All Discussions Tagged 'van halen' - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-29T10:27:52Zhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=van+halen&feed=yes&xn_auth=noVAN HALEN RUMORED TO HAVE NEW SONGS & TO TOUR IN 2018 WITH MICHAEL ANTHONYtag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-01-21:6060463:Topic:1543352018-01-21T19:35:58.583ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p>It appears that the mighty Van Halen may soon be back in action as a post yesterday from the vhlinks.com website’s “Forum Frontman” Fudd indicates that Van Halen are recording new music at guitarist Eddie Van Halen‘s 5150 studio and that they may be touring with Michael Anthony for a 40th year anniversary tour.</p>
<p>The following are excerpts…</p>
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<p>It appears that the mighty Van Halen may soon be back in action as a post yesterday from the vhlinks.com website’s “Forum Frontman” Fudd indicates that Van Halen are recording new music at guitarist Eddie Van Halen‘s 5150 studio and that they may be touring with Michael Anthony for a 40th year anniversary tour.</p>
<p>The following are excerpts from <strong>Fudd</strong>‘s post on <strong>vhlinks.com</strong> on December 21, 2016 at 7:22 pm:</p>
<p>“Ok guys. Was waiting on some more info and here’s what I got:</p>
<p>New music has BEEN recorded. It started over a few years ago and continues to this day. The photo of <strong>Dave</strong> at the cigar shop was very telling. Almost like a plant if you get me. They are recording at <strong>5150</strong> and that <strong>Dave</strong> and <strong>Ed</strong> are working together in harmony doing all new material. There is no animosity. Everyone is getting along. A lot of the “fights” and “hate” is extremely exaggerated. <strong>Wolf</strong> is the bass player for these sessions.</p>
<p>There is a box set/compilation set coming. The <strong>Sammy</strong> albums are being remastered. That I know. What extra material that is available is sketchy. <strong>Ed</strong> has the masters of the <strong>Sammy</strong>albums. It will be done and distributed by <strong>Warner Brothers</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Wolf</strong>‘s album is slated to drop in spring of this year.<strong> Wolf</strong> wants to spread his wings so don’t expect him to be in the band much longer. <strong>Wolf</strong> is solely responsible for almost everything that has happened. <strong>Dave</strong> likes <strong>Wolf</strong> and they get along.</p>
<p><strong>Van Halen</strong> will tour in 2018. <strong>Mike</strong> has been in contact with the band to be back in for 40th anniversary tour. Also, <strong>Sammy</strong>is not totally out of the picture but I don’t have a lot on that aspect of this equation. This will more than likely be the last we hear from the band. <strong>Wolf</strong> will be opening.</p>
<p></p> ALBUM OF THE WEEK # 364 VAN HALEN - BALANCE (1995)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-07-07:6060463:Topic:1474032017-07-07T01:50:46.445ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p><strong>Disclaimer: All info that does not reside in my brain is gathered from wikipedia.com (mostly because Jon can't stand it) unless otherwise noted.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Can't really say I'm in the mood to post an Album of the Week today, but it is my job, so I've gotta do it. So for 1995, I'm going with Van Halen's tenth studio album and fourth with Sammy Hagar, Balance.…</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Can't really say I'm in the mood to post an Album of the Week today, but it is my job, so I've gotta do it. So for 1995, I'm going with Van Halen's tenth studio album and fourth with Sammy Hagar, Balance. </strong></p>
<p><strong>I didn't realize it, but this was a Billboard 200 number one album. It is certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA. Several singles were released, but the only one to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart was Can't Stop Lovin' You, which topped out at number 30. </strong></p>
<p><strong>The album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and features a guest appearance by Steve Lukather on the song Not Enough, where he performs some guitar and backing vocals. The album is still available and can be had for less than 8 dollars on Amazon.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Tracks:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1. The Seventh Seal</strong></p>
<p><strong>2. Can't Stop Loving You</strong></p>
<p><strong>3. Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)</strong></p>
<p><strong>4. Amsterdam</strong></p>
<p><strong>5. Big Fat Money</strong></p>
<p><strong>6. Strung Out</strong></p>
<p><strong>7. Not Enough</strong></p>
<p><strong>8. Aftershock</strong></p>
<p><strong>9. Doin' Time</strong></p>
<p><strong>10. Baluchitherium</strong></p>
<p><strong>11. Take Me Back (Deja Vu)</strong></p>
<p><strong>12. Feelin'</strong></p> Hidden Treasures - Rumors In The Air (2017 Edition)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-01-31:6060463:Topic:1425152017-01-31T16:02:29.182ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273250684?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273250684?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> So our dying breed series identified scores of classic rock artists who have consistently recorded and released new music at least up to this point in time. What about those artists/bands that we continue to hold out hope for? Will they ever record again? Reunite? Do SOMETHING? They could only bolster the re-surging rock and roll movement! <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> Today were going…</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>The James Gang</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Yer' Album</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1969</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1 - I Don't Have The Time</strong></span><br/> <br/> <em>Reuniting for 50th anniversary tour and possibly recording new material? ... C’mon man! Do it!!! There’s no Eagles, you’ve released a cool solo project a few years back, what’s left? Get the gang together and get going? This rumor is one I’m seriously on board with.</em><br/> <br/> “It was horrible,” Peters told Ultimate Classic Rock of Walsh’s exit from the band. “It was like going to the electric chair. It was like, ‘Now what?’ Because it was all working. Everything was working. We had found our sound, we had a good recording thing going, we had the right agents, you know, all of this stuff was in place.” He tells “Rolling Stone” it’s something that has been on his mind since the group’s previous reunion back in 2006. Walsh explains that five years ago he, Jimmy Fox, and Dale Peters got back together just to see if they “still had it,” adding that they “pretty much did.” After Walsh departed the band (after Barnstorm, he famously went on to join The Eagles), Peters admitted the group never again recaptured the magic they did with James Gang Rides Again. With any luck, that stuff will be back in place again. When teasing the band’s 50th anniversary, Walsh even joked that the band’s most famous song could spawn a great tour name: Funk 50.