Mr. Heartbreak

Anyone watching Fargo? It has not quite replaced the awesomeness of Breaking Bad, but I think it's really, really good. Helps if you have seen the movie once or twice, though. Billie Bob Thornton is great in it.

I would put Joni up there in the top five most important musical figures of the 20th century, along with Dylan, Zappa, and The Beatles. The run of her first 10 albums is only equalled by maybe The Beatles and Dylan, and she came up through the industry despite the odds being against her (polio, being a woman in a male-dominated industry, etc). I know her vocal range went a little too high for some people in the early days (like Joan Baez), but that was the style at the time in the world of folk. Her original guitar tunings, her voice, and especially her songwriting are unearthly. If you don'

This was what galled me the most. I don't know anyone personally who liked this little twerp, but there were critics who fawned over him, and even a few Wilco fans on here who had good things to say about him back in the day. Sorry, but just because you have logorrhea, that doesn't make you fucking Bob Dylan.

Yep, them too. Oh, and that band that opened for Wilco who everyone likes...with the icy, high pitched voice. I forgot the name, I hated them so much. Edit: Bon Iver. That was it. Some of those I listed just leave me cold, but I really cannot stand Bon Iver.

Oh, man, I could do this game all day. Radiohead Guided By Voices Pavement Prince X The Clash (with the exception of about three songs) Ryan Adams Arcade Fire The National White Stripes Neutral Milk Hotel The Smiths Spoon Sex Pistols Bright Eyes I'm sure there are many more that will come up later...mostly flavor-of-the-month bands that someone promoted on here about ten years ago.

Twenty Things You Didn't Know about Sympathy for the Devil I knew a few of these, but pretty interesting. Check the comments section, too. Freaky! http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-sympathy-for-the-devil?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sympathy

Thanks to those "Everly Brothers"- like harmonies, as mountain bed might put it....

The Hey Judes that I minded were in the late 60s or early 70s. Utter train wrecks. The word "execrable" comes to mind.

Yes, but it's not a meat market. I'm a vegetarian.

Roger Waters - 7/26/84 - Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL Rog with Eric Clapton on guitar, sexy backup singers and a sax player! "Set the Controls" sounds very good indeed with that lineup. The tour features what might be my favorite Clapton work ever. He is really going for it, stretching beyond his normal blues shtick and trying to fit into the Floyd catalogue. This particular recording is the best soundboard I have heard of the '84 lineup. Saw them in the Meadowlands four nights before this Rosemont show.

This makes me sad. For myself, I burned out on The Doors big time in high school, and rarely listen to them now. Just an occasional track, and a lot of those are from live shows that remain unreleased (to the best of my admittedly limited knowledge). I also have been a huge Floyd fanatic since about age 15, and have most everything they ever recorded, including a goodly dosage of live shows. I rarely listen to an entire Floyd album in one sitting anymore but I enjoy the occasional track or the occasional (newly downloaded) live show.

Got our marriage license today. Sorry, ladies, I am officially off the market for real now.

KISS

"Loves Me Like A Rock" just came up on my iTunes shuffle. Song kinda has a whole new meaning now..

I got it on Amazon for $7.99 too. Should have it any day now. Looking forward to hearing it! The tunes I have heard them do live were all good.

"My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas. If you think you have lumps and bumps, it's time see a doctor. Oh wait, these things are called breasts?

The fact that LARS got real airplay contributes greatly to its status. If it hadn't gotten airplay, it might just be considered another great song, like "A Day in the Life," or "Trouble Every Day," or "Paint It Black." But the fact that it was coming out of car stereos and little transistor radios in the summer of 1965...damn, that must have blown people's minds. Of course, Dylan did that a lot in other songs, but this one became a huge hit, too. Apparently, people eventually insisted that the entire single be played without interruption, so that the full 6-minute version was played on th

I gotta go with this one.

Dang, the internet comments sections on this story are full of these little one-liner references to Paul's songs. I really like Paul, but apparently he can be a real douche if you are Edie Brickell or a member of Los Lobos.

I like Neil all right (though I have only a limited amount of his solo material), but I wish he would do one thing: stop performing Phil Ochs' "Changes." It's nice that he covered it and all, and I'm happy to see Phil getting more exposure, but Neil never had a voice half as good as Phil's, and he sure as hell doesn't now. I watched a live version of it on YouTube and it was absolutely cringeworthy.

Who is Ezra? And why is Pettyfest better than him?

Dang, I wish I could have attended that 11/6/77 show. I went to school in Binghamton about 10 years after that, and November 6th also happens to be my birthday. Saw Zappa at that Broome County Arena on St. Patty's Day in '88.

That would do it for me, too.