T.G.I.F. (sorta)

[Stretch 74]

Yeah, TGIF, but when you are retired it doesn't have the same impact that it used to.

So I was listening to some youtube music and stumbled across this great little party song from Jonathon Edwards, titled "Shanty". Doesn't sound too exciting, but give it a listen. It is pretty short.

I used to listen mostly to the great KZAM FM station in Seattle, then migrated over to "The Mountain" (KMTN, or KMTT) when KZAM died. They would play this song every Friday at 5:00 in order to get the weekend off to a good start! Party on, dudes!

 

[cr8zyncalif]

I was a country rock kid, growing up. Pretty fine line between bluegrass, two step country and country rock. Toss in a bit of Hank Sr. and Elvis, and you get songs like this. Thanks for sharing...!

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Yeah, TGIF, but when you are retired it doesn't have the same impact that it used to.

So I was listening to some youtube music and stumbled across this great little party song from Jonathon Edwards, titled "Shanty". Doesn't sound too exciting, but give it a listen. It is pretty short.

I used to listen mostly to the great KZAM FM station in Seattle, then migrated over to "The Mountain" (KMTN, or KMTT) when KZAM died. They would play this song every Friday at 5:00 in order to get the weekend off to a good start! Party on, dudes!

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I like it, especially the last few lines. It sounds perhaps too familiar to me! But I was spurred to go to the fridge for an icy Coors Light.

I was starting to hate you again, but you get a reprieve for that song.

 

[Stretch 74]

I like it, especially the last few lines. It sounds perhaps too familiar to me! But I was spurred to go to the fridge for an icy Coors Light.

I was starting to hate you again, but you get a reprieve for that song.

I doubt that YOU needed any spurring to get your buzz on.

Sorry for messing up your mind, but I am sure I will soon be back on your bad side......

 

[Stretch 74]

I was a country rock kid, growing up. Pretty fine line between bluegrass, two step country and country rock. Toss in a bit of Hank Sr. and Elvis, and you get songs like this. Thanks for sharing...!

I do really enjoy some good bluegrass. For several years straight we went to the big Wintergrass festival in Tacoma, back in the 90's. Freshman year there was a Chinese guy from Los Angeles in the room next to me that brought up some music from CA that I hadn't heard before. Think one was Pink Floyd, another was Mungo Jerry, and then there was Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. We got to be good friends and I got into the new stuff that he brough to listen to. I had no idea that the NGDB was actually bluegrass, just knew I liked it. Loves me some good banjo! My roommate and I went to see NGDB in Bohler Gym either freshman or soph year, great concert. All these years gone by, hundreds of times listening to it, and I still love hearing Mr Bojangles. Thank you Jerry Jeff Walker for writing such a great song.

 

[mikalalas]

I was a hard rock, buttrock, Glam rock, Glam Metal, Poprock, Hip Hop, dance, club music listener, fan, in the 80's, 90's, 2000's as a kid, young adult, adult.

Def Leppard, Poison, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Journey, Foreigner, Cinderella, Scorpions, Great White, White Lion, Slaughter, Skid Row, AC/DC, Night Ranger, Survivor, Motley Crue, Ozzy Ozzborne, Firehouse, Aerosmith, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Guns and Roses, Europe, etc.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Making things up doesn’t help whatever argument you’re trying to make.

Tell us about the window Dr. Ed.

I do really enjoy some good bluegrass. For several years straight we went to the big Wintergrass festival in Tacoma, back in the 90's. Freshman year there was a Chinese guy from Los Angeles in the room next to me that brought up some music from CA that I hadn't heard before. Think one was Pink Floyd, another was Mungo Jerry, and then there was Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. We got to be good friends and I got into the new stuff that he brough to listen to. I had no idea that the NGDB was actually bluegrass, just knew I liked it. Loves me some good banjo! My roommate and I went to see NGDB in Bohler Gym either freshman or soph year, great concert. All these years gone by, hundreds of times listening to it, and I still love hearing Mr Bojangles. Thank you Jerry Jeff Walker for writing such a great song.

One of my dad’s good buddies would go to Weiser every year for the old time fiddler’s convo. Every year he’d bring back his fav version of Orange Blossom Special as well as whatever else he liked (often with banjo) and we’d play it (loud) from the front of our body shop in downtown Rockford. Prob did that 5 years running from my age 10-15. Imprinted banjo & fiddle on me.

 

[95coug]

I only recall two specific times I was exposed to banjo - Hee Haw and Deliverance.

One was ok. Still working on recovering from the other.

 

[Stretch 74]

I was a hard rock, buttrock, Glam rock, Glam Metal, Poprock, Hip Hop, dance, club music listener, fan, in the 80's, 90's, 2000's as a kid, young adult, adult.

