Beach Boys -- "Sloop John B" -------------------------- Perfect sounds.

I'm tellin' you, you plug a 12-string guitar through Western's echo chamber...perfection.  Doesn't matter who or when.

Right. I singled-out "Sloop" for the interplay.

Hmm.

New York Dolls -- "Trash" ---------  Thunders' lead-breaks sound cute. Wh--Wha?

Shudder to Think -- "Hit Liquor" ---------  The most brutally harmonized guitars ever, courtesy of Wedren & Larson.

Townes Van Zandt -- "Rex's Blues"
Fleetwood Mac -- "Save Me A Place"
Brent Mason -- "First Rule Of Thumb"
Stooges -- "Gimme Danger"
Michael Hedges -- "Layover"
Statler Brothers -- "Flowers On The Wall"
Pantera -- "Suicide Note Pt.I"
Van Morrison -- "Fair Play"
Those Stones -- "Wild Horses" or insert your favorite ballad here* ----------------------- Great acoustic sounds on all of these.

Flipper -- "Life Is Cheap"
Flamin' Groovies -- "Louie Louie" -------------------- These guitars sound like a variety of whale farts.

Jeff Buckley -- "Yard Of Blonde Girls"
Johnny Rivers -- "Poor Side Of Town"
Love -- "7 And 7 Is"
Chuck Berry -- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Elvis Presley -- "Gentle On My Mind"
Beach Boys -- "Sloop John B" -------------------------- Perfect sounds.

Acid Bath -- "Locust Spawing"
Cynic -- "Uroboric Forms"
Pantera -- "Slaughtered"
Steve Vai -- "Erotic Nightmares"
Black Sabbath -- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" ---------------------- Obligatory Metal picks.

Here's "H Gang":

http://www.mp3.com/donald-fagen/artists/3582/summary.html

Yeah. The surface was barely scratched.

"Mingus Dynasty" is forever under a rug.  I like it for it's nastiness, though I do still prefer "Ah-Um;"  I would've probably never heard it had it not been in a Pawn Shop for $2.

"Pet Sounds" at 23 years of age.

Foda this -- for all of his hard work would be useless, as it is a non-creation without his instinct, which IS his genius.

A haunting expose on the male power structure as essentially pedophiliac, using the images of....oh, never mind.

"...it's now / or never..."

The Puckster and the Union Gap... ALWAYS opt for the young.

I expect a thesis on "Lady Willpower" next.

Without question, my favorite firgure in Jazz. I'd like to get around to reading one of his biographies soon.

I view Dave as only average in the songs department.

I'd almost be inclined to agree, if not for the tunes I mentioned above, which are very much exceptions when compared with Grohl's usual writing.  I'll venture out and say that the verses for "Exhausted" and "Alone & Easy Target" are every bit as melodically challenging as a "typical" Cobain work -- the elongated melody-style, featuring musically-stimulating accidentals (or depending on how one views it, key signature-changes) and great a rule-pissed chord-progression.   I will not, however, defend his lyrics or originality when compared directly to Kurt Cobain. 

Just discovered this thread. It's amazing how it mirrors my frustrations in the "Wishlist Thread."

Dude. Writing music is hell. Thinking about my "heroes" and their youthful ages upon being signed and accomplished is also.

I've been in bands a plenty; pop, punk, two foda-ing prog-metal bands (yikes!) and even a cover act. I just turned 24 and feel like a mummified old foda, yet I still think from time to time that playing music and thinking music is the obvious answer.  Performing/writing has healed and hurt me in wicked ways -- I can't imagine anything more tortuous than those formative years, attempting to write structurally-sound tunes without a foda-ing clue as to the mechanics of writing (or pitch).  Sheer horror.  One of those "wouldn't wish it on my..." sorta things.  I'd love to offer some advice, but I'm clearly too jaded.  I suppose if it grants you euphoria, even if it's only once a month and fleeting, don't hang up, man.

Link Wray -- "S/T" on CD

Passager De La Pluie SDTRK (Francis Lai) -- on LP

*I Guess*

Lately, I see that I'm beginning to be less and less excited about hearing new music. This is kind of frightening for me, because certain "fascinations" in my life --some from preteen years, like: drawing comics and photography; then later: painting and um, "technically demanding" guitar and piano--  have existed it seems, just to vanish as though they never were a cherished and absorbing experience or passion.  I don't recall the exact order in which this negligent, pseudo-foda-off inhabits my thoughts, eventually steering me away from something dear to my person, but I hope this isn't the start. I really do LOVE music, but I realize how bitter I can be.

Some of the Foo Fighters first album, today.

Only "Exhausted," "Alone + Easy Target" and "Good Grief" on loop. Perfect tunes that Grohl will never top.

Shame we didn't hear some of these filtered through the big "N" and with additions from that skinny, blonde guy.

Another day, another biopic. It's a pointless venture and especially when Marvin's --or any artist for which they choose to diminish, for the life of a musician IS a simplified romance novel w/substance abuse, right guys?-- music gives you all you really need. Hollywood will never get it.

And here's the new single: http://music.myspace.com/morrissey

I dig.

As others have said, Cheap Trick and Big Star all the way.

I don't do Eric Carmen. Sorry. So the Berries will be last for me.

The Association
Iggy Pop
Stevie Wonder
Craig Wedren
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ronnie Spector
Philip Anselmo
Jagger/Richards
Desmond Dekker
The Band
George Jones
Solomon Burke
Kevin Godley
Patti Smith

I believe "This Old Man" uses I and V exclusively.

Yes. Start them off with "Aja" or "Black Cow."

I just wanted to hear "If You Can't Rock Me."

Being that both bands are unusually important and merited for different yet closely-related accomplishments makes this just a matter of taste. And while I love the Pistols' LP and acknowledge it's and their worthiness, the Ramones catalog has provided me with more smiles and months more listening experiences. I say the Ramones, those non-dreamboats.

I supported my local hipster music shack since my early teens, and one day they turned into a coffee shop and proud home of the "Robert Fripp-uccino."

I miss the dollar bin LPs.

Pantera's oft-overlooked reworking of Black Flag's "The Badge."

And get ready for the 8mm.

"Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight zone / Only a crowd can make you feel so alone..."

Those Stones.