations and charges of 'cool kidz' 'exclusionism'), I feel justified reusing/recycling this almost in its entirety (doubt I'd take such efforts these days, since... NVM (! :P), no time or inclination for all that):

Professor Snickerbucker says:
[...]

Strictly speaking, an abbreviation is a shortened form of a phrase or word - this is indicated by the placement of a full stop (period) at the end of the shortened word in question. An abbreviation is not written in capital letters (unless it begins a sentence, in which case the first letter alone will be capitalised, or, obviously, unless the word is a proper noun to begin with); acronyms tend to, and ought to be.

The word "abbreviation" itself serves as a good example of an abbreviation: abbr., abbrv. or abbrev. are all abbreviated forms of "abbreviation." :D "Example" is another good example, since it can be abbreviated as ex. (which I often use in personal notes). :)

However, the above may not always be the case, as in loose parlance, any form of shortening is often referred to as abbreviation, including:

- contractions, such as it's (it is), let's (let us), can't (can not or cannot), isn't (is not), doesn't (does not), &c. - but 's can stand for is, does, or has, for instance, just as 'd can signify did, had, or would; o' stands for of (as in o'clock)), 't for it (as in 'twas), 'em for them (although it came about as hem's contraction), and even -ya and -'cha, and others are contractions of you.

Good examples for distinguishing between contractions and (properly termed?) abbreviations, are:
- Dr - a contraction of D(octo)r; as such, no full stop (period) at the end;
- Prof. - an abbreviation of Prof(essor), with that period at the end of it.

- acronyms and initialisms - this is where your bugaboo is: acronyms are strictly speaking utterable as regular words are. Commonly cited examples are SCUBA, (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging), SONAR (NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and even Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg).
"Initialisms" are the thing you mean to be added to that thread's title, I believe. These are things that are pronounced letter by letter, as a rule: KGB, CIA (never "seeya" or "sieh" ;)), FBI, USA (although in some languages that is uttered as an acronym: "oussa," "ousha," and such), USSR, PRC, PC, XML, HTML, DNA, BBC, IRA...

(Then, there are mixed things, like CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, MS-DOS, JPEG, and all the rest - things which no one quite knows how to classify: they are part initialism, part acronym. You could work on that. ;))

All right, did I leave out anything?... Oh, who cares: if anything's missing, it might as well stay at the bottom of the ocean, or in Nessie's belly, for all I care (not to mention for all every single sane member of this forum cares, right? :)).

Kidding aside, and following general rules:

- pronounced as a word - "acronym"

- pronounced as individual letters - "initialism"

Well, back to the concert, sorry for reminiscing.

[spencer]

*sighs* I hate it when my righteous indignation gets compromised. Very nice tune, OS. Maybe he ain't so bad.

[Oldschool]

Recently there was talk of Deep Purple's Machine Head album. Courtesy of my ole time favorite radio station tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of its release. And as they do such album anniversaries I'm looking for a day of Machine Head songs, trivia, etc....

And since we've recently discussed it (in Riddle Me This iirc) and two tracks "When A Blind Man Cries" and "Maybe I'm a Leo" here's a third... Lazy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPM6ni4bQzc)

[Young Ned]

And the second track (first one by AC) goes out to Young Ned and Spencer. :cool: ;)
That was an interesting song ("You and Me", right?), but I have no clue why you "dedicated" it to me. Some long-ago discussion I've completely forgotten?

Edit:
Young Ned's "tie in" should be obvious. But just in case that's Alice Cooper on The Muppet Show.

Aha! Didn't realize there was another whole page of posts when I wrote this reply.

[Badstench]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1RguHA4XE&context=G252a417RVAAAAAAAAAg

The thing about this interview is that I understood the 7/8th thing

[Oldschool]

I stumbled across a track on one of my Cheap Trick Cd's... a live recording where they introduced a young-up-and-coming musician. The new guy's name was Billy Corgan, and he went on to form the Smashing Pumpkins.

Without Cheap Trick, Billy Corgan might have stayed a non-entity, a nobody, a nothing... a talented Indie song-writer and musician with no grounding.

Is that all it takes? Just one nod from an already famous person/band... and you're in?

I don't doubt that Billy Corgan isn't talented... I've got his albums and I love them... I reference Jack White in the same vein.

(As a complete aside, James Blunt falls into this category... for the life of me, I don't know why James Blunt has been bagged... sure, he sings some sissie songs, but they're actually MEN sissie, not WOMAN sissie.)