Def Leppard, Poison, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Journey, Foreigner, Cinderella, Scorpions, Great White, White Lion, Slaughter, Skid Row, AC/DC, Night Ranger, Survivor, Motley Crue, Ozzy Ozzborne, Firehouse, Aerosmith, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Guns and Roses, Europe, etc.

This is rather funny. You just listed 24 of your favorite groups. I have probably over 800 CD's, and probably 8-9' of vinyl LP's lined up on shelves. Guess how many of your favorites are in my collection. Exactly zero. Never liked any of those enough to drop a few dollars on any of their albums.

 

[Stretch 74]

I only recall two specific times I was exposed to banjo - Hee Haw and Deliverance.

One was ok. Still working on recovering from the other.

Maybe you had a a few times when you were exposed to the banjo and just didn't pay attention?

5 Times Banjo Has Completely Transformed A Song

Everyone loves the banjo and as these songs demonstrate, rock n roll greats have used the banjo to completely transform a song. Take a listen.

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Edit to add more banjo songs:

https://www.thetoptens.com/music/songs-featuring-banjo/

 

[mikalalas]

This is rather funny. You just listed 24 of your favorite groups. I have probably over 800 CD's, and probably 8-9' of vinyl LP's lined up on shelves. Guess how many of your favorites are in my collection. Exactly zero. Never liked any of those enough to drop a few dollars on any of their albums.

That's because only about 25% to 33% to 43% to 50% of songs are worth listening to in my humble opinion.

In order to be worth spending $10+ on a CD, need to get a greatest hits collection, or a Monsters of Rock collection, etc.

Def Leppard(Pour Some Sugar on Me, Photograph, Rock of Ages(Songs)(Albums(Photograph, Hysteria), Van Halen(Jump, Right Now), Bon Jovi(Songs(Living on a Prayer, Blaze of Glory, Wanted Dead or Alive, Its My Life), (Album(Slippery When Wet), Journey(Dont Stop Believing), Europe(Final Countdown), Great White(Album(Once Bitten Twice Shy),(Song(s)(Rock Me)are the only ones that worth getting a non greatest hits collection.

Only songs I like from Metallica are Nothing Else Matters, Unforgiven, Enter Sandman, Through the Never(Metallica Black Album), For Whom the Bells Toll, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning.

Only songs I like from Slaughter are Up All Night, and Fly to the Angels.

Only Song I like from Night Ranger is Sister Christian.

Only song I like from Ozzy is Close My Eyes Forever from Ozzy and Lita Ford.

Only song I like from Foreigner is Jukebox Hero.

Only sings I like from Skid Row is I Remember Yesterday, and 18 and life to go.

Only songs I like from Twisted Sister is I Wanna Rock, and Were not going to take it.

Only 2 songs from Quiet Riot that I like.

 

[95coug]

That's because only about 25% to 33% to 43% to 50% of songs are worth listening to in my humble opinion.

In order to be worth spending $10+ on a CD, need to get a greatest hits collection, or a Monsters of Rock collection, etc.

Def Leppard(Pour Some Sugar on Me, Photograph, Rock of Ages(Songs)(Albums(Photograph, Hysteria), Van Halen(Jump, Right Now), Bon Jovi(Songs(Living on a Prayer, Blaze of Glory, Wanted Dead or Alive, Its My Life), (Album(Slippery When Wet), Journey(Dont Stop Believing), Europe(Final Countdown), Great White(Album(Once Bitten Twice Shy),(Song(s)(Rock Me)are the only ones that worth getting a non greatest hits collection.

Only songs I like from Metallica are Nothing Else Matters, Unforgiven, Enter Sandman, Through the Never(Metallica Black Album), For Whom the Bells Toll, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning.

Only songs I like from Slaughter are Up All Night, and Fly to the Angels.

Only Song I like from Night Ranger is Sister Christian.

Only song I like from Ozzy is Close My Eyes Forever from Ozzy and Lita Ford.

Only song I like from Foreigner is Jukebox Hero.

Only sings I like from Skid Row is I Remember Yesterday, and 18 and life to go.

Only songs I like from Twisted Sister is I Wanna Rock, and Were not going to take it.

Only 2 songs from Quiet Riot that I like.

Oh come on. You were a Winger fan.

 

[mikalalas]

Oh come on. You were a Winger fan.

There was, is 2 songs I liked, like from Winger, 1 of which was, is Seventeen, also was a fan of Ratt, but as good as Ratt was, they weren't good enough to buy a non greatest hits collection. Ratt 1981 to 1991 greatest hits collection was, is a pretty good greatest hits album

 

[Loyal Coug1]

That's because only about 25% to 33% to 43% to 50% of songs are worth listening to in my humble opinion.

