The Official Hard Rock / Classic Metal Music Discussion and Memorabilia Thread!

[TAC]

thought I would throw it in there for something different rather than Heatseeker.

Thank you for that. Still many great tracks to pick from. I'm glad you played the one you did.

Liked the Angel Dust tune.

[Podaar]

I'm downloading the podcast now so I can give it a listen. Looking forward to it.

[BlobVanDam]

Just started the podcast. I dug the King Kobra track. I only have Ready to Strike out of the '80s stuff.

[Podaar]

Ha, I remember that Smashed Gladys song! I don't think I've even heard it since '88 

[TAC]

Ha, I remember that Smashed Gladys song! I don't think I've even heard it since '88 

Same here. So awful!

[Podaar]

I forgot how much I liked "Blood Red Skies" off Ram It Down. Nice pick...although it's probably been the same amount of time since I heard it last.

I'm trying to listen while working and there was a song or a group that you introduced as "Angel Dust" that I liked but I'm not finding it when I Google it. Do you have a list of songs you played on the podcast?

[TAC]

  Do you have a list of songs you played on the podcast?

I will post the countdown in the thread late next week anyway.

That Angel Dust tune was excellent.

[Podaar]

  Do you have a list of songs you played on the podcast?

I will post the countdown in the thread late next week anyway.

[jjrock88]

Blood Red Skies is one of the best Priest songs ever! Just might be their most underrated tune

[Podaar]

That Jeff Healey song is really up my alley. I may need to investigate him more.

[TAC]

Was definitely not expecting Jeff Healey here, though he was excellent.


Riot/Krokus back the back was 

[TAC]

 
The fall asleep comment was perfectly timed, because I just opened up the page to say that if that Barnes song made the Top 60, then the Bottom 60 must really suck!

My word, that was horrific!

[Lowdz]

Ha, I remember that Smashed Gladys song! I don't think I've even heard it since '88 

Same here. So awful!

Hey I like that album!

[TAC]

I'm sure you do!


I definitely remember hearing that song back in the day.

I'm up to Kingdom Comeshot. I don't remember Stone Fury getting Zep Ripped.
I think it was get It On that caused the comments.

Am I the only one who hears Def Lep's Another Hit And Run on Shout It Out?


Yes, skip the Chicago, please.



SFSGSW is awesome! But you picked the worst song on the album to play. In My Hour Of Darkness might be a TAC Top 20 track of all time, and Mary Jane

[bl5150]

"Awful", "horrific"....................never change Tim.  Your honesty is refreshing 

I was ducking for cover mentally as I included some of these tracks , but then I know that pretty much every single track will be enjoyed by at least one of you and I didn't want it to all be predictable. . I made a point of sticking to my guns and including a few left of centre .  Good to see Jeff Healey get some love 

 And Kade will likely back me up on Barnesy      It's like Vegemite - if you grow up with it , you like it.    The track I chose was the only one I could think of that some outside Australia would know , but technically it's INXS covering The Easybeats (a 60's Australian band) with Barnes guesting - so not necessarily representative.   If I had grown up with Blondie..........who knows? 

Am I the only one who hears Def Lep's Another Hit And Run on Shout It Out?


Yes, skip the Chicago, please.



SFSGSW is awesome! But you picked the worst song on the album to play. In My Hour Of Darkness might be a TAC Top 20 track of all time, and Mary Jane

I can hear the Def Lep a bit , yeah.

Chicago was the only one where I thought the bagging would be so merciless , I might just pass 

I'm not a big fan of Anarchy either , but in some cases I went for the more well known track.



34 downloads so far and I haven't mentioned it outside this thread .............so thanks for the support whoever you are

[TAC]

"Awful", "horrific"....................never change Tim.  Your honesty is refreshing 

All I can say is Slim Dusty better not be in the Top 10!

34 downloads so far and I haven't mentioned it outside this thread .............so thanks for the support whoever you are

I downloaded it twice thinking the first one was a mistake!


Either that or the young guns really think it's 1998!

[TAC]

I remember 220 Volt!

[bl5150]

I'm impressed that you even know who Slim Dusty is Tim

[TAC]

I'm impressed that you even know who Slim Dusty is Tim

Don't get too excited.  We wore this video out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nck7CHPRPoI

Rolf Harris too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTR-kGgF2EI

[bl5150]

I see.   I barely know who Slim Dusty is 

The less said about Rolfy these days the better 

[TAC]

I see.   I barely know who Slim Dusty is 

The less said about Rolfy these days the better 

Why, has Rolf passed away?

I remember seeing a picture of him with Bruce Dickinson. I did a google search but it's not coming up.

[bl5150]

Google "Rolf Harris child sex abuse"

[TAC]

Google "Rolf Harris child sex abuse"

Oh, get out! Wow.

[jjrock88]

I never heard of him before but that Rolf is a piece of thrash

[bl5150]

I never heard of him before but that Rolf is a piece of thrash

You are so metal JJ , even when you're not intending to be.

[jjrock88]

 


If anyone deserves a Ric Flair low blow, its Rolf

[BlobVanDam]

Finished getting through the podcast. I gotta say that until the top 10 or so, it was starting to sound too samey for me. A lot of "I can't believe it's not Maiden/Priest/Queensryche", and of course those bands too.

