Things to Check Out:

Streaming of ACDC from "Backtracks".

Any Rod Stewart fans out there? Here is an interview with him discussing his new album "Soulbook".

Lita Ford is still hot and shredding and I am late in announcing this: She has a new ablum out and I have a FREE SAMPLE COPY TO GIVE AWAY. So if you would like it, let me know and send me your address via email. In the meantime you can check out"Wicked Wonderland" here.

And, last but not least:

I know many of us that read here are not huge fans of the RRHOF, but they are having a 25th Anniversary Show that sounds worth checking out. Among others these artists are performing: Bonnie Raitt, Simon & Garfunkel, John Legend, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Ozzy Osbourne, and Aretha Franklin. You can check here to see who else will be there.

The Definitive Rod Stewart - Review

Image via WikipediaI received a wonderful CD/DVD to review recently. I have to admit, I am not a huge fan of Rod Stewart's but while listening to the first disc I was reminded how much I like his early music:

Maggie May, Mandolin Wind, Every Picture tells a Story, Stay With Me, You Wear it Well

All great songs that I think are his finest.

Disc two only held one that I actually like:

Forever Young

The set also comes with a DVD that contains some of his music videos from the good old MTV days. If you like Rod, I highly recommend it!

Here's the complete track listing:

Disc: 1
1. Maggie May
2. Mandolin Wind
3. Every Picture Tells A Story
4. Stay With Me (Faces)
5. You Wear It Well
6. Sailing
7. The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II)
8. Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
9. The First Cut Is The Deepest
10. You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
11. I Was Only Joking
12. Hot Legs
13. Da Ya Think I m Sexy?
14. Passion
15. Young Turks
Disc: 2
1. Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
2. Baby Jane
3. Infatuation
4. Some Guys Have All The Luck
5. Love Touch
6. Forever Young
7. My Heart Can't Tell You No
8. Downtown Train
9. This Old Heart Of Mine (1989 Version with Ronald Isley)
10. I Don't Want To Talk About It (1989 Version)
11. Rhythm Of My Heart
12. The Motown Song - with The Temptations
13. Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)
14. Have I Told You Lately (Unplugged Version)
15. Reason To Believe (Unplugged Version with Ronnie Wood)
16. Two Shades Of Blue (Previously Unreleased)
Disc: 3
1. Sailing (music video)
2. I Don't Want To Talk About It (music video)
3. The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II) (music video)
4. The First Cut Is The Deepest (music video)
5. You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) (music video)
6. Hot Legs (music video)
7. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (music video)
8. Ain't Love A Bitch (music video)
9. She Won't Dance With Me (music video)
10. Young Turks (music video)
11. Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) (music video)
12. Baby Jane (music video)
13. If We Fall In Love Tonight (music video)
14. Ooh La La (music video)

A Sad Tale of Record Albums

Been thinking alot about vinyl lately, I'm so glad its coming back!  This weekend I am going to climb up to the top shelf of my garage storage and pull out "the Box" so I can share the remnants of my collection with you.

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Here's a quick history of me and my record albums:

Age 4 - it was all about The Beatles.  Those albums weren't mine, but they are now.
Age 9 - 12 I started my collection with  mostly mellow sounds like Carole King, Joni Mithcell Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkle, Rod Stewart, Elton John.  Then I discovered REAL MUSIC...rock and roll that soothed my soul.  Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Cream, Humble Pie, The Stones.  I had about 100 albums or so by the time I moved out of my mom's house at age 19.

Came home one night and along with my strereo, they had been ripped off.  My entire collection...gone.

Slowly rebuilt.  Got all the ones I used to have and added more, U2, Springsteen, Bowie, The Clash, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, etc. etc. etc.  Lets just say I had pretty much anything you could think of that was pop, rock or heavy metal.  Around 200 albums.

Then....I went to church and to leave the ugly details out lets just say I believed the bullshit I was told and as a good Christian I TOSSED my entire record collection into the trash.  Crying the whole time.  But brainwashed to think I was doing it to please God (if there is a God he would never make me throw away Pink Floyd or any others).

I did make ONE exception.  I kept Bruce, I had every album he'd done (still do) and justified that he didn't cuss or sing trashy songs so God would be okay with him.

People - is this sad or what?

Luckily, as sisters do, many of my albums were intermingled with hers, so a few years later I discovered that I still had about 50 records left (the stuff she liked more than me....)

Lesson:  Never get brainwashed by a relilgion or cult.  Never listen to anyone who tells you music is "wrong".  Music is art, communitcion, poetry. 

I'll take some photos of my remaining box of vinyl and post some here over the weekend.