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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.

So, he's always kinda been a dick about Sandberg getting inducted into the HOF. This morning, I heard that now he says he won't be in attendance at the ceremony. Apparently, he has some kind of rank or title in the HOF and has never missed any HOF events. Even one if his friends said he found it hard to believe Joe won't be there. His excuse was 'family commitments'. Anyone know the story?

Now if the parrot actually said "eff off".....THAT would be hilarious.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:19 AM) Hmmmm, I thought that was Dave Davies. Not to that level, nope.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) 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. Kid, when I listen to E. Van Halen, Vai, Satrianni etc, do I hear technical prowess? Of course. Do I feel anything? No. On the other hand, when I listen to SRV, Page, J. Mascis etc....I feel it. It all just comes down to personal taste. 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.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 12:31 AM) Let me catch my breath... OK. First, as to the Hendrix qualification issue, I've decided we're in a pickle with the Experience, because Mitch and Noel were, of course, from England. Besides, Jimi transcended national boundaries, and terrestrial boundaries for that matter. He was the Voodo Chile of the Aquarian Age, and he was too bif to be just an American guitarist. As for Hendrix/Van Halen... Kid, I have to disagree. Eddie was a technician. He played with gusto and heart, certainly moreso than Satriani and way more than posers like 'Wrongway' Malmsteen. Maybe better than Vai, although he is a personal favorite - he had an impish playfulness to his stuff that was really endeering, especially in the Flex-able days (is my Zappa band bias showing?). Eddie brought rock guitar to the next level, absolutely. But finger-tapping minor pentatonic warmup exercises album after album completely pales in comparison to the creative flood Jimi gave us with the fist three records, Are You Experienced, Axis, and Electric Ladyland. Jimi tamed feedback and bent it to his will; Eddie gave us fast minor triad runs across the fretboard. Jimi almost single-handedly put fuzz, wah-wah, and flanged guitar on the map; Eddie gave us faster finger tapping. Jimi gave us insane layers of multitracking, backtracked guitar, and a glimpse of the musical nexus of chit'lin circuit/delta blues, British Invasion, Flower Power, jazz, heavy metal, and R&B; Eddie gave us more of the same... and also broke my pre-teen heart when he married MY Valerie. I don't think Jimi's musical legacy can be overstated. Besides, Eddie was never immortalized by the Plaster Casters, was he? Amen, Jimi revolutionized rock guitar playing. The original noise maker, fuzz monster, feedback genius. ...and yes, the Jimi Hendrix Experience has to count for this poll.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:41 PM) I have a love for David Bowie. Quite possibly the best rock musician artist EVER. But Golden Years (feat. Luther Vandross on backup) was written and recorded based on Philly Soul. That's all I was saying. I hear ya, I go through my Bowie phases too.

Here's one: The Velvet Underground. Thoughts?

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:33 PM) If your applying the US scene to the mix, you'd then have to argue that "Golden Years" by David Bowie is one of the best Philly soul songs ever. Speaking of soul - three words. Otis f***ing Redding. Bowie is British and Redding is a solo artist, but yes good points.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:23 PM) But you can make that claim about a whole bunch of other bands out there where the vocalist/front man carried the band. It was the whole thing that made it click. Yes, Stevie was the stand-out in the band, but there is one of those in every band. Yes, he carried the band, but it was also an amazing band in so many ways. Those guys knew each other inside and out, and knew precisely what to do and when. No, Hendrix would not end it all. Yes he was influential beyond belief. But one could also argue that so was Eddie Van Halen, and he was a superior guitarist and his band sold more albums, in both versions. He was able to replace the irreplaceable and become larger with him gone. Now that I think about it, Van Halen is my answer for the ultimate band from the US, in both sales and influence. 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.

This makes me nervous because hopefully the Indians saw it as an accident and don't try to retaliate. He's a big part of their offense, hopefully they don't take out one of ours. Unlike them, we're actually playing for something and need all of our players. All it takes is one asshole trying to 'even the score'.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:03 PM) Call me crazy, but I just have this feeling that Lowell will do well if he ends up on the Sox. Im thinking that maybe he will get a little rejuvenated if put squarely in the lead of a pennant race on the best team in the majors. Who knows if it happens, but I think Lowell will be the one I prefer subbing for Crede instead of PaButcher Ozuna, and Ozuna can stick to backing up Uribe and Iguchi. Nice to meet you Crazy, I'm Los Medias Blancas. So, we'll have a how many million dollar has been ON THE BENCH? Listen to what you're saying, he's not good enough to start over Crede??!!...at how many million??

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 06:36 PM) Stevie Ray Vaughn And Double Trouble? When he was around, he would have said they were a band. Anytime you have a 3 piece capable of making THAT much noise, and filling out songs that much, it is a BAND and not a single person. I disagree. I thought of SRV right away, but he was not a band. I see your point, but he TOTALLY carried that band. Look at it this way, would they have been as popular with another front man? I say no. Could SRV have fronted another 3 piece and made them awesome? I say yes. If we can count SRV and DT, then the Jimi Hendrix Experience ends this entire discussion.

QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 08:50 PM) Well in the time since these rumors began, BMac has pitched two stellar games in Charlotte. Not only is the idea of this trade getting old, but it is losing its attraction as well... SFF Yep, I'm becoming indifferent to it. I don't blame KW if he doesn't pull the trigger at this point. I mean you take on Lowell, who sux and his fat contract and then what if AJ joins us and sux too, then AJ doesn't even sign an extension??? Too much risk, not enough probable reward. I'll back KW if it happens, but I won't cry if it doesn't at this point.

The Yankess got Chacon from the Rockies? When did that happen?

Bill Hicks was awesome, but was he really that funny? I mean, I found myself either thinking hell yeah, or even rasing an eyebrow to some of the things he said, but never really laughing out loud. Like a lot of the better comics, he was more insightful, angry and witty. IMO of course.

I see him staying put and hopefully becoming a big distraction for the Bo-Sox.

No, you guys are thinking of Barnaby Jones

This is how I see it, deals are either done or they're not done. There is no 'close to done', to me. Until all parties sign on the line, they don't have squat.

I doubt it, but anything is possible, time will tell.

He was effective for how many years in Japan? MLB figured him out in 1 year, lmao.

New rule for 2006: No trade threads allowed til 7-30-06, it's just pointless, lol.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 04:11 PM) That could be a sign that a lot of trades are gonna go down, no? It's possible, but this is the most quiet I can remember a few days before the deadline. KW better shake it up, the team is looking flat on O and D.

He sux, it's no secret. Talk about guy going into the s***ter in 1 year. I mean, not too long ago there was a whole dog and pony show for this guy when he came into the game, lol.

Nothing is going down with anyone, it's waaaaaaay too quiet. I mean, even rumors have died down a lot.