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Fleetwood Mac</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Mirage</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>1982</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>2 - That's Alright</strong></span><br/> <br/> <em>What’s the real story here? New Mac or a duets album? Here’s another c’mon man! Scenario… Nicks gets a career boost and goes on a successful tour, remasters her first two solo albums and all of the sudden Fleetwood Mac go on the backburner after rumors of a new album with McVie on board. You get McVie back, clearly, after Say You Will, the band needs McVie to return to form. I don’t think anything the band does will tarnish their legacy, but why not bolster it? Why not see if the most successful lineup in Mac history still has it? I can’t be alone in wanting to hear this…</em><br/> <br/> In August 2016, Fleetwood revealed that while the band has "a huge amount of recorded music", virtually none of it features Stevie Nicks. Buckingham and Christine McVie however, have contributed multiple songs to the new project. Buckingham and Christine McVie officially announced a new album tentatively titled Buckingham McVie. While Mick Fleetwood and John McVie do appear on a few tracks, it will not be considered a part of the Fleetwood Mac canon. Stevie Nicks explained her reluctance to record another album with Fleetwood Mac. "Is it possible that Fleetwood Mac might do another record? I can never tell you yes or no, because I don't know. I honestly don't know. … It's like, do you want to take a chance of going in and setting up in a room for like a year [to record an album] and having a bunch of arguing people? And then not wanting to go on tour because you just spent a year arguing?" She also emphasized the point that people don't buy as many records as they used to. Fleetwood Mac also announced another world tour in 2017</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Steve Perry</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>For The Love of Strange Medicine</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1994</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>3 - Donna Please</strong></span><br/> <br/> <em>Reuniting with Journey and/or releasing new material? Perry’s been on the yearly rumor mill for far too long. But since he stepped on the stage with the Eels these rumors have been persistent if not growing louder. Now that the RRHOF will induct Journey, the cries are at a fever pitch, this compounded with the rumors that he is in fact recording solo material... what will we actually see happen this year? I for one would love to hear him either with Journey or solo, just something! Times a wasting!</em><br/> <br/> In an interview with Classic Rock Presents AOR, released in December 2010, Perry revealed that he had written many new songs and was contemplating his first solo project since 1994. "A little over a year and a half ago, I felt I could maybe come back to it, I have been writing. I have about 50 songs in a little over a year. I never thought I would do it again, but I decided to open up that room and see what I could find. It's been interesting. Some of it sounds familiar, some of it sounds contemporary, some of it you can't put a label on—and I've never been big on labels anyway." Perry is reluctant however to put a timescale on his return. "I'll be honest, I don't really know how to do that, but I can definitely smell a solo project on the horizon. I will be recording some music. In December 2015, Perry announced that he was completing a new album, which he stated was to be released in 2016, but it has yet to materialize…</p>
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<td><span style="color: #008080;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #008080;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Women and Children First</strong></span><br/> <span style="color: #008080;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1980</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span style="color: #008080;" class="font-size-3"><strong>4 - In A Simple Rhyme</strong></span><br/> <br/> <em>Recording or not recording? Roth or Hagar? Something’s brewing here… My take on all the rumors lately is that I hope they get Roth in the studio and get things going. I don’t buy the Hagar reconciliation stories and I don’t think Anthony will be let back in for any new recording (though its rumored he may make appearances on a 40th anniversary tour), but get Roth, get writing, and get recording? One thing we all know is that no matter what is really happening, the Van Halen’s will deny everything until they’re ready. Still, something’s afoot at the Circle K Ted!! And I’m in! Or maybe that’s already happening….???</em><br/> <br/> David Lee Roth recently let slip that Van Halen is working on a follow-up to 2012’s ‘A Different Kind of Truth,’ and although he cautioned fans they’d have to wait awhile, it sounds like the band is making real progress. According to a source, rumors of Eddie Van Halen (from Van Halen) working in recording studio are true, with as many as eight songs having been put to tape. “It’s still in the early stages,” “He’s got security on the doors to ensure no-one hears a whisper,” a source said.</td>
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</table> Hidden Treasures - Killer Songstag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2015-02-17:6060463:Topic:1141192015-02-17T15:00:19.442ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273198726?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273198726?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> Some songs are killer and some are killers.<br></br> <br></br> <br></br> Do you recall a time when a great band who was on great run released a song that made nearly everyone scracth their head? This week were looking at songs that killed a bands momentum, or in some cases their career!<br></br> <br></br> <br></br> Lets start off with a video version of what I'm talking about this week. In the case…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273198726?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273198726?profile=original"/></a>Some songs are killer and some are killers.<br/> <br/> <br/> Do you recall a time when a great band who was on great run released a song that made nearly everyone scracth their head? This week were looking at songs that killed a bands momentum, or in some cases their career!<br/> <br/> <br/> Lets start off with a video version of what I'm talking about this week. In the case of Billy Squire's Rock Me Tonite, it wasnt that the song was bad, it was the video.<br/> <a href="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/lib/js/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/img/trans.gif" target="_blank"></a><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WZvl2aqIyNg?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<br/> <br/> <em>The song ranks as Billy's highest charting U.S. single, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hitting the Top 10 on the Cash Box singles chart. It also returned him to #1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart in August 1984.</em> <em> Despite its major success, the single is sometimes associated with the end of Squier's career as a singles artist due to the music video, often described as one of the worst ever. Many viewers who saw it thought Squier was gay, or on drugs. It was directed by Kenny Ortega, the third director to be considered for the job. He had offered to make it despite reservations from the record label and Squier's management so MTV could air it as a World Premiere Video on the date Squier and his label had originally promised them. Squier's concert ticket sales immediately suffered, and he later fired his managers. He has accused Ortega of deceiving him and altering his original concept, which Ortega denies.</em><br/> <br/> <br/> Heres 4 more...<br/> <br/> <br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1klo8al" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1klo8al</a></p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>April Wine</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>Power Play</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>1982</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #cc99ff;"><strong>1 - If You See Kay<br/><span class="font-size-1"><em>NSFW because Jon is reading something into this...