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From: pa_sjs@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Steve J. Singer)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Firehouse
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:01:41 GMT
Reply-To: pa_sjs@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu
Distribution: alt.rock-n-roll
Organization: Northeastern University

Is there any diehard Firehouse Fans out there?  If so, send me some mail!
I've seen them play on the Warrent Tour three times, They also played a 
New Year's Eve show in Miami, and I've got tickets for them already for
the Tesla Tour.  Anyone else out there?   

Steve

pa_sjs@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
From: masanag@athena.mit.edu (Masahiko Nagamiya)
Subject: Re: VH's "316"... AND the movie "The Wild Life"
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:16:50 GMT

For those of you who haven't seen "Live without a Net" or haven't been to the
5150 or OU812 tour, "316" was always played at the beggining of Eddie's guitar 
solo. 

Also, Eddie did a lot of work for the soundtrack of the movie "The Wild Life". 
In the actual soundtrack there's only one song by Eddie called "Donut City", 
but in the movie you can hear lots of riffs that were later developed into 
songs, like "Good Enough" and "A.F.U". It's worth watching just to hear Eddie
play guitar. He had an interesting song in a scene where Lea Thompson was
working in this Donut shop. She gets screwed later.

-Masa

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From: jamesb@nevada.edu (James Bender)
Subject: Re: Def Leppard is better than Slayer
Organization: University of Nevada System, Computing Services
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 21:29:21 GMT

Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
>
>>Look at Pour Some Sugar on Me

	Hey, Sauron, I am a guitar player, and I am pretty good, but the 
begining of Pour Some Sugar on Me is HARD! I had trouble getting it to sound
right the first 100 times I tried. And I even had the benifit of sheet music.
You better know what your talking about next time before you let the shit spill
out of your mouth!
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
From: sbohman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven A Bohman)
Subject: Re: Three Greatest Consecutive Albums
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:33:40 GMT

In article <f7Y=02v3ccNb00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fierro@uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro) writes:
>In article <1992Apr15.161101.14462@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> sbohman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven A Bohman) writes:
>>I have to due this just to start the expected riot.
>>
>>Appetite For Destruction
>>Use Your Illusion I
>>Use Your Illusion II
>
>  Well, I guess you didn't hear about the "Lies" release :-)
>
>  Doug
>-- 
Give me a break Doug.  I bought G'n'R Lies the week it was released.  The
original post stated that greatest hits and compilations shouldn't be included.
Since Lies includes four songs previously released on an EP, that would
exclude it from this list.

I just looked up at your post; perhaps this :-) indicates sarcasm and you
knew why I didn't include Lies.  If so, I'm sorry.
-- 
Steven A. Bohman   :                 He's got an AK-47 for his best friend, 
Bohman.2@osu.edu   :                 Business the American Way...QueensRyche
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu  (Jeff Davidson)
Subject: Re: David Gilmour's 1978 solo album
Reply-To: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:42:24 GMT

In article <qHN6iB1w164w@netlink.cts.com> guido@netlink.cts.com (Joel Cherney)  
writes:
> 
>   I just picked up a vinyl of a self-titled salbum by David Gilmour for a 
> buck.  I like it quite a bit... what's the net.opinion on this?
> 

There are at least 2 albums out by David Gilmour. Which one are you referring  
to? I have both.

the Lost cause
jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

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From: young@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: For all you Sinead fans
Reply-To: young@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 00:03:19 GMT

article <1992Apr11.205422.18006@ncsu.edu>, rcadams@eos.ncsu.edu 
(ROBERT CHRISTIAN ADAMS) writes:
>
> For all you Sinead O' Conner fans out there:
                        ^^^^^^    
>
>  If you take the K and the H out of SKINHEAD, you get Sinead.....
>
>
>  I thought that was interesting......
>

Yeah. Original too. Thanks for sharing your insightful views on one of the most
creative artists in rock 'n' roll (yes, I do consider Sinead to be rock 'n
roll) today.  Creativity is apparently something YOU understand well given the
level of intelligence demonstrated above.

NOT!

"Nothing Compares 2U" aside (it's not even HER song), Sinead's sheer intensity
and incisiveness blows away whatever cretinous wretchedness produced the
above drivel.  Like flicking a booger.  

-Bruce

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 From the thing that I've chosen to be..."
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From: lehe@lulea.trab.se (Lennart Hedenstr|m)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: WHITESNAKE (John Sykes)
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:27:51 GMT
Organization: Telia Research AB, Aurorum 6, 951 75 Lulea, Sweden

Are you for real ?! I mean $15 for a tape COPY !!

