One-Album Wonders

[Ryosuke]

dollybeadz said:

Gravy or custard?

Think very carefully before you answer

(hint: don't say both!)

I like both.

That only makes me a culinary moron, not a musical one, right?

Oh, and Nelson.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

Wouldn't you like to know.

[Galactus]

My top ten

1. Dr. Hook
2. Led David Zeppelin Bowie
3. Asia
4. Air Supply
5. Bob Dylan
6. Queensryche
7. Quiet Riot
8. Janet Jackson
9. Poco
10. Taco

[Ryosuke]

You forgot Nelson.

[KooL]

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

[limitdeditionlayla]

kmc said:

I think Zach Braff is a tool.

The Gospel According to Sexiness.

I agree. Zach Braff has the kind of face I want to punch. We would've discovered the Shins for ourselves eventually thank you! And Scrubs is only funny when the cute black doctor or the crazy janitor have scenes. Word.

[luke]

Wow, I know tons of people who love Bowie and Zep, that either/or shit makes no sense.

[KooL]

Bowie and Zep are two of my favourite artists. I know of another 3 people who feel the same. PEW is full of shit.

[Paul]

I like both too...but....I'm not a fanatic. I can take both in small doses. I agree w/ Ken when he says LZ is one of the most over rated bands out there. They're talented, but I'm just not that into them (Less LZ1 and LZ3).

Bowie, I'm still getting into...some of it really is amazing, but some just gets on my nerves. Neither LZ or Bowie would make my top 20.

[kmc]

limitdeditionlayla said:

kmc said:

I think Zach Braff is a tool.

The Gospel According to Sexiness.

I agree. Zach Braff has the kind of face I want to punch. We would've discovered the Shins for ourselves eventually thank you! And Scrubs is only funny when the cute black doctor or the crazy janitor have scenes. Word.

But we never got back to that whole sitting on my face thing.

[loudaab]

The Invisible Bowie-Zeppelin line
I have a theory that there exists an invisible line between David Bowie fans and Led Zeppelin fans. I say this in part because I've never met anyone (whose musical opinion I actually VALUE anyway) who puts BOTH Bowie and Led Zep on their short list of Greatest Rock Artists of all-time. Ofcourse now that I say this, I'm sure there are 500 contrarians lined up to shoot this theory down like a lead zeppelin. But take myself for instance, I put Led Zep in my top 10 (roughly, I mean I really dont have a list, but if I was forced to come up with one, they would definately be in the top ten). With Bowie however, although I admit he has recorded some good/interesting stuff, there is no way I'd put him anywhere near my top Twenty.

And over the years I have seen/felt/heard/smelt and tasted this same sort of sentiment in other Rockists. They either lean toward Led Zep or they lean toward Bowie. But never both. And there are several reasons for this. One reason is that certain Rockists think if an artists is concentrating alot on fashion like Bowie was (or Prince for instance) then it must distract that artist from concentrating on the actual music. Yet other Rockists argue that thinking alot about your image actually focuses an artists on what they are trying to achieve and makes their music better.

Then another theory is based on the fact that many Rockists (old school rockists in particular) believe that your music collection is an extention of your manhood. A band like Led Zep personifies the kick you in the teeth, stick a squid up a chick's coochie, expose your chest-hair cock rock attitude that male teens of the 70s thought they should emmulate if they wanted to get laid. While Bowie ofcourse has this sorta sensative, space artist, overt androgenity thing-a-ma-hooie that teen girls of the 80s thought their dream boyfriends should have. In otherwords it is perfectly acceptable for a Rockist to become sexually arroused watching Robert Plant stick his wang in your face or at Jimmy Page fingering his six string like a a teenage boy uncovering the mysteries of masterbation for the first time or watching John Bonham pound on the skins like a drunken sailor pounding on a 2-bit harbor whore after 3 months at sea. But getting aroused while watching David Bowie crawling about like a spider is just weird. Bowie fans ofcourse will argue that Led Zep fans are simply headbanging hippy meatheads who are so homophobic that they can't even admit that they like two ABBA songs--and make no mistake about it, everyone likes at least two ABBA songs, even if you secretly have to listen to them on your car stereo with the windows rolled up (Led Zep fans are actually somewhat famous for getting caught with an ABBA album in their pocession and blaming an ex-girlfriend for leaving it at their apartment).

So then, in conclusion, unless you are a record store owner, being a Led Zep completist AND a Bowie completists just isnt possible. (By the way, this rule only applies to Americans).

blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewCategory&FriendID=66316956&BlogCategoryID=15

[KooL]

loudaab said:

The Invisible Bowie-Zeppelin line
I have a theory that there exists an invisible line between David Bowie fans and Led Zeppelin fans. I say this in part because I've never met anyone (whose musical opinion I actually VALUE anyway) who puts BOTH Bowie and Led Zep on their short list of Greatest Rock Artists of all-time. Ofcourse now that I say this, I'm sure there are 500 contrarians lined up to shoot this theory down like a lead zeppelin. But take myself for instance, I put Led Zep in my top 10 (roughly, I mean I really dont have a list, but if I was forced to come up with one, they would definately be in the top ten). With Bowie however, although I admit he has recorded some good/interesting stuff, there is no way I'd put him anywhere near my top Twenty.

And over the years I have seen/felt/heard/smelt and tasted this same sort of sentiment in other Rockists. They either lean toward Led Zep or they lean toward Bowie. But never both. And there are several reasons for this. One reason is that certain Rockists think if an artists is concentrating alot on fashion like Bowie was (or Prince for instance) then it must distract that artist from concentrating on the actual music. Yet other Rockists argue that thinking alot about your image actually focuses an artists on what they are trying to achieve and makes their music better.

Then another theory is based on the fact that many Rockists (old school rockists in particular) believe that your music collection is an extention of your manhood. A band like Led Zep personifies the kick you in the teeth, stick a squid up a chick's coochie, expose your chest-hair cock rock attitude that male teens of the 70s thought they should emmulate if they wanted to get laid. While Bowie ofcourse has this sorta sensative, space artist, overt androgenity thing-a-ma-hooie that teen girls of the 80s thought their dream boyfriends should have. In otherwords it is perfectly acceptable for a Rockist to become sexually arroused watching Robert Plant stick his wang in your face or at Jimmy Page fingering his six string like a a teenage boy uncovering the mysteries of masterbation for the first time or watching John Bonham pound on the skins like a drunken sailor pounding on a 2-bit harbor whore after 3 months at sea. But getting aroused while watching David Bowie crawling about like a spider is just weird. Bowie fans ofcourse will argue that Led Zep fans are simply headbanging hippy meatheads who are so homophobic that they can't even admit that they like two ABBA songs--and make no mistake about it, everyone likes at least two ABBA songs, even if you secretly have to listen to them on your car stereo with the windows rolled up (Led Zep fans are actually somewhat famous for getting caught with an ABBA album in their pocession and blaming an ex-girlfriend for leaving it at their apartment).

So then, in conclusion, unless you are a record store owner, being a Led Zep completist AND a Bowie completists just isnt possible. (By the way, this rule only applies to Americans).

blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewCategory&FriendID=66316956&BlogCategoryID=15

What the hell is this? No one visits your blog so you decided to bring your blog to them? Nobody cares about your stupid theories.

Ban.

[rockysigman]

I didn't read any of that.

[Galactus]

I'm only going to ask you once to respect my religious beliefs and no longer post your blogs here.

[kmc]

I read that. I am a piece of shit.