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Snoop Doggy

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Oct 30, 2007, 11:51:06 AM10/30/07
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IV, Led Zepplin
Live, Fleetwood Mac (Not "The Dance")
Moving Pictures, Rush
Youth, Collective Soul
Under the Skin, Lindsey Buckingham
2001, Dr. Dre
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
Back in Black, AC/DC
Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
Live After Death, Iron Maiden


Runner-up Albums:

Signals, Rush
White Album, Beatles
Genesis, Genesis
Everything's Different Now, Til Tuesday
Lateralus, Tool
Mask and the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt


Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 2:01:23 PM10/30/07
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"Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in news:KpIVi.1209$Rh4.468
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> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

OK, you get to live.
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John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 2:11:59 PM10/30/07
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Dan Iwerks wrote:
> "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in news:KpIVi.1209$Rh4.468
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>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>
> OK, you get to live.

Fuck the Rolling Stones.

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Kerade

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Oct 30, 2007, 2:19:40 PM10/30/07
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John Nichel said:

> Dan Iwerks wrote:
>> "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in news:KpIVi.1209$Rh4.468
>> @newsfe17.phx:
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>>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>>
>> OK, you get to live.
>
> Fuck the Rolling Stones.
>

Fuck'em in Keith Richard's neck with Ron Wood's guitar.

Actually, I don't really have a problem with the Stones - especially the
Exile album - I just wanted to say that.

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Kerade

Snoop Doggy

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Oct 30, 2007, 2:22:15 PM10/30/07
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> Fuck'em in Keith Richard's neck with Ron Wood's guitar.
>
> Actually, I don't really have a problem with the Stones - especially the
> Exile album - I just wanted to say that.
>

Libby, your meds are needed for this thread, now!


Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 2:49:30 PM10/30/07
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John Nichel <jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com> wrote in news:13iesvfljvv7138
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> Dan Iwerks wrote:
>> "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in news:KpIVi.1209$Rh4.468
>> @newsfe17.phx:
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>>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>>
>> OK, you get to live.
>
> Fuck the Rolling Stones.

Which one do I go for first?

Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:05:44 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" Dan Iwerks said incontinently.

>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>
> OK, you get to live.

The Stones, well, they suck. AC/DC, too. Fleetwood Mac, while not exactly
t3h suX0r, generally bores me. Elton John... less than a handful of good
songs (same with The Beatles). Zeppelin is mostly meh. Genesis, so-so (same
with The Who). Got a personal sacred cow in the classic rock genre? Consider
it barbequed.

Here is <drum roll> the authoritative top ten albums of all time, or, well,
ten albums which I currently am liking quite a bit:

(limiting Rush to two entries only)

1. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
2. Rush - Moving Pictures
3. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
4. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
5. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
6. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
7. Spock's Beard - Day For Night
8. Neal Morse - One
9. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
10. RPWL - World Through My Eyes

Rob (!Petard) won't eat it. He hates everything.

NP: Spock's Beard - On A Perfect Day

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:19:48 PM10/30/07
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In no particular order...

Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - II
Collective Soul - Blender
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
Van Halen - Diver Down
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Vapor Trails
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Green Day - Dookie

List subject to change at any time. Not valid in Alaska or Hawaii.

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Snoop Doggy

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:30:46 PM10/30/07
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> 4. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

I really considered this one for the top-10 list. While it doesn't have
signal crappy track, IMO, it does suffer - slightly - from the same bright
recording style of GuP. The remastered QR box set has a richer version of
Mindcrime - but the sound still bugs me a little bit.

Of course, nothing can top our home team, Rush, for setting the standard for
horiffic recording (VT).

Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:37:16 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" John Nichel said incontinently.

> Cinderella - Long Cold Winter

<blank stare>

Seriously. That better be a joke just to see if anyone would actually read
your list. You better don't.

Rob (!Petard)

NP: Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True

Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:51:34 PM10/30/07
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Eh, why not.

1. The Replacements - Let It Be
2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Yes, yes, heresy and all, no Rush. Rush has sustained greatness unlike
any other band, but hasn't had the same peaks and valleys as people like
Joni Mitchell, Springsteen, or the Stones (who alternate between utter
brilliance and things I wouldn't flush down my toilet).

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:55:21 PM10/30/07
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Rob nee Petard wrote:
> "Rush will tour mainland Europe!" John Nichel said incontinently.
>
>> Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
>
> <blank stare>
>
> Seriously. That better be a joke just to see if anyone would actually read
> your list. You better don't.
>

Like I'm going to take musical taste criticism from a guy who just
listed Zeppelin as, 'mostly meh'. Bite me butt scar boy.

