PLAYLISTS 2017

Sacrifice - Apocalypse Inside
Tupelo Blue - S/T
Rick Vito - Pink and Black
Rob Coffinshaker - Dark Rollin Skies
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

Michael Monroe—Peace of Mind
Barren Cross—Atomic Arena
Great White—Let it Rock
Pink Cream 69—Endangered

On the elliptical today :

Ratt - Bottom Line
Raven - Bottom Line
Van Halen - Bottoms Up!
Deliverance - Bought By Blood
Accept - Bound To Fail
Omen - Bounty Hunter
Annihilator - The Box
Sinner - Boys In Trouble
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Boyz Ate Gonna Rock
Annihilator - Brain Dance
Exodus - Brain Dead

akeldama wrote:

i think that might be Van's best album... but Astral Weeks gives it a run for its money.

Steve Jones - Fire & Gasoline
Megadeth - Endgame
Body Count - Violent Demise: The Last Days

Deliverance - Hear What I Say! and Stay Of Execution

This is my third try at giving "Hear..." a fair shake and it's still pretty "blah." ...the cover of Maiden's "Where Eagles Dare" has gotta be of the most lifeless sounding cover tunes I've ever heard... and the track "Detox" appearing twice (once in English and once in German) reeks of "padding"... oh well, I tried (shrugs)

Wurthless wrote:

akeldama wrote:

i think that might be Van's best album... but Astral Weeks gives it a run for its money.

IMO Veedon Fleece is Van's masterpiece and one of my all-time fave albums. I somehow got a bonus tracks version with "Twilight Zone" & "Flamingos Fly" which makes it an even better album. The version of "Flamingos Fly" is a slower version from 1974 that later made an appearance the 'The Philosopher's Stone' album.

As far as 'Astral Weeks' goes I like it but don't hold it in he same high regard as most people do. I feel the same way about 'Tupelo Honey'.

Steven Wilson-4 1/2 [Deluxe Edition]
John Mayer-The Search For Everything [Wave One]
Jackson Browne-Late For The Sky

Page & Plant—Walking into Clarksdale
Nazareth—Hair of the Dog

akeldama wrote:

Wurthless wrote:

akeldama wrote:

i think that might be Van's best album... but Astral Weeks gives it a run for its money.

IMO Veedon Fleece is Van's masterpiece and one of my all-time fave albums. I somehow got a bonus tracks version with "Twilight Zone" & "Flamingos Fly" which makes it an even better album. The version of "Flamingos Fly" is a slower version from 1974 that later made an appearance the 'The Philosopher's Stone' album.

As far as 'Astral Weeks' goes I like it but don't hold it in the same high regard as most people do. I feel the same way about 'Tupelo Honey'.

Tupelo Honey is a great album but I wouldn't call it one of his bests. I'm also really partial to Into the Music, from 79.
I'll have to YouTube those bonus tracks. I have and dig the Philospher's Stone, so I'd be extra curious to hear that Flamingos Fly."

On the elliptical today :

Axel Rudi Pell - Broken Heart
White Lion - Broken Heart
Living Colour - Broken Hearts
Shining Fury - Broken Hopes
Tankard - Broken Image
Loudness - Broken Jesus
Prong - Broken Peace
King Diamond - A Broken Spell
Sinner - Broken World

Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards
Skeletonwitch - The Aphotic Gloom
Deliverance - Weapons Of Our Warfare

The boss is in a meeting so that means I can bust out some tunes via YouTube while she's gone:

Metallica - No Life Til Leather

Deliverance - Greetings of Death

Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice
...even back in the day, I never really "got" what all the whoopy doo was over V.R., but this came up in the "recommended" videos after Deliverance ended and I hadn't heard it in a while, so I just let it run...aaaaand nope, I still don't "get it." The music is bad-ass but dang, those vocals are irritating as hell... *shrugs*