What's on your iPod?

Fraggle Rocker said:
Saw them in concert with the new guy a few years ago. Great show!
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Hi Fraggle, I'm sure they were\are still a good live band. I would like to see them in a small club, a kind of subdued show. I'm getting too old for big crowds and loud music. I would love to spend one full year going to shows, and not only well known acts.

As far as i recall, MTV played AIC a lot when MTV was just starting out. Probably where i first saw them. I love the animated video from, i think the song is "I stay away". It is still one of my all time favorite music videos...I am not a big fan of music videos...unless they have real actors or animation.
 
Sylvester said:
Hi Fraggle, I'm sure they were\are still a good live band. I would like to see them in a small club, a kind of subdued show. I'm getting too old for big crowds and loud music.
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I guess one of my promises to myself is never to be "too old to rock and roll." Since I have a slight hearing loss (wrong frequency to be caused by too many Black Sabbath concerts back in the day, my otolaryngologist assures me), a good pair of earplugs does the job.

I saw AinC at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in D.C. It only holds about 2,000 people, all comfortably seated, so it doesn't have the "big crowd" syndrome. Staley's replacement is a local boy who told us about seeing many, many concerts at that hall, and his dream was to one day play on that stage. It was really sweet that he actually got to do it. How many times can you hear an entire audience go "Awwww" at a hard rock concert?

I would love to spend one full year going to shows, and not only well known acts.
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I go out for live music at least once a month. All kinds, from Janis Ian, Marti Jones and other crooners who play at a small dinner theater in Annapolis, to bigger acts like Robin Trower and Zappa Plays Zappa at a larger dinner theater in Alexandria, to Seether and The Cult at a gigantic mosh pit in Baltimore, and even the last Lilith Fair, at an outdoor venue in Columbia a few miles from my office. And a few arena shows like The Cure and The Killers. I often go to the free chamber music concerts at the Smithsonian's National Gallery on Sunday evenings. Several of my friends are in bar bands so Friday or Saturday night is often for dancing. And I have one friend who is a composer and classical pianist, and previews his new compositions in his home.

As far as i recall, MTV played AIC a lot when MTV was just starting out. Probably where i first saw them. I love the animated video from, i think the song is "I stay away". It is still one of my all time favorite music videos...I am not a big fan of music videos...unless they have real actors or animation.
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Yes, that was back when MTV was still, barely "music television." The video format is no longer popular except in rap, country music and of course Latin American. The early 80s, the first years of MTV, were golden. When our cable company got MTV, we watched it all night, every night, for three weeks.

It's a long shot if you don't speak Spanish, but you might enjoy watching Jesse & Joy's video of their mega-hit "Con Quien Se Queda El Perro" (Who Gets the Dog?) It's a really sweet story about a couple who is breaking up except they can't decide that one important thing. It has real actors and real camera work. And a very amusing, unexpected ending. I saw them at the Fillmore in Maryland last year. I was the only gabacho in the audience but the crowd was pleased to see me there. And amazed when I knew the words to one of the songs and was singing along with everybody else.
 
cosmictraveler said:
Not many groups come here to Key west.
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25,000 people isn't a very big population to draw an audience from. I'm sure Jimmy Buffett plays there, and I'm sure everybody comes to hear him. ;)

I'm sure you like it there or you wouldn't stay, but I'd be very uncomfortable on a tiny island with a maximum elevation of 18ft! I wonder how many performers skip it for that reason.
 
I wasn't complaining but only giving the facts about here. I travel to Miami wherever there's a band I want to see about 2 hours away. Not many rock groups hit Miami any longer due to the Cuban population there.
 
Fraggle Rocker said:
I guess one of my promises to myself is never to be "too old to rock and roll." Since I have a slight hearing loss (wrong frequency to be caused by too many Black Sabbath concerts back in the day, my otolaryngologist assures me), a good pair of earplugs does the job.

I saw AinC at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in D.C. It only holds about 2,000 people, all comfortably seated, so it doesn't have the "big crowd" syndrome. Staley's replacement is a local boy who told us about seeing many, many concerts at that hall, and his dream was to one day play on that stage. It was really sweet that he actually got to do it. How many times can you hear an entire audience go "Awwww" at a hard rock concert?

I go out for live music at least once a month. All kinds, from Janis Ian, Marti Jones and other crooners who play at a small dinner theater in Annapolis, to bigger acts like Robin Trower and Zappa Plays Zappa at a larger dinner theater in Alexandria, to Seether and The Cult at a gigantic mosh pit in Baltimore, and even the last Lilith Fair, at an outdoor venue in Columbia a few miles from my office. And a few arena shows like The Cure and The Killers. I often go to the free chamber music concerts at the Smithsonian's National Gallery on Sunday evenings. Several of my friends are in bar bands so Friday or Saturday night is often for dancing. And I have one friend who is a composer and classical pianist, and previews his new compositions in his home.

Yes, that was back when MTV was still, barely "music television." The video format is no longer popular except in rap, country music and of course Latin American. The early 80s, the first years of MTV, were golden. When our cable company got MTV, we watched it all night, every night, for three weeks.

It's a long shot if you don't speak Spanish, but you might enjoy watching Jesse & Joy's video of their mega-hit "Con Quien Se Queda El Perro" (Who Gets the Dog?) It's a really sweet story about a couple who is breaking up except they can't decide that one important thing. It has real actors and real camera work. And a very amusing, unexpected ending. I saw them at the Fillmore in Maryland last year. I was the only gabacho in the audience but the crowd was pleased to see me there. And amazed when I knew the words to one of the songs and was singing along with everybody else.
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Hey...Fraggle, whats up there Buddy? I enjoyed reading your post, we have similar taste in music.

