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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 17:35:15 GMT -5
I haven't followed GAME OF THRONE in any medium, but I read that the HBO series has a substantial female viewership. Anyone have any input on this? That is surprising since the show is pretty much tailored for a male audience. Just about every major female character has gotten naked at one point, and the violence can get very grotesque. But the show is more than sex and violence, it has a story that is unpredictable and the acting is just phenomenal. Best show I've ever seen four seasons in. I know women love it because I see them talking about the episodes on twitter and wearing GoT shirts around town. Also, Daenerys is the popular costume at SDCC, as every other girl appears to be cosplaying her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 18:10:26 GMT -5
Doors are great, the first two albums and L.A. Woman are phenomenal. Soft Parade is a guilty pleasure of mine, it's so different than their other stuff, almost feels like a different band (with a sober Jim Morrison). Jimi Hendrix is another one and my favorite guitarist from that late 60's era. Here's a rare song featuring both Hendrix and Morrison:
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Post by coveredinbees on Jul 27, 2014 18:27:02 GMT -5
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Post by superecwfan1 on Jul 27, 2014 18:51:36 GMT -5
I only like a couple Doors songs. 2 of them are basically "LA Woman" and "The End". That is it basically on what I like from them.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 27, 2014 19:43:42 GMT -5
Goth? Not trying to be contrarian, just wondering offhand if anything of theirs fits there, since -- as you & I discussed on Facebook, IIRC, in the wake of Lou Reed's death -- the Velvets' "All Tomorrow's Parties" can be viewed in that light. Along, I guess, with "Black Angel's Death Song," just for its title alone. Well, looking for specific examples in which the Beatles could be said to have provided a template for goth rock is not an easy task, although I want to say the dreamily sinister "Long, Long, Long" from the White Album and the psychotic riffing of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from Abbey Road point in vaguely the same direction as later gothic rock. However, bands like The Doors, Black Sabbath and a number of punk or new wave bands that directly influenced goth rock at its inception would've definitely counted the Beatles as influences themselves. Thus, I think the Beatles' influence on that genre is probably in more of a general sense, rather than being an easily drawn line. Oh yeah, Jim Morrison was a fantastic poet and something of a visionary. The other three band members were great musicians too. My favourite albums are....well, pretty much all of the ones they did with Jimbo except The Soft Parade. I think as we look back stuff like BBC Radiophonics was as influential in its own way in psychedelia / kraut / ambient etc years before rock psychedelia. ...and synth pop/electronica. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop's stuff -- particularly the Dr. Who theme tune -- was a huge influence on the likes of the Human League, Tubeway Army and Throbbing Gristle. [quote author=" ironchimp" source="/post/20908/thread" timestamp="1406478363"It would be really interesting to see just how far the beatles would have taken things if they werent at abbey road and meticulous engineers but had someone passed out at the controls instead though.[/quote] I get your point, but I think that you can equally argue that with George Martin and his band of white coated audio engineers, the Beatles' were able to realise their desire for wilder and more avant-garde sonic textures much more easily. Had the Beatles not had George Martin et al behind the recording console, it's doubtful that their inovations would've been quite so...well, inovative. Especially with their post- Rubber Soul output.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 27, 2014 19:57:12 GMT -5
Well, I can tell you as fact, I had been to Joey Ramone's (Jeffrey Hyman) house before The Ramones were formed and he had about all The Beatles albums. A huge fan particularly John Lennon
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Post by Confessor on Jul 27, 2014 19:59:12 GMT -5
Well, I can tell you as fact, I had been to Joey Ramone's (Jeffrey Hyman) house before The Ramones were formed and he had about all The Beatles albums. A huge fan particularly John Lennon That's fascinating. I once briefly chatted to Ozzy Osbourne about his huge collection of Beatles bootlegs.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 27, 2014 20:08:38 GMT -5
Well, I can tell you as fact, I had been to Joey Ramone's (Jeffrey Hyman) house before The Ramones were formed and he had about all The Beatles albums. A huge fan particularly John Lennon Wow that's cool! What's he like?
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Post by Jesse on Jul 27, 2014 20:14:09 GMT -5
I remember the exact moment I became of fan of The Doors. I had heard some of their music before but wasn't really affected by it. I was sitting in the back of my friends car with a head full of [redacted]. He put on the song 'Spanish Caravan' and Robby Krieger's guitar work blew my mind. Still one of my favorite Doors songs today.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 27, 2014 20:31:39 GMT -5
Well, I can tell you as fact, I had been to Joey Ramone's (Jeffrey Hyman) house before The Ramones were formed and he had about all The Beatles albums. A huge fan particularly John Lennon Wow that's cool! What's he like? As I've mentioned in the past, I grew up in Forest Hills and around 1970 and 1971 my friends and I had our own little garage band (who didn't back then). There was a neighborhood park the kids hung out summer nights and we'd sometimes bring our guitars to play and met Jeff and his brother Mitch doing the same thing.We recognized each other since we all went to Forest Hills High school.So occassionally we all just jammed together in the park. Twice it started to rain, we were all in great moods (if you know what I mean) so the Hyman's invited us over to their house to continue jamming.This happened twice. Jeff never changed physically.He always looked the way he did with the Ramones.He was a nice guy,always looking to smoke reefer,not too bright,and loved music. You would never think he would make a name for himself because he just seemed to be a typical stoner. You could talk music and girls with him all night but if the conversation became political,he had no interest.I remember looking thru his record collection,about 50 albums and a bunch of singles.Many Beatles and Who albums and singles from The Ronettes and Tommy James and The Shondells.One of the few guys I knew back then with a drum set. But besides the two visits to the house and bumping into each other at the park, we never got closer
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 21:16:16 GMT -5
Well, I can tell you as fact, I had been to Joey Ramone's (Jeffrey Hyman) house before The Ramones were formed and he had about all The Beatles albums. A huge fan particularly John Lennon Wow that's cool! What's he like? Well ... dead, for one thing.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 27, 2014 21:21:35 GMT -5
Wow that's cool! What's he like? Well ... dead, for one thing. Perhaps I should have phrased that as "What WAS he like?"
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Post by shaxper on Jul 27, 2014 21:34:36 GMT -5
Well ... dead, for one thing. Perhaps I should have phrased that as "What WAS he like?" Well...alive, for another thing.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 27, 2014 22:59:23 GMT -5
Perhaps I should have phrased that as "What WAS he like?" Well...alive, for another thing. Doh! You got me there! BTW, how was the camping trip? We had an interesting experience with your evil doppelganger while you were gone.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 28, 2014 4:37:37 GMT -5
Off to my triple fusion surgery.
Hopefully talk with you guys soon.
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