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As Nottingham Newbies thread has started to meander this way let here what Blondite listen to and maybe swap some recommendations for the try before you buy downloaders (I'll grit me teeth).

Try before you buy? I'm in a downloading mood I tend to do the carpet bombing strategy of getting everything and sticking it in a play list.

But that wouldn't work for the common or garden search engine style downloading.

heres mine,

When I was 13 (1986) I was dumbly following the chart music at the time and doing ok with the Smash hits cross word when someone played me Live after Death by Iron Maiden. blew me away and soon had a growing collection of metal albums. AC/DC, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Anthrax, Metallica, Maiden, Slayer, then gradually it got heavier, Nuclear Assault, Napalm Death, Celtic Frost GRRRR >:(

I've mellowed and diversified over the subsequent 18 years and listen to a wide range of Rock and blues based music. I started playing guitar at the time and am not too shabby now. I play in a pop/punk band called FLUFF (not a political activist band) and am in the final straights of my push for fame. the rest of the band are between 18 and 25 but I'm getting a bit old for it all.

If I could recommend one album most of you haven't heard of but everyone should own it'd be Reel Big Fish - Favourite Noise. kinda ska / punk / rock stuff. big horn sectins, wicked sense of umour and really catchy songs. TBYB tracks should be; She has a girlfriend now / She's famous now / sell out / beer.

i like Elvis, and bob dylan, infact alot of 60s stuff.

modern wise i'll stick to madness

Favorite Band - Big Country (as they're not going any more I try to get to gigs by new bands with ex BC band members in, namely Casbah Club, with Simon Townsend & Bruce Foxton, and Dead Men Walking, a supergroup with some great rockers in it).

Don't listen to much by bands who haven't at least 1 dead member, but will admit to being quite impressed by Kaiser Chiefs.

Other favorites: AC/DC, The Alarm, The Skids, The Clash, Atlanta Rhythm Section & Lynard Skynard, and nearly forgot Iron Maiden.

MAIDEN RULES OK.

Adam, being though you have mellowed now from your really appaulling music days.  I can offer you a cheap Bon Jovi album that i have for sale on ebay at the moment - i have attached the link for you  :D.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4761197590&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

what are the maiden rules before i agree to play by them

New emoticon needed - wee smiley holding his/her? nose - code :crapjoke:. Use, Ironsides.

Jam Bun Hovis/ no thanks. guitar oriented rock music is not appauling at all. If I'm jamming along to a CD these days it's all sorts. Stevie Ray Vaughan, AC/DC, Reef Big Fish, John Denver.

Joe Satriani is god and Steve Vai the prince of darkness.

add to that I want your girlfriend to be my girlfriend too
class

Adam, I would suggest you listen to RX Bandits. They are truly awesome. If you take Bob Marley, The Police, The Pistols and Maiden, put them in a jar and shake it up, Out would come RX Bandits. The have a sax and trombone player but rock with the best of them. I bought the album many years ago after seeing them support New Found Glory, I loved them live but hated the album. I saw them again later supporting somebody else and thought I have to listen to this again. Put it on and playde in almost constantly for about 4 months. The last two albums, The resignation and Progress are the best (IMHO). Rock/Punk/3rd wave of Ska at it VERY best.

I noticed you put Reel Big Fish (you actually put Reef Big Fish but i guess it was a typo) They actually toured a lot together in the US. RXB are more serious though. Another great band (who toured with Both) are The Exit. Their first album is great.

More mainstream, The Killers album is spectacular and a band I never wanted to like but are growing on me, Muse. I guess you know them anyway.

By the way, RBF are playing Rock City soon.

I hope to be over for FireFest at Rock City at the end of November, some great rock bands playing although most are "melodic" rock.

I always found the Carpenters somewhat relaxing.



Where did I put my coat please?

Is there a particular RX Bandits LP to go for?

Seen RBF 3 time. the only down side I've found with them is, once you've seen RBF live you've really SEEN them. same show 3 times. the new album is rubbish too. clearly written in the studio against the clock. (look out for bands writing songs about writing songs and lines like, "this is the line about..." "this is the song that..."and "that's a good line to take me to the bridge." dead give away and lazy song writing. Favourite Noise and Cheer Up are good LPs though

I kept getting told to listen to RX Bandits a while back, but never really got on with their stuff to be honest - maybe i just picked some bad tracks.

My taste is just getting bizarrer by the day. Whilst I'm mainly punk orientated I still can't resist sticking on a bit Jazz from time to time and am somehow enjoying the Faithless album that my mate left me the other. Combine that with the fact I work with a Hip Hop/Drum n Bass DJ who constantly gets me to listen to stuff (most of which I like) its pretty hard to find anything I really can't listen to.

Bands worth listening to off the top of my head though - Skirtbox (technical punk - ridiculously good muscians), Postal Service (very unique, chilled accoustic stuff with beats), Strike Anywhere (some nice angry punk). ;D

Ok, I'll take this opportunity to admit I have let the iPod/download era pass me by.  Can someone bring me up to speed or point me to a web site that explains it all in idiot's simplicity?

Do you pay for downloads?  If not is it legal?  If not likelyhood of being nicked.  Best sites etc.

i have a carpenters CD in my car for trips to casino gets me in the right mood for taking chips of red fox and balloo

Hi maroon... you can pay for music on the net at ligimitate places such as windows media online or  http://www.apple.com/itunes.

There are a number of places you can download music free of charge however I won't list them as i'm not sure what the forums stand point is.

As for an ipod you can transfer any music you have on your computer system to it, untill it is full.
You can transfer your cd's to it or other peoples and this is completely legal (no one could prove it was someone else's cd's. The cds are encripted in a particular way so anyone checking would know that the music is from one.

Personally it would be very bad luck at present to be caught downloading illegally, it is up to you whether you risk it. I would say it is much cheaper though.