;)

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John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 3:56:05 PM10/30/07
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Dan Iwerks wrote:
> Eh, why not.
>
> 1. The Replacements - Let It Be
> 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
> 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
> 4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
> 5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
> 6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
> 7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
> 8. The Clash - London Calling
> 9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
> 10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
>
> Yes, yes, heresy and all, no Rush. Rush has sustained greatness unlike
> any other band, but hasn't had the same peaks and valleys as people like
> Joni Mitchell, Springsteen, or the Stones (who alternate between utter
> brilliance and things I wouldn't flush down my toilet).

So you really are gay, aren't you?

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Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:00:56 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" Dan Iwerks said incontinently.

> the Stones (who alternate between utter


> brilliance and things I wouldn't flush down my toilet)

I sorta agree, except for me they alternate between things I wouldn't flush
down my toilet--and things I would. ;-)

Rob (!Petard)

Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:07:47 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" John Nichel said incontinently.

>>> Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
>>
>> <blank stare>
>>
>> Seriously. That better be a joke just to see if anyone would actually read
>> your list. You better don't.
>>
>
> Like I'm going to take musical taste criticism from a guy who just
> listed Zeppelin as, 'mostly meh'. Bite me butt scar boy.
>
> ;)

*I* may have butt scars, but *you* have Cinderella in your Top. Ten. List.

Game. Set. Match.

Rob (!Petard)

NP: "it's got mighty morphin' power brokers, it's got Tonya Harding nude"

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:13:37 PM10/30/07
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Rob nee Petard wrote:
> "Rush will tour mainland Europe!" John Nichel said incontinently.
>
>>>> Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
>>> <blank stare>
>>>
>>> Seriously. That better be a joke just to see if anyone would actually read
>>> your list. You better don't.
>>>
>> Like I'm going to take musical taste criticism from a guy who just
>> listed Zeppelin as, 'mostly meh'. Bite me butt scar boy.
>>
>> ;)
>
> *I* may have butt scars, but *you* have Cinderella in your Top. Ten. List.
>
> Game. Set. Match.
>

Yes, it is game, set & match when one lists Zeppelin as 'mostly meh'.
Hell, that puts you lower than Prof and Dan.

Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:16:43 PM10/30/07
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Whatever, Nichellerella.

:-)

Rob (!Petard)

The Family Chauffeur

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:26:13 PM10/30/07
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>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>
> OK, you get to live.
>
>>2001, Dr.Dre
>

Let's not get ahead of ourselves...


Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:46:46 PM10/30/07
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John Nichel <jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com> wrote in
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At least I don't have *Cinderella* in my top 10.

I'm listening to Manilow right now (yes, again, I kind of dig Manilow
for the cheese factor), and I can hold my head up and say "I kind of dig
Manilow, but I didn't put *Cinderella* in my top 10".

"MAH GYPSEE ROAD CAN'T TAKE ME HOOOME . . ."

Man, that "Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone" is just pure POETRY,
man.

The Family Chauffeur

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Oct 30, 2007, 4:47:42 PM10/30/07
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"Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in message
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>
> IV, Led Zepplin
> Live, Fleetwood Mac (Not "The Dance")
> Moving Pictures, Rush
> Youth, Collective Soul
> Under the Skin, Lindsey Buckingham
> 2001, Dr. Dre
> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
> Back in Black, AC/DC
> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
> Live After Death, Iron Maiden

OK, I'll play.

*Today's* Top 10 Album List (in no particular order)...

1. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
2. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory
3. Pink Floyd - Animals
4. Dire Straits - On Every Street
5. Gov't Mule - High And Mighty
6. The Beatles - Abbey Road
7. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
8. Michael Schenker - Adventures Of The Imagination
9. Kitaro - Tunhuang
10. Rush - Rush In Rio

Ask again tomorrow //;^)

> Runner-up Albums:
>
> Signals, Rush
> White Album, Beatles
> Genesis, Genesis
> Everything's Different Now, Til Tuesday
> Lateralus, Tool
> Mask and the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt

They don't count. I have about a hundred of those right now.


Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 5:02:15 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" Dan Iwerks said incontinently.

>>> Eh, why not.