I am actually younger than the original members of AIC...so...:D I was always cognizant of loud music ever since i went to a concert in my early years and my ears were ringing the next day so luckily at approaching 50 my hearing is fairly good.

Truth is, from what i gather, the guitar player wrote the majority of their music, and even the early stuff.

Here is a list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Jerry_Cantrell

My opinion is it was a combination of the vocals and the song writer\guitar player, but the whole band were good musicians. The vocals are just too haunting...too good. They, along with Kurt Cobain\Nirvana and maybe Soundgarden created a whole new genre.

Lyrically they were a step above the norm, but I dont get wrapped up in lyrics and my post are often hyperbolic.

I would love to hear more ethnic stuff in this thread, like salsa, eastern music etc.

Here is the video...guarding the jar of flies...
[video=youtube;ODTv9Lt5WYs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODTv9Lt5WYs[/video]
 
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Saron Gas (Seether) Tied My Hands (Electric Original Version)

[video=youtube;FqLdeLMcZCY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqLdeLMcZCY[/video]
 
Aqueous Id said:
Cosmic,

I kid you not--I had just bookmarked some Velvet Underground thinking to post here. (Great minds think alike, huh?)

BTW I was briefly in Key West a very long time ago. All I can say m-e-l-l-o-w. Yeah, I could do that.



When were you here? Glad you enjoyed your stay. Where did you stay? You've heard the expression "laid back". well here we are "laid out".:cheers:


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You know I was talking to my friend desdemona the other day she
Runs this space station and bake shop down near boomtown. she told
Me that human beings are flawed individuals. the cosmic bakers
Took us out of the oven a little too early. and that's the
Reason were as crazy as we are and I believe it.

Take for example when you go to the movies these days, you know.
They try to sell you this jumbo drink, 8 extra ounces of watered
Down cherry coke for an extra 25 cents. I don't want it.
I don't want that much organziation in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my junior mints. where did the junior mints go in the
Movies. I don't want a 12 lb. nestles crunch for 25 dollars. i
Want junior mints.

We need more fruitcakes in this world and less bakers!
We need people that care! Im mad as hell! and I don't want to
Take it anymore!

Chorus:
Fruitcakes in the kitchen (fruitcakes in the kitchen)
Fruitcakes on the street (fruitcakes on the street)
Struttin naked through the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Half-baked cookies in the oven (cookies in the oven)
Half-baked people on the bus (people on the bus)
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

Paradise, lost and found
Paradise, take a look around
I was out in california where I hear they have it all
They got riots, fires, mud slides
They've got sushi in the mall
Water bars, brontasaurs, chinese modern lust
Shake and bake life with the quake
The secrets in the crust

Chorus:
Fruitcakes in the kitchen (fruitcakes in the kitchen)
Fruitcakes on the street (fruitcakes on the street)
Struttin naked through the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Half-baked cookies in the oven (cookies in the oven)
Half-baked people on the bus (people on the bus)
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

--spoken:
Speakin of fruitcakes, how bout the government?
Your tax dollars at work.

We lost our martian rocket ship
The high paid spokesman said
Looks like that silly rocket ship
Has lost it's cone shaped head
We spent 90 jillion dollars trying to get a look at mars
I hear universal laughter ringing out among the stars

Chorus:
Fruitcakes in the galaxy (fruitcakes in the galaxy)
Fuitcakes on the earth (fruitcakes on the earth)
Struttin naked towards eternity
Weve been that way since birth
Half-baked cookies in the oven (cookies in the oven)
Half-baked people on the bus (people on the bus)
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

--spoken:
Religion! religion! oh, there's a thin line between saturday
Night and sunday morning. here we go now.
Alright, alter boys.

Mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa
Mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa

Wheres the church, who took the steeple
Religion is in the hands of some crazy-ass people
Television preachers with bad hair and dimples
The gods honest truth is it's not that simple
Its the buddhist in you, it's the pagan in me
Its the muslim in him, she's catholic aint she?
Its the born again look it's the wasp and the jew
Tell me what's goin on, I aint gotta clue

--spoken:
Now here comes the big ones. relationships! we all got em, we
All want em. what do we do with em?
Here we go, I'll tell ya.

She said you gotta do your fair share
Now cough up half the rent
I treat my body like a temple
You treat yours like a tent
But the right word at the right time
May get me a little hug
That's the difference between lightning
And a harmless lightnin bug

Chorus:
Fruitcakes in the kitchen (fruitcakes in the kitchen)
Fruitcakes on the street (fruitcakes on the street)
Struttin naked through the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Half-baked cookies in the oven (cookies in the oven)
Half-baked people on the bus (people on the bus)
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

--spoken:
The future. captains log, stardate two thousand and something.

Were seven years from the millenium
That's a science fiction fact
Stanley kubrick and his buddy hal
Now don't look that abstract
So I'll put on my bob marley tape
And practice what I preach
Get jah lost in the reggae mon
As I walk along the beach
Stay in touch with my insanity really is the only way
Its a jungle out there kiddies
Have a very fruitful day
Hey.

Chorus:
Fruitcakes in the kitchen (fruitcakes in the kitchen)
Fruitcakes on the street (fruitcakes on the street)
Struttin naked through the crosswalk
In the middle of the week
Half-baked cookies in the oven (cookies in the oven)
Half-baked people on the bus (people on the bus)
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

--spoken:
That's right, you too. yeah those crumbs are spread all around
This universe. Ive seen fruitcakes. I saw this guy in santa
Monica rollerskate naked through the crosswalk. down in new
Orleans in the french market there are fruitcakes like you cannot
Believe. new york, forget it. fruitcake city. down island, weve got
Fruitcakes. spread them crumbs around. that's right, we want
Em around. keep bakin baby. keep bakin.
 
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