tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post112356970531881030..comments2023-06-08T07:28:54.296-07:00Comments on Got All These Buckets Coming Out Of My Ears: Taking a page from Devastatin' Dave---Album Pollbeamishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123708914767796382005-08-10T14:21:00.000-07:002005-08-10T14:21:00.000-07:00I'm always looking for new acts to try out. I agre...I'm always looking for new acts to try out. I agree about Hank the 3rd, his second album is fantastic. Never seen him.<BR/><BR/>The Supersuckers did a fantastic country set followed by a punk blasting second set at the Bit & Spur last year which was one of the best shows I've ever seen. <BR/><BR/>It's true about labels these days.beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123704870099794672005-08-10T13:14:00.000-07:002005-08-10T13:14:00.000-07:00Did ya'll know that Beck is a very serious Sciento...Did ya'll know that Beck is a very serious Scientologist?beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123704725483515042005-08-10T13:12:00.000-07:002005-08-10T13:12:00.000-07:00It don't bother me none Skeeter. I wasn't trying t...It don't bother me none Skeeter. I wasn't trying to convince you of anything.<BR/><BR/>Who's your favorite alternative country band? Who do you like to go see when they're in town?beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123704560118108212005-08-10T13:09:00.001-07:002005-08-10T13:09:00.001-07:00Aud---It was a double entendre dude.Aud---It was a double entendre dude.beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123703212493439812005-08-10T12:46:00.000-07:002005-08-10T12:46:00.000-07:00Honorable mentions:Patty GriffinMindy SmithJohn Pr...Honorable mentions:<BR/><BR/>Patty Griffin<BR/>Mindy Smith<BR/>John Prine<BR/>Hot Rize<BR/>Solas<BR/>Bela Fleck & the Flecktones' "Live Art" album<BR/><BR/>And some artists I enjoy live, but whose recorded stuff I don't like as much:<BR/><BR/>Wilco<BR/>String Cheese Incident<BR/>Natalie MacMaster<BR/>Ben HarperAudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575322545625201898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123700151581004452005-08-10T11:55:00.000-07:002005-08-10T11:55:00.000-07:00Burn!! Good one, Aud.Burn!! Good one, Aud.Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123699632214992882005-08-10T11:47:00.000-07:002005-08-10T11:47:00.000-07:00Beamis said:"MM---I suppose since I'm linked throu...Beamis said:<BR/><BR/>"MM---I suppose since I'm linked through your sight now I will also be gaining a ... spell checker."<BR/><BR/>That would be "site."Audiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575322545625201898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123699261545090452005-08-10T11:41:00.000-07:002005-08-10T11:41:00.000-07:00I'll wade in here....Yes, Pink Floyd puts me to sl...I'll wade in here....<BR/><BR/>Yes, Pink Floyd puts me to sleep, and the Ass Ponies are a bit too hick sounding for me, and I'm sorry (really) that I don't 'get' Thelonius Monk or Charlie Parker (I respect 'em, but don't find repeated listenings of their work particularly pleasurable), but I'm sure you all will hate some of my favorites, too. My favorites change with time, and some of the albums I once thought indispensable seem rather trite to me today. So, I refrain from an all-time best, but here are 10 artists I am listening to these days:<BR/><BR/>Split Lip Rayfield<BR/>Beck<BR/>Alison Krauss & Union Station<BR/>DJ Harry<BR/>Lucinda Williams<BR/>Todd Snider<BR/>The Shins<BR/>Euphoria<BR/>Kathleen Edwards<BR/>Jack Johnson<BR/>Joe Cocker<BR/>Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer<BR/><BR/>(My list goes to 12....)<BR/><BR/>As for some of the artists already mentioned, I would say "Yeah, but..." to some of the comments made. For instance, "The Stones are lame and overrated." Yeah, but... "Shattered" is a kick-ass song (no?). "U2 is self-inflated." Yeah, but... "War" is a pretty great and groundbreaking record, and yeah, "Bullet the Blue Sky" is a pretty good song from Joshua Tree, but "One Tree Hill" is better. I can understand complaints about Boston and ELO, but I can still listen to Boston's debut album and ELO's "A New World Record" with fondness. Another from that era was Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. I still think it's a great one, and the follow-up, Tusk, was as good, and underrated. The soundtrack of my high school years also includes all those early hits from Chicago, back before Terry Kath shot himself playing Russian Roulette, and Peter Cetera took over the band. And, another album that I will crank way up whenever I hear it while channel-surfing the FM dial: Frampton Comes Alive. I haven't heard anything before or since that better captured an artist and his audience making a totally intimate connection.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the Eagles suck.