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Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
This is all I've ever heard from him, but so good.
"Exit Stage Left" by Rush
And the envelope says,
Best Group
Best Live Performance
Best Drum Solo
Best Song with Biblical Reference
Best Song about an Automobile
Best...
Best...
It wins in every category
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I thought "Primal Fear" had a great twist. "Identity" was not the best movie, but it also had a neat little twist. I love movies that make you actually think, instead of mindless fluff.
Didn't see either of them coming. I'm real tired of watching Richard Gere basically playing himself, a middle-age successful type who supposedly cares for the little guy, or girl depending on the movie. Those beady eyes just have a frightening look to them. "Primal Fear", however is a great movie and I've suffered through watching Richard in it several times. I did like "Breathless" but that was before Gere became an annoying middle age successful type.
"Identity" wasn't the best movie but even the birthday thing didn't tip me off. Cusack is kind of the anti-Gere. I've always been surprised more people didn't like "City Hall". "Being John Malkovich" certainly had a twist at its ending with Cusack ending up forever trapped in the mind of the child. The whole movie was unusual so it wasn't like I could see where it was going anyway, but I didn't think it would end like it did. That's more because of the brilliance of the writer, Charie Kaufman, than John. No plot twists but I've already talked on these boards about how much I liked "High Fidelity".
It's interesting to watch when actors reach the point that they can pick and choose roles. Gere chooses to play himself whereas Cusack always seems to pick really intelligent parts to play. A musical comparison of the two could be the Backstreet Boys compared to the Beatles. Flash vs. substance is all I'm saying.
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My Love's Leavin -- Steve Winwood
Mona Lisa's and Madhatters -- Elton John
All Cried Out -- Alison Moyet
Alone Again, Naturally -- Gilbert O'Sullivan
Living Years -- Mike and the Mechanics
Why Can't it Wait till Morning -- Phil Collins
Operator -- Jim Croche
Everybody Loves Me But You -- Julianna Hatfield
Undertow -- Genesis
She's Leaving Home -- The Beatles
Blasphemous Rumours -- Depeche Mode
Sinking -- The Cure
Barely Breathing -- Duncan Sheik
Coming up Close -- Til Tuesday
This is the Day -- The The
The Boxer -- Simon and Garfunkel
Right about at this point in my playlist I'm feeling real sorry for myself and questioning my decision to live in a high-rise building. The balcony is just too easy of a way out. (kidding) I have more sad songs than just these and I like all of them whether I'm sad or not. I usually get out of these moods by listening to something fast that doesn't require much thought like Motley Crue, Van Halen, Ratt, or Quiet Riot. Hard to be sad when you're trying to "Come on (and) feel the noise".
On another post there was a question about good songs to have sex to. I had two songs, now I have all these sad songs. Something's not right about a ratio like that.
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Wow I didnt know they were touring! I would really like to attend one. I wonder how much the tickets will be.
June 23, Dallas. My tickets cost 79.50, then the evil, monopolistic Ticketmaster tacked on 8.50; $88 total.
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Rush:
Spirit of Radio
Mystic Rhythms
Red Barchetta
The Beatles:
Within You Without You
Long and Winding Road
Eight Days a Week
Peter Gabriel:
Solsbury Hill
Shaking the Tree
Steam
But so many more from each of these.
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Butthole Surfers
Circle Jerks
Jimmy Eat World
A-Ha
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Sneaker Pimps
Wang Chung
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Smashing Pumpkins
Voice of the Beehive
Puddle of Mudd
All unusual sounding if you had to use them in a sentence, and then explained how they refer to a group of people playing music.
How about
"Sonic Death Monkey"
I know its not original but its cooler sounding than
"Billy Jive and the Uptown Five" and
"Tenacious D" and
Jack Black could be happy with any of them since he's been in bands with each of these names, although the first two were only in a movie.
