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QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 11:39 PM) Sure, why not - I do love shufflin': Your Black Star - The Break Public Image Ltd. - Covered Ministry - Palestina Danzig - Mother Phil Lewis - Strutter Dead Blonde Girlfriend - February 14th In Flames - Scorn Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger Rene Berg - The Leather, The Loneliness and Your Dark Eyes The Psychedelic Furs - It Goes On You have gained instant "uber-coolness" on these boards in my eyes now. Not that you didn't have that status before, but now it is to the 1000th power.

I can't see or hear the name Shakespeare anymore without thinking about Bowfinger. For the record: Dawn Of The Dead is possibly the greatest movie ever made. I will be going to see the second greatest film ever made tonight, at the drive-in: The Creature From The Black Lagoon!!!

I pretty much rate Citizen Kane right alongside 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both films bore me to tears and I have no desire to see either one ever again. But with that being said, keep in mind that I own numerous copies of every Godzilla made, plus most of the Japanese Kaiju films. I have no use for "artsy" b.s., and never had much tolerance for it.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 14, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) Damn right. It's amazing how much better they got between their first album War and Pain, and Killing Technology (third album). The level of development as players, writers, a band as a whole was just mind-blowing. Many of the bands of that genre (although I don't know if VoiVod were in a genre, they were just...well …VoiVod) were like that...at first could barely play their instruments and then seemed to become virtuosos within 2 or 3 records. They always had great ideas, but musically couldn't pull them off until Killing Technology. Very much my thoughts exactly. I remember getting War and Pain and also Rrrrooooooaaaarrrr due to raves from Xavier Russel in Kerrang! magazine. I couldn't understand what he liked about them. Then I heard Forgotten In Space on a comp. cassette I had and was instantly blown away.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 11:13 AM) It has been said that the Beatles had two-and-a-half geniuses in the band — John and Paul and sometimes George. While not among the genius ranks, he was very much a part of the band chemistry which was important. Faces fan that you are, you may think highly of Kenny Jones as a drummer (I thought he was fine, but replaceable like you say), but you can also appreciate that he had zero chemistry as part of the who. Daltrey never liked his drumming with the band, and ultimately that's what led to his ouster from the band. Of course, Kenny himself pretty much concurred, saying "There will never be a right Who drummer, it'll only ever be Keith." I adore Kenny with Faces and Small Faces. He was as instrumental to those bands as Moon was to The Who. Which is so odd that he was so ineffective with The Who. I can't say too much on the topic though, as I was never a fan of The Who. But Moon is a great example of a drummer who does something to actually be a part of the band, as did Jones with Faces. They added something to the mix. If in fact that was Starr on "Rain", then I wonder why he didn't show he had some feeling behind him more often. But even his stating how surprised he was by that drumming leads me to believe the band was doing A LOT of self medicating during that time period, Starr laid some tracks, left. Paul later said "let me see what I can do..." or Kenny Jones walked in and said "hey...can I try something on that track" and they laid those tracks down. Martin heard all of this, heard Starr's metronome playing, and then said "screw, they're all too f'ed up to remember what happened". Later Starr sits there saying "oh man...I know my playing...I know how I sound...that doesn't sound like me...but I am amazing...".

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 11, 2009 -> 12:14 PM) Haha, because I didn't agree with what you said? My post didn't seem angry at all. Good one champ You just said something that was stupid. If you think Ringo could have been replaced and the band would have been basically the same, you are wrong. Study up on your Beatles history. Haha, Champ, you think calling somebody "stupid" isn't a reason for somebody writing something back at you? I'm never confrontational on these boards, but I don't like somebody using the word "stupid" with me. No, I did not saying something was stupid. Many, many, many bands have replaced drummers, and the Beatles could have easily done the same with the least talented member of their band. Did he have hits? Yes. But the other members and even George Martin will say that they were throwing Ringo bones with his songs. Ringo could have been anybody else, and they would have still had the success. The bands success was reliant on John, Paul, and at times Harrison.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 10, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) Either way, saying he is worthless to the band is stupid. His vocals in octopus's garden, yellow submarine, with a little help from my friends, and a couple others are perfect. Any other beatle singing it wouldn't be as good. Ouch...I hit a nerve, didn't I? Sorry about that. I stand by it though, he was pretty much worthless as far as members of The Beatles are concerned. Easily the one member you could have replaced. His songs may have been "classic", but in the ways that "Purple People Eater" are, and other classic tunes to be on Dr. Demento.

