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Brace yourselves ...
'Shaun the Sheep: The Movie', with my girls
How was it? The kids and I are fans!
It was a lot better than I thought it would be - and, considering it had no 'proper' dialogue in it, really funny in places. There were some nice touches (Nick Park plays himself, the rooster is straight out of Chicken Run), so I can thoroughly recommend it.
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Brace yourselves ...
'Shaun the Sheep: The Movie', with my girls
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Very sad ... R.I.P.
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I would always quote Marillion as my favourite lyrics - peotry in motion
Forgotten Sons [about Northern Ireland and the poor souls who were caught up in it]
You're just another coffin on its way down the emerald aisle
When your children's stony glances mourn your death in a terrorist's smile
The bomber's arm placing fiery gifts on the supermarket shelves
Alley sings with shrapnel detonate a temporary hell
Forgotten Sons
From the dole queue to the regiment a profession in a flash
But remember Monday signings when from door to door you dash
On the news a nation mourns you unknown soldier, count the cost
For a second you'll be famous but labelled posthumous
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and one more -
Sugar Mice - [about a guy losing everything including his family through alcoholism....very sad song]
Well the toughest thing that I ever did was talk to the kids on the phone
When I heard them asking questions I knew that you were all alone
Can't you understand that the government left me out of work
I just couldn't stand the looks on their faces saying, "What a jerk"
So if you want my address it's number one at the end of the bar
Where I sit with the broken angels clutching at straws and nursing our scars
Blame it on me, blame it on me,
Sugar mice in the rain, your daddy took a raincheck
Fish has always been a brilliant lyricist .. 'Forgotten Sons' is probably my favourite Marillion song, but I have always liked these lines from 'Slainte Mhath':
"From the dreams on the barbed wire at Flanders and Bilston Glen
From a Clydeside that rusts from the tears of its broken men
From the realisation that all we've been left behind
Is to stand like our fathers before us in the firing line
Waiting on the whistle to blow
We stand here waiting on the whistle to blow
They promised us miracles, and the whistle still blows
Broken promises, and the whistle still blows ..."
And at the other end of the spectrum, another one from Dave Lee Roth:
"I asked her: 'How the hell d'you get in those tight blue jeans?'
She said: 'For starters, you can buy me a drink' ..."
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Chariddy Shop finds ...
Muse: Origin Of Symmetry
Muse: Absolution
Muse: Black Holes And Revelations
The Beatles: 1
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I've always liked 'Black by Pearl Jam:
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be...I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky,
But why, why, why can't it be, can't it be mine?David Lee Roth has always been a good one for lyrics:
Here's a word about my ex-girlfriend
Towards the end, conflict off and on
And I told her one night, "Honey every time we fight
I'll write a verse to this song"Well, things got bad and things got worse
But still I struggled on
So sit back and get all comfortable
'Cause this little tune's six fuckin' hours long -
Pearl Jam - Ten ... better add that to the list!
err no ;-)
Shush! I LOVE that album!
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Apparently there's to be a 'Bladerunner' sequel .... WTF??
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Big difference between "Best Of" and "Greatest Hits."
Yeah, you'd like to think so ... some bands/labels seem to think the terms are interchangeable ...
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'82/'83 was when I took my first steps into the world of rock/metal, so some immediate favourites are:
Toyah: The Changeling
Judas Priest: Screaming For Vengeance
Ultravox: Quartet
Rainbow: Straight Between The Eyes
Diamond Head: Borrowed Time
Manowar: Battle Hymns
Black Sabbath: Live Evil
MSG: Assault Attack
Whitesnake: Saints & Sinners
Accept: Restless And Wild
Demon: The Unexpected Guest
Krokus: One Vice At A Time
Night Ranger: Dawn Patrol
Scorpions: Blackout
Twisted Sister: Under The Blade
Tygers Of Pan Tang: The Cage
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A very quick, 'off the top of my head' list for 1981:
Van Halen: Fair Warning
Whitesnake: Come An’ Get It
Def Leppard: High ‘n’ Dry
Iron Maiden: Killers
Motley Crue: Too Fast For Love
Black Sabbath: Mob Rules
Blue Oyster Cult: Fire Of Unknown Origin
AC/DC: For Those About To Rock …
Demon: Night Of The Demon
Saxon: Denim And Leather
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There are far too many bands out there with 'Greatest Hits' or 'Best Of' collections to their name (some have several - how the hell does THAT work, unless your band happens to be Queen?)
