Vacant Horizon

any song that has spelling changed should be avoided at all costs. it's usually a shitty song. magick, case in point. why can't ryan adams just write and sing a song with out all the affected vocals and goofy words. hell, 8 good songs would suffice. sadly, his best days seem behind him. gold could have been a great album had it been only 10 songs and not all the ridiculous production.

Counterfeiting and piracy costs the United States nearly $250 billion annually, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. i'd like to see where they got this info. it's more like lost sales due to putting out crappy product, not supporting artists, bad business practices, and charging too much for product!!. haven't seen a movie at the theater for ever. bit the bullet and saw burn after reading. terrible film for $12. i'm done. cd's for $20 at big box stores. no way. the reality is that the shit people download is stuff they would never buy in the first place, so it's not lost sales.

well, the sugar mountain on here is the one from decade, right? if so, i love that version and hope the rest of the show is that laid back with a little more immediacy than massy hall. however, i was hopeing for flying on the ground is wrong.

i was at most of those shows. will say the msg was usually a good run!

i prefer transcoded 60kbs mp3 format...the sound is clipped and very tinny, the way i like it.

anyone found the 3rd CD 'out there'?

will do, chuck right, i probably don't need two

prairie wind is terrible. no wonder is terrible. the gospel choir is terrible. the strings and horns are laughable as are the lyrics. dirty old man, nhp, and spirit road are complete toss offs! ordinary people should have been released in the 80s. doesn't fit. i could go on...

i was thinking about that his morning...the fact that no new info has come out and we're a month away from the release. no surprise. and seriously, i don't give a shit any more. from what i have seen of the track list, nothing spectacular. as far as the performance series goes, yawn. filmore is a mess and massy hall is nice, but i just can't get the vibe. as i have said in other posts, neil was a contender as my favorite artist of all time. unfortunately, i am removing more and more of him from my ipod. prairie wind in particular is terrible (except for the painter). and chrome dreams

well, i would love to see a collection of the nuggets from that era. each show had a few. BUT, Unbroken Chain was allwas terrible!!!

go back and listen to 92-95. it's quite rough.

my point was that the dead could get away with being a bit sloppy. i mean, they played mellow, meander stoner music. it's easy to play that shit old or stoned and as a result, garcia sounded good. but ya can't do that with YEM etc.

yeah, with the dead, you had the rest of the band holding jerry up from the mid 80s on. he came around in 89-90, but that was it as far as i am concerned. the rest of the band got sober and garcia didn't. now the dead was more laid back and had less intricate parts in their music, so jerry could F up terrapin here and there, but he could still play his slow jams. trey on the other hand, picked the wrong kind of music to make if he also is an addict. in your 20s that might work. but by mid 40s, you can't not rehearse and use drugs all the time and expect to come out on stage and not F up Y

some of those outtakes from oh mercy sound like outtakes from blood on the tracks. incredible! i want d&b too!!!

i agree with all your points. i would love to see an album that is a mix of rift and ghost. trey can write a great song when he puts his mind to it whether it be a short tune like Sleep or an opus like YEM. now if phish is not rehearsing and is just gonna show up at hampton an F up all the written parts and rely on the groove jamming, then it's gonna suck. however, trey made a comment about wanting to play YEM everyday for the rest of his life. so, maybe he is willing to practice the old tunes and get them to a point excellence. it was just so great seeing the band back in the early 90s

thanks-i hate to think what i'm missing!

i get the joke...but if they pick a good singer that is not some metal queen, but can make the tunes his own, then it might be killer. jones and page are in top form from the o2 showing. bonham is,well, bonham. lays it down well, but he aint no bonzo. someone mentioned chris cornell. yes! eddie vedder?

asian dude...plays with jason isbell too. is he out of the band now?

what songs are missing from this? the song from YaYa sisterhood?

i am slowly moving over to the son volt side...but i can't stand the keyboardist in the new lineup.

gotta say. it wouldn't be that bad if they got a good singer. i wouldn't be sitting there biting my tongue as plant tried to hit, or reinterpret old tunes. as far as the reissues go...are you kidding me!! how many damn times are they gonna release this shit.

thanks!

recently been getting into zappa, but damn if its all not that great. would be great to pick and choose mp3s over at amazon. any news on going digital? also, what's your favorite zappa? over-nite sensation is getting a lot of play around here. c ps-the other digital hold outs are beatles, ac/dc...anyone else?

Sweet!! stuff like this makes downloading a leak a real hassle. also, the free single. excellent marketing. let here a bit, if we love it, we'll buy it. not to mention, amazon is genius in its daily mp3 deals. keeps me coming back!