>>>
>>> 1. The Replacements - Let It Be
>>> 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
>>> 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
>>> 4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
>>> 5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
>>> 6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
>>> 7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
>>> 8. The Clash - London Calling
>>> 9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
>>> 10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
>>>
>>> Yes, yes, heresy and all, no Rush. Rush has sustained greatness
>>> unlike any other band, but hasn't had the same peaks and valleys as
>>> people like Joni Mitchell, Springsteen, or the Stones (who alternate
>>> between utter brilliance and things I wouldn't flush down my toilet).
>>
>> So you really are gay, aren't you?
>
> At least I don't have *Cinderella* in my top 10.
>
> I'm listening to Manilow right now (yes, again, I kind of dig Manilow
> for the cheese factor), and I can hold my head up and say "I kind of dig
> Manilow, but I didn't put *Cinderella* in my top 10".
>
> "MAH GYPSEE ROAD CAN'T TAKE ME HOOOME . . ."
>
> Man, that "Don't Know What You Got 'Til It's Gone" is just pure POETRY,
> man.

Dan and I agree. Cue. The. Flying. Pigs. :-)

Rob (!Petard)

norborder

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Oct 30, 2007, 5:33:54 PM10/30/07
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"Rob nee Petard" sayed:

> "Rush will tour mainland Europe!" John Nichel said incontinently.
>
>>>> Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
>>>
>>> <blank stare>
>>>
>>> Seriously. That better be a joke just to see if anyone would actually
>>> read
>>> your list. You better don't.
>>>
>>
>> Like I'm going to take musical taste criticism from a guy who just
>> listed Zeppelin as, 'mostly meh'. Bite me butt scar boy.
>>
>> ;)
>
> *I* may have butt scars, but *you* have Cinderella in your Top. Ten. List.
>
> Game. Set. Match.

I'll take Nichelrella *any* day over those pussy, anarchic douchebags Green
Day.


Art Weingardner

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Oct 30, 2007, 6:33:20 PM10/30/07
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deep purple - made in japan
queensryche - operation mindcrime
boston - boston
led zeppelin - in through the out door
foo fighters - one by one
robert plant - now and zen
van halen - van halen
yes - the yes album
rush - moving pictures
rainbow - rising

Twice Nightly

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Oct 30, 2007, 5:33:20 PM10/30/07
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"Dan Iwerks" <dan_iwerks*at*yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Eh, why not.
>
> 1. The Replacements - Let It Be
> 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
> 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
> 4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
> 5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
> 6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
> 7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
> 8. The Clash - London Calling
> 9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
> 10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

You are Mpls Star/Tribune music critic Jon Bream, and I claim my....

Well, I'll be happy just to get my extra 25 cents back / extra dollar for
the Sunday bloat edition.

Mike Smith

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Oct 30, 2007, 6:07:41 PM10/30/07
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Oh, what the hell. INPO, yes there are more than ten - fucking deal
with it - and it will all change tomorrow:

Porcupine Tree, _In Absentia_
Rush, _Snakes & Arrows_
Pink Floyd, _Animals_
Yes, _Close To The Edge_
Barenaked Ladies, _Gordon_
Tool, _AEnima_
The Who, _Who's Next_
The Beatles, s/t
Soundgarden, _Superunknown_
Peter Murphy, _Deep_
Peter Gabriel, _Us_
Incubus, _Morning View_
Steely Dan, _Aja_

--
Mike Smith

Monkey Clumps

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Oct 30, 2007, 6:39:32 PM10/30/07
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In no particular order:

U2, War
Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run
The Who, Who's Next
Yes, Close To The Edge
System of a Down, Mesmerize/Hyptnotize
Rage Against the Machine, Self Titled
Metallica, Master of Puppets
Rush, Moving Pictures
Porcupine Tree, In Absentia


paullo

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Oct 30, 2007, 6:48:41 PM10/30/07
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"Rob nee Petard" <steV...@cableone.net> wrote in message
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For the love of ged(and respect for The Geneva Convention) please, oh
please, stop torturing poor Iwerks.
Hasn't he suffered enough?
;)

~paullo


Rob nee Petard

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Oct 30, 2007, 7:22:07 PM10/30/07
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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" paullo said incontinently.

>> 1. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
>> 2. Rush - Moving Pictures
>> 3. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
>> 4. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
>> 5. Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
>> 6. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
>> 7. Spock's Beard - Day For Night
>> 8. Neal Morse - One
>> 9. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
>> 10. RPWL - World Through My Eyes
>>
>> Rob (!Petard) won't eat it. He hates everything.
>>
>> NP: Spock's Beard - On A Perfect Day
>>
>
> For the love of ged(and respect for The Geneva Convention) please, oh
> please, stop torturing poor Iwerks.
> Hasn't he suffered enough?

This is a trick question, isn't it?

