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post #51 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by DaveB View Post
I live in a very Buckley-friendly apartment and we have a number of Buckley-fixated friends, so it's alien to me that anything he did is particularly underappreciated.
I'm pretty sure Rory (my 1 yr old, for those not in the know) is going to grow up thinking that Buckley, Waits, and Zevon sold billions and billions of records - and come home with questions like "who's this fucking James Taylor guy?" or "what's up with this Justin Timberlake asshole?" Kindergarten is gonna be a lot of fun.
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post #52 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:12pm
You might as well start hitting her now, Chavez. Sorry, but dem's da breaks. Plus thank god that you got her indoctrinated at an early age.

EDIT: Fixed just for gender consistency.
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post #53 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:21pm
It's always cool when your parents take the time to introduce you to awesome bands at a young age (my mom had me listening to the Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Leonard Cohen and Brian Eno when I was still a toddler) it does sort of take away the thrill of discovery. My friend recently 'discovered' Tom Waites and he's been having tons of fun trying to track down albums and stuff by him. I on the other hand was given a copy of Nighthawks at the Diner for my 12th Birthday and whilst I appreciate Waites' style and love some of his songs I've always felt I missed out on the discovery of Waites.

Anyway away from that monumental derail their is a B-Side by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel called Sebastian which is one of my all time favourite songs and which was almost impossible to find outside of Vinyl. The use of the song on Velvet Goldmine got it stuck onto a lot of 'best of' CDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIFk2dQcno
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post #54 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:25pm
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You might as well start hitting him now, Chavez. Sorry, but dem's da breaks. Plus thank god that you got him indoctrinated at an early age.
Her. Rory = Aurora.

EDIT - and if you'll allow me a little parental vent, my darling little angel was about 5 minutes from a pillow over the face at about 5 am this morning when she decided to have a temper tantrum about god knows what. It's the little moments that you appreciate.
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post #55 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
Her. Rory = Aurora.

EDIT - and if you'll allow me a little parental vent, my darling little angel was about 5 minutes from a pillow over the face at about 5 am this morning when she decided to have a temper tantrum about god knows what. It's the little moments that you appreciate.
corrections = made.

At least your tastes are relatively kickass. While I thank my mom for introducing me to Stevie Ray at an early age, I also hate that I got my ass kicked for thinking that Clint Black and Billy Ray Cyrus were great. Apples and oranges and whatnot, yo.
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post #56 of 68
9/14/08 at 1:35pm
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At least your tastes are relatively kickass. While I thank my mom for introducing me to Stevie Ray at an early age, I also hate that I got my ass kicked for thinking that Clint Black and Billy Ray Cyrus were great. Apples and oranges and whatnot, yo.
Don't hold me responsible for what my wife might like, but country-wise, we're talking Dwight Yoakam (on topic - "Two Doors Down"), Waylon Jennings ("Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?" IS a classic, but still fucking awesome - punk attitude from a country superstar), Cash (can you underrate JC? Still, I heard him do a killer cover of "Bridge Over Trouble Water" that is probably underheard, if not underloved), and of course Buck Owens.

In the interest of full disclosure, I do have to admit that I think Neil Diamond gets unfairly maligned. Along with ABBA.
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post #57 of 68
9/14/08 at 3:29pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
Don't hold me responsible for what my wife might like, but country-wise, we're talking Dwight Yoakam (on topic - "Two Doors Down"), Waylon Jennings ("Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?" IS a classic, but still fucking awesome - punk attitude from a country superstar), Cash (can you underrate JC? Still, I heard him do a killer cover of "Bridge Over Trouble Water" that is probably underheard, if not underloved), and of course Buck Owens.
No, all of your country picks are good. I am still somewhat of a hick at heart, so yeah.
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post #58 of 68
9/14/08 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew C View Post
Every song by Jethro Tull NOT on Aqualung.