Windows media charges around 79p a song. Imagining you want 200 albums and each contain 10 songs that is more than 1500 pound.. you could pay nothing...

Oh Adam, whitesnake? you let yourself down there mate.
Though i was into deep purple and rainbow for a while so whitesnake would be crap to me.

Loved Iron Maiden, actually had every album/single they ever made until about '88 then just went off 'em, IMHO their very best stuff was with Paul D'ianno (sp?), killers and iron maiden lp's.
Just as a little known fact if you have these (vinyl) albums and they don't have "fame" in the top right hand corner they're worth a fortune!! as is my run to the hills picture disc ;)

Overall musically i have just about everything and anything, was into punk from the stranglers (before they went pop) to chaos uk and the dead kennedys, doa, stiff little fingers, then skinhead stuff like cock sparrer and sham69 and early skrewdriver.
The jam (weller is a true god), any ska from the original stuff to bad manners.
Dylan, charlie daniels band (i know) madonna (saw her at wembley) smiths, the cure, mondays, inspiral carpets (best intro ever was their track "saturn 5")..........i could go on and on.
Ian

BTW loved blur, much better than oasis

Weller-Agree completely.
Blur.. Oasis are far the better band in my oppinion.. best gig i've ever been to was knebworth, not robbie. Oasis.

For those who like their music heavy, Trivium are an exceptional band.

For those who like their music mellow, Tom McRae is damned good.


And I saw Maiden at Donington. They were absolutely spectacular.

Saw maiden at donnington too... exceptional.

Trivium are playing Rock City just in case you didn't know. ;)

Very interesting didn't pick you lot for the heavier stuff. I am typical think of lad my age(25), i was a britpop child and have never really left. Massive oasis fan in my time (growing tired of them now), pulp, blur etc. Favourite bands now are probably Stone Roses and Joy Division / New Order. Think there has been some good stuff recently Kaiser Chiefs, Killers and particularly good album by bloc party IMO. Also liking the Joy Division esque stuff like Interpol and the new Editors album.

dont forget musical youth guys

now pass the douche on the left hand side

Kasier cheifs are good as well I agree. Clever with the fact that every song on there album is catchy.
Tried to get tickets to see them at leeds town hall in october.. had no luck. Bit dissapointed.

If Trivium are the band I'm thinking of the vocals are too shouty (went off that years ago) but the guitarist were spectacular.

I saw Maiden at Donington in 1988 and 2004 and '88 was WAY better. down hill when Bruce left and never got it back.

Whitesnake. Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody are two of the greatest british guitarists of their generation (and I include blackmore and Page)

at gun point I'd pick Blur over Oasis.

currently listening to;
Green Day
Blink 182
Allister
Reel Big Fish
ACDC
Metallica
Less Than Jake

Bob Dylan's my all time fave. There's no better lyricist in my eyes.

pff

argh blur over oasis again.. well everyone for his own I guess.

Anyone heard Kasabian.. guessing no one in to that sort of music.. but there my fave at the moment.. along with The Music

I love the Kasabian album, my brother lent it to me and its soooo good i haven't given it back!

i saw maiden at new street odeon in brum 3 times, first was 85......excellent, they actually said it was their favourite ever venue (not at the time, in an interview years later) also saw them at the NEC (after the odeon stopped live acts).
Dickinson was not their best vocalist, best frontman/showman yes.
Harris best bassist ever NOT Mark King!!
Not even going there on the whitesnake thing pah

Cool power, I have had 3 copies listened to the other two too many times

have you seen them live? They're playing Leeds/Reading this weekend. I wish i could have gone but i went to V instead.

I have the Kasabian album and went off it very quickly. I don't really know why, it just started to grate, the only song i like now is LSF (lost souls forever). Never really hit off with The Music, tho there is very good instrumental track called "the walls are getting smaller" that i have off a NME compliation.

Yes pal. Seen them 3 times.. first in a place called the rescue rooms in nottingham(before I knew them and they had released a single). A freind took me and I thought they were awesome, a real crap band on before them as well. I wandered what i let my self into. Turned out good though.
Second time was rock-city in nottingham after they released there album, even better gig as more ppl knew who they were. Came out of it with my t-shirt dripping!
Lastly at glastonbury.. awesome.. I'd try and see them man. Brilliant

Hi Adam. I have Favourite Noise and Cheerp Up. Ban The Tube Top ROCKS!!!  Also agreed on the new album, i was so dissapointed. I have seen them a few times, the best being Brixton Academy about 2 years ago. Goldfingre supported and were very good. They did the best version of '99 Red Balloons' !
If you would only listen to one RXB album I guess 'The Resignation'. 'Progress' is marginally more accessible though. They will not be a band you put on and think instantly, 'I love this band' but the more you listen, the more you hear. Bizarrely, I think their best songs are at the end of the albums, not start, which is unusual. The best way to hear  these boys is live or with a GREAT pair of head phones (and loud). (I bought some 'ETYMOTIC-ER4 Micro Pro' earplugs for my ipod, They cost a couple hundred pounds but worth every penny). There is so much going on with RXB,  great musicians. The drummer is maybe the best I have ever heard or seen ( i must have seen well in excess of 1000 bands live). For tracks to look out for, 'Analogue Boy' is great (you  can hear the influeneces of the Police in this one), 'All Rwandas Glory' is very thought provoking and I challenge anyone not to be foot tapping by the end!). My favourite though would be 'decrescendo', awesome drumming that I can not describe in words! (one of the heavier songs though)

Agree on Satriana and Vai but alot of other lesser knowns are great like Andy Timmons and Pete Lesperance. I am not a fan of Blackmores at all. So far up his own behind. Of course Steve Vai and VERY underated is Nuno Bettencourt. All of the guys in Dream Theater are partuclarly talented.

yes, Nuno was great. Dream theater too widdley, along with Malmstein (though Live he was very entertaining)

Will look out for RXB when I'm selling enough shirts to start CD shopping again. the list's getting pretty long.

