Darth Drabek

I bought the first Audioslave album the day it came out, that's how much of a Cornell fan I was/am. I mean I defended the guy after that awful Letterman performance. Although that's nothing new... remember Pretty Noose on SNL? Yikes. I had always heard mixed things about Soundgarden live shows, which all happened before I started going to concerts, sadly. In fact the most glowing live Soundgarden review I've heard was from a guy who was on LSD at the time. He said the shade of purple they used in their light show was "really, really cool." When I did see Audioslave on Lollapalooza, they were great, though, so although Cornell is hit and miss he was on that day. I was disappointed with the second album though, which seems to go against the grain of critical opinion. I hear the new one they're working on will be "R&B influenced." I hope we're talking more Afghan Whigs than Usher.

Hey, nothin wrong with that. As you said, you WILL be buying it. Just don't pass judgment on the leaked version. I did that with the first Audioslave album... the leaked demos were awful. Final CD version was much better. Same with Frank Black's Honeycomb. Black Sabbath - Supernaut

Then why must you do it? "Profanity is the effort of an ignorant man to express himself forcefully." I forget who said that. Some smart*** mother******, probably. Edit: Queens of the Stone Age - Mosquito Song

Haha... "cookie monsters," I like it. I never could get into bands like that, although I have a good friend who loves them. I don't think I've ever laughed harder than when I saw a Six Feet Under video. That dude goes from the "cookie monster" grunting to this ridiculous squealing falsetto: "Rising from the graves/ we come to eat your brains / rising insane / i want to eat your brain" and so on.

The CD thing is pretty cool, I agree. I remember when my roommate's copy of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation sparked up like the Fourth of July... ahhhhh those were the days. I recently bought a new microwave, because my old one (which was larger and heavier than my TV and had dials instead of buttons) expired. The new one is much smaller, and just as powerful. And it was only $35, too! Of course, your microwave sounds much cooler than mine.

@Eldar: I woke up Sunday mornin' with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert. @Laozi: What's up with Frank Black? Was he a musical guest or does Henry Rollins interview folks on this show of his? I saw Rollins Band on the Nice tour... How's his talk show? It's probably on cable, so I won't be able to watch it, but I bet it's pretty cool anyway. Badfinger - What You Are

That infomercial with Kenny Rogers was on last night. The one for some 10-disc set of country classics or something like that. You know the kind, scrolling list of songs down the middle of the screen, 10 second clips of the artists, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Anyway, it really threw into stark relief how much better Kenny Rogers was than his contemporaries. The lady hosting the show said KR had number one hits in FIVE decades. FIVE! On-topic of awesome country music: Willie Nelson - I Gotta Get Drunk

Oh come on, they aren't so bad. Yeah, they're very overrated, but at least Jack White is drawing from solid rootsy blues for his inspiration. The brother/sister thing was stupid and the whole red and white gimmick is just that, but they do make decent, albeit repetitive, music. And he beat the **** outta that guy from the Von Bondies, which was a good move in my book.

I like to dust off my copy of "De Stihl (possible egregious misspelling)" every now and then. Goldfinger - Here in Your Bedroom

If dropping in periodically to talk about what's in my CD player (and if it's worth anybody else listening to it) is wrong....... well then I don't want to be right. Besides, I've been turned on to several good bands from checking out other people's recommendations. I'm not going to stop now. LONG LIVE THE TRUE MUSIC THREAD! :D

ZING! I agree, but I'm not a good judge on the subject. After all, do you think somebody who's too cheap to pay for the internet is going to pay extra to play games on the internet?

Bon Jovi - Help! Great live Beatles cover, they slowed it down a little and made it piano only. Richie Sambora does a verse on lead vocals...it's gold.

My housemate from college tried to put on some Lovage to set the mood.... and it kinda freaked the girl. Not entirely surprising, I suppose. We had a good laugh about it later. I am a big fan of 1965 by the Afghan Whigs. Great album for listening and for, well... that too. Not as cerebral as Black Love, or even Gentlemen, but the band is cookin' and the production captured it all: guitars, horns, and sweet soul backup singers.

I'm about to finish my second playthrough of BG2. I suppose I should continue one of them on to TOB, but there's so many NPCs I haven't got a chance to know... Also, still occasionally playing DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball. The music is keeping me in touch with my inner 12-year-old girl. It's more catchy than the clap on a college campus. "

mmmm.... yep, that's her. See, you guys should all listen to Lovage! Anyway, CSNY - The Lee Shore

That's why I love the Internet. You get people who research their points to the level of published thesis papers, and you get people who make broad, generalizations about "retards," with no solid arguments behind their points. God Bless Al Gore.

Ooooh Baley, I like your edit. i'm a dream defiiiiiined.... and we'll make love together Who's the girl that sings with Patton on the Lovage album? Does she have her own thing going? Lovage - Stroker Ace stroke that shiny coat strokin' is the antidote stroke that it's a start only for the wild at heart

The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (When You're Gone) The parentheses are my addition to the song. I think.

I don't think he's saying there is no difference, merely that they might have something in common. Effective marketing, that is, not backup dancers.

I agree with the formation of a thread devoted to listing any kind of music, in a manageable portion of a few songs at a time. Let's break down the genre walls! HIM - Wicked Game From what I hear, these guys are huge in Finland, and Bam Margera got them a record deal in the states. I think I missed the original phenomenon, but I can see why they're so popular. Pop rock with heavy guitars and a gothic lyrics about doomed love plays well with the Hot Topic crowd. Good call on the Chris Isaak cover, too.

It takes just as much intelligence for a pop band to craft a melody as a metal band takes to write a riff. There's dumb pop bands and there's dumb metal bands. From the complexity of the material, we tend to assume classical composers were all geniuses, but I'm sure that for every inspired composer there were others who just took their years and years of memorization training and cut and pasted their symphonies, Pro Tools-style. I call bull**** on the "pure" forms of musical expression being a sign of intelligence in people.

Sandisk m230 +50 bucks +512 MB +USB 2.0 +fits in pockets without leaving unsightly bulge +muggers will attack me based on my white earbuds, but will be pissed when they find out it's not an iPod -holds only a fraction of my music, but I don't need to carry every album I own around with me all the time. 512 is plenty for mobile. The rest can be backed up on the hard drive or DVD-Rs at home.

Oh, so now it's "best song ever" and not "Favorite songs." There is a distinct difference there. I think someone needs to start another topic. I WAS ONLY KIDDING! PLEASE DO NOT START ANOTHER TOPIC!

NOFX - The Decline The Afghan Whigs - Faded Radiohead - No Surprises Billy Joel - Piano Man Goldfinger - Superman Elton John - Your Song Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland The Velvet Crush - Why Not Your Baby Ryan Adams - My Winding Wheel Tom Waits - Jockey full of Bourbon Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - The Boxer The Replacements - Alex Chilton Bob Dylan - Desolation Row Teenage Fanclub - Alcoholiday Violent Femmes - Add it Up Cracker - Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) Soundgarden - Boot Camp Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London Everclear - My Sexual Life Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah and I second Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing as one of the greatest songs of all time.

I thought the Winger joke was funny. And my favorite band is the unstoppable, inimitable Afghan Whigs.