SECOND FAVORITE BAND

"Ian Astbury is a dangerous frontman"

Explanation please.

Mine is The Beatles, Guns n Roses, Crowded House... then definitely Max Raabe & Palast Orchester



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Is like Iggy Pop in the 70's, you never know what would happen in his concerts

[QUOTE] [b]Vali wrote:[/b]

Besides, I confess I´ve been a slave to Foxy Shazam for the last 3 or 4 years.[/QUOTE]

Holy crap, just checked these guys out and they're FANTASTIC !

Supergrass - couldn't find anything on them. Help !?

[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b] definitely Max Raabe & Palast Orchester [/QUOTE] Love the 20s throwback. If you're into that kind of charm, then you'd probably like Imelda May. She and her band do the rockabilly throwback thing to perfection. But my favourite thing of hers is the Walking In The Sand cover with Jeff Beck. Just exquisite.

As for the original question... I'll just mention a few things here that haven't been mentioned yet:

Muse (Absolution, Black Holes and 2nd Law are phenonenal albums)
Yes (71-77, as well as 90125 and The Ladder)
Dream Theater (Images, Scenes, Six Degrees disc 2, Octavarium, Black Clouds - the rest is really hit/miss/derivative/wanky)
Max Webster (criminally underrated - brilliant arrangements in nearly all of their songs)
Frank Zappa (sparingly - but the good stuff is brilliant, like Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Apostrophe, Overnite Sensation, Joe's Garage, etc.)

And pretty much anything from before 1955. There is very little music from before 1955 that can qualify as bad music.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
And pretty much anything from before 1955. There is very little music from before 1955 that can qualify as bad music.
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I usually agree with you on musical matters, but this is where our views diverge. Plenty of good music before '55, no doubts there. But also LOADS of crap. Doris Day, Patti Page and Al Martino come to mind as absolute superstars from the era who made absolutely crappy, dime-a-dozen music. There were literally hundreds of novelty singles released in the '40s and '50s, the vast majority of which don't even have novelty appeal anymore (think "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Now imagine that 10x less entertaining and 10x more annoying).

Can you tell me with a straight face that "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" (1953) is NOT unbearably bad?

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b][QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]And pretty much anything from before 1955. There is very little music from before 1955 that can qualify as bad music.[/QUOTE]Can you tell me with a straight face that "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" (1953) is NOT unbearably bad?[/QUOTE]
it's musical genius :-)

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]
Can you tell me with a straight face that "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" (1953) is NOT unbearably bad?[/QUOTE]

Oh my God, my mum used to sing that to me. This is probably the first time I've thought of it in 15 years. I don't think I'm capable of not loving it :P

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]


Max Webster (criminally underrated - brilliant arrangements in nearly all of their songs)

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I just checked out some Max Webster on youtube......heard of em a while ago in the context of their being Rush's buddies, and their frequent opening band................I'm liking what I'm hearing!!!! Good stuff.............

Didn't realize their singer was the Go For A Soda guy! heh....





Also......somehow while checking them out, there was a link to a band I'd kinda forgot about...........Blackfoot.....seriously underrated southern rock band!

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

I usually agree with you on musical matters, but this is where our views diverge. Plenty of good music before '55, no doubts there. But also LOADS of crap. Doris Day, Patti Page and Al Martino come to mind as absolute superstars from the era who made absolutely crappy, dime-a-dozen music. There were literally hundreds of novelty singles released in the '40s and '50s, the vast majority of which don't even have novelty appeal anymore (think "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Now imagine that 10x less entertaining and 10x more annoying).

Can you tell me with a straight face that "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window" (1953) is NOT unbearably bad?[/QUOTE]

Ha ha !! Indeed, a lot of those novelty songs were pretty bad.

But I'd still take them over much of the pop trite churned out these days.

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

I just checked out some Max Webster on youtube......heard of em a while ago in the context of their being Rush's buddies, and their frequent opening band................I'm liking what I'm hearing!!!! Good stuff.............

Didn't realize their singer was the Go For A Soda guy! heh....
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Yup. Kim Mitchell was absolutely brilliant in the 70s. But it really was the sum of the parts. It was borderline Zappa, but more accessible. Summer's Up, High Class in Borrowed Shoes, In Context Of The Moon, The Party, Beyond The Moon, Charmonium, Moon Voices ... just such incredibly well arranged music.

Some of Kim's solo stuff was good too. The "Itch" album is excellent.