R.I.P. To Some Legendary Musicians

Here is a SMALL tribute to those musicians who were BRILLIANT during their time on earth.  Here is the comprehensive list compiled by a blogger (thomas10) and a very good one at that.  I missed a bunch until I read this.

http://www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2010/10/09/3yw5k0_famous_musicians_who_died_too_young_(dead_before_their_time)

…and NO I will not have Cobain or Winehouse on here because I think they were both groundbreaking but not to the level of the following. I wanted to single out my personal favorites and  I only attached videos to some as they were either a lesser known performance or just an incredible performance that needed to be shared…… And with all much due respect to the  musicians who died,  you will never be forgotten and we have your music to live through forever. ENJOY and remember the past is prologue.

CLICK  SONG TITLES TO JAM  and SORRY about the Ads for some

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Rhett Forrester (1956- 1994) Lead Singer of RIOT

Mark Reale (1955-2012) Lead Guitarist Of RIOT 

RIOT Circa 1982

Mark Reale of the band RIOT died Wednesday.  He, along with Rhett Forrester were the reason why RIOT was such an underrated band in the 80s.
So fucking tragic how Lead Singer Rhett Forrester died.

From Wiki: “Rhett Forrester was shot and killed in Atlanta, Georgia on January 22, 1994 at the age of 37 after he refused to give up his vehicle in an attempted carjacking. His murder remains unsolved.”

Just listen to the vocals and guitar….Not a good copy but just LISTEN…..

RIOT – Restless Breed (LIVE 1982)

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Hendrix (1942-1970)

Jimi Hendrix & His Band Of Gypsys -
Hear My Train A Comin’
(LIVE at the Fillmore East NYE 1969)

*Jimi Hendrix – Stone Free*
(LIVE at the Fillmore East January 1, 1970) 

*NOTE: the video does not match the audio…JUST LISTEN TO THE MASTER AT WORK
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Stevie Ray Vaughan  (1954-1990)

SRV – Texas Flood” LIVE 1982)

*SRV – **Little Wing (LIVE 1990)

*DISCLAIMER* – no sound on left side but its worth it….wear ONLY right headphone.

**Alpine Valley WI, 8/27/90… Last words before he walked off stage “If i dont see you again in this life ill see you in the next, dont be late”

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And He Played a Rickenbacker…..BONUS

Cliff Burton (1962-1986) Bass Player For Metallica

I think this one goes with out saying, but it gives me a chance to post my ALL TIME favorite Metallica song….and yes its fucking fast.

Metallica – Disposable Heroes (LIVE 1985)*

*First time of Disposable Heroes. Live at MetalHammer Festival,Germany September 1985

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Randy Rhoads (1956-1982) Guitarist For Quiet Riot & Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne – I Don’t Know (LIVE)*

Just a blistering performance by a TRUE master that went way too soon….

*The famous King Biscuit Flower Hour show from 7/28/81.

Live at the St Dennis Theater.

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James Honeyman Scott (1956-1982) Guitarist For The Pretenders

When The Pretenders ROCKED

The Pretenders – Tattoed Love Boys

This fucking song STILL rocks my face off to this day…..just an absolute JAM!!!!

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Hillel Slovak  (1962-1988)  Guitarist For Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hollywood (AFrica) LIVE

Red Hot Chili Peppers performing a cover The Meters’ song “Africa”, called “Hollywood” on the German music festival Rockpalast in St. Goarshausen on August 17, 1985.

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Shannon Hoon (1967-1995) Lead Singer Of Blind Melon

I remember like it was yesterday when my friends said “lets go check out Blind Melon at Tips” only to be heading there and finding out as we were walking towards Tips that he had died….WHAT A VOICE!!!