</em></span></strong></span><br/> <br/> Having just released two blockbuster albums in a row (the second of which contained the highest charting single of their career, "Just between You and Me"), April Wine was riding high in the early '80s. So it was quite surprising when their hot streak came to a screeching halt with the release of 1983's terribly humdrum Power Play. If only this mediocrity could have been blamed on a change of musical direction, new personnel, or another mysterious force of nature, but the album simply lacks good songs and perhaps musical mastermind Myles Goodwyn had simply run out of creative steam. Not that the album is a complete wash-out, as the band manages to pull it together on a few mid-paced rockers like "Anything You want, You got It" and "Enough Is Enough." But even these are performed with muted enthusiasm and most fans will want to give this record a miss.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>Peter Frampton</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>I'm In You</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>1977</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>2 - I'm In You</strong></span><br/> <br/> It was almost inevitable that I'm in You would be thought of as a letdown no matter now good it was. Following up to one of the biggest selling albums of the decade, Peter Frampton faced a virtually impossible task, made even more difficult by the fact that in the two years since he'd cut any new material, he had evolved musically away from some of the sounds on Frampton Comes Alive. The result was mostly a surprisingly laid-back album steeped in lyricism and craftsmanship, particularly in its use of multiple overdubs even on the harder rocking numbers. From the opening bars of "I'm in You," dominated by the sound of the piano (played by Frampton) and an ARP synthesizer-generated string section, rather than a guitar, it was clear that Frampton was exploring new sides of his music.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>III</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>1998</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>3 - Without You</strong></span><br/> <br/> According to the party line, Van Halen ditched Sammy because they wanted to try new musical and lyrical approaches that Hagar was reluctant to pursue. And it is true that Van Halen III makes a slight break from his dunderheaded party rock, but that's a difference that only hardcore fans will be able to hear. Less tired but no more inspired than Balance, Van Halen III suffers from the same problems as Hagar-era Van Halen -- limp riffs, weak melodies, and plodding, colorless rhythms. On top of that, there are layers of pretensions, from portentous lyrics to segmented song structures that don't sound all that different from "Poundcake." Evidently, the group wanted to prove that it could still rock more than it wanted to stretch its musical muscle.</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Styx</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Kilroy Was Here</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1983</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>4 - Mr. Roboto</strong></span><br/> <br/> Although Dennis De Young's concept about man being replaced by robots in the near future failed to get off the ground, Kilroy Was Here still harbored two of the band's best singles. "Don't Let It End" almost captures the same endearing qualities as their number one hit, "Babe," did four years earlier, peaking at number six, and the synthesized novelty of "Mr. Roboto" went all the way to number three, accompanied by a lively and rather extravagant Dennis De Young at the helm. It was the song's mechanically spoken chorus and slight disco beat that made it Styx's fifth Top Ten single up to that point, overshadowing the rest of the album's tracks. Pretentious, weakly composed, and rhythmically anemic, songs like "Cold War," "Heavy Metal Poisoning," and "Double Life" couldn't even keep the album's main idea interesting, solidifying the fact that Styx's forte was singles, not conceptual pieces. The saxophone playing from Steve Eison gathers some redemption, cropping up here and there, but even some decent guitar work from Shaw and Young can't save the rest of the album.</td>
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</table> Hidden Treasures - Classic Rocks Last Breath (Part II - 1991)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2015-02-10:6060463:Topic:1137672015-02-10T18:20:48.139ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273193114?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273193114?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"></img></a> Well here we are, at Classic Rock's figurative deaths door. 1991 would bring the final and fatal blow to our beloved Classic Rock sounds. Smells Like Teen Spirit blew it away and the stage was set for a decade of down-tuned, mumbling, depressed bands selling us a new version of rock and roll replete with flannel plaid button ups and torn jeans. These so-called "angry" artists…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273193114?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273193114?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a>Well here we are, at Classic Rock's figurative deaths door. 1991 would bring the final and fatal blow to our beloved Classic Rock sounds. Smells Like Teen Spirit blew it away and the stage was set for a decade of down-tuned, mumbling, depressed bands selling us a new version of rock and roll replete with flannel plaid button ups and torn jeans. These so-called "angry" artists may have won the battle of the decade, but did they win the war? Who knows, when you stop and look back it was easy to see why the 70's and 80's Classic Rock sound faded out, they became complacent, and the sound never changed, so it was easy for a band to swoop in take over.<br/> <br/> <br/> Anyway, back to 1991, what did the final battle cry sound like? And what would happen to our classic rock bands going forward? We'll save that for another SHT list, for now, take off your hats and pay your respects to the death of Classic Rock... <br/> <br/> <br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1m0gm8i" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1m0gm8i</a></p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #00ccff;"><strong>Foreigner</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #00ccff;"><strong>Unusual Heat</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #00ccff;"><strong>1 - Only Heaven Knows</strong></span><br/> <br/> With Rick Willis on bass, Dennis Elliot playing drums, Mick Jones on guitar/keyboards, and the debut of Johnny Edwards from King Kobra and Buster Brown on vocals, the 1991 version of Foreigner actually was better than one would expect. Ten of the 11 songs on the Unusual Heat CD were written by co-producer Terry Thomas, new singer Johnny Edwards, and band mainstay Mick Jones, and they still had that bombast and brash appeal of the group which once featured so many textures brought to life by the voice of Lou Gramm. The unusual thing about Unusual Heat is that it is actually a good product and quite listenable. "Only Heaven Knows" kicks things off, and it could be the second cousin (or sequel) to Lou Gramm's solo smash from four years earlier, 1987's "Midnight Blue." Edwards is a stylish vocalist, and he, like the multiple replacements for Bad Company's Paul Rodgers, the Guess Who's Burton Cummings, and the Jefferson Starship's Grace Slick, has that tonal quality that can keep the public happy by keeping the sound consistent with what came before.