Pip's Invitation
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Oh, this is nowhere near their peak in terms of "abrasive, unconventional sound".
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Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 24. Appetite For Destruction – Guns N' Roses (308 Viewers)
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simey
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Don Quixote
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I haven’t seen one yet either. @Atomic Punk looks highest. I like both of those songs, but I might lean to “I’m Waiting for the Man” for more of a poppier playlist selection if it was my call.
Leroy Hoard
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Speaking of that, early one Sunday morning my local "soft rock" station played this rather abrasive song.
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zamboni
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Another vote for Jacob. As an aside, I think their Exit Stage Left version is hard to top as their best live performance in their long history.I too will go with Jacob's Ladder over The Spirit of Radio if that's a thing we can do here. No offense to The Spirit of Radio intended.Awesome to see this with a finish this high.62 (tie). Permanent Waves – Rush (341 points)
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Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980 through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs (such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill"), though their progressive rock blueprint is still evident on "Jacob's Ladder" and the nine-minute closer "Natural Science." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the first of seven studio albums the band recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown.
The Spirit of Radio seems like the obvious song choice here, and I'll go with it if the other Rush fans agree, but Jacob's Ladder is a top 5 Rush tune in my book and my favorite, although Spirit is close behind.
(I believe Spirit is the song they opened shows with the highest number of times.)
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
@Snoopy has the call for this album.
zamboni
Footballguy
Would also have to give him dibs on the Woodstock documentary soundtrack if it showed up.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
He has posted once in this thread, back on July 3. He must be off fighting the Red Baron again.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Also should get top pick if Doggystyle or The Doggfather show up.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
We also know what he will choose should he be high ranker of a certain Pink Floyd album.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
More viola!
Dan Lambskin
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Snoopy
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Light My Fire
KarmaPolice
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Added.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Oh wait I get the joke now
Dan Lambskin
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zamboni
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Ghost Rider
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I might take Xanadu from the video release of that, but you cannot go wrong with either.Another vote for Jacob. As an aside, I think their Exit Stage Left version is hard to top as their best live performance in their long history.I too will go with Jacob's Ladder over The Spirit of Radio if that's a thing we can do here. No offense to The Spirit of Radio intended.Awesome to see this with a finish this high.62 (tie). Permanent Waves – Rush (341 points)
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Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980 through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs (such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill"), though their progressive rock blueprint is still evident on "Jacob's Ladder" and the nine-minute closer "Natural Science." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the first of seven studio albums the band recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown.
The Spirit of Radio seems like the obvious song choice here, and I'll go with it if the other Rush fans agree, but Jacob's Ladder is a top 5 Rush tune in my book and my favorite, although Spirit is close behind.
(I believe Spirit is the song they opened shows with the highest number of times.)
Val Rannous
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This one's pretty much Mrs. R's fault, she introduced me to this album.67. Bat out of Hell – Meatloaf (332 points)
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Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. The album was developed from the musical Neverland, a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974. It was recorded during 1975–1976 at various studios, including Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren, and released in October 1977 by Cleveland International/Epic Records. Bat Out of Hell spawned two Meat Loaf sequel albums: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).
My small town Texas upbringing really isolated me from rock music until I was in high school - up until that point I was pretty much a classic music nerd, since the only thing I kinda ever heard played otherwise was Country. Slow, sappy, "tears in your beer" music is way not me, so crank up the Bach and Wagner! When I finally had some access to rock music (thank you high school band friends...), it was a slow buildup - at first I would listen to what was playing on top-40 radio, then some heavier stuff, then proggy stuff, then I finally figured out metal was more than just noise. I remember early on avoiding metal - geez, how my tastes have changed.
Before Mrs. R. clued me in, my only memory of Meatloaf was seeing the album cover when I was still in my "rock growth" phase. One look at that flamboyant motorcycle blasting out of the cemetery before a giant bat, and my mind went "Nope! Whatever that is, it's too metal for me!", without ever even hearing it. Idiot.
