c_s_1987
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Ooooh, cool! Normal curve!
You mean like this?
Yep, looks pretty normal to me.
This also disproves one of my favourite quotes from The Simpsons:
Why do you need new bands? Everyone knows rock attained perfection in1974. It's a scientific fact.
I think the graph suggests 1968 is closer to the mark.
EDIT: Apologies for the poor picture quality. Also apologies to anyone who I have confused with this post.
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Tuna fish. Of course tuna is a fish. I have not heard of tuna anything else. Why be redundant?
There is also a similar one that is more stupid - "Koala Bear". For the last time, as pretty much any Australian can tell you, Koala's aren't bears.
I also hate unnecessary extensions. "ATM Machine" means "Automatic Teller Machine Machine", and "PIN Number" means "Personal Identification Number Number".
Similarly, "First year anniversary" - you don't need to say year, that is already implied. "Six month anniversary" doesn't make sense at all.
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Music legend Bob Dylan hasn't heard a decent record in 20 years, because modern recordings are "atrocious."
The singer, who has released eight LPs in the last two decades, is disheartened that his new album sounds so much better in the studio than on disc and can understand why music fans download their music for free on the internet.
"You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them. There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like ... static.
"Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it."
Have a look at the highlighted parts. I agree that he isn't commenting on the quality of the music, only the recording quality.
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1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME:
(first pet and current street name)
Thomas Leary (how boring)
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME:
(grandfather/grandmother on your moms side, your favorite candy)
Monty Mars
3. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME:
(first initial of first name, first two
of your middle name)
C - PA
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:
(favorite color, favorite animal)
Green Falcon (I honestly didn't steal this one from you Lizard)
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:
(middle name, city where you were born)
Paul Northampton
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME:
(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 2 letters of mom's maiden name and first 3 letters of the town you grew up in.)
SamChKuMil
7.SUPERHERO NAME:
("The", your favorite color, favorite drink)
The Green Beer (that’s just weird. Obviously I am only a superhero on St. Patrick’s Day)
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1. Dream On - Aerosmith
2. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
3. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
4. Clocks - Coldplay
5. Unwell - Matchbox 20
6. Your Song - Elton John
7. Staying Alive - The Bee Gees
8. Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
9. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
10. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
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Actually, now that you have linked to Jeff Beck, that makes things easier
Jeff Beck worked with:
Jimmy Page
John Paul Jones
Nicky Hopkins
Keith Moon
The Yardbirds
(Notice that from here you can link to Led Zeppelin, The Who or The Rolling Stones!)
Billy Preston worked with Ray Charles.
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I remembered you like The Who, so I checked them out:
Pete Dennis Blandford Townshend
Roger Harry Daltrey
John Alec Entwistle
Keith John Moon
Here's the new list: Harold, Richard and two members without middle names.
Clue: One of the members has a second surname, Meddows, but it isn't usually mentioned in his name.
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Correct.
I haven't worked yours out, but I'll keep trying.
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Both correct.
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More than three months after your post, I have finally worked it out! It's Cream (Eric Patrick Clapton, Jack Symon Asher Bruce and Ginger Edward Baker)
Here's a new one: Keith, Roger, Jon, Berkeley and William.
I think the Berkeley should give it away if anyone happens to know who has that middle name.
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Pete Townshend worked with Thunderclap Newman
Bill Laswell worked with Ginger Baker
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All you have to do here is identify the album covers that I have altered. Once they have been identified, someone else can alter some album covers and post them for the rest of us to guess.
The white areas on the covers are to cover up band names and album titles.
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I will probably do done when I don't have so much uni work to do. Since I only normally buy greatest hits albums, and the only greatest hits album I own that is from a band that isn't very popular in the US and UK is Fingerprints by Powderfinger, it might have to be that.
