Mr. Heartbreak

I'm not too big on the '76 shows - a little slow and clunky for me, especially when you could go forward or backward to stellar shows from '74 or '77 - but damn, I just got through listening to some good stuff from 6/27/76. Had never heard this show before this week, and there's a really nice Help > Slip > Franklin's in the second set. Worth checking out.

No, but he almost got kicked out. What were they thinking? That would have been pathetic.

You guessed correctly. I don't hate them, but they're not high on my list.

Well, there you go, that proves my point. Their influence on the rock I listen to has been pretty negligible. Although I must admit that I am only aware of one Blondie tune that has rap in it...there may be many more that I have never heard.

They were much better than that in Tampa the other night. I had watched this performance and was really worried they had lost their mojo. They haven't. Lots of old numbers: Moving Out, Mama Kin, Walking The Dog, Come Together, Train Kept A Rollin', Combination, Mother Popcorn, Walk This Way, Dream On, Sweet Emotion...hell, even Living On The Edge, Love In An Elevator, Dude Looks Like A Lady and What It Takes are pretty old at this point, right?

I have had many arguments on here with people regarding my utter disdain for the rap/hip-hop genre, and I know better than to derail a thread with another one. My opinion (you are all free to disagree) is that the R&R HOF should always have been reserved for rock, and I am not thrilled with them inducting rappers, country stars, old disco groups, or anyone else who isn't a rocker, though obviously it's none of my business what they do. As for Chuck D and other rappers, I wouldn't presume to know what their influence on rappers has been, but I would hope their influence on rock has been pre

I would definitely love to see Paul Weller and Warren Zevon both get in. Dire Straits too. Bon Jovi sucks, but might get the nomination some day when they are scraping the bottom of the barrel and/or trying to determine whether they should change the name to Rock and Roll/Rap/Hip-Hop Hall of Fame after they let in about thirty more "influential" rappers.

Oh, I'm an actual booster of Adele. If it weren't for her cover of Dylan's Make You Feel Me Love, a whole generation of ignorant children would never even know about his Bobness... Personally, as good as her voice is, she just leaves me cold, and I have never considered actually purchasing her material. But I want everyone to hear her and know about that kind of music, so there ya go.

Wow, thank God for Green Day! Lol Let's hope Billy Armstrong gets out of rehab and stays sober. The rest of that lineup makes me want to stick forks in my eyeballs. Maybe Adele will stick around too, although she bores me. At least she has a decent voice and can carry a tune. Maybe we will get lucky and find some new stars from the current crop of The Voice, The X-Factor, American Idol, etc. Some of them are very talented singers, though maybe not capable of sustaining great careers.

Glad I got to see both Waters and The Who within the last year...and also glad they are still sounding good! Kanye West, ugh...I can't even stand to watch him, much less listen to him. Just awful. That being said, nice set from Billy Joel playing a string of hits. New York's native son....Hate to miss Sir Paul, but gotta sleep. Will watch that one on the youtube later...

Just saw these guys for the 3rd time last night. Holy shit, I really did not think Tyler would still be able to bring the rawk, but he was on fire...getting flashed by a couple of young blondes probably helped. They broke out Moving Out, Mama Kin and Walking The Dog from the first album, and pretty much killed on Come Together & Train Kept A Rollin'. It was totally worth it to suffer through two new songs and a Joey Kramer drum solo/bathroom break to hear those songs, along with Combination, Mother Popcorn, and the obligatory Walk This Way, Dream On and Sweet Emotion.

Well, by those criteria, I sure don't understand how Public Enemy would make the list either. By the way, did they ever do anything even remotely resembling an actual rock song? Not arguing with anyone, just asking...

I think The Dead Movie is pretty great, and I also have the closing of Winterland DVD set. Personally, I would start there, since I am a fan of everything pre-1980s. That being said, the Crimson, White & Indigo set is pretty good. I saw it in the theatre, and was pleasantly surprised by how good most of it was. Oh, and on Morning Dews...3/24/86 is a good one too.

Great post. So tired of right-wingers saying certain artists should "shut up and play music," as if they should stop writing lyrics! Talk about a crabbed world view. It's offensive. I would never say Hank Williams Jr should shut up. I may think he's a dipshit, but he has the right to sing what he believes. That's America.

God, that is a disgrace. The Zappa Family Trust has done a horrible job with Frank's legacy. They have been circle jerking this Roxy project for years, promising to get it out, and never getting it done. Now they are thinking they are going to find a thousand suckers to cough up a thousand bucks a piece? Frank must be spinning in his grave at an ever-increasing rate. Don't get me wrong: I'm grateful they have put out a lot of product to an (obviously) ever-dwindling fan base, but even a fair amount of that has been pretty weak. They dragged their feet forever on putting the catalog on iTun

Brubeck just passed away, a day shy of his 92nd birthday. That's what you call living to a ripe old age (though I suppose I wouldn't think that if I were in my 90s).

I saw them a couple years ago and was pleasantly surprised. Susanna Hoffs still looks amazing too...a timeless beauty.

Wow, she is badass. I am not very familiar with Florence and the Machine, but that was like Florence Welch featuring the Rollling Stones. Any women on here can also attest that the dancing she does in those heels is pretty badass too. Nice performance.

Cool story. Thanks for reviving this thread! It put me right back in that spot. Funny how the most memorable part of a show can be something that started with a technical difficulty. That was a monster version of A Shot In The Arm, all because the power went out for a couple minutes.

I agree with this, but it does have two great tracks: Memory Motel and Fool to Cry. I keep those on my iPod, but not the rest.

I think they made a little error: Vintage Trouble, who I saw open for The Who in Orlando, was supposed to be #25, and Wilco was supposed to be #5. If that wasn't an error, this list is all sorts of f-ed up...

Oh my God, that is classic. Here's one of my faves (not from SNL and NSFW): http://youtu.be/zKxjBsO-Bvk

I hope it doesn't get too tight. I think it's great right now. The guy who plays Al Capone is getting better and better, the tension on Nucky is constantly getting ratcheted up, and you know it's only a matter of time before Rothstein gets whacked, unless they deviate from history. I have been surprised how many major characters have already died. It seems no one is safe except Nucky and Lucky Luciano...again, unless they deviate from history.

God, we totally hijacked this Stones thread. Sorry, everybody...

So maybe they are the Jay Ferguson, Norman Greenbaum, Mungo Jerry, Paper Lace and Buffy Saint-Marie of their times? Do they at least have any hits? I honestly don't know...