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QUOTE (hermy @ Oct 11 2012, 04:38 PM) QUOTE (ReGorLaTroy @ Oct 11 2012, 04:34 PM) QUOTE (hermy @ Oct 11 2012, 09:37 AM) http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d153/avplanners/hotpants.jpg She's way better looking than that other fiddle player, Charlie Daniels, isn't she? I'd like to pull my bow across her strings and make an evil hiss....... This was real funny to me. Can't let it go unnoticed.

I think Gord Downie would do an excellent job. Eloquent and excellent. But I'd guess you'll see Dave Grohl if I had to lay a wager on it.

I'm about done with it. Let the next generation pay the penalties...the ones who are stealing the music. I don't have it anymore.

QUOTE (theredtamasrule @ Sep 24 2011, 08:38 AM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Sep 24 2011, 05:37 AM)QUOTE (laughedatbytime @ Sep 23 2011, 09:21 PM) To me, Stipe jumped the shark at the 1990 or 1991 VMAs (not sure when it was, and I'm not going to spend time looking it up) when every time "Losing My Religion" won an award he donned a t-shirt for some different left wing cause. That's jumping the shark? No. It's being a jackass. Er...Stripe. I gotta admit...these things didn't make me love Stipe either. What did though, was the music. Michael Stipe is a great lyricist and a great vocalist. There's a song on "Green" I believe called "The Wrong Child" that is absolutely haunting. "Nightswimming," "Welcome to the Occupation," "Old Man Kensey." I can go on and on. I have a friend who loves Dave Matthews, and I don't. Maybe there's a bunch of great stuff that I don't listen too because all I ever hear are two or three songs over and over. If you aren't a fan, and don't see the obvious sarcasm that is "Shiny Happy People," then you weren't in on the joke, and maybe it comes off goofy. I mean...it's goofy on purpose. But it was intended to be. And if you base your opinion just off the songs you "know" then you're missing the better half of an incredible library. Or you just think they suck. Which is valid. But I stand by those comments as I do when someone judges Rush on the three songs they here on Chicago rock radio. I STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE I AM. Thanks for reading.

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 22 2011, 04:39 PM) R.E.M.'s masterpieces: Murmur and Automatic for the People. R.E.M.'s near masterpieces: Reckoning, Lifes Rich Pageant and Document. R.E.M.'s great albums: Fables of the Reconstruction and Out of Time R.E.M.'s very good albums: New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Green and Up R.E.M.'s good albums: Monster and Accelerate R.E.M.'s okay albums: Reveal, Around the Sun and Collapse into Now All in all, a great run of albums. Most of it is great, the rest merely good. I'll miss them, for sure. Yeah...you have it ranked real nice. I might put "Life's Rich Pageant" up on the top shelf with "Automatic for the People," but it's well represented. When I was younger...I didn't talk about my affinity for R.E.M. because I thought they were...for another kind of person. I liked things heavier, and I thought it was a little soft. I had tons of stuff I liked that I kept like that. XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Drake. I embraced it later. I haven't listened to R.E.M. in a while though. They were really great. I read not too long ago that Cliff Burton was a huge fan in a book called "To Live is to Die." I thought it was cool that he liked them. Anyway, they'd been around a long time.

QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 21 2011, 04:39 PM) I loved them. A great band, in my opinion. I pretty much followed them from the very beginning. Great music and memories. I think they recorded several brilliant albums. Yeah, they held together for too long, but still managed to write a good song from time to time. I'll miss 'em. I loved them too. Great live act back in the day as well.

I'm into it. I'm more a Belladonna era guy, mainly for reasons of nostalgia. I didn't know if his return on new material would be a positive thing, but it is.

I'm putting this right up there with 6DoIT. That's one...this is two. Tied with I&W for the moment. It's better than I thought it would be. I mean...it needed to be, and it delivered. These rankings tend to change over time. Almost have to have a year or so in the books to see how it all holds up...but this is good stuff.