Blind Melon – Galaxie

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Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan (1981-2009)  Drummer Of Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country (Live In LBC)

Paul Gray (1972-2010) Bassist Of  Slipknot

Slipknot – Before I Forget (LIVE) Download 2009

Slipknot - Duality (LIVE) MT V WORLD STAGE

FUCKING WOW  is all I can say after watching these TWO videos

…..GREAT LIVE BAND

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Brian Connolly – Lead Singer of  Sweet  (1947-1997)

“Time is no healer When you’re not there Lonely fever Sad words in the air Some things are better left unsaid I’m gonna spend my days in bed I’ll walk the streets at night To be hidden by the city lights city lights”

ONE OF MY ALLTIME FAVORITE SONGS….just reminds me of 70s AM radio plus the long version jams…give it a listen

Sweet – Love Is Like Oxygen (12″ Long version)

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Layne Staley (1967-2002) Lead Singer Of Alice In Chains

Alice In Chains – Angry Chair

Alice In Chains – It Aint Like That (LIVE)

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Phil Lynott (1949-1986) Lead Singer & Bass Player For Thin Lizzy

Gary Moore (1952-2011) Lead Guitarist For Thin Lizzy 

Phil Lynott

Thin Lizzy – Genocide (LIVE) Rockpalast 81′

FUCKING SONG JAMS!!!

Thin Lizzy – Are You Ready (LIVE) 

Thin Lizzy – Chinatown & Hollywood (LIVE) 

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Dimebag Darrell (1966-2004) Guitarist For Pantera

“GET YOUR PULL!!!”

Pantera – Cowboys From Hell (LIVE Ozzfest)

If you don’t enjoy this you are legally dead.

Pantera - Domination (LIVE) Moscow 1991 *

This shit is heavier than Clint Eastwood’s balls

*DISREGARD the RED bar on screen

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Joe Strummer (1952-2002) Lead Singer For The Clash

The Clash – London Calling

The Clash – Radio Clash

“I nearly murdered somebody, and it made me realise that you can’t face violence with violence. It doesn’t work.” – Joe Strummer

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Michael Hutchence (1960-1997) Lead Singer of  INXS

INXS – Original Sin

Sorry, but his voice STILL fucking rocks and try being a teenager and NOT liking this song when every teenage girl you like wants to sit on his face.

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Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

Before MJ decided to become WHITE

This album and song is his BEST work in my opinion.

Michael Jackson – Off The Wall

“So tonight,
Gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
An’ just enjoy yourself,
Groove,
Let the madness in the music get to you”

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Bob Marley (1945-1981) Guitarist & Lead Singer Bob Marley & The Wailers

No one could capture that LIVE feeling better than Bob Marley….just watch this video and you can almost feel his passion the way he sings….just awe inspiring to this day

I would KILL someone to travel back in time to see this show…..WOW FUCKING WOW

Bob Marley – War / No More Trouble (LIVE)

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Elvis Presley (1935-1977)

What a smooth fucking song from the ONLY good Elvis movie and its filmed in New Orleans

Elvis – Crawfish (1958) from the movie “King Creole”

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Ian Curtis  (1956-1980) Lead Singer of Joy Division

Without Ian Curtis, there is no New Order and without New Order there is NO Depeche Mode, hence NO Nine Inch Nails….to a degree….you get where I am going…..HUGE influence and groundbreaking on so many levels….

Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

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Bon Scott (1946-1980) Lead Singer of AC/DC

I fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE Bon Scott…

WHAT A VOICE!!!!

AC/DC – If You Want Blood (You Got It)

AC/DC – Problem Child  (LIVE)

AC/DC -Jailbreak

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And the ones I did not mention that you already know and know all of their classics….

 

Otis Redding (1941-1967)

 

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) Lead Singer of Queen

 

John Bonham (1948-1980) Drummer for Led Zeppelin

                                                                             

 

Ronnie Van Zant (1948-1977) Lead Singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sam Cooke (1931-1964)

   

 

Steve Clark (1960-1991) Lead Guitarist of Def Leppard

 

Kevin DuBrow (1955-2007) Lead Singer of Quiet Riot

Marvin Gaye (1939-1984)

 

Keith Moon (1946-1978) Drummer for The Who

 

Jim Morrison (1943-1971) Lead Singer of The Doors

APOLOGY

I would like to offer an apology to those of you who have tried to open the links to the songs on my blog to no avail.

Its not my fucking fault it is someone else’s and to make up here is a fucking couple of jams…..

 

CLICK SONG TITLES for songs

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This sums up skating in the 80s…..fucking jam…..

 

Suicidal Tendencies – Possessed to Skate (1987)

and the new 97 version which KICKS ASS!!!!!

Suicidal Tendencies – Possessed to Skate (1997)

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Just an awesome jam from the mid-90s that STILL just punches you in the face every time you hear it….

White Zombie – Super Charger Heaven (1995)

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A lot of you probably have not heard of them but Jeff C my best man in my wedding sold me on them….

