For all my rock is better than rap, behold:
Boston. It really was more than a feeling?
Foreigner. Try not to cringe when listening to Hot-Blooded.
Styx and Stones. Enuff said. Styx: still waiting for the spaceship. The Stones: also break my bones for dialing it for three decades.
Kiss: should never base a career on a tongue. Which is also the case of the Stones? Wow.
Hair Metal: came and felt the noise: was bored like wet Spandex.
But don't feel so bad, there is always 2010:
Lady Gaga: should probably focus on a career in fashion. |
TT: Kanye is dope. Made hip hop fresh again. Like the pine air freshener in my 63 Chevy lowrider with 20 inch rims. |
Macdad
Hilarious. I would also leave my wife and life with her in Houston. |
Wow Chashmal, for once we see eye-to-eye. :)
PS: I think the "God-awful Poets" would be a great name for a band! There, you score two points on the Bongometer.
At this rate, I figure, by May, you will be loving hip-hop as much as DMob, TT and myself. |
Beyonce: "Jay-Z, I am leaving you for someone I met on the internet."
HOVA: "Who is this mysterious Mac Daddy? That mutha is looking for a cap in his brain." |
Beyonce: "It was not his rig. It is that damn pecan pie at Goode Co." |
Mac daddy
I was just there yesterday. Took the edge off the cold rain. You can thank your lucky stars that may be the best Texas brisket in Houston. |
Hey, can we redirect this post back to Beyonce and BBQ in Houston. It is much more tasty than Leonard and KY Jelly. |
TT: my family is from the North as well. Portglenone. |
TT: I like the old growth Yew forest next to the monk rehab hospital. I am five generations removed here in America but the family name is still found in town. Visited last year. |
I love Kelly's Bar in Belfast. Good take-away at Thai Tantic, and Foo Kin Noodles, on the south side of town. |
TT: we must be the Black Irish, due to our taste in hip hop. |
TT: That would be the Crown Bar. I was there too. |
TT: I am the only troublemaker on Gon who had the brass balls to nominate Midleton Whiskey as the best of bourbon under the Best Bourbon posting. Please join in. |
I nominate the Who for yesterday's amazingly bad performance. It is always nice to see two old codgers sing off key, motionless on stage.
Other people who continue to dial it in are Aerosmith, Clapton, Sting and Phil Collins. Every dog has their day, but these guys just need to rest by the fire place. |
TT: Notorious BIG's "The Ten Commandments of Crack" was on heavy rotation at the Bongo House over the weekend, along with Ice Cube's "Had a good day." Some really good tunes came out in the 1990s. |
TT: your mum and I had a spot of green tea at Foo Ken noodles. |
Pardon me, that is Foo Kin Noodles. A ten minute walk from the Crown, same side of the street. |
TT: "Grace" is more about a sense of mood, and also needs to be placed next to the other prevelant music of the day, which was largely Grunge in 1992. A very quiet album next to that music, so I guess it was about contrasts.
I have the vinyl version and it is quite stunning on a good sound system and I think his vocal takes are widely respected by his musician peers. Robert Plant of Led Zep said it was one of the reasons he has focused on his blues, country and bluegrass cannon--really loved the soundstage.
BTW: His mother is really upset, claiming that the actual output that was released in 1992 does not match the actual quality of master tapes she has heard, which had many layers that were removed from the final mix, so I expect you will see a "directors cut" version released by the estate, which she administers, down the road. |
Loomis
It is called alcohol and swimming. He joined the Dennis Wilson Swim Club that night. |
