[QUOTE=i_am_Jimmy_Page]AC/DC weren't about the music, they were about raw agression.
But no ammount of raw agression can make up, for what really was, lack of musical tallent and writing abilty.
I enjoy listening to high voltage though.[/QUOTE]

Good point.

[QUOTE=lunch998]It's ok, but that whole album is fairly unimpressive to me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I got Who Are You for christmas, and it was fairly unimpressive. I got it because I absolutly love the title song (one of my favorite Who songs definitly). I find the album too synthy for my tastes.

[QUOTE=i_am_Jimmy_Page]AC/DC weren't about the music, they were about raw agression.
But no ammount of raw agression can make up, for what really was, lack of musical tallent and writing abilty.
I enjoy listening to high voltage though.[/QUOTE]
Ya know what makes up for all of that? Sounding good. They do that very very well.


Would anyone consider The End by The Doors an epic?

[QUOTE=i_am_Jimmy_Page]AC/DC weren't about the music, they were about raw agression.
But no ammount of raw agression can make up, for what really was, lack of musical tallent and writing abilty.
I enjoy listening to high voltage though.[/QUOTE]

AC/DC were originally about the music. I really like their seventies stuff, Bon Scott was great. The music they made with Brian Johnson just seemed too repetative. The thing about AC/DC is that they wanted to play simple, 3 chord trick rock, in the same decade when bands like Pink Floyd were trying to do exactly the opposite. I think they wrote great songs, they never tried to spark a new revolution, or change the direction of music, or blow anyones minds, they just wanted to play Rock n Roll, which I think they did a good job of doing.

edit- I do consider The End an epic, even if it were only like five minutes long, it is still an epic concept/song. Being that it's over ten minutes, I'd say it's surely an epic. And I laugh how you make sure you included the fact that "your brother" was watching Simple Plan, not you.

Well he was. I was insulting him for watching it :p

When I think of AC/DC I think of Bon Scott. Most people think of Brain Johnson. Most people have never heard anything pre highway to hell exept for TNT. Thier Best Albums are Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap, Let There Be Rock, Powerage and Jailbreak 74. All Bon Scott. Also Angus stopped playing fast solos when Brian came. In the md 70s he had some fret blazers I tells ya.

Let There Be Rock is my favourite AC/DC album. It seems very slightly influenced by the punk music that was surrounding the mainstream. Most of the songs were done live, and it has a very edgy, high energy sound to it (more than any other album they released). Whole Lotta Rosie has some great solos in it, I really like that whole album. From Powerage and on they kinda settled down, and refined their sound. Live tracks weren't used as much, a lot of overdubbing and studio EQ type stuff was used, so everything was more polished, yet less energetic.

edit- I'm in a predicament. I don't have a final exam tomorrow, I just have to type up a good copy of a story I wrote and hand it in (not a lot of work). My parents just left, and won't be home til like 9 tonight (it's like 2 here). Should I toke up and type up my story while high? Or just keep working til I'm done and then get high?

[QUOTE=thickasabrick]Let There Be Rock is my favourite AC/DC album. It seems very slightly influenced by the punk music that was surrounding the mainstream. Most of the songs were done live, and it has a very edgy, high energy sound to it (more than any other album they released). Whole Lotta Rosie has some great solos in it, I really like that whole album. From Powerage and on they kinda settled down, and refined their sound. Live tracks weren't used as much, a lot of overdubbing and studio EQ type stuff was used, so everything was more polished, yet less energetic.

edit- I'm in a predicament. I don't have a final exam tomorrow, I just have to type up a good copy of a story I wrote and hand it in (not a lot of work). My parents just left, and won't be home til like 9 tonight (it's like 2 here). Should I toke up and type up my story while high? Or just keep working til I'm done and then get high?[/QUOTE]

Eh, do half of it now, take a break and smoke, then do the other half.

[QUOTE=lunch998]Eh, do half of it now, take a break and smoke, then do the other half.[/QUOTE]

Problem solved.

edit- Oh man, Pipe at the Gates of Dawn trips me out. You always forget what a great guitarist Syd Barret is until you listen to his music again. If he stuck around longer and focused more on the guitar in his songs he could have taken Hendrix's place as the premier psychadelic rock guitarist.

