Aerosmith? The Doors? Pink Floyd? KISS? People, please. It's all about....

[Left Is Write]

CHEAP TRICK!

[salin]

1. aside from contemporary knocking of them (in various venues), I seriously

can't recall any song of theirs. They seem to have only seared my memory by other peoples' mock.

[Left Is Write]

2. Not ANY song? Not even Dream Police?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUFYxEgZllk

[salin]

4. I remember the name - it was big when I was in highschool

(I think) - but drawing a blank. Don't recall Dream Police. Odd I have a great mind for trivia - but it is failing me this evening.

[Left Is Write]

5. You must know "I Want You To Want Me"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCqAEid-kdM

[salin]

7. There you go... that I do remember!

Thanks!

[mvd]

3. One of the best power pop bands of all time

:thumbsup:

[mvd]

6. BTW, here's how my scale would go

Of the ones mentioned:

Beach Boys, Cheap Trick - two of the best ever

The Doors - excellent

Aerosmith - good

Pink Floyd - good, but some of their hits stand out a lot more than their other stuff

KISS - don't like

[salin]

8. Where would Queen fit into that list?

[mvd]

9. Excellent, I'd say

They were quite influential and talented IMO.

[salin]

12. from the same era

what about STYX?

(You have greater perspective than I, and I enjoy reading your ranking relative to one another of these groups)

[mvd]

13. I haven't heard a whole lot of Styx, but what I heard is..

kind of "eh," especially on the ballads. "Lorelei" is a good rock song.

[salin]

16. there early albums are the best... they got commercial

and I stopped listening. If one can find Pieces of Eight, or The Grand Illusion - those are worth listening to.

[mvd]

18. They got a bit outdated IMO

And some of their rock riffs were better done by Boston on Boston's first CD. Thanks for the info. :hi:

[Left Is Write]

20. I liked the stuff Tommy Shaw sang, like Renegade and Too Much Time On My Hands.

[mvd]

21. Yeah, I agree about "Renegrade"

It's almost prog-rock, isn't it?

[salin]

22. Ironically, Renegade was a fav - almost a themesong

for a friend and I... she, it fit. Me - not so much. Was about as un-renogadish as one could have been at that age. Maybe that was part of the appeal (and that it was a great song!)

[mvd]

25. I'm listening to some of those two early albums, and..

they indeed sound much better than other stuff I've heard.

[salin]

26. you mentioned a ballad of theirs upthread - their best

or at least from the early years when I still listened to them was : Lady .

[mvd]

30. So if I buy one CD to start out with, which one should I buy?

This shows how you can't always trust first impressions. They are better than I thought.

[salin]

35. It's been too long

in my teen memory I would say Pieces of Eight, but I would have to hear both again to make a good rec. Try a thread just with Styx - though NOTE you are looking for the early stuff (pre-total commercial fluff). Bet you would find one or two who could make a really good recommendation.

Now if you were asking me about Squeeze - then I could make a recommendation :D

[mvd]

37. Thanks

I created a thread on the topic.

[Alexander]

34. Styx had about 5 decent albums.

"Equinox", which has the song "Lorelei" that you're talking about, is decent, some songs on all of their albums are just cheesy, but I'd say "Equinox" has about 4 decent songs on it. - another DUer downthread mentioned "The Grand Illusion" and "Pieces Of Eight" which are good as well. On the former, every song is at least decent, and on the latter, some songs are still really good, like "Renegade" and "Queen of Spades".

"Cornerstone" isn't as consistent, as it has the supremely awful song "Babe", which despite getting them a #1 hit was utter garbage. Some other songs are good on that one though, like "Boat on the River" and "Love in the Midnight" (mostly the Tommy Shaw stuff). I really liked "Paradise Theater", which is probably my favorite. By the time "Mr. Roboto" came out they were starting to parody themselves and I find their music unbearable from that point onward.

[bridgit]

10. that sounds right to me...

[asthmaticeog]

11. Ooooooooh...

...baby needs some brand new shoes. :thumbsup:

[SPKrazy]

14. I Want You..

TO Want ME!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCOf6MsH0o

[bridgit]

17. then surrender...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8ymBR2Ufo

[SPKrazy]

19. i surrender!

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

23. And you'll notice the line is, "....got my KISS records out!"

:P

[SPKrazy]

29. If it weren't you!

i'd just ignore that comment

;)

[bridgit]

24. well alright, now we're getting somewhere...

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

28. Of course this song

is what i can't get out of my head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxIWBITQ6A

peace frog

edit: someone posted that i should have had it in the doors thread and i found it and i've become obsessed with it.

:scared:

:rofl: i've even got a part of it in my now overcrowded sig line LOL

[Little Wing]

15. Is that guy in the back doing the 'huge vagina' symbol?

For clarification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfHqv8YAA9w

safe for work

[Left Is Write]

27. I don't know what he's doing, but "that guy" is Rick Nielsen!

:hi:

[KG]

31. meh.

your average white band.

[Left Is Write]

32. Oh, dear. Don't "meh" with me.

;)

[mvd]

33. If that's average, I'd like to see below average

"Meh" nothing - "wow" is more like it. ;)

[gbate]

36. Love them!

[grannylib]

38. As long as we're talkin' the first two albums, OK...but they really fell apart

after that.
There was never ANYTHING in the later years that could live up to "He's a Whore" or "Mandocello" and if I EVER hear "I Want You To Want Me" again it'll be TOO FUCKIN' SOON!!!

Rick Nielsen is amazing and their early stuff was great and even a couple of the Elvis covers they did later on were cool but...the early stuff is the best.

[Left Is Write]

40. "I Want You To Want Me" IS from the first two albums (number 2 to be exact)....

It's just that it didn't hit big as a single until the live recording on At Budokan in '79.

I love the Dream Police album.

[grannylib]

41. Ah, you're right, I'd forgotten that...why is it always the least decent songs

that wind up being the most popular???

[Guava Jelly]

39. Tonight it's you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c70UZWtWWV4
I always dug this tune.