Murmuring Beast

They are a very bad (and English) boy band. English and bad - they don't have much going for them.

Bloody great.

Interesting...

Doctor, are the Pogues on the Celtic Connection tour? Also, going to see RE-fucking-M next year.

Funny.

Going to see Morrissey (???!!!) next month in Glasgow. I'm going with an obsessed mate - I said I'd go with him.................................................

Mike was a very important member of the Beach Boys. Without his stage charisma, the band would have been very bad in the early days. Not only could they not really play very well in concert, no Wilson brother could hold the attention of the audience, outside of looks. And don't get me started on Al.... Mike got the crowd involved and hammed it up and people loved it. Plus his voice on some of the great Beach Boys songs could not have been bettered if I'm being honest. He alone didn't make those songs great or anything but he added something special. He doesn't have any musical talent per se, but he is a good singer and had a charisma that no other Beach Boys possessed. A great frontman.

No he wasn't. He didn't even wrestle every single night. Are you willing to call his TV matches good? Yes. But I was young back then.

It's made with human rib, don't you know.

Has he left this board at all in the past month?

Look harder. REM has had two great 90s albums, in New Adventures and Automatic. They should be up there I think, though I've never seen any REM fans on this board before... I might sound like an old crone but owning every REM album, there are only two 90s albums that I listen to and those are the ones you mentioned. I think Out Of Time is a bit flimsy (Losing My Religion, Shiny Happy People are great; the rest is kinda self-derivative). Monster is terrible and I stand by that. There are a lot of pretentious views on that album, but I think it is embarrassing. Peter Buck uses about 4 chords on that album; for a decent guitarist his playing on that is atrocious. The lyrics are awful and Stipe had a definite off year when recording that. Up is ok; not as bad as I first thought. There are some good songs on it, but it is far too long and way too synth based. Reveal is also a nice listen. Around The Sun is an absolute disgrace for REM - it is far and away the worst album they have ever done. Derivative, soppy rubbish with boring lyrics, stolen melodies (from themselves) and uninspired playing (is Buck there at all?) I listen to the entire 80s catalogue quite often and its energy and melody takes away from the fact that the were very forumulaic on the early albums (Jangly guitar, lively bass). As for Radiohead, I own The Bends and have never gotten into it. It's the only album I own that I really can't be bothered listening to. I'm sure it's great, but I find REM far more accessible.

Hogan.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT *MARKS OUT* THUNDERBIRD 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Delete the crap in this and send it to classics.

6 inches. Oh, snow........

I've decided that all celebrities are unattractive.

In 2000, Triple H was having great matches every single night against everyone. For that run alone, he gets my vote.

It's only right that a song like 'Be My Baby' is on there. Spector deserves a mention. The song is a piece of brilliance. Fuck the voices, listen to that boom.

Acoustic Guitar: Stagg - cheapest thing on the market, which I used to learn how to play. Tone is pretty bad, but it's not terrible or anything. Electric Guitar: Yamaha Pacifica 112 - I love this thing. Doesn't go out of tune very often and is a solid rhythm guitar. Electric Piano: Yamaha DGX500 - Features disk drive, pedal, etc. 88 keys and more sounds than I'll ever use. Sound is a bit low. For example if you were playing at a venue, you'd need to use an amp to pump it up. For a piano sound, you can't actually beat a piano. The keys on this are plastic and semi-weighted. But it's still an easy play and I like the organ tones on it. It cost me quite a bit but it's been worth it so far. Oh, and a Hohner harmonica in the key of C, which I can't play, but occasionally try to... In the future, I'd like to pick up a bass guitar. And if I got a nice big house and had a few bob to spare (as if ), I'd buy a real piano and a drumkit.

Bruce joined in 1964/65 after Brian quit touring. He is an original in my eyes. He wasn't around when the group started but he was around that surf scene at the time (with Terry Melcher RIP) and was a perfect fit for the group. MIG, where did you hear about this Love story?

This is fucking genius.

There is no true riff as such to Take Me Out - the song is a bit of an epic with loads of different guitar bits. A song like 40 ft has a more memorable riff.

Yea, nobody cares about this at all.