^No he couldn't have. Barret's talent wasn't that huge, and I'm sure many other Psychedelic guitarist are pissed that you put him over them.

He was good, but he is no Hendrix.

I honestly do not see why some people regard Barrett as some type of God. He wrote good psychadelic songs, but only has one good album. The band was able to eventually evolve into so much more with Gilmour on guitar and Waters doing most of the writing than I think they would have if Syd had stayed. If Syd continued in the band, it is quite possible they would have faded out with many other late 60s psychadelic bands because they would not have been able to evolve.

But who knows....just my opinion.

Barret isn't very good at guitar. And I'm pretty sure he didn't plan on improving any time soon (according to bandmates.)

[QUOTE=magicbus]Barret isn't very good at guitar. And I'm pretty sure he didn't plan on improving any time soon (according to bandmates.)[/QUOTE]

Yea, I didn't even get to that. Musically he was very limited.

Yea, I don't think he was to overly talented as a guitar player, but PATGOD is so amazing. Is Syd's solo stuff similar to it?

[QUOTE=lunch998]I honestly do not see why some people regard Barrett as some type of God. He wrote good psychadelic songs, but only has one good album. The band was able to eventually evolve into so much more with Gilmour on guitar and Waters doing most of the writing than I think they would have if Syd had stayed. If Syd continued in the band, it is quite possible they would have faded out with many other late 60s psychadelic bands because they would not have been able to evolve.

But who knows....just my opinion.[/QUOTE]

I believe his writing was overrated. He wrote silly/stupid early Beatle like songs. But where they had good melodies and progressed, be didn't really.

W00t, Booker T. arrived today. One of the best session bands ever.

[QUOTE=Woodstock]W00t, Booker T. arrived today. One of the best session bands ever.[/QUOTE]

I can't wait for my Cd's to arrive, but they aren't due till next week.

Where do you guys get your cds from?

[QUOTE=lunch998]I can't wait for my Cd's to arrive, but they aren't due till next week.[/QUOTE]
What did you order?

[QUOTE=jpjrulestheworld]What did you order?[/QUOTE]

From Amazon.com I ordered Aoxomoxoa, Willy and the Poor Boys, Blue Light Rain, and Beginnings.

[QUOTE=magicbus]Where do you guys get your cds from?[/QUOTE]
I ordered mine from [url]http://www.cduniverse.com/[/url]

[QUOTE=lunch998]From Amazon.com I ordered Aoxomoxoa, Willy and the Poor Boys, Blue Light Rain, and Beginnings.[/QUOTE]
Aoxomoxoa is dam[SIZE=2]n[/SIZE] good :thumb: Haven't heard the others :(

[QUOTE=jpjrulestheworld]Aoxomoxoa is dam[SIZE=2]n[/SIZE] good :thumb: Haven't heard the others :([/QUOTE]

Beginnings is Allman Brothers, and Blue Light Rain is by Jazz is Dead. I thought you would have heard them.

[QUOTE=lunch998]Beginnings is Allman Brothers, and Blue Light Rain is by Jazz is Dead. I thought you would have heard them.[/QUOTE]
I knew who they were by, do you think I'm mentally retarded?

[QUOTE=jpjrulestheworld]I knew who they were by, do you think I'm mentally retarded?[/QUOTE]

No, but I'd though that you would have at least heard the Allman Brothers, so I was making sure you weren't confusing it with something else. Don't have your period on me.

[QUOTE=lunch998]No, but I'd though that you would have at least heard the Allman Brothers, so I was making sure you weren't confusing it with something else. Don't have your period on me.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry I don't live up to your high standards :(

Recent interests:

The Byrds
Arlo Guthrie
Brian Setzer

What the hell's going on with you two now?

I've never heard Arlo Guthrie, but I like Brian Setzer.

Never liked Brian Setzer. But classic rock is really all i listen to, honestly there isnt one band thats whats concidered popular and new that i like that ive heard.

Zeppelin, stones, boston, AC/DC, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker Band, Aerosmith(little bit), Boston, Sprinsteen, Chicago, and of course clapton

Don't you love noobs who say "I like classic rock a lot" and then list the bands they like?

I mean, honestly, that has to be cooler than contributing to the conversation at hand.