drunken_nomad |
Rock n Roll Dreams'll Come Through
Ted Leo covering Barry Dworkin
...which I found linking around from Vattnisse and his Jim Steinman BadForGood song on the other page.
Readerbreeder |
Vattnisse |
I think it was Tiffany who toured malls. It's not that unusual - Britney Spears did the same thing later, and one of the more embarassing jobs I've had was working security for Aaron Carter when he played in a mall in Oslo. Speaking of Tiffany - I had no idea that I Think We're Alone Now was a cover. Here is the far superior original. Staying on the covers theme...
A Bad Brains original, covered here by Entombed
I'm Hiding In Your Closet |
Readerbreeder |
Vattnisse |
Kim Wilde
Look at all that hair. I mean, look at that. Wow.
Name That Reference!
Ambrosia
Before I forget - is it Kurt Vonnegut? One of his books (Cat's Cradle? Welcome To The Monkey House? I don't remember...) had some musical things in it, and the title rings a small bell...
Readerbreeder |
Yeah, Vatnisse, I think if anyone wants to know where the hole in the ozone layer came from, you could show them that video (or anything from 80's Bonnie Tyler and footage of hair metal) and explain about Aqua Net.
Pat Benatar
Kind of an anti-big hair 80s star; though in the video, it still seems as if she makes as much volume as she can with what she has.
Vattnisse |
I'm Hiding In Your Closet |
L'Internationale (Definitely A Revolution With Dancing Edition)
Tony Babino
Oh, yes - Vatnisse: The book was Cat's Cradle.
Vattnisse |
Vattnisse |
Vattnisse |
This is a nice song by an insufferably twee band. However, the video is an all-time classic. BTW, did they ever make it to the US? When I lived in England you couldn't take two steps without bumping into these twerps.
Travis
As for The Boss covering Van Halen... I've never gotten into VH. Leaving aside the facts of Eddie and Dave's horribly deformed personalities, I just don't like the music much. Some nice riffs, but Eddie's solos suck and are needlessly showy, the choruses are usually just so-so and the lyrics are insultingly stupid (and I'm a WASP fan, sorta). I actually thought they got much better once they got Sammy Hagar on vocals. How about that for some flame-war trolling?
drunken_nomad |
Travis was 'something' in the Midwest for about 120 Minutes...heh. Might have been bigger on the coasts.
[ooc]There is only one VH for me and it died after 1984. I agree they are all babies and yes some of their stuff was needlessly noodling, but the stuff after 1984 was so full of 'righteousness' and not even a little silly. I like some silliness in that kind of rock. (That was what I missed most with the Bush-led Anthrax, too. Though I like pretty much all of Anthraxs output better than VH.) I do like a couple tracks off each of the VanHagar records, but I dont any except 5150. I liked Hagar for those Montrose up thru VOA era songs. I watched some of the reunion stuff on YouTube and its ok. I dont even remember the Cherrone stuff. Ive always wondered about the Mitch Malloy tapes and if those will ever surface.
And Im saying NO to that VH cover. And with that, heres another questionable subject. Non Makeup KISS.
KISS
Vattnisse |
I don't mind a bit of noodling - I like these guys quite a bit, for example, and I'm the biggest Opeth fan you're likely to encounter. Having said that, Eddie's solos are just spiky noise that have no connections to the rest of the songs, and, once you cue in on it, their tempo-change-during-the-solo trick gets tiresome real fast.
I didn't grow up with VH, which obviously makes a huge difference. I think the first album I heard with them was 5150. To me the Dave/Hagar acrimony (still in full force at my local rock radio station) is like the weird Motorhead purists who still pine for Fast Eddie Clarke's return, nevermind that Phil Campbell has been the 'Head axeman for 31 years now.
The The, with Sinead O'Connor on guest vox
KISS without makeup... Hmmmmm.... I had a buddy at university who described himself as a "huge KISS fan", and his favourite album was Crazy Nights. As my VH meanderings show, there's apparently no accounting for taste. One final funny/pathetic VH/KISS factoid - Alex van Halen apparently had a crippling need to have a bigger drumkit than Peter Criss. Of all things to be insecure about, being a less impressive drummer than the Catman has to rank pretty high up there...
Readerbreeder |
Queensryche
I'm don't have nearly the metal cred you two do, Nomad and Vatnisse. My experience with hard rock/metal began with The Scorpions (no idea where they fall in the musicality spectrum) and eventually gravitated more toward bands like Dokken and Queensryche, with more operatic vocals. Mostly, my personal experience runs more toward electronica, with a nod to industrial (Depeche Mode, Mesh, Nine Inch Nails, et. al.).
Vattnisse |
Ministry
Industrial it is! Not my fave Ministry track, but it does start with Q...
I got into the harder stuff waaaaay back at the age of 10 or so primarily because I liked to draw, and I loved tracing the logos of metal bands, especially Iron Maiden and Metallica. I was nuts enough about music that I spent the years between leaving the army and going to grad school working as a roadie and stage tech. I'm tired of the lifestyle, though - I like comfy beds and edible food. These days I enjoy music from a distance.
drunken_nomad |
Ooomph!
As Mtv brought out the grunge movement and killed new metal/rock vids, I ran to industrial and ska (though I liked Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains).
Scorps, Dokken, and Queensryche are all fantastic bands, Readerbreeder! Still listen to all of those tracks.
I tried to do a poster of all those logos too. Meh, but I thought it was badass at the time...and drummer envy is probably right, though Nikko's and Peart's sets have to leave those 2 guys in the dust.
I'm Hiding In Your Closet |
Speaking of "monsters of rock"....How. F#!*ing. Long. Does it take. To read. 5. F~*$ING. WORDS?!?
Over At The Frankenstein Place
Richard O'Brien
Vattnisse |