It's cold and raining in Buffalo right now and I'm playing Gordon Lightfoot's "Rainy Day People" I just read about his sad passing now. I loved his hits from "Carefree Highway" to the eerie "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and others. RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
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DEF LEPPARD DRUMMER Rick Allen was attacked by a 19-year-old man outside of his hotel in Florida over the weekend, according to a Fort Lauderdale Police report obtained by Rolling Stone. Max Edward Hartley — an Ohio resident visiting the Fort Lauderdale area — was arrested and charged with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief, and a count of abusing an elderly or disabled ad
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Quotelem motlow QuoteJavadave Respect. Skynyrd blew the Stones off their own stage at Knebworth. End of an era. R.I.P. Nonsense, You can’t “blow a band off the stage” when another band plays in between and they come on six hours later. This ridiculous story started when Skynyrds weirdo drummer got a little too excited during a VHI special about 25 years after the fact. I read a milli
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Don McLean - Vincent - 1971 For they could not love you But still your love was true And when no hope was left inside On that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do But I could have told you, Vincent This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you
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Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean - 1971 And then she said "Lee, you haven't loved me in nearly four years You haven't noticed that I held back my tears And now you have, but it's really too late Better find yourself another girl Better find another girl Better find, uh, another place" Woo
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Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle - 1974 My son turned ten just the other day He said, thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play Can you teach me to throw, I said-a, not today I got a lot to do, he said, that's okay And he, he walked away, but his smile never dimmed It said, I'm gonna be like him, yeah You know I'm gonna be like him
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Another of my favorite verses: The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown - 1966 You were still in school when you had that fool who really messed your mind And after that you turned your back on treating people kind On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind But after a while I realized you were disarranging mine
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Kris Kristofferson and Fred L. Foster - Me And Bobby McGee - Sung by Janis Joplin - 1971 From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it B
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Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne - 1980 The beer was empty and our tongues were tired And running out of things to say She gave a kiss to me as I got out And I watched her drive away Just for a moment I was back at school And felt that old familiar pain And as I turned to make my way back home The snow turned into rain
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Quotetatters He was known for his better than fair Jagger impersonation, and, as someone once astutely pointed out, while he didn't really resemble Mick, he did look very much like a combination of all of The Rolling Stones! He did resemble Jeff Beck in his younger years.
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Law and Order: Special Victims Unit star Richard Belzer has died at the age of 78. The actor started off as a comedian, but gained fame for his role as Detective John Munch, first on Homicide Life on the Streets and then on SVU. He also appeared on the original Law and Order and Trial by Jury. In total, Belzer played Munch on 11 different shows over the course of 22 years, including the X-F
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Remember pick a VERSE from a song from any group or person, not the entire song. I'll start it out with a verse from what I consider to be one of the greatest Stones songs ever written: from SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - 1968 So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, and some taste Use all your well-learned politesse Or I'll lay your soul to waste.
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QuoteMonkeytonkman I remember the day well mate. The reason I haven't posted for a time is that I forgot my password, seeing this message made me try to figure it out. What do you know, it's 'Stones' >< \m/ The dude on the VW bus roof is the first thing I thought about when I saw the thread. Is that a real pic and if so what's the story behind it?
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The Flaming Lips would have put on a better show than Rihanna's bomb last night.
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QuoteRockman Amazing body of work .... Dont Make Me Over Dionne Warwick still nails me to the wall .... Thanks for all you gave Mr Bacharach ..... Here's a couple more nails for ya.
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Quotedaspyknows Where is Twisted Sister? lol. I know Dee Snider says they don't belong but at least they are R&R. Saw them every Thursday at a club in my hometown in '79 and '80 and compared to some of the non R&R chaff they are worthy. They're waiting to get into the hair salon HOF
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QuoteDaveG QuoteCongratulations QuoteThe Sicilian QuoteDaveG I know that when I think "rock and roll" the first names that come to mind are Willie Nelson and Missy Elliott. (Nothing against the great Willie, but . . .) Bands not in the RNRHOF: Jethro Tull The Guess Who BTO J. Geils Band Joe Cocker Bad Company Grand Funk Railroad Boston Thin Lizzy Steppenwolf Foreigner
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Less and less major headliners. Highlights to include: Dead & Company Santana Steve Miller Band Robert Plant and Allison Krauss Buddy Guy Gary Clark Jr Los Lobos Melissa Etheridge Tom Jones
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QuoteDaveG I know that when I think "rock and roll" the first names that come to mind are Willie Nelson and Missy Elliott. (Nothing against the great Willie, but . . .) Bands not in the RNRHOF: Jethro Tull The Guess Who BTO J. Geils Band Joe Cocker Bad Company Grand Funk Railroad Boston Thin Lizzy Steppenwolf Foreigner Blue Oyster Cult Blood Sweat & Tears Emerso
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All I want to hear at the coronation are bag pipes, some drumming, and a choir
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Nearly 2 million views and no album in sight.
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QuoteVoodooLounge13 QuoteKeefRichards88 Poison still has all original members Bret Michaels - Vocals CC Deville - Guitar Rikki Rockett - Drums Bobby Dall - Bass Yes but they’re not pre-1980 And chick bands don't count.
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Quotelikecats QuoteThe Sicilian Jethro Tull Todd Rundgren's Utopia Neil Young and Crazy Horse Donovan Santana The first Jethro Tull bass player, Glenn Cornick, died. He was fired from the band over 50 years ago.
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Jethro Tull Todd Rundgren's Utopia Neil Young and Crazy Horse Donovan Santana
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I caught the news tonight on the radio. Got to see CSN one time in 1978 at the Aud in Buffalo. All those harmonies live on, the song I remember the most is when they did an extended sing-a-long encore "Teach the Children" RIP David Crosby.
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QuoteDaveG QuoteThe Sicilian He gave us that iconic riff in The Yardbirds "Heart Full of Soul" and that brilliant club gig in the fantastic Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow-Up. Did anyone get to see him play with The Yardbirds on their 1966 tour? I'm guessing DaveG was there. RIP Jeff Beck. Hey Sicilian, I regret that I never got to see Jeff Beck live. I remember that my
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He gave us that iconic riff in The Yardbirds "Heart Full of Soul" and that brilliant club gig in the fantastic Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow-Up. Did anyone get to see him play with The Yardbirds on their 1966 tour? I'm guessing DaveG was there. RIP Jeff Beck.
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After being presented with the Golden Glove Award during the awards ceremony, Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in a disgusting display, put the hand-shaped trophy to his crotch and made a pumping gesture, shocking everyone in the stadium including the announcers on live tv. Getty Images
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Well it's Argentina and France in the finals. Croatia vs. Morocco for third place looks interesting. The only question remains is will the French fans clean the trash in the stadium now that the match is over?
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