Rod, I bought a new T shirt last week by one of the bands mentioned above, its a cracker, I'll wear it tomorrow at the TPT you'll all be jealous as............  ;D

kasabian are bloody excellent.

In fact so good i'm gonna go see them tomorrow at reading festival.  :D

Will you do a spot Chesney?

Wonder what they'll want him to sing...

 ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D

Totally agree jammer, enjoy the show  8)

Hehe, I had worse nicknames - when i was in my gigging days, when i had long hair, I got called "steffi". Any ideas why?

I grew up in the grunge era and bit my teeth on soundgarden, alice in chains, pearl jam, screaming trees, etc. (as such AdamM's musical tastes woulda made me shiver.... whitesnake!? Even Vai can't be proud of that...). UK wise Stone Roses were incredible for defining an era - even now Kasabian are heavily influenced by them. Guitar wise I did my time with vai (had coffee with him), satriana, etc, but all their beautifully crafted stuff sounds sort of sanitised due to me roots - although I did spend years learning eugene's trickbag till my fingers bled (you have seen crossroads right?).

Anyhow, to me there is only one guitarist worth idolising anyhow... Stevie Ray Vaughn. A cut above.

lol the way you pounced on Chesney then Red reminded me of a lion leaping on a gazelle at 30mph or a mantis on a passing fly or colchester kev on any poster even suspected of being female ;D

pretty much the same as ifm apart from the Madonna
must be a similar age

All Im saying is, in the early days whitesnake we're a brilliant British Blues band. not talking about when they became an American Hair band.

As for SRV, you'll get no argument from me. It's clearly laid out in my will that Lenny be played and I go through the curtains.

For the guitarists amongst us, Adrian Legg. Traceys Big Moment. actually cried listening to that a couple of times. (and I'm 'ard)

A mixture of very old blues - Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, etc.

and then some very modern bands (Of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Mercury Rev, Robert Randoplh and the Family Band, My Bloody Valentine)

Phwoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar @ Bruce Dickinson.

Why haven't any of you picked Britney????


I have to go for Queen and Bowie - saw Bowie live at NEC last November - and wow!

if we are talking guitarists we can only talk about the greats like the shadows and eric clapton

I too grew up in the grunge era and was crazy about Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumkins, Seen them all several times including at once Pearl Jam in Bradford i was sat on a balcony left of the stage when the bass player got up on his amp (very high) and starting jigging away.  In a moment of utter madness (have them sometimes) i jumped off the balcony and landed on the amp and danced away with the bass player for the whole song. No i am not insance and no i was not on drugs  ;D  Just excited!

At the moment i love Kasabian also, never really went nuts over the album but saw them in nottingham and had such a good time dancing they totally won me! I love Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers (also didnt want to), Foo Fighters, and Ultimately

KINGS OF LEON - Not sure if many people are into them but they are Awesome!! seen them six times now and they blow me away, even went to New York and saw them twice there!  They are 3 brothers and a cousin from Tennessee and you people must check them out! Not your average band.

Wilco's 'a ghost is born', the soundtrack 'the life aquatic', Kings of Leon 'aha shake hearbreak' and Kraftwerk's 'autobahn' are all top of my playlist at the moment.
I noticed The Fall & Death In Vegas on tikay's i-pod, who'd a thought it!

Grunge and specifically Nirvana killed most of the music I grew up with. To be fair it was for the best. It was getting so you had to be a super huma guitarist even to play in a local band, the leather was getting too much and the Hair was getting out of control. Sometimes amazes me that Metallica are pretty much top of the pile now seeing as when I was a teenage metal head, although they were my favourite band they no bugger outside the thrash metal world was even slightly interested.

Trace, Im a big Queen fan too. have the complete vinyl collection and an ability to instantly recognise pretty mush any Brian May chop in one.

lovin the fact that kasabian is being mentioned alot.

Good music choices chilli. when did you see Kasabian?. kings of Leon are awesome, I completely agree. Only seen them once and that in itself makes you want to see them again. Qotsa, brilliant. Don't like there new album as much as past ones but it's still all cool. Foo Fighters like them? Too young to have been a fan in there time for bands such as pearl jam and nirvana although some of there tracks are my favourite songs, Alive by PJ as one example.

Aha shake heartbreak is also top of my playlist at mo Julian, wierd that.

Kings of Leon also great (life aquatic was a great film too Julian. Bill Murray is a comedy god.),

Who'd have thought it. There's some sort of musical consensus broken out on this ol' forum! *

It must be that poker player's have fine, fine tastes.

Jammer out.

* ok, i'm ignoring AdamM's dark past of cheesy metal. He was probably a def-leppard fan too.... [cough]. (just kiddin bro!)

I'm gonna start fallin out with people soon. with out that there is no this.  (I'm not talking about Def Leppard) fans of the current wave of guitar based bands have a lot to thank 80s and 90s rock and metal bands for

heh, just yanking your chain Adam! I was there with my gun's n roses album, miming to slash at one point too.... (and still rate master of puppets).

More interestingly what's the most embarressing album you've ever had? No shame guys. Oust your worst music.

For me its probably between...Jive Bunny and ... guh... jason and kylie [shiver]. No, I have no idea. I was far too young, and can take absolutely no responsibilty whatsoever....

Most awful album anyone bought me for christmas was Europe cant even remember the name of the album! Sure Adam has this in his collection ( American, big hair, tight pants!! hehe).

I bought myself Pan Pipe Moods "featuring the haunting sound of the pan pipes" (REALLY, no shit).  In one of my moments again!

YEY YEY YEY Go Kings of Leon fans.  My estimation on alot of poker players has gone up after hearing other people have as exquisite taste as myself on this matter.

Stoo, only saw Kasabian in June at the Ice Arena.

Richard Clayderman 'In da house!'

Most embarassing hmmm

The Smurfs Xmas album maybe.....

