Daily Thoughts and Rants

By Woopop | February 7, 2010 11:55 pm

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Daily Thoughts and Rants

By Woopop | February 4, 2010 11:55 pm

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Queen – 2002 – Greatest Hits I, II & III – The Platinum Collection

By Woopop | February 4, 2010 1:00 am

Artist: Queen
Title: Greatest Hits I, II & III – The Platinum Collection
Label: Hollywood
Released: 2002-09-24
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD? Not Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Not Autographed

Tracklist:

#Bohemian Rhapsody
#Another One Bites The Dust
#Killer Queen
#Fat Bottomed Girls
#Bicycle Race
#You’re My Best Friend
#Don’t Stop Me Now
#Save Me
#Crazy Little Thing Called Love
#Somebody To Love
#Now I’m Here
#Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy
#Play The Game
#Flash
#Seven Seas Of Rhye
#We Will Rock You
#We Are The Champions

#A Kind Of Magic
#Under Pressure
#Radio Ga Ga
#I Want It All
#I Want To Break Free
#Innuendo
#It’s A Hard Life
#Breakthru
#Who Wants To Live Forever
#Headlong
#The Miracle
#I’m Going Slightly Mad
#The Invisible Man
#Hammer To Fall
#Friends Will Be Friends
#The Show Must Go On
#One Vison

#The Show Must Go On
#Under Pressure
#Barcelona
#Too Much Love Will Kill You
#Somebody To Love
#You Don’t Fool Me
#Heaven For Everyone
#Las Palabras De Amor
#Driven By You
#Living On My Own
#Let Me Live
#The Great Pretender
#Princes Of The Universe
#Another One Bites The Dust
#No-One But You
#These Are The Days Of Our Lives
#Thank God It’s Christmas

Review: I picked up the first greatest hits collection, and thought that was good. But I found this 3-CD set (minus the slipcover unfortunately) at Record Archive, and had to grab it. As for Queen themselves, as one of the biggest bands in the world, I’d be remiss not to own at least their greatest hits!

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George Michael – 1998 – Ladies & Gentlemen – The Best of George Michael

By Woopop | February 4, 2010 1:00 am

Artist: George Michael
Title: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Label: Epic
Released: 1998-11-10
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD? Not Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Not Autographed

Tracklist:

#Jesus To A Child
#Father Figure
#Careless Whisper
#Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
#You Have Been Loved
#Kissing A Fool
#I Can’t Make You Love Me
#Heal The Pain
#Moment With You
#Desafinado
#Cowboys And Angels
#Praying For Time
#One More Try
#A Different Corner

#Outside
#Fastlove (Part 1)
#Too Funky
#Freedom! ‘90
#Star People ‘97
#Killer / Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone
#I Want Your Sex (Part 2)
#Monkey
#Spinning The Wheel
#Waiting For That Day
#I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
#Hard Day
#Faith
#Somebody To Love

Review: Yep, I think George Michael is a very talented singer, and some of these songs still draw a big reaction even today. I don’t claim to be familiar with each and every song on here, but GM makes for a nice change of pace every once in awhile.

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More Than Me – 2006 – Not One To Hide

By Woopop | February 4, 2010 1:00 am

Artist: More Than Me
Title: Not One To Hide
Label: Self Released
Released: 2006-07-11
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD? Not Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Not Autographed

Tracklist:

#Know It All
#Just Be On
#You Make Me
#Stars Up
#Dallas
#Trip Tik
#Move Me
#Chantal

Review: The first release from our Buffalo boys, and I finally got around to actually getting the CD, as opposed to living off gifted mp3s. Gotta support the good local music!

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Daily Thoughts and Rants

By Woopop | February 3, 2010 11:55 pm

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02/01/2010 Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, Skillet (Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory)

By Woopop | February 3, 2010 2:43 pm

[Like A Storm was also on the bill, but I didn't get there in time to catch them.]

This show was largely a “game-time” decision for me, as I was on the fence about going. Shinedown had played this same venue 11 months prior, and I wasn’t sure I’d see anything different. With Tiffany going to bed early to travel the next morning, coupled with some friends deciding to go, I hauled downtown. I got there while Skillet was on, and quickly found Aimee and Dave. We trekked to the upper deck to watch the rest of Skillet’s set. I’d always heard of this band, but never paid attention. A quick check of Wikipedia says that they’re a Christian rock band who’ve put out 8 albums since 1996. Their stage show was pretty decent, and the songs weren’t half-bad, but it still seemed like every other rock band in an opening slot. They did have a cello and electric violin player on a couple songs, and the Apocalyptica-ish vibe on those songs was pretty cool. Whatever the last song of their set was (Rebirthing?), that was easily the best song I saw. Not a bad opener, certainly held my interest, but I wasn’t blown away.

Puddle of Mudd was up next, and I pretty much knew what we’d get from them, which was most of the hits and a couple of other tunes. That’s what we got, although they threw in a cover of AC/DC’s “TNT” that was pretty decent. Their songs tend to drag on a bit though, and I definitely found myself getting bored in the middle of the ones I didn’t know. I gotta assume their setlist has been pretty much the same on this tour, which would have made the list: Control, Famous, Spaceship, Blood on the Table, Blurry, Stoned, Psycho, TNT (AC/DC cover), Thinking About You, Drift And Die, She Hates Me.

We moved down onto the floor for Shinedown, just to the left of the soundboard. A nifty intro, and a pretty cool stage setup greeted us as the band came out. They opened with Sound of Madness, and Brent Smith’s voice didn’t sound half-bad. Devour was next, and so were the iffy vocals. The one saving grace, however, was that the other members of the band have taken to singing a hell of a lot more backup, so Brent taking most stuff down the octave wasn’t nearly as apparent, and it made for a better overall show this time. Not that he didn’t sell out just as many notes, they just hid it/made up for it better. More enjoyable than last year, for sure. The rest of the band sounded fantastic as usual, and the pacing of the show was good as well, mixing the harder stuff with the slower stuff, and the musical interludes between songs are always nice. Also, they’ve changed up the setlist for this tour, swapping out a couple songs for some different stuff (compared to the other two shows I’ve seen on this album’s run). No b-sides this time, but we got a cover of Sittin on the Dock of the Bay, and a song I was stoked to see that I hadn’t seen live before, What A Shame. The end of the main set was a medley of sorts, starting with Left Out, then into Fly From The Inside, then back to Left Out. Kinda cool, but I’d rather see both of those songs get their own billing. The encore was Simple Man and Second Chance. As I said, Shinedown’s set overall was a bit better than the one last year, the song selection was still decent, and the band sounded great. Glad I decided to go!

Shinedown Setlist:
Sound of Madness
Devour
Save Me
If You Only Knew
Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide
Call Me
I Dare You
(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding cover)
45
Sin With a Grin
The Crow and The Butterfly
Heroes
What a Shame
Left Out / Fly From The Inside
Encore:
Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
Second Chance

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Thoughts and Rants for 2010-02-02

By Woopop | February 2, 2010 11:50 pm

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