hola
just a quick post for now i think.
firstly - the beatles: i've often steered a littel clear of them in the past, probably largely because they were so surrounded by all that ubiquitous beatlemania hype and i reacted to that by giving most of thier musci a wide berth (with a few exceptions that i'll discuss at another time).
but now, having heard most of their latter albums - some for the first time in full this year - i acknowledge they made some good music. i can't fully appreciate the context or the times in which thos music was created & thus the degree to which they were pioneers in one way or another. but i also think they came up with some fairly mediocre music too; and of course they could afford to do so & get away with it. i'll talk more later about such matters, but will for now add that i think that a key strength of their 'sgt peppers' album is the wide spectrum & variety of moods & musical 'personalities' which it incorporates.
on another note, in response to keshi's query: for some reason i didn't really (allow myself to) get into guns n' roses while all my high school friends were getting into their debut album 'appetite for destruction' in a big way. i did however like the acoustic songs on the 'lies' e.p. which came next. and, at some point over the last decade or so, i have come to love the gunners' debut album and i now regard it as quite a classic (at least in that genre of rock). in some ways they were the KISS equivalent of the late '80s / early '90s. unfortunately i don't think they ever did better than their debut album, and went steadily downhill from there. too many lines of coke & hookers, perhaps? although 'the spaghetti incident' did have some good cover versions on it. and yes, i hesitate to admit that i occasionally find myself listening to those power ballads from the 'use your illusion' era, 'don't cry' & 'november rain'! holy sh!t i really have let out a confession there haven't i!?
oh yeah - i heard on the radio this afternoon that g n' r must be refroming for a tour or something; because apparently (& unfortunately) axl has cut the eagles of death metal 9whom i don't mind at all) as the gunners' support act for the tour.
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just a quick post for now i think.
firstly - the beatles: i've often steered a littel clear of them in the past, probably largely because they were so surrounded by all that ubiquitous beatlemania hype and i reacted to that by giving most of thier musci a wide berth (with a few exceptions that i'll discuss at another time).
but now, having heard most of their latter albums - some for the first time in full this year - i acknowledge they made some good music. i can't fully appreciate the context or the times in which thos music was created & thus the degree to which they were pioneers in one way or another. but i also think they came up with some fairly mediocre music too; and of course they could afford to do so & get away with it. i'll talk more later about such matters, but will for now add that i think that a key strength of their 'sgt peppers' album is the wide spectrum & variety of moods & musical 'personalities' which it incorporates.
on another note, in response to keshi's query: for some reason i didn't really (allow myself to) get into guns n' roses while all my high school friends were getting into their debut album 'appetite for destruction' in a big way. i did however like the acoustic songs on the 'lies' e.p. which came next. and, at some point over the last decade or so, i have come to love the gunners' debut album and i now regard it as quite a classic (at least in that genre of rock). in some ways they were the KISS equivalent of the late '80s / early '90s. unfortunately i don't think they ever did better than their debut album, and went steadily downhill from there. too many lines of coke & hookers, perhaps? although 'the spaghetti incident' did have some good cover versions on it. and yes, i hesitate to admit that i occasionally find myself listening to those power ballads from the 'use your illusion' era, 'don't cry' & 'november rain'! holy sh!t i really have let out a confession there haven't i!?
oh yeah - i heard on the radio this afternoon that g n' r must be refroming for a tour or something; because apparently (& unfortunately) axl has cut the eagles of death metal 9whom i don't mind at all) as the gunners' support act for the tour.
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posted by fergal at 4:05 AM
5 Comments:
appetite for destruction is a good record.
I love Beatles. Who could resist George Harrison? :) I have their Greatest Hits CD and my fav from the many favs from em is 'I wanna hold ur hand'.
** too many lines of coke & hookers, perhaps?
LOL yeah Axl cant stay away from all that.
I love Nov Rain and Dun cry...cant get tired of em ever. Another fav is 'Sweet child o mine'...overrated, I know :)
Keshi.
GNR rocks! Atleast for me hehe.
Keshi.
Oh yes indeed, keshi -who can resist george -haha -I used to write his name on my hand in highschool -what an idiot! :). Everyone always seemed to go for john and paul, but for me it was george, the sweet man.
Sure will be interested to hear what your few exceptions are ,one of these days,fergal.
Lee it HAD to be George :) He's the special one. Paul and John were so common hehe. Atleast for me.
Keshi.
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