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Early on Saturday I was asked to get out of the way of one camera, so definitely they were filming. And then I saw other cameras throughout the site. If anyone finds out about a film, please post something. It wasn't Woodstalk or anything, but so much talent :guitar: in one place at one time. It was very cool.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Furs and even playing the song over in my head, I can't make sense out of the lyrics:
"A man in my shoes runs a light
and all the papers lied tonight"
"It makes no sense and all your talk and supermen just take away the time"
"The ghost in you she don't fade"
"And love, love, love, you can't give it away"
Those are just several of the lines, but he's obviously in love with someone; I just can't figure out if shes leaving him, they are just now getting together, or if it's something he's felt for a while and is just now saying it. Sorry, now I'm confused. ::
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Good list, I had forgotten how well Prince can play the guitar, the list said that he was channeling Hendrix at the time.
I like the feedback at the start of the Beatles "I feel fine". It was the first song by them that I ever heard and I was 'hooked' after that.
The bass intro to the Chili Peppers "Behind the Sun"
The dial-up modem connection sound, remember those, at the start of Vallejo's "Into the New". The first time I heard it I was in a car, the radio people stopped talking, and then I thought someone was trying to connect to the internet. It's a great song and I felt kind of stupid after the music started.
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Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Apocalypse Now". I'm not a big fan of Wagner but every time I hear the piece I picture Duval's helicopters approaching the beach. I know the piece is from an opera but there isn't any singing so I consider it symphony. Easiest way to improve an opera is to not let anyone sing and call it a symphony.
Tom Petty's "American Girl" from the parking lot scene at the start of "Fast times at Ridgemont High"
The Stones' "Gimme Shelter" from "Casino"
Yello's "Oh Yeah" from the bus scene at the end of "Ferris Buehlers Day off"
Simple Mind's "Don't you forget about me" from the "Breakfast Club" where John Bender is walking across the practice fields after getting out of Saturday detention.
Kenny Loggins' "I'm Alright", the dancing gopher song from "Caddyshack"
The Soggy Bottom Boys' "Man of Constant Sorrow" from "O Brother where art thou" ::
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You edited in something after I called the truce so I have to respond.
You made a mistake:
East Berlin was in fact under influence by the Russian government, remember after WW2 the allies split Germany in half, west went to England, France, American influence, east went under Russian influence.
As far as those other countries go they were mostly under Russian influence, and none of them were succesful because they had power hungry non-communists leading them under the guise of communism.
Mao made Maoism
Stalin made stalinism
etc etc etc
The closest thing that the world ever had to a marxist revolutionary was Vladimir Lenin, which you will have to (grungingly)admit was a good man. He didn't live a luxurious life, before and after gaining control of Russia. The big mistake he made was not directly appointing Trotsky ahead of Stalin.
Part of Russia, not influenced by Russia, was what I said. Lenin's plan also called for the transitional period that no communist nation has ever gotten past. I'm still wondering about the elected leader that you spoke of. When was that supposed to happen? Since you invoked the ghost of the nut-job Adolf by mentioning Mein Kampf, I'm wondering what the real difference is between the Marxist transitonal period and Fascism. Don't they basically both amount to a one party rule dictatorship? You know Marx wasn't a very big fan of Jews either although he did see them as a revolutionary force that could be mobilized when the workers finally took over. He was an athiest who really distrusted all religions, seeing them only as ways for people to rationalize their sad existences until the time that they will reach utopia in the afterlife.
Trotsky was lucky he was allowed to leave, many were less fortunate under Stalin. Trotsky also didn't like what happened to Russia after Stalin, so why did he leave? Couldn't he have strived for perfect workers paradise more effectively if he had stayed, or was he more concerned about getting killed and therefore more concerned about himself than the state? That concern for self has always been a problem for yourself and your komrades. Apparently Trotsky was guilty of it as well.
Claiming that a true communist state never existed is like saying that because our government is a republic or representative democracy that we are not a democratic society. True democracy, one person, one vote on every issue, only existed in Athens where the people would gather on the forum and vote on issues affecting their city. The truest communist state possible did exist, it just never became what Marx was talking about. How many members of the Politbureau would have wanted to give up their Black Sea dachas for a true Marxist society. Again that concern for self seems to be a problem. Cool how we still use the word forum.
