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anderyn
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response 12 of 48:
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Feb 1 00:32 UTC 2000 |
Why, Goose, I was being honest! I love Rick Springfield.
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albaugh
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response 13 of 48:
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Feb 1 06:35 UTC 2000 |
Barry Manilow...
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raven
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response 14 of 48:
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Feb 3 07:42 UTC 2000 |
I haven't heard Motorhead for years, but would probably crank up the stereo
if I heard them again. I like to listen to the Breeders sometimes although
Ican hear that they have almost zero talent.
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lumen
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response 15 of 48:
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Feb 4 05:18 UTC 2000 |
Did anyone catch VH1's episode of "The List" that covered this topic?
(Yes, watching it inspired me to put this item down)
The top three picks were:
Tied at #1: I'm Too Sexy and Me So Horny (if you can believe it, it was
the lady rocker guest who put it up there)
#2: Can't Fight This Feeling
#3: The Greatest Love of All
resp:3 I guess the album wasn't a big seller. Actually, the 'tune' (if
you can call it that) was on two different compilations of the same
name. The second compilation did not include "She," (which was an odd
sci-fi/fantasy monologue), but included all the other tracks plus some
additional material. I picked up the second in a bargain bin on
cassette and duped my sisters into their copy on CD.
resp:10 2nu has a new album?!? Imagine that.. I thought that they would
die in the passing fad of monologue music.. reminds me of another female
artist I can't remember who did one called "The Sweater" that was really
popular for a little while.
Back to the VH1 thread-- interestingly enough, Def Leppard and Barry
Manilow were mentioned. Def Leppard, I think, was lumped with glam rock
that fell out of fashion for good when the Seattle (Tacoma, actually)
sound came out. My wife still loves them, but a close friend of hers
denies ever really liking them, which is funny as hell since she
introduced Julie to their music. Barry Manilow was big during the disco
years, and we all know few artists from that period survive.
Which reminds me-- Barry White is another guilty pleasure of mine--
though I own none of his albums, there's no denying that velvety bass
puts me in the mood whenever I do hear it. I wonder if he really will
survive disco as well.
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goose
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response 16 of 48:
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Feb 4 05:57 UTC 2000 |
Meryn cadell is the "sweater Song" woman...she's a Canadian artist, and that
album is a riot...
Def Leppard rocks, and I will stand by that statement. :-)
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gypsi
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response 17 of 48:
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Feb 4 14:34 UTC 2000 |
Ooh!!! Carson introduced me to Meryn Cadell. I love that album.
Thanks to Matt, I now like Def Leppard again. *sigh* Also, THANKS TO GOOSE
(jerk), I am now catching myself dancing around singing hair band songs. ;-)
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lumen
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response 18 of 48:
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Feb 4 17:18 UTC 2000 |
I really wonder what the rest of that album sounds like. I don't
remember it being around for very long. Meryn Cadell. Hrm. Might
have to look her up in a discography catalog.
Not to partially digress to something that is more of an Internet
guilty pleasure, but has the CD connected to
http://www.hampsterdance.com come out yet? It's supposed to be a dance
album.
If enough people actually get it, I wonder if that could be counted.
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gypsi
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response 19 of 48:
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Feb 4 18:54 UTC 2000 |
Is it "hampster" or "hamster"? Hamster is the correct spelling of the
animal...
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orinoco
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response 20 of 48:
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Feb 4 19:44 UTC 2000 |
One of my computer geek friends tells the story of a convention where someone
in the room started whistling the hamsterdance music under his breath, and
within about 5 minutes the whole room was singing along. I have no idea if
this is true or not, but it's a wonderful image.
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scott
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response 21 of 48:
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Feb 5 01:09 UTC 2000 |
"rock operas". Some people think these are the dumbest type of rock album
ever done. Done well, I like them a lot. Right at the moment I'm listening
to Queenryche's "Operation Mindcrime".
Hey, "Quadrophenia" is a rock opera, if you get right down to it.
