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Listened a few times to the new album from Red Hot Chili Peppers called I'm With You.<br />
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Even though it's 'radio friendly' and doesn't sound like their break through album from 20 years ago (Blood Sugar), I really like it for what it is. It does lack the strong bass guitar riffs of old. Anthony Keidis has written some really strong songs. I can happily listen to the album from start to finish (which I often can't). -
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Can't never get enough of The Carrie Nations. (This version is the safe censored edit.) -
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Almost 20 years old. Still sounds fresh. -
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[quote name='NTA']For Father's Day got the latest Fooeys (Wasting Light) which of course is on high rotation for me. The other album I got on recommendation from a friend: Them Crooked Vultures. Liking the blend of 70s-inspired rock thrown into a blender with FF and QOTS.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Foo Fighters album is good stuff, until it gets thrashed to death by Hauraki and The Rock.<br />
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Them Crooked Vultures is a bloody solid album too. Can easily listen to it from start to finish. Saw them in Wellington when they toured here too, was a fantastic show. Naturally John Paul Jones got the biggest cheer. Was great too see Dave Grohl back behind the drums too. -
[quote name='NTA']For Father's Day got the latest Fooeys (Wasting Light) which of course is on high rotation for me. The other album I got on recommendation from a friend: Them Crooked Vultures. Liking the blend of 70s-inspired rock thrown into a blender with FF and QOTS.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I really like "Wasting Light" it's a solid set of rock songs, as all their albums are. But while some are calling it their best since "The Colour and the Shape" for me it falls down in one area, it doesn't have that 1 or 2 stand out, absolute best-of songs, a "Best of You" a "All My Life" etc. Still pretty awesome though. My tickets for the Sydney show in December are safely tucked away at home.<br />
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For dad's day I got the DVD of their documentary "Back and Forth" its a bloody good little rock documentary, from the origins out of the Nirvana drama, through the revolving door of lineups in the late 90s, up to a "Classic Albums" type look at the making of "Wasting Light". Its great, i've watched it twice already. Dave Grohl is a perfectionist who would be tough to work with, especially in the early days. THe story of him re-doing all the drum tracks on "the clour and the shape" behind the drummers back is pretty harsh. -
I would hate to post the 'original' video of this due to overuse of the 80's mullet look but I went to sleep last night listening to my iPod only to wake with this playing and had to listen to it right through. Must be one of the best drum and bass driving riffs around.<br />
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Jaz Coleman is a rather interesting character too. A dual UK and NZ citizen he is an orchestral composer of note having done numerous works for Symphony Orchestras around the world.<br />
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[quote name='Crucial']Jaz Coleman is a rather interesting character too. [/QUOTE]<br />
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He is a total nutter. Get him drinking (he likes the expensive black label Smirnoff, ahem) and you'll hear some amazing stories.<br />
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[quote]A dual UK and NZ citizen [/quote]<br />
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He lives on Great Barrier Island. He married a Kiwi sheila, had a child, they divorced and she returned home. He wanted to stay close to his child.<br />
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[COLOR=#222222][quote name='Allstar']Foo Fighters ... Was great too see Dave Grohl back behind the drums too.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Dave Grohl was the drummer on a Killing Joke album:<br />
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Via wiki:<br />
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Also in 2003, Grohl stepped behind the kit to perform on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Joke"]Killing Joke[/URL]'s second [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Joke_2003_(album)"]self-titled album[/URL]. The move surprised some Nirvana fans, given that Nirvana had been accused of stealing the opening riff of "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_as_You_Are_(Nirvana_song)"]Come as You Are[/URL]" from Killing Joke's 1984 song "Eighties". However, the controversy failed to create a lasting rift between the bands. Foo Fighters covered Killing Joke's "Requiem" during the late 1990s, and were even joined by Killing Joke singer [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaz_Coleman"]Jaz Coleman[/URL] for a performance of the song at a show in New Zealand in 2003.[/COLOR] -
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Almost 20 years old. Still sounds fresh.[/QUOTE]<br />
Nice. I'm a big Malkmus fan but I do keep going back to the Slanted era<br />
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Quite enjoying his latest effort too..<br />
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Been listening to this a lot the past few months on long road trips. Undoubtedly one of the rarest novelty albums in existence - a punk rock concept album. This is the sad hardcore part of the story where the girlfriend overdoses and dies. Simple, epic, beautiful.<br />
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I reckon this All Music Guide intro gets it right. Hard to imagine Nirvana and Pixies without this.<br />
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[QUOTE]In many ways, it's impossible to overestimate the impact of [URL="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hsker-d-p4532"]Hüsker Dü[/URL]'s [URL="http://www.allmusic.com/album/zen-arcade-r41102"]Zen Arcade[/URL] on the American rock underground in the '80s. It's the record that exploded the limits of hardcore and what it could achieve. [URL="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hsker-d-p4532"]Hüsker Dü[/URL] broke all of the rules with [URL="http://www.allmusic.com/album/zen-arcade-r41102"]Zen Arcade[/URL]. First and foremost, it's a sprawling concept album, even if the concept isn't immediately clear or comprehensible. More important are the individual songs. ...<br />
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[quote name='mariner4life']I really like "Wasting Light" it's a solid set of rock songs, as all their albums are. But while some are calling it their best since "The Colour and the Shape" for me it falls down in one area, it doesn't have that 1 or 2 stand out, absolute best-of songs, a "Best of You" a "All My Life" etc. Still pretty awesome though. My tickets for the Sydney show in December are safely tucked away at home.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Picking mine up at the venue.<br />
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I agree about Wasting Light - it is a very good set of structured songs with the kind of variation you'd expect, especially since the Echoes album where I felt they really extended themselves. But there isn't a "Pretender" or "Let it Die" on the album.<br />
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Have listened to Them Crooked Vultures three times in the car now over various trips. To be honest, while I like a lot of what I hear, I find it hard to get into on the same level I do Foo Fighters. It is a little ... [I]wafty[/I] ... at points, perhaps a bit [I]too[/I] much of the ambient 70s style without the tight rhythms I'd expect from Messrs Homme and Grohl. But I'm prepared to give it more time to grow on me.<br />
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They're showing The X-Factor over here at the moment and a couple of different blokes sang "Closer to the Edge" by 30 Seconds to Mars. I think as a band they're a little conceited, but they do a good bit of anthem rock and Jared Leto knows how to work a crow of Y-genners <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> -
[QUOTE]especially since the Echoes album where I felt they really extended themselves. But there isn't a "Pretender" or "Let it Die" on the album.[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='mariner4life']Erase/Replace is not only my favoutite song on the album, its one of my favourite FF songs[/QUOTE]<br />
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It is my least favourite on the album, just because I think it doesn't quite fit in with the other tracks.<br />
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Try listening to the album alphabetically by track name BTW - I think it works better -
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I'be been listening to the Able Tasmans "Store In A Cool Place" the past couple days (I've had the fridge magnet up for over 15 years.) Don't know how popular they ever were down in NZ (it's possible they may have never actually played outside NZ), but start to finish it is still a gem of an album. This is the only youtube track from the record: -
Bad word associations always drive me to distraction. Thinking about the All Blacks (obviously), and the mention on the movie thread about Gregory Peck, has gotten me humming. Take it away Frank!<br />
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Nice live version of Black Napkins. What a great entertainer. I love his interaction with the audience members during his solo. I reckon this would make a cool soundtrack for an AB highlight compilation video. I might have to get on that. -
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