Billy Corgan is an awesome song-writer. The Smashing Pumpkins is an awesome band.

I'd like, now, to introduce you to a guy named Jimmy Christmas (I kid you not... that's his real name!) Jimmy is one of those guys who understands music... he knows a good riff and rythym and can back it up with a solid bass line, then instruct the drummer to the basic needs of his requirement... his requirement usually being... hit the skins hard, man!

Jimmy Christmas became prominent with the band "D4". More recently, he's the frontman for Luger Boa, and they're huge in NZ and Australia.

Good for him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFgdTEe36E&feature=related

Wow the stuff I can remember vs. the stuff I can't. Was changing tags and one of my favorite Cheap Trick albums is a live album by them called Music For Hangovers. Anyhoo, I'm guessing that was the album that Badstench was referring to and if so this is a live video version of the cut Badstench was talking about. Also iirc Corgan wrote the liner notes or featured prominently in 'em?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiYK8TDbPRQ&feature=related

And see my current tag (construction in progress) for another cut that might fit in the recent political discussions. IF I can find it, if not I might have to edit this post. :rolleyes:

EDIT: Found it, well not the live video version but this is off the album which rocks. Turn it up and rip the knob off.....................

Back to the rest of my tag, lol.

[Oldschool]

Again the stuff I remember and the stuff you can stumble upon on YouTube or the internet. Badstench you never said which Cream song made you cringe. While I don't think it's Wrapping Paper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmG_MxbGIfk) as I don't think it's well known or popular per the following that vid's still got me chuckling.

Tell us what you really think Ginger, lol.

Eric Clapton... some bands I never cottoned on to, and Cream was one of them. In fact, their best known hit makes me cringe and forces me to change stations if I ever hear it on the radio.

Would that be the song White Room or a different song?

I imagine it's this thread changing "cringer" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg) ;) from the groups second album "Disraeli Gears".

From wikipedia, The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, "it's got them Disraeli Gears", meaning to say "derailleur gears," but instead alluding to 19th Century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. Had it not been for Mick's turn of phrase, the album would simply have been entitled "Cream."

And nice poem Badstench.

So.......

.....which is it Badstench one of those or Crossroads? For some reason I always associate it - well the cover with Clapton instead of Cream (olks I'm sure Badstench and many know this but Crossroads is actually a Robert Johnson song originally titled Cross Road Blues). If it's not one of the first three I'll be surprised. Maybe Strange Brew, Badge or my current tag but those are lesser known imo.

[Oldschool]

My reply in Add a Word..... was an Eagles song which led me to this song by Dan Fogelberg which features some of the Eagles and I think it was produced by Walsh.

As Bastench often says it's a goodie....

As the Raven Flies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZ2BLEXu7c)

[Oldschool]

Time for anohter underrated "B" side.

But first Badstench has often expressed how good a drummer Roger Taylor of Queen is and I agree.

And his skill isn't just limited to drumming. He's a multi-instrumentalist, great songwriter and a helluva vocalist.

Some of my favorite Queen tracks were penned by Taylor as many of his were heavier. And his singing - very good and underrated.

Just listen to the B side to Bohemian Rhapsody (turn it UP), I'm In Love With My Car (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_NeqJlrINc).

And the whole band were good songwriters and Brian May wasn't too shabby on vocals either. Here's a May composition sung by Freddie - very underrated song. Love Mercury's intro - "It's a real bitch of a song, it really gets to the nodules....." Getting to the nodules or not, Freddie's vocals rock - listen for yourself, White Man (www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcA1_lRrWg)

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[Badstench]

What to do, what to do?

I've just found out YES is playing in Auckland on April 1st - that's only 10 days away!

Gold reserve tickets are NZ$129, but I'm about to spend $700 on a desk and chair, with another $1100 earmarked for a new computer in a few weeks.

It's also niggling that my winter wardrobe is in a sad state and needs replenishment, along with the long-time threat of a gym membership.

Damnit! I wish I hadn't opened that particular page of the newspaper, then I'd never know what I was missing until it was too late!

[Oldschool]

Here's The Solution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLgtfW6QrW8).

Well not really I just couldn't help myself.

Badstench one could argue that a significant wardrobe change may be a bit premature if it coincides closely with a new gym membership.

Thinking of your not opening the paper comment as it's a good example of "ignornace is bliss".

And you know I ain't leaving without another track or two. A couple of my personal favs that aren't as widely known although I think they both charted well.

