Trollheart's Room 101 (Music Version) is open for business!

Trollheart · 04-12-2013, 06:17 PM

I'm not sure, but didn't Springsteen do one? And Bon Jovi, if memory serves (and it may not...)

"Unplugged" was a great idea, but as you say, using electric guitars and saying it was acoustic ain't the same thing. Mind you, some bands should have not only unplugged, but packed up, returned to shop and entered banking or something...

Thanks for pulling the stake out of this thread's heart, by the way, Big Ears : just when you thought it was safe to open the door.... BWA HA HA HA!!!!

Big Ears · 04-13-2013, 02:43 AM

I do not normally criticise British culture on the forums, but Britpop should go in Room 101. Oasis and Blur seemed tuneless to me and they were on TV far too often. Again, Oasis were supposed to be a reaction to synthesizer music and claimed to admire The Beatles, but it made no difference. Damon Albarn was classically trained, but I find him almost unlistenable.

One thing I do admire, is that Blur bassist Alex James invested his money in a farm, specialising in cheese making, so that his children could grow up in the country. I also share his fondness for cheese.

(You're welcome, TH).

Unknown Soldier · 04-13-2013, 04:45 AM

Queen, Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Britpop all look good contenders to me.

Big Ears · 04-13-2013, 06:17 AM

I'd put Radio Gaga and the Hot Space album in Room 101, but not everything by Queen. Sheer Heart Attack is a good album because it contains Brighton Rock, while The Game could stay or go, but I would definitely keep Dragon Attack. A Night at the Opera could stay for Bohemian Rhapsody (one of those tracks I like, despite being a hit single). Most of the first two albums are alright, while News of the World and The Miracle have their moments. Freddie Mercury could remain for his attitude; like Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimi Hendrix he was not afraid to be a showman.

Trollheart · 04-13-2013, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Queen, Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Britpop all look good contenders to me.

Quiet you.

The Boss and Bon Jovi will always be safe from inclusion as long as I have the key to Room 101, and as I think I said already several times, Queen are not going in either.
Matter of interest, I get that everyone seems to hate Bon Jovi --- never understand why but there you go --- but what has Bruce ever done to you?

Big Ears · 04-13-2013, 10:54 AM

I don't hate Bon Jovi, but they were a sign, in the mid-eighties, that hard rock was going awry. This was due to their commercial blandness.

My third candidate for Room 101 is the almost entire nineteen-eighties, because I hated them: the big hair, lip gloss, gaudy colours, shoulder pads, spandex, studded wrist bands . . . and that was just the men. Don't even get me started on the music, suffice to say heavy and progressive rock were the babies thrown out with the bathwater. In their place? Synth pop, acid house and Jive Bunny!

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Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I do not normally criticise British culture on the forums, but Britpop should go in Room 101. Oasis and Blur seemed tuneless to me and they were on TV far too often. Again, Oasis were supposed to be a reaction to synthesizer music and claimed to admire The Beatles, but it made no difference. Damon Albarn was classically trained, but I find him almost unlistenable. One thing I do admire, is that Blur bassist Alex James invested his money in a farm, specialising in cheese making, so that his children could grow up in the country. I also share his fondness for cheese. (You're welcome, TH). __________________ My Journal: Rabbiting On

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Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I'd put Radio Gaga and the Hot Space album in Room 101, but not everything by Queen. Sheer Heart Attack is a good album because it contains Brighton Rock, while The Game could stay or go, but I would definitely keep Dragon Attack. A Night at the Opera could stay for Bohemian Rhapsody (one of those tracks I like, despite being a hit single). Most of the first two albums are alright, while News of the World and The Miracle have their moments. Freddie Mercury could remain for his attitude; like Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimi Hendrix he was not afraid to be a showman. __________________ My Journal: Rabbiting On

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Big Ears Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 434	I don't hate Bon Jovi, but they were a sign, in the mid-eighties, that hard rock was going awry. This was due to their commercial blandness. My third candidate for Room 101 is the almost entire nineteen-eighties, because I hated them: the big hair, lip gloss, gaudy colours, shoulder pads, spandex, studded wrist bands . . . and that was just the men. Don't even get me started on the music, suffice to say heavy and progressive rock were the babies thrown out with the bathwater. In their place? Synth pop, acid house and Jive Bunny! __________________ My Journal: Rabbiting On