AND THEY FUCKING ROCK!!!!!

VOLBEAT – A Warrior’s Call (Live at Rock AM Ring 2010)

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The next band I could do an entire page on but for times sake……For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Rage Against the Machine LIVE, you fucking missed out.  EVERY TIME I saw this band they just tear the roof off.  I couldn’t care less about their political stance, I just like the way the bass and drums PUNCHES you in the chest.  Those of you who have seen them KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT……enjoy

Killing In The Name (Live 1993)

Fistful Of Steel (Live 1993)

Know Your Enemy (Live 1999)

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BONUS …..SLIPKNOT

I am dying to see them LIVE….and probably won’t happen since they made a pact that if anyone of them dies, they would stop……  and the Bass player Paul Gray passed in 2010 but they got the IT factor at least LIVE…..you be the judge….

Duality (Live)

Psychosocial (Live)

Before I Forget (Live at Download Festival 2009)

Wait And Bleed (Live at London Arena)

 

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ENJOY YOUR WEEK!!!!

It’s good to be the KING!!!!

Sitting, Listening, Wondering

As I listen to Jimi Hendrix’s LIVE version of “Hear My Train Comin,” I cannot begin to wonder what it was like to experience the aura of that concert back in the day.

 I have been to numerous concerts on a wide variety spectrum such as Pink Floyd, TOOL, Rage Against the Machine, Phish, Widespread Panic and those are all unbelievable in their own right but to see Jimi Hendrix just GO OFF must have been amazing…..

 

I try and give the music of today a pass, but it just doesnt have much to offer in the depth category……YOU TRUE MUSIC LOVERS know what I mean…especially LIVE….music of today is like the difference between listening to a CD and listening to VINYL….say what you want but a vinyl record on a MacIntosh stereo with good speakers will send you into another dimension… 

The first time I saw TOOL and said to myself “this has got to be a fuckin joke how fuckin incredibly deep they are and how the music just takes over your body”…..and the visuals didnt hurt either……its just an experience I encourage EVERYONE to partake……the music, energy level and pure sexual undertones are rarely matched by any artist today and from the past….

 …….or that first Rage Against the Machine concert where 18000 fans were all jumping in unison and you could do nothing but move with them……

many have tried since then but many have failed….I will even go as far to say being at a Phish show was this kind of experience you could never dream of….the music just flows and and you catch yourself with a giant SMILE on your face….Pink Floyd goes without saying and you could throw in the Beastie Boys…

…..the reason i bring up those 3 or4 concert experiences is you could see one show one night and a completely different show the next…bands really dont do that….think Motley Crue used to have a script for what they said in between songs EVERY NIGHT….not that the show didnt kick ass but following them around the country could get boring…….anyhoo……back to the lecture at hand…..i dont have access to my vast array of music as I am working overnights so i am subject to whatever Pandora has to offer in the Quick Mix of my 20 plus music channels so with that said….I go from Jimi Hendrix’s amazing guitar to Pearl Jam’s “Even Flow” which is a great song but in the grand scheme of music it is a speck on the ass of great music……and call it too much clinging to the PAST but that is all I have now with what music is offering today……I have the past memories of good times with friends/family/coworkers/strangers to remember……music is still the most powerful tool around as it paints whatever picture you want it to……

ROCK ON

Brilliant take on LSU

BRILLIANT!!!!

GOOD TIME ROCK!!!!!

“And my mind goes back to a girl I met some years ago who told me” 

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Rare Earth – Get Ready (1969)

I had to start with this as the Pete Rivera’s voice just grabs you by the throat WAY better than the Temptations version….

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I put the one with lyrics because the lyrics are KILLER….LOVE LOVE LOVE this song……

Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown (1973)

another song that NEVER GETS OLD……great storyteller….and wish he was still alive

Jim Croce – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (1972)

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When people ask me my FAVORITE bands I always forget HEART probably because I am burned out on the classics by them after growing up with them and working at a Classic Rock station and hearing them all the time…..BUT they are FUCKING INCREDIBLE and these videos prove that this song, while overplayed is a CLASSIC.   Also, “Crazy On You” and “Magic Man” are from the DEBUT album by them so they started out with a bang…. I saw them in 1979 when I was 10 at the Day Of Rock and Roll in the Superdome and I remember Nancy strumming that guitar and Ann’s KILLER voice…..here ya go….BOTH videos KICK ASS

Heart – Crazy On You (Live 1977 on the Midnight Special)

I posted this because of the sound quality and Roger Fisher (Guitar) really does look like Luke Skywalker playing guitar in the back.  And some lady has pointed out his camel toe too also….LMFAO

Heart – Silver Wheels / Crazy On You (Live)

FUCKIN UNBELIEVABLE TO WATCH LIVE!!!!!!

