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Postby bpdp3 » Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:13 am

interesting topic---

jfiber - - you may or may not have missed the connection, but did you realize that maybe why Kiss' "the Elder" was considered controvertial was because it included songwriting assistance from none other than Lou Reed??

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Postby Lazlo Nibble » Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:40 am

I'll third or fourth "Rattle and Hum". The change in music style was a little jarring, but Bono's unbelievably self-absorbed audience chitchat on the live tracks completely killed the album for me. I haven't really enjoyed anything of theirs since, thou
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Postby bruiser » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:23 am

lazlo, i totally forgot about beauty stab! when i was 14 it was too much of a change for me... i loved heavy metal and distortion but only on from a hair band. as far as swoony new-romantics i wanted strings and funk basslines! funny enough though, years
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Postby fritzb » Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:46 am

I remember a bit of controversy over Far Corporation's album <I>Division One[/i], or more specifically their 9 minute + "dance" cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven". To serious rockers, it was worse than desecrating John Bonham's grave. [}:)]
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