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This one fits T Nationā¦
Ballroom Blitz came on some Spotify mix I was listening to in the car just as this old decrepit guy started to cross the roadā¦ he was moving very quickly but his upper body was stiff as fuck and almost exactly to the tempo of the song.
Made me burst out in laugher. There were tears. Afterwards I thought Iām going straight to hell lol
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I saw him as a guest on āTop Gearā a few years ago and I got the same impression, he had the personality of cardboard.
I donāt know if he is good live, but given your report and the fact that concert tickets now run in the hundreds of dollars, I am not anxious to find out.
I have been to tons of live shows. When your tickets cost $20 to $30 bucks, you can take chances. When the tickets cost 120 bucks I am way more selective to the point where I almost never go now.
One of the worst shows I ever saw was Crosby, Stills and Nash. They played like 45 minutes, covered the hits and left. We barely finished a joint and it was time to go.
We didnāt even clap for an encore. Really disappointed.
On the other side we saw BB King and it was great. Didnāt mind the 30 bucks to see that show. There some great Blues artists in tow. He had a great live personality and was great fun. But there was no way Iād go for 100 bucks.
When Ben Franklin is involved, I donāt take chances. Fortunately, I grew up in the last great era for seeing live shows.
My wife got tickets to see Kenny Chesney at 80 bucks. I was bored shitless. It was so contrived and passion-less I would rather have taken a nap. And I donāt dislike his music, his show was boring, though.
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I have heard that before. I used to love Metal, then Pantera showed up.
They are the only band I have ever known to peak a genre to the point no others can compare. Thatās my opinion of course, but they fulfilled all that metal could ever possible to be and nothing could exceed it.
Doesnāt mean I donāt like other metal bands, but they hit the pinicle. Truly angry, truly hard, and extremely talented. Needless to say such a thing could not last long,but they took metal as far as it could go without being complete shit.
That has nothing to do with other metal bands being good, they just blew them all away in every way.
Soooo, Pantera. Love it. They are like early Metallica x10. They go to 11.
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This thread needs some new musicā¦ Prince. Thatās all that needs to be said. A modern day Mozart. This was during a transitional period for Prince, when he was going back to his name and starting to consider being a Jehovah. This may have been the last album he used a curse word on, not in this song though.
Rumor has it that Eric Clapton was asked what it was like to be the best guitar player in the world, he answered. āI donāt know, ask Prince.ā I saw Prince live 3 times, each show was vastly different than the others and were all amazing performances.
RIPā¦ His death hurt. I usually treat celebrity deaths as any other, they are just people. But Prince was a true talent that will never be replicated. Itās sad he will never make music again. He was such a gentle dude, but such an explosive performerā¦ The world desperately needs artists right nowā¦
We could have used Prince for a few more years. He wrote so many amazing songs itās hard to count them all, because he wrote for other artists too.
I wish I were a kid in school, because my Black History month project would be Princeā¦
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Reminds me of another Walker Hayes songā¦
Iāve been to quite a few. Ironically, I donāt think Iāve ever paid for a show. My little brother used to buy me a ticket so he would have a ride. My biggest concert regret is not seeing Tom Petty live. I had two opportunities, one last summer and another the year before.
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Time for some funā¦ āThe Greatest Band in the Wolrd, KISS!ā
The last bastion of pure unrepentant, unadulterated misogyny in the world. They crack me up. The lyrics are hilarious.
I saw them on their 1998 farewell tourā¦ Then they kept going, and going and goingā¦ They needed to stop touring 20 years ago, but they kept going and going.
So I say āLick it Up!ā
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I like this thread, I donāt want it to dieā¦ Maybe some Janeās Addiction will infuse some life in to it:
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Iāve been diggin it too, not surprising given my age but hereās where the playlist has brought me today:
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Love Janes Addiction. Reminds me of early days of snowboarding. I would always cue that song up in the walkman, take a few monster tokes, then a flying leap off of one of my favorite night time runs at the local ski resort.
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I love KISS. My wife has had to deal with my Paul Stanley impersonations for years now. I actually dragged her to a concert the day after my first shoulder surgery. I was pain meded out of my mind but it didnāt stop me from having a blast. Yeah theyāre a far cry from musical geniuses but damn theyāre a fun band.
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holy carp u too!? phew thought I was the only guy that likes some lady gaga songs ahaha
Actually, they are pretty good musicians to be honest. They kept it simple and mindless on purpose. It was designed for fun and nothing else. No deep meanings, no messages, just fun. They were like the anti-Rush. Ironically Rush used to open for them. They demoād āCaress of Steelā for Paul and Gene who gave them āconstructive criticismā, they hated it. But they all remained friends.
I taught my son āUh, All Night!ā when he was two. Weād sing it everywhere, āWhen you work all day you gottaā¦ā and Iād point to him, and heād go āUH! ā¦ UH!, UH! UH!ā
I loved Janeās Addiction. Them and Alice in Chains. I failed to notice the pattern of female band names until just now. But to me they were the best of the timeā¦
I still love their shit.
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Fuckā¦ ā¦ KISS was one of my first bands I got into as a kid.
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Hey what kid doesnāt like four dudes in makeup, tights and costumes! Thereās something wrong with the kid that doesnāt.
An anecdote I learned about KISS is that in their first run comic books, each member actually drew a vial of blood and poured it into the red ink used in the comic book printings. So the first run, at least, actually has the original memberās DNA in the red ink used in printing.
I have no idea how much those comic books are worth, if anything, but that was a pretty cool personal touchā¦ Canāt get much closer than bloodā¦
Didnāt think I liked acapella performances. Surprised myself, actually. Iām more of a Dropkick Murphies kind of guy.
Gotta tag @anon71262119 because I wouldnāt be surprised if she did like this.
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LOVE 
going to add to play list right now!
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Yes! So good haha
In the same spirit (hoping this works)
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