Plankton

^^^Hell Yeah!^^^

One of my favorite albums of all time. Every song on that album still stands strong today, and I've done my share of learning/forgetting, then relearning quite few of them. "Make It Last" gets a regular spot on my playlist rotations. Have you checked out his other solo stuff?

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Chula Vista

Thanks for the tip. I'll check them out.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Chula Vista

Led Zeppelin goes soft...........

The reviews for Zep's third album were even more brutal than what they'd gotten on the first two. The band had taken a break from the non-stop touring and spent time in the English countryside writing the songs for III around campfires. The result was a very diverse album that hinted at what was to come....



Soft? Uhm, OK.

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Isbjørn

III is the stuff, man. My favourite Zep album. Of those I've heard, anyway. That reminds me of how I should totally listen to more Led Zeppelin.

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Chula Vista

Get the f*ck on it maggot!

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Chula Vista

"A lad, insane."

What to do for an encore.......


You've just written and released a masterpiece. A game changer. You are suddenly a world wide mega-superstar. Everyone is watching and waiting for your next play.

No pressure.

Hard to imagine what David Bowie had going through his mind while working on the songs that would make up Aladdin Sane. How the hell do you follow up something like Ziggy Stardust?

Plain and simple. You don't.

While boasting a few of his greatest songs (Panic in Detroit, Cracked Actor, The Jean Genie), Aladdin Sane was somewhat doomed from the get go. You can almost hear Bowie trying too hard on this album. Having so many guest artists didn't work at all. The second and last tracks are a mess because of the forced piano. Great playing but just doesn't fit IMO.

That being said, and not judging it alongside Ziggy, it's a mandatory album for anyone wanting to experience Bowie's "thing". Taken on its own merits it's a great disc.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Chula Vista

Home Town Heroes: Take One


When Dream On exploded onto the scene is was a total revelation to find out that it was from a home town band! I'd actually seen Aerosmith two years earlier playing at an amusement park but they didn't leave much of a mark at the time. Their debut LP on the other hand was an instant classic. Take The Stones and Zeppelin and put them into a blender and this is what you get.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Chula Vista

Home Town Heroes: Take Two


My first arena concert. J. Geils Band at the Boston Garden. I'm 14 and the 18 year old neighbor friend of mine (we both played guitar) convinced my mom to let me go. Boston is a long ride from my home town so of course, she's worried. We get to the Garden, it's festival seating, and it's madness. Me and my neighbor get separated. The lights go down and I'm wandering around this huge f*cking arena absolutely clueless.

"Hey, Don!"

Out of the 18,000 people jamming the place a group of my older sister's friends spotted me. I hung with them the whole night and they drove me home.

My poor neighbor spent the entire evening looking for me, and thinking my mom was going to f*cking kill him for losing her son. Ahhh, the memories.

Another Boston killer band! (screw the MTV years - this was the real sh*t)

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Unknown Soldier

No "Dream On" vid for Aerosmith probably one of the best power ballads ever written?

Good to see you mentioning J.Geils Band hell I always loved that band.

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Chula Vista

Too cliche. Ya, J. Geils was the sh*t. Forgot to mention that they had the entire Boston Garden up on their feet dancing the entire night.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”