Get serious !

I still think most of these albums are available in one
way or the other.

Lennart

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BTW, I'm a collector of Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore material.
So if there is anyone else interested out there maybe we
could TRADE or just exchange information.

Lennart Hedenstrom : lehe@lulea.trab.se

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Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
From: mshaw@uiuc.edu (Mark Shaw)
Subject: Re: Rush's YYZ  (trivia tidbits)
Organization: Univ of Illinois
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:17:18 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.183859.29186@rice.edu>, jeremyl@screech.owlnet.rice.edu (Jeremy Lyn Hart) writes:
> In article <1992Apr9.184035.28854@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, sross@cdc001.austin.ibm.com (Stacey Ross) writes:
> > In article <1992Apr8.175109.11501@acsu.buffalo.edu>, 
> > 
> > [ Stuff about Neil Peart's lyrics deleted ]
> > 
> > > textbook, and I can't really get into it.  The Rush lyrics I like are
> > > the ones that don't have this distancing technique, like "Distant Early
> > > Warning", "Entre Nous", "Red Barchetta", etc.  To me, these seem more
> > > heartfelt...Comments appreciated...
> > > 
> > I was led to believe that Red Barchetta was based upon a published sci-fi short
> > story. Maybe I'm mistaken. But if it was already published, I can commend Peart
> > for successfully transcribing the story into lyric form (the song is really
> > cool) but I can't give him credit for doing anything heartfelt.
> > 
> 
> If memory serves, the author and the story are credited on the jacket of
> "Moving Pictures".  Don't remember the name...Anybody read the real story?
> (Besides Neil, apparently)

The story that Red Barchetta was based on was a short story which appeared
in Road and Track magazine entitled "A Nice Morning Drive" by Richard S.
Foster.  It was in the Nov. 1973 issue on pages 148-150.  This has to 
answer all questions about that.

Yes, I did read the story, in fact I still have a copy.  It is set way in
the future - the exact date is March 1982!  :-)  Hope that helps

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From: Darrin Snider <djsnider@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: frank zappa
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 13:03:03 -0500

In <1992Apr6.150610.10231@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> lorange@spot.Colorado.EDU (LORANGE HANS P) writes:

>brown@castor.cs.uga.edu (Uncle Meat) writes:


>>That depends on what kind of music you like.  Frank did everything from doo-wop
>>to fusion.

My personal favorites are Joe's Garage, Apostrophie, and Sheik Yerbouti
(granted these were the first ones I heard...)
Zoot Allures is also an excellent album.

>>In general, though, it is hard to go wrong with FZ.  All of his work shows a
>>great intelligence and sense of humor (except maybe the latter two I
>>mentioned).  BTW, some of these albums are actually credited to the Mothers


>As a follow up....any word on Zappa's medical condition?

     From what I've told, all of those stories are blown completely out of
proportion.  Apparently he made a full or nearly full recovery long ago,
as he is scheduled to direct some symphony orchestra over in Europe later
this month.  No word on a new album though.

Neo







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Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: New Dead Milkmen album: Big disappointment
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:50:54 GMT


     Anyone else who has the spanking-new Dead Milkmen album feel that
it's a real step down from their previous efforts?  Not only does
Rodney (excuse me, "H.P. Hovercraft") sit on the sidelines for most
of the songs, leaving the vocals to Jasper most of the time, but also
the songs are...well...just not funny.  It almost sounds as though
the Milkmen are trying to sound respectable so they can get more MTV
exposure.

     As a long-time Milkhead, I'd be interested in hearing comments
on "Soul Rotation" from other people who've heard the album.


                                        --Steve Stelter
                                           sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: rone@carina.usc.edu (Ron A. Echeverri)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd
Date: 12 Apr 1992 16:46:10 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: carina.usc.edu

In article <1992Apr11.072923.15111@acsu.buffalo.edu> becker@acsu.buffalo.edu (Don Becker) writes:
>rone@skat.usc.edu (Ron A. Echeverri) writes:
>
>>Is there a Pink Floyd album besides "The Final Cut" in which there is not at
>>least one instrumental track? 
>
>Meddle

"One of these Days"  'One of these days i'm going to cut you into little
pieces' doesn't make it not an instrumental, IMO

>Wish You Were Here

What about "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"? 7 of the 9 parts of the song are
instrumental...