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #993300;"><strong>2 - Spanked</strong></span><br/> <br/> The smirking title indicates the true nature of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Van Halen's third album with Sammy Hagar. Backing away from the diversity of OU812, the band turns in some of the most basic, straightforward rock & roll of its career. At times, F.U.C.K. recalls the sleek hard rock of Hagar's early-'80s albums, and it's undeniable that his limited vocal power had a great deal to do with the obvious nature of most of this music. While the band is still tight and professional -- and Eddie Van Halen's guitar work remains impressive -- the songwriting is, by and large, undistinguished, with the anthemic "Right Now" standing out as the most memorable song of the batch, mainly because of its incessant chorus.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffff99;"><strong>Rush</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffff99;"><strong>Roll The Bones</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffff99;"><strong>3 - Bravado</strong></span><br/> <br/> From a lyrical perspective, 1991's Roll the Bones is quite possibly Rush's darkest album (most of the songs deal with death in no uncertain terms), but from a musical point of view, the record treads territory (highbrow melodic hard rock) similar to its recent predecessors, with only a few surprises thrown in for good measure. These include an amusing rap section in the middle of the title track, a welcome return to instrumentals with "Where's my Thing?," and one of the band's finest songs of the '90s in the gutsy "Dreamline." "Neurotica" is another highlight which lives up to its title, and though their negative subject matter can feel stifling at times, fine tracks like "Bravado," "The Big Wheel," and "Heresy" feature wonderful melodies and arrangements.</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Queen</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Innuendo</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>4 - Innuendo</strong></span><br/> <br/> Unbeknownst to the public, Freddie Mercury had been diagnosed with the AIDS virus in the late '80s. Although his health weakened by the '90s, Mercury insisted that the band work on music until the very end; their final album turned out to be 1991's Innuendo. Although it didn't receive the same critical praise as its predecessor, 1989's The Miracle, it was another strong album and global hit (again going gold in the U.S.). With hindsight, the song's lyrics are blatantly autobiographical from Mercury's standpoint, such as the reflective "These Are the Days of Our Lives" and the bold "The Show Must Go On." Also included are a pair of tracks that deal with mankind's inability to live harmoniously (the superb epic title track and "All God's People") and a humorous tribute to Mercury's beloved pet felines ("Delilah"). Innuendo was a fitting way to end one of rock's most successful careers.</td>
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</table> Hidden Treasures - 1979tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-09-16:6060463:Topic:1088032014-09-16T16:17:53.334ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184516?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184516?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> And so we cone to the end of the decade and the last playlist in this series. I'd love to quote Styx's Borrowed Time - "don't look now but here come the 80's" - but we've been there as well. So what did we accomplish in this series?</p>
<ul>
<li>Maybe you stumbled onto the year that music first meant something significant in your life - for me that year was 1975</li>
<li>Then…</li>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184516?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184516?profile=original"/></a>And so we cone to the end of the decade and the last playlist in this series. I'd love to quote Styx's Borrowed Time - "don't look now but here come the 80's" - but we've been there as well. So what did we accomplish in this series?</p>
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<li>Maybe you stumbled onto the year that music first meant something significant in your life - for me that year was 1975</li>
<li>Then you may have discovered the year it really took a foothold, mine was 1977</li>
<li>What year do you own the most album from? (not singles, albums)</li>
<li>I've posted 50 different artists (5 per playlist and a bonus track here in 79)</li>
<li>I tried to not duplicate any artist, but did so with one artist by accident, which artist was that?</li>
<li>We didnt really hit on Disco, New Wave, Punk or any other genres that came from the 70's, but of those three, what genre do you still enjoy listening to?</li>
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<p>And a big Shout Out to JonsMindOPedia for sponsoring our Wiki-Facts all decade long!! Here one last list...</p>
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<li>January 6 - ABC's American Bandstand featured the debut of the "Y.M.C.A. dance" using the hand gestures forming the letters YMCA during a broadcast with the Village People.</li>
<li>February 2 – Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious is found dead from an overdose, a day after being released on bail from Rikers Island prison.</li>
<li>February 7 - Stephen Stills becomes the first major rock artist to record digitally, laying down four songs at The Record Plant in Los Angeles.</li>
<li>February 10 – Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" hits #1 on the Billboard magazine charts, and stays there for 4 weeks.</li>
<li>March 27 – Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd, ex-wife of Clapton's friend George Harrison.</li>
<li>April 12 – Mickey Thomas replaces Marty Balin as the lead singer of Jefferson Starship.</li>
<li>April 27 – Ozzy Osbourne is fired as lead singer of Black Sabbath. He is replaced in May by Ronnie James Dio.</li>
<li>May 2 – The Who play their first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon. The band performs with new drummer Kenney Jones at London's Rainbow Theatre.</li>
<li>June 9 - The Bee Gees tie The Beatles with a record six consecutive number one singles in the U.S. with "Love You Inside Out".</li>
<li>July 12 – "Disco Demolition Night", an anti-disco promotional event for a Chicago rock station involving exploding disco records with a bomb, causes a near-riot between games during a baseball major league doubleheader, forcing the cancellation of the second game.</li>
<li>September 16 - The single "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang is released. Its success marks the commercial emergence of hip hop music.</li>
<li>October 10 – Joe Perry officially leaves Aerosmith.</li>
<li>December 3 – In Cincinnati, Ohio, a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert kills 11 fans (band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show).</li>
<li>Michael Schenker leaves Scorpions during their tour in France and was replaced by Matthias Jabs.</li>