Wondrous Stories, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdONfPts-4

The Calling, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKVRQGHXnE4

[Badstench]

i'm going. I spent two hours on the phone trying to drum up interest from people I know like YES.

Without success.

Excuses were these.... "Not enough notice." "Too hectic at work." "Can't afford it." "The wife won't let me."

Bollocks!

New Zealand is in the back of beyond... we're so far away that many bands don't bother to come here lest they stop over on the way to Australia. And when you consider a group like YES, they are a BIG band. It's expensive for bands like that to transport all their gear.

So, when the opportunity arrives, jump at it. I seriously doubt if I'll ever get another chance to see YES play live.

I'm going!

[smv1973]

i'm going. I spent two hours on the phone trying to drum up interest from people I know like YES.

Without success.

Excuses were these.... "Not enough notice." "Too hectic at work." "Can't afford it." "The wife won't let me."

Bollocks!

New Zealand is in the back of beyond... we're so far away that many bands don't bother to come here lest they stop over on the way to Australia. And when you consider a group like YES, they are a BIG band. It's expensive for bands like that to transport all their gear.

So, when the opportunity arrives, jump at it. I seriously doubt if I'll ever get another chance to see YES play live.

I'm going!

hope you have fun at the show.

[Badstench]

YES

I went to the concert; me by myself. I had a gold ticket, the way to the auditorium. It didn't matter.

I'm glad I went, but at the same time, I wish I hadn't. The show was nothing like I expected. They played some old songs and some new songs.

But it wasn't the band I knew of old. And that's all it was... old men playing old tunes.

Score out of ten?

I give it 4

[Young Ned]

Sorry to hear it, BS; I know you were really looking forward to that concert.

Yeah, some legacy bands should have hung it up years ago, but a lot of them keep going because they need the money and don't know anything else to do. There should be some sort of retraining program for past-their-prime rock musicians...

[Oldschool]

I'm not a big Yes fan. Let me rephrase that as I am a big fan, just not as big a fan as Badstench. They're still on my short short list.

Good point Ned. Badstench I'm guessing if Jon Anderson were still with the band things may have been different - at least I'd like to think so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLK4-JufR8

[Badstench]

You gotta laugh... and imagine, "What if?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CXEejojHyM&feature=relmfu

[Oldschool]

Lol, nice link Badstench - what if indeed. :)

[Badstench]

Should I be ashamed of my most recent purchase?

Nickelback.

Sorry, folks, but Nickelback actually takes a tune and adds drums, the end result being a head-thrusting, foot-stomping, rock-inducing, jump-up-and-down piece of music.

I bought a Nickelback album today. I also bought a David Bowie album (Aladdin Sane) and Motorhead (No Sleep Till Hammersmith).

David Bowie was pretty much to be expected. Motorhead was loud and raucous. I actually went shopping for a particular Grateful Dead album, but didn't find it. "Blues For Allah" is the title, so if you spot it in America, buy it and we'll do a deal. Apparently, it's a rarity.

In the meantime I've placed orders with the record store: Frank Zappa's "Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch", Lonnie Mack - "Strike Like Lightning", and Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Pictures at an Exhibition".

[scout1idf]

Should I be ashamed of my most recent purchase?

Nickelback.

Sorry, folks, but Nickelback actually takes a tune and adds drums, the end result being a head-thrusting, foot-stomping, rock-inducing, jump-up-and-down piece of music.

I bought a Nickelback album today. I also bought a David Bowie album (Aladdin Sane) and Motorhead (No Sleep Till Hammersmith).

David Bowie was pretty much to be expected. Motorhead was loud and raucous. I actually went shopping for a particular Grateful Dead album, but didn't find it. "Blues For Allah" is the title, so if you spot it in America, buy it and we'll do a deal. Apparently, it's a rarity.

In the meantime I've placed orders with the record store: Frank Zappa's "Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch", Lonnie Mack - "Strike Like Lightning", and Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Pictures at an Exhibition".

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Blues+For+Allah

[Badstench]

Tony Joe White

Here's a personal favourite of mine... It's got trolls in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT9I1fPmMJg

Put on your headphones, go full screen, and turn the volume button to LOUD!

[Badstench]

I'm not a big fan of soul music.

Having said that, I am a huge fan of a blues singer who also sings soul. Her name is Hollie Smith.

