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Permanent Waves ‘80 (100/10) ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Also … ⭐️Maiden ‘ Seventh Son of a 7th Son ‘ 1988 ⭐️ (10/10)

AC/DC/TNT

Zep/Whole Lotta Love

Drastic Symphonies - Def Leppard. You know something? If you're in the mood for Def Leppard, but not in the mood for hard rock, these are a good listen. If you don't like the band, this won't change your mind. The Emm Gryner collaboration on Pour Some Sugar on Me is catching some flak, because the lyrics are incongruous with the vibe, but I really like her performance.

Mother Love Bone- Apple Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

John - Mind Games

The last couple of days I've spun Vol. IV, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die! I figured I'd give the Holy Trinity a break.

Rush - Stick It Out (entire counterparts album)

I do! I work with homeless children. It kills me, I have to deal with some awful things. Two suicides this week within my area, plus I walked in on a child who had hurt themselves so bad the ambulance was nearly too late. It makes music mean THAT MUCH MORE to me.

Also listened to Led Zep ‘ Presence ‘ ‘76 (8/10) ( not as bad to me as others make out )

Freewill

Also .. Night Ranger ‘ Midnight Madness’ ‘83 (8/10) 🤔Whilst its good & enjoyable, I much prefer their albums either side of it

While I agree with the others that this song is perhaps ranked too low -- it's certainly not a bad song -- I see it as yet another uptempo low-intensity happy-rocking album closer. The band was really into these starting with RTB's "You Bet Your Life" and continued all the way through S&A's "We Hold On." You Bet Your Life Everyday Glory Carve Away The Stone Out Of The Cradle We Hold On These tunes are not bad but they're kind of innocuous. For me, Out Of The Cradle is the best of these.

Neil Young/Long May You Run

OLP/Starseed

Way too low for me. Love the bass, in particular. This track puts me in a euphoric mood, for some reason!

Green Day/Wake Me Up When September Ends

Interesting that you mentioned it was a follow up album. What makes it interesting was that I was working from home again and pulled more albums out of the moving box to listen to and first out was: Asia - Asia Like Alpha, Carl Palmer and Steve Howe get none of the song writing credit. Again, if they had been involved perhaps it would be a better album. It has the excellent "Heat of the Moment" plus "Only Time Will Tell" & "Sole Survivor" (both of which are good). Other the than that I found it to be better than Alpha but really nothing special. Sort of a better forgettable. Of Asia's songs I would say I like "Heat of the Moment" the most, followed closely by "Don't Cry" and "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes". After that its a reasonable drop off for me before you get "Only Time Will Tell" and then "Sole Survivor". Then its a fairly large drop off to the forgettable stuff. Even so, glad I pulled these out to listen to. Next out of the box: Toto - Toto This I must have bought used in the early 90's as it still has a price sticker of $1 on it. The album came out in 1978 and other than the excellent "Hold The Line" it sounds like it came out in the 1970's - and I don't mean that in a good way. Basically a real dud IMO. Next out of the box: The Moody Blue - Days of Future Passed Another used album (still has a sticker of of $3.99 on it) that I got in the early 90's. It has the classics "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights in White Satin" on it. Beyond those 2, I enjoyed the rest of the album. Its a classic that has stood the test of time (IMO). Last out of the box: Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful Yes, its on vinyl and no, I obviously did not get this one in the early 90's (LOL). I bought it at the show when I saw them in NYC (along with Delain & Sabaton) on the opening night of the Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour. Its just a wonderful album. I esp. like "Elan", "My Walden" & "Edema Ruh". That being said, "Alpenglow", the title track, "Shudder Before The Beautiful" & "Weak Fantasy" are all enjoyable. Is it as good as say, Century Child? Not close. But its still wonderful.

Going for the One - YES

White Zombie -- La Sexorcisto Devil Music Vol. 1

Moodies/Your Wildest Dreams ... really missing this band!

Men at Work/Down Under

Yes -- Going for the One

Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak Rush- 2112 Queensryche- Operation: Mindcrime Masterpiece after masterpiece. Side B of 2112 is overlooked. I love every single song! Lessons and Twilight Zone are exceptional!

Now that I know Dave's mother died I'm able to tell which songs are about that. The Teacher and Show Me How are definitely about his mom.