But I already said that you had converted me. Having no God and no reason to talk about government on Sunday morning would free up airtime for the same cartoons that now are only seen on Saturday morning. And even if under Marxism the Coyote would have to share the roadrunner, I still hope he finally catches him. Cartoons to Communism, my personal journey.
Obviously you seem to belive very stronly in the merits of a failed economic and political system. I don't really understand why unless it is simply to antagonise those who don't believe as you do, or to just be different and by being different somehow you gain uniqueness. Have you tried reading any capitalist or democratic writers? Since you live in that type of society it might be nice to know something about how it happened. You might even like some of the stuff you read. Possibly one of the reasons communism was tried and failed is simply because it is a flawed system. The ideal sounds nice enough, but it is impossible to put into practice. That it didn't fail because of Mao, Castro, Stalin, or Gorbachev; it failed because it could never work in the first place. Whatever the reason, it did fail and to cling to the ideal is really just a waste of time. No one's going to want to try it any more. I hear anarchism might be catching on again. Possibly you could look into that. I understand they have put out a cookbook or something.
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Okay one more time
Cindy-Thanks for reading the part where I said that Russia was a flawed example of communism, I hate Stalin as much as everyone else.
CDemon-You might not have said that I'm against capitilism, but I said I was. Also, you should realize that I know that all you need is clothes shelter etc. but don't you think a teacher deserves as much as a freakin' lawyer? Yes, yes they do.
Russia was in the 'transitional period' that Marx said was necessary before a true communist society could be achieved. He said that all communist societies must go through such a period. Pull out your copy of Das Kapital, written in the original German I'm sure, and check it out.
About the teacher thing, I'm totally on board. Many times I've said that if teacher's salaries and lawyer's salaries could be reversed we would all be much better off. There would be many more well qualified teachers and fewer lawyers. A win-win situation if ever I have seen one.
Q -- What do you call 1000 lawyers drowning in the ocean?
A -- A good start.
And one more thing, when did East Berlin become part of Russia. I could have used other examples of the great communist experiment; Cuba, North Korea, China. Their people seem to be flourishing quite nicely under their communist leaders. Except for the few who take cruises to our country each year in hopes of a better life. Obviously victims of western propaganda. Poor misguided souls.
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Wasn't it just supposed to be the transitional period before true communism could occur? What about the elected leader that you spoke of? Are you yourself a fellow traveler, komrade? Before you answer remember key operatives at the DOD and NSA monitor message boards like this. They have always suspected music loving hippie types of being subversives. I?m certain this board is carefully scrutinized. You could be just one post away from Guantanimo or simply disappearing all together. Remember Mel Gibson in ?Conspiracy Theory?.
The people really didn?t get into the whole spirit of the Marxism thing either, especially the farmers. They were given private plots to grow a more varied selection of crops than on their public land. And then with no regard for their society chose to spend more time messing around with their own crops than the peoples. They disserved to be sent to Siberia. They obviously were only concerned with their own hungry children and chose to ignore the needs of the state. What nerve. How else could it be explained that production rates on their private plots were 40 times as much as was produced on their public lands. Stalin had to do something to keep those folks in line.
Think of the enlightenment that Lennon, not Lenin, could have provided for the people striving for the communist utopia. He could stage free concerts in Moscow and sing about peace. These concerts could occur right after his warm-up act, the semi-weekly parades of tanks and missiles that the people always appeared to get so excited about.
I was always impressed with the 100% employment rate the USSR achieved. We should be so lucky here. Look at how efficient our government employees perform and the job satisfaction they have knowing they can?t be fired and are working for the good of the people. A good place to observe this phenomenon will be when you take your driving test at the department of motor vehicles in a year or two. It really sucks how so many jobs in this country are tied to the competence and productivity of the workers or proletariat.
The living arrangements were so much more intimate in communist societies. A 400sf apartment would feel a lot closer and safer than my place now. What if a burglar is waiting for me upstairs when I go to bed? Climbing stairs to go to bed is such an inconvenience anyway. East Berlin would have felt even safer with that wall keeping the evils of western imperialism away. Much like when buying concert tickets in high school I was always jealous of the camaraderie and friendships that must have developed between people while they were waiting in line to buy bread. Purchasing basic necessities is just so anti-social here in the US. As a child I would have enjoyed that no God thing Marx was so fond of talking about. Cartoons would have been on two days in a row. Since the state was the great provider there would have been no need for those boring political shows like ?Meet the Press? either. I always hated those.