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gnat
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response 22 of 48:
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Feb 5 02:10 UTC 2000 |
"Quadrophenia" is a great album... not a guilty pleasure at all.
What's the difference between a "rock opera" and a mere "concept album"?
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tpryan
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response 23 of 48:
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Feb 5 18:26 UTC 2000 |
"The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" can be considered a concept
album. He's the one-shot artist who did "Fire". The first side of the
LP expands the song and fills in more. It did make it to CD.
That recent Garth Brooks albums where he presents himself as
someone other than Garth Brooks might also be considered a concept.
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orinoco
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response 24 of 48:
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Feb 5 22:05 UTC 2000 |
In general, "concept album" is a broader category than "rock opera." The
theme of a concept album doesn't need to be a plot.
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tpryan
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response 25 of 48:
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Feb 6 17:27 UTC 2000 |
As "Sgt Pepper" was a concept album. Mostly The Beatles as seeing
this band as one who would play all those tunes.
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gnat
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response 26 of 48:
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Feb 7 01:28 UTC 2000 |
I never thought of Sgt. Pepper as being much of a concept album... I'm
not even sure if it was intended as such. It's got that frame of
the Sgt. Pepper theme, but the individual songs have nothing to do
with each other.
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lumen
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response 27 of 48:
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Feb 7 02:47 UTC 2000 |
That was my impression, too-- at best, the idea would be like a 'live'
album, I suppose.
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carson
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response 28 of 48:
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Feb 9 14:55 UTC 2000 |
(damn it, Meryn Cadell's _Angel Food For Thought_ is one of my
favorite albums ever. I *hate* to hear her remembered as a one-hit
wonder... even if she was. ;) FWIW, those who were first exposed
to her music by CIMX-Windsor may also remember "Flight Attendant."
I still think it's a crime that Tom Third's remix of her "Barbie"
never received the airplay it deserved, but I digress.)
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gypsi
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response 29 of 48:
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Feb 9 17:35 UTC 2000 |
I love "Flight Attendant". I also like the bumblebee song...I'd have to dig
for my taped copy (from you!) to find the name of it.
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dbratman
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response 30 of 48:
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Feb 18 22:17 UTC 2000 |
A lot of the arias in _real_ operas don't have much to do with each
other, either.
I always figured a rock opera was an album which made a stab at having
a plot and some musical continuity (recurring themes and suchlike).
A concept album is anything that claims to be more than a bunch of
songs in a pleasing order. The title song, its reprise, and "With a
little help from my friends" (which the title song leads into) are
enough to make _Sgt. Pepper_ a concept album. If you want to think of
the rest of the songs as being played by the Lonely Hearts Club Band,
then do so. If not, don't.
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otaking
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response 31 of 48:
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Mar 6 20:26 UTC 2000 |
Styx's rock opera is a guilty pleasure of mine. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.
A lot of my friends can't understand why I like listening to Trisha Yearwood
and Patty Loveless.
Dr. Dre and Cypress Hill are also guilty pleasures for me.
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eeyore
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response 32 of 48:
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Aug 18 05:55 UTC 2000 |
Hair rock. I'm currently listening to a compilation with Cinderella, Black
Sabbath, Night Ranger, Dokken, White Lion, Kix, Kiss, Triumph, Mr. Big and
Winger. Man, is it great stuff!!!!
hmmmm....other stuff....I adore Neil Diamond. And I own a *LOT* of Disney.
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mcnally
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response 33 of 48:
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Aug 18 06:24 UTC 2000 |
gack!
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eeyore
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response 34 of 48:
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Aug 18 06:40 UTC 2000 |
Which one are you gacking over? Or all of them. :)
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brighn
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response 35 of 48:
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Aug 18 14:42 UTC 2000 |
The most demographic-inappropriate music I enjoy is Peggy Lee. After all, I'm
too young to remember where I was when JFK was shot.
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jules
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response 36 of 48:
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Jun 6 04:57 UTC 2001 |
def leppard
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