The One I Missed....

Somehow in my years of concert going which began in 1975, I never saw Queen. This is a huge regret. I don't know why I never saw them, what happened? Even if I someday get to see Led Zeppelin (with Jason Bonham) I will never say I got to see all the great classic rock bands because I missed Queen.

Off the top of my head, here are th concerts I can remember seeing. Is there anyone obvious missing from this list? I didn't include everyone I've seen, tried to keep it to classic rock. (obviously I was too young to see some of the greats like Janis, Jimi, The Doors and The Beatles)

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Boston
Bad Co.
The Band
The Beach Boys
Black Sabbath
BTO
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
(Bon Jovi! never saw them!)
Bruce Springsteen
CCR
Cheap Trick
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Cars
David Bowie
Def Lepard
Deep Purple
The Doobie Bros.
The Eagles
Eddie Money
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Emmerson, Lake & Palmer
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Foghat
Foriegner
Genesis
George Thorogood
Heart
INXS
Iron Maiden
J Geils
Jethro Tull
(Never saw John Lennon!)
Journey
Jefferson Starship
Judas Priest
The Kinks
(Never saw KISS)
Lou Reed
Lynrd Skynrd
Motley Crue
Neil Young
(Never saw Ozzy solo)
Pat Benatar
Peter Frampton
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd
The Police
The Pretenders
Prince
(Never saw Queen)
Quiet Riot
Rainbow
REO
Rolling Stones
Ronnie James Dio
Rush
Sammy Hagar
Santana
Supertramp
Ted Nugent
Train
Triumph
Tom Petty
Toto
U2
UFO
Van Morrison
Van Halen
The Who
Yes
ZZ Top

Chicken Foot

Should be interesting .... Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony.

I have to admit, I loved Sammy back in his solo days. I'll never forget the show he put on when "Street Machine" came out. On stage he had a RED TransAm, a huge red grand piano, of course red instruments and outfits, and he swung around on a red rope. He was pretty wild. Kept jumping on the car and the piano doing all this really crazy stuff. When I was a 19 year old - he was very entertaining, today....not so much.

Tributes to Michael

I've been thinking a lot about suicide lately - don't worry, not considering it, just thinking about how it affects those left behind more than any other type of death.
When Michael Hutchence was found dead...I was devastated. He had a lot of friends and fans. I love this video that someone put together of him, its one of my favorites:

Some of his friends that made tributes:

• Nick Cave sang his ballad "Into My Arms" at the funeral of Michael Hutchence. The funeral was broadcast live on Australian TV, but out of respect for Hutchence, Cave refused to allow his song to be televised.

• U2 and Bono have made several tributes to Hutchence ever since his death:
  • The 2000 U2 album All That You Can't Leave Behind includes a song titled "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of", which Hutchence's friend Bono wrote about his apparent suicide. The song is written in the form of an argument about suicide in which Bono tries to convince Hutch of the act's foolishness. Bono characterized the song as a good old row between friends, which he felt guilty for never having with Hutchence while he was alive.

• Singer Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, a friend of both Hutchence and Yates (and Geldof's best man at his wedding to Yates), also wrote an eerily prophetic song for him. It was recorded in 1996 and released on the album Medazzaland only a month before Hutchence's death. "Michael, You've Got a Lot to Answer For" included these lyrics:

"Trust you to get caught up in somebody's war; you'll come out of it all intact, I'm sure.

Just remember what friends were put here for;

Michael, you've got a lot to answer for, and I know that you're gonna call... if you need me."

Duran Duran was touring to support the album when Hutchence died, and Le Bon found the song too difficult to perform anymore so it was cut from the set for the remainder of the tour. However during subsequent Duran Duran tours, it was included as a tribute.

• At a 2007 show in Adelaide supporting INXS, Simple Minds dedicated "Gloria" to Michael, saying "it's about a woman, but it'd have to be with Michael." At a New Zealand show 2 months later, he also dedicated "Gloria" to the memory of Michael Hutchence.

• On many aftershows in London Indigo during his Earth Tour (21 nights in London), Prince played the song "What You Need" with Maceo Parker on saxophone to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Michael's loss.

(info taken from Wikipedia)

Death Metal Fans - Your Input Needed!

Not being a fan of death metal, or even anything much heavier than Black Sabbath or AC/DC - I didn't have much to say in response to this question posed over at Rock Revival:

"Are people that like Death Metal Emotionally Disturbed? - or - Why do the loonies have all the best riffs?"

If you have an answer to that head over there and let them know.

Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan

Bob turns 67 today. I have always been a fan of older Dylan music but really enjoyed his release "Modern Times".

He's a genius with words if you ask me. My favorite Dylan song will always be "Just Like a Woman".

Do you have a favorite Dylan song? Do you listen to him now? Ever?

Thanks, Bob, for 50 great years of music with more to come....I hope!

Coming out of the Closet: Top Ten Non-Rock Albums

Paul over at Rock Revival has a question going around...he asked us to list our top ten favorite albums that would not be considered rock. If you'd like to share - please do! I would be curious to see what some of you have in that closet that I may want to borrow :)

Mine were:
1. Motown:
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On.

2. Jazz:
Jamiroqua, High Times Singles

3. Oldies:
Tommy James & The Shondelles, Crimson & Clover

4. R&B Soul:
India Arie, Accoustc Soul

5. India Arie, Testimony

6. CCM
Nichole Nordeman, Brave

7. Soul:
Joss Stone, The Soul Sessions

8. Genre?
John Butler Trio, Sunrise Over See

9. Genre?
Johnny Lang, all of his!

10. Pop
Train, Drops of Jupiter

The Who Video You Must See!

Yet Another Music Blog has a great video of The Who today. Its a performance they did on the Smother's Brother's show (for you youngsters, that was a variety show that aired in the 60's when there was actually real comedy and good music on TV every week!)

Anyhow, this performance is legendary because of what happened at the end. I'll let you go read and see it for yourself.

Please try not to laugh at the hairstyles of the guys, Roger looks like a girl, a very pretty girl; Pete's bangs are so short its embarrassing, Keith looks normal (ironically) and surprisingly I found John quite hot back in the day.....

I'm in Love!

...with this new radio station:

The Sound LA

Finally, the perfect radio station. Up until now I have been forced to listen to KLOS or JackFM.

I can't knock KLOS, that would be like slapping an old high school buddy in the face - BUT, I've grown up, okay? Yeah, I love CLASSIC ROCK, but my tastes are broader and I can't handle your immature disc jockeys and endless commercial breaks. (Of course I love Jim Ladd and I like Cynthia Fox and I admire Rita Wilde...but Mark and Brian and the rest of them get on my nerves).

Jack - you are much better as far as variety and less commercials....but it seems that you have a limited number of songs you play over and over and I don't like your attempts at sarcasm or sexual innuendo...too obvious to be funny.

Here is how The Sound describes themselves:

The Sound is about simply one thing, it's about the best "rock" music made to date. Notice the quotes around the word rock, because our definition of rock is a lot broader than most and it knows virtually no time frame. On The Sound you'll hear everything from the geniuses that gave birth to the seminal rock of the '60s and '70s to the ever evolving offspring of that music, including great stuff that came out last year...or even last week.

REO Speedwagon

You know how it is when you hear a certain song that triggers your memory? The next thing you know you are transported back to a time or place and can almost FEEL what you felt at that moment. I have lots of those, and quite a few are not spectacular events from the past, but just ordinary moments.

When I see this album cover I am sitting on my brother's bed with my boyfriend, Jon. My brother is sitting at his desk talking on his CB radio and Jon and I are stoned and we are debating whether or not the cover of the album is clever (his thought) or gross (mine). :)

Later when REO hit their peak and went on tour my boyfriend got a job as one of their roadies. We broke up before they hit the road because there was NO WAY I was going to sit at home alone every night while he was living the rock and roll life of a roadie. (Bob Chandler** if you see this - call me! I want to see if you still have long hair...or any hair???)

This post was triggered by a blog friend, Nik, who is disappointed that Billy Idol is replacing REO as an opening act for Def Lepard this summer. I would be too...no offense to Bill.

**Not to be confused with Bob Chandler the NFL player

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Now playing: George Thorogood - Move It On Over
via FoxyTunes
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Now playing: U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
via FoxyTunes

Van Halen Question

Rock Revival has a fun question today - you'll have to go over there and check it out.


OMG! I am too embarrassed to put this on my blog, but my sister had THIS POSTER in her room for years. Too funny.
(this thought inspired a post on my other blog, I tag you all with it)

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Now playing: Van Halen - Love Walks In
via FoxyTunes

Led Zeppelin is Going to Tour...bla blah blah

Now you KNOW I hope that this time the rumor is FINALLY true, but I am not wasting one ounce of energy on getting excited until I hear it announced officially straight from Jimmy and/or Robert.

I'm sure by now you've heard the latest rumor, started by David Coverdale, that Zeppelin is planning a full-blown tour. I also read somewhere that they each will make millions upon millions of dollars/pounds of the gig. What do you do when you have that kind of money? More than you could spend in a lifetime?

So...let me know when you hear the REAL OFFICIAL news. And then I will start fretting over how the hell I'm gonna get my hands on a ticket.

NOTE: To all you ticket scalpers that email me to tell me how great this blog is and ask if I will put a banner ad for you on this site - you can jump in a lake.