In order to be worth spending $10+ on a CD, need to get a greatest hits collection, or a Monsters of Rock collection, etc.

Van Halen(Jump, Right Now) Why Can't This Be Love, Higher and Higher, Journey(Dont Stop Believing) anything when Gregg Rolie was still in the band,

Only songs I like from Metallica are Nothing Else Matters, Whiskey in the Jar (video is a must-watch).

Only Song I like from Night Ranger is Sister Christian. Don't Tell me you Love Me, When You Close Your Eyes, Night Ranger, etc.

Only song I like from Ozzy is Close My Eyes Forever from Ozzy and Lita Ford. And Momma I'm Coming Home

Only song I like from Foreigner is Jukebox Hero. And That was Yesterday, Double Vision, Women, etc.
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Corrected your list...........

 

[95coug]

Corrected your list...........

Based on the list, I’m not convinced he ever listened to the albums. The only ones he liked were the radio singles.

Def Leppard - basically the entire Pyromania album stands up, but their best tracks were Too late for love and Tear it down.

I was never a big Van Halen fan. Actually liked Van Hagar better. Their best song was Can’t stop loving you.

Bon Jovi is tied closely to some adolescent memories, but most of their music is best if you’re a 14 year old girl. Wanted dead or alive and Runaway are their best.

Journey was overproduced, everything sounded the same. And it sounded the same when Steve Perry went solo.

Europe was trash.

Great White put out some really good blues-inspired rock, but I’ve stripped them from my collection and won’t listen to them anymore. Jack Russell’s behavior after the Station nightclub fire was so appalling that I don’t want him making any royalties from me.

Metallica has a load of good stuff - most of it from before 1992. Enter Sandman brought metal to the masses, but they’d been putting out solid tracks for the better part of a decade before that. For whom the bell tolls, fade to black, seek and destroy, sanitarium…etc.

Ozzy was better with Black Sabbath, and solo he was better when Randy Rhoads was still alive. Diary of a Madman had some good stuff, but he’s never been as good since. Except - Dreamer was a surprisingly good track - maybe just because it was so unusual for him.

Speaking of blues-inspired rock, Cinderella had some good stuff.

Tesla was a solid band, and they’re still touring. Never seen them myself, but more than a few friends have said they put on a really good show

I do like the modern music delivery, where we no longer have to weed through the commercial dreck to get to the good songs. Mowing the lawn in the summer, I often pull up Pandora and either a 70s or 80s rock station. I barely remember Dokken from back in the day, but they were good. ZZ Top, .38 Special, the Cars, Queen, Golden Earring, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence…there’s no shortage of bands who put out good stuff, it was just much harder to find.

 

[mikalalas]

Based on the list, I’m not convinced he ever listened to the albums. The only ones he liked were the radio singles.

Def Leppard - basically the entire Pyromania album stands up, but their best tracks were Too late for love and Tear it down.

I was never a big Van Halen fan. Actually liked Van Hagar better. Their best song was Can’t stop loving you.

Bon Jovi is tied closely to some adolescent memories, but most of their music is best if you’re a 14 year old girl. Wanted dead or alive and Runaway are their best.

Journey was overproduced, everything sounded the same. And it sounded the same when Steve Perry went solo.

Europe was trash.

Great White put out some really good blues-inspired rock, but I’ve stripped them from my collection and won’t listen to them anymore. Jack Russell’s behavior after the Station nightclub fire was so appalling that I don’t want him making any royalties from me.

Metallica has a load of good stuff - most of it from before 1992. Enter Sandman brought metal to the masses, but they’d been putting out solid tracks for the better part of a decade before that. For whom the bell tolls, fade to black, seek and destroy, sanitarium…etc.

Ozzy was better with Black Sabbath, and solo he was better when Randy Rhoads was still alive. Diary of a Madman had some good stuff, but he’s never been as good since. Except - Dreamer was a surprisingly good track - maybe just because it was so unusual for him.

Speaking of blues-inspired rock, Cinderella had some good stuff.

Tesla was a solid band, and they’re still touring. Never seen them myself, but more than a few friends have said they put on a really good show

I do like the modern music delivery, where we no longer have to weed through the commercial dreck to get to the good songs. Mowing the lawn in the summer, I often pull up Pandora and either a 70s or 80s rock station. I barely remember Dokken from back in the day, but they were good. ZZ Top, .38 Special, the Cars, Queen, Golden Earring, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence…there’s no shortage of bands who put out good stuff, it was just much harder to find.

Some of the ones on list I did listen to about 63% of the songs on the album(s), and about 33% to 43% of the time I did buy, and listen to 43% to 53% to 63% of the songs on the album(s), CD's, that bought, etc.

