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1977 and Punk rock is just warming up and ready to hit the world..............Rick Wakeman has come back into the Yes fold........The five members are out in Switzerland and the press are ready to bury the progressive dinosaurs.........
Yes sit back breath deeply and produce another classic.................the roots of this one are still in progressive music and they have not decided to sell out........instead they take progressive music a step further..............the tracks are shorter full of punch and yet still tender when it counts....................gone are the dream world fantasies and incomes more sharp edged story telling.............
Excellent musicianship is still important as is the clearer use of vocal instrumentation to create a feeling..................And so we are down to five not so long tracks all with their own special appeal....The stars are "Wondrous Stories"
and "Going For The One" which introduce Yes to the singles market..........."Turn Of The Century" shows that the beginnings of solo projects are not far away and " Parallels" and "Awaken" show that the collective productive Yes are still together and functioning...............................Yes show that they can adapt and that changes are coming.......................stay tuned for the next installment Cool
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!

It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown.
.............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
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from my library

[Image: 200px-The_Eagles_-_Desperado.jpg]

Follow up to the smash debut. Could they do it? Hell yes! Much better. Not chart wise where it stalled at a paltry #41, but a much better album for me. An album about the old west, done in style. The best track being the title, where it doesn't get any better, but the singles were Tequila Sunrise and Outlaw Man which were both huge flops. They shoulda asked me. Henley basically took over here with credits on most of the tracks. Two tracks don't fit on here at all with the overall laid back feel, Twenty One and Out Of Control. Other than those, just marvelous. I did not grade the last 2 tracks, which are reprises.


I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Twenty One

Best Track - Desperado

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time
The sky won�t snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late


1) Doolin Dalton - ***
2) Twenty One - * - live
YouTube - Eagles - Twenty One Live
3) Out Of Control - ** - live
YouTube - Eagles - Out of Control Live
4) Tequila Sunrise - *** - live
YouTube - The Eagles . Tequila Sunrise - De Vliegermolen, Voorburg, March 1973
5) Desperado - *** - live
YouTube - [Live] Eagles - Desperado
6) Certain Kind Of Fool - *** - live
YouTube - The Eagles - Certain kind of fool.wmv
7) Outlaw Man - ** - live
YouTube - The Eagles - Outlaw Man Live
8) Saturday Night - *** - live
YouTube - Eagles - Saturday Night Live
9) Bitter Creek - **
10) Doolin Dalton (reprise)
11) Desperado (reprise)

3's - 5
2's - 3
1's - 1

Rating - 2.4

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listened online

[Image: 200px-RingoStarr_YNot.jpg]

In my best Simon Cowell voice, "This is just not going to work for you. Do you have a backup plan?" All due respect to Mr. Starr, stay away from the microphone. There are a few decent tracks on here, but all in all, it's just not good. This is the 15th try and he takes over the production chores. The first single is Walk With You, on which Sir Paul gives him aid on some nice backup. Also like the strings on that cut. Other tracks Joe Walsh and Joss Stone also make appearances. The album has already charted higher since any release since 1976's Ringo's Rotogravure, so cheers for the effort. Despite my previous comment, I wish him the best. A man's gotta do what he's comfortable doing.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Time

Best Track - Mystery Of The Night

Here comes love here comes light;
Here comes darkness moving slowly into night.
I cross the room and lock the door.
These are moments like I've never had before.
I hear your footsteps coming near.
It's a sound I love to hear.

Then you fall right into me,
Mmm, it's Destiny.
I can hear the angels sing
Something feels so right.
We don't even have to say the words;
I can feel the world around us turn.
Feel our love alive, living in the mystery of the night.

Can't remember who I used to be
Before there was you, here loving me.
You were always in my heart.
We were written in the stars.

Then you fall right into me.
Mmm, it's Destiny.
I can hear the angels sing
Something feels so right.
We don't even have to say the words;
I can feel the world around us turn.
I feel our love's alive, living in the mystery of the night.

I can't believe it!
No, I can't believe it!
Now I can really see it
You love me

You were always in my heart.
We were written in the stars,

Then you fall right into me.
Mmm, it's Destiny.
I can hear the angels sing
Something feels so right.
We don't even have to say the words;
We can feel the world around us turn.
Feel our love's alive, living in the mystery of the night.

Living in the mystery of the night.

We're living in the mystery of the night.


1) Fill In The Blanks - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr-Fill in the blanks
2) Peace Dream - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr-Peace Dream
3) The Other Side Of Liverpool - 1.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr-The Other Side Of Liverpool(2010)
4) Walk With You - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr - Walk With You (Feat. Paul McCartney NEW! 2010!!!)
5) Time - 1.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr - Time
6) Everyone Wins - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr-Everyone Wins(2010)
7) Mystery Of The Night - 2.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr - Mystery Of The Night
8) Can't Do It Wrong - 1.0 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr - Can't Do It Wrong
9) Y Not - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr - Y Not
10) Who's Your Daddy - 1.5 - audio
YouTube - Ringo Starr & Joss Stone-Who's Your Daddy(2010)

Average Rating - 1.5

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Can - Bring Me Coffee or Tea
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borrowed from my daughter

[Image: 200px-OBTNUS.jpg]

Been meaning to listen to this for a long time but kept putting it off. Finally my daughter dropped it on me, so I had no excuses. Not as impressed as most are. The latest vocalist who can slur the word "I", and make it sound good. This is the fourth album from the Tennessee natives, and by now they're probably considered mainstream. The album reached #4 on the U.S. charts with singles of Sex On Fire at #56 and Use Somebody at #4, which are two of my top rated tracks.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Be Somebody

Best Track - I Want You

Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze
Fickle freshman, probably thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at 5, everybodys comin around
So go press your skirt, word is there's a new girl in town...