Rob (!Petard)

Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 7:51:41 PM10/30/07
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"paullo" <nothe...@dslextreme.com> wrote in
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Hey now, Rob's list is not completely and utterly horrible. Just
mostly. I can agree with p/g and MP, Mindcrime is pretty phenomneal, In
Absentia isn't bad (yes, just "isn't bad"), and I even own Spock's
Beard's Day for Night. Because I'd heard two songs I liked. And
they're still the only two songs I like from them.

Forcing me to listen to the last part of that CD Rob made for me would
violate the Geneva Convention. Probably a Shriner's Convention as well.

The Professor

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Oct 30, 2007, 7:58:54 PM10/30/07
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John Nichel <jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com> wrote in
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> Yes, it is game, set & match when one lists Zeppelin as 'mostly meh'.
> Hell, that puts you lower than Prof and Dan.

Hey now!!!

The Professor (owns all of Zep's studios)

--
"People are not yet intelligent enough to recognize how little they
know." - F. A. Hayek

The Professor

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Mike Smith <mike_UNDER...@acm.DOT.org> wrote in
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Smith rocks. That is all.

The Professor (S&A, IA, Gordon, Who's Next and Aja... yowsa)

The Professor

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Oct 30, 2007, 8:10:08 PM10/30/07
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Well, I'll play too and risk Nicherella's wrath:

In no particular order:

Rush, Moving Pictures
The Who, Quadrophenia
Counting Crows, August and Everything After
Genesis, Three Sides Live (with live fourth side)
Boston, Boston
Indigo Girls, Swamp Ophelia
The Police, Synchronicity
Queen, A Night at the Opera
REM, Automatic for the People
Supertramp, Breakfast in America

The Professor (hard to stop at ten and changes day to day)

norborder

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Oct 30, 2007, 8:53:30 PM10/30/07
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Also in no particular order:

Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Signals
The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall
The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld
Dire Straits - Communique
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark


Max C. Webster III

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:11:01 PM10/30/07
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"The Professor" <shor...@twcny.rr.comrade> done said:

> Mike Smith <mike_UNDER...@acm.DOT.org> wrote:
>
>> Oh, what the hell. INPO, yes there are more than ten - fucking deal
>> with it - and it will all change tomorrow:
>>
>> Porcupine Tree, _In Absentia_
>> Rush, _Snakes & Arrows_
>> Pink Floyd, _Animals_
>> Yes, _Close To The Edge_
>> Barenaked Ladies, _Gordon_
>> Tool, _AEnima_
>> The Who, _Who's Next_
>> The Beatles, s/t
>> Soundgarden, _Superunknown_
>> Peter Murphy, _Deep_
>> Peter Gabriel, _Us_
>> Incubus, _Morning View_
>> Steely Dan, _Aja_
>
> Smith rocks. That is all.
>
> The Professor (S&A, IA, Gordon, Who's Next and Aja... yowsa)


Replace S&A with something from the Golden Era (say, PeW or MP), and that list
would be Mary fuckin' Poppins.

Especially the part where Who's Next is listed and Quadrophenia isn't.

- Max -
=======
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have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous,
powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course,
to the federal government. - Dave Barry


Art Weingardner

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Oct 30, 2007, 10:15:21 PM10/30/07
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:33:20 -0500, Art Weingardner
<ar...@softhome.net> wrote:
>
>deep purple - made in japan
>queensryche - operation mindcrime
>boston - boston
>led zeppelin - in through the out door
>foo fighters - one by one
>robert plant - now and zen

drop plant for the who - who's next

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:40:40 PM10/30/07
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And keeping in theme....If you don't like it, I don't care.

--
Wonders why Dan knows so much about Cinderella

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:47:04 PM10/30/07
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Mike Smith wrote:
> Soundgarden, _Superunknown_
>

Very kick ass album.

--
Blame Britney Spears and her horribly disgusting vagina.

norborder

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:52:08 PM10/30/07
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"John Nichel" sayed:

As a corollary, I often wonder why you know so much about hockey. And don't
give me any of that "my Canardian wife has Center Ice and she chains me down
and makes me watch it" bullshit.


John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:51:27 PM10/30/07
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The Professor wrote:
> Well, I'll play too and risk Nicherella's wrath:
>

You could include things like the Indigo Girls in your list, and still
not be lower than worm shit like Rob's 'mostly meh' of Zeppelin

> In no particular order:
>
> Indigo Girls, Swamp Ophelia
>

Oh, you did. Errr....nah, Rob still sucks harder.