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Ram Jam – Black Betty (1977)

Its FUCKIN BLACK BETTY FOR CHRIST’S SAKES!!!! IT ROCKS….check out this remake that ROCKS to MAD MAX

Mad Max, The Last V8 Interceptor 

Music by Spiderbait – Black Betty

Song goes perfect with the VIDEO….YEAH!!!!

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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man (1973)

1973!!!!!! did you notice that?!?!?  WOW FUCKING WOW….and ANOTHER debut album……song is so fucking timeless….and same album as “Freebird”, “I Ain’t The One”, “Tuesday’s Gone” so you have flicked your BIC to this album MANY TIMES….

Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell (1977)

One of the BEST drug tunes of all time…NO QUESTION!!!

“Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars 

Oak tree you’re in my way
There’s too much coke and too much smoke 

Look what’s going on inside you”

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People forget that .38 Special is Donnie Van Zant which is an offshoot of Skynyrd so they have that same sound….they rock!!

.38 Special – Hold On Loosely (Live)(1981)

From the early days of MTV….and GREAT version of this song live….and KILLER CHEESY album cover

.38 Special – If I’d Been The One (1984)

Not the best sound quality but SONG just kicks ass!!!!

.38 Special – Caught Up In You (1982)

Just a damn good song….that is all

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The Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides (1975)

I did not hear or at least REMEMBER this song til the late 90s….

go figure…..its long but it JAMS!!!!!

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Blackfoot – Highway Song (Live 1979)

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The Next few songs are more just good songs from 70s / 80s that get you moving….and you should remember them all…..few ONE HIT WONDERS tossed in…..

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Firefall – You Are The Woman (1976)

Cheesy COOL!!!!

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I had to post these as I don’t think other than “Carry On My Wayward Son” and “Dust In The Wind”…no one knows who the fuck Kansas is…..

and check out this first video….WOW….its definitely the 70s 

Kansas – Point of Know Return (1977)

“Seth Rogen on guitar , Jesus on piano, Big Fro man on violin”

Kansas – Play the Game Tonight (1982)

Early MTV and Pre-80s New wave takeover

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Exile – I Wanna Kiss You All Over (1978)

Now this even sounds like an AM radio….for those who don’t what the fuck an AM radio is ….this is how we used to listen to songs….and wait and wait to record them with a tape deck next to speaker…..

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GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT!!!!!!

Benny Mardones –  Into The Night (1980)

Sorry but this song is fucking cool even NOW!!!!….except for the lyrics about a 16 year old

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Ambrosia – You’re The Only Woman 

Such a cool feel to another 70s AM radio CLASSIC

Ambrosia – Biggest Part of Me

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Toto – Hold The Line (1978) 

Pre-Africa and Pre-Rosanna…..70s JAM

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and just cause i can…..LOVE THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT and yes that is an Asia poster on my blog

Asia – Heat Of The Moment (1982)

Asia – Don’t Cry

Asia – Only Time Will Tell

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OK I could not leave you with Asia and since we are on the early 80s…..WHY NOT??

who doesn’t remember this video?

Rush – Tom Sawyer (Live)

I figured I might as well end on a KILLER LIVE note….

CHEERS!!!!

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LATER…..

Songs That Make You Tingle In Your Privates…

 I just put a bunch of music here today that just makes me feel REALLY REALLY GOOD…..either musically or because of the feeling it projects………just a big mix of everything that is making me tick at the current time…..ENJOY….its mellow to a degree but these songs are so fucking good……

and remember this:

“Half this game is 90 percent mental.”

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I don’t what it is about this song it is but it just has IT……it sounds like the South, it just makes me feel like FALL before a football game.  THAT is why it’s a CLASSIC.

