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cjboog
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I own Greatest Hits, The Rising, Magic, Devils & Dust, and Working On A Dream but it has hit me in the last week that my collection is missing some serious classic credibility.
I think I'll go with Born To Run and Murmur first and then make my way chronologically from that.
cobl04
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Heed their advice boog, they speak truthfully.
And watch as you're blown away by Meeting 'Cross the River.
Things I learned from a Rock Band party this last weekend
1. I cannot sing like Frank Black
2. The last half of the chorus to Jimmy Eat World's 'Sweetness' is "with a little sweet and simple numbing me", not "but the sweetness will not be concerned with me"
3. I cannot sing like Rob Zombie
4. Wonderwall is 30x more difficult to play on Rock Band guitar than a real guitar
5. My friends cannot sing like Isaac Brock
6. Despite rarely listening to them any more, I can still remember AFI songs word for word
7. I cannot sing like Ian Astbury
8. Everyone wants to play 'More Than a Feeling', no one wants to sing 'More Than a Feeling'
9. I cannot sing like the lead singer of Hot Hot Heat
10. The Clash aren't as well known as I seem to think they are
11. Pixes aren't as well known as I seem to think they are
12. Weezer isn't as well known as I seem to think they are
13. Listening to a Mormon girl trying to edit herself while singing the lyrics to songs she didn't previously know were dirty is hilarious
1. I cannot sing like Frank Black
2. The last half of the chorus to Jimmy Eat World's 'Sweetness' is "with a little sweet and simple numbing me", not "but the sweetness will not be concerned with me"
3. I cannot sing like Rob Zombie
4. Wonderwall is 30x more difficult to play on Rock Band guitar than a real guitar
5. My friends cannot sing like Isaac Brock
6. Despite rarely listening to them any more, I can still remember AFI songs word for word
7. I cannot sing like Ian Astbury
8. Everyone wants to play 'More Than a Feeling', no one wants to sing 'More Than a Feeling'
9. I cannot sing like the lead singer of Hot Hot Heat
10. The Clash aren't as well known as I seem to think they are
11. Pixes aren't as well known as I seem to think they are
12. Weezer isn't as well known as I seem to think they are
13. Listening to a Mormon girl trying to edit herself while singing the lyrics to songs she didn't previously know were dirty is hilarious
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I've experienced many of these in playing Rock Band. I've only played it about a dozen times, but these ring true.
Irishteen
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Things I learned on rock band
1. I can't play Eye of the Tiger on Hard
2. I can do Won't Get Fooled Again on expert no problem
There's something wrong with me
1. I can't play Eye of the Tiger on Hard
2. I can do Won't Get Fooled Again on expert no problem
There's something wrong with me
March 24th releases that I want
The Decemberists - 'Hazards of Love'
Royksopp - 'Junior'
Radiohead - 2CD + DVD versions of Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer
Mastodon - 'Crack the Skye'
Mono - 'Hymn to the Immortal Wind'
Fever Ray - self-titled
Dan Deacon - 'Bromst'
People who will spend way too much money on music tomorrow
u2popmofo
The Decemberists - 'Hazards of Love'
Royksopp - 'Junior'
Radiohead - 2CD + DVD versions of Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer
Mastodon - 'Crack the Skye'
Mono - 'Hymn to the Immortal Wind'
Fever Ray - self-titled
Dan Deacon - 'Bromst'
People who will spend way too much money on music tomorrow
u2popmofo
Albums listened to this weekend
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
High Fidelity Original Soundtrack
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
The National - Cherry Tree
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
High Fidelity Original Soundtrack
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
The National - Cherry Tree
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Saracene
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Songs I found I can sorta sing without getting too off-key:
Love Me Two Times - The Doors
When You Were Young - Killers
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Celebrity Skin - Hole
Love Me Two Times - The Doors
When You Were Young - Killers
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Celebrity Skin - Hole
cobl04
45:33
A new artist I want to buy an album of: Architecture in Helsinki
GirlsAloudFan
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Top 5 albums of 2009 so far that were not written by old Irish dudes:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Nickel Eye - The Time of the Assassins
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Nickel Eye - The Time of the Assassins
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
The Sad Punk
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Shops I walked past in Glenelg today that were playing the new Royksopp album:
1. a hep clothes shop
2. another hep clothes shop
1. a hep clothes shop
2. another hep clothes shop
intedomine
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Favourite Harrison songs off the White album in order:
1. Long Long Long
2. Savoy Truffle
3. Piggies
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I must be the only person in the world who would have such an order
1. Long Long Long
2. Savoy Truffle
3. Piggies
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I must be the only person in the world who would have such an order
Cute Irish Bono
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Albums I have been listening to lately:
1. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
2. Terri Hendrix (Austin favorite; folk): Left Over Alls
3. Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
4. Everclear - So Much for the Aferglow
5. The Kinks - The Village Green Persevation Society
6. After Edmund - Hello
1. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
2. Terri Hendrix (Austin favorite; folk): Left Over Alls
3. Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
4. Everclear - So Much for the Aferglow
5. The Kinks - The Village Green Persevation Society
6. After Edmund - Hello
Cute Irish Bono
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Some bands I have seen live:
1. U2 - 1 (Vertigo tour)
2. Explosions in the Sky - 1 (SXSW, recently)
3. Dave Matthews Band - 2 or 3 (Houston, 2x)
4. Weezer - 1 (Austin)
5. Incubus - 1 (Houston)
6. John Mayer - 1 (Houston rodeo)
7. Steve Miller Band - 1 (Houston rodeo)
8. Bon Jovi - 1 (Houston rodeo)
9. John Fogerty - 2 (Houston rodeo, Houston)
Plus many more!
