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14 November 2017
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Metal Guru – T Rex
Still writing the words to the sermon that no one will hear......
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26 January 2017
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Von BonteeI've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
4.19pm
15 March 2017
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Hollywood Rose – The Roots of Guns N’ Roses.
And in the end the lunch you take is equal to the lunch you bake.
6.41pm
15 March 2017
Offline Duff McKagan – Believe in Me.
And in the end the lunch you take is equal to the lunch you bake.
8.50pm
15 March 2017
Offline Duff McKagan – How To Be A Man.
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11.08pm
15 March 2017
Offline Duff McKagan – Tenderness.
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Listening to the epic version of “Afro Blue” by John Coltrane and his quintet (Alice Coltrane, piano; Pharoah Sanders, tenor sax; Rashied Ali, drums; Jimmy Garrison, bass) live in Japan
Recorded in Tokyo 11 July, 1966, 8 days after the Beatles left Tokyo themselves. (In common with the boys, this was Trane’s only visit to Japan, and the story of his arrival at the airport is touchingly familiar – he had no idea how popular he was, and was overwhelmed by the large crowd of Japanese jazzbos awaiting at the gates)
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QuarryManGEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
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Offline The Beatles – Rubber Soul , released on this day in 1965.
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5.01pm
15 March 2017
Offline Duff McKagan’s Loaded – Dark Days.
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7.03pm
14 December 2009
Offline Elementary Penguin said
Duff McKagan’s Loaded – Dark Days.
EP, since you’re on a guns/roses deep dive, I’m curious if you’ve heard the Replacements?
Me? I had Nas’ “Illmatic” on earlier while raking; right now soundtracking the hockey game’s 2nd period with Bowie’s “Heroes” LP (different thread encouraged it)
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
8.40pm
15 March 2017
Offline Duff McKagan’s Loaded – Sick.
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8.43pm
15 March 2017
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Von Bontee said
Elementary Penguin said
Duff McKagan’s Loaded – Dark Days.
EP, since you’re on a guns/roses deep dive, I’m curious if you’ve heard the Replacements?
Me? I had Nas’ “Illmatic” on earlier while raking; right now soundtracking the hockey game’s 2nd period with Bowie’s “Heroes” LP (different thread encouraged it)
I have listened to some of The Replacements but I haven’t gone too far into them.
Have you?
Do you have any recommendations?
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10.09pm
14 December 2009
Offline Elementary Penguin said
Von Bontee saidElementary Penguin said
I have listened to some of The Replacements but I haven’t gone too far into them.
Have you?
Do you have any recommendations?
They were probably my favourite active band around 1987-88 (uni days), and I saw them in 1991, and they were pretty good; but I hadn’t much liked their two most recent albums, and they broke up soon after. Then, I was lucky enough to see their first concert in two decades at Toronto’s Riot Fest 2013, along with The Stooges, Dinosaur Jr., and others…amazing outdoor summertime show…
…anyways, their first two records are “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out The Trash” and the “Stink” EP. From those, they progress from being quite punkish, to a little more eccentric and eclectic (“Hootenanny”, “Let It Be “), then a lot more polish, a few lineup changes, and eventually the underwhelming end (“Tim”, “Pleased To Meet Me”, “Don’t Tell A Soul”, “All Shook Down”.) Throughout, Paul Westerberg writes some great songs.
My personal favourite from each era are: the debut, “Let It Be “, and “Tim”. “Hootenanny” and “Stink” I also enjoy; but much of their later stuff doesn’t appeal to me so much. The sad decline, firing, and eventual death of their original lead guitarist left a hole in their sound, in my ears. But that’s just me…
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4.38am
26 January 2017
Offline I’ve become a big fan of The Replacements recently. I’ve not heard a great deal of their earlier punk stuff, but I adore the Let It Be album and the ones after it, since in that era they do more of a song-oriented sound. Here’s a few recommendations: for upbeat, catchier songs, try ‘Alex Chilton’ (a tribute to the singer of 70s power pop band Big Star!), ‘Can’t Hardly Wait ‘, ‘B******s of Young’, ‘Swinging Party’ and ‘I Will Dare’, whereas if you want more emotional songwriting, try ‘Androgynous’ (which has fast become one of my favourite songs ever), ‘Sixteen Blue’, ‘Here Comes A Regular’, ‘Skyway’, ‘Answering Machine’ and best of all, ‘Unsatisfied’, which I think might be their best song.
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Von BonteeI've been up on the mountain, and I've seen his wondrous grace,
I've sat there on the barstool and I've looked him in the face.
He seemed a little haggard, but it did not slow him down,
he was humming to the neon of the universal sound.
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14 November 2017
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15 February 2015
Offline The Beatles – Beatles For Sale , released on this day in 1964.
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1.14pm
14 December 2009
Offline QuarryMan said
I’ve become a big fan of The Replacements recently. I’ve not heard a great deal of their earlier punk stuff, but I adore the Let It Be album and the ones after it, since in that era they do more of a song-oriented sound.
Yeah, “Let it Be” is where they start doing more serious (proto-“emo?”) material, and it possbly is the album that represents them best overall. But again, Westerberg was writing solid, tuneful songs (not all of them rockers) right from the debut. (Plus some obvious jokey filler…18 songs in all!)
Here’s my ranking, with my usual personal predisposition towards faster/unpolished/eccentric :
Sorry, Ma
Hootenanny!
Stink EP
Pleased to Meet Me
Tim
Don’t Tell a Soul
All Shook Down
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4.53pm
15 March 2017
Offline Von Bontee said
Elementary Penguin said
Von Bontee said
Elementary Penguin said
I have listened to some of The Replacements but I haven’t gone too far into them.
Have you?
Do you have any recommendations?
They were probably my favourite active band around 1987-88 (uni days), and I saw them in 1991, and they were pretty good; but I hadn’t much liked their two most recent albums, and they broke up soon after. Then, I was lucky enough to see their first concert in two decades at Toronto’s Riot Fest 2013, along with The Stooges, Dinosaur Jr., and others…amazing outdoor summertime show…
…anyways, their first two records are “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out The Trash” and the “Stink” EP. From those, they progress from being quite punkish, to a little more eccentric and eclectic (“Hootenanny”, “Let It Be “), then a lot more polish, a few lineup changes, and eventually the underwhelming end (“Tim”, “Pleased To Meet Me”, “Don’t Tell A Soul”, “All Shook Down”.) Throughout, Paul Westerberg writes some great songs.
My personal favourite from each era are: the debut, “Let It Be “, and “Tim”. “Hootenanny” and “Stink” I also enjoy; but much of their later stuff doesn’t appeal to me so much. The sad decline, firing, and eventual death of their original lead guitarist left a hole in their sound, in my ears. But that’s just me…
Thank you for this. I will give them a listen soon and see what I think. I guess I will start from the start and listen to the albums chronologically.
By the way I am currently listening to The Talking by Duff McKagan’s Loaded.
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