Your opinions in Music that many would disagree with

[kuruption]

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The lost tapes is a great album too.

mos def. i think its the 2nd best nas album .

[pk500]

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Wow, I feel like an idiot. I'm still a teenager and I just became a The Who fan recently... and when I looked to *ahem* "acquire" songs from them it popped up as "Teenage Wasteland" and since it was said in the song so many times I assumed that was the name and never really cared to look if it was different.


Well we learn something new everyday.

Hey, no worries, man. You're probably about the 778,914th person who thinks the name of the song is "Teenage Wasteland." At least you have fine taste in music for a young guy.

If you get a chance, try to "obtain" the live version of "Baba O'Riley." It's KILLER. Or PM me, and I'll send it to you via e-mail if your connection can handle multi-megabyte files.

Take care,
PK

[pk500]

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Ah, another one: Classic jazz vocalist Jane Monheit is a MUCH better singer than Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson and Whitney Houston -- combined.

Shawn Colvin and Sarah McLachlan have more range and vocal talent than Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson and Whitney Houston -- combined.

Loretta Lynn still is the greatest female singer in country music -- and she's 70. She's also arguably the greatest songwriter in country music today, regardless of gender, now that Johnny Cash is dead.

Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose" is the album that no female singer in Nashville today is capable of making or even dream of making.

The Clash was the greatest, most influential, most talented and most versatile rock band of the 1970s and 1980s.

Peter Frampton is an amazing musician.

Take care,
PK

[Crown42Royal]

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I'll throw in my 2 cents...

- Led Zeppelin is the greatest of all-time, personal choice of course. Someone said earlier that they could come up 10 songs that were better than "Stairway to Heaven" but I think that song had the most interesting story behind it (Pied Piper).

- Linkin Park is different but they speak to me. Also, my wife loves them which is funny because she's a die-hard country music listener and this is the only thing other than country that she loves.

- The Mighty Might Bosstones used to be good, "Question the Answers" and their earlier stuff. When they did "Let's Face It" it was all over for them.

- Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish have been two of my favorite bands for the past 10 years but their last couple of CD's have disappointed me. I haven't listened to Reel Big Fish's last CD enough to warrant an opinion.

- Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason should have never broken up. SDRE's early stuff was awesome and the only CD TITR put out was great.

- Country music sucks, I have nothing good to say about it.

- Classical music is underrated. I took a classical music course at Texas A&M four years ago and I've loved it ever since. Someday I'll learn how to play the piano just so I can play classical music.

- Bo Bice will not survive as a stand alone singer, he'll need a rock band behind him.

- Pink Floyd is in a catagory all in their self. Nobody will ever have a sound so different from everyone else like they did.

- I used to like Eminem but his stuff became pop-like. Plus, on his last Saturday Night appearance I remember him having to read his lyrics off of a telepromptor, almost as bad as Ashlee Simpson.

- Which brings me to my next point, Ashlee Simpson is a joke! If it wasn't for her sister she'd be no where.

- The Eagles are timeless.

- Cake is different but they make it work.

- I want to like todays rap but I can't. Rap is just too negative now a days. Too much rapping about shooting, gang superiority, ho's, bling bling and crap like that. Any suggestions on rapper who don't concentrate on that crap?

- Green Day became way too political and soft.

That's all I could come up with.

[jmood88]

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- I want to like todays rap but I can't. Rap is just too negative now a days. Too much rapping about shooting, gang superiority, ho's, bling bling and crap like that. Any suggestions on rapper who don't concentrate on that crap?

Murs, Immortal Technique, Little Brother, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, One-Be-Lo, Splash, Supastition, Akrobatik, Athletic Mic League, Brother Ali, Saigon, Foreign Exchange, Hezekiah, Styles, and more.

[BGarrett7]

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- Country music sucks, I have nothing good to say about it.

- The Eagles are timeless.

Interesting, given how much their catalog drew upon the country sound of the time.

[Crown42Royal]

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You're right but I never felt the "Country" feeling with their music. My family has said the same thing to me many times, but they're not country to me.

[SPTO]

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Here's mine. Just one, but it's a big one.

Sam Cooke is the greatest R&B singer ever, which would make him the greatest singer in the history of modern music.

Better than Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Marvin Gaye(who I love but is a poor man's Sam Cooke), Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, or Aretha Franklin.