<li>Disco reigns supreme in 1979, with several #1 hits from The Bee Gees and Donna Summer that year. Several artists who were not regarded as dance/disco acts, scored major successes by releasing disco singles, including new wave band Blondie with their first US number one single "Heart of Glass", Rod Stewart with "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and rock band Electric Light Orchestra go disco this year with their UK #1 LP Discovery. Country star Kenny Rogers also issues a disco influenced album, entitled Kenny. Hard rock band Kiss also has a disco hit this year with "I Was Made For Lovin You".</li>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>Gerry Rafferty</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>Night Owl</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>1 - Days Gone Down (Still Got That Light)</strong></span><br/> <br/> On his second release for United Artists, Gerry Rafferty focuses an equal amount of attention on his lyrics and on the sincerity of the song's moods to create one his strongest and most heartfelt albums. Delicate, touching, and extremely poignant, Rafferty blankets all of Night Owl's tracks with a late-night/early-morning earnestness that is highly effective throughout. Although he managed to do just that with 1978's City to City, Night Owl generates a stronger intimacy and a genuine romantic feel through Rafferty's guitar playing and the way in which his lyrics are sung. The sentimental softness of "Days Gone Down," the controlled exuberance in "Get It Right Next Time," and the pathos which is instilled for the lonely wanderer in "Night Owl" all add to the album's solemn yet moving atmosphere. Rafferty continues this mood with tracks such as "Why Won't You Talk to Me," "Family Tree," and "It's Gonna Be a Long Night," giving the traditional singer/songwriter style some enchantment and allure through his vocal subtlety. In the U.K. the album broke into the Top Ten, and in the United States it sold 500,000 copies, earning Rafferty a gold disc. "Night Owl," "Days Gone Down," and "Get It Right Next Time" all cracked the Top 30</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Dire Straits</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Communique</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>2 - Single Handed Sailor</strong></span><br/> <br/> Rushed out less than nine months after the surprise success of Dire Straits' self-titled debut album, the group's sophomore effort, Communiqué, seemed little more than a carbon copy of its predecessor with less compelling material. Mark Knopfler and co. had established a sound (derived largely from J.J. Cale) of laid-back shuffles and intricate, bluesy guitar playing, and Communiqué provided more examples of it. But there was no track as focused as "Sultans of Swing," even if "Lady Writer" (a lesser singles chart entry on both sides of the Atlantic) nearly duplicated its sound. As a result, Communiqué sold immediately to Dire Straits' established audience, but no more, and it did not fare as well critically as its predecessor or its follow-up.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #808000;"><strong>Survivor</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #808000;"><strong>Survivor</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #808000;"><strong>3 - Youngblood</strong></span><br/> <br/> The album lightly impacted the charts, managing a placement of #169 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Spring of 1980. However, the opening track "Somewhere In America" was a regional hit in the Chicago area, and the song "Youngblood", with its dramatic guitar intro, proved to be something of a blueprint for the band's smash hit of two years later, "Eye of the Tiger". An additional song recorded for the album, "Rockin' into the Night", was rejected by Nevison as "too Southern"; it was given to .38 Special who turned the song into a hit. The original Survivor recording finally became available in 2004 on the compilation Ultimate Survivor. The single "Rebel Girl" was recorded about a year after the album sessions, though the Japanese release of the album on CD includes it as song number six. The 2010 reissue on Rock Candy Records appends the song as a bonus track.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>KISS</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Dynasty</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>4 - 2000 Man</strong></span><br/> <br/> Dynasty marked the first time that the original four members of Kiss didn't all appear together for the entire album -- session drummer Anton Fig subbed for Peter Criss due to the latter's erratic behavior and injuries sustained in a serious car crash. And even though it was a platinum-plus smash, Dynasty marked the beginning of Kiss' unfocused period, which would ultimately end in a nosedive of the band's popularity, as well as Criss and Ace Frehley leaving the band by 1982. In latter-day interviews, the band admitted that they started to listen to outsiders about what direction the music should go around the time of Dynasty. And since small children were a large part of Kiss' audience by 1979 (due to merchandising and the God-awful TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom), the band began backing away from heavy metal and embracing pop.</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>II</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>5 - Outta Love Again</strong></span><br/> <br/> In almost every way, Van Halen II feels like its predecessor, even if there are subtle differences. First, there's only one cover this time around -- Betty Everett's "You're No Good," surely learned from Linda Ronstadt -- and this feels both heavier and lighter than the debut. Heavier in that this sounds big and powerful, driven by mastodon riffs that aim straight of the gut. Lighter in that there's a nimbleness to the attack, in that there are pop hooks to the best songs, in that the group sounds emboldened by their success so they're swaggering with a confidence that's alluring. If the classic ratio is slightly lighter than on the debut, there are no bad songs and the best moments here -- two bona fide party anthems in "Dance the Night Away" and "Beautiful Girls," songs that embody everything the band was about -- are lighter, funnier than anything on the debut, showcases for both Diamond Dave's knowing shuck and jive and Eddie's phenomenal gift, so natural it seems to just flow out of him. At this point, it's hard not to marvel at these two frontmen, and hard not to be sucked into the vortex of some of the grandest hard rock ever made.</td>
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<hr/><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span style="color: #99cc00;">B</span><span style="color: #ff9900;">O</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">N</span><span style="color: #00ccff;">U</span><span style="color: #cc99ff;">S</span> <span style="color: #99cc00;">T</span><span style="color: #ff9900;">R</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">A</span><span style="color: #00ccff;">C</span><span style="color: #cc99ff;">K</span> !!!</span></strong></p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>Eloy</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>6- Mighty Echoes</strong></span><br/> <br/> The origin of the name of the : "The name Eloy is based on the book 'The Time Machine' by H.G. Wells. Wells describes in his book the situation of mankind about 800,000 years later, and 'Eloy' is a human race in his story. The Eloy in Wells' story have made a new start with the help of the time traveler. In a way, it was a new beginning for the human race. German rock bands in the late 1960s played mainly covers from other bands instead of playing their own compositions. Record deals for German bands were absolutely rare and German bands generally were considered to be second class bands in their own country. At that time it was a strong effort for a German band to come out with only their own compositions. It was a start into an unknown future, and from this point of view, comparable to the human race in Wells' story. That is why I got the idea to name the band 'Eloy'."</td>
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</table> Hidden Treasures - 1988tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-03-18:6060463:Topic:990992014-03-18T23:37:45.053ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