 :o

easy

chas and dave greatest hits

always thought rabbit would make an interesting pop punk coverbut could never convince the band

Rabbit was a mate of mine in the early 70's

He played keyboards with Bad Company.

I'll always remember him turning up on my doorstep one snowy Xmas Eve with a bottle of Southern Comfort

It's all a bit hazy after that, but they do say that if you can remember those years you weren't there.

 ::) ::)

Generally, mixing it with you guys makes me fel a lot younger than I am, but suddenly I feel very old.........

So Dire Straits, Aerosmith, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Scissor Sistors, The B52's, & Eminem don't get me any House Points then? Pah!

The Wombles Greatest Hits........not letting on whether this is my favourite or most embarrasing though!!!

Trace, I went ot both of the Bowie NEC shows, he was just brilliant, great mixture of old and new. I actually happen to love Heathern and Reality. It was around, and after, Ashes to Ashes I lost it. Ziggy is a great Album though, and Aladin Sane etc

Scissor Sisters, Eurythmics, Human League and im ashamed to say Frankie Goes to Hollywood, I queued for tickets for 7 hours when I should of been in school  ;D

Also I have the pleasure of listening to the kids music, which ranges from New Monkey,Britney Spears and Tony Christie, only so many times you can stand "is this the way to amarillo"

worst purchases - too many to mention, one of the perils of being a serial purchaser!
best gig was the Pixies at the brixton academy in 93,
biggest regret was not seeing the Smiths,
most memorable moment was borrowing the Clash's London Calling in 79

did he live in Harlaxton? Canadian guy. also played with Pink Floyd? I'm sure they called him rabbit too. perhaps a coincidence

You're surely a gay man trapped in a womans body. you go girl

I've been accussed of some things but never being a Gay Man!!! Oh well I look foward to playing against you tomorrow I will show you how a Gay Man plays..... :D

no thanks, each to their own ;D

looking forward to it tomorrow. long trip and an early start so I'll have to take on some of the best in the country on 70% brain. no problem there then. what does the game run like for time?

I notice a recent addition to our ranks called 12barblues. perhaps they would like to make their first post a contribution to this thread?

He was American or Canadian. I met him at the old Island studios in Nottiing Hill.

Not sure about Pink Floyd, but he played on the first couple of  Bob Marley albums.

I think his real name was Bundrick or something similar.

sounds familiar, John Bunndrick?

The Guy I met used to drink in The White Swan in Barrowby and drank alot. one day he over heard a conversation about Pink Floyd and butted in claiming to have toured with them. He was a bit Sauced up at the time so no-one paid much attention. next week he turned up with a live Floyd video and, sure enough there he was. Had a big house in Harlaxton near by with a studio set up. sounds like the same guy.

Small world innit

A saw mention of Bowies "Aladdin Sane". Anyone know how that album came to be so named? A weird & horrible story.....

Not sure about the rest Tikay but i do like the happy mondays but they were a bit hit and miss to say the least. Pills, thrills n bellyaches is a classic but alot of the other albums were mediocre. I had the (mis)fortune to see them support oasis back in 2000 on of their comebacks and to be honest they were a shambles. Sean Ryder completely on another planet, I think he had indulged quite a bit that day.

Sean Ryder indul;ged quite a bit EVERY day....

But that Vid they recorded on a rooftop - was it in LA I wonder? - was one of THE greatest.

aladdin sane, not sure where the name came from but wasn't it another incarnation of bowies? another slightly more depraved version of ziggy?
originally it was gonna be called a lad insane, so i guess it was about him thinking he was insane?

You are on the right track (oops) Ian, but not correct.

okay, gonna throw my 'genre' into the mix...

loving the 70's jazz funk rare groove sound....picture the soundtrack to one of John Holmes or early Ron Jeremy masterpieces, or to those unfamiliar with such screen legends, say a Starsky and Hutch movie!!...I'm talking wah wah, hammond organ, way out guitar solo's and downright dirty beats.

to list a few, Bobbi Humphrey, Johhny Hammond, Donald Byrd, Roy Ayres, Mike Longo, Bob James....

quality cheesey tunes - get surfing!....

Also loving a bit of hardcore gansta rap-loving the lyrics, old skool hip hop, as well as one or two modern day 'bands of the moment'....and some main stream stuff too.....basically I like a bit of eveything and the mp3 player is loaded up with about as diverse a mix as you could ever want.

Not spamming here but for music lovers who like to download without file sharing try this:

http://www.allofmp3.com/

Great site - you do pay for the tunes but they are so cheap it's ridiculous - check it out.  I downloaded the whole Coldplay X & Y album last night for my better half for $1.76! - how cheap is that!  No problem with the downloads, select the quality and format you want and you get exactly what you expect - not like some of the file sharing sites.....thoroughly recommend it.  little tip if you do sign up - download the 'explorer' tool - so much easier to dowload multiple tracks.

Dirk  8)

 

hurray for the legal downloader. see, there is another way.

err, $1.76 more than i paid lol

methinks bowies younger brother was 'a lad insane'

Correctomundo Mr Thew, me agrees. I think we have had this converstaion before Tikay, I wouldn't promise it though....
Did YOu nkow the Pixies have reformed Julian? Funnily enough, going back to the start of the link, I went to see Reel Big Fish at Brixton Academy a year or two ago and either four nights before, or four consecutive after, The Pixies played there. every night s a complete sell out. Bowie also did a cover of "Cactus" on his last but one album, Heathern. A great version.

Just been to tesco to get the shopping in, and bought X&Y by coldplay ... I have heard a few tracks on radio/tv etc.

Although i think Chris Martin is a bit of a plank as a bloke, you cant argue with the blokes ability to write and carry a tune... personally I think the track "FIX YOU" will probably be hailed as the bands best ever anthem,  FANTASTIC album.... and they can put that on the advertising blurb for a small fee :)


FANTASTIC ALBUM.. Colchester Kev (Blonde forum 26th August 2005) lol

just downloaded Reel Big Fish, dont turn the radio off

thanks for the tip Adam ;)

enjoying it?

good stuff

X&Y an excellent album but their first effort 'parachutes' is much better.
I saw them when they were a tiny little outfit in 2000 at Newcastle University. - awesome!

