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[kidcarter8]

THEY are a little kooky,no?

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/halsey-reveals-recent-health-struggles-really-sick

[FlyingVProd]

See a gun is real easy in this desperate part of town, turns you from hunted into hunter, going to hunt somebody down.

https://youtu.be/FYVMTEtYqi8

Salute,

Tony V.

[FlyingVProd]

I have changed the style of music that I have been listening to, I am not into music about Satan and stuff anymore, I like Rock and Roll and Metal, but I do not need for it to be about the devil. I do not know why they have to sing about the devil, there is nothing good about the devil. So, I quit listening to the devil music. I would rather have Christian Metal like Stryper.

That is a cool thing about the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, is that they are a Christian music school and they are training the Christian bands of the future.

If I am going to listen to Metal, then it might as well be Christian Metal. If I was a producer of music then I would produce the Christian bands.

I am not into music about the devil anymore.

Salute,

Tony V.

[Oilcan]

Stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change...

[FlyingVProd]

Dead Man's Curve...

https://youtu.be/haUM04KBTwM

Salute,

Tony V.

[NotYourAverageSockPuppet]

I do love some Springsteen; but he had to go and ruin yet another great song.  This isn't new, but I'd been spared up to yesterday.  Condolences to The Crystals.

https://youtu.be/QYABA-Z0T_s

[FlyingVProd]

Dave Mustaine has a beautiful daughter, Electra Mustaine, who is an American treasure, I would send her to the AADA to train as an actress, she is gorgeous.

Dave Mustaine was in Metallica, but they kicked him out, so he started his own band Megadeth, and he became very successful. And he still rocks.

Dave Mustaine entered the wine business, and he owns vineyards now and he makes wine. It is very cool. I hope he succeeds big time. Dave also loves Italy, and Monaco, and Cannes, and their family travels to Europe often.

Here is a photo of Dave Mustaine's daughter Electra...



I would put Electra in acting school at the AADA, and I would make her a star.

Salute,

Tony V.

[Oilcan]

One of the great sets...

https://youtu.be/IKayR1oqC7w

Round Midnight

[josh]

A friend argued that 1971 was the best year in rock, citing this list of 50 albums:
https://bestclassicbands.com/1971-classic-rock-albums-11-6-1888

Agree? Got one you like better?

[josh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNW4yaa1BWI

I'd Rather Be Rich.

[NotYourAverageSockPuppet]

A friend argued that 1971 was the best year in rock, citing this list of 50 albums:
https://bestclassicbands.com/1971-classic-rock-albums-11-6-1888

Agree? Got one you like better?

Such a subjective topic.  A fair argument could also be made for 1967, 1968, or 1969.  Mainstream artists like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dylan, The Who churning out a bunch of great stuff and at the same time turning rock music on its ear.  The emergence of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bowie, Pink Floyd - never mind the British invasion as a whole and the impact it had on American culture.  Release of Tommy, and concept albums becoming a thing. I think anyway; cannot recall any Glenn Miller-era concept albums.  An explosion of smaller bands, garage bands, and singing families finding success during these years.  The already successful Motown label continuing to flourish.  I guess I'm looking at it differently by considering the impact on American culture (or more succinctly, me and the people I knew) versus going strictly by album sales or number of critically acclaimed released in a given year, but I'd still make the argument.

I'd give it to 1969 but just by a hair - https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/1969/1 

then 1967 - https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/1967/1

with 1968 bringing up the rear - https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/1968/1 

but still a very good year.


1977 is no slouch based on the critical and financial success of Rumours alone. But add in punk starting to form with releases by The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Ramones, and The Sex Pistols and  the arrival of disco -- love it or hate it, it was huge, infiltrated many rock stations, and influenced other genres and artists -- and it could be argued to be at least a pivotal year in rock.  I know people who would call it the best year in rock, not sure I'm completely on board with that.

Others I know would go with 1991 due to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind bringing on the grunge movement, plus the growth of metal, rap rock becoming more mainstream, and the rise of indie rock.  I can't make that argument, since I haaaaaate grunge and metal, but it's out there. 

[Holly Martins]

I'd lean towards that late sixties cluster, too.  (though Led Zeppelin 2, seminal and great as it was, didn't get as many spins on my turntable as LZ 4, two years later)

Again, a piece of my chromosome got broken off with the ranking things gene, so all I've got are 60s-70s LPs floating in memory - Abbey R, Let it Bleed, Tommy, LZ 4, Taser and the Firecat, Goodbye YBR, Sticky Fingers, Night Moves, Van Halen debut album, Moondance,  Machine Head, Aqualung, Dark Side of the Moon, Boston debut, and a hundred others, all with moments and people and places attached like remoras of memory and making any objective comparison fruitless.  I could say some of those albums were perfect - Deep Purple's blend of blues and nascent metal in Machine Head, Pink Floyd's DSotM, Who's Next, Bat Out of Hell, and others that just didn't waste a note.

[NotYourAverageSockPuppet]

... all I've got are 60s-70s LPs floating in memory - Abbey R, Let it Bleed, Tommy, LZ 4, Taser and the Firecat, Goodbye YBR, Sticky Fingers, Night Moves, Van Halen debut album, Moondance,  Machine Head, Aqualung, Dark Side of the Moon, Boston debut, and a hundred others, all with moments and people and places attached like remoras of memory and making any objective comparison fruitless.

Well, it was the '60s (mostly).  That happened a lot.

I could say some of those albums were perfect - Deep Purple's blend of blues and nascent metal in Machine Head

Smoke on the Water.  That is all --  at least summer 1973, it was.


I never warmed up to Led Zeppelin for some reason, and in spite of constantly being bombarded with their tunes -- mostly Stairway to Heaven, then everything else sort of far behind in a relatively even mix.  I do like Robert Plant's solo stuff and work with Alison Krauss.

[FlyingVProd]

Rest in peace Loretta Lynn. I never met Loretta, but I escorted her sister Crystal Gayle during Crystal's Christmas special when I worked at Universal Studios back in 1995. Loretta Lynn was an American treasure.

Salute,

Tony V.

[Holly Martins]

https://youtu.be/A6cbCWzHXkg

Amazing pianist, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu.