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That is a great tune M4L!! it's rocking on my playlist at the moment<br />
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Eagles of Death Metal are one of those bands I have discovered by accident but shit they do simple rock as well as anyone has or ever will. Some bands just have "it", these guys have "it" in fucken spades. They're in serious danger of entering the all time MN5 top 10 which is an esteemed list. Another couple of bloody good albums would do it.<br />
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Another from the 90s archives, i think i used to use this as backing music to try and pull chicks<br />
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[sub]Jack White is unbelievable on the guitar. He may not be to your taste, but that band is worthy of everything they got - he is one of the most talented players I have seen, if not the most.[/sub]<br />
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[sub]A travesty is that people like Snoop, who is just so popular and huge because he has a talent of swearing over a beat written by somebody else, I mean, talent? Are you farking kidding me?[/sub]<br />
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[sub]And for those talking the demise of Metallica, yeah, I agree... but Death Magnetic is epic in my eyes.[/sub]<br />
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Just got back from seeing Paul Weller tonight. Terrific. I've been a fan of The Jam since "Setting Sons" (which is where I first heard "Eton Rifles") but it's taken me over 30 years to finally see Weller live. Phew! Done.<br />
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Smart way to conduct a show, too. First set, plays the new album in it's entirety. Gets that out of the way (I didn't know any of the songs, and it rocked pretty good). Take a 10-minute intermission, everybody heads to the bar for a beer or whiskey. He comes back with five band members seated front of the stage playing acoustic guitars, for a 6 or 7 song acoustic set, starting with the brilliant "Butterfly Collector." Immediately followed by a long electric set. Two encores, finishing up with "Town Called Malice" to send everybody home in a good mood. 2 hours 30 mins (incl. those breaks). The structure of the show kinda reminded me of that Neil Young tour to NZ in '85. I wish more bands gave careful consideration how to put together an organized performance that makes sense, and I especially like the idea of opening with the new unfamiliar material and start building suspense as the program progresses. I was worried he was gonna come out looking like Rod Stewart's corpse, but he looked fuckinsharp, even the hard lines in his face look cool. He smoked a LOT of cigarettes, which curiously enough looked way cooler when he was sitting behind a piano than playing a guitar. I'll have to think that over. Oh, and two drummers. Always love seeing rock bands perform with a pair of drummers, it always brings a tribal intensity to a live show that gets the audiences' feet moving.<br />
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Funnily enough, when I was watching Weller perform the song tonight a fat stranger wearing a "Canterbury of New Zealand" t-shirt elbowed past me with beers in each fist. Must have been a prop. -
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RT, Weller spend years doing shows that didn't really please all of his audience. He was trying too hard to break away from the Jam/Style Council stuff and refused to play any of it. Luckily he finally got over that and starting handpicking songs out of his vast back catalogue that he could update and felt were still relevant without becoming a 'tribute' to himself. From what I have read over recent years (and friends that were lucky enough to see him in Auckland last year) he really seems to have things down well now as you have described.<br />
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There a a few 'recent' live recordings out there too.<br />
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I know he is way way past the 'angry young man' stage now days, but my favourite Jam song still has to be 'In the City'. The sheer 2 minutes 20 seconds blast of energy always reminds me of this video with Bruce Foxton doing his famous bass leap and Weller snarling at the mike. Dual Rickenbacker wall of noise. Beautiful stuff.<br />
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[sub]Jack White is unbelievable on the guitar. He may not be to your taste, but that band is worthy of everything they got - he is one of the most talented players I have seen, if not the most.[/sub]<br />
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I agree with the Jack White comment but not the second about Snoop. You have basically belittled an entire genre of music by showing how little you know about. Granted Snoop D O double G is a mere shadow of his former self he did far more than "swearing over a beat" in his earlier days. Its a different talent, than guitar playing, and suggesting he doesn't write his own stuff will get you shot <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />.<br />
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The whole thing about rap, real rap not the shit that gets turned out to get kids dancing in night clubs and what Snoop made hius name on, is that he is drawing off his personal experiences and then puting it into a song. Not unlike country and western music. Yes theres a lot of swearing but in most of these peoples lives swearing is like breathing and to leave it out wouldnt be a true representation of their lives which in most cases is what rap is about. Life.<br />
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One of my fave songs ever about rock and roll, takes us from slave ships to Elvis to heavy metal on the battlefield. Love the Animals and Zeppelin hat-tips, the Sonic Youth interlude (1:50) and the southern-fried banjo & fiddle & mandolin psychedelic punk-rock outro (3:17-to-close). Which I always play at 11.<br />
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It would be tricky being Paul Weller. You'd want to play your new, "relevant" stuff - but, (almost) everyone in the audience would be wanting the old Jam tunes. I expect most could live without the Style Council which, hard as I tried, sounded a bit too much like elevator music.<br />
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Anyway, apropos to nothing - Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Mustang Ranch.<br />
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Apologies if it's a repost - it's worth it!<br />
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It would be tricky being Paul Weller. You'd want to play your new, "relevant" stuff - but, (almost) everyone in the audience would be wanting the old Jam tunes.[/quote]<br />
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At the door they were handing out small nifty fold-out poster/booklets, on the one hand promoting the new record (and Weller's website), and on the other, listing all the songs for the first set (the new record), followed by "Interval," "Acoustic Set," "Electric Set." I've not seen that done before at indie and/or club concerts, and I thought it a smart way to let the audience know what to expect ([i]gettin' the new record outta the way here guys 'n gals...[/i]) and yet not be a spoiler.