;)

Dan Iwerks

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:58:13 PM10/30/07
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John Nichel <jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com> wrote in news:zcRVi.2923$p%.1279
@trndny03:

> The Professor wrote:
>> Well, I'll play too and risk Nicherella's wrath:
>>
>
> You could include things like the Indigo Girls in your list, and still
> not be lower than worm shit like Rob's 'mostly meh' of Zeppelin
>
>> In no particular order:
>>
>> Indigo Girls, Swamp Ophelia
>>
>
> Oh, you did. Errr....nah, Rob still sucks harder.

Yeah, Rites of Passage and their self-titled disc are MUCH better than
Swamp Ophelia.

I also considered Rickie Lee Jones' _Pirates_ for my top ten . . .

John Nichel

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Oct 30, 2007, 9:59:50 PM10/30/07
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I'm a man.

Men understand sports (not "men"/"sports" in the Dan/Prof sense)

I gave the NHL 5 years after my wife an I got married. Watched it,
learned it, gave up on it when the players couldn't fathom a salary cap.

I already have a vested interest in college/pro baseball, college/pro
football and college basketball. Don't really care enough to take on
another sport.

No vested interest in hockey because it was/is non-existent where I grew up.

--
That and I think Brett Hull is really a woman.

norborder

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Oct 30, 2007, 10:04:06 PM10/30/07
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"The Professor" sayed:

> Genesis, Three Sides Live (with live fourth side)

Yeah, I'll add that one as well. And the "not live" fourth side is quite
good as well. "You Might Recall" is pure prog-pop brilliance and "Evidence
of Autumn" is achingly sad and intense.


paullo

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Oct 30, 2007, 10:14:24 PM10/30/07
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>
> Hey now, Rob's list is not completely and utterly horrible. Just
> mostly. I can agree with p/g and MP, Mindcrime is pretty phenomneal, In
> Absentia isn't bad (yes, just "isn't bad"), and I even own Spock's
> Beard's Day for Night. Because I'd heard two songs I liked. And
> they're still the only two songs I like from them.
>
> Forcing me to listen to the last part of that CD Rob made for me would
> violate the Geneva Convention. Probably a Shriner's Convention as well.
> --

I want to laud that list as being Marillion free.....

This week's top ten from the home office in post-apocalyptic San Diego:
1 Hemispheres
2 Permanent Waves
3 Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
4 The Replacements - Let It Be
5 Paul Westerberg - Eventually
6 Pixies - Doolittle
7 Violent Femmes
8 Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
9 Buckethead - and friends
10 Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

S Culver

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>
> IV, Led Zepplin
> Live, Fleetwood Mac (Not "The Dance")
> Moving Pictures, Rush
> Youth, Collective Soul
> Under the Skin, Lindsey Buckingham
> 2001, Dr. Dre
> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
> Back in Black, AC/DC
> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
> Live After Death, Iron Maiden
>
>
> Runner-up Albums:
>
> Signals, Rush
> White Album, Beatles
> Genesis, Genesis
> Everything's Different Now, Til Tuesday
> Lateralus, Tool
> Mask and the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt
>
>

Like everyone else, here's mine *for today*:

Van Halen - Women and Children First
Led Zep - Presence
Metallica - RtL
Rush - Signals
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
Pink Floyd - Animals
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
RHCP - Mother's Milk
Jane's Addiction - Kettle Whistle
Megadeth - So Far So Good, So What!

-Scott


Mike Smith

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The Professor wrote:
> Mike Smith <mike_UNDER...@acm.DOT.org> wrote in
> news:13ifape...@news.supernews.com:
>
>> Oh, what the hell. INPO, yes there are more than ten - fucking deal
>> with it - and it will all change tomorrow:
>>
>> Porcupine Tree, _In Absentia_
>> Rush, _Snakes & Arrows_
>> Pink Floyd, _Animals_
>> Yes, _Close To The Edge_
>> Barenaked Ladies, _Gordon_
>> Tool, _AEnima_
>> The Who, _Who's Next_
>> The Beatles, s/t
>> Soundgarden, _Superunknown_
>> Peter Murphy, _Deep_
>> Peter Gabriel, _Us_
>> Incubus, _Morning View_
>> Steely Dan, _Aja_
>
> Smith rocks. That is all.
>
> The Professor (S&A, IA, Gordon, Who's Next and Aja... yowsa)

<blush> I guess I'll skip tomorrow's list, then.

