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That dude was an incredible presence in the band. Uh......maybe give him a bigger role and fit some of his songs in?

Well, seeing as AC are hardcore art rock, and Barrett kicked off that genre......

The hype for this has collapsed in a way I've never seen before. Look for the street teamers to hit back hard. Don't do it. It's not even really live. Umm..AC worships Barrett era Floyd and the Grateful Dead.

Animal Collective street teamers are the worst.

You're right. It's better.

Very positive review: http://trackcrack.com/2009/03/neko-case-mi...e-album-review/

I was at the Park West and the Autumn Defense show was easily the worst live performance I've ever seen. The Olson/Louris performance lacked energy and focus. Not a very impressive night of live music to be sure.

He's right on the money. Fantastic album from start to finish.

Radiohead is British and they haven't released a good record since 2000.... U2 is a much bigger band than Radiohead, but they haven't released a good album since 92..... Coldplay is a sales giant. X and Yand Rush of Blood are the two biggest rock releases this decade. They are British though. The criteria obviously has to be cutting edge artsy, great melodies and uniqueness. For American bands the last 20 years, that title *unquestionably* goes to the Flaming Lips. No other band, American or not has had a run of purely original,great work as this the last 20 years. No other band has suc

Terrible performance by Radiohead.

Silvia has an organ in it though.

Dark Globe - Syd Barrett Terrapin - Syd Barrett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JJNbrAJWuA Bob Dylan's Blues - Syd Barrett Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett Pigs On The Wing - Pink Floyd Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac I Dream a Highway - Gillian Welch Revelator - Gillian Welch Diamond Heart - Marissa Nadler I Won't Be Found - The Tallest Man On Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPOFuXkWLmo Colorado Girl - Townes Van Zandt My Proud Mountains - Townes Van Zandt Ira Hayes - Townes Van Zandt Oh My Mamma! - Alela Diane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtyMD-vw-c The Last Trip

Floyd was/is the king of album openings and song openings in general. Speak to Me/Breathe, One of These Days, Shine On, WYWH, Atronomy Domine, Comfortably Numb, Pigs, Echoes, Run Like Hell, Another Brick, Weclome To the Machine, Have a Cigar, Time, Us and Them, Money etc the list goes on and on. And they did it beyond a bog standard guitar rock riff way. Very unique and cinematic.

Ready For the Flood review: http://trackcrack.com/2009/01/mark-olson-a...d-album-review/ Good album.

1. Ragged Glory 2. Life 3. Freedom the rest.

No way.

You just did that in this thread.

Anyone who thnks "L.A. Woman" is a bad song has very poor taste in music. You can hate the Doors, but you can't deny the sheer greatness of that song. The wind and space noises are actually Waters bass. The whale/seagull sounds are Wright's keyboard. The "re-emergence" part from the space void section is one of the coolest things ever made. Gets me every time. Really the template for so much that followed..

Echoes or Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. Both epic in that Morricone kind of way.

This album deserves a better album.

Chinese Democracy - G N R Brighter Than Creation's Dark - The Drive By Truckers Saturdays = Youth - M83 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Stay Positive - The Hold Steady

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/11/21/105618.php Over the time in which Axl was in his self induced exile, it is now obvious that rather than an act of instability or social rejection this was an act of musical evolution. Gone are the days when Rose shared the GNR spotlight with any one musician. This new incarnation of the band is more reminiscent of a metal version of Arthur Lee's Love or Don Van Vilet's Beefheart. Axl is at the helm of this ship and it his personal evolution into new realms of sonic madness, totally foriegn to rock 'n' roll, that make Chinese Democracy nothing shor

It will trounce those sales. It's a really good album. Getting great reviews.

This review is an outlier so far.