The tail end was great though!
I'm not a big fan of Out of This World, as you pointed out many weren't, but still glad to see Europe included.
Of course VH had to be in there. Not a huge fan of the album, but I still like it. Not a song I would have chosen from the album, and I can't say I agree with you on F.U.C.K.
WINGER! Madelaine is one of my favs from the album.
Skyscraper - I love DLR, but not so much with Vai. I'm just not a Vai fan. But it's DLR, so you still get points.
Too Hot To Sleep. Fuck yeah. It's hard to go wrong with any song, but nonetheless great choice.
I'm not familiar with the song you chose from New Jersey, but I enjoyed it. I tend to stick to the same tracks from NJ but have neglected a few, so you've prompted me to give that a more thorough listen.
No Rest For the Wicked is one of my least favourite Ozzy albums, but it's still Ozzy dammit. Again, great track choice though.
Odyssey - I like this album even though I'm not much of an Yngwie fan. Solid song, not a favourite. Probably would have gone with Crystal Ball myself.

There's only one notable omission for me, which you already addressed in the outro. Still should have been top 10 though.

There were a few songs/albums in there that I might check out, can't remembered the names as I only jotted down the timestamps for now.

[bl5150]

Finished getting through the podcast. I gotta say that until the top 10 or so, it was starting to sound too samey for me. A lot of "I can't believe it's not Maiden/Priest/Queensryche", and of course those bands too.

The tail end was great though!
I'm not a big fan of Out of This World, as you pointed out many weren't, but still glad to see Europe included.
Of course VH had to be in there. Not a huge fan of the album, but I still like it. Not a song I would have chosen from the album, and I can't say I agree with you on F.U.C.K.
WINGER! Madelaine is one of my favs from the album.
Skyscraper - I love DLR, but not so much with Vai. I'm just not a Vai fan. But it's DLR, so you still get points.
Too Hot To Sleep. Fuck yeah. It's hard to go wrong with any song, but nonetheless great choice.
I'm not familiar with the song you chose from New Jersey, but I enjoyed it. I tend to stick to the same tracks from NJ but have neglected a few, so you've prompted me to give that a more thorough listen.
No Rest For the Wicked is one of my least favourite Ozzy albums, but it's still Ozzy dammit. Again, great track choice though.
Odyssey - I like this album even though I'm not much of an Yngwie fan. Solid song, not a favourite. Probably would have gone with Crystal Ball myself.

There's only one notable omission for me, which you already addressed in the outro. Still should have been top 10 though.

There were a few songs/albums in there that I might check out, can't remembered the names as I only jotted down the timestamps for now.

Thanks Blob - glad you enjoyed it.   I know that a lot of what you liked about the latter parts will likely piss others off , but those of us who also like our AOR will rate them .  I thought there was decent variety along the way but I suppose when everything is within a certain genre there's only so much variety on offer.

If you hear all your faves and pick up a new artist or two , that's the goal.   There will likely be a few more for you in the next podcast - it has a few of my favourite SONGS from 1988 that were on (IMHO) less consistent albums.

As far as song choices go - I agree on things like Crystal Ball being a better song , but in the end I just chose songs for whatever reason     In the case of Deja Vu I thought a few people may know it better than a song like Crystal Ball .  Bringing back memories was a goal too.

On VH..........I still like F.U.C.K but from a guitarists point of view I felt that he started recycling some very basic licks over and over from that period on and the fat guitar tone of the Music Man (at the time) only added to that for me.  That sort of tone just wasn't him to my ears.   There were exceptions.....the solos on songs like The Dream Is Over and Pleasure Dome were classic Ed.

[BlobVanDam]

I think it was more a matter of when you listen to a block of 50 or so songs from the same year and similar genre all for the first time, it will tend to blur together a bit. It's like when you get a new album and sometimes it will sound samey, then once you listen to it a few more times the differences become more apparent. I'll have to give it another skim later and see what begins to stand out. Either way there was some new stuff in there to check out.
Can't wait for part 2.

[wolfking]

Yeah, won't get onto downloading this until probably tomorrow night, but from the reading here it's full of music win!  Looking forward to it.

Yeah, got a soft spot for Barnsey but disappointed to read which track you chose Brent, but can see why.

Agree with Jason on Blood Red Skies too.

[TAC]

Listening to the Top 15 this morning before work...


Nice VH tune. I did not take to 5150, but I really liked OU812 when it came out.

[TAC]

Even though I bought Long Cold Winter, I think I only listened to it a few times. I liked their debut, but in '88, I was getting back into speedier and thrashier stuff.

I thought you weren't going to play Chicago!. Oh wait, it's House Of Lords.
I actually saw them and I must say that their singer was one of the three worst frontmen I'd ever seen. All he did was strut and mug to the crowd.



 

[bl5150]

Here comes number 10...........

[TAC]

Winger?? Seriously?? A Top 10 album?? Top 100? No way. One of the worst things I have ever heard in my entire life. I can't even..
I'd rather listen to an hour of Slim Dusty FFS!

How an anyone even play this with a straight face?

I'm having A HEART ATTACK RIGHT NOW.


And you're a rotten Dad too for putting poor Ben in this position.

[bl5150]

 Nice - that makes it all worth it