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Mike Smith

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Uh, one to add... U2, _The Unforgettable Fire_

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Mike Smith

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Dan Iwerks wrote:
> Eh, why not.
>
> 1. The Replacements - Let It Be
> 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
> 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
> 4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
> 5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
> 6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
> 7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
> 8. The Clash - London Calling
> 9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
> 10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Hey, two out of ten ain't bad ;-) (OK, maybe three)

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Mike Smith

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John Nichel wrote:
> Dan Iwerks wrote:
>> Eh, why not.
>>
>> 1. The Replacements - Let It Be
>> 2. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
>> 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
>> 4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
>> 5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
>> 6. Chris Whitley - Dirt Floor
>> 7. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
>> 8. The Clash - London Calling
>> 9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
>> 10. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
>>
>> Yes, yes, heresy and all, no Rush. Rush has sustained greatness
>> unlike any other band, but hasn't had the same peaks and valleys as
>> people like Joni Mitchell, Springsteen, or the Stones (who alternate
>> between utter brilliance and things I wouldn't flush down my toilet).
>
> So you really are gay, aren't you?

Hey, I thought maybe he was a chick. But if your thoughts run that
way... ;-P

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Mike Smith

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Oct 30, 2007, 11:31:38 PM10/30/07
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Rob nee Petard wrote:
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> Dan and I agree. Cue. The. Flying. Pigs. :-)

Hey, I already have _Animals_ on my list. ;-P

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kstarheel

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On Oct 30, 10:51 am, "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote:
> IV, Led Zepplin
> Live, Fleetwood Mac (Not "The Dance")
> Moving Pictures, Rush
> Youth, Collective Soul
> Under the Skin, Lindsey Buckingham
> 2001, Dr. Dre
> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
> Back in Black, AC/DC
> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
> Live After Death, Iron Maiden
>
> Runner-up Albums:
>
> Signals, Rush
> White Album, Beatles
> Genesis, Genesis
> Everything's Different Now, Til Tuesday
> Lateralus, Tool
> Mask and the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt


Ok, sure... why not?

Gretchen Goes to Nebraska- King's X
Boston- Boston
Fair Warning- Van Halen
Infinity- Journey
IV- Led Zepplin
Dogman- King's X
Van Halen- Van Halen
Joe Satriani- The Extremist
The Wind and the Wheat- Phil Keaggy
Are you Experienced?- Jimi

Rob nee Petard

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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" kstarheel said incontinently.

> The Wind and the Wheat- Phil Keaggy

Have you heard Michael Hedges - Taproot?

Same sort of music, only more consistent than The Wind and the Wheat.

Also be sure to check out Andy Mckee (whose stuff floated through AMR a
while back)... he *might* be better than both Hedges and Keaggy, but I
haven't picked up any of his CDs yet to be sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

Rob (!Petard)

Giovanni

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Oct 31, 2007, 2:21:11 AM10/31/07
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Dan Iwerks wrote:
> John Nichel <jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com> wrote in news:13iesvfljvv7138
> @corp.supernews.com:
>
>> Dan Iwerks wrote:
>>> "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com> wrote in news:KpIVi.1209$Rh4.468
>>> @newsfe17.phx:

>>>
>>>> Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>>>
>>> OK, you get to live.
>>
>> Fuck the Rolling Stones.
>
> Which one do I go for first?

Keef obviously. If you don't hurry he'll be dead and his bodily fluids
should numb you enough to survive the rest.


The Professor

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> Boston- Boston

Interesting how often this one is showing up.

The Professor (it IS a brilliant album)

John Nichel

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The Professor wrote:
> kstarheel <ksta...@gmail.com> wrote in news:1193805405.933206.86370@
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>> Boston- Boston
>
> Interesting how often this one is showing up.
>
> The Professor (it IS a brilliant album)
>

So brilliant that as I read and reply to this message, Hitch A Ride is
playing.

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On Oct 30, 8:53 pm, "norborder" <norbor...@bite.me> wrote:
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> Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld

Nice call!

Just Dave

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In random order and the usual caveats about being subject to change
included:

U2 - The Joshua Tree


Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Beatles - Rubber Soul
John Prine - The Missing Years
Paul Simon - Graceland
Van Halen - Van Halen (Diver Down a close second for sentimental
reasons)
Pink Floyd - Animals (or Darkside, Echoes, or Wish)
REM - Automatic for the People
Rush - p/g (tough one to choose, felt like I should have gone w/
Hemispheres or maybe Signals)
Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home


The Professor

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> Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

> Paul Simon - Graceland

These just missed the cut, as did Unforgettable Fire (nod to Smith).

The Professor (Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense might belong on there too)

Twice Nightly

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"Achingly sad"?

Who are you and what have you done with norborder, the hater of all things
wimpy?