Perhaps her most internationally famous song is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7ZwViizRwU

The clip you just watched was shot in Auckland, but after I fell in love with Hollie Smith, I stumbled across another clip of the same song by a religious trio. I was actually touched.

Have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvy6ZFE5oe8

When I travelled through America, I met a lot of lovely people like them. It showed me that Americans aren't all like the TV programs we get in New Zealand. Basically, there are lots of decent people there.

[Young Ned]

Tony Joe White

Here's a personal favourite of mine... It's got trolls in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT9I1fPmMJg

Put on your headphones, go full screen, and turn the volume button to LOUD!
That was fun, Badstench! :)

[Badstench]

I fully realise that my taste in music is not necessarily the same as yours.

Basically, I'm a head banger, and have been ever since I heard Jimmy Page riff "Whole Lotta Love".

The very first album I bought with my own money was Deep Purple, "In Rock"

I;m not sure what the second album was, but it's always the first that reminds me of my roots. Like your first actual root (her name was Sharon). I don't remember the second girl, or the third, or the fourth. They blend after a while.

But I do remember the first time I heard Frank Zappa. I loved it from the get go and bought all his albums.

When Frank died, I was sad.

Not in the way of sadness when John Bonham died, because John Bonham was part of a foursome. Yes, Led Zeppelin disbanded after John died, but it's not the same.

In the seventies, I loved Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. When 'Punk' came along, I hated it. I hated it for about two months, then realised it was just an extenuation of rock.

And then the Eighties came along with the New Romantics and I hated that. I still don't like it, but the sounds of bands like Duran Duran, Air Supply, ABC, etc, gave way to a mixture of music genres that led to the diversity of sound we enjoy today.

But there was a definite shift in music in the eighties, just like there was a shift in the fifties. Bill Haley & the Comets sang "Rock Around the Clock".

In the sixties, Neil Diamond ruled until some guys started playing guitar and made it loud. Jimi Hendrix was a huge influence on people's tastes, but it was Bob Dylan who was the real mover and shaker.

At the same time the Beatles came along. The Rolling Stones came along. The Grateful Dead came along.

And those big bands gave birth to punks: The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stranglers, Velvet Underground, The New York Dolls, The Tubes.

And those bands gave birth to the eighties. It was all good.

In the meantime, an English band that started out as punk morphed into a particular English sound. The Clash.

The frontman for this band was Joe Strummer.

Joe Strummer wrote classic rock songs... "Rock the Casbah" and "London's Calling" among them.

Joe Strummer died two weeks ago. I'm not sad in the same way I was sad when Frank Zappa died, but I'm sad nonetheless.

Because I know... some of you have no idea who Joe Strummer was.

All I can say is, he was awesome.

[spencer]

I fully realise that my taste in music is not necessarily the same as yours.

Basically, I'm a head banger, and have been ever since I heard Jimmy Page riff "Whole Lotta Love".

The very first album I bought with my own money was Deep Purple, "In Rock"

I;m not sure what the second album was, but it's always the first that reminds me of my roots. Like your first actual root (her name was Sharon). I don't remember the second girl, or the third, or the fourth. They blend after a while.

But I do remember the first time I heard Frank Zappa. I loved it from the get go and bought all his albums.

When Frank died, I was sad.

Not in the way of sadness when John Bonham died, because John Bonham was part of a foursome. Yes, Led Zeppelin disbanded after John died, but it's not the same.

In the seventies, I loved Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. When 'Punk' came along, I hated it. I hated it for about two months, then realised it was just an extenuation of rock.

And then the Eighties came along with the New Romantics and I hated that. I still don't like it, but the sounds of bands like Duran Duran, Air Supply, ABC, etc, gave way to a mixture of music genres that led to the diversity of sound we enjoy today.

But there was a definite shift in music in the eighties, just like there was a shift in the fifties. Bill Haley & the Comets sang "Rock Around the Clock".

In the sixties, Neil Diamond ruled until some guys started playing guitar and made it loud. Jimi Hendrix was a huge influence on people's tastes, but it was Bob Dylan who was the real mover and shaker.

At the same time the Beatles came along. The Rolling Stones came along. The Grateful Dead came along.

And those big bands gave birth to punks: The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stranglers, Velvet Underground, The New York Dolls, The Tubes.

And those bands gave birth to the eighties. It was all good.

In the meantime, an English band that started out as punk morphed into a particular English sound. The Clash.

The frontman for this band was Joe Strummer.

Joe Strummer wrote classic rock songs... "Rock the Casbah" and "London's Calling" among them.

