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    Then and Now

    I did this at another music forum I used to belong to, and it turned out to be a pretty fun thread. The idea is, you post photos of a person early on in their career, or even before their career started, and then post one of how they look today. It doesn't have to be a musician, just someone famous. Then: Now:
  2. Actually, Marilyn doesn't ever get credit for her voice, but it's actually pretty good. she stays in her range. Very sultry. I know this is out of season, but this is a great song that always finds its way onto any Christmas cd I burn: Santa Baby Edit* As long as we're posting photos of Marilyn, here's my favorite:
  3. Wow. SG, just reading about your weekend is exhaustive. I don't know how you do it. Me, I worked in the belly of a factory for 12 hours Friday, 12 hours Saturday, and 12 hours Sunday. But, I am off today. :) And you know what that means....yup! Yardwork. I knew I should have finished rockstar college!
  4. Double Indemnity....it sounds very familiar. Is that the one with Fred McMurray? Or the one with the crooked cop? (I forget the actor's name right now) either way, both films had a femme fatale.
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    Beatking MugShots

    Geez, how is a toad like myself supposed to follow all these exceptionally attractive women? Sigh... anyway, this was taken last September. It me and a friend of mine, Ed Windancer. He's a Native American flutist (floutist? I can never remember). It was the annual Nanticoke Powwow. (He doesn't always dress like that)
  6. Here's a great cut, featuring Carey Bell, Lazy Lester, Raful Neal, & Snookie Pryor: Let Your Hair Down
  7. Heck, they just wrote their own ticket for satellite radio. As far as this: "McGuirk called Sharpton a "race-baiter" looking for attention when he led the campaign to fire Imus." Sharpton's been doing this for decades before the whole Imus thing. You get a handful of people and a camera, and there's Sharpton, getting mug time.
  8. that was great. How do I take that and send it to my Mom? She'd love it.
  9. Atomic Punk ~ Van Halen
  10. I know zero about hip hop. I think, though, it's probably a lot like any other genre, wherein it's fan base changes. As people get older, they tend to stay with a certain time period of music that they associate with their youth, or a happier, simpler time in their life. The music they hear as they get older doesn't appeal to them as much, because either, a)It's evolved into something they aren't accustomed to b)They've lived life a bit more, and are a bit more jaded, or mature, or wise, or experienced and view what's being sung as immature or 'what the hell are they talking about?' c)They can't relate to it any more, because what is being sung isn't something they've experienced, simply because times are different now. I know for me, the most annoying thing about music today, in any genre, be it hip hop, rock, emo, country, etc., what annoys me most is 'image'. Everyone has a look, or an image, or has to drip with attitude and posing. "Dig me, I'm a musician. Take me seriously" But you know what? When I was growing up, Ted Nugent had an image, and so did Van Halen and everyone else from the mid to late 70's into the early 80s. I dug them, because they were musicians. The only difference between those artists and the artists of today, is me. I'm not 16 any more, so instead of being cool, these new people annoy me. Music evolves, but we just grow older. Some's musical ear evolves and finds the music entertaining, while others, like myself, tend to tune out newer music because it all sounds the same. I don't know if that comes from being older and experiencing more and more, musically, until it gets to the saturation point, or if a person's attachment to what they cut their musical teeth on is so strong they have a tough time accepting anything new, because it doesn't meet their ideal of what music should be. I believe that's what's known as the Generation Gap.
  11. The Terminator ride at Universal was pretty cool.
  12. The Yankees need him a lot more that he needs them, for sure. Their rotation is decimated right now, as evidenced by their place in the standings. I don't care how many sluggers you have, if you don't have pitching, you won't win. Nowadays, most starters only go 6-7, sometimes 8 innings, if their pitch count is down, and they're groovin'. Complete games are rare. It's all about middle and long relief. Even the closer role doesn't seem as important as it once was, because most teams have more than one guy they can send out there in the ninth. I don't know if it's because pitchers are so watered down now, or if it's teams protecting their investments with pitch counts, but the bullpen has evolved into specialty roles that are darn near as important as the starters. I mean, there are guys who pitch 85 innings, with a 2-2 record and an ERA around 4, and they're hauling in 5-6 million a year. The Rocket's best days are behind him, for sure, but, as Koop stated, he'll go five every 5 days. I'm curious to see how commanding his stuff is after such a long layoff. There was a time when he was the biggest bully on the block, along with Randy Johnson. But, age catches up with everyone eventually. The Big Unit has been pretty hitable the past few years. We'll see.
  13. 05/04/2007 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music Dotmusic Sacha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury in a big screen adaptation of Freddie Mercury's life, it has been claimed. The Borat and Ali G comedian has apparently been approached about taking on the role of the iconic star, as producers beginning casting for the movie. Borat's image and looks were apparently inspired by the Queen singer and Baron Cohen is said to have been chosen ahead of Johnny Depp for the part. Link All i know is, this is one role, for sure, that the singing will not be attempted by the actor.
  14. More commercial, according to whom? There's no discernable difference in their style between, say, Dookie, released in 1994, I think, and American Idiot, released, in 2004. Because an album sells 6 million copies, or whatever, doesn't make a band more commercial, only more popular. I think that's what bugs the punk fans. the band hasn't changed. The fan base has.
