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What about Geezer Butler? Maybe Paul McCartney?3 points
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Worked from home today so I listened to whatever came out of the moving box. First vinyl out: The Who - Who's Last A live album from their 1982 tour. Recorded at multiple location which is normally not a plus with me - I like my live albums recorded at one show (or at least one venue over a couple of nights - think Alive After Death or ATWAS). But since this is The Who (perhaps the great live rock act of all) it turns out to be a totally kick butt album. So the multiple locations does not hurt it at all. Plus excellent crowd reactions to the songs. Next out of the box Samy Hagar - VOA I remember that at the time I thought side 1 was excellent and side 2 a dog. You know what? My memory is correct & my reaction when it came out was correct. Side 1 with "I Can't Drive 55", " Swept Away", "Rock is in My Blood" & "Two Sides of Love" is very good. All those songs are excellent. Side 2 is all filler. Last out of the box today: Rush - MP A decent Rush album. What? MP decent? Yes - thats all it is. Let me explain. It starts with Tom Sawyer - my 6th favorite Rush song. Then it gets better. Red Barchetta which is my 5th favorite Rush song. Then you get YYZ. This song always feels like a jackhammer next to my ears. What worse is that it disrupts the flow of the album. Rush were masters of making albums that were greater than the sum of the parts. They have many, many great songs. But then they put them together on the albums so the albums flowed, one song into the next, thereby making the album greater than it individual songs. Here YYZ disrupts the flow (which they had going with the first 2 songs). Then you get Limelight - my 7th favorite Rush song. Perhaps if you had Limelight after Red Barchetta followed by YYZ things would not be so jarring and the disruption of the flow not so bad. Side 2 has The Camera Eye and Witch Hunt - both of which are very good and fit together. But somehow they don't flow flow from Limelight. Perhaps Witch Hunt does (actually I feel it fits together better with Red Barchetta) but you have The Camera Eye in between messing up the flow of the album. A good song but it just does not fit where it is. Then you get Vital Signs which is decent but again does not seem to flow well from Witch Hunt (although musically it was a taste or what was to come in latter albums). I would also note that although this album has themse that go back to Neils earlier themse (think The Trees, Freewill and 2112 and how they link with the themes in Witch Hunt) this album has within it the seeds of what Neil would spend the rest of his career writing about. In many ways Limelight ties more to Subdivisions, Analog Kid, Middletown Dream, The Pass and other songs he was to write then what he had written. At least IMO. So where many see a masterpiece I see a disjointed transitional album that has a collection of very good and excellent songs (with a stinker tossed in) that just don't fit well together. At least not as they are placed on the album. So that adds up to a decent, middle of the pack, Rush album. Mind you a decent Rush album is still better than most groups very best work so its still quite enjoyable. But not all it could be.2 points
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Going Monday to see the Utah Hockey Club play the LA Kings in a pre-season game. I haven't been to the Delta Center since the Grizzlies moved to the Maverik Center (it was built for the hockey games of the 2002 Olympic Games). Think they will be fun to watch, Coyotes were in contention for a playoff wild card last season but when all the relocation drama started, they had a big losing streak. I am excited that hockey is ready to start!2 points
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As reasonable as that sounds, I suspect your sincerity! Maybe it's best not to give Jerry too many ideas -- his head is so remarkably uncluttered with them.1 point
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For once I walked away from a conversation with my mom not feeling like I never should’ve been born. I’m setting boundaries because I’m all growed up now.1 point
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Thursday through Tuesday: Hot Mulligan - Warmer Weather (EP) Taking Back Sunday - 152 (Vinyl) The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (Vinyl) Arm’s Length - Never Before Seen, Never Again Found (Vinyl) Blue Envy - Shipwreck (EP) Blue Envy - Hand That Feeds (EP) Blue Envy - Explain (EP) Goalkeeper - Guy Feeling (EP) Goalkeeper - Bad Times Don’t Last (EP) Goalkeeper - Life In Slow Motion (EP) Goalkeeper - I Wish I Met You Sooner Every So Often - Capsize (EP) Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five Loverboy - Loverboy (Vinyl) Loverboy - Get Lucky (Vinyl) Loverboy - Keep It Up (Vinyl) Loverboy - Lovin’ Every Minute Of It (Vinyl) Loverboy - Wildside (Vinyl) Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner Ben Folds Five - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind Ben Folds Five - Naked Baby Photos1 point
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New thread, using the September posts from last season's thread to start us off.1 point
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Chicago 25 Or 6 To 4 ...still missing Terry Kath1 point
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Perhaps Tim can fill us in on the details since he's a member of TRF. From my understanding, Rocky chose to leave to do her own thing. Her other material seems more folky, so not sure if she's really into Rush other than an occupation. Reading more about the situation, her leaving was kind of pissy. So re-recording with Adi is their way to wash their hands of Rocky. This was Billy and Tim's baby from the start, so another case of 'lead singer big head' syndrome. Adi's very professional and capable so no loss moving on from Rocky. Their recording is 'home brewed', so probably not too expensive to re-do the vocals. Rocky wanted to do her own thing, but she's in another Rush tribute band. If she wanted to do her own thing, why is still hanging with another bunch of old dudes playing dad rock?1 point
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I think it's safe to say they are in my top four bands ever with Rush, Pearl Jam and In Flames1 point
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Big day of Canadian and Austrailian rock The Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters Midnight Oils - Diesel and Dust Men at Work - Business As Usual The Murlocs - Calm Ya Farm Ringo Starr - Ringo The Tragically Hip - Saskadelphia The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely The Tragically Hip - Day for Night The Tragically Hip - Trouble at the Henhouse The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power1 point
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Rush- Snakes And Arrows When I first heard this album in 2011 (I feel like I have been a fan longer than that, but I digress), I was lukewarm to this album. Why? I was VERY religious. Roll on...never mind the years it's okay...ahem...TODAY I feel totally different! I love the musicality of this album, and the lyrics really fit where I am right now in life, particularly Workin Them Angels and Faithless. It also has exquisite production, which is terrific. This album might be rising on my list of top Rush albums!1 point
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I get it. He's one of my favorite directors but the fact that he was a jerk to the people acting and doing other stuff makes me like him less as a person.1 point
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Friday-Wednesday: Taylor Acorn - Survival In Motion Silly Goose - Bad Behavior (EP) Bowling For Soup - Fishin’ For Woos Bowling For Soup - Lunch. Drunk. Love. Bowling For Soup - Drunk Dynasty The Dollyrots & Bowling For Soup - The Dollyrots vs. Bowling For Soup (EP) Bowling For Soup - Pop Drunk Snot Bread Bowling For Soup - Don’t Mind If We Do! Don’t Panic - My Fairweather Friend (EP) Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (Vinyl) Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (Vinyl) The Home Team - The Crucible Of Life (Vinyl) Just Friends - Hella (Vinyl) Macseal - Macseal (EP) (Vinyl) Loverboy - Lovin’ Every Minute Of It (Vinyl) Don’t Panic - See Through It All Don’t Panic - Dark Horse Don’t Panic - Under Cover, Vol. 1 (EP) Movements - RUCKUS! (Vinyl) Don’t Panic - Setting Up To Fail Shinedown - The Sound Of Madness (Vinyl)1 point
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Black Country Communion - Afterglow Van Halen - Fair Warning Deep Purple - Burn Deep Purple - =1 Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Judas Priest - Invincible Shield1 point
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you are incorrect when you assume it will be "without any significant unreleased content", but you were correct about grace1 point