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Hey Xero, who is that in your sig, exactly? Oh, and I picked the Cure... Pet Sounds is the better overall album, but I haven't listened to it in ages, whereas the Cure is almost a daily thing. I guess that's what I get for being born in the '80's. Victor Wooten, check out Me and My Bass Guitar by him, or some of his work with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones. I definitely shall. I mean, even looking at him, he looks badass. Heh.

Hey Xero, who is that in your sig, exactly? Oh, and I picked the Cure... Pet Sounds is the better overall album, but I haven't listened to it in ages, whereas the Cure is almost a daily thing. I guess that's what I get for being born in the '80's.

Indeed. Heroin is pretty much my favorite track of all time actually, or at least in the top three. It's almost funny when you think about how much the song's up-down-up-down structure affected so many bands after it became more than an underground thing -- namely the Pixies and Nirvana. When I think about it though, I realize that more or less, the weakest tracks on the debut are the ones that Nico sings... I <3 All Tomorrow's Parties (it should be noted that that was Andy Warhol's favorite song from the group, too), and I love a lot of Nico's earlier solo stuff, but "Femme Fatale" and "I'll Be Your Mirror" never seemed up to snuff with the other stuff on the album to me.

I like the crazy laughing. Crazy.

I want Beck, dammit. And aren't we just about ready for another Dandy Warhols album, or is it too soon? A lot of other bands need to follow up on their debuts, as well -- Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Interpol, Hot Hot Heat; I don't love them all to death, but I am interested in seeing where their sound will go from their first albums. Aside from that, the Beastie Boys have got me psyched and hopefully haven't lost their edge... same goes for the Cure... and I'll check out Weezer's album, too -- hopefully it'll be better than Maladroit. Gag. ...But why has no one else noticed the Kill Bill 2 soundtrack~!? Heh, if it lives up to the soundtrack of every other Tarentino soundtrack ever, than we shall be in for a treat. Lookin' forward to it almost as much as the movie.

Great, great concert. Really like the version of "Burning Down the House," the acoustic number at the beginning called "Heaven," and of course, the appearance of the Tom Tom Club (whose live version of "Genius of Love" is way better than the overdone studio version, in my opinion.) Only one or two throwaway songs, and the extra interview with David Byrne is very... interesting, as well. Anyhow, if they ever rereleased it on the big screen or had a showing of it somewhere, I'd be there in a heartbeat -- I'd imagine that experiencing the movie in a theater would make it all the more awesome.

Man, can't believe that I missed that one. Also, the opening bass-line of "Dazed and Confused" (as a huge Zep fan, I'D argue that Page's violin bow and solo are just as prevalent, but for most people, it's the bass line,) and the war cries that open up "The Immigrant Song."

For "Enter Sandman," I always felt that the "Off to never never laaaand..." parts and the "Now I lay me down to sleep..." thing were the defining moments of the song. Just from my point of view, I guess. Of course, the intro is badass too.

w00t w00t... Good card, and I can't wait for the CF. Hopefully it turns out as epic as usual. And you know, if you need an extra man on the marking commitee for the match... *cough* *nudges King* Hopefully we get a promo or two from the likes of Danny/Va'aiga, too. They can build this up quite nicely on matches alone, but you know, it couldn't hurt.

*jaw drops* ...*grabs blankets and prepares for 23 day camp-out* EDIT: *notices ticket price* ...So that's $150 for both days? Hrm... *starts saving up*

My fucking God. ...I live in California. ...The Pixies and the Velvet Underground (though I don't see that rumor being true) are my two favorite bands of all time. ...Radiohead/The Smiths/The Cure are all Godly... ...When the fuck do tickets go on sale, and where the fuck in California is Indio?

All bands burn out, from Led Zeppelin to the Clash to the Grateful Dead. No matter how great they are in the beginning, they always seem to have deteriorated just a bit and lost that special something by the end of their career, usually ending with a fizzle rather than a bang ("Cut the Crap," anyone?) It's pretty much a widely known fact that this happens... but are there exceptions? I was bored, so I started trying to name some bands -- even one -- that ended with their best album, having only gotten better over the years -- or at least ended with an album on par to their earlier works. To be honest, it's way more fuckin' hard than you might think. Burning out is pretty much just a law in the music industry if a band has a career longer than say, three albums. So -- again -- since I'm bored, can anyone out there name a band or an artist that totally bent the rules, and pretty much no-sold losing quality in their music until the very end? Pretty much what I came with was Joy Division ("Closer") and Nirvana ("In Utero"), but both of those are arguable and not really fair since both's careers were ended quite abruptly due to lead singers dying. Aside from that, I honestly could name nothing. The Pretenders are a band that I consider to have stayed virtually on par to their top form... through some ups and downs, at least. Their new stuff is clearly just one notch below their self-titled album and "Learning to Crawl," but "Viva el Amor" and "Loose Screw" have both been pretty damn good. So, uh, first one to name a band that fits this profile gets a cookie, and stuff. Hell, even one that improved over their first few albums would do.

