PopTodd

Most people seem to either love it or hate it. I am in the "love it" camp -- one of the most-moving listening experiences ever. Not sure what the lyrics actually mean, but I can feel every damn bit of it. (and yeah, here comes the smartass comment about how his voice makes somebody feel pain or something...)

www.stumbleaudio.com Any of y'all ever check this out? Seems pretty cool, if I could ever get the music to stop buffering and actually PLAY! Just looking for opinions and such. (Y'all have any problems playing the tunes?)

Margo Guryan - compilation Radiohead - The Best Of... Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes Fugazi - Steady Diet Of Nothing

Yes.

Another one that can be argued. And, even though I've only heard this a few times, I think it has easily made my shortlist of greatest live albums: Rocks SO hard.

My turn to bitch and add my favorites:

8/13/08: Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (album 2) Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish The Knack - Get The Knack Mark Sultan - The Sultanic Verses

You're not a musician, are you? That aside: So, then... how would you measure greatness - objectively? I don't think that there is a way; no formula, no scientific scale. Objective is, methinks, the only way. And I do not think that you are going to get too many arguments of The Beatles being anything less than great. Shall we develop a formula together? The "Pop-Bear Musical Greatness Quotient"? Let's work this out... in another thread, maybe? Or let's do it via PM, and then we can present our findings in a grand gesture in the biggest megathread ever concocted! PS -- I'm loving this ar

Happy birthday Sue. And thanks for all the many wonderful years at Lounge Ax. Hope that you had a great one.

How about "some of the most-influential music of the 20th century"? You see, the fact that his playing was a major part of the music that had a major influence on just about all of the popular music that followed (yes, into this century as well) would be a pretty strong, objective argument... no?

The fact that his playing was integral... hell, essential to some of the greatest music ever made is, I think, a very strong argument, indeed. But I'm glad to see this thread -- Ringo -- getting some love.

Oh don't give me any shit about Ringo being a crap drummer. He was a fucking BEATLE!!!! And those songs would not have been the same without him. Case in point: "She Said, She Said" The stuttering drum part is just fucking perfect. And, if you want to get academic and overly geeky about it, it highlights the paranoia inherent in the song.

Hop On Pop - As Drawn By Ethan, Age 2

http://www.slatev.com/blog.html As entertaining as it is ridiculous. Just skip to the last 3:00 or so, if you want to see only the genuinely stupid. Wow.

YES!!!

The Jam - Direction Reaction Creation (disc 1) Shrimp Boat - Something Grand (disc 3)

This is coming down tomorrow, if anyone is interested. RIYL: Eno, Aphex Twin with vocals, late-period Blur, Jesus and Mary Chain (or so I've been told). Oh, and marijuana.

Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes Los Lobos - Kiko

I may have posted an earlier version of this before, but it didn't come up in a search. And now I've remixed it and it just sounds right. so, this is just a teaser... I'm taking the song down on Tuesday until I actually release the album, proper. It's fun to get reactions. "Hey" http://iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=65293 Click the arrow at the top of the page. Hope you listen and you like.

These are people who died Who died They were all my friends And they died. Just wanted to celebrate someone we don't talk about much. Bunch of Jim Carroll's tunes here for streaming: http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?ID=70352 Listening now and realizing that I need to replace my old, worn-out cassette.

Wimple Winch - The Story Of Just Four Men Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline Wire 154

I'm black And I'm loud And I'm proud And I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps.

The one album that I always did like was Nashville Skyline... certainly a sideline, itself. But absolutely accessible, too. And, I always found Freewheeling to be the most-accessible (moreso than Blood On the Tracks). But, agree to disagree we shall.

As somebody who has always appreciated, but never really enjoyed Dylan, I have to disagree with your statement re: Blood On the Tracks. It was that album that recently converted me to a fan who actually enjoys his music. It just blew me away.