Malignant Narcissist

The Day of the Jackal (1973 film). And XXX - the film wth Vin Diesel, rather than anything more eyebrow-raising!

Sword who produced only a couple of albums in the 80s (Metalized and Sweet Dreams) were good. Sweet Dreams is a particular favourite of mine. Not to be confused with a more recent band of the same name who I know little about. Others have mentioned The Pursuit of Happiness which I loved too. Being a Brit, I didn't realise they were American but I remember some mags championing them in the past for a short period. Have Love Junk and One Sided Story by them. Love Junk was very good - tracks "Consciousness Raising as a Social Tool" and "Hard To laugh" were a couple I remember as standing out alongside "I'm an adult now". Haven't heard it for a while 'cos it's on LP. Could always revisit it on Spotty-thing....

Liked the originally 'mastering' (?), liked the 2013 remix too except for Secret Touch which was much better (to me) in the original.

Anyone mentioned Bone Tomahawk? A slow-burn, good looking western with a few moments of over-the-top violence. The opening scenes are quite brutal but then it settles into a posse of searchers. The ultra-violence at the end of the search is probably too much for some people, one scene in particular.

I thought Mystic River was depressing and wouldn't watch it again. Or rather, the execution scene and the various dialogue scenes between Laura Linney's and Sean Penn's characters where there is a general encouragement or righteousness of what he should be doing. It's been a while since I saw it so I may not be remembering it too well.

I didn't like that ending. It didn't really make much sense to the main character. He went through all that he did in the first 99% of the movie...THEN, he finally decides to do what he did?! I didn't buy it. I didn't like much of the movie anyway. But the ending was the bad icing on the bad cake for me. It makes sense to me. He wouldn't do that if he didn't think all had been tried. It's an act of desperation. Thomas Jane's character was a fighter. Fighters don't quit THAT quickly. It just didn't seem right for that character. Felt like a bit of lazy writing IMHO. Yes, I know who wrote it and I don't care. :hail: I agree. It didn't seem right but obviously they were trying to create the gut-wrenching ending. Good idea badly executed (so to speak)

The best Segal film is the one where he gets killed off early on! Executive Decision. All the rest by him are, I agree, boring (from the few I've seen) apart from maybe the Under Siege films which aren't too bad.

Love his stuff. Ocean Machine and singing with Steve Vai set me on the way. I thought I had all his non-Strapping Young lad stuff except Empath (which I must get) but I might have missed the odd one - oops!

Flying Colors and Bruce Cockburn

There are so many good guitarists using different techniques and equipment, and, playing in different styles that it's difficult to keep it down to 5 as indicated by others in this thread. Here's my current brain dump which no doubt intersects with many others here. A sort-of top 5 starts it off:- Steve Morse Doc Watson Ritchie Blackmore Joe Satriani Al Di Meola Jeff Beck Uli Jon Roth Steve Vai Micheal Hedges Ida Presti Paco de Lucia Allan Holdsworth Johnny Marr Marty Friedman Antigoni Goni Muriel Anderson Steve Howe Mikael Åkerfeldt Francis Dunnery and many others

I could have picked more from Vapor Trails because I find it quite consistent throughout with only Secret Touch being a standout for me. The original mix though because the chorus part (which is where it shines for me) was dumbed down for me in the second mix. In fact it seemed like a bit of a 'jam' album maybe produced from the way they eased Neil back into things at the time. I like the 1st 3 particularly on Snakes and I'm surprised it gets a kicking from some people. And the rest is pretty good to me. But Clockwork Angels just starts to peak on The Anarchist and doesn't let up until after Headlong Flight. And then peaks again at the end with The Garden. I like the other tracks on it but just don't find that they peak like that middle patch. But as one of these 'Tube reviews of different albums mentioned, people hear things in different ways with one guy mentioning how he preferred the original mix of Vapor Trails. So when I hear people knocking any of these last 3 albums I find it a bit baffling but hey, we all hear things differently and like different things. Different ears hear different things and all that.

