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Who would you rather meet PAUL MCCARTNEY or BOB DYLAN ?

If you could meet only one of these music icons  who would it be …The Beatles, Wings, PAUL MCCARTNEY  or the greatest rock poet and time changer in BOB DYLAN ?   WHY ?

Desert Island Question: Radiohead’s PABLO HONEY,THE BENDS…..

OK COMPUTER, KID A, AMNESIAC, HAIL TO THE THIEF, or IN RAINBOWS.. etc       Your stuck on an island, of course they have electricity, which RADIOHEAD CD would you take…   Please dont say  I can’t choose just one !  Man or Woman up and pick one and please explain why !   ZEN

Pure Guitar Bliss…Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck at the Garden..

   I went to the Garden the other night to watch 2 Guitar Gods play to the Furies…   Jeff Beck…Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert, and Appice started it off.   Funky…Jazzy..Rocky.. Nasty.  Most of the people sat there confused.   Did they not know  that Jeff Beck is the master of innovation and sound  on the Guitar ?  He didn’t play BECAUSE WE ENDED AS LOVERS..which sucked, but when he broke into the BEATLES ” A Day in the Life”, the crowd and I knew we were in the presence of not a mere mortal….To be continued…

Best Bar Band Songs:Lynryd Skynyrd, Tomm Petty, Bowie..

   I was at a bar last night in North Jersey ( Shortway’s) and I was listening to a great bar band called SILVERBAK.  Now I have to tell you under full disclosure that the lead singer is my brother in law and is really good.  He is a great lead singer and band leader and the band he has behind him are studs .  I told you this because he and I have same tastes, so a lot of the music he plays is right in my wheelhouse.    Here is what SILVERBACK plays that I love:  BOWIE: Suffragette City, Ziggy Stardust  ( great ), Tom Petty: Mary Jane’s Last Dance, Runnin Down a Dream( Crazy Great). Allman Brothers: One Way Out, Beatles( Don’t Bring Me Down, Hey Bulldog, Neil Young ( Cinnamon Girl, Rockin in the Free World), etc   Now These were all awesome…But let me add some of my favorites that I would like to hear when I’m drinking, singing, and hanging with my friends.

1) Early BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN..Thunder Road, Spirit in the Night, Rosalita..

2) VAN HALEN..  Ain’t Talkin Bout Love, Hot For Teacher..

3) LYNRYD SKYNRYD..  Gimme Three Steps, What’s Your Name, Tuesday’s Gone

4) CARS :  Best Friend’s Girl Friend, Just What I Needed

5) ALLMAN BROTHERS: Good Clean Fun, Nobody Left to Run With Anymore

  These are some beauties I would love to hear at a bar…What are some of your favorites ?

COACHELLA 2009 lineup announced !

Check out this lineup …..it’s nasty !

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/coachella-lineup-announced/25594/

Why is ELO so overlooked ? Jeff Lynne is a GOD in my eyes !

I recently got back in to ELO ( Electric Light Orchestra) for those not around in the 70′s, 80′s etc.  Jeff Lynne was a pure disciple of the greatest band in  the world , THE BEATLES.     Now I know sometimes they get a little too close to the BEATLES, and I know they had their bad DISCO era ( LAST TRAIN TO LONDON), etc   But the bottom line is that they had 20 GREAT songs and 10 Super Great songs.  I think songs like   EVIL WOMAN, SWEET TALKIN WOMAN, TURN TO STONE, ALL OVER THE WORLD, LIVIN THING, STRANGE MAGIC, TELEPHONE LINE, and MR BLUE SKY are some of the greatest songs ever made and that’s just their big hits.

Check out some of their videos on YOUTUBE.com  and you’ll be amazed at how great a band they are.   Please comment and let me know WHY THEY ARE NOT MORE REVERED ? 

BONO.. Tool or Cool ? I think he is jacked…Doing everything..

he can for the world, while being the lead singer and songwriter for one of the greatest bands ever.  Yeah he does some toolish things , but the 2200 great things he does far overtakes those !

VAN HALEN at the IZOD CENTER last night were F’in…

awesome. Listen here . I never was a VAN HALEN fan. They were huge when I was starting in the job world , i was too busy trying to make money then listen to David Lee Roth, so I took a pass on VH (as they are known). But I later found out that Van Halen was the favorite group of 2 of my best friends(couple) and I started to get hooked. At parties we would break out our Karaoke version of SKYNRYD’S Gimme Three Steps, the ROLLING STONES..Brown Sugar, and many others…Then one night the couple put on VH. One song after another our whole group knew except me. I had to learn quickly. They are a GREAT party band to listen to. Straight out.. So last night at the IZOD center..They were just that…But a Live party ! David Lee Roth was so jacked that he could have been at an NFL combine in the afternoon, then singing PANAMA that night ! He moved around the stage with his multi-colored selections of Top Hats nailing every VH classic. The beginning of the show was good, but the second half…After DLR ‘s acoustic story and lead in to ICE CREAM MAN , the concert took off. With Eddie Van Halen’s and Valerie Bertinelli’s son WOLFGANG on Bass , and Alex Van Halen on drums, EDDIE VAN HALEN took his guitar and held us hostage. Eddie in my opinion is one of the top Guitarists ever..I heard those gasps you purists..But he straight out is. From his sick opening of ERUPTION, to PANAMA, JUMP, RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL,and especially AIN’T TALKIN BOUT LOVE … He just grabs the audience by the throat and wrestles them to the ground before him. So if you ever get a chance to see VH ( I think they are playing at the GARDEN on Friday)..RUN WITH THE DEVIL to see them and just marvel at this fun group with one of the greatest guitarists of all time ..Eddie Van Halen.. long live Rock and Roll ! PS Here is my list of Top 10 Guitarists..Not in order. Hendrix, Santana, Clapton,Alvin Lee, Duanne Allman, Eddie Van Halen , Jack White,Derek Trucks, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards.

FREDDIE MERCURY.. Is he the greatest rock singer ever? I think not !

He might have the best voise and the widest range, but that doesn’t make him the greatest…  In my opinion  it goes like this…   John Lennon, eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Chris Robinson…Enough said !