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I always thought "Feeling Gravity's Pull" was an odd song, especially for an album opener.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodXnjUIZ0U

 

Had never heard it before, but that is indeed a curious tune.

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Here's an obvious one for you Entre:

 

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

 

I remember buying this album and hearing this song for the first time. Not a good reaction.

 

lol, so true, well the surprising part anyway. I had a very good reaction to this one, lol :)

 

Alright I won't let you have all the fun

 

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

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I guess I appreciate ( ? ) this one more now than I did when I was 14 and had trouble containing the explosive diarrhea

 

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

 

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Love this one. "The Elder" is a masterpiece.

 

As much as I can't stand Mike Portannoy and Wet Dream Theater now, my choice is simple...

 

 

 

 

"6:00" "Awake

 

EPIC

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Them Bones - AIC - Dirt

 

Jerry described it as slamming your head into the dashboard...yeah that sounds about right.

 

Try waking someone up to this with it cranked to 10...they'll piss themselves.

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Them Bones - AIC - Dirt

 

Jerry described it as slamming your head into the dashboard...yeah that sounds about right.

 

Try waking someone up to this with it cranked to 10...they'll piss themselves.

 

Oh I was thinking about posting that one, glad someone did. Brilliant song though, it's extraordinarily heavy, and yet really very pretty and rich in harmony.

 

 

How about what I'm hearing now on my new Klipsch ear buds:

 

"https://www.youtube....ed/51oPKLSuyQY"

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Jerry described it as slamming your head into the dashboard...yeah that sounds about right.

 

Try waking someone up to this with it cranked to 10...they'll piss themselves.

 

No real intro to it either. Just Layne screaming "AH!" right away. Very unique way to start a song.

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Them Bones - AIC - Dirt

 

Jerry described it as slamming your head into the dashboard...yeah that sounds about right.

 

Try waking someone up to this with it cranked to 10...they'll piss themselves.

 

No real intro to it either. Just Layne screaming "AH!" right away. Very unique way to start a song.

 

But the guitar and drums crash at the exact same time, so the scream feels more like a physical collision.

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scuttle buttin - SRV - couldn't stand the weather. jarring in a good way...that opening riff is slick as hell and jaw dropping. in one riff you know this is gonna be some good shit.
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