1. U2 - 1 (Vertigo tour)
2. Explosions in the Sky - 1 (SXSW, recently)
3. Dave Matthews Band - 2 or 3 (Houston, 2x)
4. Weezer - 1 (Austin)
5. Incubus - 1 (Houston)
6. John Mayer - 1 (Houston rodeo)
7. Steve Miller Band - 1 (Houston rodeo)
8. Bon Jovi - 1 (Houston rodeo)
9. John Fogerty - 2 (Houston rodeo, Houston)
Plus many more!
Cute Irish Bono
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Some Wilco Songs I Love:
Ashes of American Flags
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
At Least That's What You Said
Handshake Drugs
War On War
Reservations
Ashes of American Flags
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
At Least That's What You Said
Handshake Drugs
War On War
Reservations
cobl04
45:33
I would reorder those 4, 2, 1, 3.
I lurve Savoy Truffle. Do you have All THing Must Pass?
LemonMelon
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Unpopular opinions relating to the White Album:
1. The second half is FAR superior to the first.
2. Taken as a whole, it's nowhere near their best album.
1. The second half is FAR superior to the first.
2. Taken as a whole, it's nowhere near their best album.
elevated_u2_fan
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that's not much of a list...
ETA: That's better... I also agree with you for the most part
ETA: That's better... I also agree with you for the most part
phillyfan26
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It's probably my least favorite of all the albums I've heard by them (I think five, maybe six).
GirlsAloudFan
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Abbey Road FTW
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
This. It's their finest work and arguably the greatest rock album of all time, at least IMO.
elevated_u2_fan
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I heartily endorse this product and/or service.
LemonMelon
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*May or may not contain spider eggs.
lazarus
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Great songs from The White Album that render the notion of it not working "as a whole" irrelevant (in no order):
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
2. I'm So Tired
3. Dear Prudence
4. Helter Skelter
5. Mother Nature's Son
6. Cry Baby Cry
7. Yer Blues
8. Blackbird
9. Rocky Raccoon
10. Glass Onion
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
12. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
13. Julia
14. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me & My Monkey
15. Sexy Sadie
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
2. I'm So Tired
3. Dear Prudence
4. Helter Skelter
5. Mother Nature's Son
6. Cry Baby Cry
7. Yer Blues
8. Blackbird
9. Rocky Raccoon
10. Glass Onion
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
12. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
13. Julia
14. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me & My Monkey
15. Sexy Sadie
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Songs from the White Album that are either inferior to nearly everything the Beatles had recorded before or since, or make me want to puncture my eardrums, rendering the idea of taking the album "as a whole" a pipe dream:
1. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
2. Wild Honey Pie
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. Don't Pass Me By
5. Revolution 9
1. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
2. Wild Honey Pie
3. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
4. Don't Pass Me By
5. Revolution 9
lazarus
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I don't cue up Revolution 9 for kicks, but have a little perspective. This was the world's most popular band doing some pretty experimental stuff (in the pop world, at least) with sound collage. Even if it alienated the average listener, I don't think it's a stretch to say it inspired many others. It's not as if they released it as a single or something, they buried it near the end of the album where it would just be part of the overall experience.
Agreed on Ob-La-Di and Wild Honey Pie. Don't Pass Me By is too innocuous to be that offensive, and I like the saloon sound of it, the segue out of Raccoon being perfect.
Bungalow Bill is one of the lesser Lennon tracks on here, and I can understand why the sing-a-long chorus would be grating to a lot of people. Great lyric, though, and John's vocal on the verses really do it for me.
Agreed on Ob-La-Di and Wild Honey Pie. Don't Pass Me By is too innocuous to be that offensive, and I like the saloon sound of it, the segue out of Raccoon being perfect.
Bungalow Bill is one of the lesser Lennon tracks on here, and I can understand why the sing-a-long chorus would be grating to a lot of people. Great lyric, though, and John's vocal on the verses really do it for me.
LemonMelon
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It is also true that Revolution 9 is miles ahead of any of the shit John and Yoko put together during their Two Virgins/Life With The Lions/Wedding Album period. It's far more musical and layered than anything from those albums.
However, I don't actually enjoy it, so I definitely consider the...composition a weak link. I'll give them credit for placing it where they did though.
However, I don't actually enjoy it, so I definitely consider the...composition a weak link. I'll give them credit for placing it where they did though.
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