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KonAaron Snake 05-12-11 01:50 PM

Their Rod Stewart cover is one of the single greatest covers I've ever heard.

20grit 05-12-11 01:50 PM


Originally Posted by rhm (Post 12633659)
Hoooboy. Lemme see... Kinks several times, Guess Who, Who, Muddy Waters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bo Diddley, Donovan, McGuinn & Hillman, the Band, Clapton, Stiff Little Fingers, Violent Femmes, Ramones, Blue Oyster Cult, Alvin Lee, Eurhythmics, Duran Duran.... my memory fails me. Not all of these were exactly by choice.

Why aren't the Guess Who in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame????

I actually walked out of a Marshall Tucker Band concert. Not because the performance was bad, but because the singer's voice was shot. It was awful.

I'll get flamed for this one... but... I had front row tickets for a Journey show once. (actually they were opening for Def Leppard but I hate, hate Def Leppard). Journey came out on stage and rocked. No props, they just came out and played what they were supposed to play and did it incredibly well. This was pre-glee, pre-newest singer, and pre-everyone becoming obsessed with Don't Stop Believin'.

ZZ Top has done the same thing the two times I've seen them. I've heard of other people having bad experiences with their shows, but my two were great.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 01:50 PM


Originally Posted by Chris_in_Miami (Post 12633865)
Actually, I filtered myself. I assume I'd get either B*******e Surfers or a temporary ban...

Oh yeah, I also saw the Revolting Cocks once.

smart. I should be that smart and go edit my previous post :lol:


I'd love to see ZZ Top even if all their songs sound pretty much the same. There isn't much wrong with all your songs sounding the same when the sound in question is awesome.

KonAaron Snake 05-12-11 01:55 PM

I always seem to run into problems with seeing Cheap Trick...they're always the opening act to some band I really hate, like Def Leppard, and I never get to see them because I refuse to pay Def Leppard to see Cheap Trick.

I did that a couple of years ago...we paid to see Modest Mouse and The National, but REM gets all the money. We left 3 songs into Stipe's AWFUL set. We heard later we missed Eddie Vedder coming on stage. I mean missed in the sense of missing another car and avoiding a crash.

gaucho777 05-12-11 01:56 PM


Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 12630665)
Also, there are a few bands that if i hear people like, i feel like we must have nothing in common musically. Matchbox 20 is one of them. So is the dave mathews band.

+1. And I'll take it a step further. If I discover someone likes Matchbox 20, I'll know right then and there that we could never become friends.

KonAaron Snake 05-12-11 02:09 PM

I almost left my wife when we were still dating and she told me Boyz 2 Men were one of her favorite bands. I've grown to accept the new jack swing a bit more over time.

I picked all of the music at our wedding, with wife compromises (tom can attest to how good the music was). There was this one song, I forget the band but it was called Let's Get Married. It was the single worst song I'd ever heard and I flatly refused to put it on the list. The DJ came over during the wedding and told me four people had requested it...it ended up getting played and I still hear it echoing in the caverns of my brain. Every time I see her friends, I remember that song and how much I hate it. I dislike this particular group of friends anyway, but that really helped seal the deal.

20grit 05-12-11 02:38 PM

oooh wedding songs...

I've threatened to seriously injure anyone who tries to play Celebration at my wedding. I don't think people realize how serious I am about it.

Now Grand Funk's version of The Locomotion... hells yes, that will play. Nothing like 200 drunk people dancing in a line around a building.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 02:40 PM

I never understood why "Whiter Shade of Pale" is considered a wedding song....I like that song.

-holiday76 05-12-11 02:42 PM

My Mother-in-Laws best friends son is either Dean or Gene Ween. I forget which. THey're all from New Hope Pa.

bigbossman 05-12-11 02:43 PM


Originally Posted by gaucho777 (Post 12633918)
+1. And I'll take it a step further. If I discover someone likes Matchbox 20, I'll know right then and there that we could never become friends.

I've never heard of Matchbox 20 - does that mean we're BFF?