<BR/><BR/>Nice call on the Pogues, MM. They issued a stinker now and then, but when they were on, they were ON.Audiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575322545625201898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123693938207238512005-08-10T10:12:00.000-07:002005-08-10T10:12:00.000-07:00SS--I meant overesteemed in talent due to their as...SS--I meant overesteemed in talent due to their astronomical sales figures. To me they are the Cats of rock'n roll. With so much to choose from they're just not that appealing to me. It's a taste thing, of course.<BR/><BR/>Skeeter---the Ass Ponys are a great band. As are others you've never heard of like the Mother Hips, Court and Spark, Banyan, Rising Lion, the Slackers, Billy Bacon and the Forgotten Pigs and many others.<BR/><BR/>I work at a restraunt/road house that books bands from all over the country, especially the West, and let me tell you there are some incredible musicians out here working and doing creative things. <BR/><BR/>Your quote "If they are, then it's their own money paying for the production...which may explain some things.." is precisely the point. How do you think Buckethead makes out so well, by doing it in- house by himself. Self-production carrys all the risks but enables you to reap ALL of the rewards. Today many sucessful bands are bypassing the old distribution tube you seem to suckle and have made tidy little careers out of self-production and distribution.<BR/><BR/>Your immediate arbiter of sucess "I'm the sure Ass-poneys last album went aluminum" is sales figures at the national level. You're missing the point. The Ass Ponys have a dedicated loyal following who will support them as long as they are good. With new technology in the hands of more talented people the old heirarchy will fall and new and more diverse products will appear in the marketplace. Capitalism pure and simple.<BR/><BR/>Who is your favorite alt. country band?beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123684197586553302005-08-10T07:29:00.000-07:002005-08-10T07:29:00.000-07:00Beamis,The statement made earlier is that they wer...Beamis,<BR/><BR/>The statement made earlier is that they were overrated. If they are overrated so are the Yankees, Ali, and Michael Jordon. A band that sells around 100 million albums is not overrated. <BR/><BR/>You also stated that they wouldnt do that today. Guess you didnt read the part where they sold 400,000 copies 3 yrs ago of an album that was almost 30 yrs old. <BR/><BR/>Guess Division Bell wasnt that big of of a tour. Considering there were 100,000 people at the Horseshoe at Ohio State during the height of grundge I'm gonna have to disagree there too. Dark Side of the Moon, today, still sells around 8,000 copies a week. <BR/><BR/>To top it off, not too much later they come out with The Wall and sell another 30 million albums.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123678475589611262005-08-10T05:54:00.000-07:002005-08-10T05:54:00.000-07:00Skeeter,Believe it or not, there are groups out th...Skeeter,<BR/><BR/>Believe it or not, there are groups out there making music that DON'T appear at Bonaroo.Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123652741611050652005-08-09T22:45:00.000-07:002005-08-09T22:45:00.000-07:00Kenny G sells a lot of albums too, and Cats was th...Kenny G sells a lot of albums too, and Cats was the biggest selling stage production ever, big deal! I'm just saying with the perspective of some 25 years time these records are now just cheesy symphonics to me. It never moved me when it came out (I was around then) and I'm still very underwhelmed by it now. <BR/><BR/>Again, with what I had to choose from in the realm of recorded music back in the day and certainly now Pink Floyd just never comes up in any conversation regarding great music. <BR/><BR/>They're schlockmeisers who made a mint on AOR. Good for them. Knowing a market is important. They'd never do it today.beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123631131878069842005-08-09T16:45:00.000-07:002005-08-09T16:45:00.000-07:00I need The Pogues as well.I need The Pogues as well.Monkey's Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682860045391115600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123628333770435752005-08-09T15:58:00.000-07:002005-08-09T15:58:00.000-07:00Sinister Steve,Testify!!!Sinister Steve,<BR/><BR/>Testify!!!Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123626705281075142005-08-09T15:31:00.000-07:002005-08-09T15:31:00.000-07:00Dark Side of the Moon is the 2nd best selling albu...Dark Side of the Moon is the 2nd best selling album of all time, worldwide and is estimated to be owned by 1-14 people, under the age of 50 in the United States. <BR/><BR/>It has sold over 35 million copies and just passed "Thriller" in total sales. <BR/><BR/>In 2002 Dark SIde sold 400,000 copies and ranked 200 for record sales that year; 30 yrs after its release.<BR/><BR/>Dark SIde has spent 741 weeks on the Billboard Charts with a continuous stretch of 591 weeks, a record. <BR/><BR/>Dark SIde is 15 x's platinum in the US alone<BR/><BR/>Overrated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123623273817464542005-08-09T14:34:00.000-07:002005-08-09T14:34:00.000-07:00The Ass Ponys are one of the finest and most origi...The Ass Ponys are one of the finest and most original alternative country bands ever. Sort of a cross between the Fugs and Uncle Tupelo with a little Neil Young fuzz thrown in for good measure.