As much as I like that album I do think it's a bit overrated. Just listen to a Best Of The Beach Boys CD instead

I see...did anyone else notice that the title of this topic is too wordy? No? Alright. Disregard my last post then. :)

I had never listened to Cheap Trick - At Budokan until yesterday. My buddy (who is a big Cheap Trick fan) always told me there was something wrong with me for not listening to it.

Let me tell you this much...I still don't see the appeal of the album.

David Bowie is outstanding. Pretty much everything by him simply rules. He seems to have an odd fetish for prog musicians though. :D


Anyway, for me, it's Pet Sounds. I like the Beach Boys and I've been trying to get hold of Pet Sounds all year (I haven't been allowed to use BT). Now that I'm back from uni, I'm getting it right now.

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So you're not that well versed on the Stones. It's not that big a deal. You should definitely give Exile a listen, but, and I usually get alot of heat for saying this, I don't think you're missing too much with the Stones. They're a really good group, and I enjoy their music, but I don't think I'd really have missed out too much if I hadn't ever heard them. Jimi Hendrix's albums, on the other hand, you have to listen to. I bought a greatest hits album from Jimi when I was about 14. When "I got Are You Experienced?" (which shared about half of its tracks with the greatest hits cd I had) it blew me away. Some of the B-Sides I hadn't heard were better than the radio cuts. Also, you need to hear "What's Going On". It is truly an emotional experience that you'll want to hear over again a few times. He gets a little religious if that bothers you, but it should really be taken as an expression of his self, which comprises of Christianity among other things. It was 6th on Rolling Stone Magazine's all time album list, and 1st by any Black artist, and 1st from all the albums of the 70's. Of all the albums you put up, that one is the one you should give a listen to first.

Too many bands, not enough time. If I wasn't into films just as much as music, I could find the time.

Sonic Youth is essential jackhammer.

Prince- Purple Rain
Frank Zappa-We're Only In it For The Money
The Velvet Underground & Nico-The Velvet Underground & Nico

Sonic Youth downloading completely legally at the moment.

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

People gasp at me when i havent heard Ludacris new album and other stuff.. i gasp at the idiots that have never heard of led zeppelin or pink floyd...