Only about 20% to 23% to 27% to 33% of time I bought, listened to, liked whole, an or most to almost all the album, CD, etc.

Just so much stuff I listened to, liked, bought, etc.

Can't believe I left off Dokken, Iron Maiden, Creed, Linkin Park, Lita Ford, Pat Benatar, Heart, Nirvana, Alice Cooper, Queen, etc

I think Alice Cooper's "Poison Running thru my Veins" Sums up my Hard Rock, Buttrock, semi heavy metal, Glam metal, hairband rock experience.

All that music was, is like a Drug, poison, running through your veins, as far as the music sounded good to me, was so good to me, semi addictive to me to listen to.

That said the closer the music got to stuff like Slayer, Megadeath, Anthrax, etc, true Heavy, death, thrash, speed, Zombie, undead, schreech, etc, metal, the more I didn't like it, and only rarely liked 1 rare song at most of that kind of stuff.

My cousin who professionally plays the electric guitar, has a joke between me, him.

He would plug in his guitar into amp, then grab garbage can lid, then rub Garbage can lid into guitar strings, and then start screeching like a undead monster, and then say "Look, I'm playing Slayer, Megadeath, Anthrax", as he continued to rub garbage can lid into guitar strings.(cousin was E4U40(A Spokane Band he played, did gigs with. He played for many Spokane Bands, but he was just unlucky that none of the bands made the big time, as he was a pretty awesome guitarist.)

Totally like how music is distributed now, as you don't have to buy a greatest hits album, or don't have to buy a CD full of 4, 5, 6, 7 songs you don't like just to get the 2,3,4,5 songs on the Album, CD that you do like.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Europe was trash.

In general, Europe was definitely over-rated. That said, "Final Countdown" is one of the most recognizable and iconic songs of the 80's if only for it's intro. They had a couple other decent songs like "Carrie" and "Rock The Night". Outside of that, the rest of their music was forgettable.

I will say that it's a crime that Skid Row didn't come up in this thread. As someone who was 18 years old at the time of the song's release and growing up as white trash, "18 and Life" was a powerful song for me.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Flat, I think most of us had some songs in our life that were powerful. Probably almost everyone has an Emo song that came out at the same time as their first big love break-up; I certainly do, and it brings that time to mind whenever I hear Leo Sayer's "When I Need You".

Play That Funky Music, White Boy by Wild Cherry peaked the week we all arrived at WSU for my freshman year. That comes to mind (as well as mixing paint in the body shop where I worked in the summers) when I hear that song.

The next year (1977) we opened the first week kids were on campus with a disco in my dorm (Waller). Disco was so new at that time that we miss-spelled our signs, saying "Disko". It was so absurd, one of the signs made the front cover of that year's Chinook. Boy, did that ignorance of disco change over the next few months! By early '78 our dorm was split about 1/3 vs 2/3 with the "Disco Sucks" group being the smaller mob. Those too young to have been there don't realize just how varied popular music was then...Rock, Pop, Disco, Funk, Country Rock and even Chuck Mangione on his Flugelhorn.

The ballroom dance PE classes were sold out. I think Disco first became a PE class in '78 (it was better if you had already taken ballroom). There were dances every weekend, all over campus. We'd clear the furniture out of 3 adjoining rooms and crowd 50-60 people in for a dance. The only time you didn't schedule a dance was in conflict with a football or basketball (unless it was a nebbish non-conf game) game, because that meant you would be losing people.

Those were the days!!

 

[CougInSpain]

Flat, I think most of us had some songs in our life that were powerful. Probably almost everyone has an Emo song that came out at the same time as their first big love break-up; I certainly do, and it brings that time to mind whenever I hear Leo Sayer's "When I Need You".

Play That Funky Music, White Boy by Wild Cherry peaked the week we all arrived at WSU for my freshman year. That comes to mind (as well as mixing paint in the body shop where I worked in the summers) when I hear that song.

The next year (1977) we opened the first week kids were on campus with a disco in my dorm (Waller). Disco was so new at that time that we miss-spelled our signs, saying "Disko". It was so absurd, one of the signs made the front cover of that year's Chinook. Boy, did that ignorance of disco change over the next few months! By early '78 our dorm was split about 1/3 vs 2/3 with the "Disco Sucks" group being the smaller mob. Those too young to have been there don't realize just how varied popular music was then...Rock, Pop, Disco, Funk, Country Rock and even Chuck Mangione on his Flugelhorn.

The ballroom dance PE classes were sold out. I think Disco first became a PE class in '78 (it was better if you had already taken ballroom). There were dances every weekend, all over campus. We'd clear the furniture out of 3 adjoining rooms and crowd 50-60 people in for a dance. The only time you didn't schedule a dance was in conflict with a football or basketball (unless it was a nebbish non-conf game) game, because that meant you would be losing people.