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<p>By Scott "The Wiki Man"</p>
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<p>The Year that was 1988...</p>
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<li>January 3 – The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast</li>
<li>April 19 – Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs,…</li>
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<p>By Scott "The Wiki Man"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Year that was 1988...</p>
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<li>January 3 – The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast</li>
<li>April 19 – Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, USA.</li>
<li>April 25 – Rock supermanager Doc McGhee is sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to charges of drug smuggling stemming from a 1982 seizure of nearly 40,000 pounds of marijuana entering North Carolina from Colombia.</li>
<li>May 14 – Atlantic Records stages a concert at Madison Square Garden celebrating its Fortieth birthday with performances by many of the label's greatest acts of the past. Artists include Crosby, Stills & Nash, Iron Butterfly, Ruth Brown, Foreigner and Wilson Pickett, but the most talked-about performance is by a reunited Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums.</li>
<li>May 27 – The Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 commences in East Troy, Wisconsin. Van Halen headlines with the other acts on the massive bill consisting of Metallica, Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.</li>
<li>September 24 – James Brown faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an Augusta, Georgia building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges</li>
<li>November 7 – John Fogerty wins a self-plagiarism lawsuit with Fantasy Records. The record label had contended that Fogerty's 1985 comeback hit "The Old Man Down the Road" was too similar to his 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Run Through the Jungle".</li>
<li>November 12 – U2's Rattle and Hum hits the Number One spot on the U.S. charts, the first double album to do so since Bruce Springsteen's The River in 1980.</li>
<li>December 4 – Singer Roy Orbison gives his last concert in Akron, Ohio, USA, before his death from a massive heart attack.</li>
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<p>My Top 5 albums...</p>
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<li>Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son</li>
<li>Honeymoon Suite - Racing After Midnight</li>
<li>Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime</li>
<li>Van Halen - OU812</li>
<li>Mike and the Mechanics - Living Years</li>
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<p>Note: As the decade comes to a close it has become very clear that Hard Rock music was in a rut. The commercial/radio/Mtv approved styles of what was getting airplay had really taken hold. So I began to drift a little in my tastes, for several reasons... 1 - I got married, had my first child and was graduating college I didnt have time to pay attention, and 2 - it was easy to disconnect given the state of music. Its no wonder Nirvana was able to take the music world by storm. Looking back however, I did miss on some good stuff, but I think alot of us did ... So I had to build this weeks playlist, not from my 1988 experience, but based on what I know now.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>Scorpions</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>Savage Amusement</strong></span><br/><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>1 - Don't Stop At The Top</strong></span><br/><br/>Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at No. 5 in the USA, where it became platinum on June 20, 1988. It was also the last Scorpions record to be produced by Dieter Dierks.<br/><br/>The album was the follow-up to the successful Love at First Sting and had some musical differences when compared to its predecessor. The overall feel of the album shows that Scorpions wanted to experiment with some different genres, going to a more radio friendly style and incorporating more synthesized sounds. While there are still some straight hard rock songs, like "Don't Stop at the Top" and "Media Overkill", there are also dance rock songs such as "Walking on the Edge" and "Passion Rules the Game".</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Bad Company</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Dangerous Age</strong></span><br/><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>2 - No Smoke Without A Fire</strong></span><br/><br/>Dangerous Age is the eighth album by hard rock band Bad Company, and their second album with Brian Howe as lead vocalist and Steve Price as bass guitarist, released in 1988. Singles "Shake It Up" and "No Smoke Without a Fire" were played substantially on rock radio stations at the time.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>AC/DC</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>Blow Up Your Video</strong></span><br/><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99ccff;"><strong>3 - Heatseeker</strong></span><br/><br/>The album was the band's biggest-selling album of new material since For Those About to Rock We Salute You, being certified Platinum in the US. Blow Up Your Video reached #2 in the UK and #12 in the US. However, the band played four tracks from it on the subsequent world tour, "Heatseeker", "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll", "Nick of Time" and "Go Zone". "Heatseeker" and "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" are also featured on AC/DC Live Collector's Edition. "Heatseeker" was a top 20 hit in the UK. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. During the Blow Up Your Video world tour, Malcolm Young decided not to participate in the North American leg, in order to get over an alcohol addiction. Filling in for him was Malcolm and Angus' nephew, Stevie Young, although Malcolm was present on the rest of the tour and in the Blow Up Your Video promotional videos. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental in 1989, but lost to Jethro Tull's Crest of a Knave.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>OU812</strong></span><br/><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #99cc00;"><strong>4 - Mine All Mine</strong></span><br/><br/>"Mine All Mine" kicks off the album. During production in a ten-day period, Sammy Hagar was having a hard time writing lyrics to the song, until one day, Donn Landee suggested that everybody leave so he and Hagar could work on the lyrics alone. After seven rewrites and a bottle of tequila, Hagar sang the vocals from beginning to end in one take. When he finished, Landee embraced Hagar, before calling everybody back in the studio, where they heard Hagar's vocals done.</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Queensrÿche</strong></span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Operation: Mindchrime</strong></span><br/><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>5 - Eyes Of A Stranger</strong></span><br/><br/>In the United States, the album was certified gold a year after its release, and was certified platinum in 1991. The band shot a one-off promotional video in 1988 for the song "Speak" using performance footage. It did not include a dramatization of any of the story's concepts. The song "I Don't Believe in Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 in the category "Best Metal Performance". During the tour promoting the 1990 album Empire, Operation: Mindcrime was performed in its entirety. The stage show featured video, animation and guest singer Pamela Moore as Sister Mary. A recording was released as Operation: Livecrime. The story was initially explored in a series of video clips for MTV in the 1989 VHS video, Video: Mindcrime.</td>
