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USCHO Music Thread 4: Songs She Sang to Me, Songs She Brang to Me

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rufus said:
Avalon is a masterpiece. My go-to for demo-ing a new piece of stereo equipment.
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I liked the first song, I'd heard it before and I suspect a number of people have.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I liked the first song, I'd heard it before and I suspect a number of people have.
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Listen to it again. And not just for the songs, let it wash over you, experience it. And play it loud. It's a technical masterpiece as well, some of the best work Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig ever did. Of course, the better the system it's listened to on, the better those small details jump out at you.

I've probably played it 15 times over the past year, bought the SACD multi-channel mix, which is another technical masterpiece, and have a UK vinyl copy on its way, said to be even better sounding than the US version. Can never get tired of this record.
 
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rufus said:
Listen to it again. And not just for the songs, let it wash over you, experience it. And play it loud. It's a technical masterpiece as well, some of the best work Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig ever did. Of course, the better the system it's listened to on, the better those small details jump out at you.

I've probably played it 15 times over the past year, bought the SACD multi-channel mix, which is another technical masterpiece, and have a UK vinyl copy on its way, said to be even better sounding than the US version. Can never get tired of this record.
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I'll get back to it eventually. I'd love to revisit my list when I'm done. There's a sort of bias introduced when you are going in order of someone else's list. For instance, since Merle Haggard's record was so low on Rolling Stone's list, I might have artificially ranked him too low. THere's a lot of movement in my lists compared to RS and I'd be interested to see how I rank things the second time through. Might be interesting to listen to the list chronologically too.

That and I'm hoping to have a better appreciation for more genres by the time I'm done. So maybe I see another drastic change if I have a better appreciation for glam rock bands like Roxy Music.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Wanna go way back hit up the Runaways. In hindsight, that was a supergroup.
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True, and it's so odd that they went in different directions. Joan Jett went pop-punk. Lita Ford went 80s metal/pop. Micki Steele was in The Bangles, who were either 80s pop (Manic Monday) or new wave (Walk Like an Egyptian).
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
True, and it's so odd that they went in different directions. Joan Jett went pop-punk. Lita Ford went 80s metal/pop. Micki Steele was in The Bangles, who were either 80s pop (Manic Monday) or new wave (Walk Like an Egyptian).
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To further the tree, Bangles were a true band, where the Go Gos (stiOIll like them) were a man-made band, and then Belinda went solo.

In other words, the Go Go's tried to be the Bangles.
 
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"Walk Like an Egyptian" was the #1 song on the charts the week I was born in 1986. So, I've developed a soft spot for The Bangles. They're still better than some of the other mid-to-late 80s/early 90s big hair sh*t that is my guilty pleasure.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
"Walk Like an Egyptian" was the #1 song on the charts the week I was born in 1986. So, I've developed a soft spot for The Bangles. They're still better than some of the other mid-to-late 80s/early 90s big hair sh*t that is my guilty pleasure.
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Billboard says "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" was the #1 song the week I was born...not too shabby.
 
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