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Lionheart wrote:Astonishing no one has Van the Man. :?

You people lack judgement, and culture. :roll:

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I was sticking to bands. But I forgot to list Them. I have a bunch of their stuff. It's all fantastic.
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pinkfreud wrote:The Pretenders
I love their first album -- I think it was the first time I heard a woman swear in a rock song.
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pinkfreud wrote:The Pretenders
I love their first album -- I think it was the first time I heard a woman swear in a rock song.
"Don't Get Me Wrong" makes me happy happy. It's so upbeat.
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They look like a bunch of pervy uncles waiting to read you a bedtime story.
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In no particular order, with a random favorite for each ...

Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

Led Zep - Kashmir

Mazzy Star - Rhymes of an Hour

Clapton - Layla

Supertramp - Fool's Overture

Pink Floyd - Great Gig in the Sky

Bob Dylan (before he got religion) - Just Like a Woman

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

Springsteen - My City of Ruins (911 Tribute)

Cat Stevens (before he got religion) - Ruby Love

CCR - I Put a Spell on You (Hallowe'en is Near) :shock:

Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - contender for greatest rock song ever

Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s in Love

Buffalo Springfield - Sit Down, I Think I Love You

Rod Stewart - Forever Young

Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

Beatles - Girlfriend

the Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Who - Baba O'Riley
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This Seattle-based group.

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I remember when their best hit, Alone, hit #1 on the charts in 1987.
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Yeah, there were some good tunes on that album... too bad they decided to continue in the glam-rock vein and churned out a bunch of utter dreck. I was much happier when they brought out "Jupiter's Darling" a few years ago and went back to their original sorta-folk-rock sound - that album was fantastic.
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I believe Bad Animals was their second best-selling album after Heart (1985), which contained the hit These Dreams. The band was actually based in Vancouver for several years.
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Yeah, "These Dreams"... decent song... way overblown glam production. As a counterpoint, I offer you, "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You". My vote for worst song of all time.

If memory serves, they were effectively "stuck" in Vancouver after they came up here to record (at good ol' Mushroom Studios), and then weren't allowed back across the border.
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I still get chills when I hear the intro to Crazy On You. The extended intro that Nancy plays live is incredible.
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No Ordinary Joe wrote:I still get chills when I hear the intro to Crazy On You. The extended intro that Nancy plays live is incredible.
Here is a video of that.

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Great video, Robbie! That was awesome! Damn does Ann look hot then! She's still a pretty fine woman. I swear, I grew up in the wrong decade. Long live the 70s!
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First I heard of the Jupiter's Darling album was when PBS played the DVD of their Paramount show in Seattle... Ann really pudged out the last few years, and for a while there all of their videos focused on only her face and used really washed-out effects to hide the fact that she was, quite simply, FAT. Good thing to see in the Paramount show, though, that despite still being significantly overweight, she was no long hiding it - really, she's there because of her amazing vocal talent, and she still has that IN SPADES.
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