Still won't believe that monkey did anything more complex than breath, and even that I would expect the other three coached him on.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 9, 2009 -> 08:11 PM) I don't even get the Peter Gabriel point. His solo stuff is wonderful, but Gabriel-era Genesis with Phil Collins behind the drum kit where he belongs is as good as prog rock gets. Plus, I stand strongly by it that what most people mean when they say "the Gabriel days" is actually the "Hackett days", as the Gabriel departure was damn near seemless as the band still turned out two strong albums after Gabriel left and Collins did an incredible Gabriel impersonation. It was really Steve Hackett that held the band to being anything but a Pop-machine.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 9, 2009 -> 05:08 PM) Ringo was the bread and butter of the beatles. He would always settle them down when they were fighting in the later days. Plus his drumming on the end and rain is amazing. It's commonly believed that the drumming on songs such as "Rain" was actually Paul, not Ringo. I can't remember where I first heard that, but I have heard it many times and it makes all sorts of sense. Ringo was a rock solid time keeper, nothing more. I voted Revolver and Paul. Paul has always had the greatest scream in the history of music. My love of the Beatles is long over though. I just grew tired of them. When I hear the albums, I do think "yeah, good stuff", but I never put them on out of choice.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 03:36 PM) I am guessing you did not see these bands on the same bill. kwolf, great album as your avatar, by the way. My personal fave Vod release.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 06:59 PM) The 50's and early 60's aren't gettin' much love. I didn't vote for that period but I loved that time. I really liked old doo wop and R 'n B and even rockabilly (Gene Vincent, Elvis etc.). I'm a Rockabilly fanatic, but I am still much more of a Punk than anything else, so that is where my true heart has to be.

From what everybody says though, this is a sequel to Zombie's Halloween and not a remake of the original Halloween II.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 12:37 PM) kurt cobain killing 80's hair bands was the greatest thing to happen to music. BIG misconception there. Cobain didn't help any (nor did Alice In Chains or Pearl Jam), but the biggest culprit was the same one that is always there, the record labels themselves. They just took to signing any "hairband" that they could to try and cash in and they over-saturated the market. They even created hairbands out of bands that WERE NOT Hairbands. Same thing happens every time there is a fad. Look at Grunge. The big difference is that a bad hairband is still much more tolerable than a bad Grunge act, and that is why Grunge died so dang quickly.

If you could ignore the fact that it was a film called "Halloween" and that the character was Michael, then the first 1/2 had some decent moments. But the second it turns into a Readers Digest version of the original, excluding all the suspense and character development, it just becomes beyond pathetic. Plus, Zombie proves he has NEVER heard people speak to each other before, as the dialogue is just terrible.

Finally watched Rob Zombie's Halloween remake. Boy, did that suck. No need to see the sequel at all. Pure crap that first one was, and all I hear about the second makes it REAL easy to avoid.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 12:24 PM) I would say that the mid 80's to the early 90's was maybe the worst time for music. For popular music, without a doubt. Though the 2000's ain't much better.

My parents used to live in an apartment down in Chicago. They lived next door to some hotel or something. Well, one night there was a HUGE party going on in one of the hotel rooms, so my mom called the hotel to complain. The front desk of the hotel called up to the room and patched my mom through. The voice on the other end introduced himself, and my mom asked him if they could possibly keep it down. "Yes ma'am, I am sorry" he said. Soon enough, the volume of the party quieted down. The next day my mom looks in the paper, see's the names of who was in town, and puts two and two together. When the guy answered the phone he said "This is Brian Epstein, may I help you?". My mom asked the manager of The Beatles if The Beatles could quiet their party down...and they obliged. My dad has a close friend in Texas. This friend happens to be neighbors with Willie Nelson and George W. Bush. My dad has hung out with all of them at the same time on numerous occasions.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 11:11 AM) 70's. Not even close. Despite the putrid, wretched, everlasting s***tiness of disco, you can't beat the 70s for Pure Rock Goodness. Punk, classic hard rock, early metal, and early leanings of New Wave (Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, etc) Never has been beaten, never will. If we can stretch that era into the early 80's, with the beginnings of the Hardcore and US Punk scene, the DIY movement and UK 82, then you have it. The early 80's saw sooooo many outstanding Punk bands being born and coming into their own. GBH, Discharge, Adolescents, Social Distortion, TSOL, the list just goes on and on and on.

Welp, I'm a Marvel guy (still have a pull list at my comic shop) and I am a Disney guy (leaving for Disney World in 24 days), so a certain side of me is THRILLED at the idea of the two being combined. But I have yet to read that article, so I will hold off on being too happy or mad, or even indifferent, until later.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 20, 2009 -> 08:29 PM) ...and then, he died. Probably not too long after that I would guess. He was 89. But hey, that guy was one of the coolest guys I ever met.

I once met a guy when I was working in retail. He was old man. He mentioned how he was 89 years old. I said to him "wow, you're so willing to admit your age, not many people are willing to do that". He looked back at me with a slight smile and said "yeah, and those people are idiots. Why be ashamed of your age? It's something you should always be proud of. I lay money on it somebody who died when they were 20 would have loved to have made it to 89. Your age is an accomplishment. It's not easy to have made it this far.". Pretty much, right after that, I never was to be ashamed of how old I am or how old I got. I joke about it, but I will never be ashamed of it. My high school lost a lot of people while I was there. I look at their pictures now and realize just how young they did die, and how much of life they missed.

I think that's how you know when you are REALLY getting old. I see BigEd there, see him say he is 59. Now, if I was 16 or so I would look at him and say "ha, look at the old guy". But now, being much wiser, I look at him and say "damn, that is soooo cool! He's seen some pretty kick ass stuff in his time now!". Ya learn how to respect and appreciate life a bit more.

39, but I am in the best physical condition of my entire life. If only I had a full head of hair, all would be great. Sadly, I'm bald so that makes the rest all a moot point.