......<fill in predictable dismissive comment here>...... 1/10
I think it's the other way round. The Puppets were his Barry/Bacharach aside to the Monkeys, but more and more the latter have come to sound like the former. But, either way, I like what Alex does.Originally Posted by OrphanPip
On the subject of Billy Idol, it's always slightly astonishing to Brits that North Americans seem to take him seriously. We considered him the raspberry-scented My Little Pony of punk.
Chicago.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 04-07-2011 at 08:49 AM.
Not bad at all. Nice groove.
I don't even consider him punk (didn't even know he was supposed to be punk). I just assumed he was one of the better artists among the multitude of **** the 80s produced.
Robert Fripp is undoubtedly one of the most innovative, creative, progressive artists to ever walk the Earth. I love King Crimson. That being said, I did not dig that very much at all. 4/10.
Next Song:
The ending always gives me chills.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 04-07-2011 at 11:02 PM.
That was so good in so many ways that I didn't even notice it was in mono
!0/!0 big ones
(Think I might colourise and try to stereophy it!)
One of the rare few country songs I can stand - I chose this version only because the official (better sounding) video has MTV emblazoned all over it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLU8C9WeIH8
I find it very hard to take that seriously. But, in my defence, so does Keith. 5/10
Utterly fluffy and insubstantial pop, much loved by a six-year-old of my acquaintance.
That sounds like one of those songs you hear on the morning radio whilst pouring milk on your cornflakes and getting ready for school - am I right? am I right?
That's a six for the Basil Brush memories - still running in repeat in some places
Actually, that band reminds me of another responsible for this song used in the opening scene of The Man From Hong Kong in a spectacular hang-gliding sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mSZRCWWZEs
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Mystery, you're flirting dangerously close to disco.
We've already bid farewell to that sister 2/10 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz3gpKCjRTM
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Not in the first rank of Who songs, I'd say. 5/10
This is another one that features high on the list of my daughter's favourites, though while Pilot was harmless fun, this song is a bleeding infected carbuncle on the perineum of popular music, and its place in my daughters' affections can be blamed on their mother, who's the right age to have had this poisonous confection permeate her skin like nuclear fallout.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 04-08-2011 at 10:55 AM.
poo (bubblegum metal, ya know)
1/10 flushes
I'm fairly certain this is from earlier than '78, but I can't be goggled to find out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_oB...eature=related
Usually the one-hit wonders of one's childhood turn out three decades later to be rather better than you remember. This is not true, for me, of The Motors. 4/10
If you're going to be, say, 53 at the end of this year, there would have been a moment in your adolescence, probably between the time you discovered girls and the first time you actually got laid (so about twelve years), when this record was just about the most sensuous and mind-bogglingly sexy thing you'd ever heard.
I'm awake but this is not my home.
For the first time, I'm not alone.
(Incidentally, that's a horrible pic of Kiki Dee on the record sleeve. She looks more like herself in this version, even though the arrangement is dire. I'd have died for her, frankly. Still might. I mean - look at this. I was fifteen for God's sake. I didn't stand a chance.)
Last edited by MarkBastable; 04-08-2011 at 02:07 PM.
Trite and tiresome. 2/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-o_i...eature=related
Um, YES! Symphony X is freaking awesome, even with the occasionally annoying singer. Nice pick. 9/10
I'll tear your mind out! I'll burn your soul!
I liked it! 8/10
Here's something that plays of the burning soul concept:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8
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That video was evil and satanic. Just how I like it!8/10
Now for some evil one-up-manship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc
Always loved that song. Probably because I LOVE screaming. A true pioneer of the art. Plus, gotta love the sufficiently ****ed up performance. 9/10.
Continuing with the Satanic theme. . . . .
The music kicks the preacher's ***! (And, for Opeth fans, that is Mikael Akerfeldt on vocals and Martin Axenrot on drums.)
Hells yeah! I had no idea Akerfeldt was in a supergroup. He is one of the all-time greats. 10/10
I gotta post this one as much for the video as the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHb4gs1hwck
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