Why we grew up in the greatest music generation!!!

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:04 pm

*Laura wrote:
timstar78 wrote:
Heart "Brigade"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"

Two of my all time favorite albums right there. Hard to match that kind of music and inspiration. Some of the '90s were just as good as the '80s.

Nice. "Brigade" is my favorite Heart album. Love it from top to bottom (even the much maligned "All I Want To Do....").

And "Ah Via Musicom" is just superb. Eric at his best.

by **conversationpc** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:05 pm

timstar78 wrote:Nice. "Brigade" is my favorite Heart album. Love it from top to bottom (even the much maligned "All I Want To Do....").

I was just thinking this yesterday...I like it better than the s/t album that did far better in the charts.

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:08 pm

timstar78 wrote:
*Laura wrote:
timstar78 wrote:
Heart "Brigade"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"

Two of my all time favorite albums right there. Hard to match that kind of music and inspiration. Some of the '90s were just as good as the '80s.

Nice. "Brigade" is my favorite Heart album. Love it from top to bottom (even the much maligned "All I Want To Do....").

And "Ah Via Musicom" is just superb. Eric at his best.

"Brigade" is one of the fewest rock albums that I know that has NO fillers or "twins" ( like most of the Nickelback songs are, for example lol). Just like you said - perfection from top to bottom.
And Eric...on that album he set the bar so high that even he will have a problem with it. :lol:

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:08 pm

S2M wrote:
timstar78 wrote:1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

Again, not to harp on your music. Honestly. But those are the mainstream, popular bands. The Alias is the only obscure one on that list....

So? What are you, a music snob? LOL That a mainstream band you can't own their music and their music can't be great? You go the exact opposite way and REFUSE to list mainstream bands. Why does obscure make it better? :wink:

by **S2M** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:09 pm

timstar78 wrote:
S2M wrote:
timstar78 wrote:1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

Again, not to harp on your music. Honestly. But those are the mainstream, popular bands. The Alias is the only obscure one on that list....

I wasn't aware that was the criteria.

Oh...it isn't...just saying.

by **conversationpc** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:14 pm

*Laura wrote:And Eric...on that album he set the bar so high that even he will have a problem with it.

Everyone knows "Cliffs of Dover" from that album and it's a great song but it sounds like crap compared to the live version from the "Live in Austin" DVD. There's so much more life in that version that it's not even funny.

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:19 pm

It's funny that I was listening to U2's "The Joshua Tree" just a couple days ago and thinking exactly about what Jim said when he opened this thread.
That's another album that will have an everlasting freshness and perfection regardless how many years will pass. And to think that in 1988 when I first heard it I didn't like it at all...Someone told me "try to play it one more time" and it happened: I couldn't stop spinning it.

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:20 pm

conversationpc wrote:
timstar78 wrote:Nice. "Brigade" is my favorite Heart album. Love it from top to bottom (even the much maligned "All I Want To Do....").

I was just thinking this yesterday...I like it better than the s/t album that did far better in the charts.

That's such a great album too.

But there's something about "Brigade" for me. It has a nice selection of hits and just some great album tracks (love stuff like "The Night," "Under The Sky" and "I Love You"). The band was firing on all cylinders -- Howard Leese played some wonderful guitar throughout. And Ann, of course, is at the top of her game throughout.

By this point, my crush on Nancy Wilson was pretty much in full effect as well, and it was sealed when I saw the video for "Stranded." It's still one of my favorite Nancy Wilson-sung songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeZmJOIzTUY

by **conversationpc** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:20 pm

*Laura wrote:It's funny that I was listening to U2's "The Joshua Tree" just a couple days ago and thinking exactly about what Jim said when he opened this thread.
That's another album that will have an everlasting freshness and perfection regardless how many years will pass. And to think that in 1988 when I first heard it I didn't like it at all...Someone told me "try to play it one more time" and it happened: I couldn't stop spinning it.

Agreed...I'm not a huge U2 fan but that album definitely hasn't aged. On the other hand while I really like "Hysteria" by Def Leppard, it sounds pretty dated today, in my opinion.

by **conversationpc** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:22 pm

timstar78 wrote:But there's something about "Brigade" for me. It has a nice selection of hits and just some great album tracks (love stuff like "The Night," "Under The Sky" and "I Love You"). The band was firing on all cylinders -- Howard Leese played some wonderful guitar throughout. And Ann, of course, is at the top of her game throughout.

By this point, my crush on Nancy Wilson was pretty much in full effect as well, and it was sealed when I saw the video for "Stranded." It's still one of my favorite Nancy Wilson-sung songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeZmJOIzTUY

The only song I really don't like is "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" and I know the Wilson sisters don't care much for it, either. Yuck. Great singing by Ann, of course, but the subject matter just makes want to puke.

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:23 pm

conversationpc wrote:
*Laura wrote:And Eric...on that album he set the bar so high that even he will have a problem with it.

Everyone knows "Cliffs of Dover" from that album and it's a great song but it sounds like crap compared to the live version from the "Live in Austin" DVD. There's so much more life in that version that it's not even funny.

I saw the Austin version and I agree. I was talking more about the overall creativity of the album.
I believe that sometimes artists/bands shoot themselves in the foot with a masterpiece of an album because from that peak point it's either "top that" or "the only way is down". Usually it's the latter.

by **Behshad** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:26 pm

Where'd that fucker Jim go ?! He better get back here before AndyDrew locks his thread. :lol:

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:27 pm

*Laura wrote:"Brigade" is one of the fewest rock albums that I know that has NO fillers or "twins" ( like most of the Nickelback songs are, for example lol). Just like you said - perfection from top to bottom.

You bet!

*Laura wrote:And Eric...on that album he set the bar so high that even he will have a problem with it.

Indeed. I love Eric's guitar playing, but I think his vocals are at a high level on "Ah Via Musicom" too. He sounds fantastic on songs like "Desert Rose," "High Landrons" and "Forty Mile Town" (a favorite of mine).

Outside of "Cliffs" being amazing, I remember hearing "Trademark" in 1990 and my jaw hitting the floor. It just contains some of the most perfect and emotive guitar playing, and I think to this day it represents a nice snapshot of Eric's mixed bag of tones (pristine crystal clear tones to violin-like leads).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6HA350kv8

I love all of Eric's albums, but AVH definitely has that something special throughout.

by **ebake02** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:29 pm

Hardline - "Hot Cherie" --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_pFJR-2qqE

Tyketto - "Forever Young" -------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2vG-zlvvk0

Skid Row - "Quicksand Jesus" -------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZ9YxjjHP8

Ozzy - "Crazy Train" --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbPWcLode0 (Randy at his best on this one)

Van Halen - "Right Now" --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HV0V8dQvIE

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:29 pm

conversationpc wrote:
timstar78 wrote:But there's something about "Brigade" for me. It has a nice selection of hits and just some great album tracks (love stuff like "The Night," "Under The Sky" and "I Love You"). The band was firing on all cylinders -- Howard Leese played some wonderful guitar throughout. And Ann, of course, is at the top of her game throughout.

By this point, my crush on Nancy Wilson was pretty much in full effect as well, and it was sealed when I saw the video for "Stranded." It's still one of my favorite Nancy Wilson-sung songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeZmJOIzTUY

The only song I really don't like is "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" and I know the Wilson sisters don't care much for it, either. Yuck. Great singing by Ann, of course, but the subject matter just makes want to puke.

Yeah, A/N aren't too keen on it. And the subject matter is definitely left-of-center...

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:34 pm

timstar78 wrote:

I love all of Eric's albums, but AVH definitely has that something special throughout.

Hehe, I know exactly what you mean. Call it the "it" factor. For some reason, some albums have that "something" going on and no matter how hard they try to repeat the feeling with the next album, they don't succeed.
Journey's "Escape" comes to mind...The unmatchable peak of the band. ( I really hope this thread will not get locked now that I said the "J" word...lmao)

by **Behshad** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:48 pm

Pure 80s : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDa8_Bq ... ata_player

Enjoy Jimbo

by **Angel** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:50 pm

Behshad wrote:Pure 80s : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDa8_Bq ... ata_player

Enjoy Jimbo

Dude, you should really PM this kind of stuff....

by **Behshad** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:09 pm

Angel wrote:
Behshad wrote:Pure 80s : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDa8_Bq ... ata_player

Enjoy Jimbo

Dude, you should really PM this kind of stuff....

Dude , don't click on this thread or my links , k ?! :roll:

by **Angel** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:13 pm

Behshad wrote:
Angel wrote:
Behshad wrote:Pure 80s : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDa8_Bq ... ata_player

Enjoy Jimbo

Dude, you should really PM this kind of stuff....

Dude , don't click on this thread or my links , k ?!

I'm not a dude....

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:55 pm

*Laura wrote:
timstar78 wrote:

I love all of Eric's albums, but AVH definitely has that something special throughout.

Hehe, I know exactly what you mean. Call it the "it" factor. For some reason, some albums have that "something" going on and no matter how hard they try to repeat the feeling with the next album, they don't succeed.
Journey's "Escape" comes to mind...The unmatchable peak of the band. ( I really hope this thread will not get locked now that I said the "J" word...lmao)

I'm with you on "Escape," too. My favorite Journey album.

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:59 pm

Angel wrote:
Behshad wrote:
Angel wrote:
Behshad wrote:Pure 80s : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYDa8_Bq ... ata_player

Enjoy Jimbo

Dude, you should really PM this kind of stuff....

Dude , don't click on this thread or my links , k ?!

I'm not a dude....

Get a room you two! :shock:

I'm in before it closes B. :wink:

by **Deb** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:24 pm

timstar78 wrote:1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

Great list, and I would add Lean Into It also. Love it when some Black Crowes comes up on the IPOD......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a76FeV2-Dw Gawd would that have been a great triple bill right there.....Black Crowes, Mr Big and Tesla!

by **Angel** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:28 pm

G.I.Jim wrote:Get a room you two! I'm in before it closes B.

I don't want a room

...I want to stay here with you and listen to the music.... :lol:

by **Jeremey** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:42 pm

I was ten to 19 years old from 1981 to 1989. I don't remember many of those songs in that list. My list during that time period was:

Prince (Sign O The Times)
Van Halen (0U812)
Tears For Fears (Songs From The Big Chair, Seeds Of Love)
George Michael (Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1)
Terrence Trent D'Arby (Hardline, Niether Fish Nor Flesh)
INXS (Kick, X)
Judas Priest (Screaming, Defenders, Turbo)
King Diamond (Abigail)

Maybe a few others. But I obviously wasn't committed to one genre. Notice the lack of Journey in that list, LOL....

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:04 pm

Rockindeano wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:hell i just took my vicodin and getting my list together as we speak.

I just scored a 90 count of 10/325 Percocet. looks like we all belong to an exclusive MR club. hahaha, fuck off all you squares, people who don't like pain killers. Mike, I am pretty fucked up with shoulder and knee pain, but I also had a stomach ache this morning. No problem, popped 9 percs, poof! Problem solved, and oh yeah, I am in a pretty goddamned good mood too.

hopefully i'll be getting some more percs monday morning,already counting down the hours

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:01 pm

mikemarrs wrote:
Rockindeano wrote:
mikemarrs wrote:hell i just took my vicodin and getting my list together as we speak.

I just scored a 90 count of 10/325 Percocet. looks like we all belong to an exclusive MR club. hahaha, fuck off all you squares, people who don't like pain killers. Mike, I am pretty fucked up with shoulder and knee pain, but I also had a stomach ache this morning. No problem, popped 9 percs, poof! Problem solved, and oh yeah, I am in a pretty goddamned good mood too.

hopefully i'll be getting some more percs monday morning,already counting down the hours

Just took 2 vicodine, and I NEED it to read some of the shit on here today! :roll:

by **No Surprize** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:51 pm

I disagree. This is a album you go on "road trips" with. U2, wouldn't see em if they were across the street. To political of a band and Bono, to put it mildly, is an
overrated singer and complete prick!

by **Behshad** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:22 am

by **StevePerryHair** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:32 am

I always loved white Lion's when the children cry. It's one of only 2 songs of theirs I have on my iPod. I think I have some acoustic version too.

MR

Why we grew up in the greatest music generation!!!

"Hysteria" by Def Leppard, it sounds pretty dated

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