Kid Rock – Jackson, Mississippi (2003)

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ANOTHER song that EVERY fucking time I hear it, it STILL blows my mind….just flipping AWESOME…..and this album is just legendary….TURN THIS UP!!!!

Journey – Wheel In The Sky (1978)

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KINGS OF LEON

It has taken me a while to get on Kings Of Leon bandwagon………. but I DIGRESS and will speak never again of my dislike

Radioactive (Live on Letterman 2010)

Use Somebody (Live Today Show 2009)

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OK the next TWO songs have so much passion it just oozes down the sides….ENJOY and try not to fall off the bed…..TWO MORE REASONS WHY LIVE MUSIC IS KING!!!!!

Kings of Leon - Closer (Live 2010)

one word: UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE

Bob Marley – War/No More Trouble (Live 1977)

Taken from the Exodus tour live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, June 4, 1977 this is just a MASTERPIECE and one of the main reasons why Bob Marley is considered one of the greats 

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GNARLS BARKLEY

Crazy (Live 2008)

Smiley Faces (Live Abbey Road)
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THE FIGHTER

The Soundtrack to the movie “The Fighter” is absolutely BRILLIANT and here are two reasons why…..

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Strip My Mind

The Heavy – How ya like Me Now

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Now I have a small tribute to one of my favorite ALL TIME underrated bands…..

The LEMONHEADS

Being Around (1993)

The Great Big No (Live1994)

Rudderless (Live)

Confetti (1992)

It’s A Shame About Ray (1992)

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If you have just been to ONE Phish show in the past few years you have heard this and this is just a fucking JAM…..LOOK AT THE YEAR !!!!

Robert Palmer – Sneaking Sally Through The Alley (1974) 

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The next THREE songs remind me of my friend Renee from LSU as we were in school together and this is what we have as our bond.  More importantly, this brings me back to my time in the ARMY where I was away from friends but made ONE friend who I just was able to get back in touch with through the power of facebook….that friend is Ted Martin who is a Florida Gator and I hate the Gators but not him. We made it through a tough time in our lives….every time I hear these songs from THIS show it reminds me of that time. Plus, its one of the BEST LIVE albums I have ever heard.  Depeche Mode at its PEAK!!!!

CHEERS to you Ted!

DEPECHE MODE

Behind The Wheel (Live 1988)

Strangelove (Live 1988)

Everything Counts (Live 1988)

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Everyone have a KILLER weekend….CHEERS!!!!!!

Listen to MORE Music that makes you move in mysterious ways….

Tip Your Friends, Tip Your Bartenders

Pause Rewind Replay

Yes this is me circa 1980 listening to album hour (not actually me)

I am not sure how to describe this but music really really turns me on…..it just has that effect on me……from Depeche Mode to Tool and everywhere in between if you undersatnd this you understand why I love music so much….

The other night I was driving and Pandora decided to play “Back In Black” by AC/DC and for some reason it took me back to the first time I heard it.  I have heard the song a million times and quite honestly its old to me, but the FIRST time I heard it was WRNO (Rock Of New Orleans) 99.5fm when I was like 11 years old.  It came on ALBUM HOUR which was midnight every Saturday night.  Album hour is WHY rock music of the 70s & 80s is regarded so highly today.  Imagine the DJ coming on at 12 to introduce the album with a little backstory then he would read the songs on the first side of the album then it would get quiet and the album would start.  you can’t do this anymore because you don’t have LPs anymore and you really don’t even have CDs anymore.  But think of hearing that little cracking album sound then the first heavy gongs of “Hells Bells”….then it just flows right into “Shoot to Thrill”…..JUST LISTEN to EVERY song and tell me this album doesn’t suck, especially to the long delay before song #2 on the second side of album to get the idea….

AC/DC – Back In Black

“‘Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quakin’
My mind was achin’
And we were makin’ it and you “

Side one

1. “Hells Bells” – 5:10
   
2. “Shoot to Thrill” – 5:17
   
3. “What Do You Do for Money Honey” – 3:33
4. “Given the Dog a Bone” – 3:30
5. “Let Me Put My Love into You” – 4:16

After the entire side of the album would play with no breaks, some commercials would play and then he would come on and intro second side which starts with 6 notes of Back in Black and so on….