Interesting,

I agree that Sam Cooke was a great singer but I think that while he was great there's still a huge question mark over his career. The question is: "how would have Sam Cooke have done in the late 60s and into the 70s?" I won't argue the greatness of his singing voice but many of his contemporaries struggled past 1965.

I will say this, he had a lot of range and was a very beautiful singer but i'd still rate Frank Sinatra, Al Green and Marvin Gaye ahead of him. (BTW on your point of Marvin being a poor man's Sam Cooke that may be true in the '60s but Marvin carved a niche for himself and used his entire vocal range within his songs. Something that Cooke did rarely.)

[Rocky]

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Interesting,

I agree that Sam Cooke was a great singer but I think that while he was great there's still a huge question mark over his career. The question is: "how would have Sam Cooke have done in the late 60s and into the 70s?" I won't argue the greatness of his singing voice but many of his contemporaries struggled past 1965.

I will say this, he had a lot of range and was a very beautiful singer but i'd still rate Frank Sinatra, Al Green and Marvin Gaye ahead of him. (BTW on your point of Marvin being a poor man's Sam Cooke that may be true in the '60s but Marvin carved a niche for himself and used his entire vocal range within his songs. Something that Cooke did rarely.)

Good points. However, it was evident even through his gospel hits that Cooke was really ahead of his time. He already had a vocal style already fit for Motown and other pop record lables. I think if he would've crossed over, his emotional, entertaining vocal style would've made him one of the most popular singers of all time. His creativity would've probaly determined how great he would've ranked with his contemporaries. There's so many "if's" but IMO in his timeframe, he was as good as anybody.

[SPTO]

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I agree with you Rocky. I love all of Sam's songs that i've heard. My absolute favourite tho has to be "A Change is Gonna Come". The singing of this line just breaks me up every time I hear it (it's also in my top 5 lines of all time)

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die

Sam was a great artist and it was sad the way he died. BTW did you know that Berry Gordy tried to get Marvin to play Sam Cooke in a movie in the 1960s? Marvin refused because he was spooked out with the thought of playing a soul singer who gets shot to death. Ironic no?

[cliburn]

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Okay, here is the one NO ONE will probably agree with. I almost threw it in my first post, but hesitated. It's the truth though: Music is overrated. People get way too far involved in music. People say, "But do you hear what they're saying?" Yeah, I hear it; I even understand it. I like messages, conversation, controversy and confrontation . . . that's why I listen to talk radio! Nothing beats good talk radio, nothing. Music is overrated.

[elicoleman]

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Okay, here is the one NO ONE will probably agree with. I almost threw it in my first post, but hesitated. It's the truth though: Music is overrated. People get way too far involved in music. People say, "But do you hear what they're saying?" Yeah, I hear it; I even understand it. I like messages, conversation, controversy and confrontation . . . that's why I listen to talk radio! Nothing beats good talk radio, nothing. Music is overrated.

Yeah, I'd definitely disagree with you. Music is a great way to express yourself.

[SPTO]

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Yep shortsoldier NO ONE will agree with that.

My feelings are summed up in these lyrics

Music is the soul of the man
Music makes a, happy day
Music makes a, cloud flow by baby
Your music is my tears in-side my eyes (just like music)
Your music makes me want to sing
Girl music, is a joy to bring (just like music)
Music is my heart and soul, more precious than gold
(Turn on some music, I got my music)
Happiness for days, justice all the way
(Turn on some music, I got my music)
I love your music baby (I got my music)

[Rocky]

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I agree with you Rocky. I love all of Sam's songs that i've heard. My absolute favourite tho has to be "A Change is Gonna Come". The singing of this line just breaks me up every time I hear it (it's also in my top 5 lines of all time)



Sam was a great artist and it was sad the way he died. BTW did you know that Berry Gordy tried to get Marvin to play Sam Cooke in a movie in the 1960s? Marvin refused because he was spooked out with the thought of playing a soul singer who gets shot to death. Ironic no?

Heh, pretty crazy. Both were essential sould singers who died too early. BTW, even though he's alive and pretty recent, does anybody else consider R. Kelly an essential R&B singer?

[stoncold32]

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Heh, pretty crazy. Both were essential sould singers who died too early. BTW, even though he's alive and pretty recent, does anybody else consider R. Kelly an essential R&B singer?

If R. Kelly goes back to what he did on his first 3 albums, and Choc. Facotory, there is no doubt he could be considered perhaps tied for the greatest producer, singer, writer, composer.

The thug R. Kelly is garbage to me