>Animals

Ack, yes. Should've thought of it; got psyched cuz the songs are so long, it's
like they have their own instrumentals within them. :-)

Someone else mentioned "The Wall" in another post. "Is There Anybody Out
There?" is an instrumental in the same fashion "One Of These Days" is (ie, one
line does not an instrumental unmake)

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From: sikora@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Riyaz Sikora)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Aerosmith & Clapton
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:51:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr15.155138.25299
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

In article <1992Apr13.175658.1266@bvc.edu>, caudlerobina@bvc.edu writes:

> Secondly, I have recently started listening to Eric Clapton and really like 
> his blues stuff and some of his rock.  I have the "Rush" soundtrack and "24 
> Nights" and am wondering what else is good?
>

Get _461 Ocean Boulevard_ (my fav Clapton album), _EC Was Here_, and 
_Slowhand_. Offcourse, if you can afford the $$$ get the boxed set _Crossroads_.

-riyaz.

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From: benham@anion.serum.kodak.com (Todd Benham (x37354))
Subject: Backward part of PF (was Re: Help with ELO song)
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:25:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.194254.182552@zeus.calpoly.edu> eanderso@zeus.calpoly.edu (Eric W. Anderson "ERK") writes:
>>The backwards part is at the *beginning* of "Fire on High."  Whether
>>that's what the original poster meant or not, "Fire on High" begins
>>with the following message backwards:
>>
>>	The music
>>	Is reversible
>>	But time is not.
>>	Turn back.....
>>	Turn back.....
>>	Turn back.....
>>

What is the backward part in Pink Floyd's The Wall? Something about a 
secret message.  If I recall correctly, at the beginning of Empty Spaces?
From: Steve.Varty@newcastle.ac.uk (Steve Varty)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: BEST LIVE ALBUMS
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:36:01 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

v056rcrx@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Chuck, the Fencing God) writes:


>The best live albums according to ME  (and I'm all that counts, hehe)

You can't be coz you got them all wrong !  :-)


Steve.

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From: swann@acsu.buffalo.edu (Stephen Swann)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: symphonic rock
Date: 5 Apr 92 16:16:59 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Apr04.195053.662280@zeus.calpoly.edu> eanderso@zeus.calpoly.edu (Eric W. Anderson) writes:
>Can anybody in net-land recommend some classic symphonic albums that might
>be worth listening to...
>
>The groups I am familiar with are (not necessarily symphonic): Rush, ELO,
>Boston, Journey, Queen, Led Zep, Pink Floyd,...etc
>
>I have heard Brain Salad Surgery from ELP and thought it was great.  I also
>like Days of Futures Past by the Moody Blues.  Are there any other albums
>of this caliber by these guys or others.

Kansas.  Probably the safest route is to just pick up their greatest hits
package, but if you prefer to get the original albums, then I guess
Leftoverture would be a good start.

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swann@acsu.buffalo.edu      |      them all sound like one...  -BOC
From: bostrov@eris.wtfd.orst.edu (Vareck Bostrom)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Def Leppard molests small children! SLAYER RULZ!
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:09:52 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University - Univ. Computing Services

Maple Moriji writes
> 
> Although Slayer is satanic, they have VERY intelligent lyrics.

They ARE satanic? No.. I think it's more of a gag than anything. 
Yeah, intelligent lyrics and fun lyrics, like Alter of Sacrifice,
Jesus Saves, Necrophiliac, and so on. 

- Vareck 
bostrov@eris.wtfd.orst.edu
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From: earendil@wizard.etsu.edu (Allen Garvin)
Subject: Re: chit chat
Reply-To: earendil@wizard.etsu.edu (Allen Garvin)
Organization: East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:03:28 GMT



This may sound really silly, but I've got a friend that insists he's heard
some backwards masking on "Puff the Magic Dragon". My player wont let me
play stuff backwards (it doesn't even have a neutral position) so I need your
word 8-)

I've told him I doubt very seriously if PP&M's song was recorded on anything
other than a one-track recorder (folk singers never had much studio time 
then), but he won't listen. Some People ...

      -Earendil
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sunday, 12 Apr 1992 20:46:15 EDT
From: <LPR100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Def Leppard molests small children! SLAYER RULZ!
 <12APR199217484058@zeus.tamu.edu>

Suaron,
   Slayer is not rock and roll, it is metal. So post on rnr.metal,
you poser, or I'll sic my pet dog 'Walnut' on you!