Side two

1. “Back in Black” – 4:14
2. “You Shook Me All Night Long” – 3:30
   
3. “Have a Drink On Me” – 3:57
   
4. “Shake a Leg” – 4:06
   
5. “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” – 4:15
   WHAT A WAY TO END THIS CLASSIC ALBUM…..

Listening to songs even as overplayed as “You Shook Me All Night Long” on here really sound a lot different than wedged between two other overplayed Classic Rock songs. 

Back to album hour…. It was an hour plus of the album played in its entirety for you to listen.  If you liked it, chances are you jumped on your Mongoose or Red Line and hit Warehouse Records and Tapes to buy it…THE NEXT DAY…..and it was vinyl so you had that giant cover to look at.  

I explain this in such detail to paint you a picture of how music could really move you and not just be played to listen.  you had to absorb the music and what you did with it was your choice.  If you liked it, you kept if not you moved on…..

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If anyone was lucky enough to see RUSH last year they went on their break about an hour into show then came onstage and played the entire Moving Pictures album from start to finish in order like on the album. And they played the songs EXACTLY like on the album so when they played YYZ it was the 4 and 1/2 minute song not the long one with extended drum solo. Then they left the stage and took a break then came back and finished show.  It was EPIC.  To be there was something to marvel as it took me back to album hour.  Word is Metallica is playing the entire Black Album start to finish this year at Download Festival in June 2012.

This album is just to….frankly FUCKING AWESOME!!!!…..from the FIRST notes of “Tom Sawyer” to the fade out of “Vital Signs” this album is just PERFECT in every regard……even the album cover is legendary….LOOK AT IT…Released in 1981

RUSH – Moving Pictures

“An ounce of perception… A pound of obscure… Process information at half speed… Pause, rewind, replay… Worn memory chip.. Random sample, hold the one you need” Ontario Legislature, Queen’s Park, Toronto. TODAY SIDE ONE 1.“Tom Sawyer”  4:31 2.“Red Barchetta”  6:10 3.“YYZ”  4:23 4.“Limelight”  4:20 SIDE TWO 1.“The Camera Eye”  11:01 2.“Witch Hunt”  4:46 3.“Vital Signs” 4:47 And I had to add a LIVE version of “YYZ” due to the Brazilian crowd singing along to a song with no lyrics plus they are jumping like fools…ITS INCREDIBLE….”Vital Signs” because its such an underrated song… Rush – “YYZ” LIVE from Rock In Rio “Vital Signs” because its such an underrated song…. Rush - Vital Signs ( Live from Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984 ) ________________________________ I hope this was as much fun for you as it was for me…..I want everyone to get that same feeling you get when you are touched by music.  There are not many CLASSIC albums out now and between the years of 1978 to around 1984, some of the BEST albums were released and to this day are still considered the greatest EVER…. Next time I tackle Motley Crue “Shout At The Devil” and Metallica “And Justice For All”

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Until then…..and I love this song because I was always a Bon Scott AC/DC fan but you cannot deny the power of Brian’s voice on the album Back In Black….just listen to how raw “Problem Child” is and the end is STILL killer how it starts over….

AC/DC – Problem child

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“I love those high school women….I get older and they stay the same age”

After RUSH I really wanted to stop but I had to include TWO albums that stand out JUST because of how bad the production value is…..the bad production value actually makes them stand out to me and why they are my favorites by these two bands….

The first album is the second album by Motley Crue titled Shout at the Devil and quite honestly could be my all time favorite metal album.  Of course, Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast, Black Sabbath’s FIRST and Pantera “Cowboys from Hell’ might argue with me….I remember going to the bowling alley in 8th grade listening to this and just being astounded at how heavy it was….just brutal…and its the Crüe so its tight even as their second album.

“Well in the heat of the night…

You went and blackened my eyes..

I hold back, go back, go back…

And I’m comin’ your way”

Released in 1983 “Shout at the Devil is regarded as the heaviest sounding Mötley Crüe album by critics and fans alike.” – Wikipedia

SIDE ONE

1. “In the Beginning” – 1:13
2. “Shout at the Devil” – 3:16
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2k9qOIcLA
3. “Looks That Kill” – 4:07
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk4ZxBbHb5M
4. “Bastard”  – 2:54
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmMB1DkJ7II&feature=related
5. “God Bless the Children of the Beast” – 1:33
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z2KZaPXNtU
6. “Helter Skelter” – 3:09
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zOhfyv4c5Y&feature=related

