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    1971: Led Zeppelin IV or Who's Next?

    'Who's Next' just may be the most perfect rock album ever made. No weak tracks, and it has the most compelling album closer - as well as set closer live - that a band ever had with "Won't Get Fooled Again". And lyrically, it is miles ahead of 'Led Zeppelin IV'. Townshend's songwriting is...
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    (Favorite Song) The Who: Who's Next

    One of the few absolutely perfect rock albums. Won't Get Fooled Again just may be rock's greatest anthem, and arguably the greatest live set closer that a band ever had.
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    1976: Boston or Rocks?

    Not a tough decision for me at all. Rocks was a tough, nasty album, and easily Aerosmith's best. Their Stones-meets-Steppenwolf sound of the '70's was never showcased better than here. Every song on Boston's debut sounds either exactly or practically the same, and the album was way overplayed...
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    Best of 1980 Creem Readers Poll

    'The River' was a wonderful album. It was a true album about life, with all of its small victories and tragedies. A song like "Point Blank" is as good as songwriting gets. The album both rocked and was poignant at the same time. It was another winner by the greatest live rock 'n roll...
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    Queen vs The Doors (Band battle)

    Queen. I respect the Doors as musicians, but Jim Morrison's whole pretentious persona ruins it for me. He really did seem like a self-centered a-hole who treated people like crap. And his poetry was pretty lousy as well. Yeah, he had a good voice. But that's about as far as it goes...
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    What was your favorite concert of all time and why?

    The first time I saw Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at the old Milwaukee Arena in October, 1980. I clearly remember -- show began at 8:50 pm, 30 song set, Clarence Clemons received a standing ovation after his sax solo in "Jungleland", the joy and emotion ran non-stop, and the show...
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    Favorite Albums of the 2000's

    None. Rock music has been on a slow, steady decline since approximately 1985. That's not to say that there aren't some artists making good music, but it has reached a point where it has all been said before and said better.
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    Favorite Album(s) of the 60's

    In my opinion, 'Revolver' (the full UK version that most of us are now accustomed to) by the Beatles was the greatest rock album of the '60's.
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    top 5 most overrated drummers

    John Bonham. The guy sounded like he was playing a pair of garbage cans with clubs as sticks and putting his foot through the bass drum. Lots of power but no finesse whatsoever. I agree with foreverblue that Keith Moon and Ginger Baker both put Bonham to shame. Moon was wild, but he was...
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    Most Overrated Bands of the 1980's!

    ALL of those dumb "big hair" metal bands.
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    70s Bands in the 1980s

    Springsteen & the E Street Band should have been on the list, and they would easily be my number one pick. But since they're not listed, I gotta go with Petty and the Heartbreakers. I like Cheap Trick a lot, but the majority of their '80's output was pretty lousy.
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    The Battle of 1975

    With the exception of a couple of great songs on this list, most of it reminds me of why the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Ramones had to come along. "Born to Run" should have easily won -- it's a glorious anthem for the ages. "Kashmir" is one riff repeated over and over and over again. It...
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    Bassist Battle #3

    They all pale next to the king of bass, John "The Ox" Entwistle.
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    Picking Sides: Abbey Road

    Easily side two. Side one has two of the worst songs the band ever recorded -- "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Octopuss' Garden".
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