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From: mzickar@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Mike Zickar)
Subject: Re: Three Greatest Consecutive Albums
Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:32:36 GMT

sminsk@.stern.nyu.edu (Seth Minsk) writes:


>   There was recently a thread going about three greatest songs in a row on
>an album.  OK, in a similar vein, how about three greatest consecutive albums
>by any particular group/artists?  Just a couple suggested rules:
>1) PLEASE consult some kind of discography before posting about a group!
>2) Live and compilation albums don't count as breaking up a sequence of
>consecutive albums.

These are THE 3 most incredible consecutive albums:

Jimi Hendrix Experience:  1.  Are You Experienced?
                          2.  Axis:  Bold As Love
                          3.  Electric Ladyland

Another group of 3 consecutive albums but not on that scale are:
John Hiatt:               1.  Bring the Family
                          2.  Slow Turning
                          3.  Stolen Moments

That's all,
Mike Zickar
From: rgp39716@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rahul G. Patwari)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Roy Orbison's New Song
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:11:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr16.231122.29279
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

jsw21124@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph S. Walker) writes:

>I have two questions about the new Roy Orbison song that's getting a lot of
>play on MTV.  First, I seem to remember the song.  Has somebody done it
>before?  Could it have been Cyndi Lauper, or is my memory playing tricks on
>me?  Oh, I probably should have mentioned that the song is "I Drove All Night."

Is this a re-release of an old song, or some old tapes that were dug up
and never released, put out now.  It sounds like it's fairly new sounding 
(i.e., not from the '50s).
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At Urbana-Champaign
From: bondt@dutiws.tudelft.nl (Piet de Bondt)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd
Date: 13 Apr 92 10:55:21 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology

In article <1992Apr11.090445.9603@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> a-feygin@uiuc.edu (Alexander Feygin) writes:
>rone@skat.usc.edu (Ron A. Echeverri) writes:
>}Also what's the address for the PF Mailing list? thanks
>
>echoes-request@fawny.tcs.com is the administrative address.

That's : echoes-request@fawnya.tcs.com ... fawnya instead of fawny !!!

Also I made a huge mistake... wywh and meddle indeed don't have instrumentals
either... so my previous post was wrong... sorry
>
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From: rocky@NeoSoft.com (Joe Mullally)
Subject: Re: CD packaging
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 23:14:28 GMT

In article <92105.170448LPR100@psuvm.psu.edu> LPR100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>I can't claim to know the details of the process either, but I can't see
>that plastic from CD boxes is a major problem. Just look around the room...
>EVERYTHING is plastic. CD boxes have to be such a minor percentage of the
>whole plastic industry that it seems ridiculous to make such a big deal
>over it when there are so many larger consumers of plastic.

	But we're alt.r-n-r-ers, we're supposed to be different. Let's do
be!

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From: rsoc@doc.ic.ac.uk (Rob O'Connor)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Bootleg Screwups
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:22:24 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.

In article <cubsfan.702238242@camelot> cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman) writes:
>What are the most mangled song titles you've ever seen on a bootleg
>made by bootleg manufacturers who don't know the first thing about
>the band who's bootleg they are publishing?

I was under the impression that bootleggers deliberately mispell at least one
song track on a dodgy recording in order to flout copyright laws. At record
fairs, I've always looked at bootleg covers just to spot the deliberate
spelling mistake and there is always one spelling error almost without exception- though things may be different in the US. Correct me if I'm horribly wrong!

Yurs, Rob.
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From: asg28689@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Abhi S. Gami)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll
Subject: Re: Adrien Belew
Date: 16 Apr 92 01:59:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.1992Apr16.015953.1686
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

stcmille@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Stephen C. Miller) writes:

>Just caught Adrien Belew here in Bloomington - I think he's on some kind
>of longish tour.

>The only unfortunate thing is, his songs really aren't all that great or
>interesting, and his words are highly dumb.  He manages to save them
>with guitar unique guitar virtuosity.  In a way he needs someone to tell
>him what to do - someone like the Talking Heads or Robert Fripp, people
>with whom he's done some of his best work.


What did he play in concert?  It would be very difficult for him to put
together a set with all the songs he's ever done that have "dumb words."

It's true that Belew is one of the best all-time guitar innovators, but if
you listen to the lyrics, you'll find some very moving, disturbing, and
outright intelligent ideas.  Belew is well known for his playfulness as well.
Songs like "Oh, Daddy" and "She's Beautiful" are more whimisical, but still
highly entertaining.
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