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THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE ULTIMATE TOP TEN - ROUND ONE
1. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966) - 114
2. Imagine - John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1971) - 90
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (1968) - 83
4. Sounds Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (1965) - 69
5. My Sharona - The Knack (1979) - 63
6. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (1968) - 62
7. Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations (1966) - 58
8. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys (1966) - 52
9. Hush - Deep Purple - (1968) - 51
10. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan (1965) - 51
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Superstition - Stevie Wonder (1972) - 47
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole (1951) - 46
Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding (1966) - 46
Rocket Man - Elton John (1972) - 45
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - 45
Losing My Religion - R.E.M. (1991) - 43
Mrs.Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968) - 42
Who Are You? - The Who (1978) - 35
Time Of The Season - The Zombies (1967) - 34
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970) - 32
Love Her Madly - The Doors (1971) - 30
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton (1992) - 30
Blackbird - The Beatles (1968) - 29
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel (1970) - 28
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin (1973) - 27
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker (1962) - 26
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (1958) - 26
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty (1978) - 25
Crimson And Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells (1968) - 25
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (1968) - 24
Sunny - Bobby Hebb (1966) - 23
Drive - The Cars (1984) - 22
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly (1957) - 21
Crocodile Rock - Elton John (1972) - 19
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode (1989) - 19
Piano Man - Billy Joel (1973) - 19
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers...) - Scott McKenzie (1967) - 17
Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (1970) - 16
She's Not There - The Zombies (1964) - 16
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (1980) - 15
Mississippi Queen - Mountain (1970) - 15
Isn't It A Pity - George Harrison (1970) - 11
Radar Love - Golden Earring (1974) - 11
Daydream Believer - The Monkees (1967) - 10
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass & The Mamas & The Papas (1968) - 9
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd (1967) - 8
Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings (1973) - 8
Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles (1976) - 6
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (1973) - 6
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash (1981) - 1
- Paint It, Black scored the second highest number of points of any song in any top ten so far, and managed to score much higher than Mrs. Robinson, which was equal number 1 with Paint It, Black in Top Ten #6.
- Some number ones in our top tens weren't very successful here, including Piano Man and Who'll Stop The Rain.
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Dream On - Aerosmith
Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
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Jimmy McCulloch
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It certainly isn't over yet - I think there are about 4 regulars who haven't voted yet, and there are still about 20 songs that still have a very good chance of making the top ten.
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I use multiple computers, and I don't have that problem, so it probably should update on all computers.
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Now each of the 50 songs has at least a vote.
Interesting, although not exactly surprising. Obviously all of these songs are popular, so I expect every song in every group will probably receive at least one point.
Good to see you are keeping count also - I like to have a backup just in case.
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1. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones
2. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
4. Who Are You? - The Who
5. Sounds Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel
6. My Sharona - The Knack
7. Imagine - John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
8. Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles
9. Hush - Deep Purple
10. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
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As Darryl said before, I welcome you all to:
THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE ULTIMATE TOP TEN - ROUND 1
Darryl, Farin and I have been discussing the rules for the last week, and this is what we have decided on:
- No nominations are required, as the songs have been selected from our 25 top tens.
- Voting rules will be exactly the same as the normal top tens - rank your favourite songs in the list from 1-10, and 10 points will be given to your number 1 song, 9 for number 2 etc.
- We have decided to restrict eligibility to vote to only those people who have nominated or voted in at least one of our Top Tens. We think that's fair !
- We realised it would be ridiculous to expect people to come up with a top ten from all 251 songs, so I have seeded the songs and split them into fair groups.
- This is Group 1 of 5, and this group contains 50 songs. I will then combine the five top tens together to form a group, and then we will vote on these songs to form the Ultimate Top Ten.
Group 1:
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Blackbird - The Beatles
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Crimson And Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass & The Mamas & The Papas
Drive - The Cars
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
Hush - Deep Purple
Imagine - John Lennon /Plastic Ono Band
Isn't It A Pity - George Harrison
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles
Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Love Her Madly - The Doors
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
Mrs.Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
My Sharona - The Knack
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
Rocket Man - Elton John
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
She's Not There - The Zombies
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Sounds Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Time Of The Season - The Zombies
Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Who Are You - The Who
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
We don't normally get to say it this early, but:
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It should be an interesting Top Ten. I haven't been keeping score, as Farin's running this one. I suppose Led Bloody Zeppelin will be in there again ! You 'Kids' would vote for Robert Plant burping.
...or Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Roger Daltrey, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton for that matter. I assure you Zep aren't the only band I can't help but be biased towards.
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1. The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
2. Badge - Cream
3. With or Without You - U2
4. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
6. Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
7. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrissette
8. Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
9. Lovecats, The - The Cure
10. Message In A Bottle - Police
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The Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel music group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in 1939. As of 2006, they are still performing, including a number of the original members.
That's very impressive. I never expected any musicians from the 30s would still be around.
Altered Album Covers
in Fun & Games
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Is number 2 really too hard?
Here's a different altered version of the same cover: