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[Teunis]

Toto - Kingdom of Desire

np: Blind Ego - Numb 

[Steve Jones]

Saga - Full Circle.

Edit: I love the track 'Home' on this one, especially the way it starts off with some delicate acoustic guitar that could almost have been on Led Zepp III or IV.  Don't let that put you off if, like me, you're not a great Led Zepp fan 

[Manatee]

I must admit, the Ass Ponys could probably benefit from some Steven Wilson production.  

Had to wiki them but it still leaves me none the wiser.

Neither do i. 

Must be an American thingy. 

The Ass Ponys are indeed an American thingy.  The best description I can think of for them is 'trailer-park rock'.   I ran across this one while ripping a bunch of my older CDs to my computer and gave it a spin.  IMO they're pretty good but definitely not high art.  They are, however, funny in small doses (like Dread Zeppelin).   I particularly enjoy the song title 'Earth to Grandma'.  I had to go fishing for the album cover artwork on Amazon (a side-effect of using iTunes is that I'm not happy unless I can get a copy of the album cover for the visual display mode) and was astonished to find that someone had let them release another six albums or so.

NP: Frost* - Milliontown

* So different from the Ass Ponys that I have my doubts that they're from the same planet.  How nice of Frost* to come pre-asterisked for my footnoting convenience.   

[Steve Jones]

How nice of Frost* to come pre-asterisked for my footnoting convenience.   

It is indeed a pleasure to see a band so customer-focussed.  And they're not called Fröst* so you haven't got to p*ss around with umlauts

NP Magnum - Princess Alice & the Broken Arrow

[Manatee]

It is indeed a pleasure to see a band so customer-focussed.  And they're not called Fröst* so you haven't got to p*ss around with umlauts

Very true, although the supergroup consisting of members of Frost* and Hüsker Dü, provisionally called 'Frözen Dü*', should prove interesting.   


Further Frost* observation -- It certainly doesn't prevent me from enjoying the album, but, for me, Jem could've dispensed with all the spoken word/extraneous sound effects and I'd like it just a bit more.

[Steve Jones]

provisionally called 'Frözen Dü*', should prove interesting.   

With such collaborations, a lot depends on whether they evolve their own style or merely, erm, fall between two stools

[Manatee]

With such collaborations, a lot depends on whether they evolve their own style or merely, erm, fall between two stools

You are quite right there.  If they fail to mesh properly, they'll end up with just Dü*.   


NP: IQ - Ever

[Steve Jones]

Nothing playing as I'm currently ripping.  Must be something I ate

Note to self: add some Ratt to the pile.

[Nicky007]

Likey likey yer icon, Jonesy 

What's "ripping" ? - havent yet fully understood the meaning 


NP  Queensrÿche:  I Dream In Infrared  (on repeated repeat)   

Mmmmmmm 

But several other terrific songs on Rage too !


Listened again to all of Abacab yesterday eve. Good, but nothin like Duke. Seems to me like they lost it fast after Duke 

Whadaya guys think ?

Nicky.

[Iggy]

Into the night - Satellite

[Nicky007]

And they're not called Fröst* so you haven't got to p*ss around with umlauts

Whät dö ÿü mën, Jönësÿ ¨?  

Nicky.

[Steve Jones]

What's "ripping" ? - havent yet fully understood the meaning 

Other than, ahem, 'breaking wind' it's the process of extracting music as digital files from physical media.  For example, creating mp3s from CDs, which is what I'm doing now.

Listened again to all of Abacab yesterday eve. Good, but nothin like Duke. Seems to me like they lost it fast after Duke  
Whadaya guys think ?

Yeah, Duke was the last of the consistent classics for me.  Later stuff is not without it's high-points (especially on We Can't Dance) but for me the standard is lower on average.

[Manatee]

Nothing playing as I'm currently ripping.  Must be something I ate

Note to self: add some Ratt to the pile.

I'm able to play and rip at the same time, although it does sometimes make iTunes miss a note here and there.

I seem to recall reading an article in National Geographic magazine many years ago in which it was reported that deep-fried Ratt was a delicacy in Cuba.  No info on whether Marmite was involved.

What's "ripping" ? - havent yet fully understood the meaning 

'Ripping' is recording music from CD onto your computer (for future convenience in playing it on your computer/organization).

Listened again to all of Abacab yesterday eve. Good, but nothin like Duke. Seems to me like they lost it fast after Duke 

Whadaya guys think ?

Nicky.

IMO, Genesis essentially lost it after Wind and Wuthering, although I do like Duke, parts of And Then There Were Three, parts of Abacab, and the occasional song after that.  After W&W though, they were definitely heading down the road to pop.

[Manatee]

NP: IQ - Two iffy-quality live tracks downloaded from their website/MySpace page/something-like-that. 

First one is Came Down segued into The Wake, other one is Awake and Nervous.  Interesting how rough this sounds (wasn't intended to be an official release) considering how prog bands in general and IQ in particular are generally considered to be very tight in concert.  One is from a Christmas concert, so perhaps Peter had had a bit much of the spiked eggnog.  Still, it's a fun listen.

[Steve Jones]

Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy.

If I had hair, I'd perm it

[Manatee]

NP: IQ - The Seventh House - 6. Guiding Light

I owed this song a play from when I played the album last night but was too tired to listen to the end part.  Several reviews I've seen rate this album as inferior to the ones they recorded before and after, but I think it's excellent.   

Up Next: Killing Joke - Pandemonium

Another one I dug up during a ripping fest.

Update: This Killing Joke album is actually pretty good.  In fact, it's complex enough that I might call it prog metal (although I still don't really have a firm idea in my mind of what qualifies something as prog metal).

[Iggy]

NP: IQ - The Seventh House - 6. Guiding Light

I owed this song a play from when I played the album last night but was too tired to listen to the end part.  Several reviews I've seen rate this album as inferior to the ones they recorded before and after, but I think it's excellent.   

It is excellent indeed I have to say that I rate this and Dark Matter very highly indeed.

NP Q2K - Queensryche

[Nicky007]

Welcome to the Queensrÿche Party, Iggy 

Tell us what you think about Q2k 

Why is it that Guinness tastes best when listenin to Queensrÿche ? 

Nicky.

[maddox]

Blind Ego ~ Numb

[Steve Jones]

Ratt - Dancing Undercover.

Another 'forgotten how good it was' album

[Manatee]

Welcome to the Queensrÿche Party, Iggy 

Tell us what you think about Q2k 

Why is it that Guinness tastes best when listenin to Queensrÿche ? 

Nicky.

That last bit was a low blow.   

OK, I give up, I'm going to Pandoraize Queensrÿche and see if I've been missing out.  Funny how some bands are more popular abroad than in their home countries.  My long-time impression of them was that they were more or less Night Ranger with one song that was trying to be Stairway to Heaven (which, oddly enough, although I'm a big Zep fan, was never a song I liked).   I'll give the lads a fair chance this time. 

Waning Notice - Currently ripping a vein of my old CDs that fall into the "Singer/Songwriter" category.  Those with an allergy to such are advised to keep to a safe distance.

[Steve Jones]

Waning Notice - Currently ripping a vein of my old CDs that fall into the "Singer/Songwriter" category.  Those with an allergy to such are advised to keep to a safe distance.

As Half Man Half Cookie once sang, "Beware, there's an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house"

[Nicky007]

OK, I give up, I'm going to Pandoraize Queensrÿche and see if I've been missing out.

Bullshit and tomfoolery, just admit it was the Guinness argument that volte-faced ya, Greenie 

But admittedly Queensrÿche was a veeery slow burner with me 

However, now the flame is Olympic 

Btw did I mention that I like Queensrÿche 

My long-time impression of them was that they were more or less Night Ranger with one song that was trying to be Stairway to Heaven

What's that song supposed to be ?  Can't think of any Q-song that sounds like Stairway.

And I never before heard the "one-hit-band" argument applied to Q. Doesnt make any sense at all 

Nicky.

[maddox]

Btw did I mention that I like Queensrÿche 

Yep, more than Ten times. 

[Steve Jones]

Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid.

Possibly the best of his 'post-classic' period to my ears.  Includes 'Feed My Frankenstein' as featured in Wayne's World