<BR/><BR/>Not one Pink Floyd album comes close to such masterpieces as "One Size Fits All" or "We're Only In It For the Money" by Zappa or even such works as "The Who Sell Out" or "Musewell Hillbillies" by the Kinks. <BR/><BR/>As far as the music itself there are things out there now by guys like Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Nels Cline and even Wilco who are pushing way beyond the boundaries of what Pink Floyd maybe broke some ground for way back when, and soaring to more exhilirating heights.<BR/><BR/>It all sounds so dated and worn by all the repeated trumpeting in the mass market media. <BR/><BR/>Back when Pink Floyd was big I was listening to Zappa, Jimi and the Allmans and pretty much ignored AOR with it's chicken shit ELO pomposity and the candy coated garbage of Styx, Boston and always tightly clad in perfect Levis Bruce Springsteen---a man of the people. He's another celebrity who is always reminding us of how important he thinks he is. Enough with your importance already!beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123620915167932032005-08-09T13:55:00.000-07:002005-08-09T13:55:00.000-07:00Skeeter,You're just steamed because the song "Litt...Skeeter,<BR/><BR/>You're just steamed because the song "Little Bastard," from <I>Electric Rock Music</I>, parallels your life.Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123620749320776082005-08-09T13:52:00.000-07:002005-08-09T13:52:00.000-07:00Skeeter,I have 5 AP albums and I listened to them ...Skeeter,<BR/><BR/>I have 5 AP albums and I listened to them just the other day on my iPod. They are a staple of my musical listening.Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123617622147244322005-08-09T13:00:00.000-07:002005-08-09T13:00:00.000-07:00I would just bring pictures of myself doing squats...I would just bring pictures of myself doing squats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123617522711190302005-08-09T12:58:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:58:00.000-07:00History will vindicate the Ponys. I'm supposedly t...History will vindicate the Ponys. I'm supposedly the one trapped in AOR, yet I realize the brilliance of the Ponys. THPTHPTTPPTTHPPT!Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123617113550169722005-08-09T12:51:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:51:00.000-07:00Unplugged -Alice N Chains16 Stone - BushWaters Edg...Unplugged -Alice N Chains<BR/>16 Stone - Bush<BR/>Waters Edge -7 Mary 3 <BR/>Self Titled - Third Eye Blind<BR/>Fashion Nugget - Cake<BR/>Beautiful Freak -Eels<BR/>OK Computer -Radio Head<BR/>No Fences -Garth Brooks<BR/>The Wall -Pink Floyd<BR/>Thank You -Stone Temple PilotsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123616769519798762005-08-09T12:46:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:46:00.000-07:00Beamis,You and Vanessa couldn't be more wrong abou...Beamis,<BR/><BR/>You and Vanessa couldn't be more wrong about Pink Floyd. Gilmour's solo albums don't come close to the Pink Floyd albums. They are completely different from all bands, past and present. They weren't like the British Invasion bands of the 60s and they weren't like the arena rock bands of the 70s. Totally unique. And magnificent. Sit down and listen to Animals on headphones and dare to tell me it isn't a great album. I'm giving you and Vanessa a big raspberry.Devastatin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524585617238442008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123615914174233102005-08-09T12:31:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:31:00.000-07:00MM---I will tell the Bit when I go to work tonight...MM---I will tell the Bit when I go to work tonight. I don't mind the editing at all. <BR/><BR/>The whole idea of albums or of a single work on CD is fast fading into the mists of the past. An iPod really does makes this whole exercise moot.<BR/><BR/>This is my first and last "list" blog post folks.beamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573400877018313541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123615344364945492005-08-09T12:22:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:22:00.000-07:00And could you please tell the Bit & Spur there are...And could you please tell the Bit & Spur there are no such things as "organic vegitables". Thanks.Monkey's Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682860045391115600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12348332.post-1123615272715150282005-08-09T12:21:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:21:00.000-07:00I need some Kinks too, and Satie and Coldplay (Mon...I need some Kinks too, and Satie and Coldplay (Monkey would be so proud) and some Smiths... Forget the bloody CDs, I need an iPod for my desert island.<BR/><BR/>Beamis, I can't help it, I'm an editor. But life coach?Monkey's Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682860045391115600noreply@blogger.com