Time passes - much later, Mrs. R and I were in our "hanging out as best friends" phase - I think I was driving her home when Paradise by the Dashboard Light came on the radio. I commented something along the lines of "Hey! I've heard this song before! I think I saw a video of this - I really liked it, but didn't catch who it was." She stared at me and gave me a "You don't know who Meatloaf is?!?". Honestly, my first thought when she said that was "Meatloaf? This doesn't sound Metal..." (yes, I still remembered that album cover) - but if I remember correctly my succinct answer was "Duuuhh... No?" I don't remember what happened next - she either already had the album and made me listen, or made me go buy it.
Where had this been all my life! Jim Steinman's and Meatloaf's music has been described as Wagnerian Rock, and as someone who had seen his musical tastes grow from, well, Wagner to Rock, I loved it. REALLY loved it. Thank you, Mrs. R. - had we been dating at the time, pretty sure she would have gotten snogged right then and there for introducing me to this.
Geez, I love the whole album - heck, I love most everything that Jim Steinman's written. How to pick only one song for the playlist? I guess the only way is to go back to the beginning where it all started for me, and choose Paradise:
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Jacob's LadderAwesome to see this with a finish this high.62 (tie). Permanent Waves – Rush (341 points)
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Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980 through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs (such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill"), though their progressive rock blueprint is still evident on "Jacob's Ladder" and the nine-minute closer "Natural Science." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the first of seven studio albums the band recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown.
The Spirit of Radio seems like the obvious song choice here, and I'll go with it if the other Rush fans agree, but Jacob's Ladder is a top 5 Rush tune in my book and my favorite, although Spirit is close behind.
Mt. Man
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90. A Trick of the Tail – Genesis (259 points)
So your lead singer decides to go solo for a number of reasons, and you need a replacement. Well, why not just promote your drummer? That’s what Genesis did, this album being the first with Phil Collins as singer. Still the same ol’ progressive greatness from the band, though, at least in this album. Only 8 songs, but with the shortest being slightly over 4 ½ minutes.
There’s “Dance On A Volcano”, a song about being able to keep moving forward despite danger. Entangled”, a purposefully hypnotic track about mental health. “Squonk", a lamenting song based on the fictional animal. And of course the title track, a fascinating, catchy, imaginative tale in a (relatively) small package.
So your lead singer decides to go solo for a number of reasons, and you need a replacement. Well, why not just promote your drummer? That’s what Genesis did, this album being the first with Phil Collins as singer. Still the same ol’ progressive greatness from the band, though, at least in this album. Only 8 songs, but with the shortest being slightly over 4 ½ minutes.
There’s “Dance On A Volcano”, a song about being able to keep moving forward despite danger. Entangled”, a purposefully hypnotic track about mental health. “Squonk", a lamenting song based on the fictional animal. And of course the title track, a fascinating, catchy, imaginative tale in a (relatively) small package.
Val Rannous
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Works for me, love Spirit - although I still hold a soft spot in my heart for Jacob's Ladder,Awesome to see this with a finish this high.62 (tie). Permanent Waves – Rush (341 points)
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Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980 through Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Hemispheres (1978), the band began working on new material for a follow-up in July 1979. This material showed a shift in the group's sound towards more concise arrangements and radio-friendly songs (such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill"), though their progressive rock blueprint is still evident on "Jacob's Ladder" and the nine-minute closer "Natural Science." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the first of seven studio albums the band recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec with production handled by the group and Terry Brown.
The Spirit of Radio seems like the obvious song choice here, and I'll go with it if the other Rush fans agree, but Jacob's Ladder is a top 5 Rush tune in my book and my favorite, although Spirit is close behind.
Edit - and now that I've caught up the to post wavefront, apparently I'm not the only one!!! That's a lot of love for Jacob's Ladder!
