I'm waiting for a review before I download. I was disappointed by the last tape he put out.

 

Not that good. There are 2-3 songs on it I really like, and that's it. Just like his last mixtape. Donnis seems to be VERY hit or miss.

Not that good. There are 2-3 songs on it I really like, and that's it. Just like his last mixtape. Donnis seems to be VERY hit or miss.

 

That's really a shame, after hearing "Diary of an ATL Brave" I thought there was a lot of potential. Ah well.

I have seen MANY huge bands in concert and they are definitely in my top 3 of live performances I have seen

Agreed I saw them at metro twice, UIC, Aragon and All State. My favorite live band. I might have to even go to Lolla this year.

I might be the only person here that's excited about the news that Weird Al is going to be releasing a new album soon.

 

Just yesterday I read about the GAGA SAGA.

 

Then there's this update today.

I might be the only person here that's excited about the news that Weird Al is going to be releasing a new album soon.

 

Just yesterday I read about the GAGA SAGA.

 

Then there's this update today.

 

I'm with you!

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun

With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done

Jeff Tweedy talks a bit about Wilco's upcoming album.

An entire CD of Irish drinking songs about cats.

An entire CD of Irish drinking songs about cats.

 

Sounds like something Wayne Brady and Ryan Stiles should doing.

Jeff Tweedy talks a bit about Wilco's upcoming album.

 

Hopefully it's significantly less boring than the last two.

 

Was it bmags that described Nels Cline as Kenny G on guitar? That was spot-on.

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun

With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done

I listen to Zevon just about every day, one of the most interesting artists around.

I listen to Zevon just about every day, one of the most interesting artists around.

 

Same here, but it's a lot more enjoyable when drunk.

Same here, but it's a lot more enjoyable when drunk.

Ironic?

Ironic?

 

Well, most things are better when drunk. I was insinuating that I was drunk when I posted that.

Well, most things are better when drunk. I was insinuating that I was drunk when I posted that.

I'd say some of Warren's best songs were written while he was drunk.

I'd say some of Warren's best songs were written while he was drunk.

 

That would make sense.

I'd say some of Warren's best songs were written while he was drunk.

 

Or while he was dying.

Or while he was dying.

 

My Ride's Here is one of my favorite songs, but I like the Bruce Springsteen version much more.

In today's excerpt - Led Zeppelin was a band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page and called the New Yardbirds - until The Who's Keith Moon and John Entwistle started kidding Page about starting a group with him, joking, "We've got a good name for it. Let's call it Lead Zeppelin, 'cause it'll go over like a lead balloon." Page took the name and dropped the "a" to avoid mispronunciation. Though reviled by critics (a Life Magazine writer reported upon meeting the group that she "got to smell the sh*t firsthand"), Led Zeppelin was already the highest-grossing band in the world and had released three chart-topping albums when lead singer Robert Plant stared into a mansion fireplace and tried to fashion lyrics to describe spiritual perfection:

 

"[As they worked on their fourth album], 'Misty Mountain Hop' was written at the Headley Grange [a mansion used a their recording studio]. So was 'The Battle of Evermore' and three others. And then there was 'Stairway to Heaven.' Robert improvised most of the lyrics for "Stairway" during the rehearsals as he sat in front of the roaring fireplace, looking for some way, he said, to describe

spiritual perfection. Jimmy listened and was just blown away by what he heard.

 

"From the beginning, he felt that this song could be something special, that Robert had eclipsed everything that he had written before. Late at night by himself, Page worked on molding 'Stairway' into a cohesive unit, using the Telecaster and building guitar track upon guitar track until he had the powerful instrumental harmonies he wanted. He recorded three different guitar solos, none of them similar, and finally chose the one he thought was best after agonizing over them in the studio late one night. ...

 

"The recording of the fourth album was completed in February 1971. As it was

being prepared for release, there was some talk of calling it Led Zeppelin IV. But Jimmy was against it. He was still pissed at the critics, and perhaps as a

way of retaliating against or confusing them, he didn't want the album to

have a title at all. He didn't even want Led Zeppelin's name or the album's catalog number anywhere on it.

 

" 'The music is what matters,' Jimmy argued. 'Let people buy it because

they like the music. I don't want any writing on the cover! Period!'

 

"Executives at Atlantic Records were outraged at Jimmy's demand. 'An al-

bum without a title!' they exclaimed. 'An album without the artists' name on

it! You guys are signing your own death warrant!'

 

"Still, the band wouldn't capitulate. As a last-ditch effort, Atlantic tried to

convince them to at least put 'Led Zeppelin' on the spine of the album.

Zeppelin refused. ...

 

"Throughout Europe, audiences responded almost deliriously to 'Stairway

to Heaven.' When the band performed at KB-Hallen in Copenhagen, the

fourth Zeppelin album was still months away from its release. But judging by

the audience frenzy that night as Robert guided the crowd through 'Stairway' 's compelling journey, you might have thought that the song had been at the top of the charts for weeks. Word of mouth had obviously created a lot of enthusiasm about the tune. And when Plant introduced it as 'something of an epic' and Jimmy gave it a distinguished touch on his red Gibson SG double-neck guitar, the performance of this single song clearly turned into an event.

 

" 'I bet there are a hundred tape recorders out there tonight trying to get 'Stairway to Heaven' on tape,' band manager Peter Grant said backstage. 'The bootleggers are going to make a killing on this one.'

 

"At the end of the show, Jimmy just shook his head. 'We've got a real monster on our hands,' he said, intoxicated by the audience response to 'Stairway

to Heaven.' 'It's one of those songs that is developing a life of its own,' he

said. Pagey knew that every musician waits for a song like this. Zeppelin had

finally created one."

 

Author: Richard Cole and Richard Trubo

Title: Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date: Copyright 1992 and 2002 by Richard Cole and Richard Trubo

Pages: 140-142, 153-154

 

 

Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored

by Richard Cole by It Books

Paperback ~ Release Date: 2002-01-08

If you wish to read further: Buy Now

 

 

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Damn, anyone seen Dr Dre recently, that dude is huge, looks like a linebacker...that song "I need a doctor" is cool too.

I'm only kind of a lukewarm fan of Radiohead, but man, I have to say their new album is bad. 2011 White Sox bad.

I'm only kind of a lukewarm fan of Radiohead, but man, I have to say their new album is bad. 2011 White Sox bad.

I disagree 100%

I disagree 100%

 

I'll go out on a limb and guess you are more than just a casual fan?

 

I had to restart the CD a couple times because I thought it was skipping. I'm still not sure it wasn't.

This is so awesome.

 

ABC Television's 20/20 Report On Hip-Hop From 1981

Anyone check out Odd Future Wolf's leaked version of Goblin?