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11 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Less swingy here but still an annoying drop from sunny upper 60s to rainy mid 40s. Looks like we'll finally be getting consistent overnight freezes starting tomorrow. It's been unseasonably warm and tbh I was digging it.

Yep, daytime highs dropped about 50 degrees from about 70 to barely 50 and windy. Went boatin' today in the rapids. It was pretty chilly I must say. But tons of fun.

Dead Cross/II

Darkthrone/Astral Forrest

Queen/A Night at the Opera

Queen/A Day at the Races

Queen/ Jazz

 

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4 hours ago, markm said:

Queen/A Night at the Opera

Queen/A Day at the Races

Queen/ Jazz

It's cliché but ANATO is the best Queen album. I used to say I liked DATR better or Queen II or even Sheer Heart Attack. But, ANATO is one of those rare perfect albums in terms of ebb and flow. 

Jazz is still exemplary by the standards of any other mortal band, but cracks are starting to appear. Cracks had turned to chasms by The Game.

A month or two ago a new single was released from The Miracle sessions. It was ok but a bit aimless. So the story goes, they never really recorded anything more than what they needed for an album. I guess it makes sense when you're paying thousands a day for studio time.  

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4 hours ago, Thatguy said:

Making up for lost time...

BLUT AUS NORD - Lovecraftian Echoes. Yep, as expected.

CABINET - Pt III:Get In...(Enter the Cabinet). We all know -  and many here love. - BAN, but who knows Cabinet. This is another excellent album from them - dark, dense, murky and nasty. Get it into you.

Cabinet - Pt. III: Get In... (Enter the Cabinet) cavernous muky black/death from a mysterious unknown location in the USA. Seems to have vocals but no lyrics he's just making gutteral noises which suits me just fine. $2 on BC I'm sold. Good one Doc 🤘☠️🤘

 

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7 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

It's cliché but ANATO is the best Queen album. I used to say I liked DATR better or Queen II or even Sheer Heart Attack. But, ANATO is one of those rare perfect albums in terms of ebb and flow. 

Jazz is still exemplary by the standards of any other mortal band, but cracks are starting to appear. Cracks had turned to chasms by The Game.

A month or two ago a new single was released from The Miracle sessions. It was ok but a bit aimless. So the story goes, they never really recorded anything more than what they needed for an album. I guess it makes sense when you're paying thousands a day for studio time.  

I'd still have to go with Sheer Heart Attack as my choice for their best, and then it'd be a toss up between ANATO & Queen II for my #2. But then I haven't heard any of the albums that came after ANATO, I only know the radio hits like: Tie Your Mother Down, Bicycle Race, Fat Bottom Girls and We Will Rock You. I like all those songs, but of course I know there's gotta be a lot more unpleasant crap on those later albums (past '75) too like Under Pressure & Another One Bites the Dust both of which I wish I could delete from my memory banks, along with that annoying Champions song. I don't even wanna talk about that Radio Gaga song, wtf was that about?

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9 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I'd still have to go with Sheer Heart Attack as my choice for their best, and then it'd be a toss up between ANATO & Queen II for my #2. But then I haven't heard any of the albums that came after ANATO, I only know the radio hits like: Tie Your Mother Down, Bicycle Race, Fat Bottom Girls and We Will Rock You. I like all those songs, but of course I know there's gotta be a lot more unpleasant crap on those later albums (past '75) too like Under Pressure & Another One Bites the Dust both of which I wish I could delete from my memory banks, along with that annoying Champions song. I don't even wanna talk about that Radio Gaga song, wtf was that about?

I'd say anything in the 70s is solid, up to the Live Killers album, which pretty much defines for me what a live album should be - a double vinyl set which approximates an actual headlining live show, with the hits and some deep cuts depending on the era. 

Almost all those dodgy songs you name are from the 80s. Champions (1977) is maybe one of the most memorable songs in history. I don't love it exactly, but its only because it has become a cliché.

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8 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

It's cliché but ANATO is the best Queen album. I used to say I liked DATR better or Queen II or even Sheer Heart Attack. But, ANATO is one of those rare perfect albums in terms of ebb and flow. 

Jazz is still exemplary by the standards of any other mortal band, but cracks are starting to appear. Cracks had turned to chasms by The Game.

A month or two ago a new single was released from The Miracle sessions. It was ok but a bit aimless. So the story goes, they never really recorded anything more than what they needed for an album. I guess it makes sense when you're paying thousands a day for studio time.  

Thanks to your tireless efforts, I finally got more than a comp. It was worth it! Surprised how much I like Queen I and II. I agree from a critical standpoint, ANOTO is a classic album, but I've heard Bohemian Rhapsody so many times, I'm sort of  over that song. The other issue for me is Queen was largely a singles band and no one album has all the songs I like. Sheer Heart Attack is probably my favorite in terms of being metal adjacent. I like listening to I, II and Sheer Heart Attack in one long extended play session. They flow together for me. I did own Jazz in high school and pound for pound for a good all around hard rock album is pretty bad ass. 

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4 hours ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

MERCYFUL FATE - Melissa

 

Had tickets to see them Wednesday, but pulled a work conference at the last minute and had to sell them. Saw them in August (great show) but you never know when they will come around again. I'm in NOLA, where there are always shows... except the week I'm here.

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10 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Had tickets to see them Wednesday, but pulled a work conference at the last minute and had to sell them. 

 

Man I can't believe you put work over metal!

 

I am to the point where I do the bare minimum and think work can just go get fucked.  As long as I collect a pay check, I don't care.  Life's too short to stress  over work if you can avoid it.

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