Those were the days!!

That's giving the term "Nut to Butt" a whole new meaning. One I can get behind (pun intended).

 

[95coug]

In general, Europe was definitely over-rated. That said, "Final Countdown" is one of the most recognizable and iconic songs of the 80's if only for it's intro. They had a couple other decent songs like "Carrie" and "Rock The Night". Outside of that, the rest of their music was forgettable.

I will say that it's a crime that Skid Row didn't come up in this thread. As someone who was 18 years old at the time of the song's release and growing up as white trash, "18 and Life" was a powerful song for me.

Mik mentioned Skid Row, but he covered their 3 songs (18 and Life, Youth Gone Wild, I Remember You), so I didn't think they needed further mention.

Speaking of Skid Row, isn't it amazing how many 80s bands with promise were taken down by ego? Probably not limited to the 80s, but that's where I saw it the most.

 

[mikalalas]

In general, Europe was definitely over-rated. That said, "Final Countdown" is one of the most recognizable and iconic songs of the 80's if only for it's intro. They had a couple other decent songs like "Carrie" and "Rock The Night". Outside of that, the rest of their music was forgettable.

I will say that it's a crime that Skid Row didn't come up in this thread. As someone who was 18 years old at the time of the song's release and growing up as white trash, "18 and Life" was a powerful song for me.

Skid Row and their 2 huge hits(I REMEMBER, 18 AND LIFE), was mentioned by me.

 

[mikalalas]

Mik mentioned Skid Row, but he covered their 3 songs (18 and Life, Youth Gone Wild, I Remember You), so I didn't think they needed further mention.

Speaking of Skid Row, isn't it amazing how many 80s bands with promise were taken down by ego? Probably not limited to the 80s, but that's where I saw it the most.

Yeah there was a lot of bands in the 80's and 90's that either had 1 hit wonders or broke up after 4 to 6 to 8 years or sometimes both.

There is a interesting show on the REEL channel on Direct TV(I get DTV for free as part of my rental agreement). The show tells the story of various 80's, 90's bands, and what led to their break up, downfall, etc.

Axel Rose destroyed Guns and Roses, made Slash quit. Many 80's, 90's bands had problems, had drug problems, etc.

Also the 90's killed a lot of 80's hairband rockbands.

Only Def Leppard, Guns and Roses, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Firehouse, Scorpions(Winds of Change, Send me a Angel(90's songs), AC/DC(Thunderstruck(90's song), a few others, etc, survived the 90's, but to do so, they had to have a few Pop Ballads, a few, some Power Ballads, and a few Love Ballads, and had to attract some women fans, and had to risk being accused by their hardcore fans of Selling Out.

A example, a lot of people accused Metallica of selling out by making their Metallica "Black"(Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Unforgiven, Through the Never) Album. Many Metallica Fans said their best Albums was before "Black". As far as me, "Black" was their best Album, and I liked Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Unforgiven, Through the Never better than Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bells Toll, etc, from previous albums.

Def Leppard wouldnt have survived the 90's if not for the Album(s) that had Let's get Rocked, Have you ever needed Someone so Bad, When Love and hate collide, Two Steps Behind, and MTV videos(Especially their Let's get Rocked video(Was one of the most technological special effects, expensive videos in music video history). And even then the 90's didn't do as well as 80's albums Pyromania, Hysteria.

 

[Flatlandcoug]

Mik mentioned Skid Row, but he covered their 3 songs (18 and Life, Youth Gone Wild, I Remember You), so I didn't think they needed further mention.

Speaking of Skid Row, isn't it amazing how many 80s bands with promise were taken down by ego? Probably not limited to the 80s, but that's where I saw it the most.

I must have a "glitch" in my settings where I don't see some posts.....

 

[mikalalas]

In general, Europe was definitely over-rated. That said, "Final Countdown" is one of the most recognizable and iconic songs of the 80's if only for it's intro. They had a couple other decent songs like "Carrie" and "Rock The Night". Outside of that, the rest of their music was forgettable.

I will say that it's a crime that Skid Row didn't come up in this thread. As someone who was 18 years old at the time of the song's release and growing up as white trash, "18 and Life" was a powerful song for me.

Europe had other great songs other then Final Countdown, Carrie, Rock the Night, especially in their greatest hits collection, and in their Album that had Final Countdown , Carrie, Rock the Night.

One unknown song was Dreamer(A pretty good song(On their greatest hits album)

Final Countdown the Album was extremely good. The whole album was good.

The problem with Europe, is their future Album(s), comparatively each only had 0,1,2 good songs per Album, and those songs were unknown, because those follow up albums focused on England, Sweden, Germany, Europe, and didn't focus on USA.