SIDE TWO

1. “Red Hot” – 3:21
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwYkvrU8g8I&feature=related
2. “Too Young to Fall in Love” – 3:34
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d72e_brXEFE&feature=related
3. “Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid”  – 3:40
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUKtC5-WBo&feature=related
4. “Ten Seconds to Love” – 4:17
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3VfivSszw&feature=related
5. “Danger” – 3:51

Released in 1988

1.	“Blackened“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_ggFovJNo		6:41
2.	“…And Justice for All”		9:46
3.	“Eye of the Beholder“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKRR7IakiVM		6:29
4.	“One“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw&ob=av2n		7:24
5.	“The Shortest Straw”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2pQ7EEzwC4&feature=related		6:35
6.	“Harvester of Sorrow“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1P3F_EyYQ&feature=related		5:45
7.	“The Frayed Ends of Sanity”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO2yiVsiExI&feature=related		7:41
8.	“To Live Is to Die“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALFQ3I75Vc&feature=related		9:49
9.	“Dyers Eve”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft0Z389o_3o&feature=related

I had some real problems putting this together so hopefully all of the links to the songs work, but you get the jist of this post…..most if not all of you reading this have these albums.  If you do not, please punch yourself.

GO SAINTS

2011 END OF THE YEAR REVIEW OF MUSIC

My music review of pop, country, rap & hip/hop….BASICALLY, music as a whole in 2011.

 

and furthermore…..

 

 

 

AND….

 

 

 

AND TO YOU KIM KARDASHIAN…. 

 

 

NOW LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YOU!!!

 

NOW WE ROCK!!!!

Van Halen WITH ROTH back touring in 2012

(still no Michael Anthony the backbone of the best rhythm section ever but oh well)

 

 

The BEST VH videos from BEST TOUR, BEST ALBUM, FAIR WARNING!!!…..

 

 

VAN HALEN – Hear Bout It Later (LIVE 1981)

VAN HALEN – So This Is Love? (LIVE 1981)

VAN HALEN – Unchained (LIVE 1981)

with the album Van Halen II in CLOSE SECOND

VAN HALEN – Dance The Night Away (LIVE 1982)

VAN HALEN – Somebody Get Me A Doctor (LIVE 1982) (Not good sound)

VAN HALEN – Bottoms Up (LIVE 1979)

 

HAVE A GREAT 2012!!!!!!

WORST MUSIC of 2011…..and maybe EVER!!!!..You Decide

 

(L to R) FAKE, Douche, Whore, Cunt, Pig and Clueless

 

With all due respect to other WORST of 2011 blogs, THIS is the REAL pathetic list of pathetic music from 2011.  A few things we have learned about music these days:

• The whole “New Rock” or whatever you call what stations like the Buzz who play Nirvana and Linkin Park are, is DEAD and needs to go away.
• I think we can agree that POP music has hit a wall especially with these gay repetitive club beat songs by Pitbull and so on.
• Enough with these whole half rap / half melodic songs are they are just horrible.  
• And how many fucking rap songs need to be collaborations?   
• Country music is just not even worth mentioning.
• Bands have officially run out of names when LMFAO, Cage The Elephant and Foster the People are on the charts.

  And the list could be top 100 but lets narrow it down to 20 please. And these are really in NO particular order as I could not even try to corral this pile of shit into a blog.  My ears are bleeding as we speak.

1. How To Love – Lil Wayne

PULL YOUR DAMN PANTS UP YOU LOOK LIKE A DAMN FOOL!

I cannot understand why people buy this.  He is a mumbling dumbfuck with no talent yet blacks and whites flock to him like he is god.  A god of shitty ghetto talent who needs a belt.  

 

2. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

 

 

I know who the fuck you is….you is a dumbfuck

Just plain awful and they play it constantly…..the eye say it all about this dummy.

 

3. Mary J Blige – 25/8

Talk about OVERSTAYED her welcome…PFFT!

I mean really Mary J Blige could be the most overrated R&B / hip hop whatever of all time…..just because you are still around does  not make you good…..fucking loser.

4. Plies (feat. Jeremiah and Ludacris) – Just The Tip

This might be the worst song of all time…but with so many on this list….lets move on…..and why does every fucking loser rapper have to collaborate with someone else.  I long for the days of Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, Gangstarr and Tribe Called Quest where it was their song with NO ONE to tag along.  Make your own music rapper of today.  Oh thats right you can’t because you have to all sound alike and mumble.

