Just in from the Gang of (fucking) Four. I'd count the ways that it kicked ass, but Gandalfe would hunt me down and kill me.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Oct 12, 2005 9:08:45 pm PDT #821 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Gandalfe - Oct 12, 2005 9:12:22 pm PDT #822 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
As an offhand guess, I'd say they kicked ass 4 ways.
Hayden - Oct 12, 2005 9:21:18 pm PDT #823 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
There were many things I loved about the show, but one of the primary points was when several guys in the back started a "Hu-go! Burn-ham!" chant when Burnham (who is freakin' huge now, offhand) got out from behind his drums to take a bow after the "Damaged Goods" encore. Also, at some point during "To Hell With Poverty!," I could swear that the roof tore off and Emo's burnt down.
Jon B. - Oct 13, 2005 8:29:22 am PDT #824 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
My new one was inspired by a morning listen to This Nation's Saving Grace yesterday.
Mark E. quoting "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"?
Hayden - Oct 13, 2005 8:49:35 am PDT #825 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think it's Brix, but yes.
dw - Oct 13, 2005 1:15:27 pm PDT #826 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Non indie-rock non punk rock question:
WXPN is doing a "Greatest Albums of All Time" Countdown. Here's the current rundown of Zeppelin albums:
III - #150
Houses of the Holy - #103
II - #68
I - #63
Physical Graffiti - #48
(untitled d/b/a IV) - unplayed, assumed higher that #48
Q1. Why is Led Zeppelin IV always rated so damn high? I HATE "Stairway," and it always sounds like a big-ass boat anchor on that whole album. I mean, especially when compared to the butt-rock greatness of the first two songs on the album, the beauty of "Going To California," and the apocalyptic blues of "When The Levee Breaks." And "Battle of Evermore" is a little distracting on side one.
Q2. It's nice to see Physical Graffiti get the props -- it's my fave Zep album. Why has it taken so long for it to get recognized as the glorious mishmash it is?
Q3. What is it about III? For that matter, what is it about third albums and like-hate polarity? Fables of the Reconstruction, for instance, you either love or despise. To a point, OK Computer is the same way for Radiohead fans. I'll freely admit not every artist that has this third album love-hate polarity, but why do some bands have this on album three? Or am I highlighting a coincidence?
DavidS - Oct 13, 2005 3:07:46 pm PDT #827 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Album three is where you have to change your sound. I think that's it. Otherwise you're coasting.
tina f. - Oct 13, 2005 4:41:48 pm PDT #828 of 10003
From what I hear the soon-to-be-released third Strokes album is a big "sound-change" third album. Which, you know, thank god because they were coasting with the last one - but I predict a giant flop and probably an incredibly mediocre album.
Interesting. According to the Wikipedia Led Zeppelin discography page, Physical Graffiti is their second best selling album in the U.S. With II being third. (So the station's greatest-album-rating doesn't quite correspond with their sales.) Combined sales of the top three? 49 million.
PG is my favorite, but I've been satisfying most of my Zeppelin needs with frequent listenings of How the West Was Won ever since it was released.
dw - Oct 13, 2005 5:56:13 pm PDT #829 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Although, IIRC, the RIAA counts double albums as two units. So PG sold 15 million records but only 7.5 million albums.
Nicklas - Oct 14, 2005 4:41:03 am PDT #830 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
This years best record is damn hard, mainly because it hasn't been that supergreat. Sleater-Kinney's The Woods and Patrick Wolf's Wind in the Wires are the only two I'm sure would be at the top.