Kid Gleason

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 12:51 PM) Then I'd like to also throw Crazy Horse into the mix. Has anyone mentioned Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band? Bruce and his gang were mentioned, but you can also add to it that you think they belong. Hard to deny it. Not a fan (is everybody getting the idea that I am a pain in the ass with the popular stuff?), but again...have to take my hat off to the man and his troup. I'm trying to be whimsical here, but believe it or not, that is a REAL tough one to run with.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) I think Neil is the only Canadian in that setup but I'm not positive. Also, one of Neil Youngs first bands in Canada had the late Rick James as the bassist. Wow...that's super freaky.

Heck...why is this in SL&P and NOT in the Sports Pub??? Is it not a sport because it has "chix" in it?

My question: was I wrong in hearing the the Bandits catcher is still in High School???

You're a bad person for liking ANYTHING with the words "Pauly Shore" in it. So yes, you and Gacy will be rooming in Hell. Remember to being your clown shoes.

Here, listen to the sound files: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=music

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 10:52 AM) I'm surprised that you didn't include that song on any of the 14,876 CDs you gave me at the preseason game..... And maybe I'll get shredded up for this, but the name Michael Hedges does not ring a bell.....does he duet with George Benson? http://www.nomadland.com/ One of the most unique guitarists to have lived in the past...ohhh...since the invention of the guitar. The man was amazing. He was unjustly labeled a "New Age" musician, which was a label he never really liked. He was killed a few years ago when his car went over a cliff. Listen to his stuff, and realize there is only ONE guitar being played, and it is usually ONE take. Check out: Ariel Boundaries Breakfast In The Fields Live On The Double Planet

Check out Michael Hedges version of "All Along The Watch Tower" off of his "Live On The Double Planet" album!!! HOOOOOO DOOOGGGGYYYY!!!

Isn't that the guy that married Gwen Stefani??? That guy gets all the Rock Stars!

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:42 AM) C'mon Kid, you know you ran out and picked up this Michael Jackson disc. Your great 80's collection just wouldn't be complete without it. I do have a great 80's collection!!! All the hits from GBH, The Cro-Mags, Dead Kennedy's, Agnostic Front!!! You know, the stuff that was on MTV all the time. Heck, I do have everything by The Stray Cats though.

But do those "Essentials" really count? They are flooding the market, and they remind me of those damn $3.99 Wal-Mart "Best Of's". I have seen numerous bands I love in there, and have never even thought for a second on buying them. They are generic albums, and a waste. Heck, I even expect there to being no liner notes except for glorified accounts of the carreers and full of mis-information. Stuff written with no heart, like an Eddie Van Halen solo.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:11 AM) He looks like Geoff Jenkins of the Brewers, you can't miss him.... ....sorry, I just wanted to re-create the blank stare you gave me when I told you that in April at Miller Park.... I will go along again then:

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 08:53 AM) On that we are in complete agreement, especially Montgomery and Charlie Christian. Jimi absolutely loved Christian, btw. For me, Eddie Van Halen just got to monotonous after he exploded on the scene and took playing where he did. He even got tired of his own style by the time 1984 came out, and had to start doing keyboard stuff to even keep himself interested it seemed. And I also admit that my elevating Jimi to where I do has as much to do with his compositions, his lyricism, and his recording studio skills (Eddie Kramer had a lot to do with that too). That's also why I'll cut Page some slack, he was a brilliant producer, Even if everything he ever "wrote" he ripped off of old blues guys. But that's all part of what made him great. It was not just the guitar prowess (which I do think you are selling short). Point me to the Eddie Van Halen composition that can make you cry like Castles Made of Sand and maybe I'll come around. Few songs have ever made me cry...so that is a REAL tough one. I also am NOT saying I am a fan of Van Halen's, I just find it sad that so many are forgetting what he did contribute to music. It's not just here, but everywhere. Because of what the 80's became, and he being largely responsible for it, his name has now become something to shun. Jim, you claimed your love of Zappa, and you know as well as I do that Zappa would have LOVED to have had EVH in the studio with him for a little bit of time. I will agree that the spawn of EVH are all heartless, souless players, but he himself was a monster who played the stuff with heart and soul, and that is why none of the spawn were able to do what he did. It was his own style, so yes, there was a ton of passion there. I also am not going to attack somebody for basing what the do on old blues guys. Hell, all of the old Blues guys ripped themselves off. Listen to Fred McDowell doing "Done Left Here" on his self-titled album, and then listen to the song that immediatley follows it up called "All The Way From East St. Louis" and tell me there was no ripping off of the stuff. Heck listen to "Kokomo Me Baby" and then listen to "Sweet Home Chicago". Heck, I could spend all day doing this one. Now I know this goes back to the BC ripping of Faces, but there is just something different about doing that. These Blues guys always said they did it, and they always were excited to hear a new spin on their stuff. It was a different menatlity. But again, I respect them. I also respect Zep, Page, Hendrix, Van Halen, Dave Davies, Clapton, BB King, Albert King, Cochran, Atkins, Les Paul...etc. I may not be fans of all of their music, but what they did for the one thing I love more than anything else in this world (family aside...duh) gains them undying respect and admiration for me. They are synonymous with that thing called the guitar. Though I have a thread on beer making you believe in a God, that is sarcasm, but my belief in the guitar being the closest proof of God (aside from my kids...again...duh), that is all truth. To me, it is a major key to life. But I stand by Van Halen being almost as important to this country as Led Zep was to the UK.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) Not to that level, nope. Well, matter of opinion. Dave tamed down BIG TIME. But Dave was first with the noise. Hendrix just abused the hell out of it to turn it into official noise to cover up his slop.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) To make a sports analogy, it's like watching John Stockton and Michael Jordan each pump in 35 pts. in the same game. Which one is gonna make you jump otta your chair? Not the best analogy, but you get my point. Actually, aside from baseball, I know NOTHING about sports and couldn't tell you a single thing about Stockton. Is he the other part of Malone? Why do I know Malone? He looks Freddie Mercury. I know SOME of the superstars of sports, but truth be told, if I saw Brett Favre on the streets, I would have no idea who he was.