 

 

5. Chris Brown – Look At Me Now 
(feat. Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne)

This is very close as the reason why rap is just a big fucking joke now.

Do people think that irritating noises during songs are easy on the ears?  

6. Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Lil Wayne – Dirty Dancer

Because you need to repeat the chorus over and over and over and over and over again to get your point across.  Pitbull’s Dr Pepper commercial thinks you repeat the chorus too much…..by the way I think Pitbull wants to “Have a Real Good Time” according to that commercial.

7. Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow

More repetitive beats over a lame rap.  He is a Snoop clone.  GO FIGURE….and he smokes pot and wears a baseball cap, tattoos and wears pants below his ass……REAL ORIGINAL

The Future of America Looks Like This….AWESOME

8. Metallica with Lou Reed – Mistress Dread

Because the first thing I think of when listening to THRASH metal is Lou Reed talking over it. THIS IS SO BAD…..Metallica has OFFICIALLY jumped the shark with this one.  

ST ANGER thinks this sucks.

9. Carlos Santana (feat. Daughtry) – Photograph

This is a TOTAL BUTCHERING of a Def Leppard CLASSIC but then again this album is just a disgrace to the career of Santana and the other bands who are on this album…..
SEE LINK BELOW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Heaven:_The_Greatest_Guitar_Classics_of_All_Time

10. Willow – 21st Century Girl

YO DUMBFUCK!!!

Fucking another one of Will Smith’s kids here to ruin something.   First, it was Jaden ruining the Karate Kid, now its dumb Willow ruining what is left of pop music with this garbage. 

and next is from 2010 but it has crossover shittiness to it

11. Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith - Never Say Never

Hey WILL, STOP PUTTING YOUR DUMB KIDS OUT IN PUBLIC

12. Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci

I can’t even comment on this as its so bad it just makes me angry.  And laugh at those who buy it.  She looks like what it would look like if Lady Gaga fucked Amy Winehouse with a strap on and a kid came out somehow. This has record company creation written ALL OVER IT.

13. Soulja Boy – First Day Of School

Look at this fucking flunkie with another song from 2010 song but Soulja Boy is just plain the worst.  Right next to Lil Wayne’s overrated ass.

and this CRAP is why he is the worst…..What the fuck is he saying?

BONUS: Soulja Boy – Crank That

14.  Karmin – Crash Your Party

This just has everything that is wrong with radio…the catchy beat, middle song bad rap and all of the other repetitive crap.  The distorted voice. Gee thanks record companies how do you sleep at night?….TYPICAL ONE HIT WONDER.

15. Kim Kardashian – Turn It Up

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

I wish that sunburn would have killed that trashbag.

Reminds me of this DUMBFUCK!!!!!

16. Kim Zolciak – Google Me

This is WHY the Real Housewives of (Insert City Here) are the worst…..This pathetic loser cannot sing yet because he is on TV they let her….KILL ME NOW!!!

I swear this is awful beyond words

 

 

 

 

17. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger 

(feat. Xtina dumbfuck Aguilera)

Why is Adam Levine shirtless in the video?  Ok we get it Adam you have tattoos to be badass but you whistle like a fucking fruit cup and regardless of how catchy this song is, it still has that gay “MOOOOVES like Jagger” part which nulls the rest.

 

18. LMFAO – Sexy and I know it

These guys are just plain horrible.  I mean the name of your band is “LMFAO” like you really thought hard about that.  Thanks record company geniuses for scouting that one.  And “Party Rock Anthem” is one of the worst songs of all time so I didn’t even include it.  Your ears will thank me.

19. Rebecca Black – Friday

This is pretty bad but others on this list are MUCH MUCH worse.

20. Lady Gaga – Judas

This cunt is the worst EVER and her constant Madonna ripoffs are old.  This is exactly like when “Like A Prayer” came out.  What is next for Gaga a black and white sex book?

And what is that JUDAH Judaaaah ahah….whatever crap…..UGH…..just not even good at all…..

And its looking pretty bad RIGHT out of the gate for 2012 as this is what Linkin Park has to offer.  I think the “New Rock” genre is done…what do you think?

Linkin Park – The Catalyst