Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

killsaly wrote:
I only owned one Squeeze release in my life, Singles - 45's and Under, on cassette way back in the day.  What albums do you Squeeze fans recommend me check out? 

ArgyBargy
East Side Story
Cool for Cats

challenged wrote:

killsaly wrote:
I only owned one Squeeze release in my life, Singles - 45's and Under, on cassette way back in the day.  What albums do you Squeeze fans recommend me check out? 

ArgyBargy
East Side Story
Cool for Cats

I love this band.  So many great freakin songs. 

killsaly wrote:
I only owned one Squeeze release in my life, Singles - 45's and Under, on cassette way back in the day.  What albums do you Squeeze fans recommend me check out? 

that is all you need… there are a few other great songs not on Singles.. but not enough to make listening to their albums worthwhile…YMMV

also I wouldn't even call them a band….they kept switching bassists… paul carrack came in… its really more of the difford/tilbrook show…YMMV

otoh, where else you gonna hear those songs live?

Wow there are a lot of really good seats for that fake Yes band still available.  I wonder if they're gonna drop the price…

http://concerts.livenation.com/event/15005088D8DE6AD0?c=EML_LN_1123719&camefrom=EMLN_1123719

and why the hell would somebody buy upper balcony, row PP, seats 34 and 36 when 98% of the seats are better??

Bagley wrote:
BSO:  Grateful Dead Symphony
Thu, Jul 14, 7:30 pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Is this like a thing that people actually go to?

Dead fans will go to anything dead related… they are maniacally obsessed

Hutch wrote:
Guitar Wolf
Ottobar
9-12

I bet there's a band called Wolf playing somewhere every day of the year.

Hutch wrote:
Dead fans will go to anything dead related… they are maniacally obsessed

and musically deluded

Hutch wrote:
Pansy Division
Hill Country BBQ
9-22

Kind of an odd venue for a 90's SF punk band?
Featuring primarily gay musicians and focusing mostly on gay-related themes

SideBatch wrote:

Hutch wrote:
Pansy Division
Hill Country BBQ
9-22

Kind of an odd venue for a 90's SF punk band?
Featuring primarily gay musicians and focusing mostly on gay-related themes

maybe they're like Tommy Ramone (RIP) and went bluegrass or something?

TheREALHunter wrote:
Prophets of Rage

lot of people excited over this collab, and I don't understand why.

Really, queen?  Name branding , controls a lot of people. The bands, that are associated with this supergroup are the reason why people are losing their shit over it. The simple name, of the bands.

walk,on,by wrote:
Really, queen?  Name branding , controls a lot of people. The bands, that are associated with this supergroup are the reason why people are losing their shit over it. The simple name, of the bands.

nah, I get that. It's always fun to see two musician's you admire work together, but the media (eg Pitchfork, Spin, RS, etc.) are treating it like it's some ground breaking project, and it's not really.

But also I've never really been into Rage, so this doesn't exactly move me like it might others.

bob72 wrote:

walk,on,by wrote:
Really, queen?  Name branding , controls a lot of people. The bands, that are associated with this supergroup are the reason why people are losing their shit over it. The simple name, of the bands.

nah, I get that. It's always fun to see two musician's you admire work together, but the media (eg Pitchfork, Spin, RS, etc.) are treating it like it's some ground breaking project, and it's not really.

But also I've never really been into Rage, so this doesn't exactly move me like it might others.

I agree Bobby…this super group is about as exciting as Axl fronting AC/DC.

Yada wrote:

bob72 wrote:

walk,on,by wrote:
Really, queen?  Name branding , controls a lot of people. The bands, that are associated with this supergroup are the reason why people are losing their shit over it. The simple name, of the bands.

nah, I get that. It's always fun to see two musician's you admire work together, but the media (eg Pitchfork, Spin, RS, etc.) are treating it like it's some ground breaking project, and it's not really.

But also I've never really been into Rage, so this doesn't exactly move me like it might others.

I agree Bobby…this super group is about as exciting as Axl fronting AC/DC.

hey now…

Hutch wrote:

Yada wrote:

bob72 wrote:

walk,on,by wrote:
Really, queen?  Name branding , controls a lot of people. The bands, that are associated with this supergroup are the reason why people are losing their shit over it. The simple name, of the bands.

nah, I get that. It's always fun to see two musician's you admire work together, but the media (eg Pitchfork, Spin, RS, etc.) are treating it like it's some ground breaking project, and it's not really.

But also I've never really been into Rage, so this doesn't exactly move me like it might others.

I agree Bobby…this super group is about as exciting as Axl fronting AC/DC.

hey now…

so Hutch are you going to that sept 17th show?
there much to be desired about the combination, but watching trainwrecks can be fun
not really $150 fun, but I'd pay $25 for that spectacle

Hutch wrote:
The Bangles
8-21

the hoffs still f'n rocks to this old man

that rick' is pretty sweet too

I got to tell ya AXL/DC haters that they have been getting phenomenal reviews…. I mean lets be honest, Brian Johnson wasn't cutting it anymore…since like a real long time ago…

Of course the band lost Phil Rudd which is horrible and Malcolm which is doubly horrible..without Mal it ain't AC/DC.. anybody that knows AC/DC knows Mal was the leader… the heartbeat…

But if you think about it as the Axl and Angus show.. I think it sounds killer! Don't get so caught up on the name.. who cares? Angus is alive. Malcolm has advanced dementia… Phil got caught trying to have some pimp killed.. what the fuck are you going to do.. oh and Brian just can't hack it no more and should stick to collecting cars..

I will not go cause it just doesn't rise to the level of a show I need to see for that kind of money…. and I had my fun spending tons of money (For my standards) to see Iggy Pop, Mudcrutch and even my Cure ticket cost a bit and with the babysitter we have to get forget about it….. I've seen AC/DC from the second row center.. with Malcolm, Phil, Angus, Brian.. I'm never going to top that!

But Axl will no doubt do Bon Scott songs better than Brian Johnson currently could…. and for him its a labor of love. .he WANTED the job…

To be honest, I don't get what people hate.. he's doing it cause he loves AC/DC and wants to sing their songs.. what the fuck is wrong with that if Angus is cool with it??? I mean Axl had GNR lined up - which is a pretty time consuming big deal with the reunion.. and a huge moneymaker- but he saw the opportunity with AC/DC and he jumped on it! I think he deserves a lot of respect for that.. maybe its the first cool thing he's done in a few decades but its still cool

most people who don't know shit just come down on it like a gag reflex….but I think if you love AC/DC and you like GNR.. I would imagine this would be a fun show.. rather than seeing Brian doing the exact same songs (mostly Bon Scott songs from before he joined the band BTW so NOT the original singer anyways) they always do you get to see an entirely different singer that in some ways embodies Bon Scott a bit better…

at least that is the way I see it…