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viper2
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response 25 of 39:
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Jun 5 15:20 UTC 2002 |
Tape - Madonna "Like a Virgin"
CD - NIN "Downward Spiral"
Don't own any DVD's and very few VHS tapes mostly recorded dance
competitions =)
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bru
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response 26 of 39:
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Jun 6 01:55 UTC 2002 |
first 45 - Puff the magic dragon
First LP - I don't ever recall by any LP's
first cassette - a blank tape
first 8 track - I never bought an 8 track
first CD - put down with anderyn's statement.
first dvd - I have yet to buy a DVD
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katie
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response 27 of 39:
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Jun 6 23:46 UTC 2002 |
First albums ever bought: Carly Simon 'PlayingPossum' and The Who "Who's
Next." Purchased at Old World Mall in 1975.
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twinkie
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response 28 of 39:
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Jun 7 20:07 UTC 2002 |
45 - Madness "Our House"
LP - Duran Duran "Seven And The Ragged Tiger"
Tape - Duran Duran "Arena"
8-Track - Police "Synchronicity"
CD - Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
VHS - Wild Palms
DVD - Fargo
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scott
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response 29 of 39:
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Jun 7 22:17 UTC 2002 |
That's certainly an interesting collection.
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jaklumen
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response 30 of 39:
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Jun 8 10:05 UTC 2002 |
I'd say so. Quite a few I think I'd be interested in, too.
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jor
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response 31 of 39:
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Jun 8 16:58 UTC 2002 |
eww, Duran Duran
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fitz
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response 32 of 39:
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Jun 8 18:06 UTC 2002 |
LP - Hayden: 3 Symphonies: Morning, noon, and ?(forgot)
CD - Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scherazade
VHS - Disney: Fantasia.
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jaklumen
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response 33 of 39:
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Jun 9 00:00 UTC 2002 |
heh. I like Duran Duran's music for what it is, and I don't have
pretensious tastes yet.
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twinkie
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response 34 of 39:
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Jun 9 23:56 UTC 2002 |
re: 29/30 - Thank you :)
re: 31 - Granted, they're hardly at-par with Neo-Bosnian Folk groups *cough*,
but they didn't become one of the most popular bands of the 20th century by
sucking.
re: 33 - I think that's all you're supposed to get out of it. If Duran Duran
was on TV talking about their "art" and giving their music a stroke of
uberimportance, I'd say it's fair to bash them. But I've yet to see any member
of Duran Duran stroke their collective egos over anything more than record
sales, or their videos (which are collaborative works that they never took
full credit for)
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jor
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response 35 of 39:
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Jun 12 22:07 UTC 2002 |
I just read about Duran Duran on Ann Arbor's own
allmusic.com, from which I have an impressive stack of
reject letters, but I couldn't find anything about
Neo-Bosnian Folk groups.
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twinkie
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response 36 of 39:
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Jun 13 06:02 UTC 2002 |
I dunno...considering they have two 4.5-star albums and one 4-star album, and
the stars presumably came from an Ann Arborite, they can't suck that bad.
I'd take issue with a few things on their listing, though.
First, Arena should be with "compilations, boxes", because its a live album.
If they're going to put remixes and "best-of" discs there, live albums belong
there, as well.
Second, "Thank You" was probably one of the most brilliant things out in 1995.
Their renditions of "White Lines" and "Perfect Day" earned enough critical
acclaim to put the album well above one star.
And finally, there are *way* more singles than the three they listed, and at
least four home videos that aren't listed.
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jaklumen
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response 37 of 39:
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Jun 13 20:09 UTC 2002 |
The "Arena" video is interesting-- it was directed by (damn, can't
remember his name right now) the same Australian MTV director that
went on to direct the Highlander trilogy.. same guy that did "Video
Killed The Radio Star" and "Total Eclipse of The Heart."
"Wild Boys" was my favorite part of this. I don't think I've seen a
video set quite like this since.
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jaklumen
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response 38 of 39:
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Jun 13 20:13 UTC 2002 |
he said on VH1's "Video Killed The Radio Star" special that he had
made it with a film trailer in mind. It shows.
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twinkie
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response 39 of 39:
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Jun 13 20:58 UTC 2002 |
Russel Mulcahy. He also directed Elton John's video "I'm Still Standing". His
videos are fairly easy to identify, because they're often at least partially
letterboxed.
He also directed the first few episodes of Queer As Folk, which is less
obvious than his videos, but his influence is strikingly obvious when you
compare the episodes he directed to the ones he didn't.
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