And those albums happened in the 90's, which further killed Europe, as Europe wasn't big enough to survive the 90's as a hairband, without successful follow up albums to Final Countdown.

Europe also had Norum one of the better, semi best guitarist, comparable to Slash from Guns and Roses, CC Deville from Poison, Guitarist Phil from Def Leppard.

His guitar solo in Final Countdown was truly EPIC.

 

[mikalalas]

Instead of just talking about all this music, let's listen to all this music.

I'll start it off.

Def Leppard:

Pour Some Sugar on Me.



Photograph.



Let's get Rocked.



Rock of Ages



Rocket



Love Bites



When love and hate collide



Hysteria



Bringing on the Heartbreak



From their Vault Album.

 

[mikalalas]

Instead of just talking about all this music, let's listen to all this music.

I'll start it off.

Def Leppard:

Pour Some Sugar on Me.

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Photograph.

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Let's get Rocked.

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Rock of Ages

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Rocket

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Love Bites

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When love and hate collide

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Hysteria

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Bringing on the Heartbreak

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From their Vault Album.

Bon Jovi:

Living on a Prayer



It's My Life:



Wanted Dead or Alive



Blaze of Glory
https://youtu.be/GGHLYz8_Iaw?si=rRtsRyOpEdXRyUzK

 

[mikalalas]

Bon Jovi:

Living on a Prayer

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It's My Life:

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Wanted Dead or Alive

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Blaze of Glory

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AC/DC

Back in Black



You Shook Me all Night Long.


Thunderstruck


For those about to Rock



Money Talks



Who Made Who

 

[mikalalas]

AC/DC

Back in Black

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You Shook Me all Night Long.

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Thunderstruck

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For those about to Rock

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Money Talks

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Who Made Who

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Poison

Something to Believe in


Nothing But a Good Time



Fallen Angel


Life goes on



Cry Tough



Talk Dirty to me



Every Rose has its Thorn
https://youtu.be/j2r2nDhTzO4?si=Ump-A7et0CnNLO8C

So Tell Me Why

https://youtu.be/v1NkhR5hFZE?si=HYk_2-VMsGHclY43

 

[mikalalas]

Poison

Something to Believe in

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Nothing But a Good Time

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Fallen Angel

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Life goes on

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Cry Tough

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Every Rose has its Thorn

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So Tell Me Why

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Van Halen

Jump


Dreams



Right Now



When its Love

 

[mikalalas]

Van Halen

Jump

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Dreams

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Right Now

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When its Love

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Scorpions

Rock You like a Hurricane


Big City Nights


Rhythm of Love



No One Like You



Send Me A Angel



Winds of Change

 

[mikalalas]

Scorpions

Rock You like a Hurricane

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Big City Nights

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Rhythm of Love

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No One Like You

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Send Me A Angel

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Winds of Change

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Cinderella

Nobody's Fool



Don't know what you got Til it's gone


Gypsy Road



The Last Mile


Shake me


Somebody Save me

 

[mikalalas]

Cinderella

Nobody's Fool

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Don't know what you got Til it's gone

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Gypsy Road

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The Last Mile

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Shake me

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Somebody Save me

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Metallica

Enter Sandman



Unforgiven


Nothing Else Matters

 

[mikalalas]

Metallica

Enter Sandman

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Unforgiven

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Nothing Else Matters

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Europe

Final Countdown



Carrie



Rock the Night



Open your heart



Prisoners in Paradise



Cherokee



Dreamer

 

[mikalalas]

Europe

Final Countdown

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Carrie

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Rock the Night

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Open your heart

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Prisoners in Paradise

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Cherokee

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Dreamer

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Whitesnake

Still of the Night



Here I go Again



Is this Love

 

[BleedCrimsonandGray]

Flat, I think most of us had some songs in our life that were powerful. Probably almost everyone has an Emo song that came out at the same time as their first big love break-up; I certainly do, and it brings that time to mind whenever I hear Leo Sayer's "When I Need You".

Play That Funky Music, White Boy by Wild Cherry peaked the week we all arrived at WSU for my freshman year. That comes to mind (as well as mixing paint in the body shop where I worked in the summers) when I hear that song.

The next year (1977) we opened the first week kids were on campus with a disco in my dorm (Waller). Disco was so new at that time that we miss-spelled our signs, saying "Disko". It was so absurd, one of the signs made the front cover of that year's Chinook. Boy, did that ignorance of disco change over the next few months! By early '78 our dorm was split about 1/3 vs 2/3 with the "Disco Sucks" group being the smaller mob. Those too young to have been there don't realize just how varied popular music was then...Rock, Pop, Disco, Funk, Country Rock and even Chuck Mangione on his Flugelhorn.