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Dan Lambskin
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Just heard this one the radio good stuff
rockaction
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64. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (340 points)
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The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and the German singer Nico. Released by Verve Records in March 1967, the album underperformed in sales and polarized critics upon release due to its abrasive, unconventional sound and controversial lyrical content. It later became regarded as one of the most influential albums in rock and pop music and one of the greatest albums of all time.
The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut studio album by the American rock band The Velvet Underground and the German model/singer Nico. Released by Verve Records in March 1967, the album underperformed in sales and polarized listeners and critics upon release due to its abrasive, unconventional sound and controversial lyrical content. It later became regarded as one of the most influential albums ever, and is now recognized as one of the greatest albums in rock and pop history.
Here it is. Again. Lou Reed (guitar, vocals), John Cale (bass, viola), Moe Tucker (drums), Sterling Morrison (guitar), Nico (chanteuse), and Andy Warhol (producer, manager, graphic design) functioned as an entire avant-garde pop art scene’s musical accompaniment. The result of their initial recordings and subsequent release was a record that became the most influential rock album ever. It didn’t sell well like the members or manager had hoped, and it did not propel the fame-hungry bohemian set into mainstream stardom (or even New York repute) like they had yearned for, but that almost seems quaint now despite the actual turmoil and unfortunate end of the social milieu to which they belonged. Spiritual leader Andy Warhol oversaw everything and was the patron that opened up previously unthought-of possibilities, but dissension and tension (and drugs) nearly dissolved the band immediately after the record's release and they would start going through serious lineup changes by the end of the self-immolating second album.
The eponymous plus-one record is often paradoxical: it sounds timeless and yet firmly and unrepentantly historical. Though unusually musically proficient—they had a classically-trained member in John Cale, a Welsh avant-garde composer—they remained primal. They were highbrow but had an ear for the pop music vernacular in which they were performing thanks to Lou Reed, who had performed in doo-*** groups and had written rock songs on demand for a Brill Building imitator called Pickwick Records, a company that produced and sold mechanically licensed covers of rock songs on the cheap. The Velvet Underground created a musical fusion that would become a bellwether of the winds that from then on would never stop blowing eastward in the country and the city they were from.
It was a record replete with distorted guitars, primal mallet drumming, bass groove, occasionally abrasive strings, feedback drone, appliance noise drone, and Lou Reed’s nasally vocals and provocative lyrics. These songs were interspersed with songs featuring Nico’s Teutonic vocals, and the result was a manifestly decaying but beautifully futuristic sound that butted up against a nationwide psychedelic movement that seemed to be about peace and love on its surface, but was undercut with a communal viciousness and orthodoxy that the Velvets hated. The peace-and-love psychedelic hippies resented the challenge to their flower power and hated them back. They saw the Velvets as a black-clad death trip; they did not realize The Velvet Underground saw themselves as living in a junked-out but necessary reality.
Songs about drugs, waiting for drugs, risky and sadomasochistic sex, Sunday comedowns, reflected vanities, partying starlets, the rise of 1965's "it girl" Edie Sedgwick, estranged friends, paranoia, sometimes just nonsense, and sometimes just trying to sound deep like Bob Dylan—all of these lyrical subjects give the record its spiritual grounding in a way of being that can be described as aspiring to true consciousness through the struggle of living as authentic individuals.
It was menacing and looked inward; it was not a record that you played in the commune unless you were looking for a lecture. In fact, it was a record so steeped in the individualist (if Germanic) and existentialist spirit that it became a touchstone and accompaniment to the Czechoslovakian dissident underground, who were living in one of the least free societies in history. Their songs were performed by Czech bands with names like The Plastic People Of The Universe, who played underground shows without permission, and once caught, were promptly ostracized and often jailed. Their lyrics were passed around in an environment where one could be blackballed or even incarcerated for just possessing a simple love poem that ran afoul of authoritarian approval. Vaclav Havel, playwright and underground movement leader, recounts being jailed and having Lou Reed lyrics to edify him, which proves the strange bedfellows dictum of politics. But this was the reality for the dissident Czechs that can only exist in a world where the bizarro insistence upon the total repression of the human spirit is in power. But thankfully not for eternity.
