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  1. Top 10 Greatest Movie Anti-Heroes

    in Movies and TV

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    Thanks, Jugband! Did you watch Arrested Development or are you a fan of naps? I fall under both categories. :grin:

    i love love love love love arrested development. i work at a video store that has all 3 seasons and i'd find myself getting too imersed in the show and not doing any work. oh well, there's aways money in the banana stand ;) .

  3. Unlikely Zep Favorites ??

    in Music Discussion Classic

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    "Over the Hills and Far Away"

    "Ramble On"

    "Your Time is Gonna Come"

    how many people here have likely zeppelin songs among their favorites from the band? (i'm thinking this means "Kashmir", "Stairway", "Black Dog", & probably 5 or 6 others every middle schooler has heard). i think half the fun of zeppelin is most people's favorite songs are the ones you don't hear all over the place.

  4. Songs About Breaking Up

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    edna, i've been in the breeze for a while, but i always knew i'd come back.

    i left a kid who cared too much about the velvet underground and who wouldn't listen to anything after 1982--and have now come back chock full of incredible 90's albums and the knowledge that you can never care too much about the velvet underground.

  5. Songs About Breaking Up

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    I wanted to start a thread listing songs that are not neccessarily "break-up" songs, but more songs about people breaking up. I find these can sometimes be touching, but more often find greatness in their irony or humor.

    For example, "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" by the Ramones, which, simply enough, goes:

    "I don't wanna walk around with you

    I don't wanna walk around with you

    I don't wanna walk around with you

    So why you wanna walk around with me?

    I don't wanna walk around with you

    I don't wanna walk around with you"

    Other exapmles includue "Yeah! Oh, Yeah!" by the Magnetic Fields, and the rock standard "Hey Joe."

  12. Neil Young Questions

    in Questions and Answers

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    just a couple things i was wondering;

    is there a live neil young album containing "Down By The River" or "Cowgirl In The Sand"?

    also, can such concert favorites as "Hey Hey, My My", "Powderfinger", "Sedan Delivery" and "Pocahontas" be found on any studio album?

    thanks...

  20. Second Hand Smoke a Threat to All

    in Random Thoughts

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    (...pointless article...)

    "Secondhand Smoke a Threat to All, Surgeon General Warns

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    It increases risk of heart disease, lung cancer and SIDS, report finds

    By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter

    TUESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- No amount of secondhand smoke is safe.

    And the only way to protect nonsmokers is through smoke-free environments. Separating smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space or relying on sophisticated ventilation systems just doesn't work."

    wow...no sh--. thank god reporters are covering such important and groundbreaking stories as this.

  21. Help w/ The Clash

    in Music Discussion Classic

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    calm down man. i was just giving my opinion based on the Clash music that i own. that being "Sandinista!", "London Calling", "Give 'Em Enough Rope", "Combat Rock", "Super Black Market Clash", and the US version, (if you want to call it that), of "the Clash". in addition i've copied from friends most of the songs i'm missing, ("Bankrobber", "Cheat", "48 hours", etc.). sorry if i offeneded you by stating my point of view on the issue. next time if i disagree with you i guess i'll just keep it to myself.

  22. Help w/ The Clash

    in Music Discussion Classic

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    if you intend on getting all the albums, (and no compilations) then the US one is certainly the best choice. The US cd contains "Complete Control", "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais", and "I Fought the Law", three of the greatest tracks ever recorded by the group. while the UK version might have the one they intended to release, that was with the thought that you could just buy the singles of those tracks missing from the UK release. "48 hours", "Protex Blue", and "Cheat", (tracks not included on US release) are not in the same league as the songs i mentioned before. The US version is by far superior, but if you already have a greatest hits of the Clash, then you'll probably get more new tracks from the UK release.

  24. Niel Young --Living With War

    in Album Reviews

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    let me start out by saying that i am politically biased to favor this album. however, i think that nonetheless the album is brilliant, and that the outlandish political stance cannot be held against it to the extent of not giving it a chance. also, people who hold the fact that he is canadian against the album is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. that's like saying that because we're not iraqi we can't voice our opinion on how they should i run their country. (oops, too late.) change that to iran. moving on...

    the album. all the songs have the same general sound, most likely due to the short amount of time in which they were recorded. the sound however, is one that you wouldn't mind listening to over and over. backed by a power trio, a trumpet, and a hundred voice choir neil young rocks as hard as ever about the president, foreign policy, and of course, war. what i like the most about this album is the fact that i always listen to music protesting and opposing what's going on at some point in the past, and it's nice to finally have a new album come out that i can think back on as relating to my growing up.

    1. After the Garden: for those who awaited the release of the album, (me), the opening chords are just a wave of beauty. it's a solid opening song with nothing too dramatic, though a pretty bleak outlook if you look at it in a certain way.

    2. Living With War: the song that best deals with the fact that we are living in a time of war in this country, and how exactly we should, and can, live with it. one of the slower songs on the album, it shows the wavering emotions, being less angered and more confrontational. my favorite lines;

    and when the dawn breaks

    i see my fellow man

    and on the flat screen we kill

    and we're killed again

    and when the night falls

    i pray for peace

    try to remember peace

    3. The Restless Consumer: a good contrast to the previous song, the Restless Consumer is on of the hardest rocking songs, a feedback drenched song comperable to "Cowgirl in the Sand". Dealing with business and foreign policy, the song builds up a feeling of anger against our current administration, the first real sign of this on the album. It's basically summed up by;

    Don't need no terror squad

    Don't need to damn jihad

    blowing themselves away in my hood

    but we don't talk to them

    and we don't learn from them

    hate don't negociate with good

    Don't need--!

    4. Shock and Awe: is the real retrospective anger song on the album. Looking back on the "days of shock and awe", "the days of mission accomplished", and when "we had a chance to change our mind" (about our president).

    5. Families: a solid song that i like because it breaks the tension of the previous two. Young's touching lyrics backed the hundred voices on the word "family" raises the emotions to a more personal level. this doesn't mean the sound is any softer than the rest of the album though.

    6. Flags of Freedom: honestly, not one of my favorites. Others have claimed it to be the best song out of the bunch, but it just doesn't have the same verosity and message as the others seem to. But obviously, different songs mean different things to everyone.

    7. Let's Impeach the President: the most hyped song on the album, it meets up the most expectations. While not my favorite, it's a song that would make someone with my views very excited to hear what we've all been thinking. A special touch; instead of any real solo, the bridge is filled with Niel's cheers of "Flip...Flop" accompanied by recording of our President. ("War is my last option"..."We're gonna smoke 'em out, bring 'em on"). The line that means the most to me, that i've actually thought deeply about before;

    Let's impeach the President for hijacking

    our religion and using it to get elected

    For dividing our country into colors

    and still leaving black people neglected

    8. Lookin' For A Leader: the most optimistic song, Young challeges those out there to lead our country down a better road, and perhaps suggests we get some new blood in the office, (it's not a monarchy, we don't need another clinton or bush).

    9. Roger and Out: my favorite song out of the lot, it's a song that some how manages to be slow and relaxing while still having two electric, feedback driven guitars and a bass. Reminds me of Cortez the Killer a little, musically more than lyrically. It grabs you from the opening line;

    Trippin' down that old hippy highway...

    10. America the Beautiful: frankly, i was dissapointed with this last song. Not the song itself of course, but when i saw that it closed the album i was looking forward to hearing just Neil with an acoustic guitar sealing the deal. Instead, it's the 100 voice choir singing it the way we've heard it a million times before. It serves as a proper end to the album however, showing that despite everything that's wrong with our nation, it's still the country we love and that we are proud to be a part of.

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