Not that any of you fuckers would give them the time of day, anyway.
What do you mean? A pared-down version of Thick As A Brick is an FM standard. I've heard it a brazillion times.
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post #59 of 68
9/14/08 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by DaveB View Post
Yeah, if you're talking Buckley, it's the My Sweetheart the Drunk stuff (or the live stuff) that's underappreciated. If you like the guy even a little, you probably own Grace. But I live in a very Buckley-friendly apartment and we have a number of Buckley-fixated friends, so it's alien to me that anything he did is particularly underappreciated. It's more rare for me to find music fans who don't like him at all than those who really like him.
I haven't had a lot of luck selling him to others, believe it or not. He seems to be more of an acquired taste than I originally would have guessed.
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post #60 of 68
9/15/08 at 1:27am
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What do you mean? A pared-down version of Thick As A Brick is an FM standard. I've heard it a brazillion times.
That is not the case in my city, and I am guessing you are in the minority as I have never heard it on the radio,
and I speak for all peoples of Earth. All of them.

But I have occasionally heard Bungle in the Jungle in between playings of Locomotive Breath.
Good to know.
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post #61 of 68
9/15/08 at 8:26am
"Into Temptation" by Crowded House.. Awesome band to begin with, and drastically un-remembered in my opinion. Neil Finn put together some immensely enjoyable pop, between "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong", but the real gems, in my opinion, were the sad, dark, or satirical little numbers that fleshed out the rest of the albums. "Into Temptation" is sad, and dark, and moving. I'm surprised (and pretty happy) that a producer hasn't slated this for the next "serious" cover for some teeny bopper.
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post #62 of 68
9/16/08 at 10:39am
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Originally Posted by Andrew C View Post
That is not the case in my city, and I am guessing you are in the minority as I have never heard it on the radio,
and I speak for all peoples of Earth. All of them.

But I have occasionally heard Bungle in the Jungle in between playings of Locomotive Breath.
Good to know.
All of those get tons of play on classic rock radio around here, "Thick as a Brick" edit included.
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post #63 of 68
9/16/08 at 10:44am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
"Into Temptation" by Crowded House.. Awesome band to begin with, and drastically un-remembered in my opinion. Neil Finn put together some immensely enjoyable pop, between "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong", but the real gems, in my opinion, were the sad, dark, or satirical little numbers that fleshed out the rest of the albums. "Into Temptation" is sad, and dark, and moving. I'm surprised (and pretty happy) that a producer hasn't slated this for the next "serious" cover for some teeny bopper.
I hadn't even thought of that possibility, but you're absolutely right. Finn's songs could easily translate into bad sap with the wrong performance and production. Some of his best stuff is definitely underappreciated (although it's hard to complain about "Don't Dream It's Over" being one of the big hits of the 80s that completely earned its popularity). There are easily four or five Beatles-level ballads on Woodface alone.
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post #64 of 68
9/16/08 at 10:46am
Hey, it's DaveB.
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post #65 of 68
9/16/08 at 9:13pm
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight and The Musical Box by Genesis.

Watching their baroque 70's material performed live knowing the mainstream success most of the band would later go on to is awesome. Peter Gabriel especially was a wackaloon. Like Alice Cooper's faggier little brother or something.
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post #66 of 68
9/17/08 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by Andrew C View Post
That is not the case in my city, and I am guessing you are in the minority as I have never heard it on the radio, and I speak for all peoples of Earth. All of them.
Oh. Earth.


Sorry.
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post #67 of 68
9/19/08 at 10:47pm
Let me pimp a few danish bands I thought would have made it internationally (warning: 90s tunes ahead):
Good ole' fashion rock 1
D.A.D. good ole' fashion rock 2
Black Sun with a Peter Wellers look-a-like front figure
And this is my friend so I might be biased on that one
let me know if you like any of it.
ETA:
This one I attended and it was the coolest fucking concert ever. It was the release of their first album and they invited just around 250 people to a concert. We were all asked to meet at the harbor in Copenhagen and there a boat waited for us. They then sailed us to this tiny little island where the only thing standing are the old ruins of a medieval fortress and here they played the entire album for us on this beautiful warm summernight.
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post #68 of 68
9/21/08 at 6:19pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
It was mentioned in the Metallica thread, but My Friend Of Misery is probably the strongest track on The Black Album, and it doesn't get anywhere near the love it deserves.
"My Friend of Misery" is an excellent song. There are quite a few undervalued Metallica tracks, both from their "classic" albums and the more infamous (at least among metal fans) Load albums.
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