Do you think they look alike????

I ALMOST FORGOT BONO'S BIRTHDAY!

Because my mind has been on this today, I forgot that it was the birthday of one of my favorite people of all time.

Happy Birthday, Bono!

for an interesting post on Bono that talks about why some people don't like him (how could that be?) check out Jeff's blog, Imagine Echoes.

Lyrics Quiz (with HINTS)

No one seems to ever get the lyrics I post so this time I added some nice HINTS.

You think you’re so illustrious, you call yourself intense (hint: from the chorus, band called The ____)

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Tap on my window, knock on my door, I want to make you feel beautiful (hint: name of band has a color and a number, not a classic rock band)

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When you were young and on your own, how did you feel to be alone (hint: first line of song by Canadian with initials NY)

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Give me light, give me life, keep me free from birth (hint: by a former Beatle)

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One man caught on a barbed wire fence, one man he resist, one man washed on an empty beach.
one man betrayed with a kiss (hint: by my favorite band)

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No more speed I’m almost there, gotta keep cool now, gotta take care, last car to pass here I go
and the line of cars goes down real slow (hint, this was their one big hit)

POINTS:

The name of the band: 2 points
The name of the song: 4 points
Both: 8 points
Bonus: if you can figure out one thing all these songs have in common: 100 points!

What you win: Nothing! But I you get to have the highest score :) No cheatin'.

Nikki Sixx Receives Honors

Covenant House is honoring Nikki for his service and contributions to their youth homeless shelters.

I've never been a big fan of Motley Crue, but I am a HUGE fan of Nikki Sixx. I admire him and loved his book "The Heroin Diaries".
Nikki started his own organization called "Running in the Night" because he identifies with teens who runaway from home or have a difficult home life.

plus he's smokin' hot...

Music News:

Annie Lennox will be honored with the British Red Cross' Services to
Humanity Award in London on June 12th in recognition of her "significant humanitarian role she has played throughout her career."
(Congrats to Annie, she deserves it)

The publicist for Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has refuted rumors that he would replace Poison frontman Bret Michaels in the next season of VH1's Rock Of Love.
(Hasn't he made enough of an ass out of himself already?)

Metallica's MissionMetallica. com site will go live on May 12th allowing fans to experience their new studio album before it's done.
(Very cool - should be interesting)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release their Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! book on June 23rd. The 46-page hardback four-inch square book is composed of handwritten lyrics and notes by Cave, photos, illustrations, an interview and a 3-inch single of the title track.

(Any Nick Cave fans out there? I need your help on something)

news source: 80's Music Central

Rock and Roll Guru

The Rock and Roll Guru (aka Joe Heuer) has a great site. I was just over there cracking up at some of the things he in "The Rock and Roll Dictionary". Check it out!

Review of Bon Jovi Concert!

I want to thank my friend, Jessica, for sharing this review of her recent experience seeing Bon Jovi! (her blog is one of the one's I MUST read daily, check it out!)

On Wednesday I went to see Bon Jovi! I had seen him play twice before, and he always puts on an awesome show. This time was no different. It was a great experience… huge crowd, everyone was way into the music, and that made for a rocking atmosphere. There were tons of women, (what else would you expect at a Bon Jovi show?) single, married, and with their boyfriends…all falling over themselves for Jon.

He invited Daughtry up on stage to sing Blaze of Glory with him. It sounded great! Another thing I thought was cool is… when they played I love this town they had a slide show playing with images of stuff belonging to Atlanta. (the city where I was) Sports teams, landmarks, people, etc. Pretty neat!

They’re one of the only bands that I’ve seen… that play for a full two hours or longer. So much material…and they always find just the right mix of old and new stuff to play.

The show may be a little cheesy …but so what- you expect a little cheesiness from Bon Jovi.

I like the fact that Jon is really, genuinely into it (tons of energy) the entire time. He seems like he’s happy and loving what he his doing. That always makes for a great show. I loved it, loved it loved it!! :)

On a side note…I personally think he should have kept his hair, but that’s just me. I like the long hair rocker type. :) But, whatever length his hair is, Jon’s amazing voice gets me every time!

New Whitesnake...

According to Paul Rhodes of Rock Revival, a man of impecible musical taste, the new Whitesnake release is not old 80's metal music revistied...its "pure blues rock and roll". Can't wait to hear it!

Free CD

One catch - you have to review it on your blog! If you are interested in receiving the original soundtrack to "I'm Not There", let me know. I was asked to review it but simply don't have the energy right now.

(first one to ask for it gets it)

May 1 - The Day in Rock History

Here's a few things that have happened on May 1st over the years, do your remember any of these or do they hold any special interest or memories? Not the most eventful day ever...

May First Rock Clock