From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2001 #15 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Saturday, January 6 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 015 This the digest version of the Bomp list. ***HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE:*** Send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or go to . Here's what people are yacking about in this digest: Re: Good bands go bad Re: most hated Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Dolemite Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Re:classic rock and worse Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Queen Re: The Suck List Moreen5000@aol.com Re: Let's All Pat Ourselves On The Back Right Now! Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Radio Ga-Ga Subject: Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups Heyjoerein@aol.com Re: Good bands go bad Moreen5000@aol.com Re: most hated Heyjoerein@aol.com marmalade records Euphorik6@aol.com classic rock and worse Rdten1@aol.com Re: drugs donuts n' dope in the parking lot Moreen5000@aol.com most hated Rdten1@aol.com Re: drugs donuts n' dope in the parking lot Rdten1@aol.com Classic Rock CRUD "Mike Markesich" The Electric Prunes at the Embassy theater in Watham,Ma Lyrebasrc@aol.com Re: Classic Rock CRUD Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Sucking in the 70s (and beyond) "Blair" Lyres originals (was; It's Them) "Jeroen Vedder" Don't Dis Queen "Dan McCormack" Re: REO errorwagon? Sknoof@aol.com bad radio "Linda" Re: Classic Rock CRUD brian marshall Re: Don't Dis Queen brian marshall Re: most hated brian marshall Definitve Suck List? "Mike Dugo" neil young Euphorik6@aol.com BOC not REO yeeyeemgt@webtv.net (Michael Quirk) Fw: Queen "Jeffrey Mlinscek" BOC, not REO! Rocky Serkowney Re: most hated Rocky Serkowney Re: neil young brian marshall Fw: Castaways (no, not that new Tom Hanks movie) "Jeffrey Mlinscek" Re: Pat Metheny HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: The Yawn List brian marshall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 01 22:07:28 +1100 From: Subject: Re: Good bands go bad >From: Rat Pfink >Subject: Re: The Yawn List >Being not-far-removed from The Byrds and Hollies >isn't necessarily a good thing, either (The Eagles >come immediately to mind.) Indeed, the Byrds and the Hollies were obviously well past their prime in the '70s. Anyone feel like hearing 'He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother'? Well, do ya?? - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:17:59 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: most hated In a message dated 1/5/01 11:13:35 PM, noisejunkie@rocketmail.com writes: << 15. Rush (Shows you anyone can have a career warbling pseudo-philosophical songs in a bad Alvin Chipmunk voice) >> that's a real possibilty for all-time lamest crummiest band. they were (are?) the complete package: crummy pseudo-profound 'literary' lyrics, awful singing, drum solos, and absolutely no sense of spontaniety or fun. rush - in addition to sucking complete and total ass - rush makes being in band sound a lot less like fun, and more like some kind of god damn philosophical/observational responsibility. today's tom sawyer says your band SUCKS. these guys couldn't rock their way out of a wet paper bag. truly horrendous. i'm ready ready geddy to rock & roll. << 16. Gwen Stefani and No Doubt (This woman and this band make me physically ill.) >> me too. & isn't that really clever how she anticipated that totally unanticipated wave of 80s nostalgia by coloring her hair terri nunn pink?? what a god-awful irritant. & speaking of irritant - has anyone mentioned MADONNA? rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:20:45 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Dolemite In a message dated 1/6/01 12:39:16 AM, stoneager@hotmail.com writes: << Double take of Rudy's fat ass tumbling over a hill nekkid... and "Petey Wheatstraw" features >> hell yeah!! the "instant replay" -? that's definitely the high point of that movie...unfortunately, for me, it's all down hill from there. how could you top that? rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:35:50 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Re:classic rock and worse In a message dated 1/6/01 3:07:40 AM, eldeluxe@mcn.net writes: << Meanwhile go back to what you like, and don't dwell on the crap the mindless masses are force fed. >> i actually really enjoy the occasional dissing of shitty music that goes on on the list; i think it's a much-needed venting for everybody, and not to mention it's occasionally funny as fuck. i'm sorry, but i hadn't thought of "hocus-pocus" by focus for ages, and when i read that last night, i was totally cracking up. rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 01 21:46:19 +1100 From: Subject: Re: Queen > I was a junior in HS when Queen's Sheer Heart Attack album came out. And >it >was a welcome change for all of us who hated with a passion, the boring crap >that ruled the FM radio rock programmer's playlists at the time. Against a >backdrop of Yes and their J.R. Tolkeinesque bullshit, Led Zep Zofo mystical >hogwash, Duane Allman outlaw bumpkin adoration /Eric Clapton'sjunkie >noodlings, and Chicago (yeah, fucking Chic-a-go?!!), Queen were mean, lean, >funny, and cool as Iggy. Uh....Bohemian Rhapsody??? - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:52:02 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: The Suck List In a message dated 1/5/01 7:48:51 PM, buscareno@earthlink.net writes: << >This far I've agreed with everything on this classic- rock- suck-list- >topic, >except for Free. I think they were great. Nobody has mentioned >the worst of them all: QUEEN. >> As I said earlier I love Free, but I am more than likely to switch the dial when they play " All Right Now " cuz I've heard it a zillion times, now if they'd play " The Hunter " or " Fire and Water " ... as for Queen, I love the first LP, and bits of the second Lp and Sheer Heart Attack LP as well but I think they lost it after that, a little too overdone and over blown ( no puns intended ) for me, but their early stuff was great, AC 30's on ten an' all !!! ... and CSN&Y, hey I like the first 2 LP's, and the live LP and a good chunk of Neil Young's early solo stuff, and the first David Crosby LP is not a bad LP either ( if someone told ya it was actually a lost session by ex - members of The Byrds, Love, Moby Grape, Beau Brummels and other " kool " artists and not Crosby with members of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, I think more people would actually dig it ). The actual problem with a lot of what we hear by these bands is really that we all get sick of hearing the same tracks over an over whenever we turn the radio on. I seem to recall that many " Classic Rock " stations used to ( and many still do I believe ) subscribe to a service that actually told them not only what to play, but even what time of the day to play it. Before that time many early FM Rock stations used to play an incredible variety of stuff in the late 60's early 70's, and the DJ's even told ya what they were playing, this if I remember correctly was before it became " Classic Rock ". This programming format was what actually later developed into what is now known as " Classic Rock ". And yes it is designed to appeal to the widest possible mainstream demographic, because what it all boils down to is that the station doesn't really care that a small percentage of their listenership may want to hear something other and more than the 3 or 4 " approved " songs by an artist, what the station really wants to do is appeal to the widest possible demographic audience ( within that genre of music whatever it may be ) so they can get good numbers in the ratings, so they can crank up the ad rates, and sell waterbed, lasik eye surgery, and car etc etc ads. Which means that we're gonna get stuck hearing " Turn the Page " Hotel California " " Aqualung", " Money ", " Barracuda " Stairway to Heaven", " More Than a Feeling "," Smoke on the Water " et al til they're bleeding out our ears. The best solution is to just turn the damn radio off except to listen to the traffic report, then jam a cassette or a CD ( or maybe an old Sabbath 8- track ) into their respective players with something you really like on it, so you don't have to hear stuff like Kansas and Foreigner and Toto and post "Meddle" Pink Floyd and the rest of all that horrific stuff. AUGH !!! I left my Dead Flowers Transworld tape back at the house !!! maureen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 06:42:01 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Let's All Pat Ourselves On The Back Right Now! In a message dated 1/5/01 11:45:01 PM, Sknoof@aol.com writes: << By the way, do I stand alone on "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"?? Shit, that record represents a good chunk of my high school years. >> mike i don't like that particular song that much, i dont hate it or anything, but there's quite a bit of the first two CSN/CSNY records that i like more. i have always dug marakesh express & you don't have to cry on the first one, and deja-vu on country girl on the second. the later albums bore the crap out of me, but i think there's quite a bit of good music on the first 2 - most of which is never on the radio. rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 01 21:55:00 +1100 From: Subject: Re: Radio Ga-Ga >We have a album rock-AAA station here, and i swear the PD thought >Foreigner and Guess Who were the origins of rock. Really. They fired my >pal who was the number one dj in the state, 'cause he had the nerve to >play a Duane Eddy song that wasn't on the consultants playlist!! I've heard this kind of thing before. If a DJ attempts to slip in a good song, the station loses a thousand mindless listeners who won't hear the next car sale ad. The sponsor pulls out, the DJ gets sacked, and a more "compliant" guy is put in his place. I've heard that international 'classic rock' playlists are determined by two or three people in power. Does anyone know the factual details of corporate radio programming? Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:27:38 EST From: Heyjoerein@aol.com Subject: Subject: Re: smash hits...and their soundalike followups Swingin Medallions Double Shot = She Drives Me Out Of My Mind ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:34:56 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: Good bands go bad In a message dated 1/6/01 6:09:29 AM, sykadelik@one.net.au writes: << >From: Rat Pfink >Subject: Re: The Yawn List >Being not-far-removed from The Byrds and Hollies >isn't necessarily a good thing, either (The Eagles >come immediately to mind.) Indeed, the Byrds and the Hollies were obviously well past their prime in the '70s. Anyone feel like hearing 'He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother'? Well, do ya?? - -Peter M >> Not after the time I went on a school trip to Italy and allthere was on the planes stereo system was music provided from Columbia / Epic Records . The rock music " channel " had The Hollies on it and tho' I loved the early stuff like " Look Thru Any Window ", I think I must have heard " He ain't Heavy " maybe 500 times, which was easily 600 times too many. Luckily me and my friend got the "waitresses in the sky" to give us a mess of those little bottles of scotch and gin which eased the pain considerably. On a happier note, during the trip, we all went to Pompeii, and the tour bus had a small record player in it ( with a tonearm that felt like it tracked at about 16 tons ), and the only records the driver had were The Zombies " Time of the Season " and Deep Purple's version of "Hush ", so we got to hear them all day. I even got to be DJ after waking up after zonking out from a drunken and stoned stupor while tripping in the back of the bus, and upon seeing the smoke from the funnels of the big ships in the harbor in Pompeii, I started running up and the down the bus aisle yelling to everyone that the volcano was gonna erupt. So I had to sit up front with the teachers and chaperones for the rest of the trip that day until after we stopped for dinner and they forgot about me after my friend Vinnie pulled an even sillier stunt. actually it's a hell of a lot easier to pry tiles from the walls and stuff of the Vatican with a switchblade than you'd think ... maureen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:46:35 EST From: Heyjoerein@aol.com Subject: Re: most hated I'd like to add these to the AM rock list: "Hey Jude" na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na adnauseum "In The Summertime" - Mungo Jerry "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" - ?? "I Got A Brand New Pair Of Rollerskates" - Melanie "Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Birds And The Bees" - Jewel Akins So many, many more! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:29:46 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: marmalade records after the immediate singles box & the disappointing planet records CD, i am wondering if anybody knows if there has ever been a complete marmalade reords discography put together? this label sounds like a prime candidate for comprehensive reissuing - sounds like a lot of good stuff was on marmalade...the blossom toes, brian auger & julie driscoll, & the odd interesting-sounding single i've come across in the tapestry of delights book. i wonder, though, if this wouldn't be a licensing nightmare; the blossom toes stuff has only (that i know of) ever come out (legit) on a long-outta print japanese CD, and that brian auger recently bought all the rights back to his old stuff from whoever had owned them previously. does georgio gomelsky still own the rights to all this music? aside from the quality of the music, there is a historical angle to any reissue of marmalade stuff, too, as this was one of the earliest british indie labels. anybody know anything about this? i haven't been able to turn up anything on the web - not so far, anyway. rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:54:37 EST From: Rdten1@aol.com Subject: classic rock and worse At least in my neck of the woods (Northern Virginia), virtually every radio station has reverted to playing the same top 20 hits of whichever genre they're peddling ... Regardless of whether you're listening to a '60s station, '70s, metal, "alternative" (whatever that means), etc., its the same old stuff day after day. Coupled with the fact more and more bands seem to delight in sounding alike (be they angry young white guys, angry rappers, or Faith Hill wannabes (my personal vote for the greatest threat facing American society), it's no surprise I seldom listen to commercial radio anymore. This probably sounds kind of dumb, but I truly miss the days when radio wasn't nearly as regimented. I can remember hearing DJs play Zepplin, Al Green and Roger Miller back to back. Mind you I'm not a big Zepplin or Miller fan, but it was kind of neat not knowing what you'd hear next. These days you can probably guess what the next song in the rotation is likely to be ... Scott (RDTEN1@aol.