Nice collection Brian, though your choices for AC/DC and U2 albums puzzle me in a way, but eh. You're also in need of some Velvet Underground and Who albums, by the way. Those were just the two obvious choices that I'd think you'd have that you didn't, so I figured I'd point you in the right direction.

I'll put something together on guzzlefish tomorrow, but if Edwin and Brunzell can manage to put together lists of their collections, I'd be very interested.

Eh, I'll buy a just plane "(Y)" shirt. I'd buy the hat, but -- well -- I don't buy hats. And by the way, how the hell do you make the images on the shirts bigger than like 4 inches? All of my attempts to do so have been futile, and when I put something on a shirt I intend on wearing I like it to be big enough so that I can't cover the entire thing up with my thumb. That "I AM SUPERIOR SHIRT" seems to have a big enough phrase on it, but I can't seem to get anything that big. Blargle, maybe I just haven't looked deep enough into it, but I figured it'd be easy enough to just ask here.

Agreed with Tool, but the RHCP essentially peaked with bloodsugarsexmagik and went down from there. I mean, that's one of those things that's not even a matter of opinion -- it's just their best album. However, despite coming down from God-esque levels, Californiacation and By the Way both top Mother's Milk, in my opinion.

The Bends, from what I've heard. Just getting into them though, and I'll admit that a small part of the reason that I didn't go for OK Computer was simply because I knew everyone else was going to pick it, but eh. Go Bends go.

white light/white heat better than the grey album? that's just all kinds of crazy talk. if anything, WL/WH is the weak link in the catalog. aside from "sister ray" and the title cut, the songwriting doesn't hold a candle to their last two albums. and although there's all sorts of wild experimentation, the experiments aren't entirely successful about half the time ("lady godiva's operation" feels more campy than creepy to me, and "the gift" gets pretty boring after repeated listens). I suppose I love it personally because "Sister Ray" is one of the few songs out there that just doesn't get old to me, and it takes up about half of the album. Aside from that, I could definitely see how you could form an argument, but The Velvet Underground & Nico is in my opinion the best of all, so either way the band sort of hit their peak at the beginning of their careers, though the "downward slope" admittedly was almost completely flat. Either way, they did stay very consistant, and... ah hell, I don't know what I'm trying to prove here. I've spoken my opinions, but when it comes down to it they rule, no questions asked, so I'll just leave it at that.

And that's the bottom line.

Huh, if Tarentino was all that bad, I didn't seem to notice. That's for sure. Hey, he couldn't carry a movie by himself, but for that small part, I think he fit the role perfectly, and within his say 10 minutes in the movie delivered some of the funniest quips in the film. "Is there a sign outside my house that says 'Dead Nigger Storage'?"

Oh, and hey, I forgot about the Dandy Warhols! Since they debuted, pretty much all four of their albums have been an improvement on their sound (though one COULD argue that 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia was their peak) and I think it's only a matter of time before they get a much larger fanbase.

Can't believe I forgot the Beatles. Abbey Road definitely isn't my favorite Beatles album, but still, it's a classic, and George, John, Paul, and Ringo most definitely stayed on par with their best stuff even to the very end, though I'm not a HUGE Let It Be fan. As for the Velvet Underground, I'm glad someone mentioned them. They're my second favorite band of all time, and pretty much everything they ever did would fall under the ***** heading. I only didn't mention them because Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat are just so far ahead of everything else, that even with their 3rd and 4th efforts being awesomeawesomeawesome, they could be considered a slight step down for the group. Oh, and hey, I don't know much about the band's history, but what about My Bloody Valentine? Loveless, their second album, was a whole lot better than the first, wasn't it?

Go Danny, Go!

"Helter Skelter," I'd say. It's all really fuckin' close though, but I must say that the top ten includes a whole lotta Harrison contributions, considering that he only submitted less than a quarter of the group's catalogue. He's just the best of the bunch, in my opinion.

*ahem* Excuse me if I'm being rude but... did you just rip that directly from the Rolling Stones' Top 500 Albums Of All Time issue, or what? That's pretty much what it says word for word.