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Michael Barnes wrote: Oh come on now, Accept's best song is "Fast as a Shark".
Close!
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Plus, Accept is the only band fronted by half a viking. Udo may be even shorter than Dio (RIP), which is mind blowing.
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Mr. White wrote:
Michael Barnes wrote: Oh come on now, Accept's best song is "Fast as a Shark".
Close!
This video single-handedly turned me and my buddy into raging metalheads when we were about 13. It was just like that: we were minding our own 13-year-old businesses, not particularly interested in music aside the usual "Top 10 of the Week" crap, then, on one particular Sunday I saw this video, and the very next Monday all we could talk about was this.
I went on buying Accept's Hungry Years compilation album on cassette (plus another one that had both Helloween's Helloween EP and the Judas Maxi (Judas + Ride The Sky live), a fucking great purchase as well, I still think that Helloween was better off with Kai Hansen on vocals, and the much "harder" sound than their later, critically acclaimed stuff). I was at first disappointed to see that Hungry Years didn't have Midnight Mover, but that only lasted until I heard the first track, Fast As A Shark. This is the finest proto-Speed Metal song, and also one of the best metal songs ever, period.
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Working on Morissey - Vauxhall and I. So far, so good.
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Billy Bragg is up next in the queue.
Please don't feel slighted if I haven't got to your picks yet. This is a work in progress.
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stormseeker75 wrote: So I really like Vauxhall and I. Should I listen to any other Morissey stuff? Maybe go right to The Smiths?
Are you fucking kidding me! Of course go to the Smiths! I can't even suggest anything specific cause all the records are amazing. I guess The Queen is Dead would be the wildly accepted best, but they all rule and all have amazing tracks.
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Some folks think of them as a singles band, some as an album band. I am in the former camp.
But yeah, WTF, listen to The Smiths. They're up for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, along with Lou Reed (shoe in), Kraftwerk, Joan Jett, NWA (!) and some other good stuff.
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Billy Bragg is on now. I see why Thirsty likes this. I dig it. Needs more listens.
Some band called Ex Hex is up next. Then I'll try some Smiths.
Good Lord, I'm glad I'm at a point in my life where I don't care about being cool. Because my musical tastes are not cool, but they are certainly unique.
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stormseeker75 wrote: On the other hand, I've recently discovered that I like Judas Priest. Great music for running. I've listened to British Steel and some other greatest hits album. Any other Priest albums you really like?
Screaming and Painkiller are the two obvious ones after British Steel, and all three albums don't sound anything alike.
Personally I prefer their 70s output such as Stained Class, Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather (different titles in UK/US, Americans prefer killing stuff to helly stuff), Sad Wings of Destiny. Sin After Sin has great songs too, and Unleashed in the East is the live rendition of the 70s classics.
New album is good, if too long (ergo inevitable filler).
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wice wrote: I went on buying Accept's Hungry Years compilation album on cassette (plus another one that had both Helloween's Helloween EP and the Judas Maxi (Judas + Ride The Sky live), a fucking great purchase as well, I still think that Helloween was better off with Kai Hansen on vocals, and the much "harder" sound than their later, critically acclaimed stuff). I was at first disappointed to see that Hungry Years didn't have Midnight Mover, but that only lasted until I heard the first track, Fast As A Shark. This is the finest proto-Speed Metal song, and also one of the best metal songs ever, period.
Speaking of Helloween, if anybody has yet to hear Keeper of the Seven Keys I & II, do yourself a favour, go ahead and do that right now, especially the second one. Next 2 albums with Kiske on vocals are really uneven, even if Kids of the Century is a catchy hit.
The Andi Deris stuff is also really good, favourite album 2000's The Dark Ride. Unfortunately most people have stopped paying attention after the Keeper stuff and Kiske's departure. Wah-wah, Andi's not Kiske.
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Ex Hex is up now. Sounds kind of T Rex/The Sweet. I'm into glam rock. Big Mott the Hoople fan.
I'll try Helloween because hey, why not.
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Have you listened to Slade? Definitely worth a listen if you like Mott/The Sweet...if you want to really dig into the 2nd tier, check out Jobriath- he was championed as sort of an American Bowie and went on to become one of the first musicians to die of AIDS-related illness. Morrissey reissued his records on the Attack label a couple of years ago. If you REALLY want to excavate the tomb of glam rock, have a listen to Mud and Wizzard.
What about some classic Alice Cooper? You can't beat "Love it to Death", "Killers" or "Billion Dollar Babies"...fucking great records.
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