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Johnny Burnette - Tear It Up
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There. Fixed it.
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
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You guys know you want it... 😂
Captain and Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
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Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Gimme Danger
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Baby Metal - Gimme Chocolate!
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Cheap Trick - How Are You?
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Marilyn Manson - Are you the Rabbit?
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I say Meg White formerly from the White Stipes. It's 2023, you guys...
More seriously, I love those guys, and I respect their decision whatever it is, but part of me wishes they would let Rush rest in peace.
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8 hours ago, smallstonefan said:
Mine too Craig! First concert also in 1977. 🤘
As odd as it may seem, I never got to see KISS until 2014, after we moved in Vegas.
Creatures of the Night is the album that made me a fan, although by the time I heard it, they'd just taken the make up off. My interest was moving towards heavier music and KISS was moving in an entirely different direction. I still loved the old stuff and some of the newer material, but I didn't care to see them.
By the time of the reunion tour, my interest had completely waned. But for some reason, around the time we moved to Vegas in 2012, I really got into their music again. And this city has remained synonymous with KISS for me ever since. I knew I was home down here when I discovered the old KISS Mini Golf in the winter of 2013-14. I even smiled for the occasion!
Then there was KISS Night and all - most of the people and musicians I'm friends with here are massive KISS fans. It's strange to think how many things seem to hinge on KISS and their music - the opportunities I was given, the people I've met, the direction my life took...
The music I write and record is world away from theirs, but they remain a tremendous source of inspiration.
I wish I could have seen them in the early days, between 74 and 77. But I am happy to at least have experienced some of the magic. For a few hours, I was a kid again, jumping and singing along like an idiot. For the rest, there's KISSology.
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25 minutes ago, craigb said:
Although I had a VERY short time playing live in a band, a few of the April Wine songs were definitely in the rotation.
I think listening to their discography might be just the ticket for today! (I only fell asleep at 7:30 pm and am now up and starting to work at 1:30 am! Go figure...)
Been living on this side of the clock for the last 3 years. Going to bed at 10:30 in the morning, up at 6:20 pm, and working from 7 to 4. Technically, my shift is 10 to 7, but the team is based on the east coast and this works even better for me.
Even on my days off and during vacation, I keep to this night schedule - and honestly, I've never slept better (and that much) in my life.
The only thing that sucks is that this forum is a little quiet until the folks from the other side of the Atlantic wake up. Then I can play the song association game with Pwal...
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This one hits me hard. I discovered them late, but April Wine has been a huge part of my life for the last few years. Their album First Glance in particular - it is played at least once or twice a month, on my nights off.
I'd been following him for a few years on Facebook, and that's where I learned in March that he was retiring from performing with April Wine, although he remained involved with the band. He was still performing with his acoustic trio, their last show in October if I remember correctly. He was quite active on Facebook until mid November.
His last post was a song of his called "Will the Last Voice I Hear Be An Angel?"
He was 75.
In true Canadian fashion, I learned the news from a post by Alex Lifeson of Rush.
I'll be rocking First Glance and a lot more tonight.
RIP Myles and thanks for all the music.
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Marilyn Manson - The Fall of Adam
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Traditional Jewish Music- Ma Adam (a most fascinating song)
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Adam Sandler - The Hanukkah Song
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I knew I could count on you, brother!!!
I was barely done closing that chapter of my life that they were announcing the avatar BS.
Don't misunderstand me - I was expecting this - but I thought they'd let the real fans put their memories to rest. At least for a few months. Weeks. Days...
They couldn't even let us have that.
2 hours. That's all they gave us.
2 hours!!! Even in the most capitalistic environment, that would probably be considered heartless.
Concession stands were at the gates even before we were even let in to say our goodbyes. F*ck 'em.
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49 minutes ago, Grem said:
My first. Learned just about every song on there. Learned it on some strat type guitar. Don't remember the name. But the amp I had was a small Kalamazoo!!
Randy Rhoads set the bar pretty high, and I'm not particularly talented, so learning to play those songs properly was and remains a challenge. I was just looking at a video taken a few years ago - an attempts at playing the Over the Mountain solo (the solo that made me want to play electric guitar) and I cringe. 40 years later, and I'm not there yet. But I keep at it. I am getting closer to properly playing the Mr. Crowley solo too.
Part of me does envy those kids on Instagram who seem to be able to play Vai and Malmsteen before the doctor's even done wiping the placenta off their face. Part of me is glad that I struggled so hard for every note and every little thing I've learned. That's how music becomes part of your soul.
Anyway, I went on to study classical guitar because of Rhoads - and I played the intro to Diary of a Madman for my audition. A few months later, I learned Leo Brouwer's Etude 6, and understood my guitar teacher's smile.
Ironically, I got the most mileage out of the pentatonic scale, which I picked up from the solo in I Don't Know on Blizzard of Ozz - that's the song that unlocked the whole blues thing for me. Suddenly, everything made sense. So I guess I owe Randy my love for the blues, too.
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It's always strange to think that that first vinyl cost me approximately $13 back in the days. In 1983, the minimum wage was $4 back home.
Besides the price, one could factor in the long walk to and from the mall in the freezing cold of the Canadian winter, the time spent browsing and choosing the record you wanted to spend all that money on, the anticipation, and everything that made getting a new album such a fantastic experience. You were committing to that album in many ways, often without the option of even hearing it before you purchased it. Back home, anyway...
40 years later, you can order the CD for the same price I paid the vinyl back then (less than an hour's wage in 2023) and have it delivered to your doorstep the next day.
Or you can just buy it for even less on iTunes - that is, if you're one of the few people who still buys music.
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40 years ago almost to the day I bought Diary of a Madman, my very first LP - and my life was changed.
Since then, I have purchased more copies of that album than any other, in almost every format, the more recent being the Legacy Edition CD, 10 years ago, and again, coincidentally, almost to the day (11/27).
Tonight, I logged in to work and found a gift card in my inbox. My first thought was: vinyl. The second was: Diary of a Madman.
The O in OCD stands for Ozzy I guess.
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I call this one a study in contrasts: James Taylor > Corey Taylor, singer for Slipknot
Slipknot: People = Sh*t
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Back OT.
James Taylor - Blossom
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I second the feeling. Can't stand that guy. Admittedly, he's aged a little more gracefully, but Robert Smith still RULES.
Who else could have delivered us from Mecha-Streisand? Certainly not Morrissey.
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Rewatched Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht yesterday and that's definitely one very particular soundtrack. Creepy to the point where it's difficult to say you like it but in terms of doing its job, it is phenomenal.
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One of the most important words in the English vocabulary.
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17 minutes ago, pwal said:
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State of the Art Sound system in the Las Vegas Sphere
in The Coffee House
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A real eyesore if you ask me...
Just kidding, I wouldn't know. I never leave home. I've seen photos that friends back home posted on Facebook - I wasn't even aware of that thing before that.
Heck, I've not even seen the completed Allegiant Stadium. I think we have a football team now, and the local hockey team is doing relatively well if I understand correctly.