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| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Ernest Ranglin | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist The first four by The Ramones (The best damn four in a row by anyone, anytime, ever)The first five by The Clash (none of these were as good as any of the above Ramones albums, but there were no stinkers in this sequence either)Everything by The Po... | |
| Joe Strummer RIP Joe Strummer was, by all credible accounts, a sincere gentleman and a decent chap. He practiced what he preached. His music frequently evinced the sort of nuanced understanding and appreciation of the subtleties of Jamaican music that was so obvio... | |
| What's Your Favorite Party Music? Blowfly | |
| My first Jazz cd John Coltrane "A John Coltrane Retrospective-The Impulse! Years"(3 disc set): The start of an expensive addiction | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Waltersalas, Good post! I see that you are a righteous and noble defender of the George Jones faith. However, my list of male soul singers has both Otis Redding and Curtis Mayfield occupying a higher position than the aforementioned Mr. Green. I m... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 2002 Subaru WRX wagon w/ 5 speed (and optional sound system upgrade, of course) | |
| Techno Anyone? Leftfield-LeftismAbout as good as the electronica/techno/dance music genre gets. | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? Something we can all agree upon:It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling to know that we can all speak as one voice, in a united virtual community, and declare, without doubt or hesitation, that Creed sucks, as my Intro to Philosophy Professor was fon... | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little PillI think this beats all! Every song on this stinker is worthy of heavy rotation on NPR's "Annoying Music Show."For that matter, how about:Joni Mitchell- Court & SparkAfter listening to "Tears of Stone" only ... | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? Ben, about The Pogues,when I was hanging out in London in the late 70's, I knew Shane Mcgowan as an impossibly ugly obsessive Clash fan. His Gaelic sensibilities apparently came to him later in life: his t-shirt of choice back then usually bore th... | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? I find Rush to be wildly entertaining, and consider them to be the funniest Rock band in the business. Your post brings to mind one of the most common criticisms of the film "This is Spinal Tap." Everyone can name at least a dozen real-life rock b... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century 1. Bing Crosby (most influential)2. Johnny Hartman (my personal fave)3. Tom Waits (he can't write a song to save his life, but boy can he sing!) | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? Ok Ben,I'll accept your challenge, sort of. First rule of any best album list is that greatest hits packages and compilations must be left off. To include them would be cheating. Second rule is that there is only one entry per pop star (I'm not go... | |
| What are the 5 most overrated rock albums? Thanks for your responses. I'm glad that I was able to stir up some discussion. I'm even more glad that eveybody seems to be able to kvetch about LPs that annoy us, without getting nasty and abusive. Some of your choices for inclusion on this list... |