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QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 07:51 AM) Amen, Jimi revolutionized rock guitar playing. The original noise maker, fuzz monster, feedback genius. Hmmmm, I thought that was Dave Davies.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 07:34 AM) That album was from 1997 and featured the single "That's When I Reach for My Revolver." I was in college radio at the time. We renamed it: "That's When I Reach for my Mom's Vulva." I think that gets an 'ewwwwwww" out of me.

The idea of Bigfoot creeps me out. Always has. Ever since I was a kid and saw the In Search Of... episode with him on it. We need a scared looking smiley guy.

No, the main Moby stuff I am familir with is that song with Gwen Stefani. Oh, and I have seen commercials on TV.

But you seem to be forgetting how much impact Eddie DID have. I can't believe how much this world has forgotten about him, to the point of him not even showing up on that Rolling Stone Top 100 Guitarists until number 71!!! NOBODY was doing what Eddie did when he came out. Let me set-up myself for complete ridicule and attacks. I've played guitar for 30 years now, and IMO, along with Clapton and Page, there have never been three more overrated guitarists in this world that those two along with Hendrix. Without his fuzz and noise, Hendrix would have been lost. People who were NOT there in the day of Hendrix, who still follow him, do so out of a strange nostalgia that has been gained, even by those who were never there. YOU can praise a guitarist for their "emotional" play, as I will often. But to deny a guitarists amazing ability just due to his "being too techinical" is absurd"! You may as well attack Joe Pass for being "too technical" then. I stand by it, Eddie could run circles around Hendrix any day of the week i nhis heyday. I can play Hendrix stuff, much of Eddie's stuff I just laugh about. To be as clean and as precise as he was, and then to think about the fact that he doesn't remember recording ANY of the first four albums due to being too drunk!?! The man was a freak of nature. Hendrix was an acid experiment that worked. Overrated, without a doubt. I don't think Eddie was the best ever, hardly. But on list after friggin' list people place Hendrix on top for the best guitarist ever, and that makes me puke. That honor should go to Chet, Les Paul, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, and there has never been a greater innovator than Charlie Christian. Those men were all innovators, and to this day remain impressive to listen to. Technically brilliant, and 100% feeling.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 08:32 PM) Moby is just weird. But I don't think he said he liked him, just that he had respect for him. Well, he has respect for him hating the President, but he doesn't respect him for hating all of the other people he has said he hates. So, in other words, hate is cool by Moby as long as you hate what he does. Moby is a prick, and so is M&M. It's funny watching a guy who plays Tech and a guy who plays Rap argue over music styles. Plus, I bet if you put them both in the ring you would have to watch them both "b**** slap" each other silly.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 08:31 PM) Kid, I respect your opinion on music, you know your s***, but we couldn't be more opposite in tastes, lol. Eddie Van Halen better than Jimi ??!!...are you kidding me? Eddie was cold and mechanical, all fingers and brain and absolutely NO heart or soul. He's in the Satriani and Vai category, the original 'math rock'. In terms of Van Halen the band being the best American band? No way, on top of Eddie's wanking, Roth was a f***in clown, with little singing or song writing ability. Hey, I am purely saying on what he did for the music scene. Technically, yes, Eddie could run circles around Hendrix. It all comes down to taste after that, and what you are into. IN all honesty, I'll pass on both of them and bow at the alter of Eddie Cochran, Cliff Gallup, and Chet Atkins myself. Hendrix was also a wanking guitarist. The three men responsible for EVERYTHING that happened in the 80's Metal scene are Hendrix, Page, and Van Halen. Both Hendrix and Van Halen revolutionized the guitar. But there is no way you can listen to Van Halen 1 and 2 and tell me there is no heart on those albums, especially on guitar. "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" is easily one of the most bad assed songs ever played on guitar. No sir, he isn't IN the category. He created it, the others took the heart out of what he created though. Like I said, I am not a fan of his style, and I don't own any Van Halen anymore, but there is no denying how important he was to the evolution of the guitar, both in play and the instrument itself. Plus how important he was to the 80's music scene in general. NOTHING would have been how it was in the 80's without Van Halen the band being the ULTIMATE party band. Like I said though, I would take Cochran, Gallup, Atkins, Moore, Perkins, any of them, over every single band and guitarist mentioned here so far.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:06 PM) Don't know if these have been mentioned but what about the Who? I'm not sure if they are American though... Mods out of the UK.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 08:33 PM) Speaking of soul - three words. Otis f***ing Redding. How about Sam f***ing Cooke???