Evil Never Dies - Judas Priest

King Crimson

Disconnect -- Megadeth

Not so many but there's also Gil Moore, Peter Criss and Eric Carr.

Journey - Arrival (2000) 8.8/10 ( I liked Steve Augeri with the band - Underated LP )

I Agree with you that ‘ Dawn Patrol ‘ rules ! 👍😎 I also agree that Alpha was a terrible follow up album by Asia to their excellent debut. However, I like Street Talk & Toto IV a bit more than you it seems ! 😮🤣😉

I am definitely a bigger fan of Geddy's 80s-90s vocal choices than his 70s stuff. Of course I have a love for all the 70s records, and there is total classic material there...but hearing him screech at the end of Cygnus hasn't really aged all the well for me. I really have to be in a "retro" mood to crank songs like that up. I think he sings quite well on HYF through RTB as well. I just think there's a warmth and relaxed nature to his vocals on Signals that is not matched anywhere else. In comparison (I'm talking subtle differences...), I find HYF and Presto a little more brittle and cold. "You move me, you move me" from Analog Kid...it just goes straight to my heart. Same with all of Losing It. It's sort of a tough call between Counterparts and RTB, I guess. I do think Counterparts is more consistently good, although there are some forgettable tunes on there too. For me RTB starts so promisingly, with the awesome 1 2 punch of Dreamline and Bravado (both some of Geddy's best vocal performances!)...but then it just sinks for me. Ghost Of A Chance is a bit of a bright light later in the record, but otherwise it's uninspiring. Alien Shore, Double Agent or Everyday Glory are not in my top 10 Rush songs...but they are WAY better than Face Up, Heresy or Neurotica. Although it's an 80s album...I actually prefer Presto as an overall listening experience to RTB...

(The) Crystal Ship - The Doors

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Is there a regulatory fly in the oil-ment of the PGA-LIV merger? Anti-trust issues, anyone? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/pgi-tour-liv-golf-antitrust-merger/674332/ In part: >> “We were competing against LIV,” Monahan said after the deal was announced. The merger, he explained, was a way “to take the competitor off the board, to have them exist as a partner.” That’s a very understandable reason to do a deal. In this case, it’s also most likely an illegal one. The most basic principle of antitrust law is that companies with large market share can’t make agreements to avoid competing against each other. It is very difficult to characterize the PGA-LIV merger in any other way. The antitrust suit originally filed last year by a group of LIV players alleged that without “any meaningful competition (prior to LIV Golf’s entry), the Tour has failed to innovate and its product has grown stale.” The PGA Tour, they argued, “has used its monopoly position to extract substantially increased revenues from broadcasters and advertisers” while paying players less “because there is no competition for players’ services.” LIV Golf eventually joined its golfers as a plaintiff in this very lawsuit. To now claim that a combined PGA-LIV entity is something less than a monopoly would lack any semblance of credibility. The merger would leave just a single, dominant association controlling almost the entire world of professional golf. Even if the PGA Tour was not a monopoly before the proposed merger, the new entity certainly would create one.<< There are some problems with his argument (like about broadcast partners -- hardly a competitive market before LIV, of course), but it's an interesting idea. Hey, LABT, will you tolerate govt interference in business mergers if it pisses off the Saudis?

It's the new password at the Pearly Gates. It's a bit tricky. Matthew 7; Verses 1-5 (in their entirety)

Pat Robertson is heading for a big surprise in the afterlife. Billy Joel and Iron Maiden were right. Rot in hell, bozo!

Radiohead - Karma Police I miss pre minimalist Radiohead so much. Don't care for their last two albums.

For what it’s worth, Dave’s mother passed away last August as well, so this album still might have wound up very grief stricken lyrically for her. But with Taylor’s passing on top there was no doubt it would be that way. As far as how this album would be received if Taylor (and for the sake of argument, Virginia too) we’re still alive, I do think a strong contingent of fans would praise it as a return to form after the very divisive Medicine At Midnight (which Mick and I at least love) and the general mode of stylistic experimentation over the 2010s (aside from Wasting Light, which was very straightforward if a bit extra heavy). However there’s no doubt that Taylor’s passing does have a strong effect on the perception of the record, just as it had a strong effect on the creation of it.

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