Henry Spencer

The Beatles - Julia This song is beautiful.

But can you say that about any of their other albums? No. And out of the big two grunge albums that came out around that time, Nevermind and Ten, Nevermind was easily the more esoteric album in terms of sound.

Go see GWAR.

T. Rex - Mambo Sun The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell The Fall - Cruisers Creek The Rapture - Sister Savior King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet

The Velvet Underground - After Hours

I cannot stand Layne Staley's voice. I used to be really big into Alice In Chains when I was younger, but something always vexed me about certain songs. I finally realized that on songs like God Smack, Rain When I Die, Sea Of Sorrow, etc., he seems to be doing his best to sound like a frog with a sinus condition. After that, I really couldn't listen to much else of theirs without laughing. It's odd that out of all the grunge bands that became big, the least typically mainstream sounding of them, Nirvana, became the most popular.

That girl in the first picture with the orange eyes is clearly an alien.

One would have to be deaf to enjoy Life Of Agony, methinks.

1 and 2 are far from hideous, and 3 is actually pretty attractive. Even though they're all making stupid faces.

Foo Fighters: One great song, the rest of it interchangable generic crap. Alice In Chains: Tolerable when doing acoustic stuff, ridiculously over the top when they do hard rock. Pearl Jam: Tepid seventies arena rock crap. An updated version of Kansas. Soundgarden: The best of the lot that you mentioned. I don't think they're as good as Nirvana, but the argument could be made. By no means do I think that Nirvana are the greatest band ever, or Kurt Cobain was a god. However, they function as an important gateway to a lot of kids for discovering music that may have slipped under their radar, because their success proved that good music doesn't always come from the typical sources. My opinion of Nirvana is that they managed to release one borderline-brilliant album with In Utero, two really good ones with Nevermind and Unplugged, and everything else they've done is nice, but nothing special.

That is one of the worst songs I've heard in my life. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over

Mingus is my favorite overall. Oh, and if you're getting into Coleman, you need The Shape Of Jazz To Come. Brilliant stuff.

It seems to be the cool thing to hate Nirvana lately. I don't understand it.

1. Nas - New York State Of Mind 2. Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck 3. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over 4. Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos 5. The Notorious BIG - Juicy At least at the moment.

No way. The Van Halen version is slick and lifeless, much like everything else they've ever done.

U2 - Zoo Station

I'll hopefully catch it to make up for missing Coachella.

Smash Mouth - Fush Yu Mang I don't know what I was thinking.

Foo Fighters - Everlong

I shall do the same... 1. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (personal reasons) 2. The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes 3. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 4. John Lennon - Mother 5. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Have you seen the video for that song? Always brings me close to tears.

That looks like a really terrible show, save Alexisonfire, who I can stand.

No Black Francis? That list is worthless.

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

I don't get choked up easily, but here are the songs that bring me close. John Lennon - Mother REM - Everybody Hurts Marvin Gaye - What's Going On The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (this one more for personal reasons)