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  4. Cheap Trick

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    Cheap Trick are ace...apart from supporting Kiss :nono::D

    Live At Budokan and the early studio albums Cheap Trick and In Color are the places to start. They've had a few decent songs on each of their albums but are a tad patchy.

    Must mention the fab Jellyfish for any power pop people to check out.

    :up:

  5. poor old cliff richard...

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    yes i know the noughties aren't over, me point was that this christmas was his best chance in years to get that elusive noughties number one and it may prove to be best chance.

    and yes royalties do run out after 50 years, there's a massive campaign going on (not sure if cliff is involved, i think he is but paul mccartney is deffo campaigning to extend it to 100 years (inbetween fighting heather in court)).

    It was Cliff who was at the forefront of it, I don't think Macca has been publically involved in it...too much other shit to deal with...er the ex

  7. Best recent TV performance?

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    I thought Bellowhead were very entertaining on the last Jools show of this series. Reminded me of a Michaelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen from last years Edinburgh Fringe

    Through the mists of time I go for a couple of other Jools moments Ben Folds Five and the equally superb Jellyfish.

  10. Worst 50 Artists in Music History

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    I do wonder if everyone here saying "I agree" etc have actually heard most of the stuff on there ? Especially as most of it seems to be the standrad 'cool press' copyist stuff, with serious innaccuracies too, The Living Years wasnt written by Micheal Rutherford it was written by Scottish songwriter the great BA Robertson, so is unlikely to be about Rutherfords dad !

    Cheers

    Stuart

    The "great" BA Robertson... Mmm this is the writer of such 80s novetly works as "Cool in the Kaftan", "Knocked it Off" and "Bang Bang". "The Living Years" is cringeworthy lyrically and mediocre musically.

  16. Red hot chilli's, torture?

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    i saw on the news that the U.S were using the red hot chilli peppers to torture prisoners of war at guantanamo....theres no punchline!

    how good is that.:popcorn:

    I'm sure they used Metallica and the like a few years back at a siege at some embassy. Maybe they're just updating their CD collections...

  18. Freddie at 60

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    Again nothing I didnt know either' date=' I always got the impression he was at odds with himself and there was a public facade that was OTT and a private one. Several years ago I found myself out with Roger Taylor and I asked him about the Sun City thing and he said that basically by the time that the Sun City thing came about they didnt have a lot of say in where they toured, not that hey couldnt have had a lot of say, but by that time they didnt care and paid other people to sort out that, they just turned up, did what they did and went home. He was, quite embarassed about it and said he didnt really know much about it until it happened, ie he didnt really know the politics etc. He did say however that they didnt make a penny from the gig as it all went to a local charity and to this day the royalties from the song 'Is this the World we Created' goes to a local charity out there and has built a school and several other things. Interstingly it started off an interest in politics with Roger which ended up with him refusing to play some dates on the 'Magic' Tour because of the setup.

    Cheers

    Stuart[/quote']

    They didn't know anything about it eh! Check this out and look out for some of the other money grabbing bastards Status Quo and Rod Stewart.

    http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1389455,00.html

    "We've thought a lot about the morals of it a lot," claimed Brian May at the time, long alleged to be one of the cleverest men in rock, "and it is something we've decided to do. The band is not political - we play to anybody who wants to come and listen." "Throughout our career we've been a very non-political group," said bassist John Deacon (aka The Other One). "We enjoy going to new places. We've toured America and Europe so many times that it's nice to go somewhere different ... I know there can be a bit of fuss, but apparently we're very popular down there ... Basically, we want to play wherever fans want to see us."

    The cloth-headed, deluded, impossibly arrogant nature of these pronouncements hardly needed mentioning. Queen were swiftly fined by the British Musicians' Union, and briefly turned into music press pariahs. They were not alone: the likes of Rod Stewart and Status Quo also played Sun City, easing their consciences by making donations to local charities. Queen were no exception: they attempted to make up for the breaking of the cultural boycott by handing some spare royalties to a school for the deaf and blind. It didn't wash: the UN stuck them on its list of blacklisted artists, where they remained until apartheid was finally dismantled.

  19. Freddie at 60

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  20. Nickel Creek at The Lemon Tree

    in Feedback Forum

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    Yeah' date=' I've seen them twice actually, they were even better in Edinburgh a couple of years before, although being in the front row at the Lemon Tree was ace.

    And if we're looking on the bright side of things I gues my signed CD will be worth more now!

    Chris Thile to play Glasgow in November though.[/quote']

    Lucky barsteward

    November is out for me...I can only afford one gig in Weegieland and I've got my tickets for Fishbone at Tuts on the 15th. Skankin 8)

  24. Freddie at 60

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    Yes' date=' Queen were undoubtedly a great singles band and Freddie Mercury a great showman.

    I just find it sad how Brian May and Roger Taylor have done their best to denigrate the legacy of Queen by releasing crappy albums (Heaven for Everyone), making crappy musicals with arseholes like Ben Elton, making crappy singles with the likes of Five (!) and going on crappy money making tours with Paul Rodgers.

    In contrast John Deacon has remained composed and dignified since Freddie's death, and this is to his credit.[/quote']

    Got to agree there. I'm not a Queen fan but I do like a lot their singles upto and including Crazy Little Thing Called Love. But I never rated anything after that and the post Mercury stuff has been cringeworthy and demeaning.

    Back to the Jesters post...and the obligatory mention of that crap known as The :swearing: Darkness. No no no no no no :down:

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