Between the wheels. One of my 4 faves from the P/G album.

I forgot VoiVod and Annihilater too if you want to go down the thrash metal route! Fine bands of that genre. Voivod are an acquired taste though because they combined odd chords and sounds a-la Sonic Youth with thrash metal and later prog. And they had a cool Sci-fi theme running through many of the early albums where the 'Voivod', or whatever the character was, caused a lot of chaos either warring or going into different dimensions. The drummer who came up with the concepts (sound familiar) and artwork had a fertile imagination!

Cool to list so many bands - because I haven't heard of a lot of them. Voted for Rush's mates i.e. Kim Mitchell et al. They were prob mates with other bands too. I know of a few like Triumph, April Wine and Loverboy but haven't heard much by them. Arcade Fire I personally don't rate too much but like the idea of them changing instruments for diff songs (if I'm not mistaken) But kudos to the 'The Tea Party' mentioned by some as they're damn good.

Secret Touch (original mix) How it is (either mix) Peaceable Kingdom (either mix) Far Cry The way the wind blows Armor & Sword Working Them Angels The Anarchist Carnies Halo effect Seven cities of gold The Wreckers Headlong Flight The Garden

Korn Limp Bizkit Slipknot David Bowie - 1/2 of his stuff I love and 1/2 I hate The Clash

The Enemy Within live from the Grace under Pressure Tour CD.

I like the reasoning here even though I don't completely agree on the album choices. Although if I go down the 'it's covered by live albums' then I could get rid of Moving Pictures!!

Madrigal

Boss level

Well I have always loved this song but I just simply love the music. Or rather, that's what I've always thought. But then you never know if the lyrics are working on a subconscious level sometimes. I know for many it's the weakest of a very good bunch of songs but I've always held it above Freewill, Jacob's Ladder and Entre nous - all songs I love. Although I didn't love Freewill initially but the always loved the middle section with that great bassline with Alex's solo swirling around - which is up there, to me, as some of their finest musicianship. But with different strings, I always liked the song but particularly loved the way it ended with a great solo which I believe someone else on this site stated they believed it ended 2 minutes too soon. And it does give one a sense of yearning for a bit more....but that sets it up nicely as a lead in to Natural Science which vies for top spot on the album with Spirit. So it's a great one-two ending in that they complement each other nicely. To me, it's their best ballad/slow song and it's something that can also be played easily as an acoustic guitar/open mic piece, something that I have done to various degrees of success on several occasions. But as to what it's really about, songs and poetry can have different meanings to different people whether they match the author's intentions or not. Doesn't the best work work on different levels which leads to this kind of discussion?

How about I was made for lovin you by KISS?

I don't think that era is regarded quite that badly for most people, though certainly it is for some loud few. There are a number of us (like myself) who regard this period as probably their least great, but still really enjoy a lot of their output during those years, minus maybe an album or two. Also lumping CA in with T4E, RTB, or even Snakes isn't really a big habbit around here. Clockwork has its detractors but I'd argue most saw it then and still see it now as a big return to form and the best possible album they could've gone out on. I think their 21st century output got better and better. I would rate VT, S&A and CA higher than any album released after PoW in the 20th century. Maybe even P/G. I agree. But it's art so it's all subjective. I do like the last trio of albums and wonder why they get bashed by some people. When you say 'P/G' do you mean 'G/P'? Or have I missed something...

Show don't tell Innocence gave me confidence To go up against reality

Seems that the late 80s to present aren't memorable (to say the least) to most on the site. I'd have to agree about the 90s but wouldn't throw them out unless forced too. If we ignore Feedback then it would probably be similar to others:- Presto Roll the Bones Test for Echo Had a quick listen on the Spotty app again and reminded me that I still like them or at least some of the tracks. Seems you're either in the hate the albums or "like them (at least a little) but agree they aren't Rush at the top of their game".