Thanks Scott, I?ve been converted. There are obviously so many things I just never thought about. The cartoon thing was the closer. I would feel bad for WE Coyote, if he ever did catch the roadrunner he would have to share his catch with the other animals that were not nearly as ingenious as him and didn?t have his connections with the ACME company. But wasn?t he really just an overachieving, oversized dog striving for a lifelong goal making the other desert animals feel inferior with his clever plans. State-funded mediocrity is so much more desirable. I?ll look forward to seeing you in line the next time I go to buy shoes.
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Reminds me of the philosophy of IS. Why? It just IS. Or the mysterious and omniscient THEY. THEY tell us to... THEY act like... THEY think that....
Why IS IT that THEY want us to....
All a big conspiracy. I'm sure the all-inclusive EVERYONE has something do with IT as well. Although THEY are always telling EVERYONE what IT IS, so maybe EVERYONE is actually a victim of the viscious and ever-present 'IT IS THEY' triumvirate? EVERYONE being innocent of any real wrongdoing but guilty by association. When 'IT IS THEY' are finally brought to justice, EVERYONE could be offered a deal to testify against them.
But what if IT IS, IS just IT and not part a conspiracy involving THEY. Then if EVERYONE could find out what IT IS then THEY would no longer hold dominion over EVERYONE. Although if someone by chance didn't know what IT IS, THEY would not be around to tell them and it would be up to EVERYONE to tell them, but in that way would EVERYONE have not assumed the role previously played by THEY, the oppressed now through eliminating their oppressors have actually become the oppressors, and have now created a new class of EVERYONE that needs to be told what IT IS. And in teaching the new class of EVERYONE what IT IS would not the new EVERYONE start to resent the new THEY in the same way that the new THEY resented the old THEY when they were still only EVERYONE.
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Seriously, what exactly is your problem with communism, because you do realize in an Ideal Marxist communist society (which was John Lennon's standpoint, the other Beatles weren't really that political (George maybe)) Everyone is equal, there is an elected leader, everyone has an equal amount of possesions, everyone is paid the same (so therefore you can get a job that you want, that you would love, and you don't have to worry about not getting paid, I mean being a teacher would be a great job but you don't get paid worth crap(time to go into a story))
I have this janitor at my highschool, and he's a really great guy, he'll be glad to help out anyone (like if their locker breaks, or if someone messes up your car) and he sais that he always wanted to be a janitor, because he sees it as always helping out us high school students,now isn't that something? Now in a perfect society(communist) he would be paid the same as a lawyer, or a congressman, now wouldn't you say that man deserves to be paid the same as any of the aforementioned?
I just wish that all this McCarthy red-hunt crap wouldn't still exist today.
"Imagine all the people....."
If John Lennon was such a wonderful communist than why did he choose to live in New York rather than Moscow?
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I saw this band perform last weekend and was very impressed. I found a website for them but it didn't have any touring info for them other than listing the concert where I saw them. Their music reminds me a little of Filter or Orgy. Not the Filter song that was overplayed on the radio, "Take a picture", but their really good stuff. Also from their website it appears that they toured with the Ozzfest show but I don't remember them. Here's a link to the site anyway
The intro to the site is a good example of what I heard at the concert. So don't click the 'skip intro' button. There are also some other samples of their music that can be played, mpegs. Real good stuff.
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Noel or Liam, whichever Gallagher brother had the heroin and ego problem. I love Oasis but can't stand that guy.
Hootie and the Blowfish played golf all the time and smoked pot. I could really hang out with them until they decided to sing, then I would have to leave.
John Lennon would probably bother me. I know his wife would. Love the music though.
David Lee Roth, I wouldn't even want to talk to him except to say he should apologize to Michael and the brothers and try to get back with the band. It's interesting that the career and success that inflated his ego was destroyed because of his ego.