I'm down with it... Recently got into Amon Amarth and Lair of the Minotaur. This goes nicely with that trend in listening. Thanks for putting it out there.

I'm a fan.

I saw them a few times in the '90's and they were hit or miss. I saw them open for Neil Young...it was Blind Melon/Soundgarden/Neil Young, and they were great that night. When they headlined clubs in Chicago...a little less great. The night they opened for Neil I remember thinking it was a bad idea for him to have an act that good open. He set me straight with his set pretty quick. Neil was huge.

1. Steve Vai 2. Frank Zappa 3. Steve Howe 4. Frank Marino 5. John Petrucci 6. Jimmy Page 7. Dave Mustaine

Mastodon continues to impress.

QUOTE (raygun47) "Any Colour You Like" by a long shot. I love the Dream Theater version on the live boot. Very good. Where can I hear Dream Theater doing Any Colour??? Does YouTube have a good quality version? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnA4GAFzZm4 This is what you need right here. Sorry for the weird style the quote took. I had a lot on my tiny little mind...

"Any Colour You Like" by a long shot. I love the Dream Theater version on the live boot. Very good.

Over at Blabbermouth there was a link to hear the EP. I'm sorry. I'd love to be into it...but I'm not.

QUOTE (ILSnwdog @ Aug 5 2011, 04:49 PM) QUOTE (raygun47 @ Aug 5 2011, 03:30 PM) Saw them do a midnight show at the Metro years and years ago. They were great. In fact...I was told if I missed work that Saturday I was fired, and I went anyway. And I was fired...but it was worth it. At the Metro...Dammit man, why didn't you call me? I would have love to gone. I remember seeing Sugar at the Metro, and I spent many a weekend evening at the Smart Bar, which I believe was in the same building. Yes...Smart Bar. My friend was in security there...so we went to all the shows for free. I had a job installing pool liners and we'd fallen behind. Guy told me...work Saturday or don't come back on Monday. For me, it wasn't much of a debate. I was real into "Black Love." They opened with "If I Only Had a Heart" from Wizard of Oz. Must've been 15 years ago I'd guess...but I'm not sure.

Saw them do a midnight show at the Metro years and years ago. They were great. In fact...I was told if I missed work that Saturday I was fired, and I went anyway. And I was fired...but it was worth it.

I'm in love with this. Also...I'm in love with the new Mastodon I heard. They should be on the road together. That's what I would really like. An Opeth/Mastodon double bill baby!

QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 26 2011, 10:01 AM) QUOTE (raygun47 @ Jul 26 2011, 09:14 AM) Now I hear there will be some Blue Murder stuff in the live set. I'm down with that. I agree...this could be pretty good. I love that band. Any tour dates yet? Not as of yet...but things move quickly in the world of Portnoy these days...so soon I would guess. I'll let you know...you let me know... I love the Blue Murder idea though. Play those songs!

QUOTE (J0N @ Jul 26 2011, 09:09 AM) QUOTE (Gompers @ Jul 26 2011, 12:39 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jul 25 2011, 04:18 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Jul 25 2011, 02:49 PM) All I hear on sirius/Xm is that the new album is a letdown. I think the fans that like the growl vocals are pissed they are not on the new stuff Well I like both sides to the band so it's AOK with me either way... Does not anyone really appreciate the pure voice of Mikael Akerfeldt? When he sings Burden, I am really blown away with the control and pitch he has. I know I am old school but that death metal growl is a waste of talent. Good Death Metal vocals are hardly talentless - particularly Akerfeldts. I agree...talentless no. That being said I like the mix. But either way...I trust MA to bring it the right way, whatever that is. If he weren't dynamic I wouldn't be the Opeth fan I've become.

Now I hear there will be some Blue Murder stuff in the live set. I'm down with that. I agree...this could be pretty good.

The new, new, new band is a "power trio" with John Sykes and a bass player to be named later! Mike Portnoy is like Method Man right now. He's all around. I gotta hear it though. Whatever it is...I gotta hear it.