OK

Really like 'Kings of Leon' but thought the 2nd album was such a huge leap foreward I cant really see how they can get any better, still can always hope.

Band i'm listening to at the moment  is 'Maximo Park'. well worth a listen.

Probably my all time fav is/was 'Captain Beafheart', stll sounds good to me.

Parachutes is a brilliant album, and apart from oasis, is probably the best debut album ever. I just think X&Y is a more "complete" album, if that makes sense .

That's a bold statement.

yeah, i should have added IMHO ;) and I DID say apart from Oasis :)

hehe. It is a class album so I would deffinately have it in my top ten opener wise.
We all know Oasis's opener is class! Would you say it's the best they have done?

I'd go with Mornining Glory

Guns n Roses Appetite for destruction was/is the best debut album of all time and the sale will back that up 15 million and climbing. awsome album

IMO Definitley Maybe is a better than album than morning glory. It was raw but had a real effect at the time, i think Noel especially to prove at the time and that brought the best out of him. Its all about escapism which can only be expressed when you want to escape from something ie working class manchester. I think they went downhill when the money started rolling in. Morning glory is a good album tho

Greatest debut album is The Stone Roses eponomyous album. A classic no matter how many times you listen to it. I just love the fact that every time it starts i think the sound is off my stereo but its just the intro to I wanna be adored.

Oh they will, trust me! They have written some of it already and it looks to be out early next year.  Cant Wait!

Bought this album when i was.........back then anyway, cost me £6 odd at a time when i was on the YTS earning £28 a week.
Guess what? i fell asleep on the bus and woke up at my stop, jumped off and left it!!
So, the next week did the same journey and bought it again.
Finally get in the house run upstairs and put it on, it is absolutely, unquestionably, definitely..............the WORST album of all time!!
I have never heard such a pile of shite in my life and i bought it twice!!
jeez

wrong

Absolutely have to agree with you there. I had the album as soon as it came out way before they made it big. I see no mention for Velvet Revolver here. At first I didn't think much of it but it has grown on me and is my current favourite driving CD.

Also on my playlist at the mo: Anything AC/DC - The ultimate gods of rock, Scissor sisters, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Alterbridge, Creed, Him, Kid Rock, Pearl Jam & Green Day.

Best Music DVD - has to be S&M by Metallica & Orchestra, yet to find anyone who doesn't like - even my mum thinks it is great! Closely followed by AC/DC's Balls of steel.

Best Guitarist - Joe Satriani - awesome live

yeah, seen Satch 3 times. best was on a G3 tour. Adrian Legg opened and was spell binding. for anyone who doesn't know him and cares he's an acoustic guitarist who, as well as sliding and bending also tunes up and down mid song. hard to explain but it's incredible. Vai was on next and was phenominal. Satriani was his usual amzing self but the encore was Satriani and Vai on stage together cutting heads. enough to make any guitarist cry for a month.

Also worth a mention as I'm sure Luckyblind will agree, Stu Hamms Bass solo, bassed aaround Moonlight Sonata it without question the best piece of bass playing you'd ever see. second time I saw it at Albert hall I actually let a tear go. :'( baby

Second that. Stuff like gun's n roses, great rock album n all, but its albums that are genre defining that are the real classics.

Stone roses is one of them. Hope it stands the test of time.

defo the best list on this thread, astounding choices there love them all!

only one you missed that are amazing - metalica~: saw them twice!

Amazed to see a tribute band featured among so many of you's collection of "faves". How DID Oasis get away with mimicking the Beatles for so long?

And Julian gets the Aladdin Sane / A Lad Insane one correct, sadly the "lad" took his life in terrible circumstances.

Appetite for Destruction was Genre Defining. look at what else was about in 1986. nothing like GnR thats for sure. You fell into one of 3 camps. Metal (Maiden/ACDC/Scorpions/Whitesnake/etc) Thrash (Metallica/Megadeth/Anthrax/Slayer) of Glam (Motley Crue/Kiss/Faster Pussycat/Poison)

GnR came along and although when you first saw a picture of them yuo might assume they were just another LA Sleaze/Glam Band when you listened to it it was so much more. an absolute classic album and as I said, 15 Million Albums sold to date.

One for the 40 year old's.
I was listening to New Order's ceremony on my IPOD last night and distinctly remember owning a cassette with the far better Joy Division version of the song. The only version of Ceremony by Joy Division I have now, seems to have a problem where one of the mic's fail for the first half of the song. Has anybody got any idea what I am talking about? It's sort of bugging me. I can still humm the original version so I think it existed. Its not a figment of my imagination....I think.
(Is it any surprise I am out of form?)

David Lloyd can you help ?

i have the original version by joy division.
i'll see if i can put it up for you and post a link.

Wow.  ;D
You are a hero.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ianstuff/Joy Division - Ceremony (Original).mp3 (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ianstuff/Joy Division - Ceremony (Original).mp3)

This works, can you delete the link when you've done it

i have the live Joy Division version off 'Still' on my i-pod, i'll bring it wednesday if you're desperate....

tx ifm, just listened to your link, much better, i guess it's off a compilation?

Am I the only Dylan fan on here?!?!

I have the Joy Division version on my I-pod too..... (SHUT IT Thewy).

I hope so ;)

blonde on blonde & blood on the tracks feature every now & again at thew towers....i'm sure tk has it on his i-pod too  ::)

Yup, I got them as well.

I managed to fall into all three groups! Although now I have mellowed and only listen to Metallica from thr Thrash group now. All of the Glam & Metal still gets a turn in my CD Player.

Stu Hamms Bass Solo was the best I have ever seen, Although for entertainment value Gene Simmons comes close!

