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Or lately, Ryan Adams. Their influence is far and wide.

Yes they are. Have you heard any of Olson's major studio solo albums? He's got two great ones in My Own Joe Ellen and December's Child.

I'd say The Man Who Loved Life, Bottomless Cup and Sound of Lies are all great songs. The rest is pretty bad. And as much as some people like "Trouble", and "Big Star" they are just rehashes of much better songs already done by the Jayhawks ( Red's Song and Real Light).

Louris just said Mark is flying out in October to begin work on a new Olson/Louris album. He will also be on Mark's new solo record. He also said there will be a tour.

Each album since Olson left has had 2-3 really good songs (O'Reagan had a great one on Sound of Lies and Rainy Day Music). But with Olson, they were all good. Has anyone heard the acoustic shows with Olson and Louris from this spring?

Generic mid-tempo pop. What happened to the Ryan Adams who made Cold Roses (which wasn't half bad?).

The new record is fantastic. A more raw sound than "Wonderful Life", but still great.

Yes, because the Beatles would have never encountered pot again if not For Bob.

Bowie wasn't influenced by VU, but rather by Syd Barrett, who was doing the free form experimentation long before VU was. Oh, and the Spice Girls inclusion just makes the entire list worthless. The Brits are really $#%$ in the head these days for some reason.

Strange comparing a folk singer with a space rock/prog band.

Bob Dylan the Folk/Pop artist > Bob Dylan the Muddy Waters wannabe

Wow he's really changed his style up on this one, like Neil going from the Shocking Pinks to Freedom.

That record is great.

There are only a few things you can count on in life: death, birth, taxes - and a Son Volt record being good.

zzzzzzz Right up there with Thom Yorke's Eraser and Gilmour's On an Island as the most boring records of the year.

I think half of it's great, and half of it is weak material. But there is no question it is easily the best engineered and produced Wilco record yet. It is aging much better than the others.

You have to be a madman to continue to write edgey, high quality material past your 40's. That's also when most people stop doing drugs or "get more clean". So when people say " they lost it when they stopped doing drugs", it's more like they lost it because your 20's and early 30's are the peak of your creativity in the artistic field of modern rock and pop.

Syd was the father of alt.rock. He was a guitar innovator and a live pioneer. He was a true legend. Watch this entire clip from 1966 to see the birth of avant gard rock and alternative. You will also see John Lennon in the audience and the first real light show mixed with rock. http://www.sharpeworld.com/rip-syd-barrett

she is sort of attractive until she opens her mouth.

wow. I'm normally a picky dude, but that one you would have a hard time getting bored of..... EDIT: just saw some other picks. I changed my mind. meh.

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