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Post by bowiglou on May 19, 2004 17:25:48 GMT -5
"Anyway mr. iglou, perhaps your brethren/legacy is really the monkees, the archies, the banana splits, the partridge family, and the cowsills  the 60s/70s wasnt all dylans and lennons, i know!!".. ........you're point being Mary Blaney?..Sugar Sugar is a great song..and I was a card-carrying member of the Monkees fan club circa 1966!!......OK OK, we all had our one-hit wonders!!!! Lets see, for HS it was exactly the era of Almost Famous which took place mostly in my home town....so 1971-1974 saw quite a few solo Beatle albums (Ringo, Imagine, Band on the Run)....lots of Steely Dan (Pretzel Logic being the best)........Fleetwood Mac (pre buckingham nicks).......my friends playing way too much Hendrix, Allman Brothers, Johnny Winters, and BB/Albert King...........and I was totally into Rod Stewart (Every Picture Tells a Story and Never a Dull Moment) as well as Elton John (up to 1976's Blue Moves, then I stopped paying attention)...........but it was the summer of 1974 when I seriously started to listen to David Bowie and that changed my musical world!!!!......................my next "epiphany" would be exposure at end of 78 to Costello/Talking Heads/Blondie etc............and the of course, the purchase of London Callling in Jan of 1980...............so HS was not bad for music, but it wasn't like Mary where I discovered the Clash or X........ |
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Post by Kensterberg on May 19, 2004 17:38:31 GMT -5
My first couple of years of high school were nothing special as far as music went ... I was mainly listening to some of the best (IMO at the time) stuff from the sixties and seventies, with the occassional newer entry (i.e. Zenyatta Mondatta by the Police was an instant fixture in my tape deck in '80 or '81) ... but then I discovered the Clash in '82 ... and nothing was the same after that. My senior year in h.s. was all about the Clash, the Jam, X, Elvis Costello, etc., etc. All of whom were still intact bands when I discovered 'em (though it didn't last for long for some -- the Jam were done within months of my first hearing them!). That was indeed entertainment.
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Post by achn2b on May 19, 2004 18:43:16 GMT -5
as much as i bemoan the use of rock music in commercials, i gotta admit that i get a wicked rush every time that jaguar commercial that uses Queen's I'm In Love With My Car comes on. what a great frickin' song.
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Post by luke on May 19, 2004 18:50:27 GMT -5
The more I think about it, the more I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with rock songs being used in commercials.
Because, yeah, I'm a public relations major whose taken more than a few courses in advertising. And, well, if I were ever hired on to some company doing advertising (which is a moderate likelihood), and I were assigned to help make some new commercial, you're damn straight I'd want to put some cool music on it.
I dunno, seems like some people have this idea that these big corporate guys in suits type "Song For This Commercial" into some big computer and some random stylish song pops up and then they buy the souls of the artist.
But in reality, it's just a bunch of kids with the same or a similar degree to what I'll have in about a year, trying to do something cool and creative with the assignment they've been given. They're putting in some cool background music and often exposing some of their favorite artists to the public. Good for them, I say. My only complaint is labels who sell songs without the artist's permission.
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Post by luke on May 19, 2004 18:52:37 GMT -5
And yeah, maybe they're not all kids about my age, but even for those in their thirties, yeah, it's all the same.
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Post by bowiglou on May 19, 2004 19:21:25 GMT -5
methinks Luke doing some a bit of a cognitive-spin................AKA: justification effect...........(for reference see Social Psych lit......!!)
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Post by phil on May 20, 2004 7:40:13 GMT -5
High School years were from 1965 to 1969 ...
From Rubber Soul / Highway 61 Revisited
to Willy and the Poor Boy / Abbey Road
just to name a few ...
Not too shabby !!
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Post by ScottsyII on May 20, 2004 8:30:24 GMT -5
Phil always puts our respective childhoods / youth - hoods to shame! WEhy wasn't I born in such culturally and socially interesting times, damnit!
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Post by maarts on May 20, 2004 8:30:43 GMT -5
What? No Electric Light Orchestra?
