tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post5358166631822794465..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction That Also Depresses the Hell Out of Me. The Things I Go Through For You Guys....NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22285524630060044482011-05-26T23:07:44.519-04:002011-05-26T23:07:44.519-04:00Dreadful, banal, sonic pablum. I thought Steve How...Dreadful, banal, sonic pablum. I thought Steve Howe was better than that. I also have no memory of seeing this on Empty-Vee in the 80s. <br /><br />Ohhh, I know where you're headed with this one now...<br /><br />Egocentric super-groups that collectively don't live up to the talent of the sum of their parts. Throw in "We Are The World" and I'll rest my case.DJWildBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416086324541344898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91844876708164388102011-05-26T22:40:38.107-04:002011-05-26T22:40:38.107-04:00I couldn't get past the 1:00 mark, but I'm...I couldn't get past the 1:00 mark, but I'm going to guess... <br /><br />"Hits by Bands That Had No Legitimate Right to Exist."stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37814683862035871782011-05-26T21:44:04.619-04:002011-05-26T21:44:04.619-04:00Songs that do nothing to contradict the 80's r...Songs that do nothing to contradict the 80's reputation as the lost decade of pop?geor3gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382136451663610951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-63139196143547133082011-05-26T21:22:06.572-04:002011-05-26T21:22:06.572-04:00love it all. :)love it all. :)jack bloggerhttp://www.freescholarshipsfor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18611633135578073532011-05-26T21:11:30.760-04:002011-05-26T21:11:30.760-04:00Songs that made rock critics actaully miss Tales F...Songs that made rock critics actaully miss Tales From Topographic Oceans-era Yes? <br /><br />My serious guess is Lamest Song From the 1980's.<br /><br />For Howe fans, a rare look at him playing a Les Paul. So, embarrassing, but not completely useless.TJWoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312890704167853988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68376517400081893192011-05-26T19:34:52.302-04:002011-05-26T19:34:52.302-04:00Trey --
Swear to god, this was a big hit on MTV a...Trey --<br /><br />Swear to god, this was a big hit on MTV and everything.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-1476969413658248542011-05-26T17:20:08.850-04:002011-05-26T17:20:08.850-04:00Music videos whose opening sequence should have sp...Music videos whose opening sequence should have spurred Rickenbacker to send a cease-and-desist letter?<br /><br />Groups that didn't realize Spinal Tap was a parody? <br /><br />How shoulder pads destroyed music?<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27601297383625043942011-05-26T16:32:52.871-04:002011-05-26T16:32:52.871-04:00I had never heard this drek until this moment. Dud...I had never heard this drek until this moment. Dude, I thought we were friends!<br /><br />I cannot think of how to phrase this, but songs like this have a treble heavy sound, like too much clarity. But I digress.<br /><br />Songs with organs in the title?<br /><br />Most annoying hyper tenor singers this side of Boston?<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19643926738425359412011-05-26T12:51:44.458-04:002011-05-26T12:51:44.458-04:00I'd forgotten them,actually. And I seem to rec...I'd forgotten them,actually. And I seem to recall they had at least one good song...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78152008928792478802011-05-26T12:42:18.400-04:002011-05-26T12:42:18.400-04:00I was going to also say three-letter bands as I...I was going to also say three-letter bands as I'm guessing the Airplane post from a few days ago got you listening to the KBC band again.Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843553710427657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-32831885436848679982011-05-26T11:36:03.345-04:002011-05-26T11:36:03.345-04:00Bands sounding the most opposite of what their mem...Bands sounding the most opposite of what their members originally sounded like in their first bands.<br /><br />(And again, I'll submit, "worst thing ever.")Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4574827984787987762011-05-26T11:26:58.909-04:002011-05-26T11:26:58.909-04:00Songs by three-lettered bands?Songs by three-lettered bands?dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89259582327427089472011-05-26T11:22:53.209-04:002011-05-26T11:22:53.209-04:00I love that last, and may in fact steal it in the ...I love that last, and may in fact steal it in the future.<br /><br />But no.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-959084065807853472011-05-26T10:40:30.215-04:002011-05-26T10:40:30.215-04:00best and worst bands with anagrammed names?best and worst bands with anagrammed names?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51676429916299130822011-05-26T10:39:14.135-04:002011-05-26T10:39:14.135-04:00When the Ears Rule the Stomach.
Bands with names...When the Ears Rule the Stomach. <br /><br />Bands with names that are acronyms?<br /><br />Even the instruments looked crappy back in the '80s.Blue Ash Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18063076459065226612011-05-26T10:14:15.249-04:002011-05-26T10:14:15.249-04:00Seeing how far away from each other you could plac...Seeing how far away from each other you could place band members on stage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-63392109680031974382011-05-26T09:37:48.931-04:002011-05-26T09:37:48.931-04:00It sounds like it could've been the soundtrack...It sounds like it could've been the soundtrack for Rocky XVII, aka "Schlocky".<br /><br />And if tomorrow's List-O-Mania has anything to do with Billy Idol.......Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020917864270864953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-5266933998980046942011-05-26T09:18:00.833-04:002011-05-26T09:18:00.833-04:00I did not need to either hear or see that first th...I did not need to either hear or see that first thing in the morning.Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55383908798051691502011-05-26T08:51:36.312-04:002011-05-26T08:51:36.312-04:00The greatest review ever. And Considine had lots m...The greatest review ever. And Considine had lots more almost that short and that funny.<br /><br />Apparently, he's not happy that it's gonna be what he's remembered for, though.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-85957506464025680342011-05-26T08:47:45.067-04:002011-05-26T08:47:45.067-04:00I'd forgotten people looked like that in the e...I'd forgotten people looked like that in the eighties.<br /><br />I don't remember these guys, so I popped over to Wikipedia, where their entry includes this:<br /><br />'J.D. Considine's infamous review of the album (in Musician magazine) read simply, "SHT".'<br /><br />As for Listomania, um, I give up.J. Loslonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30035851265562662032011-05-26T08:33:07.490-04:002011-05-26T08:33:07.490-04:00All close, but no cigar.
:-)All close, but no cigar.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-23593474719119994142011-05-26T08:29:14.807-04:002011-05-26T08:29:14.807-04:00Worst splinter groups?
Worst supergroups?
Worst ...Worst splinter groups?<br /><br />Worst supergroups?<br /><br />Worst thing ever?<br /><br />Reason I'm disappointed the world didn't end last week?Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.com