On the topic of bands that I don't "get", but were off the hook live - Tom Petty. Really. I've never been a big Tom Petty fan, but his shows are a whole different thing. If he played like that on his albums, I've have bought one or two.

ZZTop and the B-52's are swinging through this summer. You guys have got me thinking.......

20grit 05-12-11 02:48 PM

OH...... I saw Foreigner. Was not expecting awesomeness out of them. Perhaps Jason Bonham drumming helped out.

bigbossman 05-12-11 02:52 PM


Originally Posted by 20grit (Post 12634166)
oooh wedding songs...

I didn't do a big wedding - just a JP thing up in Tahoe one Friday night. I wanted to get married in Death Valley, but that idea didn't get rave reviews for some reason.

Anyway - if I had done the big wedding thing, Luke and The Locomotives would have figured big on the play list. Big Man Mambo, Shed a Tear...

53 :)

khatfull 05-12-11 02:53 PM

I've seen James Taylor six times in concert...that count for anything?

-holiday76 05-12-11 02:57 PM

i hate james taylor.

khatfull 05-12-11 03:00 PM


Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 12634271)
i hate james taylor.

Yay, good for you!

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 03:02 PM


Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 12634271)
i hate james taylor.

:lol: I lol'd loud at this :lol:

ol Jimmy should get some credit for doing more Heroin than most of his contemporaries put together and still being relatively coherent these days.

-holiday76 05-12-11 03:03 PM


Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake (Post 12633600)
It's been about 3-4 years since I've seen them live...how much are tickets?

Best shows I've ever seen -

Man or Astro Man...? at a place in Tampa, forget the name.
Electric 6 at the Khyber.
Soft Boys reunion at TLA
They Might Be Giants at TLA
Drive By Truckers at TLA (yes, I love TLA)
Yo La Tengo at the The Trocadero
Steely Dan at Tweeter Center
Frank Black at World Cafe
Zevon and Joe Walsh at Valley Forge Music Fare

whoa, I forgot about VFMF.

I saw Yo La Tengo at the First Unitarian and at the end of the last song the lead dude ripped all of the strings off of his guitar. Very un-yo la tengo like.

-holiday76 05-12-11 03:04 PM


Originally Posted by khatfull (Post 12634294)
Yay, good for you!

dont take it personally, it's just my opinion. we covered that earlier :)

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 03:06 PM

is Valley Forge the place that used to do the Laser Light shows?

that was pretty popular in highschool after everyone discovered hallucinogens :lol:

-holiday76 05-12-11 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox (Post 12634330)
is Valley Forge the place that used to do the Laser Light shows?

that was pretty popular in highschool after everyone discovered hallucinogens :lol:

no, that was at the Franklin Institute.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 03:07 PM

now that I think about it I think it was a place called "Magic Mountain" although that name sounds all too coincidental for what was going on there.

bigbossman 05-12-11 03:07 PM


Originally Posted by khatfull (Post 12634256)
I've seen James Taylor six times in concert...that count for anything?

Quite a bit.... but nothing good. :)

43 :)

-holiday76 05-12-11 03:15 PM

OH, to add to that list of bands that suck that seem popular for some reason? You know, Matchbox 20 and Nickelback? I submit; Jimmy Buffet. BARF!

I had a gf about 10 years ago who asked me to go to a show and we broke up a week later. Coincidence? I think not.

KonAaron Snake 05-12-11 03:38 PM


Originally Posted by -holiday76 (Post 12634190)
My Mother-in-Laws best friends son is either Dean or Gene Ween. I forget which. THey're all from New Hope Pa.

THey used to hang out at Tyler Art School when it was in Ambler ALL OF THE TIME. They'd come...take people's beer, try to take their women and play video games.

Zaphod Beeblebrox 05-12-11 03:39 PM

I dont need to see Jimmy Buffet to lose my lunch.... I can do that simply by drinking what he bottles as "Beer". He calls it "Landshark". its awful.


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