Iain76er

So did anyone pick up Springsteen tickets in the pre-sale yesterday? I'm gonna try and get one when they go on sale in thirteen minutes.

Yup. £3.50 for them to send an email with my tickets. They're having a fucking laugh.

How'd you do?

Heaven & Hell will be amazing, by the way their new album comes out April 25th!

And for Iain, who cares if it's not 1988 any more? I think numbers speak, especially numbers like Motley Crue's current tour, which is pretty much sold out across the board. Like them or not, yes, they're an 80's band, but they're damn good and would most likely outsell any of the other bands on the bill. Rather you choose to believe it or not Iain, Crue is still a big deal today in music.

First off, I love Motley Crue.

Secondly, that's not true in Britain is it? They never tour Britain outside of the festivals, which when the last time they played Download they were in a tent. As far as I can tell 'Saints Of Los Angeles' did not chart in the UK. 'All Hope Is Gone' reached number 2. Korn's last album reached number 15. Trivium's 'Shogun' reached number 17.

Motley Crue are just a nostalgia act that can put on one hell of a live show. They are not a big deal today in music.

Who cares about new bands when you could have Faith No More and Limp Bizkit reuniting... speaking of which, anymore news on the FNM front? I know they were apparently willing but were in need of another few euro festivals to justify coming over to do it.

I won't be going but for the simple fact that I want FNM back I want them to play Download.

Also, if Limp Bizkit and/or Faith No More reunite > Blink 182's reformation. Easily.

My housemate, who keeps up to date with these things, believe they're more likely to play the Knebworth one, because its in 6 or so other European countries.

I was thinking about the Sunday. Except I have no friends who like Springsteen. I may solo it and spend the night round my brothers. I have til Friday to decide.

Well really, out of all of those bands, I would think that on name value alone Motley Crue would pretty much have to be the headliner.

It ain't 1988 anymore

Put on some Byzantine. I seem to remember Catalyst being good (and lyrically repetetive & dumb).

Ringo's too busy doing adverts for banks to sign any autographs, let alone go for a drink with someone.

One of the only songs? In a thirty year discography? Hmm. And "joke band" is a bit much - there was a lot of parody in there, and more irony than you could shake a stick at, but to call them simply a "joke" band kind of discredits their genuine musical talent (of which there is lots), and implies that humour and music don't mix. They're a comedic band, but not a comedy band. I draw a distinction. Bonzo Dog Band - comedic. Many Frank Zappa songs - comedic. Weird Al Yankovic, Tenacious D? Comedy (allegedly).

I was under the impression they only released one album. Turns out I was wrong. Fair point on the other matter.

Also, "Death Cab For Cutie" is not a horrible name, simply by virtue of being named after one of the only songs by a joke band. So there.

Fixed.

Grrrr....

According to eFestivals Blur are playing the Sunday. I have pretty much guaranteed free tickets for the Sunday, but Blur can fuck off. I want Springsteen or Young. Then my plan was to try hard to get free tickets for the other day, or at worst pay for day tickets. Now this has ruined rumouredly spoilt this opportunity. I now have to bank on my mother being one of the vendor's there and getting a weekend ticket.

I hate Blur and Michael Eavis.

...Also 90% of tickets already sold? Why are people buying tickets before anyone is announced? You might get Kings of Leon and The Verve again. Fucking hippies.

The Core suffix would mean that the band is hardcore punk not metal.

I spoke to one of the Tommys once.

Hadn't they been going for ages without any sort of success?

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Ultimately, it doesn't matter. What matters is that he made the decision, he was doing it on his own terms - he got to do what he loved, whether it killed him or not is inconsequential, because in that moment nothing else mattered to him.

Is that Tim Buckley's "Song To The Siren"? Because if so, I imagine it'd be bloody excellent.

It is.

I just have to say that the whole Pop scene really doesnt deserve half the crap that it receives. I can still easily listen to my Britney's and Justin's without a problem.

Also I will never accept when people put what an artist does outside of their music into the equation of whether it is good or not. I'm looking at the likes of Miley Cyrus, Britney and even the likes of Axl Rose.