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:12:12 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: drugs donuts n' dope in the parking lot In a message dated 1/5/01 7:17:21 PM, Euphorik6@aol.com writes: << In a message dated 1/5/01 6:25:32 PM, AlanW@SeattleArtMuseum.org writes: << I do like some early Zep >> the only zeppelin i don't like (aside from overplayed stuff like stairway) is most of "in through the out door" (too synthy) and just about everything on "coda" (too boring). this is asheton-specs-and-fleece-jacket-wearing teenage stoner music par excellence. at least it was when i was in high school....there's a lot of bong-water under the bridge with me and physical graffiti. whenever i think of zeppelin, i will always think of those stoner kids that used to hang out and get high in the parking lot before high school, cranking "i can't quit you baby" or "ten years gone." anyway, i still like em. rob >> Yeah Rob !!! Sounds like you went to the same school I did. All we did was hang out in our cars in the parking lot getting high on bongers and drinkin' Thunderbird and Boone's Farm all day. Listening to Black Sabbath and Zeppelin and BOC and Alice Cooper and the Stooges ( at least I had Stooges and MC5 8 tracks ) Deep Purple and the Dolls and the first Queen LP. Some of us doing holeshots and donuts in our Chevelles, GTX's, Roadrunners and Cuda's. We never went to school until it got too cold out, or when we couldn't bribe the security guard any further with dope and another brew, or else we'd go hang out in the woods, build a fire, get a keg, crank up Master of Reality, Zeppelin II or the first Stooges LP. we're gonna have a real cool time ... maureen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:01:02 EST From: Rdten1@aol.com Subject: most hated The supply of talentless radio staples is truly mind boggling - Kenny Rogers, Lionel Ritchie, Helen Reddy, Dee Snyder and Twisted Sister; even Bono is beginning to bug me ... That said, my personal vote for lack of talent ... Michael Bolton ! I must be allergic to his voice or something, 'cause every time I hear something he's done I have this urge to retch. Scott (RDTEN1@aol.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:05:47 EST From: Rdten1@aol.com Subject: Re: drugs donuts n' dope in the parking lot That kind of hectic school schedule must have done wonders for your GPA ... I'm sure you cry every time you think about all the fun you missed by not going to algebra, civics, Spanish and other classes LOL, Scott (RDTEN1@aol.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:00:19 -0500 From: "Mike Markesich" Subject: Classic Rock CRUD Mike F chimed in: >By the way, do I stand alone on "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"?? Shit, that record represents a good chunk of my high school years. That song is too shitty for description in my book. Anything those three (or four) did, YUK! When Nashie wails "How Do You Catch The Spar------row" above the fat ass cape wearer and the failed Monkee audtionee, well, that is wretched pain on the inner ear. And the song was written for Judy Collins?!?!?! - GAG! She's at the bottom of the attractive female barometer, and her elevator standard "Both Sides Now" is another slice of dreck that won't go away. And how about Neil Young? I cannot STAND his tortured nasal whine, I don't care how "cool" or what his stance on rock & roll is, that voice...ARRGGHH! Mop Top Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:58:56 EST From: Lyrebasrc@aol.com Subject: The Electric Prunes at the Embassy theater in Watham,Ma Does anyone remember this rockin' show, I have never heard anyone talk about, This was my first live band experience, I was a young teen, I sat there , mouth agape, transfixed and transformed forever!!! I cant recall the year. rick ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:16:03 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Classic Rock CRUD In a message dated 1/6/01 8:58:44 AM, moptopmike@mindspring.com writes: << And how about Neil Young? I cannot STAND his tortured nasal whine, I don't care how "cool" or what his stance on rock & roll is, that voice...ARRGGHH! >> sorry, can't go there. i fuckin love neil young. just about everything the guy did (major exceptions being "trans" & the rest of the aimless geffen period, & the pearl jam record) from buffalo springfield to now. i love his voice. neil young is, in my book, definitely cool. rob ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 2001 09:28:17 -0500 From: "Blair" Subject: Re: Sucking in the 70s (and beyond) >Excellent shit list. I'd add Billy Joel and Guns & Posers, although there >are people on this list who dig them so I'll keep quiet. I kinda like "Sweet Child Of Mine" and "Paradise City". I just think both should've stopped after only a couple minutes. And that cover LP they did ended up giving me a chance to turn my teenaged cousins on to The Dead Boys. - - Blair (who doesn't hate Billy Joel, either) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:07:51 +0100 From: "Jeroen Vedder" Subject: Lyres originals (was; It's Them) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:46:31 -0500 From: "Dan McCormack" Subject: Don't Dis Queen Kudos to Jon Weiss and Blair who stood up for those of us who found the fast loud rockin' side of Queen quite refreshing in the early to mid 70s. As a junior high degenerate in that era I found rock n' roll salvation in songs like Death On Two Legs and Sheer Heart Attack (found on the News Of The World album), amongst others. If I'm not mistaken some of the better Queen rockers were penned by drummer Roger Taylor. Brian May's wall of VOX amp attack still stands alone as one of the most menacing guitar assaults ever recorded. So there! Dan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 10:08:26 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Re: REO errorwagon? Saw this, re: REO: <> God, no! (Unless they covered it and I don't know about it, but I doubt that.......) That was the second song on "Tyranny & Mutation" by Blue Oyster Cult.....their second album and one of my very most favorite Guilty Pleasures. The most bone-headed lyrics you'll ever hear.....but the music....wow. Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:14:47 +0000 From: "Linda" Subject: bad radio Here in the Baltimore/Washington area, we have a station that proclaims it's "progressive, free form". No playlists; dj-driven. Sounds promising, huh? Well, it's butt-awful. The house band (as they call it ) is the Grateful Dead. And ALL the DJs absolutely go ga-ga over jam bands... it's a steady diet of Phish, Government Mule, Widespread Panic with some boring blues and Sarah McLachlan-type breathy female singers thrown in... get the picture? You'd think a radio station that is truly progressive and free form would hire a DJ with different musical taste, but nooooo. To be fair, some of the DJs will play Bomp-worthy tunes here and there, but it's not worth the torture to have to listen to all the other crap in the meantime. Ya know, I'd almost rather listen to classic rock -- at least I can tune that out, but that jam-band stuff makes me feel like ripping off my head and throwing it at the radio. - -Linda ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:31:42 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: Classic Rock CRUD - --- Euphorik6@aol.com wrote: > > > > sorry, can't go there. i fuckin love neil young. > just about everything > the guy did (major exceptions being "trans" & the > rest of the aimless geffen > period, & the pearl jam record) from buffalo > springfield to now. i love his > voice. neil young is, in my book, definitely cool. > Here's where we stand together. I'm a Neil Young fan, too. He may have a voice you can love or leave, but there's no doubt in my mind he's put out some great albums over the years: "Rust Never Sleeps," "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," "Re-Ac-Tor," "Freedom, "Ragged Glory," "Tonight's The Night," etc. I love that guitar sound he has when he and Crazy Horse decide to rock out. He has put out some bad music over the years (who hasn't?), but when he's at the top of his game, there's no one else like him. Okay, flame away! Brian NFTG > rob > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:36:15 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: Don't Dis Queen - --- Dan McCormack wrote: > > Kudos to Jon Weiss and Blair who stood up for those > of us who found the fast > loud rockin' side of Queen quite refreshing in the > early to mid 70s. As a > junior high degenerate in that era I found rock n' > roll salvation in songs > like Death On Two Legs and Sheer Heart Attack (found > on the News Of The > World album), amongst others. If I'm not mistaken > some of the better Queen > rockers were penned by drummer Roger Taylor. Brian > May's wall of VOX amp > attack still stands alone as one of the most > menacing guitar assaults ever > recorded. So there! I'm not as down on Queen as a lot of people, either, because while they had a lot of excesses (I can live 50 lifetimes without ever having to hear "Bohemian Rhapsody" again), they've also got moments that explode, like "Sheer Heart Attack" (off "News of the World") and "Tenement Funster" (off "Sheer Heart Attack"). So, yeah, they have their good points. Brian NFTG > > Dan > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:38:25 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: most hated - --- Heyjoerein@aol.com wrote: > > "We'll Sing In The Sunshine" - ?? Gale Garnett, and yes, that one's a wretched one, too. Brian NFTG > > > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:48:55 -0600 From: "Mike Dugo" Subject: Definitve Suck List? I know you disagree, Brian, about adding Queen...but if we add Queen, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Foreigner to your list...I think it's a pretty DEFINITIVE Classic Rock Suck List. I can't believe I forgot to mention Rush and Queen. AAARRRGGHHHH!! 1. Journey (Need I say more?) 2. Styx (Ditto). 