This sick tyranny over humanity's spirit was obliterated by the Havel-led Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution of 1989, which was comprised of those who had suffered a communist boot in their faces since birth but had finally amassed enough fed-up people to emphatically make it known that this social arrangement was over. And whether or not the non-violent but winning Velvet Revolution, named by an American diplomat, was coined in reference to the band or not, Havel invited Lou Reed to play during the 1990 transition from communism to Czechoslovakia's newfound freedom because the Velvet Underground—and Frank Zappa, another odd bedfellow—had been so significant to the Czech underground that Havel wanted to honor him and hear some words from the man who twenty years prior was just waiting for his man. The strangeness of having Lou Reed as one's beacon of liberty was not lost on Lou Reed, who was hesitant to go to the new Republic, but relented and was moved by how, in his words, "music changes people, and people change politics."
And that is only part of the impact of this record. It is droning, sprawling, tight, dense, operatic, bombastic, and minimalist all at once. A provocative and deliberate nod towards solipsism, it embodies the tension modernity lives in, between the death of God and the birth of the self’s longing for meaning in an always distributed and diffuse world. It is nothing short of revelatory, open-ended about which direction one should go, but always cognizant of the individual in all of life’s manifestations and realities. A new movement for a new set. That’s the announcement.
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I have linked a song below that is the earliest incarnation of The Velvet Underground and it is my own vote for some freedom for my own direction. This is where an aging, former frat boy meets up with Lou Reed and John Cale while they are trying to start an international teenage dance craze with a little bit of provocation and lyrical menace. Do The Ostrich.
Oh, and I'd vote for "I'm Waiting for the Man" (the spirit of the eponymous album, at least to me) or "Run Run Run" (the jammy, pyrotechnic side of the Velvets) off of the album, but that's for Atomic Punk to decide and he's going to get a lot of conflicting opinions, so good luck to him!
eta* You can hear the Velvets coming together in the just-too-long droned-out intro to "The Ostrich," which lasts fourteen seconds, and also in the little snippet at 1:20 that lasts twelve or thirteen seconds. I was talking with a guy on the Steve Hoffman Forums because I had said how much I loved the song, which isn't a tremendously popular opinion (it's a curio to most), and he said, "In some ways 'The Ostrich' might be Lou’s most perfect record." It captured his essence, he thought. I nodded via keyboard.
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Trying to convince the wife we have to go see Galactic Republic a metal band that dresses up in Star Wars costumes
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Can't imagine why that could be a tough sell for some.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
81. Paranoid – Black Sabbath (299 points)
I struggled putting this at #1, but then again, there was a time that nothing felt right. There’s a “depends on mood” angle in there, but yeah, I can live with this being at the top.
Let’s do a full dive!
War Pigs - Hard-hitting, powerful song that’s at least as poignant today as it was when it was released.
Paranoid - A song about depression… that’s fast-paced, hard-charging, and will likely cause headbanging.
Planet Caravan - Definite change of pace from the rest of the album; a psychedelic song about space travel.
Iron Man - Starts with an Incredible intro. Your “standard” time-travelling villainous story.
Electric Funeral - An(other) song about the worries of nuclear war. Powerfully haunting.
Hand of Doom - Soft, somber lead in before exploding with ferocity.
Rat Salad - Pure instrumental that again shows how great Iommi, Butler and Ward work together.
(Jack The Stripper/)Fairies Wear Boots - A fun but rocking song about skinheads and/or maybe laying off the drugs a little.
I wanted most to all the songs, but went with “War Pigs” because more of Sabbath is definitely better.
I struggled putting this at #1, but then again, there was a time that nothing felt right. There’s a “depends on mood” angle in there, but yeah, I can live with this being at the top.
Let’s do a full dive!