Kindrid spirit Mike 8)

Okay. Just havin a quick look on mi ipod here.

This is what dominates:

Smashing Pumkins
U2
Greenday
The Doors
Nirvana
The Who
Ramones
Charlatans

Tell me I'm not still alone.  :-[ :'( :-\

I can agree with 4 of them


U2
Greenday
Nirvana
The Who

 :D

just greenday from that list for me

Green Day, after thrashing around for a good few years, seem to be the new band of the moment. Eight Nominations for the MTV Awards, seven "gongs".  Obnviously, the whole thing is rigged, but with the marketing muscle of the big record labels, & MTV on side, clearly Green Day are gonna get a lot more exposure now. No bad thing, either.

Greenday, GREENDAY????? Thats it Tone, you've gone too far, Im having none of it

Watch 'em Tom, especially the lead singer (completely over the top) and the drummer.

What about Madness, can't be beaten with so many hits:
One Step Beyond
My Girl
House of Fun
Madness
Prince
Nightboat to Cairo and many more
Their new CD out is pretty good too.
 ;D

Great selection snoopy.

Was that what they used to play down at laserquest?

new band! I think I got my hands on my first green day album in 1994 - dookie. Green day are old warhorses now ;)

yeah i had em all years back, then they disappeared ???
the who are awesome, proper band years ahead of their time as with the kinks

Green Day? My post should have read

"...are the new "Band of the Moment".

Wake up Jammer.....

I know a dyslexic pimp that bought a warhorse

you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper? He sold his soul to santa...

Dyslexic atheist .... he didn't believe in dog :)

In the most unlikely event ever (considering neither band were still together 18 months ago) I've just seen my two favourite bands, The Pixies and The Wedding Present,  playing the same stage on the same day at the Leeds Festival.  Quite a day!

A few other bands on my list:
The Strokes
The White Stripes
Kings of Leon
Pavement / Steven Malkmus
Belle & Sebastian
The Delgados
Drugstore
plus just about all the indie stuff from 1989 - 1995, although the standard dropped as it gradually became Britpop.

Best album of all time - The Stone Roses debut album without a doubt.

Album I currently can't stop listening to: 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' by Neutral Milk Hotel.  Someone with similar tastes to me recommended it a while back.  I had to buy it from the States as I couldn't find it over here.  Boy, was it worth it.  Bizarre, beautiful, haunting, disturbing and addictive - all at the same time!

Sheriff

or the Dyslexic devil worshiper who sold his soul to Santa

or the Dyslexic pimp who bought himself a warehouse

Dyslexia rules KO

so there's two Dyslexics on a ski slop, arguing about whether you zig zag or zag zig. they stop a guy and ask him and he says
"no good asking me mate, I'm a tobogganist."
"That's a stroke of luck, I'll have 20 Benson & Hedges and a box of matches please."

BOOM BOOM :)

or should that be moob moob ;)

Dyslexic Insomniac agnostic- stayed up all night worrying if there really was a dog?
Dyslexic finds a box and on close inspection it say dymanite on it, he picks it up and.......BNAG

Just watched Green Day on KERRANG

I take it all back

Went to see Green Day at the MK Bowl in the summer. Great band, great live. A real highlight of the year


Currently on my IPOD playlist of the moment:

Hard-Fi
Kings of Leon
The Bravery
Muse
Turin Brakes

all time favorites, in no particular order

REM
Waterboys (all time best gig ever at Rock City Nottingham back in my student days)
U2
Manics
The Who
The Smiths

and loads more

I was there on the saturday . very good live

Red-Dog watches KERRANG?

Wow - now I AM impressed. Kudos to the Dog!

Ahhhh the Waterboys ... The whole of the moon ..  i defy anyone to listen to that and not start foot tapping or whistling along with it .. great track.

Nice post Cochester.

right, I have to organise a gig with my band for Blondites to attend

incidently how many musicians do we have here that would get up on stage and play a few songs. I'm thinking about the P4C Nottingham jobbie in December. I know we have Phil who's a bass player and Phil_and who's a drummer. Me on guitar. Red plays. who else we got

believe it or not, I can sing. Was once lead choral scholar at school and often get up with amateur bands at local do's

no, seriously!

stop laughing

my repertoire stretches from Make me Smile by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel through Have I told you lately by Van Morrison through Sweet Child of Mine and er, that's it!

I am sure flushy once told me that there are a lot of players who regularly play with their organs.

if we put a one off blonde covers band together would you like to sing a couple then?

my karaoke speciality is a rather good (although i do say it myself)  rendition of Common people by Pulp :)

of course, if the weekend coincides with one without my kids, I'd love to

sorry guys you have lost me

so the final desion was that the carpenters was the best band
elvis the best singer
bob dylan best song writer
and the shadows and eric claypton the best guitarest


i hope that sums up this thread

no, it's just started. we have a band forming here

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft......Now you're talikng!!!!

well during junior leaders i was in the marching band so where do you want me?

the song i play on my car radio as i drive upto the casino it just seems apt in some way

oh and "the carnival is over" as i drive away

I say goodbye to Love.......


In more ways than 1

A few times in my life I have done thngs which bought me great happiness, or sadness, or both, & for which I ummed & arred for ever before actually starting. One related to a young lady whose home I drove past nightly, & I always wanted to go & knock on her door, da de da de da. And I did, followed by exquisitye happiness & terrible sadness, you know how these things go sometimes.

So, for some time now, I have been thinking of.......well, today sums up blonde, such a nice atmo on here, and last night, a great bunch, all finding out about each other, and having a ball, no nastiness at all. Well, anyway, I kinda keep thinking that we should have a sort of "blonde bash" maybe annually, just after Christmas perhaps (I don't "do" Christmas), and we all get together one night, & the musicians come & do their bit, and Red tells a few stories, maybe a few SNG's, we make a few Awards - "blonde of the Year", "Best Post", "Best achevement by a blondeite", "Worst Player" (excluding Ariston), bring the partners along.......