The ballroom dance PE classes were sold out. I think Disco first became a PE class in '78 (it was better if you had already taken ballroom). There were dances every weekend, all over campus. We'd clear the furniture out of 3 adjoining rooms and crowd 50-60 people in for a dance. The only time you didn't schedule a dance was in conflict with a football or basketball (unless it was a nebbish non-conf game) game, because that meant you would be losing people.

Those were the days!!

Disco gets a bad rap imho.

But the 70s were a weird, weird time for culture in the US. You could turn on a radio station and hear Grand Funk Railroad, Herb Alpert, and the Bee Gees all on the same station (or maybe it was just my small town.) Country definitely wasn't cool (as the song goes), and for good reason. And lets not forget about the easy listening "yacht rock" that blossomed from that era as well - a ton a bangers in that genre.

But regardless your taste, most of the music had actual musicality - key changes, interesting structure, lyrics by songwriting poets. Musical competency. Even disco.

That being said, everything post 20's blues and jazz is derivative of something before it.

 

[Stretch 74]

Disco gets a bad rap imho.

But the 70s were a weird, weird time for culture in the US. You could turn on a radio station and hear Grand Funk Railroad, Herb Alpert, and the Bee Gees all on the same station (or maybe it was just my small town.) Country definitely wasn't cool (as the song goes), and for good reason. And lets not forget about the easy listening "yacht rock" that blossomed from that era as well - a ton a bangers in that genre.

But regardless your taste, most of the music had actual musicality - key changes, interesting structure, lyrics by songwriting poets. Musical competency. Even disco.

That being said, everything post 20's blues and jazz is derivative of something before it.

Speaking of disco, I just played my Donna Summers album a couple weeks ago, then last week did the Best of the Pointer Sisters (with Deron Pointer's aunt in the group, for those that didn't know).

 

[cr8zyncalif]

Disco gets a bad rap imho.

But the 70s were a weird, weird time for culture in the US. You could turn on a radio station and hear Grand Funk Railroad, Herb Alpert, and the Bee Gees all on the same station (or maybe it was just my small town.) Country definitely wasn't cool (as the song goes), and for good reason. And lets not forget about the easy listening "yacht rock" that blossomed from that era as well - a ton a bangers in that genre.

But regardless your taste, most of the music had actual musicality - key changes, interesting structure, lyrics by songwriting poets. Musical competency. Even disco.

That being said, everything post 20's blues and jazz is derivative of something before it.

And don't forget, Olivia Newton John started on the country stations. We had a group of honest to goodness cowboys in my dorm (full time hats, boots, the whole bit; mostly from that stretch from Ellensburg up through the Canadian border) and they were always requesting her songs on the campus radio station (KWSU??) "from the Waller cowboys".

 

[mikalalas]

Based on the list, I’m not convinced he ever listened to the albums. The only ones he liked were the radio singles.

Def Leppard - basically the entire Pyromania album stands up, but their best tracks were Too late for love and Tear it down.

I was never a big Van Halen fan. Actually liked Van Hagar better. Their best song was Can’t stop loving you.

Bon Jovi is tied closely to some adolescent memories, but most of their music is best if you’re a 14 year old girl. Wanted dead or alive and Runaway are their best.

Journey was overproduced, everything sounded the same. And it sounded the same when Steve Perry went solo.

Europe was trash.

Great White put out some really good blues-inspired rock, but I’ve stripped them from my collection and won’t listen to them anymore. Jack Russell’s behavior after the Station nightclub fire was so appalling that I don’t want him making any royalties from me.

Metallica has a load of good stuff - most of it from before 1992. Enter Sandman brought metal to the masses, but they’d been putting out solid tracks for the better part of a decade before that. For whom the bell tolls, fade to black, seek and destroy, sanitarium…etc.

Ozzy was better with Black Sabbath, and solo he was better when Randy Rhoads was still alive. Diary of a Madman had some good stuff, but he’s never been as good since. Except - Dreamer was a surprisingly good track - maybe just because it was so unusual for him.

Speaking of blues-inspired rock, Cinderella had some good stuff.

Tesla was a solid band, and they’re still touring. Never seen them myself, but more than a few friends have said they put on a really good show

I do like the modern music delivery, where we no longer have to weed through the commercial dreck to get to the good songs. Mowing the lawn in the summer, I often pull up Pandora and either a 70s or 80s rock station. I barely remember Dokken from back in the day, but they were good. ZZ Top, .38 Special, the Cars, Queen, Golden Earring, Fleetwood Mac, Creedence…there’s no shortage of bands who put out good stuff, it was just much harder to find.

Your partially little bit right, and partially to semi mostly wrong about Great White, Jack Russel.