3. Michael Bolton (The dunderhead DJ at my younger brother's wedding played Bolton's version of "When A Man Loves A Woman," instead of Percy Sledge's. It's really sad that people only know these songs by rip-off Bolton's versions. Die, Michael Bolton, Die!!!) 4. Crosbutt, Stilted and Numbnuts, ooops, I mean Crosby Stills and Nash...no wait, I was right the first time. 5. Jethro Dull 6. John Cougar Menstrual Cramp (A BIG reason to hate being from Indiana) 7. Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" era and beyond (At this point, they always sound like they're gonna keel over and die. Let's hope it's soon.) 8. Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park" (7.5 minutes of true self-pitying torture) 9. Barry Manilow 10. Almost all prog-rock bands, especially Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Yes) 11. Starshit's "We Built This City" ("We sold out and we're glad we did!")and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (woefully deserving to be the theme song of the dreadful film "Mannequin") 12. Pat Boone (Hearing his version of "Ain't That A Shame" has left a permanent imprint on my mind, and not in a good way.) 13. Santana's latest, Grammy Award-winning pile o' steaming crap. 14. Toto (Another in the "blandest of the bland" sweepstakes) 15. Rush (Shows you anyone can have a career warbling pseudo-philosophical songs in a bad Alvin Chipmunk voice) 16. Gwen Stefani and No Doubt (This woman and this band make me physically ill.) 17. Ricky Martin, Shitney Queers, Christina Aguillera, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, NSUCK, Backstreet Boys, and all the rest of those pre-fab plastic pre-teen pop acts. (Really makes you glad you're not a teenager now, if this swill is all you get.) 18. Motley Crue (self-explanatory) 19. Jackson Browne (Dullest of the dullest of the dull. How anyone can register the slightest emotion for this musical dullard is beyond me.) 20. Eiminem and Kid Rock (further examples of the massive dumbing down of America's youth. Defend 'em all you want, but I will not bow down at their altars.). Mike Dugo Staff Writer U.S. '60's Garage Band Columnist Lance Monthly http://www.lancerecords.com _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:50:35 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: neil young In a message dated 1/6/01 10:32:21 AM, noisejunkie@rocketmail.com writes: << "Re-Ac-Tor," >> brian - that is the most underrated neil young album ever, and i have been waiting for that to come out on CD forever!! i love that record! that song "opera star" is exactly the kind of metallic crunchy guitar sound that he & crazy horse get when they are at the top of their form. great album. don't got no t-bone rob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:52:42 -0500 (EST) From: yeeyeemgt@webtv.net (Michael Quirk) Subject: BOC not REO OD'd on Life itself is Blue Oyster Cult, not REO. MJ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:53:52 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Mlinscek" Subject: Fw: Queen Somebody wrote: !), Queen were mean, lean, > >funny, and cool as Iggy. Then Peter M > Uh....Bohemian Rhapsody??? > -Peter M May I also add to the Queen Shit Parade "We Will Rock You", the wonderful piece of crap they cut with David Blowmie - "Under Pressure", and that disco delight "Another One Bites The Dust", and finally, their tenth rate attempt at Rockabilly "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Jeff M > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 10:53:53 From: Rocky Serkowney Subject: BOC, not REO! At 11:29 PM 1/5/01 -0500, Lenny wrote: >power ballad thing? Didn't they have an early moment of glory with "O.D.'d >on Life Itself" (great TITLE if nothing else!!!). > Hey now...that was a song by the mighty Blue Oyster Cult off their second (and dare I say it) classic album "Tyranny and Mutation",. It's my fave BOC record, but I like most of 'em. And considering the long list of stinker classic rockers, I'd say "Don't Fear the Reaper" holds up pretty well as an exception. As for REO Speedwagon, Lenny is sorta correct in that they were more straight hard rock (albeit with keyboards) long before they hit it big with the awful power ballad stuff. I honestly don't mind the early Speedwagon. I know I possess way too much knowledge (and quite a few records) about all this 70's rock stuff, but as I've mentioned before, we've all taken slightly different paths to the garage (or wherever Bomp-worthy place we happen to be at now). wishin' folks got to hear "Stairway To The Stars" instead of "Stairway to Heaven". Red and Black Squirrel. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 10:55:54 From: Rocky Serkowney Subject: Re: most hated At 07:46 AM 1/6/01 EST, you wrote: > >I'd like to add these to the AM rock list: > >"Hey Jude" >na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na >na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na >na na na >adnauseu Ah yes...one of the worst Beatles moments. I hated that repetitious ending (over 7 minutes on AM)!). And unfortunately, Lennon *repeated* the formula on "Give Peace A Chance". AAAAArRRRRGGGGHHHHH! > >"I Got A Brand New Pair Of Rollerskates" - Melanie My older sister used to drive me up the wall with her Melanie records! > >"Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Birds And The Bees" - Jewel Akins When I was only around 6 or 7 I still remember thinking how terrible this song was (in '63 when it first came out) and couldn't fathom why it was played several times a day! > >So many, many more! You said it! Rocky. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:02:47 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: neil young - --- Euphorik6@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/6/01 10:32:21 AM, > noisejunkie@rocketmail.com writes: > > << "Re-Ac-Tor," >> > > brian - > that is the most underrated neil young album > ever, and i have been > waiting for that to come out on CD forever!! i love > that record! that song > "opera star" is exactly the kind of metallic crunchy > guitar sound that he & > crazy horse get when they are at the top of their > form. great album. It was announced years ago in "ICE" magazine that "Re-Ac-Tor" was supposed to come out on CD, along with a few other albums, but so far, it hasn't materialized. Of course, that one cries to be out on CD. Until then, I still got my vinyl copy I got for Christmas when I was 17. Brian NFTG > > don't got no t-bone > rob > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:03:05 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Mlinscek" Subject: Fw: Castaways (no, not that new Tom Hanks movie) Peter M wrote >Thanks Brian. Someone mentioned a > >Castaways CD - that's a bootleg tho', right? Or > >have Sundazed finally done the guys justice? > >-Peter M Then Todd wrote > I think it was on Plum, who also have released various other things from > the Soma catalogue. Yes, it is on Plum. I have it, and it was a huge disappointment. The first couple of singles and B's are good(though not as great as "Liar Liar"). After that, the quality drops off considerably. I'm not too crazy about the Fontana singles. Bit the worst is yet to come. This Cd is padded out with a bunch of horrible "contemporary" tunes. This is culminated by the godawful "Liar Liar 2000". Yes, it is as bas as you can imagine. If you were thinking of buying this thing, I seriously consider listening to it first, if possible. Jeff M ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:06:15 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Pat Metheny In a message dated 1/6/01 4:37:56 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > I'd drop Pat Metheny from this list (of hated artists), not because I > like his music but because he's waged an anti-Kenny G > campaign > I have an old issue of Musician magazine from about 1979 where Metheny mentions his childhood faves as not only being the usual crew of jazzbos, but also "She's Not There" by the Zombies and "Dirty Water" by the Standells! I ain't saying he's a closet garage-rocker*** or anything, but between this fact and the anti-Kenny G campaign, Metheny gets a beer on me. (And if it means anything to you, the article was written by Dan Forte, a/k/a surf guitarist Teisco Del Rey.) James ***Metheny did release an album called AMERICAN GARAGE, with a cover photo of what looks like stainless steel trailer homes. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:16:01 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: The Yawn List - --- jschwart@voicenet.com wrote: > > Thanks for everybody contributing to the ongoing > lists of "suck" songs. > >From the obvious groaners of early-mid '70s > "fish-in-a-barrel" Top 40 pap > (haven't had this much fun since, uh, reciting the > same lists of songs at > college parties 20 years ago) to FINALLY sticking it > to the Man about how > commercial radio plays the same songs too many times > (I always thought the > SAME EXACT THING about "Stairway To Heaven"! LOL!!). > No sacred cows on the > Bomp list! So, what's wrong with that? Let 'em vent out their hate every once in a while, willya? > > And man, thanks for straightening me out on whether > well-crafted, melodic > songs like "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" were any good. I > was foolishly flirting > with the notion that it wasn't that far a leap from > The Byrds and Hollies. As pointed out, a song can be well-crafted and still suck. Good for you if you like it. We "hipsters" always need someone to stick it to us. Sounds to me like if you need to be straightened out on something like that, you're incapable of making up your own mind in the first place. Oh, I'm sorry, you were being sarcastic. Wouldn't have guessed it since your tome sounds as whiny as it does. > Thanks once again, Bomp listers, for clearly > sanctioning the boundaries of > what is cool and what ain't. Every now and then I > lose track of the > ever-contracting definition of "Bomp-worthy," but I > can count on you guys > to bring me "back from the grave." Now, let's all get out our incense and love-beads and stand in a circle holding hands, while The Grateful Dead plays a half-hour long version of "Turn On Your Love Light." Brian NFTG > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2001 #15 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com