Will I live to regret this post?

I might be a bit late here, but I was at Reading festival, so it isn't my fault.

Has anyone here tried Audioscrobbler (it seems to have become recently merged with last.fm), it keeps track of everything you listen to on your PC and makes charts and things:

http://www.last.fm/user/bongokingbaby/
that links to my profile so you can see what rubbish i listen to :)

As to downloading tracks, i'd avoid allofmp3.com, it's legallity is in doubt and i'd rather not pay the russian mafia for something that isn't legal. Since I found napster My CD collection has grown from about 15 (and no real interest in any) to hundreds and always wanting more, mostly from smaller bands that don't get a lot of airtime/promotions.

RX bandits are great, although they did try to chat up my GF in rock city after they played  :D

Does anyone else like Sublime? I'd heartily recommend them, a sort of mash up of punk, ska, dub and many other things i guess  ???

Other bands worth a listen (off the top of my head):

Rilo Kiley
Piney Gir
Buck 65
MC Lars (literate Hip Hop, he does versions of MacBeth (called Rapbeth) and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven".
The Weakerthans
The Postal Service (great electronic pop).
Bright Eyes (and the more rock side project Desparacidos)
Manu Chao

Also a great album i found a few weeks back is "Rock Swings" by Paul Anka (60's crooner covers rock songs, it's like a serious version of Richard Cheese)

I think I should stop, i'll go on all week otherwise  :D

What a fantastic idea about a "do". Hope Red Dog has a trophy cabinet big enough!!!

What foir, "Best Impression of Freddie Mercury", or "Worst Hair Job"?

Im a head banger at heart, but I love the lyrics to these

Bett Middler      The Rose

Dolly Parton       I will always love you

Bob Dylan         Mr Tamborine Man

Meatloaf           All of his

Merle Haggard   Old Dogs and Childeren

Dire Straits        Romeo and Juliette

Frank Sinatra     My Way

Marty Robbins   My Woman My Wife

Rod Stewart    I was only joking

Mac Wiseman   Put my little shoes away

Eva Cassidy      Over the Rainbow (I have never listened to it without crying)

Hank Williams    Cold cold heart

Mel Hauge       The Winner

My Mam           Mountains of Morn

Ramones          Substitute

Absolutley fantastic idea in principle ... but i dont envy the organiser ...can you imagine the "I cant do that date/can we have it here, rather than there" type posts.. and the endless polls lol ... This is where your leadership skills will be tested Tikay old chap, You need to come up with a date and venue well in advance, and then those that can come will come , and those that cant will have to wait until next time...TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS ...and as you say JDI !!!

i'll organise the do if you want tony

Let's wait a while to test the water Cochester.

And I douibt if I have time to arrange such a thing single-handed, but let's see what the peeps think first.

If we have a 'do'  I'm singing and thats it, I don't care how much talent is there, you've got to have it

Well THAT swings it then - a "blonde bash" it is!

nice and central please

and I'll happily help organise the music / band / guest vocal spots

i can just see Red dog in a freddie mercury type lycra jump suit belting out the hits of marc almond, frankie goes to cricklewood, and ending with a duet with ironside ...doing their rendition of that proclaimers classic ..letter from america  ;D

Then again - let's forget it......

Funny, but as a rule, I hate do's, or anything with lots of people and alcohol, and I avoid them like the plauge (Zell says I don't like enjoying myself) but I think we could pull this one off)

Sounds an excellent idea, if tikay hasn't banned me by then  :-\

Anything I can do to help just drop me a PM.

Ang x

Sounds like a plan.

I nominate Vegas as the location......

In all honesty though, I have seen these things go tits up very quickly, don't want to be a wet blanket, but you know what I mean

Am I worrying too much?

I'm with Red, I HATE "do's", avoid them like the plague, and lots of peeps, & alcohol, but this is different........

Meanwhile

ATTENTION OF IRONSIDE

On Channel Five, RIGHT NOW, "The Karen Carpenter Story - until 5.30pm. Ironside could double the viewing figures.

seen it 4 times before

ok now you are being stupid  ;D

i would suggest somewhere like birmingham as a venue it is quite central and most of us can get there in under 3 hours (even if it means flying) we have a choice of casinos that we can sort out a private tourny in plenty of quailty hotels and in janurary they will being delighted to host a do and to wrap it all up there is a few lapdancing clubs

the other location would be london but birmingham is a cheap night out than london

woohooo I can go lapdancing with ironside  ;)

women will they never learn

while the men are at the lap dancing you ladies will be doing the dishes and making the tea

You guys missed a couple.....

What does DNA stand for? - National Association of Dyslexics.

The Dyslexic drinker - died after choking on his own vimto.

 ;D

Edit to take out spelling mistake - not a good move when making dyslexia jokes  ::)

TUT, i suppose you will let Davey go

depends who wears the trousers in your realationship

Birmingham, or, & not just because I live close by, Nottingham - both are roughly "Central" in the UK, have good road & air links, & are much cheaper than London.

And we would need to keep the cost down - not everyone can afford too much, & it would be intended to be for everyone, not just the "deep pockets".

If blonde is going well, I am sure we would chip in a few bob too.

I would have thought East or West Midlands too, and I'm a fair way away from either

Anything with good transport links, a reasonably priced hotel nearby and a good function room

January will be good value, quietest time of the year for those guys

and I echo earlier sentiments...set a date and location and if you can make it, great. Let's avoid polls etc...too many people to satisfy everyone!!

tikay nottingham doesnt have good air link from other uk destinations try flying somewhere in the uk from notts you wont get far

btw if we had it at the village hotel in walsall i could arrange B&B in the hotel for £27.50 per person, i know a quiet room where we can set up some poker and they have big reception room where we could eat drink and dance and i could sort us out a good deal on that (as long as i dont mention the casino seemingly 2 months ago they got a crowd in the hotel from the casino that used a non smoking conference room as a drinking den it reeked in the morning and they are still hunting the culprits down)

Do they have any idea who the villains were? (tut some people)

Tikay: Bloody great idea, yes you may live to regret it though the rest of us won't. I hate do's as well, remember I turned up late at the Gala and left early, but this will be an extension of a casino buffet with knobs on, not just "a do". Suggest you get "soundings" with ironside and polls only if you really really have to. Midlands looks fav I suppose.