Twice Nightly

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Andy McKee is a really great guitar player when it comes to playing in one
chordal key throughout an entire set.

norborder

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"Twice Nightly" sayed:

Sad is not necessarily wimpy. Listen to the song & you'll know what I mean,
assface. ;)

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Twice Nightly

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[*googles song*]

Damn. After reading the lyrics, I see exactly what you mean, and you're
right.
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Just Dave

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Pondered this some more last night and I think that I'm still happy
with it, but other near misses include:

Johnny Cash (either Fulsom Prison or American Recordings)
Green Day - American Idiot
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Steely Dan - Aja
Yes - tough call - Tormato? (jk) - Close to the Edge or The Yes Album
(I'd even consider ABWH which I just really love)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
CSN (& Y)? - feel like they should be on the list
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly or The Buddy Holly Story


arattle

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> Oh, what the hell. INPO, yes there are more than ten - fucking deal with
> it - and it will all change tomorrow:
>
> Porcupine Tree, _In Absentia_
> Rush, _Snakes & Arrows_
> Pink Floyd, _Animals_
> Yes, _Close To The Edge_
> Barenaked Ladies, _Gordon_
> Tool, _AEnima_
> The Who, _Who's Next_
> The Beatles, s/t
> Soundgarden, _Superunknown_
> Peter Murphy, _Deep_
> Peter Gabriel, _Us_
> Incubus, _Morning View_
> Steely Dan, _Aja_

Hard to disagree with any of these, I would add a few though (limited to one
per artist):

A Perfect Circle, Fourteenth Step
Alice in Chains, Dirt
Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
Cake, Pressure Chief
The Cult, Sonic Temple
Genesis, Selling England by the Pound
Iron Maiden, Powerslave
Led Zeppelin (pick from first six, HotH is my favorite today)
Live, Mental Jewelry (or Throwing Copper or Secret Samadhi)
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree, Stupid Dream
Queen, Jazz (just for Can't Stop Me Now)
Radiohead, The Bends
Tom Petty, Wildflowers

The Great Who Debate: Definitely Quadrophenia (WN wore out too quickly, much
more to Q)
The Great Yes Debate: definitely TYA over CTTE

Paullo, good call on Let it Be (thanks to Iwerks for recommendation, Paullo
for the album years ago)

-arattle


Rob nee Petard

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> A Perfect Circle, Fourteenth Step

Missed that one. ;-)

Rob (!Petard)

That Chilean Guy

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arattle <ara...@altmusicrush.com> was sitting on the larger bowl and spoke thus:

> Hard to disagree with any of these, I would add a few though (limited to one
> per artist):
>
> A Perfect Circle, Fourteenth Step

Your amp goes to 11?

> Radiohead, The Bends

Oh yeah! Easily their best album, though OK computer gives it a
respectable run.

Mike Smith

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arattle wrote:
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> The Great Who Debate: Definitely Quadrophenia (WN wore out too quickly, much
> more to Q)

<raises eyebrow> Meh? Meh.

> The Great Yes Debate: definitely TYA over CTTE

<recoils in incredulous horror> MEH??!?!?!?!?

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Dan Iwerks

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"arattle" <ara...@altmusicrush.com> wrote in
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> The Great Who Debate: Definitely Quadrophenia (WN wore out too
> quickly, much more to Q)

Quadrophenia about WN, with you on that one. Honestly, my biggest
problem with WN is I just know it too well. I need to not hear anything
off it for a few years so I could approach it with fresh ears.

> Paullo, good call on Let it Be (thanks to Iwerks for recommendation,
> Paullo for the album years ago)

I assume you've filled in the rest of The Replacements' catalogue? Let
It Be - Tim - Pleased to Meet Me is about the greatest three-album run
in the history of popular music. Stinking great tunes, one after
another. Even on their not-as-good albums there are always some amazing
gems (All Shook Down is nothing special, but "Nobody" is one of my all-
time favorite songs).
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2sticks

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On Nov 1, 7:35 pm, "arattle" <arat...@altmusicrush.com> wrote:
> "Mike Smith" <mike_UNDERSCORE_sm...@acm.DOT.org> wrote in message

> The Great Yes Debate: definitely TYA over CTTE

TFTO, Relayer, Drama, GFTO, FRAGILE??? Where do I start?

Tormato....lol...

Just Dave

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On Nov 2, 11:44 am, 2sticks <rob.ja...@electriccircuspromotions.com>
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alt.music.yes


Mike Smith

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<emerges from toilet, dripping wet> Do *NOT* go in there!!

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kstarheel

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Yes I have. It's good but after having seen Keaggy live and Andy
Mckee, Andy really isn't on the same page as Phil. Andy was great,
but Phil is off the charts primarily because I think he's great
vocally as well. All great artists though....

Rob nee Petard

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Never developed a taste for Keaggy's vocals.

