Rain

Accept - Dogs on Leads

Black Sabbath - Disturbing the Priest (from an underrated album, IMHO).

Judas Priest - Love Bites (this must be like Double Jeopardy, right?)

English not being my native language, LOTS of them, although I got a whole lot better after living here for a while.

Things would get a little crazy when we would cover songs and I had to figure out the words - before the days of internet, and without anyone who natively spoke English to help, if they weren't printed on the sleeve, I was left to figure out what I could and extraoplate the rest. Which was embarassing, but, I had to sing something...

I remember reading a John Lennon biography in 1990 and the author was saying that in the early days, when Lennon could not understand the lyrics of a song they were covering, he would just make up his own (sometimes completely absurd).  That was then end of my complex. The things I sang (and mumbled) on stage from that point on, man... lol

Oddly enough, maybe because Diary of a Madman was the very first album I ever bought and it had the lyrics printed on the sleeve, I developed a knack for understanding Ozzy's lyrics. I was fluent in Ozzy before I was fluent in English.

Ozzy Osbourne - No Easy Way Out

Robert Trapper - No Easy Way Out. 

On 8/27/2022 at 9:13 PM, craigb said:

@Rain

Hey, being Canadian, have you ever listened to the best Prog band from there (that's not named Rush)?

I'm referring to the Mystery.  I listen to them much more than Rush and I like Rush!

Here's one example album (I love Snowhite!): 

 

I will have to check them out. I am not familiar with them at all.

Accept - Midnight Mover

Faith No More (Theme from) Midnight Cowboy

Huge fan. The irony is that I am not typically a fan of "prog" music (there are exceptions) but there's something about their music that just gets me on an emotional level.

I have never paid much attention to how clever their music is, although I guess it is - and they are terrific musicians. But that's the last thing I would think about when I am listening to them. But if I sit here and think about it, yeah, these are some rather sophisticated tunes.

And speaking ofg Lenny going digital...

Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

Back on topic - The Sisters of Mercy, Walk Away.

1 hour ago, craigb said:

Cure - Fascination Street  (just kidding! 😁)

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

 

I actually had the link ready to post but I figured it'd be more interesting to hear what you guys would come up with.

Hadn't heard this one in a few years. He was an inspiration back when I started recording and I was really into retro, analaog stuff. And then he transitionned to digital right  when I did...

Chris Cornell - Follow My Way 

11 hours ago, Old Joad said:

These are cool. 🙈

And 🙊

And 🙉

 

They are indeed!

I go through phases every now and then when I like to rewatch all those Maiden shows and docs, these included. They're among my favorite musical documentaries. Fascinating to see how Harris kept those detailed diaries, too.

Back when I got into heavy metal, in the little twon where I lived, Behind the Iron Curtain and Video Pieces were pretty much the only metal music VHS you could rent. Then Live After Death came out. I guess that made the visual aspect of the band very important for us, even though I never got to see them.

Marillion - Cinderella Search

Cinderella - Nobody's Fool.

I always though it was a bit sad that they were put into that hair band category - they were essentially a terrific bluesy, rock and roll band.  Lots of talent.

4 hours ago, craigb said:

I don't even care that I just posted that one about a page ago; it's my favorite Cure song! 🙂

And I'm pretty sure I liked that post!

The Cure - Fascination Street

Loverboy - Gangs in the Street

Van Halen - Mean Street

Y&T - Mean Streak 

Badlands - Sun Red Sun

Alice Cooper - Public Animal #9

I've always felt that I'd worry that I would end up broke if I had "only" one million.  More so than with just a somewhat decent, average income.

Having money is expensive.

That being said, in this economy, I'm not sure one million should be considered money. I'd probably start worrying at around 20-30 millions...