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  1. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    Sounds a bit like 80s Iron Maiden. 8/10. Th pile of skulls artwork is a bit silly though.:confused:
  2. RhyeInTheJar

    ZZ Top... Hard Rock?

    Nope they are their own genre. Beard Rock.
  3. RhyeInTheJar

    Randy Rhoads vs. Eddie Van Halen

    Eddie Van Halen although Randy was great too. However it's well known that when a performer dies (especially young and tragically like Randy) their legend increases, so I take Randy's reputation with a pinch of salt. Rhoads was a great player with a ferocious tone, but Eddie's playing just...
  4. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    Good melodic yet hard hitting song. 8/10 And now a song I remember from my youth growing up in Canada!
  5. RhyeInTheJar

    Do you have one top favourite music act?

    I know that some people have a favourite act. They might like other acts of course, but one music act will hold a special place in their music appreciation.
  6. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    Beautiful and epic slow song. I thought the singers voice was good, but a little bit cliched though. 9/10
  7. RhyeInTheJar

    Name a song with a boys name in it.....

    David Watts- The Kinks
  8. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    The intro is cool but the rest of the song is too harsh and noisy, lacking good hooks for my taste. Aerosmith are one of my favourite bands but of their classic era this song has never been a favourite. They were better when doing boogie stuff like Same Old Song And Dance and Mama Kin. 5/10
  9. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    Musically not bad, but it's too close to cloying 80s pop ballads for my taste. The Scorpions did better ballads than that. When The Smoke Is Going Down for example shows their ballad writing skills at their best. 6/ 10
  10. RhyeInTheJar

    Best artists to start into the blues?

    Charlie Patton if you want some of the most absolute bare bones blues stuff. He is often called the father of delta blues.The sound quality of his recordings is atrocious but that in a way is the gritty appeal. I like to imagine myself back in the 30s checking into some cheap hotel in the South...
  11. RhyeInTheJar

    Your Top 10 Classical Composers

    My top 2 composers are Beethoven and JS Bach. Really, they are almost interchangable depending on what mood I'm in. I also like Haydn. Poor Joe doesn't get as much recognition as he should these days. He's barely a millimeter behind Mozart in talent. Mozart William Byrd (highly underrated...
  12. RhyeInTheJar

    Thread Closed Best Cover Songs

    Introspective Joni Mitcell tune becomes high energy rocker Although Queen are best known for "pomp rock" in the 70s they weren't too bad at some straight ahead 50s rock & roll covers too Eilart Pilarm, Swedens premier Elvis impersonator does a mean Jailhouse Rock too. Obscure Maiden B...
  13. RhyeInTheJar

    "Progressive" Maiden/Metallica

    Somewhere in Time although Seventh Son is easily more progressive. It's basically a concept album. And Justice For All does have a cooler album cover though I admit. BTW did you know that the long white ribbon on the bottom of SIT actually spells out "This is a very boring painting" backwards...
  14. RhyeInTheJar

    Album knockout from 1966: Pet Sounds or Revolver?

    I've actually wondered that ever since I bought most of Led Zeppelin albums to understand the appeal. I still don't understand what the big deal is. Revolver for me. although it's not really an album I feel like listening to much these days. Pet Sounds is good, but to me it's really a...
  15. RhyeInTheJar

    How were some classic rock acts viewed when you were growing up?

    As much as we like to think we base our judgement on music acts solely on the music itself there isn't any doubt that music acts will have fluctuating degrees of "cool" associated with them, depending on location and time period. I can only speak from experience- don't we all? But for example...
  16. RhyeInTheJar

    Wild Thing (The Troggs) or You Really Got Me (The Kinks)?

    I agree, although Van Halen did much the same with Your Really Got Me! I've never considered Wild Thing a "novelty" song. To me it's more of a one hit wonder, like Louie Louie. Although the Troggs did have a minor hit with another song (which I can't even remember, hence the one hit wonder status!)
  17. RhyeInTheJar

    Favorite bands of the British Invasion?

    I'm a big Hendrix fan and I've sometimes thought about this. My answer is probably not. Jimi was American and his music has very little in common with anything British. His British association was purely accidental, because Chas Chandler of The Animals saw him live and wanted to take him under...
  18. RhyeInTheJar

    Wild Thing (The Troggs) or You Really Got Me (The Kinks)?

    Two proto hard rock classics.
  19. RhyeInTheJar

    Tell us about your stereo!

    Used to have a Technics 55w per channel amp but my hi fi system became obsolete when I discovered what my Audigy PC sound card could do. Play The Beach Boys in a Cathedral or Beethoven in a bathroom, or anything in between. It had so many settings. You could play a classical symphony in...
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    Beethoven

    We tend to think of it as tragic yet ironically his deafness, after initial despair, simply spurred him on with greater determination. And in some ways his deafness allowed him to focus more completely on his composing. It gave him a unique perspective. He could imagine in his "minds ear" what...
  21. RhyeInTheJar

    Your top 3 songs from the Black Sabbath album Paranoid?

    Exactly the same. as yours. War Pigs. I didn't like it at first but it eventually became a favorite. Plus it's a lot fun to play on guitar too! Paranoid is a very Un- Sabbath song actually. It was written quickly and released mostly because it had some commercial potential, similar to...
  22. RhyeInTheJar

    Eddie Van Halen or Brian May?

    If they were cars Eddie would be a hot rod with flames painted down the side, and Brian would be a Rolls Royce. Brian is a more talented and diverse songwriter, and can come up with some unique tones and sound effects, but Eddie will be immortal for a few incredible riffs in his early years...
  23. RhyeInTheJar

    Best Forgotten Bands of the 70's.

    Iron Claw. Heard some stuff from 1970. Wow, only them and Black Sabbath managed that level of heaviness. Obviously heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, but not quite in their league. Amon Duul 2 Pentagram. Another early Black Sabbath clone, but a lot of their stuff sounds heavy and evil. Warpig...
  24. RhyeInTheJar

    Rate The Song Above You Part III

    Without doubt Conan The Barbarians song he hums as he crushes his enemies! 11/10
  25. RhyeInTheJar

    Favorite bands of the British Invasion?

    I thought I'd give props to two bands who were actually part of the late 60s British music scene, but are better remembered for their later career sound Status Quo. Actually a great kind of poppy but gritty band in the 60s. Quite different from their later 3 chord rock & roll stuff. and...

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