Did you know Phil played and sang a bit as a guest on Neal Morse's "One"
album?

Rob (!Petard)

NP: "Erich Zann" by Sonus Umbra

arattle

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"Dan Iwerks" <dan_iwerks*at*yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I assume you've filled in the rest of The Replacements' catalogue? Let
> It Be - Tim - Pleased to Meet Me is about the greatest three-album run
> in the history of popular music. Stinking great tunes, one after
> another. Even on their not-as-good albums there are always some amazing
> gems (All Shook Down is nothing special, but "Nobody" is one of my all-
> time favorite songs).

I have those three right now, and it's hard to tell which one is my
favorite, they are all excellent. And I don't even like this kind of music
normally.

-arattle


Rob nee Petard

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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" arattle said incontinently.

>> I assume you've filled in the rest of The Replacements' catalogue? Let
>> It Be - Tim - Pleased to Meet Me is about the greatest three-album run
>> in the history of popular music. Stinking great tunes, one after
>> another. Even on their not-as-good albums there are always some amazing
>> gems (All Shook Down is nothing special, but "Nobody" is one of my all-
>> time favorite songs).
>
> I have those three right now, and it's hard to tell which one is my
> favorite, they are all excellent. And I don't even like this kind of music
> normally.

My opinion is that, for The Replacements to be any good, their music would
have to be better than it sounds.

;-)

Rob (!Petard) lifted that quip from he-can't-recall-where.

Dan Iwerks

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"arattle" <ara...@altmusicrush.com> wrote in
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Get Hootenany next. Darn fun stuff.

norborder

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"Rob nee Petard" sayed:

Actually, Westerberg kind of likes the fact that it doesn't "sound" too
good - which works perfectly for that band, so technically, your statement
is correct.


Rob nee Petard

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"Rush will tour mainland Europe!" norborder said incontinently.

If not more so.

Rob (!Petard)

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"Rob nee Petard" <steV...@cableone.net> wrote in message
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I know it's been said about Wagner.

John Nichel

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<sings>
Such a bad girl, loves to work me overtime
Feels good, dancing close to the borderline
She's a magic mountain, she's a leather glove
Oh she's my soul, it must be love
She's only seventeen, still she gives me love.....
</sings>

Huh? What's that you say?

Ohhhhhhh, *WAGNER*

Sorry about that.

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knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.

Rollo

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:51:06 -0700, "Snoop Doggy" <sn...@compton.com>
wrote:

>
>IV, Led Zepplin
>Live, Fleetwood Mac (Not "The Dance")
>Moving Pictures, Rush
>Youth, Collective Soul
>Under the Skin, Lindsey Buckingham
>2001, Dr. Dre
>Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
>Back in Black, AC/DC
>Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
>Live After Death, Iron Maiden
>
>
>Runner-up Albums:
>
>Signals, Rush
>White Album, Beatles
>Genesis, Genesis
>Everything's Different Now, Til Tuesday
>Lateralus, Tool
>Mask and the Mirror, Loreena McKennitt
>

That's funny, I don't remember anyone asking you for your list.

Mine is, not in order:

Deep Purple, Deep Purple in Rock
Rush, Moving Pictures
Frank Zappa, The Grand Wazoo
David Bowie, Station to Station
Led Zeppelin, LZ III
The Who, Who's Next
Fela Ransome-Kuti, Confusion/Gentleman
Iggy & the Stooges, Raw Power
Steely Dan, The Royal Scam
Helmet, Meantime

11-20 are Soundgarden's 'Superunknown,' Pink Floyd's 'Animals,'
Helmet's 'Betty,' Led Zeppelin's 'Presence,' Universal Congress Of's
'Salty Black Wind,' Universal Congress Of's 'Prosperous and
Qualified,' Steely Dan's 'Aja,' Rage Against the Machine's 'Evil
Empire,' Van Halen's 'Women and Children First' and Anal C**t's
'Picnic of Love.'

'Picnic of Love' (1998) by the way, is probably the last decent album
made by anyone other than Rush, Steely Dan or Bowie.

larrivoire jean-erik

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My 1à favorites are :

The Lamb lies down on Broadway, Genesis
Goat's Head Soup Rolling Stones
Highway to Hell Back, AC/DC
Joe's Garage, FRanck Zappa
Queen II, Queen
Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie
Machine Head, Deep Purple
Breakfast in America, Supertramp
Surfin with the Alien, Joe Satriani
In transit, Saga
Going for the One, Yes
Hermit of Mink Hollow, Todd Rundgren
Bat out of Hell, Meat Loaf
..

Regards

Jean-Erik Larrivoire





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