War Pigs - Hard-hitting, powerful song that’s at least as poignant today as it was when it was released.
Paranoid - A song about depression… that’s fast-paced, hard-charging, and will likely cause headbanging.
Planet Caravan - Definite change of pace from the rest of the album; a psychedelic song about space travel.
Iron Man - Starts with an Incredible intro. Your “standard” time-travelling villainous story.
Electric Funeral - An(other) song about the worries of nuclear war. Powerfully haunting.
Hand of Doom - Soft, somber lead in before exploding with ferocity.
Rat Salad - Pure instrumental that again shows how great Iommi, Butler and Ward work together.
(Jack The Stripper/)Fairies Wear Boots - A fun but rocking song about skinheads and/or maybe laying off the drugs a little.
I wanted most to all the songs, but went with “War Pigs” because more of Sabbath is definitely better.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
way to keep her off balance GB.
If I had submitted rankings, this would be in the top ten.62 (tie). A Night at the Opera – Queen (341 points)
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A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 28 November 1975, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release.
Named after the Marx Brothers' film of the same name, A Night at the Opera was recorded at various studios across a four-month period in 1975. Due to management issues, Queen had received almost none of the money they earned for their previous albums. Subsequently, they ended their contract with Trident Studios and did not use their studios for the album (the sole exception being "God Save the Queen", which had been recorded the previous year).
rockaction
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LOL. That would take something ending in -drine and a pissed off Lou Reed searching for his mainline.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'd pick "Love of My Life" for A Night At The Opera. Beautiful.
Val Rannous
Footballguy
Man, 3 of my top 5 picks went today - and I got sniped on 2 of them (and not by my wife this time). I semi-expected to get out-voted on Queen, but Rush?!?
kupcho1
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Several years later, cut to interior shot of a squalid apartment, a mopish Lambskin surrounded by empty liquor bottles and pizza boxes.
Voiceover: "It wasn't."
zamboni
Footballguy
Forgot to pick a song. Love of My Life is beautiful indeed (nice call out to the Live Killers rendition), but I’m going to go with the intricate, complex tour de force “The Prophet’s Song”.
Pip's Invitation
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Added.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I think I’ve made some headway
I agreed to some dinner in a lavender field where I have to bring my own table and chairs and drinks a few weeks ago
That’s coming up soon
Also black Keyes / Gary Clark jr might be back on the table
I agreed to some dinner in a lavender field where I have to bring my own table and chairs and drinks a few weeks ago
That’s coming up soon
Also black Keyes / Gary Clark jr might be back on the table
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Tonight’s playlist (typos likely)
Puscifer - the underwhelming
Tricky - wait for signal
Wheel - to my live departed’
tom petty - green onion (live)
The cardigans- explode
Bad penny - push comes to shove
Booker t - mo onions
Morphine- my brain
Elton John - your song
Nirvana - scent less apprentice
Primus - Mrs Blaileen - @KarmaPolice check this one out
Rolling Stones - spend the night together
Gong - Seoul botique - where’s my French prog fans at? @rockaction
The chats - holier than though (from that Metallica tribute album)
The tragically hip - empire penguin
Puscifer - conditions of my parole- this band is amazing BTW
Gong the Gris Gris girls
Big thief - heavy bend
Bowie - law
GNR - back off *****
Korn - though less
Poison - look what the cat dragged in - and where’s all the hair sleeze in this ????
Prince - ***** control
The residents - anaconda Montana
Puscifer - the underwhelming
Tricky - wait for signal
Wheel - to my live departed’
tom petty - green onion (live)
The cardigans- explode
Bad penny - push comes to shove
Booker t - mo onions
Morphine- my brain
Elton John - your song
Nirvana - scent less apprentice
Primus - Mrs Blaileen - @KarmaPolice check this one out
Rolling Stones - spend the night together
Gong - Seoul botique - where’s my French prog fans at? @rockaction
The chats - holier than though (from that Metallica tribute album)
The tragically hip - empire penguin
Puscifer - conditions of my parole- this band is amazing BTW
Gong the Gris Gris girls
Big thief - heavy bend
Bowie - law
GNR - back off *****
Korn - though less
Poison - look what the cat dragged in - and where’s all the hair sleeze in this ????