What does Axl do outside of music? Fight Tommy Hillfiger?

Oh fuck, Faith No More would be epic.

Never going to happen. I don't care what Metal Hammer have to say, I will cut off my right hand if FNM play Download.

It was in Kerrang too. Why would Kerrang lie?

Now That's What I Call Music 10

Single was China In Your Hand by T'Pau.

How many songs: 1287

Sort by song title:

First Song: A.D.I./Horror Of It All- Anthrax

Last Song: Zombie Eaters- Faith No More

Sort by time:

Shortest Song: For The Ladies- Rahzel (0:09)

Longest Song: 2112- Rush (20:33)

Sort by album:

First Song: Neighbor- Ugly Kid Joe (America's Least Wanted)

Last Song: Mater Dolores- Skull Kontrol (Zzzzz...)

Sort by artist:

First song: Hells Bells- AC/DC

Last song: Youth Of Today- Youth Of Today

Top Five Most Played Songs:

1. War Pigs- Black Sabbath

2. The End- The Doors

3. Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin

4. Little Doll- The Stooges

5. Paranoid- Black Sabbath

First 5 songs that comes up on Shuffle:

1. Givin' It All Away- Bachman-Turner Overdrive

2. The Four Horsemen- Metallica

3. Twentieth Century Fox- The Doors

4. Cherub Rock- Smashing Pumpkins

5. Ladies- Mantronix

Search:

"heart", how many songs come up? 4

"death", how many songs come up? 4

"love", how many songs come up? 34 (My Bloody Valentine's Loveless skewers this a bit)

"you", how many songs come up? 184

2/10- Point for Sabbath, point for being brave enough to list the rest of them.

1. Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam [Live]- Nirvana

2. Mr. Brownstone- Guns N' Roses

3. Holiday In Cambodia- Dead Kennedys

4. One Love- Nas

5. Sweet Black Angel- The Rolling Stones

6. I'm On Fire- Bruce Springsteen

7. Across The Sea- Weezer

8. Don't Stop Living In The Red- Andrew W.K.

9. RV- Faith No More

10. Letterbomb- Converge

Evil Empire is RATM's best album.

The last POD album was good.

Er, can't think of anything else, except Dope Nose by Weezer is awesome, so some of yous is wrong.

blink 182- I won't be home for christmas...its about snapping at some carolers, going after them with a baseball bat, and getting arrested

Nerf Herder- Santa Has a Mullet

All of The Vandals Oi! To The World album...

Think I have a cover of Thrice doing John Lennons "Merry Christmas (War Is Over) somewhere, and The Bouncing Souls and Weston did a cover a few years back of the Band-Aid song Do They Know Its Christmas Time.

Also, Bad Religion did some christmas songs along time ago for K-Rocks Almost Accoustic Christmas...have a live version of frosty the snowman, studio versions of joy to the world (with different lyrics), leon/noel, God Rest Ye Jerry Mentlemen (done to the beat of The Answer)

and of courtse, who can overlook Fears "Fuck Christmas"

Bad Religion doing Christmas songs? Surely they've missed the point of their band?

Jennifer Lopez Love Don't Cost A Thing

What I love about that song is how true it is, considering the number of penniless boyfriends Jennifer Lopez has had.

I never got the line 'Even if you were broke, my love don't cost a thing.'

Well thanks love, but I thought at best it would be 'especially' not 'even.'

When was that "Do you really like it? Is it, is it wicked?" released? Was that, that summer too. Just checked, yeah it was...now that was a fucking tune. 2001 was so awesome. I WANNA GO BACK!!! "Don't Stop Movin'" (Come on, it were an epic S Club tune), then that, then Shaggy as number 1's in a row...epic.

And that Nelly song was fucking awesome.

And a bad word cannot be said against "All Killer No Filler"...not a bad tune on the thing.

OPM were the first band I saw. They got my friend banned from a McDonalds...he was a knobhead anyway.

One of my friend's stole some of their equipment. :/

As I pay my TV license, this should mean I get the Radio 1 Live Lounge Vol. 3 for free, right?

They were on tour in England, in like November (or were in Yeovil). They were really low down the bill though.