LPs, CDs, Concert DVDs...What you been listening to?
Recent spins :
Blackberry Smoke - Find A Light - LP
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky - LP
Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won - Blu-Ray Audio
Jack White - Boarding House Reach - LP
Foo Fighters -Concrete & Gold - LP
Waylon Jennings - New Stuff - LP
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie - LP
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - LP
Clutch - Elephant Riders - CD
Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis - Hybrid SACD
Bought a 2 disc remastered release yesterday, of GnRs Appetite, plus a second disc with a bunch of unreleased versions of various songs and covers like this one... been rediscovering their greatness
Tomorrow night, going to see Joan Jett open for Foreigner at the Illinois state fair
Foreigner have some great songs and it will be cool, but its really Joan I cant wait to see, the buddy I'm going with watched her open for Cheap Trick and Heart in St Louis last year... said she blew both of them off the stage, couldnt understand why she opened for either of them
Said the place went absolutely apeshit when she ripped into I Love Rock n Roll
But yeah, this and other stuff will be enjoyed as well
Good lord what a show, it was two and a half hours of nonstop hits
Joan was Joan, just as raw but tight as she was back in the day, her lead guy used a little bit of crybaby pedal on one song and she used a little bit of chorus pedal here and there... but otherwise it was straight up no frills rock n roll
She is teeeeeeny tiny, basically a midget, I doubt she is even 5 foot... but her voice sounds just like the radio versions, strong as hell
Foreigner, what can I say... there wasnt a single original member onstage, the only one still with them, lead guitarist Mick Jones, has been absent from several recent shows including this one
That said, wow man, they simply sounded incredible, you might remember their new singer Kelly Hansen from an 80s hair band called Hurricane (watched them open for Stryper back in the day)... let me tell you, THAT guy can belt that shit out
I was amazed at his energy, dude was dancing and running around like hell, yet hit every single note with serious power
No way old Lou Graham can match the younger guys intensity, just like Joan, everything they did sounded radio quality
Drum solos are mostly a relic of the past, but their guy did one that genuinely impressed, it was unreal... my buddy googled him while it was going on, it turns out his resume is crazy, toured with Vai etc
They opened with a megahit, and just kept churning them out the entire set... original members or not, I didnt feel cheated one bit
I was at a local used bookstore looking for a biography on Lee when I came across a couple Shakira CDs. They weren't in English, but that didn't stop me. I blasted her second official CD, Donde estan los ladrones, but specifically loved "Octavo Dia," "Si Te Vas," and "Tu." She used to sound so whiny, but in a cute way. Don't speak a lick of Spanish though.
Originally Posted by Pointer19:
I was at a local used bookstore looking for a biography on Lee when I came across a couple Shakira CDs. They weren't in English, but that didn't stop me. I blasted her second official CD, Donde estan los ladrones, but specifically loved "Octavo Dia," "Si Te Vas," and "Tu." She used to sound so whiny, but in a cute way. Don't speak a lick of Spanish though.
I know less than ten words of Japanese but still enjoy some music from there. If it sounds good to me, I like it. :-)
Even if you loathe Sam Bee, give Brandi a chance. Been in love with her voice and style since I first heard her, and this is just as good as she's been.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
Even if you loathe Sam Bee, give Brandi a chance. Been in love with her voice and style since I first heard her, and this is just as good as she's been.