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  4. Last movie you watched?

    in Exquisite Entropy

    Posted

    I saw some of the original Dunkirk the other night.

    Made in the late 50's from memory.

    Was a completely different story about a group of men who's leader dies and they don't know where everyone was retreating to.

    From what I saw I'd enjoy it far more than this recent movie...

     

    That's the one with John Mills and Richard Attenborough? Yeah, that's a pretty good film, too ... gives a slightly different slant to how the flotilla of 'little ships' was put together ...

  5. Last movie you watched?

    in Exquisite Entropy

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    Dunkirk.

     

    Bloody fantastic (albeit with one scene made of pure cheese.) I actually liked how the various timelines were interwoven - I thought that worked really well. It would have been interesting if some of the film had shown HOW the BEF were driven back to Dunkirk, and very little mention was made of the French contribution (and how the French army was evacuated), but, then, we would have been looking at a three-hour film.

     

    Plus - where did Tom Hardy manage to find so much ammunition for his 'plane?

  11. Modern albums that sound like the ''real thing''

    in General Music Discussion

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    Interesting topic, I'll give it some further thought and come up with a few. I will initially say that I disagree a bit with you, as I felt that Dokken's Lightning Strikes Again, Whitesnake's Good To Be Bad and Ratt's Infestation were actually albums that did a good job of returning to form for those respective bands.

    I dunno, maybe I'll agree that on ''Lightning Strikes Again'' Jon Levin does sound like George Lynch alot, but those albums you and I mentioned don't line in with the bands' previous efforts seamlessly. The Whitesnake albums sound waaaay ''fatter'' than the 1987 s/t or ''Slip of the Tongue'' for example

     

    I remembered a different one, also a new band: Smokin Aces and their song ''You Take My Breath Away'' also sounds very early 90s to me, almost an Aerosmith Pump / Get A Grip vibe to it

     

    Would be nice to get gener8tr's view on this whole thing...

     

     

    I HATED the sound of 'Good To Be Bad' ... mind you, I haven't really been a fan of anything that ol' Coverdale has put out since 'Slide It In', so I'm probably not the best person to comment ...

     

    Turning the question around, one artist whose later albums I much prefer over their 'classic' material is Sammy Hagar ... his songs sound so much better with modern production than the stuff he was putting out in the 70s and early 80s ...

  13. What's a spinnin' in your CD player?

    in General Music Discussion

    Posted

    Spent a lot of time in the car recently ...

     

    Frank Hannon: Six String Soldier

    Blackberry Smoke: Bad Luck Ain't No Crime

    Ultravox: Quartet

    AC/DC: Let There Be Rock

    Williams Riley: A Different Kind Of Country

    Saving Abel: Miss America

    American Bang: American Bang

    Ultravox: Lament

    The Dirty Pearls: Whether You Like It Or Not

    Eclipse: Bleed & Scream

    Old 97's: Blame It On Gravity

    Storm Warning: Strategy

    Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights: Pardon Me

    St. Prostitute: Here Come The Prostitutes

  21. What CDs did you buy this week?

    in Dumpster Diving

    Posted

    Birthday stuff ...

     

    Judas Priest: Screaming For Vengeance (w/bonus tracks)

    Galia Arad: Ooh La, Baby

    Galia Arad: This Is Lost

    Iron Maiden: Maiden England '88

    Justin Currie: The Great War

    Justin Currie: Lower Reaches

    Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute

    Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle (w/bonus tracks)

    Gary Numan: Warriors (w/bonus tracks)

    Gary Numan: Pure

    Gary Numan: Jagged

    Gary Numan: Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)

  22. Positive or negative - frontmen with really distinctive vocals

    in General Music Discussion

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    You only have to look at a lot of bands who have tried to replace a distinctive singer to see what a vital part of the overall sound their voice is/was ...

     

    John Corabi is a fine singer, but Crue isn't Crue without Vince.

     

    Maiden came unstuck when they tried to replace Bruce; the same for Priest with 'Ripper' Owens.

     

    Skid Row, for me, will ALWAYS be the Seb Bach-fronted version.

     

    Sabbath managed it with Dio, but lost the plot when they tried to pull the same stunt with Ian Gillan.

     

    Van Halen became a completely different band when Hagar replaced Roth (and then became a car crash when they brought in Gary Cherone.)

  23. Nickelback vs.Styx

    in General Music Discussion

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    But seriously... Styx? Does anyone like them?

    Seriously? One of the all-time great AOR bands. Some classic material in the 1970s and 80s (Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater). Admittedly, the recent catalogue has been more spotty, but vintage Styx is superb.

     

    The one sample from the new album implied a return to vintage roots, so I plan to listen...

     

     

    'Crystal Ball' is one of my all-time favourite songs ... gotta agree - vintage Styx IS superb ...

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