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    Top 20 favorite guitarists

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Jimi Hendrix is a given.

    Others:

     

    Robert Quine

    Richard Lloyd

    Ira Kaplan

    Tom Verlaine

    James Burton

    Brinsley Schwarz

    Duane Aslaksen (Roky Erickson & The Aliens)

    Chris Spedding

    Steve Cropper

    Stevie Ray Vaughan

    George Harrison

    Neil Young

    Prince

    Dave Gregory

    Glenn Tipton/KK Downing

    Lindsey Buckingham

    Brian Setzer

    Keith Richards

    I have my first official recording date set.

    in Someone Else's Song

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    don't do it! having other folks in the studio, especially those you don't know, can be a real disaster.

     

    I actually met my old band through an ad in the Chicago Reader and it worked out really well for about 10 years or so.

    But yeah, the plan is to have mostly folks that I know... or that I'll get to know before heading into the studio.

    The Judy's RETURN!!!

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I've yet to regret seeking out anything you've plugged on the board so far, Pop Todd. I'll check these guys out.

     

    --Mike

     

    Awww.

    Thanks Mike.

    Imagine a cross between the Violent Femmes and the B-52's and you're in the ballpark.

    Just fun, new-wave, teenage pop with a bit of a geeky edge.

    I have my first official recording date set.

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Sounds awesome man, good luck. Wish I could help you out but the drive is a little far for me. So this is for an album? Sounds pretty broad spectrum, got a name for it yet?

     

    Yeah, very broad spectrum. I've always listened to (and written in) a variety of styles. So, it's nothing that's been terribly contrived, but jst kind of an organic extension of what I've always been into, anyway. Just that now, without a band, I'm able to focus on each song, individually and not be constrained by the limitations of what each person in the band can do. Only my own.

     

    And the band is Hop On Pop.

    The record is going to be called, appropriately engough: MIXTAPE.

    Favorite/Best Lo-Fi/Home-Recorded albums

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    http://www.elfboyz.com/polu.html

     

    Googled it and it looks like the whole album's still on the band's site. I stumbled across this once a few years ago, I don't even remember how. I know absolutely nothing about the band, and I think it's probably better that way. Don't know if I can explain the appeal really -- it isn't really "good," but I still listen to it every once in a while and continue to find it oddly captivating.

     

    Listening to it now.

    Thanks for the info.

    Top 20 SECOND Albums

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Would have been A LOT wittier if you hadn't actually posted a serious list here. ;)

     

    I just held back for as long as I could, until I couldn't anymore and it came exploding out of me.

    It's actually a lot more satisfying that way, you know...

    Thin Lizzy

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I've been on a really big TL kick recently and... just DAMN!

    All I have are a couple of compilations, so I'd like to know what y'all think are the best of their proper albums.

    Because all the best stuff seems to span their entire career... I can't make a decision.

     

    So good. And they deserve more love from the music snob population. The man could write a song!

    I have my first official recording date set.

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I'm pretty psyched.

    This first song is gonna be pretty much all me; and I have another one that will be mostly me, too. But, as it goes, I'll be doing lots of different sessions in lots of different studios all over Chicago and wherever. They're also gonna cover lots of different styles.

     

    I'm hoping to get it all done and mixed by the end of the year or early '09 for a mid-'09 release. Whatever. Still, it's been a long time since I've been excited about playing music, so this is nice. Next month I'm heading down to Champaign to recerd one of my old punk songs with a buddy's metal band backing me up. Should be cool.

     

    But, if any of you play an instrument, please let me know, becasue I need all sorts of musicians in all sorts of styles to help me cover the bases: rockabilly, bluegrass, pop, electronica, and probably more before it's all done.

     

    Well, back to the original topic of the post: I'm psyched.

    Top 20 SECOND Albums

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Parklife was Blur's 3rd; they had one before Modern Life is Rubbish.

     

    This should be like a top 100 sophomore records so we could list more lol.

     

    Oh, crap!

    I actually meant to post Modern Life.

    Yeah, Leisure was their first.

    Sorry about that.

    Goin' to fix now.

    Top 20 SECOND Albums

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplan Over the Sea

    Big Star - Radio City

    Nirvana - Nevermind

    The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope

    Black Sabbath - Paranoid

    Wilco - Being There

    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

    Elvis Costello - This year's Model

    Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

    The Band - The Band

    Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

    Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (s/t XXX record being the first)

    Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II

    Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish

    De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

    13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere

    Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

    Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars!

    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

    Rancid - Let's Go!

     

    not complete and it'll probably chance a few times, but for now this is it for me.

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