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Well... that escalated quickly! Gotta say I have no issues with artists doing covers. The other day I heard Saigon Kick's "Space Oddity" cover for the first time and loved it. It's not always gonna appeal to fans but I also like the insight it gives to an artist's personal music taste and knowledge of rock history.

I will be making lists to remember what to buy after my poor stretch and "catching up" in years to come. I've been going a bit crazy buying for the last few months knowing this was coming so filling holes in my collection. Next year post Feb I will be hitting up op shops more in vain hope. Once my new career kicks off I will be back baby! Back with avengeance!

Anyone gonna make a resolution this year around their music fandom? Mine is I have to work out how / force myself not to buy any new music from February due to a change in finances for the following 18 months...

The Distance - The Distance ACDC - 74 Jailbreak (Remaster) LeRoux - Up (Rock Candy) Ray Lyell - Desert Winds Papa Roach - Greatest Hits 2 The Better Noise Years The Killers - Rebel Diamonds MGMT - Little Dark Age Kanye West - College Dropout Tobymac - Eye On It Soundtrack - Twilight Eclipse Blondie - Autoamerican (Remaster)

Merry Christmas to everyone on this site

Soledriver - Return Me to Light Hell's Addiction - Nine O'clock Horses Maneskin - Rush Rebel Heels - One by One by One April Wine - The Nature of the Beast / Powerplay Soundtrack - Twilight New Moon

That's what a disappointed Mrs Claus said.

Another VV fan. Nice!

Hugo's Voyage - Inception Honeymoon Suite - Racing After Midnight Monkeyhead - Monkeyhead AC/DC - If You Want Blood You Got It (Remaster) Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood (Remaster) Coldplay - A Rush of B-Sides to the Head Passion Pit - Gossamer Passion Pit - Kindred Tobymac - Portable Sounds

Unexpected and welcome news

If I only listened to albums from people whose personal beliefs I support, I'd have a much much smaller CD collection. That being said, Watkins can go and burn in hell. There is a difference in being a dickhead like Bach or a far left loon like Snider (or opposite/same like Nugent) and being a depraved child abuser. It's not the same thing at all. I agree with you.

Eclipse - Megalomanium H.e.a.t - Extra Force (Japan) Hell City Glamours - Hell City Glamours Vamp - The Rich Don't Rock (Bad Reputation Remaster) Pariah - To Mock a Killingbird 38 Special - Special Forces (Japan SHM Mini LP Remaster) Feeder - The Best Of (3 Disc) Dead Letter Circus - EP Jack White - Blunderbuss The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (Remaster) Nektar - Nektar (Remaster) Soul Asylum - Candy from a Stranger / Live from Palais Royale

It is pretty good isn't it? I feel though that next to no one even knows this was released this year. Pity.

The English speaker in me really has a problem with the song title.

Kingswood - Change of Heart EP Knight Area - Hyperdrive Skyhooks - The Latest and Greatest Supertramp - Crisis What Crisis? (Remaster) Atomic Opera - Alpha and Oranges

The Struts - Pretty Vicious (Signed) Vandenberg - Complete Atlantic Recordings Hanoi Rocks - Street Poetry Petra - No Doubt Sweet - Off the Record (Expanded) Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2 (Remaster) Electric Light Orchestra - On the Third Day (Remaster) Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding Beady Eye - BE

Only one month to go. My favourites are starting to take shape. Best HH albums top 5 (not in order): Arctic Rain - Unity, Creye - III, The Defiants - Drive, Grand Design - Rawk, Temple Balls - Avalanche. Best Metal Album: Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden Best Prog Rock album: Voyager - Fearless in Love Best Mainstream Rock album: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are Best female vocals: Smackbound - Hostage TOP 20 SONGS OF THE YEAR (not in order except #1) 1. Extreme - Rise 2. Greta Van Fleet - Meeting the Master 3. Iggy Pop - Strung Out Johnny 4. Creye - Air 5. Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again 6. Foo Fighters - The Teacher 7. Heroes and Monsters - Let's Ride It 8. Jelusick - The Healer 9. Nothing But Thieves - Welcome to the DCC 10. Sleep Token - The Summoning 11. Smackbound - The Edge 12. Voyager - Promise 13. VV - Echolocate Your Love 14. Winger - Tears of Blood 15. Dirty Honey - Coming Home (Ballad of the Shire) 16. Metallica - Lux Aeterna 17. Bride - We're All Going to Die 18. Angels in Vein - 1973 19. Grand Design - God Bless Rawk n Roll 20. Mammoth WVH - Another Celebration at the End of the World

He left us a nice legacy of music. RIP.

First album was awesome. Looking forward to this big time.

Bargain. Should be able to onsell that lot for a tidy profit.

Snakes in Paradise - Step Into the Light Trixter - New Audio Machine The Poor - Underfed EP Poison - Swallow this Live Bride - The Jesus Experience Bride - Oddities The Waterboys - This is the Sea

Have to admit that's an enjoyable little tune. Great background vocals.

Interesting. I liked Commodores more than Lionel solo. He never did anything as cool as Brick House. Peter Gabriel in Genesis was amazing. Far better than his patchy solo stuff. Phil Collins was way too schmaltzy for me as a solo artist. At least his early Genesis albums were brilliant. Ok, you are right about Wacko Jacko and Daryl.

I can't think of a single artist whom I have preferred as a solo artist over their original band.

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues TobyMac - Welcome to Diverse City Richard Clapton - The Best Years of Our Lives The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (Deluxe 2 CD)