Rod Paradise best edit of the day pize - "Edit to take out spelling mistake - not a good move when making dyslexia jokes"

Ladies and gentlemen ... Mr. Kenny Rogers

The Gambler

On a warm summer?s evenin? on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin? out the window at the darkness
?til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, son, I?ve made a life out of readin? people?s faces,
And knowin? what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don?t mind my sayin?, I can see you?re out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I?ll give you some advice.

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you?re gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold ?em, know when to fold ?em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s done.

Now ev?ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin?
Is knowin? what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
?cause ev?ry hand?s a winner and ev?ry hand?s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he?d finished speakin?, he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold ?em, know when to fold ?em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s done.

You got to know when to hold ?em, know when to fold ?em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count you r money when you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s done.

Now tell us Kenny, are Dollys t**s real?

You got to know when to hold 'em

You're a funny man Rob, LMAO

... and that coming from the master, praise indeed.

Beautiful. Thank You.
(I couldn't bring myself to delete the link though)

   Cant beat a good compilation in my view, and especially if ya choose the songs and order they even play, i mean, a bit of everything, that has to be best of the best, no reasoning, but depending on ya choices ya said so far, i wanna take ya to a bit of a rock path i was sort of following in my day,
                       Track 1 Guns N' Roses - Paradise City.
                       Track 2. She sells Santuary    The Cult
                       Track 3. 18 and Life              Skid Row
                       Track 4. Paranoid         Black Sabboth
                       Track 5. Wasted in America   Love/Hate
                       Track 6 Only living boy in new cross   Carter USM
                       Track 7. Get in the ring          Guns n Roses
                       Track 8  Dont stop believing     Journey
                       Track 9  Nothing else matters   Metallica
                       Track 10  Lets get rocked      Def Leppard
                       Track 11 A kind of Magic    Queen
                       Track 12 is a special one for me, as i have been influenced by this group from a young age, and would love nothing more than to select this song for the final song on this compelation to after all the rocking noise of the some what old gits now, here is another 1, well 5 to be exact, and this is Hotel California   From the Eagles

   Will get ya each and every song on this too if ya want em , wouldnt take long i dont think, just give ya a link to url in my pc i guess, would that work? bit noobish on pc's me still ya see:)

this thread has come back from the ether....!

Dom...love your track 2!!

I like the whole track listing but rock fans like us are in the minority here I'm afraid Dom

Nope, im with you.

Apart from 1,9, 11, & of course 12, which is one of THE greatest & most timeless tracks ever laid down, I would rather listen to Thee from Thine singing than listen to that lot.

Oh, & why not add "Lucky You" by the Lightning Seeds?

"Lucky Man" by The Verve would suit you Tikay

Explanation please T-E. I cant abide The Verve, so it's not a track I'm familiar with. But if it's just the title, well, you are SO right!

I was being complimentary.

It seems to me you have a great time, in lots of ways, so the title of that song says it all

Of course, it could be said to be valid for your poker skills too....but I wasn't actually suggesting that. This time!

Ah, gotcha T-E, I was maybe looking for some subtle meaning that was not there.

Me a Lucky Man? Too right, the world's luckiest, & don't I know it. Life has been good to me, & so has poker.

any time things go against me i listen to this (http://uk.geocities.com/scottish_ironside/DontLetThosePeopleGetYouDown.mp3)

olde england is dying is better kev,...great song

they play the whole of the moon up her every bloody day and after the 100th time it wears...ruined the song for me

anyone know of a free wedhost with a decent amount of bandwidth available?

always loved this song... its off "color of money" the bit where tom cruise is hustling the black guy with the cowboy hat!

It just makes you smile... Warren Zevon - WereWolf in London

Fantastic!

At-iT

try this if unable to listen from other location (http://uk.geocities.com/scottish_ironside/DontLetThosePeopleGetYouDown.mp3)

try this link while we are quiet

great song (http://uk.geocities.com/scottish_ironside/DontLetThosePeopleGetYouDown.mp3)

none of those links work

dont know why it works for me

if you want the song pm me your email address i'll send it

maybe it's linked to the track on your puter but i get:-

 We're sorry, but this page is currently unavailable for viewing. Please try again later, or search Yahoo! GeoCities for other pages that interest you.

I just wanna know what it is, dunno about email, doubt if my security will allow me to pick up big files thru mail.
What's the full title and artist?

artist frank robb track dont let those people get you down track 4 on album watching time

As suggested by Adam, about a million pages back in this thread......here goes (ignoring the obvious like Hendrix/ The Who/ Led Zep, etc.) and in no particular order:

Blind Willie McTell
Mississippi John Hurt
John Lee Hooker
Rory Gallagher
Martin Simpson
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
Willie Nelson
Michael Hedges
John Martyn
Ry Cooder
Jon Strong (what do you mean you've never heard of him!)

And.....TOM WAITS...........

I'm still working on my own masterpiece. It mixes the chordal complexity of Status Quo with the intelligent lyrics of Marc Bolan and the classical melodic sensibility of Sid Vicious, made perfect by being performed  with the boyish good looks of Keef Richards.

And my poker skills are even worse  :-[

IMHO, Bob Dylan is the greatest musician alive today.

Snoopy, have you heard any Jack Johnson yet? just asking you as a Dylan fan

No, never heard of him. Who is he?

Talented singer songwriter from the US. Compared by some to Dylan. Not that accurately, but worth checking out mate