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</table> ALBUM OF THE WEEK # 192 VAN HALEN - 1984 (30TH ANNIVERSARY)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-02-20:6060463:Topic:971822014-02-20T12:10:44.343ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Artist: Van Halen</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Genre: Hard Rock</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Country Of Origin: United States</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Member: Yes (2007)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Album:…</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Artist: Van Halen</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Genre: Hard Rock</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Country Of Origin: United States</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Member: Yes (2007)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Album: 1984</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Producer: Ted Templeman</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>RJ's Top 5 Tunes: 1. Hot For Teacher...2. I'll Wait...3. Jump...4. Top Jimmy...5. House Of Pain</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Disclaimer: All "facts" come from wikipedia.com unless otherwise noted.</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Disclaimer #2: I'm on an 80's kick for the next 10 weeks. I'm covering an 80's album from each year of the 80's decade, though not in chronological order. Some of these may be well known to me, some may not be. But they were all pretty big sellers that left a mark. Out of these ten, I actually had to purchase two of them to feature them here. I think Scott and Jon are along for the 80's ride as well, maybe.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Everybody likes Van Halen, right? Except my wife. She hates 'em (likes Van Hagar though). That's okay. I don't make her listen to Van Halen and she doesn't make me listen to Cher. Fair deal. Anyway, this week we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of what we always thought would be the last VH album with Diamond Dave on vocals. That would be 1984. And although I like it, I only rank it around 5 or 6 in my personal Van Halen Top 10.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>But it was huge. It had great videos and contained some outstanding songs. It also featured one of the best drum intros I've ever heard. Here are some statistics:</strong></span></p>
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<ul>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">1984 reached number 2 on the Billboard charts.</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">It is certified Diamond (sales in the U.S. in excess of 10 million copies) by the RIAA.</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">It contained the bands only number one hit (Jump).</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Jump sold over 3 million copies as a single.</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Three other singles charted (I'll Wait and Panama reached number 13, while Hot For Teacher topped out at number 56).</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">The album cover was somewhat controversial as it featured a small child smoking.</strong></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>So what do you think of the album? I will add that it was released during my senior year of high school. And I certainly remember Jump being played quite a lot. Finally, possibly my favorite video ever is Van Halen's Hot For Teacher. I'll include it below for a little stroll down memory lane. Enjoy.</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Side One:</strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>1. 1984</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>2. Jump</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>3. Panama</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>4. Top Jimmy</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>5. Drop Dead Legs</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Side Two:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>6. Hot For Teacher</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>7. I'll Wait</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>8. Girl Gone Bad</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>9. House Of Pain</strong></span></p> Hidden Treasures - 1984tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-02-18:6060463:Topic:970642014-02-18T23:13:27.027ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #800000;">Everybody Wang Chung tonight!!</span></p>
<p>1984 Year in music...</p>
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<li>January 27 – Michael Jackson's scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and he is admitted to hospital. Around this time, Jackson also releases the title track from his Thriller album as the LP's…</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #800000;">Everybody Wang Chung tonight!!</span></p>
<p>1984 Year in music...</p>
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<li>January 27 – Michael Jackson's scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and he is admitted to hospital. Around this time, Jackson also releases the title track from his Thriller album as the LP's final single.</li>
<li>February 14 Joe Perry and Brad Whitford attend an Aerosmith concert and re-join the band, which embarks on a reunion tour "Back In The Saddle" later in the year.</li>
<li>February 28 – Recovering from the scalp burns sustained a month earlier, Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards out of twelve nominations, breaking the record for the most Grammys won in a single year. He wins seven for the critically acclaimed album Thriller and the other for his work on the audiobook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.</li>
<li>March 1 – Sting plays his last concerts with The Police at the end of the Synchronicity tour; the band takes a "pause" after the tour and only play a few special events together after this, until 2007, when they would organize a reunion tour.</li>
<li>April 1 – In Los Angeles, Marvin Gaye is shot and killed during an argument with his father.</li>
<li>June 18 – At the climax of a Judas Priest concert at Madison Square Garden, fans begin ripping out the cushions from the seats and throwing them on stage. Judas Priest pay damages through insurance and are banned from Madison Square Garden for life over the incident.</li>
<li>June 25 – Prince releases his sixth album Purple Rain; the album sells over 20 million copies and gives Prince two US number one singles with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy".</li>
<li>July 10 – The last original member of Menudo, Ricky Meléndez, leaves the group and is replaced by Ricky Martin. Meanwhile, Menudomania reaches Asia in 1984.</li>
<li>August 9 – Iron Maiden kicks off the World Slavery Tour in Warsaw, Poland, with shows in Hungary and Yugoslavia soon to follow. This marks the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the Iron Curtain.</li>
<li>August 31 – Canadian music video channel MuchMusic begins broadcasting. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within".</li>
<li>December 3 – Bob Geldof and Band Aid release the single "Do They Know It's Christmas", which becomes the fastest- selling single of all time in the UK.</li>
<li>December 8 – Mötley Crüe member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident. He is drunk at the time, and Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of Hanoi Rocks is killed in the accident.</li>
