I hate Purple Rain. It's up there with Heroes by Bowie as a massively overrated "classic."matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 10:31amNot giving it much thought and def not a huge Prince fan, but top 10 Prince songs:
1. Purple Rain
2. Little Red Corvette
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. Kiss
6. Let's Go Crazy
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. When You Were Mine
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
10-20 would get Cream, 7, Raspberry Beret, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Uptown in some form.
What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
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Wow. A very rare moment where you and I are in complete agreement (on both songs). I shall join you in a meal of sealed pancakes and super noodles!
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Here's a 16 minute version that will surely change your mind:Heston wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:18pmI hate Purple Rain. It's up there with Heroes by Bowie as a massively overrated "classic."matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 10:31amNot giving it much thought and def not a huge Prince fan, but top 10 Prince songs:
1. Purple Rain
2. Little Red Corvette
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. Kiss
6. Let's Go Crazy
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. When You Were Mine
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
10-20 would get Cream, 7, Raspberry Beret, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Uptown in some form.
(very much kidding, though I think it's great)
It's a bloated monster ballad with a kick ass solo and a terrific outro. Love it.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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This is just bouncing off your reference, but I honestly can't think of a monster ballad that does anything for me.
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Like Heston loves The Exploited right?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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He's not known as South Shields Wattie for nothing!matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:47pmLike Heston loves The Exploited right?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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Well Flex likes them too so by extension...Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 4:09pmHe's not known as South Shields Wattie for nothing!matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:47pmLike Heston loves The Exploited right?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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Keep Prince...... get the pneumonia
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Some say one actually inspired the other.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 4:09pmHe's not known as South Shields Wattie for nothing!matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:47pmLike Heston loves The Exploited right?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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I guess I don't mind them, but they are definitely the beige of punk.revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pmDid I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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So The Exploited are releasing a Ska album?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 5:26pmSome say one actually inspired the other.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 4:09pmHe's not known as South Shields Wattie for nothing!matedog wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:47pmLike Heston loves The Exploited right?revbob wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:43pmI thought you, like Flex preferred Pennywise.Kory wrote: ↑07 Oct 2022, 3:16pm
Did I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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