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    Manic Street Preachers

    Agreed. Of the more recent stuff I really loved "Journal For Plague Lovers", using Richey's leftover lyrics. Best thing that they've done for years. Such a great band live, though.
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    Status Quo (Official Thread)

    Ha ha! You and me both. I think Saturday night just had the edge. My mate and I discussed Wembley but, after two nights in such an intimate venue as the Apollo, the Arena would seem a bit impersonal and like the barn that it is! Best not spoil the memory of the last two nights. The last...
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    Enya!!

    I used to play Enya a lot. I haven't played any of my albums (the first five) for the best part of five years or more. Definitely must fish them out and give them a listen again. Long overdue. I first got into Enya in the mid-80s, when "The Celts" was first released. I walked into an Our...
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    Suede (Official Thread)

    "Barriers" is a fine comeback. The last album before they went on hiatus was dreadful. Looking forward to seeing them at Alexandra Palace next month.
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    The Stranglers (Official Thread)

    For a good trawl through the past thirty years of The Stranglers hits I would recommend the DVD & CD pack "Live At The Apollo", filmed in 2010 at the Hammersmith Apollo (formerly Odeon). Then again, I may be biased as I was in the audience!
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    Judie Tzulke

    I was a huge Jude fan (less so these days, since she's gone more ballady) and saw her many times in the 80s and 90s. To correct Big Ears, Judie's first single was called "For You" ("love and affection" features in the lyrics). The early albums were a good mix of ballads and rockers, the...
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    Ian Hunter (Official Thread)

    Although I grew up during the 'glam' years ("All The Young Dudes" was the first album that I bought as a teenager) I'm not a big fan of "The Hoople" and fell back quickly into the earlier albums. I remember picking up both "Mott The Hoople" and "Brain Capers" on vinyl (the latter complete with...
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    Queen (Official Thread)

    Graham Bonnet would have been a very interesting addition to the line-up! I'm afraid that for me, though, Queen died with Freddie and when John Deacon decided to retire. I don't have much respect for May and Taylor for wringing every last drop out of the Queen legacy - the third "Greatest...
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    Mott the Hoople: The Unsung Champions of the 1970's

    The band of my childhood! My personal favourite albums are "Mott The Hoople" and "Brain Capers". I didn't care much for "Wildlife" and I never managed to track down a copy of "Mad Shadows" before it came out again on CD. I also love "All The Young Dudes" and "Mott", although I'm less fond of...
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    Marillion (Official Thread)

    .... and the epic "Gaza" from the new album: Gaza - YouTube
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    "I Don't Think They Ever Topped Their First Album!"

    At the Lewisham gig that I mentioned they did a couple of early versions of songs that ultimately ended up on the "Making Movies" album the following year. One of these was "Making Movies" itself, which by the time of recording had evolved into "Skateaway". Not that I can remember a thing about...
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    Sabbath w/Ozzy???

    I agree with Riff Raff. Although to me they were part of the great triumvirate of heavy rock in the early 70s (Purple/Zeppelin/Sabbath) they weren't as musically adventurous as Zeppelin or Purple. There was something different and unique about them, certainly on the albums up to "Sabotage"...
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    "I Don't Think They Ever Topped Their First Album!"

    Probably Dire Straits. I loved the eponymous first album and "Communique" probably in equal measure - but then I found myself liking each subsequent album less and less, to the point where I'm completely indifferent about most of "Brothers In Arms" and dislike "On Every Street" intensely...
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    Your Favourite Pieces.

    I love Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Brahms in their entirety but, if I had to name my favourite classical piece, I would go for Smetana's "Ma Vlast" and particularly for the "Vltava" section. On a more contemporary note, I think that it's probably well known that I adore much of Jon Lord's...
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    Deep Purple (Official Thread)

    With you pretty much completely on that. Not sure about JP but it's pretty difficult to find a credible third option in that category. I was quite fond of White Spirit, the Tygers and a couple of others but they were never in the same league as JP, so I'm happy to concur.
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    Review Heart - Heart (1985)

    Re: Heart - Heart (self titled) I was about to post exactly the same comments. I much prefer earlier Heart but the eponymous album is much better than its successors. I generally loathed everything about the poodle perm era but made some allowances for bands that I'd liked previously, such...
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    Which rockstar (male or female), do you feel, has the best speaking voice?

    My vote would have to go to the late Jon Lord. It was always a pleasure to listen to him being interviewed. Intelligent, articulate, witty ..... I shall miss his interviews greatly.
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    Marillion (Official Thread)

    Trailer for the new album "Sounds That Can't Be Made": Marillion - YouTube
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    RIP Jon Lord

    Not a flattering picture of Tony Iommi. He's morphing into Russell Mael from Sparks!
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    Songs You Can't Stand

    Madness' version of It Must Be Love. The original, Labi Siffre, version was beautiful but, although I'm a fan of the Maddies, I loathe their version of IMBL, when all the couples in the audience start fawning over each other and looking at each other with gooey eyes. It's the point at which I...
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    Plug Pulled on Springsteen & McCartney

    It's all been quite funny. The latest is that someone from the HSA has waded in to say that the rules were being over-interpreted and that it was unfair that the organisers are blaming Health & Safety. Personally, I'd have pulled the plug before they started - but then I only have time for...
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    Deep Purple (Official Thread)

    The great thing about the Purple albums, particularly from the 68-76 era, is that they all differ from each other so much. I love every one of them in different ways and for different reasons, even the funk of Stormbringer.
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    Black Sabbath (Official Thread)

    One day I must get around to checking out the post-Dio albums, I've always heard good reports about Tyr. I've been playing Technical Ecstasy to death again in the past few days. I still think that it's very under-appreciated. I've got very happy memories of a morning a few days before we...
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    Deep Purple (Official Thread)

    I've always loved the Concerto and I'm of the same age. I know what you mean though - most of my Purple loving friends didn't. I come from a house where there was lots of classical music played and so I was always interested in the fusion of hard rock and classical. My only crit of the Concerto...
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    Deep Purple (Official Thread)

    IMO, you really don't! :) It's the worst album that they ever recorded as far as I'm concerned. There are only a couple of tracks on it that I have any time for - on most of the other albums I'd struggle to find two bad ones. I've tried and tried to get to like it, over the years, but it...

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