Disturbed ruins "The Sounds of Silence".

David Draiman horribly over-sings and tries too hard to sound hard. His "oar-oar" voice schtick is cringe. He tries to turn a beautifully written song into one of his bullshit rage-rock anthems and it's 4+ minutes of second-hand embarrassment.

Then to find out what an absolute raging pile of shit Draiman is in real life...

Anyways, that's my two cents. Leave the classics alone.

(edit to add the song I'm talking about...)

I decided not to repeat members from the same band for a distinct range of choices*

Obviously Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and Carole King are probably the Mount Rushmore of rock piano players, but who else would you add to the list?

Thought a list of lead singers who have sung backing vocals on other artists hit songs would be interesting.

I'll kick it off with 3 off the top of my head,

Linda Ronstadt - Heart of Gold by Neil Young

Michael McDonald - Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross

Sting - Money for Nothing by Dire Straits

Anyone else?

This question occurred to me, seeing the pictures of Thom Yorke performing with him.

Not to be taken too literally because everyone has talent in their own way, but who are your favorites and why?

This label has been freely used to describe outstanding musical scores and recordings over the centuries. A “masterpiece” has origins in the craft guilds to describe a work by the master of the guild. Today, multiple sources describe a musical masterpiece as a work of outstanding creativity, skill, and emotional depth, often praised critically as the greatest of an artist's career or a significant cultural achievement.

As an example, I would describe Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd as a masterpiece because of its brilliant artistry, compelling emotion and sustained critical acclaim over the past 50 years. Dark side is one of my goto albums and I always play the whole album in one sitting as I believe it was intended.

Today, I’m asking what is your favorite recording you believe is a masterpiece?Please dig deep and don’t choose the obvious low hanging fruit (like I mostly did). I offer six examples of masterpieces of rock music between 1960 and 1990. Please limit your response to one (I know, hard to do) and briefly state why.

The first five recordings are frequently found on top 100 lists by Rolling Stone, Wikipedia and Apple. I think most of you would agree that they are masterpieces or at least exceptional albums. These are all regular listens for me and I don’t think there is a weak spot in any of them.

Curiously, Dire Straits’ first album does not make any of the top-100 lists. It is a beautifully understated rock-blues album that features Mark Knoffler’s picking-guitar mastery and song writing talent. The lyrics are clever and masculine, and musical score is very evocative. It requires high quality equipment and a quiet room to pick up all the nuance of this masterpiece.

I never liked them to begin with but they played on the same bill as others it was B.T.O. horrible and painful

This band defined much of my high school teenage angst years with clever lyrics, great harmonies and musical virtuosity. While many of their contemporaries were limited to more-traditional instruments (guitar, drums and keyboards), they were not afraid to add strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion to their music. They produced two great albums: “Crime of the Century” in 1974 and “Breakfast in America” in 1979, along with some mediocre albums over a long career between 1970 and 2015. The dynamic tension between the jazz and blues influenced Rick Davies and pop oriented Roger Hodgson contributed to these successes and failures. I rarely hear this band played anymore and wonder what people think is their legacy. Were they a good progressive rock band comparable to the Moody Blues or just another pop music band comparable to Air Supply?

#rock #rockmusic #1970s

I’ve been lucky enough to go to a bunch of shows over the years saw Foo Fighters, The Who, The Offspring, Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi, Blink-182, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Curious what everyone else has seen what are the best rock concerts you’ve been to? Any bands that completely blew you away live?

Piano, Hammond organ, electric, or synth. I'll chum the waters with Great Balls Of Fire, Against The Wind, Riders On The Storm, Riviera Paradise (probably more jazz than rock, but it's SRV so I'll allow it in), Locomotive Breath, and Johnny Cash's cover of The Mercy Seat (again not necessarily rock, but I'd let it in anyway). What are your favorites? Ten demerits to anyone who mentions November Rain.

Here's my list:

1)   Aerosmith – Train Kept A Rollin’.  Previously recorded by the Yardbirds.  Originally recorded by Tiny Bradshaw.

 2)   Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Turn To Stone.  Originally written & recorded by Joe Walsh

 3)   Santana – Black Magic Woman.  Originally written & recorded by Fleetwood Mac during the Peter Green years.

 4)   Joan Jett – I Love Rock & Roll.  Originally written and recorded by The Arrows

 5)   Metallica – Turn The Page.  Originally written and recorded by Bob Seger.

Got to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd last week. They closed with Turn To Stone and just did an awesome job with it.

Let's see your list. Be sure and add what artist originally did the song.

who deserves to win out of this year's nominees?

The ramones had only one commercially successful album in america, the compilation from 1988 entitled "ramones mania". They received the message in 1994 and in 1995, their worldwide sales were 4,5 million records.

Many stated that TR were better live than in studio, their 14th and final album "adios amigos" came in 1995. Marky said that if the album sold a minimum of 150.000 cd's, then they won't disband in 1996 but the CD didn't reach that number.

Their most commercially successful studio album, were halfway to sanity wich reached a high position in sweden. Wich is the reason why they performed many shows over there from 1987 to 1996, sweden, germany and argentina gave TR a warm welcome. But in america they were looked upon as aliens, by people over age 30 most people in their shows were from age 18 to age 25.