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Re: good list (Reply to this comment)
by lambchops
Um. I do know that. I'm well, well, WELL aware. That said, they are on U2 albums and because of U2 I was exposed to The Beatles and Bob Dylan (not to mention Jimi Hendrix).
Plus, I reread my review and I never mention that U2 wrote them. My exact line is as follows:
"Songs like Helter Skelter and All Along The Watchtower are highlights in a sea of U2 greats like Silver and Gold, Desire, Van Dieman’s Land and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. "
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Sep 05 '06
6:14 am PDT
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good list (Reply to this comment)
by polisson
Very interesting and original way to link your favourite albums. But U2 did not write "Helter Skelter" and "All along the watchtower"..... you should know that ! hehe
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Sep 04 '06
6:19 pm PDT
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Re: Bon Jovi cake... (Reply to this comment)
by lambchops
Thanks so much. I personally loved Grunge (love?) in any case, I'm not sure I would have been much a happy girl had I stuck with Hair Metal :)
Shelly.
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Dec 28 '03
4:12 pm PST
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Bon Jovi cake... (Reply to this comment)
by matzaballman
This was fun to read! I'm glad you moved beyond 80's hair metal! I also like the album Fashion Nugget. I never got into grunge..and I don't feel bad about that at all!
Cheers!
Rich
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Dec 28 '03
1:06 pm PST
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good job (Reply to this comment)
by punkrox
Great mix, all those artists were very influential. I especially agree on Cake and Enya.
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Mar 25 '03
2:47 pm PST
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those are great albums (Reply to this comment)
by punkrox
Nice review, very in-depth and now I might go pick up some of those CD's.
I like all your choices except Enya, Cake, and Pearl Jam.
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Mar 25 '03
2:44 pm PST
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Your sister's right (Reply to this comment)
by elwhiskey
Catatonia is great.
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Feb 06 '03
4:28 pm PST
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! (Reply to this comment)
by grez
Heh heh...I'm seeing a lot of similarities in your article to my own collection over time...scary, scary...
Random thoughts: did you ever listen to Extreme's 4th album, Waiting For The Punchline? It totally flopped, but there is (Oh God, I'm daring to say this out loud) some of their very best material on it. Nuno plays some crazy theoretical scaling (Mixolydian, if I remember correctly) stuff on an instrumental track called Midnight Express. If you ever liked them, you would probably find a few dusty gems there...look for it in the bargain bin some time. Also, Nuno put out a solo album called Schizophonic that is really good...strange, various styles scattered all over the place, but very different from the old Extreme stuff with one or two exceptions.
Also, being the grunge-loving girl that you are, you should check out an old King's X album called Dogman (1993). It is bottom-heavy, dark (most of the time), and by-and-large grunge. And when you're done listening to it, you'll probably go "Holy sh*t, can Doug Pinnick SING!" That, and Ty Tabor is an amazing guitarist. I've seen, quite literally, several hundred live bands, and would put these guys in the top 10 acts to see live. They're that damned good. It's too bad these guys got pegged as an 80's band, because other than the first two or three albums (1988, 1989, 1990 -- hell, it WAS the eighties), their sound is anything but. Somehow, some people have labeled them as a Christian band as well, and that is also highly inaccurate. Sure, religion is a topic that they're not afraid to address, but they're not some Bible-Hair-Metal outfit like Stryper or anything. Ick. Anyway, I have a strong feeling that you would dig Dogman (and probably most of their later releases). You might want to check it out.
That's my two cents' worth, at least.
Cheers,
Mike
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Feb 06 '03
9:37 am PST
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Re: I just have to bring it up.... (Reply to this comment)
by lambchops
That's what I get for being so excited to write the damn opinion :)
What I *meant* to say was Livin' on a Prayer. Ahem.
Shelly :)
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Feb 06 '03
4:09 am PST
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Gary Cherone (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
I, too, loved Extreme when I was younger. It turned out that my first boyfriend was from Extreme's hometown, and Gary Cherone's mother was a gym teacher at his high school.
Awesome list! I still listen to old Bon Jovi sometimes. It's so much fun. Maybe you can get some Shrinky Dinks and trace an old photo of Bon Jovi or the "Slippery When Wet" album cover!
Becky
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Feb 05 '03
4:05 pm PST
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I just have to bring it up.... (Reply to this comment)
by Matt_Stein
.... I didn't know there was a Bon Jovi 'song' called Slippery When Wet... just the album.. which I own (along with every other Bon Jovi release).... I'm not so much a fan that I've hunted down everything the man's ever done, but I love BJ and I've never heard of a song called Slippery When Wet... ?
And you oughta check out Extreme's III Sides to Every Story... plus, Gary Cherone has a new band, Tribe of Judah, that simply rocks...
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Feb 05 '03
3:45 pm PST
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by PacManY2J,  in Music
Awesome list, though there's still a few there I need to pick up. Lazy broke = not good.
-Matt
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Feb 05 '03
2:17 pm PST
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Thanks all for the comments so far... (Reply to this comment)
by lambchops
and yeah...I'd use the word "maturation" also pretty loosely in considering my list (and yours if we're pretty closely parallel).
Shelly.
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Feb 04 '03
1:07 pm PST
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by lemon_lime
yeah, wow. great idea for a 'review'. very engrossing - and often very closely paralleling my own musical 'maturation' (though we have to use that word wisely, as we will probably laugh ten years from now and what we are currently listening to. at least that's what my old cassette tapes seem to say to me)
And regarding the Extreme album you mentioned, I felt the exact same way:
Not just that, but the tape made me feel like a rebel.
When I first started playing guitar as a little idiot kid, the first song i made my teacher assign me to learn was "more than words". (hush hush about that one though, it's a bit of a secret these days). My goal at the time was to be able to play all of "Silent Lucidity" on the guitar. I was soooo wicked cool.
wonderful read here though, truly. i enjoyed it. thanks for sharing...
chad.
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Feb 04 '03
1:02 pm PST
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Me thinks... (Reply to this comment)
by vanwarp
This subject would have been a great topic for a WRITE-OFF!
I enjoyed the journey...
Vanwarp
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Feb 04 '03
11:01 am PST
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re: I like the links............ (Reply to this comment)
by cntaur5, in Music
I like the links, you've got me clicking.
cntaur5
As always keep writing well!
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Feb 04 '03
10:46 am PST
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