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Their albums might be patchy, but they always turn in a killer live show
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I love Coverdale's voice, and he's had a hand in some brilliant albums over the years ... but why, for the love of Gawd, does he think this is a good idea?
I already own 'Burn' and 'Stormbringer', so there's nothing here to remotely interest me ... the last thing I want to listen to is the sound of a man who appears to be all out of ideas and has settled for pissing all over his legacy ...
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It's an interesting thought - if you're talking about an album being ahead of its time in terms of writing, overall sound, etc. (as well as influencing what came after), then you'll probably find that no two people come up with the same answer
Montrose's debut, maybe? (I did think of the first Van Halen album, but then I remembered what a debt it owes to Montrose.) Something by the Beatles? Or Zeppelin?
I agree that Boston's first album is head and shoulders above anything else around at that time (as well as for many years after.)
The Sex Pistols' one and only album? Regardless of whether or not you like punk, there was nothing else to compare it to back in the 70s, and it directly influenced a whole bunch of bands that came afterwards (as well as managing to outrage most of 'the establishment'
) Could it be considered 'great'?God help me - 'Bat Out Of Hell', maybe?
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The chorus in this song is absolutely horrible
Glad I have Gibbo, Geoff and you who agree with me on this. Great verses, music sounds nice, but that chorus is just plain terrible.
Did you ever get into Stone Gods? The band that Dan Hawkins put together when his brother left The Darkness the first time? They were pretty good - The Darkness' bass player took over vocals (and switched to rhythm guitar), and they recruited a new guy to play bass. They only managed one album and a couple of EPs, which is a shame ...
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Even though he's been MIA around these parts for quite some time, I'll raise a glass to my mate James as he slides ever further into his 40s
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I love 'em and hate 'em at the same time. It's weird. Their have some great songs. But the vocals kill half their songs unfortunately.
I'm with Alpha on this one ... the music is brilliant, but as soon as Justin's vocals go into the stratosphere they become a joke ...
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After a quick trawl through my collection, my revised list looks like this:
Iron Maiden: Somewhere In Time
Metallica: Master Of Puppets
Queensryche: Rage For Order
Elixir: Son Of Odin
W.A.S.P.: Inside The Electric Circus
Van Halen: 5150
Megadeth: Peace Sells
Ozzy Osbourne: The Ultimate Sin
Accept: Russian Roulette
Warlock: True As Steel
Motorhead: Orgasmatron
Judas Priest: Turbo
Cinderella: Night Songs
Bon Jovi:Slippery When Wet
Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In
Fifth Angel: Fifth Angel
Stryper: To Hell With the Devil
Flotsam And Jetsam: Doomsday For The Deceiver
... there will no doubt be more to come
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Off the top of my head, and in no particular order, some standouts from 1983 are:
Def Leppard: Pyromania
Iron Maiden: Piece Of Mind
Ozzy Osbourne: Bark At The Moon
Mercyful Fate: Melissa
Motley Crue: Shout At The Devil
Thin Lizzy: Thunder & Lightning
Y&T: Mean Streak
Blue Oyster Cult: The Revolution By Night
Toyah: Love Is The Law
The Police: Synchronicity
Twisted Sister: You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
ZZ Top: Eliminator
Bryan Adams: Cuts Like A Knife
Marillion: Script For A Jester's Tear
Thank you, kourosofsteel3 - I'd forgotten about MSG's 'Built To Destroy' and Satan's 'Court In The Act' ...
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Hey Gibbo, agreed cabal is better than the movie, but when is a book not?
Alien 3,bit of a disjointed mess. Did you see Neil Blomkamp's pic ideas for a new Alien film from a few months back? Looks like the studio also like it and announced last week he'll be making a sequel.
Yeah, I still have a soft spot for the third Alien film, though ... most of the actors are English, and have appeared in various TV programmes here over the years, so we're more used to seeing them in more family-orientated fare ... watching Paul McGann playing an unhinged Welshman makes me chuckle every time.
I'm intrigued by the idea of a new Alien film ... but I still carry the scars from Alien: Resurrection, so I'm not getting too excited ... yet
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AC/DC: Live
Catherine Wheel: Ferment
Celtic Frost - Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Great King Rat: Great King Rat
Faster Pussycat: Whipped!
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists
I have NO idea why some of these have appeared as hyperlinks ... I thought I'd got rid of all that rubbish!
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AC/DC: Live
Catherine Wheel: Ferment
Celtic Frost - Parched With Thirst Am I and Dying
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Great King Rat: Great King Rat
Faster Pussycat: Whipped!
Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists
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Pearl Jam - Ten ... better add that to the list!
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