Joe Strummer died two weeks ago. I'm not sad in the same way I was sad when Frank Zappa died, but I'm sad nonetheless.

Because I know... some of you have no idea who Joe Strummer was.

All I can say is, he was awesome.

Thank you for sharing, Badstench. I would not have known who he was.

[Young Ned]

I wouldn't have known either, but I've always liked "Rock the Casbah". Sounds like we lost another good 'un.

[Tetracapillactomist]

I know of, and liked Joe Strummer and still like The Clash for their music, and what they stood for...

Joe died about ten years ago, RIP... Good man, good principles, human rights activists, the whole lot of them... :(

We were watching an older Kaurismäki film ('I Hired a Contract Killer') in a 'cinémathèque' (playing older, or classic movies, retrospectives) a friend and I, and did not know he appeared in it, but suddenly there he was, on the screen, playing the guitar a coffee shop entertainer, and I grinned like a kid, looking at my friend, saying "That's Joe Strummer! What in blazes is he?... I had no idea..."

So that's one of my favourite movies now...

(Guess I'll go listen to some Clash.)

[Badstench]

My very favourite Blues artist is Alexis Korner.

And then... I remembered this album by Sonny & Terry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mBkz_JJHg

Funny the things you remember.

[Badstench]

I'm a collector, meaning I often peruse the shelves of my favoutite music store for rare recordings and seldom heard CD's.

Note the initials... CD...Compact Disc.

I laugh at myself, me who once owned an enviable collection of LPs before the world went digital.

I won't make the same mistake twice.

My collection of Long Player records gave way to compact discs, and now it's hard to find those. In the age of computers, we can download, upload, burn and copy.

My CD collection is growing, but the other day I was reminded that any particular recording doesn't hold the sway it once used to. I ordered a CD by Lonnie Mack (Strike Like Lightning). It arrived and I duly downloaded it to my computer, only to find that all the information pertaining to that CD was in Japanese.

This pissed me off, no end.

Lonnie Mack is an American artist. He plays a mean guitar (a Gibson Les Paul, no less) in wailing Blues style akin to Roy Buchanan. This particular recording featured Stevie Ray Vaughan, so you'd think the details would be in English.

Not so.

Thanks to corporization, and SONY in particular, I now own a CD I used to love, but have now disestablished from my collection. I've got two more CD's on order (Blues For Allah by the Grateful Dead and Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch by Frank Zappa. These are pre-paid, so I'm gooing to be stuck with them no matter the origin.

If they prove to be indecipherable to my sensibilities, I can at least console myself by presenting this web address to you....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snxi6CW42fE

I love this song if only for the fact that the love of my life was named Suzie.

[Badstench]

I'm a bloke.

I like hard music and fast music.

I like my music heavy, but sometimes a slow song will come along that pings a certain chord within my hard exterior, and maes me come over all girlie.

I would not normally admit this.

The following song did it to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAouv2Fojq0

And if you think that was soppy, this next offering is considered a New Zealand anthem of sop. I love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4PXOqg4Js&ob=av2e

[Oldschool]

Nice songs Badstench and Lonnie Mack and Alexis Korner are excellent artists.

Regarding your CD's - hold on to 'em. Much talk about them and albums in general becoming extinct in favor of singles via download. :(

And thanks for the Korner, Mack mentions as currently blaring in my headphones - more blues from another unappreciated band from 'cross the pond that's still churning them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNjxJCXfis

EDIT: Just saw your addition Badstench which is blocked for me so here's another version, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-VacJ_6fS8&feature=related

[Badstench]

And to balance old sounds with new, here's a list of New Zealand rap songs. Note the heavy polynesian influence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrPg8fkV_o&ob=av2e

The next is a personal favourite of mine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBa0UJCBr0

And then there's the heavy influence, the "Gangstas"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMdOoIjeiJw

BUT If you've skipped the previous offerings....

New Zealand was renowned for its early Garage Music. It pre-dated Grunge and was heard mainly in university centres.

The Chills embodied this loose conglomeration of sound, and they even had a hit in Australia. Of course, once they became popular, it killed the ideal of a garage band and they quit the music scene in disgust.

If you don't understand the lyrics, that's okay. It's not an accent differential... they were just hard to understand. Even Kiwis had to make up their own words to fit the song.

There's only one line that is a consant... "I Love My Leather Jacket". (note the Smiley T-shirt worn by the frontman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdCvil6r6cA