  15. I got Back To Basics for Christmas. i have always, always, always, loved her voice, but couldn't bear to sit through her music. Back to Basics is like a dream come true for me. Finally, a great voice doing great songs. There are still a handful of rap type things on there, but I just skip those. Christina, IMO, is the best voice out there right now. She stands right there with Dinah Washington, Etta James, Billie Holliday. etc. Incredibly powerful. But, the thing that sets her apart in she understands how to use her voice to enhance a song, not demolish it. While the Britney Spears of the world and the like moan and groan their way through, and Mariah Carey batters a song with her 5 octave range (which is impressive, but not necessary on every stinking track), Christina adjusts to fit the song. she's really, really good.
  16. I actually enjoy a good bit of Green Day's stuff. the title cut from American Idiot is a pretty good song. I'm not trying to start any kind of argument, but I always find it a bit disquieting when people scoff at Green Day's supposed lack of 'punkness'. Just because they don't fit neatly into the 'punk' category, people dump on them. Since when does a band have to fit into someone's ideal of what they think the band should be? Why would I dislike someone's music because it isn't punk enough, or rap enough, or country enough, or whatever? That's limiting what I can listen to, and I certainly did enough of that in my youth. Not anymore. If it's pleasing to my ear, I'm going to listen to it, regardless. Green Day is Green Day. I take them for what they are, and I enjoy their music.
  17. I guess I'm a passive fan. I like her voice, but don't really care for the type of music.
  18. Ok, as promised, I am going to expand from the 70's, and step into 1980. It seems the songs I've chosen so far have been a little hit or miss as to whether or not people have heard them, so I'm going to play it safe and choose one I'm fairly certain everyone knows. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. First, let's take a step back...holy cow!...27 years!! (there is no way 1980 was that long ago) At the theaters, the big money makers were sequals, Superman II and The Empire Strikes Back. Dolly Parton wore that yellow sweater in 9 to 5, Ordinary People won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director, Sissy Spacek won Best actress for a great turn as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter. DeNiro was Best Actor in Raging Bull. (Joe Pesci shoulda won Best Supporing Actor!!) Other films: Queen did an ok soundtrack for Flash Gordon. On the idiot box, everyone wondered who shot JR, Dave Letterman debuts, and bombs, on daytime tv. Two years later, he'd hit his stride on late night tv. Eddie Murphy joins SNL. Bosom Buddies premiers, introducing the world to Tom Hanks. Another Tom (Selleck) debuts in Magnum P.I. (those shorts still freak me out) Now, moving on to music (which why we're all here anyway), three of the biggest names in rock, John Lennon, Bon Scott and John Bonham passed away. Their deaths are still felt to this day. Born in 1980: R.E.M The Violent Femmes Metallica Depeche Mode There were some really good albums released in 1980. Back in Black ~ AC/DC British Steel ~ Judas Priest Heaven and Hell ~ Black Sabbath(without Ozzy) Blizzard of Ozz ~ Ozzy Osbourne (without Black sabbath) Permanent Waves ~ Rush Iron Maiden ~ Iron Maiden (I was on board from the start with these guys. F*CKING, MAIDEN, MAN!!!) The Game ~ Queen Ace of Spades ~ Motorhead Wow, what a great year to be 16 and have long hair. Other releases: Boy ~ U2 (their debut, way before Bono cultivated his Messiah persona) Departure ~ Journey Empty Glass ~ Pete Townshend Head Games ~ Foreigner The River ~ Springsteen Zenyatta Mondatta ~ The Police on the charts, hanging around at the top were Pink Floyd's anti-establishment anthem, Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2, Blondie's Call Me, (from American Gigilo), Olivia Newton John's Magic, Kenny Rogers crossed over with Coward of the County, Lipps Inc took us all to Funkytown (man I hated that song), but, a little lower down the charts, topping out at number 36, (number 2 in the UK), we had The Vapors ~ Turning Japanese This is a true one hit wonder, in every sense of the word. They were only around from 1979 to 1981. The band members, David Fenton (songwriter, guitarist and vocalist), Howard Smith (drummer), Edward Bazalgette (lead guitar) and Steve Smith (bass guitarist and vocals), were sort of an early new wave type band, or a residual leftover of the punk movement. Hard to say. They only released two albums New Clear Days ( get it? Nuclear Days...get it?), and Magnets. By 1981, they had disbanded. Fenton 'retired' from the band to delve into the legal aspects of the music industry, effectively ending their short run. The song The video
  19. Stevie Ray Vaughan played guitar on this album. :) and, if I remember correctly, they spelled his name wrong on the sleeve.
  20. I'd like to add Thin Lizzy. A great, great band live. I was at the Monsters of Rock* festival in 1983, in Germany, and of all the bands there... Twisted Sister Meatloaf Blue Oyster Cult Whitesnake ZZ Top Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy easily blew them all away. Phil Lynott was charismatic, and had them all in the palm of his hand from the opening powerchord for'Jailbreak' Their live double album, 'Live and Dangerous' is something I'd highly recommend to anyone who's never really given them a good listen. Also, I whole heartedly agree with The Alice Cooper Band. Those cats were tight. Listen to anything from Love It To Death up to Muscle Of Love, and you'll see. these guys were extremely talented and knowledgeable about music. A.C.'s first two albums, Pretties For You and Easy Action, were very experimental and kind of all over the place. But when Love It To Death came out, it was easy to see, they had hit their stride and found their niche. *Interestingly enough, I did a search of the Monsters of Rock festivals, and the one from 1983 also lists Dio, but I'll be darned if I remember it. LOL. Hey, I was 19, drunk and high on hash, ok? Give me a break!
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