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I'll say 1982. Was exposed to a lot of new bands courtesy of MTV. Of course that includes Rush, but also lots of new wave/punk bands and metal that I never heard of but liked!

Witch Hunt - my favorite, followed by these in order of most liked to least liked, but they're all good. Freeze The Weapon The Enemy Within

I'm in the documentary, so I can get away with it. ;)

He's coming to Cary in a week. I've been toying with the idea of going to see his show.

Y'all better just shut up about this! ;)

i can see that.....but in it's structure it's basic pop Mick Only in the same way that Tom Sawyer is rap. ;)

I'd say New World Man is pop, but the guitar in Subdivisions give it's the rock attitude. The overall mood.

Power Windows: Middletown Dreams Hold Your Fire: Turn the Page Presto: Presto Test For Echo: Test for Echo

Signals has more synth but doesn't sound as "pop" as Grace Under Pressure. Signals still has rebellious rock attitude on it that lacks on Grace Under Pressure.

I have Tina's biography and she was very hesitant about playing that role since it was about drugs. It went against her Buddhist beliefs. And her then husband, Ike, was furious when she accepted the role. She probably got beaten up over it. The part, believe it or not, was originally offered to David Bowie. The Acid Queen was supposed to be a "queen". The bad singer in the film was done by Oliver Reed.

I saw it for the first time on Showtime circa 1979. The Tina Turner/Acid Queen segment was the most memorable as was "Champagne" when Ann Margret starts tripping out and detergent suds pour of the TV set.

yeah, High Point and Greensboro too I guess, are furniture cities.

I'm guessing it was around the spring of 1982 when I started watching MTV. I had seen the name Rush in tape clubs in the Sunday newspaper and I think even their logo prior to this, but the first song I heard was "Vital Signs" courtesy of MTV and I remember thinking it was Supertramp that I was listening to since I didn't catch the credits at the beginning. I mean, who else sang like that? Started seeing the ESL videos not long after which increased my interest big time, especially Tom Sawyer. Then when I saw the world premiere of "Subdivisions" on MTV in the Fall of '82 I decided to get the album Signals for Christmas which solidified me as a major fan.

I'm floor C, fifth row, Geddy's side. Mine cost $275.00 a ticket, one of which I'm willing to sell for the same price.

The Fountain of Lamneth

Not the most flattering picture of me, but this is with NC Governor Pat McCrory at a breaking ground ceremony in Raleigh on Friday for a new train station which will be called Union Station. Had a lot of fun. Was very informative. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/kellyparis/2015-05-08%2012.08.02.jpg

The preacher Henry Kane from "Poltergeist 2"

Journey became my favorite band on Christmas Day, 1980 when I got their album "Departure". It is still my favorite Journey album. They were pushed down the list a bit when I discovered Rush two years later. But I got their back catalog and eventually "Escape" in 1981. "Infinity" to "Escape" are the best, although I like the Gregg Rolie years better than Jonathan Cain. "I'm Cryin'" from Departure: "People and Places" from Departure:

One of my other favorites is "it", the very last tune on "The Lamb...". Really is hard to pick just one.

This is tough. But I'll say "The Cinema Show" from Selling England by the Pound. I like the flute solo in that song.

Did anybody see the recent Rock Icons episode with Ann Wilson on VH1 Classic? If not, you should definitely watch it when or if they air it again. It was very good! She talked about the songs they did in the 1980s. She didn't write them! The record company wrote those lyrics and she had to sing them. Yeah, I like some of the songs, but I prefer the 70s Heart. They did an album in 1982 called "Private Audition" which has some of the 70s flavor on it. "City's Burnin'" in particular and was a major video on MTV. Definitely more like 1970s Heart than 1980s Heart.

Hardee's burger food chain. My hometown had the first sit down restaurant. It used to be a great place to eat. Now it's mostly shit.

I thought it strange to see Joe Elliot of Def Leppard. He wasn't even on more than like five minutes. The audience didn't even seem to care.

My solo choices were based solely on people who were members of groups but did solo work on the side. Otherwise, I would have added Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" and "Aerial" as two big faves.

My mother was also a big fan of Roy Orbison. I'll have to tell her that next time I talk to her. Don't know about anybody else, but based on the interview from That Metal Show, it seems like the end to me. The last tour in a long time I believe he said.