John McEnroe was an incredible tennis player. Probably had the best 'hands' of anyone who ever played. Some say he's a great ambassador for tennis but that's only because if tennis stays popular, he'll have people who want something to do with him. I met him once. That whining, crying, me, me, me stuff he showed on the court wasn't just an act. In person he really is like that, of course never when a camera is rolling.
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The Nissan commercial about a truck with STP's "Wicked Garden" was cool but only because I like the song.
I was disturbed when Peter Gabriel's "Come talk to me" was used in some phone company commercial. It's a beautiful song that just doesn't seem like something that should be commercialized. However, I wouldn't mind at all if Craftsman Tools wanted to use "Sledgehammer" in one of their ads.
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The movie I am about to suggest is obviously NOT an entry to the 'best of' category, but I just want to know how many people remember it. The movie is, "Cotton Candy".
It was released in 1978 (I was ten years old at the time). Very odd stuff I am finding out about this movie as we speak... It was directed by Ron Howard! You know the guy from "Happy Days". Ron's brother, Clint Howard, played the lead in their group.
Wow, what a flashback! Has anyone else seen this movie?
I only watched it and remember it because the high school where it was filmed was where I went to school several years later, Lake Highlands, Dallas. The mall where they had the 'battle of the bands' was a Dallas mall called Town East. In one of the scenes you can even see the fences and green windscreens of the tennis courts where I used to play. The middle name of Ron Howard's first son is actually Dallas because he was concieved during the filming. "Night Shift" was comic genius, this movie was made for TV. I liked "ED TV" but not the aftermath of reality shows that followed. Other notables from Lake Highlands include:
Merton Hanks -- Strong safety of the evil SF 49's in the mid nineties
Morgan Fairchild -- B-movie actress and spokesperson for Old Navy
Matt Stover -- Placekicker for the Baltimore Ravens
Justin Leonard -- Pro golfer and former British Open champion
Cindy Scott -- Frequent Songfacts poster ::
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I want to say there is NO such thing as a bad Zeppelin song.
"Hot Dog" wasn't one of their finest moments.
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I like NSync. If I were in a room with all of you, I'm sure it would be at this point I would be pelted with rotten tomatoes.
"Do we look like the kind of store that would have Nsync? Go to the mall!"
I would never throw rotten tomatos at a fan of Jack Black. Now if you were standing next to Nsync and I had a sniper rifle... It would be a crime of passion, and I would probably get off. It would make me sad if you were hit in the crossfire. My actions would be for the greater good. Several members of this site might even contribute to my legal defense fund. You should be safe listening to them, but I wouldn't attend an autograph signing or anything involving a large crowd. Too easy to blend in with a crowd.
All said in fun
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"Puff, puff, give; you're messing up the rotation."
Chris Tucker in "Friday".
"Home Grown" was good also with Billy Bob Thornton, Kelly Lynch, Hank Azaria, and Jamie Lee Curtis
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"Less than Zero" couldn't have even been made into a movie if the screenplay had more accurately reflected the book. There were no likable people in the book. No one would have wanted to see it. A great example of when too few morals meet too much money. Drugs were only part of the problem in the book. While Clay never prostituted himself like Julian, he did participate in most of the other incidents portrayed in the movie and many that were not; kidnapping, rape, and bi-sexual sex. Nobody would have wanted to watch Andrew McCarthy taking it from behind. Tony Montanna killed a lot of people, but he never tied a teen-age girl to a bed and watched as his friends raped her.
I liked "Where the Buffalo Roam". Bill Murray played Hunter S. Thompson covering the Nixon campaign. It also featured his friendship with his attorney Carl Lazlo that "Fear and Loathing in LV" showed.
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Ditto, I didn't get to go Friday, but Saturday and Sunday were incredible.
At least I didn't say anything. 
SRV,,,Great Or Fake
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For starters he was from Dallas where I'm from.
Seriously though, unless you have a hearing fusion it should be obvious. Try and isolate the lead guitar parts in his songs. Do this for at least 15 minutes each day for a week. If the confusion doesn't clear up, then check back.
Like exercize, a daily dose of Stevie would be helpful for anyone.