Mr. Not

On 12/5/2024 at 5:18 AM, Union 5-3992 said:

 

My list is about the same. Though I'd rank Times New Roman a bit higher. It's ageing really well to my ears. Only song that was mid to me was What the Peephole Say.

That's my favorite track alongside Negative Space, lol

There's zero reason to hold Villians in any less regard than their other albums. Not their best album but def not their worst... I'd say their debut is the worst.

Un-Reborn Again is one of the coolest jams they've ever put out and Villians of Circumstance is a masterpiece

On 3/12/2024 at 6:35 PM, Mr. Not said:

Queens of the Stone Age

 

5 Stars

1. ...Like Clockwork

2. Songs for the Deaf

3. Era Vulgaris 

 

4 Stars (unfortunately none of these hit anywhere near as well as the top 3 albums)

4. Rated R

5. Lullabies to Paralyze

6. Self-titled

7. Time New Roman

 

3.5 Stars

8. Villains (it's really not bad, they just leaned a little bit too much into the whole pop/dance rock trend that was going on at the time) 

Came back to check in on this and honestly it hasn't changed terribly much, but more than i thought.

1) Rated R is incredibly overrated and Nick Oliver is my least fav QOTSA band member. He did good on Dead though.

2) Lullabies, despite having some hit tracks, plays like a B-side reel. not a real a album.

so, to re-emphasize if nothing else...

All of these albums are basically on equal footing

5/5: Clockwork, Deaf, Era 

4/5: New Roman, S/T, Lullabies, Rated R, Villains 

Queers of the Stone Age

Celebrating our 20th year

Thinking of your warm skin while i touch cold steel

The days go by to the pounding beat

My back is aching so bad but i'm grinning inside

Thinkin' of you keeps me on my feet

Staring my cashier dead in the eye as i hit "no thanks" on the tip menu

5 minutes ago, BastillePark said:

It's pretty ridiculous that people can get away with paying employees that little so they have to rely on the generosity of strangers to make a living. 

I'd agree but I'm pretty sure it's this way because tipping culture is stronger in these areas and people are aware of the tipping wage

I didn't know "tipped wages" existed in certain states until recently (e.g. in TX you make 2.13$/hr as a server so your income is entirely dependent on tips), whether or not this enacted in your state is what should determine whether your tip or not. I'm pretty confident that some of the local drive-thru baristas here make like 40+/hr once you account for the tips. 

31 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said:

Yes.  I wrestled between those and these:

 

Won't Get Fooled Again

More Than A Feeling

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Hotel California

Layla

Layla is great but already gets a lot of play - it's been posted in the other "overplayed on the radio" thread :D

Bell Bottom Blues is an amazing song, i didn't even know it was by Derek & The Dominoes when i first heard it on my spotify mix - thought I had discovered an overlooked band for a moment.

Kate Bush - Delius

Symphony X, thanks to Michael Romeo. His guitar riffs are so insane and all over the place yet manage to remain coherent, makes me feel like I'm on crack. 

On 6/23/2024 at 9:11 AM, Principled Man said:

Disturbed's pretentious and irritating version of The Sound of Silence.  

 

Seriously, when the original song is perfect, why do some people try to....oh, never mind.  I know why.   

 

 

 

Easily the worst cover I've ever heard and I hear it more often than the original :( 

On 6/25/2024 at 5:13 PM, goose said:

I'll give more props to our local classic rock station for their RUSH content.  In tge past six months alone I've heard...

 

Working Man 

Fly By Night

A Passage to Bangkok

Closer to the Heart

Xanadu

Circumstances

Trees

Spirit of Radio

Freewill

Tom Sawyer

Red Barchetta 

Limelight 

Subdivisions

New World Man

Big Money

Time Stand Still

Xanadu and The Trees is huge. I put in bold the ones I've caught between the two local classic rock stations here.

On 6/26/2024 at 10:07 PM, J2112YYZ said:

Here's the playlist for my local boomer station. The vast majority of these songs had already been played a thousand times over on it when I stopped listening to it 25 years ago.

https://onlineradiobox.com/us/wgrf/playlist/

I wouldn't care if I never heard Led Zeppelin or AC/DC again in my life, in fact I'd kinda prefer it to be that way. I listen to a lot of classic rock radio secondhand, and at this point I just hope they don't manage to ruin Queen for me as well. 

More or less coincides with what I consider to be the best 5 songs of all-time (was thinking about this recently

David Bowie - Modern Love

The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes

Frank Zappa - Uncle Remus

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road (well, the single edit really doesn't do the song justice, naturally)

Oingo Boingo - Wild Sex (In The Working Class) (or any Oingo Boingo for that matter. This isn't a hit song by them, and admittedly could just be a phase for me, lol. genius song though)

i'm going to save the world from everything

the internet was a much nicer place in the early 2000s

Eminem sounds like M&Ms he's corny af bro

11 hours ago, Union 5-3992 said:

We got some looks from some guys in Mesa Vista or some shit

there are a lot of weird unincorporated gay communities in california and i keep learning about more of them. has ch 5 action news done a vid on this? he should

On 5/20/2024 at 8:06 AM, Union 5-3992 said:

My dad is convinced I'm gay too because we rode around Colorado in a Miata

sounds like something a gay guy would do

15 hours ago, JohnRogers said:

Things that are gay yet not toxic, EV, lowball offers and musicals. 

i'm dying

On 5/18/2024 at 9:07 PM, Union 5-3992 said:

TOG is dodging Mr. not ohe Lifespan question 

 

Also, the bugs are back

 because he's legit gay