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Post by maarts on May 20, 2004 8:36:05 GMT -5
...and Thorn- thanks for your board expanding exploits...did it HAVE to be Slipknot?  |
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Post by ClubberLang on May 20, 2004 9:07:30 GMT -5
...and Thorn- thanks for your board expanding exploits...did it HAVE to be Slipknot? I was gonna say the same thing..........without the wink though |
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Post by Thorngrub on May 20, 2004 12:15:05 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]...and Thorn- thanks for your board expanding exploits...did it HAVE to be Slipknot? [/glow] [glow=pink,12,300] I was gonna say the same thing..........without the wink though [/glow] You guys are just prejudiced. Thing is -- the new Slipknot album is a masterpiece of progressive metal. I was more or less "MEH" about them throughout their first 2 releases, crankin the 1st one every so often when I needed to "vent" or whatnot, but truly resenting them for "ripping off" KoRn's aggro-stance & pushing it way beyond what I felt acceptable. When IOWA was released, the curious (sic) part of me had to check it out -- and I will verify here for you that I was less than impressed. As a "battery of assault", sure -- it did the job. But I felt it was inherently "soulless". Those days are forever gone. Vol III: The Subliminal Verses is a 4-star masterpiece of progressive metal (like I said before). The more I listen to my burned copy, the more I'm amazed at their skill as musicians. Joey Jordison in particular (whom I consider to be the "heart" of the band) is one wicked percussionist, his over-the-top, helterskelter style nearly unparalleled in today's heavy music scene. My respect for Corey Taylor has increased significantly. The new album has an amazing slew of clever lyrics that pierce through the soul of disenchantment, crucifying the blase attitudes of this somnombulent, mass-brain-washed society. His singing has a power to it that is felt in the bones on the earlier releases, but by Vol III, resonates directly with the heart and mind as well. When he claims this album is "their Abbey Road, their Led Zeppelin IV", he is neither joking nor is he far from the mark. The best part is, (speaking of High School and album collecting), I started my obsession with collecting vinyl records back when I got my first at the tender age of around 14, Aerosmith's Get Your Wings. From there on out I amassed nearly 300 + vinyl albums by the time I was a senior in high school (1984). Most of those albums have been either lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise ruined by the ravages of time & moving across this country. But SLIPKNOT have inspired me to start all over again!!!! I can hardly wait to make my first officially new vinyl purchase of Vol III: The Subliminal Verses next Tuesday, when it is released. The world is slowly metastizing back to the older ways, and listening to vinyl is making a huge comeback. Fuck the digital bitches. I'm going to purchase a turntable next fucking week, and I am breathless in anticipation to lay that diamond needle down and allow SlipKnot the honor of ushering in this long-awaited new era of old-time album buying & listening. It's been a looooooong time coming. |
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Post by phil on May 20, 2004 12:34:49 GMT -5
Top "Ten" 1965 Albums ...
- Rubber soul: The Beatles
- Highway 61 Revisited: Bob Dylan
- The Pretty Things: The Pretty Things
- Otis Blue: Otis Redding
- Angry young them (Van Morisson) : Them
- My Generation: The Who
- Having a Rave Up: The Yardbirds
- Leader of the Pack: The Shangri-La
- Kinks Kontroversy: The Kinks
- You’ve lost that Lovin’ Feeling: The Righteous Brothers
- Little Richard is Back : Little Richard
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Top Ten 1966 Albums ...
- Pet sounds : The Beach Boys
- Revolver : The Beatles
- Blonde on blonde : Bob Dylan
- Blues Breakers : John Mayall/Eric Clapton
- Aftermath : The Rolling Stones
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thymes : Simon & Garfunkel
- River deep mountain high : Ike & Tina Turner
- Over under sideways down : The Yardbirds
- Wonderful Wilson Pickett : Wilson Pickett
- East-West : Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- 1 : Tim Hardin
- Day Dream : Lovin' Spoonfull
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Top "ten" Albums released in 1967
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Beatles
- VU & Nico: The Velvet Underground
- John Wesley Harding: Bob Dylan
- Absolutely Free: Frank Zappa
- The Doors: The Doors
- Surrealistic Pillow: Jefferson Airplane
- Born under a Bad Sign: Albert King
- Are You Experienced ?: Jimi Hendrix
- Piper at the Gates of Down: Pink Floyd
- Disraeli Gears: Cream
- Crusade: John Mayal/Bluesbreakers
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Top Ten 1968 Albums
- The Beatles(White album): The Beatles
- We're only in it for the Money: Frank Zappa
- Truth: Jeff Beck Group
- At Folsom Prison: Johnny Cash
- Astral Weeks: Van Morrison
- Songs of Leonard Cohen: Leonard Cohen
- Cheap Thrills: Big Brothers & ... (Janis Joplin)
- Steppenwolf/The Second: Steppenwolf
- Super Sessions: Kooper, Bloomfield and Stills
- Electric Ladyland: Jimi Hendrix
- The Supremes Join The Temptations: Diana Ross and The Supremes
- Gris Gris : Dr. John
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Top Ten albums released in 1969 ...
- Abbey Road: The Beatles
- Nashville Skyline: Bob Dylan
- The Band: The Band
- The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
- Hot Rats: Frank Zappa
- Willy and the Poor Boy: Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Let it Bleed: The Rolling Stones
- Beck-Ola: Jeff Beck
- In the Court of the Crimson King: Crimson King
- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere: Neil Young
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Post by Kensterberg on May 20, 2004 12:44:16 GMT -5
Ya know Phil, it's pretty damn hard for any of the rest of us to argue with years like that for high school music. Though if pressed, I'd say that my own '79 - '83 run wouldn't be embarrassing ... not like having 1974 in there (was there a worse year in rock and roll history?). NP:  CCR: Bayou Country, The Penthouse Pauper |
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Post by Meursault on May 20, 2004 12:50:58 GMT -5
How old are you Ken, late 30s, early 40s?
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the 60s/70s wasnt all dylans and lennons, i know!!"..
