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Zer0 02-26-2009 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jacklovezhimself (Post 603755)
I own every A.F.I. album.

So do i, and a lot of their EPs, their early stuff still sounds great :)

Decemberunderground makes a great frisbee though...

Surell 02-26-2009 10:10 PM

I love Diva by Beyonce.

I really don't have musical secrets unless it's horrible. But I don't mind telling people what I like really.

kyleargyle 02-26-2009 10:50 PM

I like Bon Jovi. Like, not even guilty pleasure like. I genuinely enjoy their music.

I hate myself.

Oedipus Next 02-27-2009 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by HolidayG1 (Post 603635)
LOL I have Ultimate Manilow. For that kind of music- cheesy love songs- he's one of the best. Sometimes I'm just in a mood to listen to that stuff.

Manilow was a genius songwriter out of Williasmburg Brooklyn-- paid all his
dues 1st as a jingle writer for commercials that we still hear today...collecting royalties like crazy his entire life:
some of his more "popular" songs are 30 second hits you've been
singing since a kid...some examples would be>>
1) "I am stuck on band-aids 'cause band-aids stuck on me...."
2) "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there..."
3) "My baloney has a first name ..it's O S C A R ...."

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Originally Posted by Pianogirl75 (Post 603753)
I like James Taylor.

I wouldn't consider that a 'secret' - he's a living blueprint for so many artists

HolidayG1 02-27-2009 09:38 AM

Yes- I like James Taylor, as well. He's also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. I know some may say he's a little too mellow, whatbnot, but he's endeared his music to me.

Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue are two of my musical guilty pleasures.

LOL, Kyle- do you think BJ will get in the Hall of Fame? Overall, I'd lump the music more with Foreigner and Journey than, say, U2 and R.E.M. No doubt BJ remains a powerful touring attraction, though.

Oedipus Next 02-27-2009 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jacklovezhimself (Post 603755)
I own every A.F.I. album.

they are awesome -- "Girl's Not Grey" is great song/ video

scottsy 02-27-2009 09:58 PM

HolidayG1, I could NEVER place Bon Jovi in the same league as U2 and REM - commercially they may have exceeded REM, and I am perfectly OK with that, but creatively they aren't even in the same league... REM, in nearing 30 year career, have produced very few stinkers... some might malign Around the Sun (but i still like it, actually) but Bon Jovi's whole career sounds like a series of Around the Suns, time and time again...

Should I mention the device with which one cuts cookies?

lucifer_sam 02-27-2009 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Oedipus Next (Post 604223)
Manilow was a genius songwriter out of Williasmburg Brooklyn-- paid all his
dues 1st as a jingle writer for commercials that we still hear today...collecting royalties like crazy his entire life:
some of his more "popular" songs are 30 second hits you've been
singing since a kid...some examples would be>>
1) "I am stuck on band-aids 'cause band-aids stuck on me...."
2) "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there..."
3) "My baloney has a first name ..it's O S C A R ...."

...wouldn't exactly call him a genius if commercial jingles are the best things he's produced.

Oedipus Next 02-28-2009 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 604649)
...wouldn't exactly call him a genius if commercial jingles are the best things he's produced.

Hear ya...maybe a better term would be "financial genius" in terms
of business art...as if not successful one would quickly be 'out of business' --

What I am getting at is that from a music publishing POV it is a wise
move to do jingles as the publishing licenses are scalable especially when
we're taking about jingles that have survived from the 70s and are stile viable today in this frenetic and capricious music market where commercials and sound bytes are the big money winners since they rely on licensing deals and not CD sales.

Manilow though ( my god I am embarassed to say this ) is a great performer I saw him in Las Vegas many times. His piano skills are up there with Elton John.

HolidayG1 02-28-2009 09:52 AM

scottsy, that would be a pretty accurate term. hehe Slippery When Wet by far is the band's highlight (and even that is no masterpiece). It's not that I couldn't see the Hall of Fame nominating BJ, but I find it humorous that anyone thought the band was a shoo-in when it became eligible this past year.

Barry Manilow has a talent for jingles, sure, and for those cheesy love songs. He's another one that I can't believe anyone would think would be a no-brainer for the HOF. he's been eligible for some time, and if he hasn't been considered as of yet, likely not to happen.


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