Prince - ***** control
The residents - anaconda Montana
rockaction
Footballguy
I love the thought and I listen to post-rock, which is a cousin of prog, but even though it's French (I should say I don't even come close to speaking the language and am ambivalent at best about existentialists smoking Gauloises in Parisian cafés) I don't know. I might fire that one into Spotify and report back. I'll be honest but not a ****.
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zamboni
Footballguy
Thanks - I had already done so. Can’t add twice, right?
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Dan Lambskin
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Robert Earl Keene - for love
Puscifer - the underwhelming (again they just put out a greatest hits)
The tragically hip - bobcaygeon
Gojira - mouth of Kala - please come to my town soon
The cars - just what i needed
Rihanna - cheers
Blondie - in the flesh
Jack off Jill - American made
The Walkman - my old man
Gordon Lightfoot- fading away
Opeth - moonlapse vertigo- @KarmaPolice
Gojira - Dawn - absolute
Metallica - bread fan
Puscifer - the underwhelming (again they just put out a greatest hits)
The tragically hip - bobcaygeon
Gojira - mouth of Kala - please come to my town soon
The cars - just what i needed
Rihanna - cheers
Blondie - in the flesh
Jack off Jill - American made
The Walkman - my old man
Gordon Lightfoot- fading away
Opeth - moonlapse vertigo- @KarmaPolice
Gojira - Dawn - absolute
Metallica - bread fan
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Try the album flying teapot
Somes in English
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
They were based in France but included people from a bunch of different countries, and most of their songs are in English.
rockaction
Footballguy
Gojira - Dawn - absolute
I'm honestly much more likely to like this than prog. I saw them open for Metallica at Petco but it was 2017 and I was on a sober jag (that would fail) and all I remember was hanging out by the merch tent because everyone was pounding alcohol and I honestly couldn't handle it (I still have issues with concerts and it's been six years).
But this band is liked by people who like bands that I do, and they sounded pretty good that night, although I think the bigness of the stadium got to them a bit. When you can't upstage the main act nor use the appropriate stage setting for a ballpark that seats over 40,000 then you're kind of running uphill from the jump. They had these risers and it didn't aesthetically look right and the sound wasn't up enough. Now imagine the show is sold out but it's more than half-empty and the attendees aren't really paying attention (hey, who's that sober-looking guy over at the merch tent?) and you've got Gojira's conundrum. They were dwarfed by not being able to use the space both visually and sonically.
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They opened for Korn last yea at pine knob. They blew them off the stage. 2nd best performance I saw last year and that’s only because Billy strings blew the house down a few nights laterGojira - Dawn - absolute
I'm honestly much more likely to like this than prog. I saw them open for Metallica at Petco but it was 2017 and I was on a sober jag (that would fail) and all I remember was hanging out by the merch tent because everyone was pounding alcohol and I honestly couldn't handle it (I still have issues with concerts and it's been six years). But this band is liked by people who like bands that I do, and they sounded pretty good that night, although I think the bigness of the stadium got to them a bit. When you can't upstage the main act nor use the appropriate stage setting for a ballpark that seats over 40,000 then you're kind of running uphill from the jump. They had these risers and it didn't aesthetically look right. Now imagine the show is sold out but it's half-empty and really not paying attention (hey, who's that sober looking guy over at the merch bar?) and you've got Gojira's conundrum. They were dwarfed by not being able to use the space both visually and sonically.
They’re instrumentally hard as hell (just a full sonic assault) . fairly clean but harsh vocals, also amazing visuals (big thing for me for live music)
Love whales and the environment
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
also whenever I wear my gojira T-shirt to a show or amusement park or whatever I get tons of compliments