I have watch 2,3 very thorough, historical, accurate, etc, Documentaries, on, about Great White, Russell, the fire, the victims, that interviewed investigators, the victims, the band, the owner of the concert place, the agent, promoter, handler of Great White, that covered, quoted, replayed back on video, what was said, done behind the scenes, in public, etc.

1,2 members of Great White DIED in the fire, 1,2 band members were injured, but survived.

There was a lot of extremely heated emotions, etc. Victims WRONGLY blamed, lashed out at Russell, Great White, out of anger, emotion, wanting answers, wanting to blame, etc.

Russell, Great White WERE NOT at fault. Russell out of anguish, Heartbreak, emotion over his band member friends, and friends that both died in fire, might have wrongly lashed out in response, at those who WRONG accusations, WRONG blame, WRONG being lashed at him, etc. If he did that, he did that out of anguish, frustration, anger, etc.

Russell, Great White, weren't to blame. Their Agent, Promoter, Handler OR the Concert Venue Owner or both were to blame, and both were pointing fingers at each other.

The investigators, found Russell, and the band members innocent, and said the blame was not on Russell, Great White, and said the blame was on the Concert venue owner, And the agent, promoter, manager, handler of Great White.

Great White IMMEDIATELY FIRED that agent, promoter, manager, handler, and APOLOGIZED, in both Public, and in Private to the victims.

After time passed, after the investigation done, after all the facts came out, after a documentary came out, most to almost all Victims, fans stopped blaming, etc, Great White, Russell, and Now things are Good between most to almost all victims, fans, THAT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT KNOW THE FACTS, THAT HAVE FOLLOWED EXTREMELY CLOSELY.

Casual fans, victims, that do not know all the facts, etc, some to lots of them continue to mistakenly blame everything on Great White, Russell.

Regardless of what you think about Russell, Great White was a awesome band, Russell was a great singer, and they put out awesome music.

Rock Me:



Once Bitten Twice Shy



Save your love



All over now



Lady Red Light



Angel Song



Call it Rock N Roll



Never Change Heart

 

[95coug]

Your partially little bit right, and partially to semi mostly wrong about Great White, Jack Russel.

I have watch 2,3 very thorough, historical, accurate, etc, Documentaries, on, about Great White, Russell, the fire, the victims, that interviewed investigators, the victims, the band, the owner of the concert place, the agent, promoter, handler of Great White, that covered, quoted, replayed back on video, what was said, done behind the scenes, in public, etc.

1,2 members of Great White DIED in the fire, 1,2 band members were injured, but survived.

There was a lot of extremely heated emotions, etc. Victims WRONGLY blamed, lashed out at Russell, Great White, out of anger, emotion, wanting answers, wanting to blame, etc.

Russell, Great White WERE NOT at fault. Russell out of anguish, Heartbreak, emotion over his band member friends, and friends that both died in fire, might have wrongly lashed out in response, at those who WRONG accusations, WRONG blame, WRONG being lashed at him, etc. If he did that, he did that out of anguish, frustration, anger, etc.

Russell, Great White, weren't to blame. Their Agent, Promoter, Handler OR the Concert Venue Owner or both were to blame, and both were pointing fingers at each other.

The investigators, found Russell, and the band members innocent, and said the blame was not on Russell, Great White, and said the blame was on the Concert venue owner, And the agent, promoter, manager, handler of Great White.

Great White IMMEDIATELY FIRED that agent, promoter, manager, handler, and APOLOGIZED, in both Public, and in Private to the victims.

After time passed, after the investigation done, after all the facts came out, after a documentary came out, most to almost all Victims, fans stopped blaming, etc, Great White, Russell, and Now things are Good between most to almost all victims, fans, THAT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT KNOW THE FACTS, THAT HAVE FOLLOWED EXTREMELY CLOSELY.

Casual fans, victims, that do not know all the facts, etc, some to lots of them continue to mistakenly blame everything on Great White, Russell.

Regardless of what you think about Russell, Great White was a awesome band, Russell was a great singer, and they put out awesome music.

Rock Me:

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Once Bitten Twice Shy

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Save your love

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All over now

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Lady Red Light

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Angel Song

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Call it Rock N Roll

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Never Change Heart

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No, I'm exactly right on Russel in particular. And, I'm not blaming the band for the fire. Their manager played a part, by allowing pyro that he'd been told not to use. It wasn't even the club owners' fault really, they thought that the soundproofing foam installed was a different product - but their vendor/contractor had substituted something else.

I don't know which documentary you're referring to, there have been a couple. All of them are self-serving toward the people cooperating with them. There was a really good investigative book though, Trial by Fire, that pointed to corporate and jurisdictional responsibility that was never really explored...and was damning toward Russel. I stopped listening to GW after I finished that book.