Doctor B

Deep Purple- Made in Japan...  Singing and screaming feels like needles in my eyes

Heard "Our Song" a few years ago in a bookstore. Could not get it out of my head. Beautiful and evocative. Bought Civilians and really enjoyed it. Always love it when I get turned on to an artist...I had never heard of him until then.

"Play f...ing loud!"

His music does just about nothing for me - I can't help thinking of it as "chick music," as archaic and sexist as that makes me sound - but I respect the talent. Strong voice, and gotta give the guy props for learning to play piano, guitar and drums...especially in today's homogenized dance-a-tron ProTools oriented pop wasteland. More power to 'im.

Agree completely

After the SB gig, I am reminded at out much more I love the solo/acoustic Sunken Treasure over the album version.

I actually much prefer the album version. Acoustic just sounds like a generic folk song to me.

Queen has always been crap.....

1974 Sophomore year in college....melancholy sets in. Not sure about anything I thought I knew and starting to realize I did not know shit....Velvet Underground 1969 playing over and over again....

If music is the soundtrack of life, then Lou Reed was a major player for me.

Levon, Lou Reed , and Keith Moon have been the hardest R&R deaths for me....

I also agree with July 1 comments but I like the Ayers tunes and the Ollie Halsall guitar playing....and the cover is a very dated riot....

Mostly unnecessary. Eno is the quintessential studio guru and his music is more created rather than jam and "feel".  Dont hate it, just not essential. Still better (much better) than a lot of other stuff.

Also really liked "Diamond Head" which was a Manzanera album with essentially the same musicians.

And found my copy of "July 1,1974" with Kevin Ayers, Eno, Nico, and John Cale in my attic. My 3 adult daughters found the cover, clothes, and hair hysterical.....Still the best version of "May I?" out there ...

Went through a period of time 35 years ago where all I listened to was Eno related. Recently started up again listening to some of this stuff. Do not particularly care for this album.  However, his "solo" albums, all of them with the same clique of musicians, are outstanding and are wonderfully listenable.  Here comes the warm jets (song and album) in particular...

As for the ambient stuff, I frankly cannot tell "good" ambient stuff apart from shlock new age....

Another Green World, though with some ambient overtones, is beautiful....

I loved The Doors.  Part of the soundtrack of my youth. Great and very scary...

"Come on Baby take a chance with us...."

RIP, Ray...

I find this whole thread absurd.  I dont agree with anything she said. However, I have been to many concerts where I cringe at the asinine, stupid, obnoxious comments from band members who think their ability to play an instrument or sing grants them fundamental wisdom and knowledge about politics and any other topic. I want to hear music. Shut the hell up and play.

I saw Howling Wolf in Chicago in 1972. Did not really know much about him at all. Unbelievable. Started off on a Blues obsession with albums, cd's etc. He rocked.

First true rock concert was The Who with Lynyrd Skynyrd as opening act at The Omni, Atlanata, 1973....

Tried to watch concert footage of Yes and could not...boring drivel. Thought about it and went through my collection of music. Maybe too old, maybe this stuff only listenable for short periods but along with Yes, found I rarely listen to The Who, Zeppelin, Jethro Tull,...a lot of stuff that was indispensible to me years ago. Find Plant and Daltrey mostly annoying. Yet, others seem timeless and still great- Allman Brothers, Dylan, Television. Any others experience this?

Johnny Ramone

Malcolm Young

Saw The Who for the first time in Atlanta,1973. Skynyrd opened. The Who were awesome but Quadrophenia was less than great as performed. They seemed to have a hard time with taped elements of the songs. The crowd was loud when Pete tried to explain the songs before playing them. Once they finished that part of the concert, it was like a release of energy and tension- they tore through old songs with unbelievable force. It was like standing in front of a jet in takeoff. I remember just watching Moon...he had a roadie just holding drumsticks throughout the show so he could grab one after either breaking one or bouncing one into the crowd without missing a beat.

Saw them one more time but after Moon's death, I just would not seem them again. I loved The Who- my go to band to help with every part of teenage angst. Long live rock....

I was in college during early mid 70's. I hated disco...only liked rock- The Who, Zeppelin, Stones, et al. Never gave some of these dance songs and their artists their due. I can now appreciate, for example, the neat funky guitar in Chic, the infectious beat in any Donna Summer, the campy joy in Village People. I think many tend to get too irrational in our intense likes and dislikes when it comes to music. I see too much delight in support of obscure acts while cruelly dumping on more popular artists. I see the whole Americana crowd loving authenticity like Loretta Lynn or Porter Waggoner while the same people could not stand them in the height of their careers. Maybe someday we will think Rascal Flatts was a great roots artist. Who knows? As for me, I think I appreciate music more than my narrow views of my youth. " I was so much older then..I'm younger than that now".

RIP, Donna. I will miss you.

Very saddened by this. More than by the death of other musicians or heroes that I can recall. It was not only his music, awesome as it was, but by his smile, his enthusiasm, emotion....wore his humanness on his sleeve for the world to see...

I'll bite on this....

1. George Harrison while in The Beatles

2. Malcolm Young

3. Ollie Halsall

I just wish they would play Sunken Treasure and not the "folksie" version that is alI have ever heard live. Otherwise, I have no complaints. They vary sets more than any other band I see live.....

Saw this recently. Cringe worthy....Inspiration for Will Ferrell?

http://youtu.be/DKw-xV_IN_I

I miss the days of RS as a folded paper "underground" periodical with info on rock music that was not covered elsewhere. Now we have a glossy mag that seems to mimic People and E. As for the political, I am a conservative and I find the articles not only absurd in their one dimension but offensive and unnecessary...might as well read The Nation if I was so inclined.

As for the guitarists, I question the whole need to "rank" albums, guitarists, drummers, etc. In fact, the R@R Hall of Fame is a joke. I mean the whole idea of rockers sitting for cocktails and dinners to "honor" themselves is hallucinatory. As for the inductees...The Beastie Boys???? Chili Peppers???? Perhaps talented but Hall of Fame? Are you kidding me?

I believe there are more talented guitar players in Nashville than most so called top 100 guitar players on that list...How to do you decide? Do you have to? How about "favorite" guitar players instead of best?

Interesting tale of how Art... came to be. First time I heard it I thought they were channeling Brian Eno-John Cale....

In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain

And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the D-train

We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight

Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane

Louise she's all right she's just near

She's delicate and seems like the mirror

But she makes it all too concise and too clear that Johanna's not here

The ghosts of electricity howls in the bones of her face

Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place

I'm old enough to have actually being buying albums in 1970. I wish I could say I knew of Big Star but alas, no. Nice albums but as to owned the 1970's, I propose 2 bands:

Allman Brothers

Idlewid South

At Fillmore East

Eat A Peach

Brothers and Sisters

The Who

Live at Leeds

Who's Next

Quadrophenia