Rolling Stone: 10 Greatest Albums of All Time

Neapolitan · 08-08-2012, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

He's a big Pearl Jam fan

Really?? you have such a reputation for the hilarity I can't tell if you are serious or being "cheeky". I think of Pearl Jam as the Beatles of Grunge (or mnaybe it was Nirvana as The Beatles of Grunge) anyway I'm hard press to think why he would be a Pearl Jam fan. How could he be immune to Pearl Jam fanboyism and not tolerate Beatle fanboyism? Unless he was a fan from the beginning. And if he was I thought he would gravitate to Soundgarden, the Screaming Trees or the Melvins.

blastingas10 · 08-08-2012, 07:11 PM

Oh he's being sarcastic. No way is he a fan of pj.

Neapolitan · 08-08-2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Oh he's being sarcastic. No way is he a fan of pj.

Wha..? He wasn't a fan??

blastingas10 · 08-08-2012, 07:43 PM

Well have to hear it from jans but I'm pretty sure urban was joking.

**Janszoon** · 08-08-2012, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

You can laugh all you want, I said what I said not relying on wikipediae. Plus, I said ' they are the only band I know to ever use an Augmented chord.' I didn't say emphatically they are the one and only band to use an Augmented chord. And wiki kinda backs up what I said that augmented chords are 1.) "rare" in Rock, 2.) The Beatle used them, and 3.) some people like to hear an augmented chord, because there are a few songs listed that were hits that had them.

I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at blastingas' comment.

You kind of did imply that they were the only band to ever use an augmented chord though, and that's what I was disputing. Anyway...

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Just out of curiosity, janszoon, who are some of your favorite bands? I feel like ive never really got a feel for your taste of music.

You know, I do have links to my last.fm and two different journals about music I like right in my signature.

Neapolitan is right that I like the Cure, Nilsson, and Pram, but I've never listened to the Thermals (been meaning to give them a try though). I have a hard time picking favorites honestly—there's just way too much great music out there—but here's a little top 40 list I posted recently of the artists I've probably enjoyed the most in the past year. Some are artists I've loved for ages, some I've discovered more recently:

Pivixki
Swarrrm
Tin Hat Trio
The Flying Luttenbachers
Friedrich Gulda
Lionel Hampton
Shabazz Palaces
Atom & His Package
Horace Silver
Jacques Loussier
Lennie Tristano
Nikolai Kapustin
Necro
LMFAO
Painkiller
Naked City
Ufomammut
Necro Deathmort
Whores
Black Engine
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Morkobot
Harry Nilsson
Scott Joplin
Jelly Roll Morton
Herbie Mann
Art Blakey
Robert Johnson
Killing Joke
The Cure
Big L
The Beastie Boys
Ultraphallus
Electric Wizard
Huun-Huur-Tu
Lord Finesse
Kool G Rap
Bongripper
Witch Mountain

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Well have to hear it from jans but I'm pretty sure urban was joking.

I do actually like Pearl Jam. I'm not their number one fan or anything but Ten is a great album and they have quite a few good singles after that.

Key · 08-08-2012, 09:05 PM

On the topic of Pearl Jam, I really like Vs. and Vitalogy. Unfortunately, I sort of forgot about them and didn't bother listening to the albums after those. I'll probably go back to them sometime, but they aren't on my "I need to listen to this right now" list or anything.

blastingas10 · 08-08-2012, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at blastingas' comment.

You kind of did imply that they were the only band to ever use an augmented chord though, and that's what I was disputing. Anyway...

You know, I do have links to my last.fm and two different journals about music I like right in my signature.

Neapolitan is right that I like the Cure, Nilsson, and Pram, but I've never listened to the Thermals (been meaning to give them a try though). I have a hard time picking favorites honestly—there's just way too much great music out there—but here's a little top 40 list I posted recently of the artists I've probably enjoyed the most in the past year. Some are artists I've loved for ages, some I've discovered more recently:

Pivixki
Swarrrm
Tin Hat Trio
The Flying Luttenbachers
Friedrich Gulda
Lionel Hampton
Shabazz Palaces
Atom & His Package
Horace Silver
Jacques Loussier
Lennie Tristano
Nikolai Kapustin
Necro
LMFAO
Painkiller
Naked City
Ufomammut
Necro Deathmort
Whores
Black Engine
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Morkobot
Harry Nilsson
Scott Joplin
Jelly Roll Morton
Herbie Mann
Art Blakey
Robert Johnson
Killing Joke
The Cure
Big L
The Beastie Boys
Ultraphallus
Electric Wizard
Huun-Huur-Tu
Lord Finesse
Kool G Rap
Bongripper
Witch Mountain

I do actually like Pearl Jam. I'm not their number one fan or anything but Ten is a great album and they have quite a few good singles after that.

Can't say I'm familiar with all of them. We do share some common ground, though. I didn't know you were a fan of Robert Johnson.

**Janszoon** · 08-08-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

Can't say I'm familiar with all of them. We do share some common ground, though. I didn't know you were a fan of Robert Johnson.

Yeah, he's good stuff. It's funny, it's actually taken me a really long time to get into straight delta blues. I've always liked blues inflected and blues-hybrid music a lot (Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, etc.), but I ended up coming to appreciate early blues via my interest in early jazz pretty recently.

blastingas10 · 08-09-2012, 02:55 AM

Skip James, son house and Robert Johnson are some of the greatest. That fingerstyle, especially that of rj, is a pretty difficult style to play. Especially when you combine singing with it, he had some very difficult cross-tempos.

Blues is such a versatile music. I mean, there is music that is nothing like the blues that utilizes the blues style. I heard a fat boy slim song on the radio (not that I'm a fan) and it had some bluesy guitar. It got me thinking of all the music that sounds nothing like the blues but utilizes some blues techniques. There are so many style that dip into the blues bag of tricks.

Rjinn · 08-09-2012, 09:57 AM

Blues till today has been one of the most innovated of all genres. I do like the oldies Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddly, Albert King etc. There was just something so real with basic blues, and it's not just the lyrics.

Sometimes I wonder where the hell we'd be today without blues.

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08-09-2012, 09:57 AM	#240 (permalink)
Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	Blues till today has been one of the most innovated of all genres. I do like the oldies Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddly, Albert King etc. There was just something so real with basic blues, and it's not just the lyrics. Sometimes I wonder where the hell we'd be today without blues. __________________ last.fm

08-08-2012, 07:11 PM	#232 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Oh he's being sarcastic. No way is he a fan of pj.

08-08-2012, 07:43 PM	#234 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Well have to hear it from jans but I'm pretty sure urban was joking.

08-08-2012, 09:05 PM	#236 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	On the topic of Pearl Jam, I really like Vs. and Vitalogy. Unfortunately, I sort of forgot about them and didn't bother listening to the albums after those. I'll probably go back to them sometime, but they aren't on my "I need to listen to this right now" list or anything.

08-09-2012, 02:55 AM	#239 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	Skip James, son house and Robert Johnson are some of the greatest. That fingerstyle, especially that of rj, is a pretty difficult style to play. Especially when you combine singing with it, he had some very difficult cross-tempos. Blues is such a versatile music. I mean, there is music that is nothing like the blues that utilizes the blues style. I heard a fat boy slim song on the radio (not that I'm a fan) and it had some bluesy guitar. It got me thinking of all the music that sounds nothing like the blues but utilizes some blues techniques. There are so many style that dip into the blues bag of tricks.