<li>December 31 Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck.</li>
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<p>My Top 5 Albums - Then</p>
<ol>
<li>Bryan Adams - Reckless</li>
<li>Van Halen - 1984</li>
<li>Whitesnake - Slide It In</li>
<li>Scorpions - Love At First Sting</li>
<li>38 Special - Tour de Force</li>
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<p>My Top 5 Albums - Now</p>
<ol>
<li>Bryan Adams - Reckless</li>
<li>Van Halen - 1984</li>
<li>Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers</li>
<li>Whitesnake - Slide It In</li>
<li>Pat Benatar - Tropico</li>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Ratt</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Out of the Cellar</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1 - Lack of Communication</strong></span><br/> <br/> Out of the Cellar became a commercial success, going platinum many times over in the United States as well as making them stars in the Far East. The album catapulted the band to the top, capped off by an incredibly successful world tour that saw the band sell out countless stadiums and arenas worldwide. Out of the Cellar is today widely regarded as the band's best work and a definitive moment in 80s heavy metal.<br/> <br/> Tawny Kitaen, high school sweetheart of Crosby, who'd graced the cover of the band's EP from the previous year, agreed to appear on the cover of their debut full-length album. She also appeared in their video for "Back For More" as the girl in the 1950s skirt at the jukebox.<br/> <br/> In 1984 the band toured extensively, sharing the stage with such acts as Billy Squier, Ozzy Osbourne, Blackfoot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister and Lita Ford.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>Honeymoon Suite</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>Honeymoon Suite</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ccffff;"><strong>2 - New Girl Now</strong></span><br/> <br/> The band was originally formed in 1981 by lead vocalist and guitarist Johnnie Dee (of Niagara Falls, Ontario), Keyboardist Brad Bent (of Toronto, Ontario), and original drummer Mike Lengyell, formerly with The Diodes. By 1983, the line-up changed, with Dee (the only original remaining member) now on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, along with new recruits Derry Grehan on lead guitar and Dave Betts on drums. Grehan became the band's primary songwriter, and penned "New Girl Now," which won them an unsigned band contest put on by Toronto radio station Q107.<br/> <br/> Various keyboard players and bassists came and left during this time, but on the strength of "New Girl Now," WEA Canada signed the band to the label. Ray Coburn was added as a permanent new member on keyboards as the sessions got underway for the group's debut LP, but the band still had no bass player, so bassist Brian Brackstone was recruited as a session player. Brackstone played on the entire album; bassist Gary Lalonde (formerly with Rose and Toronto) was added to the line-up after the album was completed, and appeared in the album's group photos and played with the band live.<br/> <br/> The band's self-titled debut album, produced by Tom Treumuth, was released in June, 1984. The album featured four charting hits in Canada: a completely re-recorded version of "New Girl Now," "Burning In Love," "Wave Babies," and "Stay In the Light." All were written by Grehan. "New Girl Now" was also Honeymoon Suite's first single to reach the top-50 in the United States.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Scorpions</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Love At First Sting</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>3 - Bad Boys Running Wild</strong></span><br/> <br/> Love at First Sting is notable in that it was one of the first digitally recorded heavy metal records ever released. It became the group's most successful album in the USA, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984, and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995.<br/> <br/> The original cover art created by Helmut Newton features a man and a partially nude woman locked in an embrace, with the man giving the woman a tattoo on her thigh. Despite the record company having shown the original cover art to retailers without any concerns, a complaint by Wal-Mart after the album was released resulted in PolyGram Records issuing a "clean" cover for use in several department store chains. The alternative cover was designed to be less controversial by simply showing a photo of the band members, which was the same photo on the inner sleeve.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>Whitesnake</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>Slide It In</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>4 - All or Nothing</strong></span><br/> <br/> In late 1983, the band recorded Slide It In, which was released in Europe in early 1984. It was the band's fourth top 10 album in their native UK, peaking at number 9. At this same time, the band secured a major US record deal with the Geffen label. The Slide It In (1984) album had drawn mixed reviews, the negatives particularly focusing on its "flat" mix. While a personnel change saw the touring band replace Moody with former Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, plus the return of bassist Neil Murray in place of Hodgkinson, producer David Geffen insisted that the album be remixed for the US release. In addition to the remix, Sykes and Murray re-recorded the lead guitar and bass parts. This revised version of the album had its US release in April 1984. Despite Coverdale's misgivings regarding the lack of edge in these new tracks, Slide It In (1984) just barely missed the US Top 40, and went double platinum there three years later after the release of the band's eighth album</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>Van Halen</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>1984</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>5 - I'll Wait</strong></span><br/> <br/> Reportedly dissatisfied by the concessions he had made to Van Halen's frontman David Lee Roth and producer Ted Templeman on the group's previous album, the #3 Billboard album hit Diver Down - both of whom had discouraged Eddie Van Halen from making keyboards a prominent instrument in Van Halen's music - Eddie Van Halen built his own studio in his backyard. Eddie Van Halen named that studio 5150 (after the Los Angeles police code for "escaped mental patient.") At 5150, Eddie Van Halen composed Van Halen's follow-up to Diver Down - without as much perceived "interference" from Roth or Templeman. The result was a compromise between the two creative factions in the band - a mixture of keyboard-heavy songs, and the intense rock for which the band had become world famous.</td>
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</table> BAND OF THE DAY (A FUN LITTLE EXERCISE) - DAY 9tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2012-08-30:6060463:Topic:695212012-08-30T01:02:54.060ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
<p>This is it. If Van Halen wins today, they will be retired and two new bands will be pitted against each other (I'll be changing the genre ever so slightly). A new challenger today, the Day 9 match-up is:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-5">vs.…</span></strong></p>
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<p>This is it. If Van Halen wins today, they will be retired and two new bands will be pitted against each other (I'll be changing the genre ever so slightly). A new challenger today, the Day 9 match-up is:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-5">vs.</span></strong></p>
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