I call shotgun, you can play your RnB tunes
The fellow?, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the free, freshened up from babyfaced shame
Put your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can get away...

Just say I want you, just exactly like I used to
Cos baby this is only bringin me down...

Home-boy's so proud, he finally got the video proof
The night vision shows she was only duckin the truth
It's heavy I know, the black guy with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up n came back for more...

She said I want you, exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down...
She said I want you

I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down...
I said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down


1) Closer - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLDP7MUEaE
2) Crawl - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf00GNWncqw
3) Sex On Fire - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0
4) Use Somebody - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhXHvRoUd0
5) Manhattan - * - live
YouTube - Kings Of Leon - Manhattan (Live On Channel 4)
6) Revelry - ** - live
YouTube - Kings of Leon ~ Revelry [Live @ Sound Relief 2009]
7) 17 - * - audio
YouTube - Kings of Leon - 17 [HQ]
8) Notion - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT6mB8N24_g
9) I Want You - *** - audio
YouTube - kings of leon-i want you lyrics from the CD
10) Be Somebody - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7dQTqBGASU
11) Cold Desert - ** - audio
YouTube - Kings Of Leon - Cold Desert

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 3

Rating - 2.0

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Not bad..the track I Want You.

Am listenin' to Reo Speedwagon's 'Take It On The Run'.
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Music Head Wrote:borrowed from my daughter

[Image: 200px-OBTNUS.jpg]

Been meaning to listen to this for a long time but kept putting it off. Finally my daughter dropped it on me, so I had no excuses. Not as impressed as most are. The latest vocalist who can slur the word "I", and make it sound good. This is the fourth album from the Tennessee natives, and by now they're probably considered mainstream. The album reached #4 on the U.S. charts with singles of Sex On Fire at #56 and Use Somebody at #4, which are two of my top rated tracks.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Be Somebody

Best Track - I Want You

Get back on track, pick me up some bottles of booze
Fickle freshman, probably thinks she's cooler than you
A hay ride at 5, everybodys comin around
So go press your skirt, word is there's a new girl in town...

I call shotgun, you can play your RnB tunes
The fellow?, it always comes a little too soon
The land of the free, freshened up from babyfaced shame
Put your eyes on me, and I know a place that we can get away...

Just say I want you, just exactly like I used to
Cos baby this is only bringin me down...

Home-boy's so proud, he finally got the video proof
The night vision shows she was only duckin the truth
It's heavy I know, the black guy with the gift down below
A choke and a gag, she spit up n came back for more...

She said I want you, exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down...
She said I want you

I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down...
I said I want you, just exactly like I used to
And baby this is only bringin me down


1) Closer - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLDP7MUEaE
2) Crawl - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf00GNWncqw
3) Sex On Fire - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0
4) Use Somebody - *** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhXHvRoUd0
5) Manhattan - * - live
YouTube - Kings Of Leon - Manhattan (Live On Channel 4)
6) Revelry - ** - live
YouTube - Kings of Leon ~ Revelry [Live @ Sound Relief 2009]
7) 17 - * - audio
YouTube - Kings of Leon - 17 [HQ]
8) Notion - ** - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT6mB8N24_g
9) I Want You - *** - audio
YouTube - kings of leon-i want you lyrics from the CD
10) Be Somebody - * - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7dQTqBGASU
11) Cold Desert - ** - audio
YouTube - Kings Of Leon - Cold Desert

3's - 3
2's - 5
1's - 3

Rating - 2.0

It is their poorest effort to date,
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Fretup Wrote:Not bad..the track I Want You.

Am listenin' to Reo Speedwagon's 'Take It On The Run'.

What do you think of REOs' earlier more country tinged stuff

the first four albums or so were high class, lost it completely when they went AOR

YouTube - Golden Country by REO Speedwagon
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faaipdeoaid Wrote:What do you think of REOs' earlier more country tinged stuff

the first four albums or so were high class, lost it completely when they went AOR

YouTube - Golden Country by REO Speedwagon

You may be right:A good band imho,though not high on my list.
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from my library

[Image: Genesis_-_And_Then_There_Were_Three.jpg]

Steve Hackett jumped ship, thus the title of this 9th album, with Collins, Rutherford and Banks. A shift away from the prog rock towards shorter, some would say more radio friendly material. The album was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching #3 in the U.K. and #14 in the U.S. with the single and best track of Follow, Follow Me reaching #23 in the U.S. and top 5 in the U.K.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Down And Out

Best Track - Follow You, Follow Me

Stay with me,
My love I hope you'll always be
Right here by my side if ever I need you
Oh my love

In your arms,
I feel so safe and so secure
Everyday is such a perfect day to spend
Alone with you

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year

With the dawn,
Oh I see so very clearly now
All my fears are drifting by me so slowly now
Fading away

I can say
The night is long but you are here
Close at hand, oh I'm better for the smile you give
And while I live

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year there will be

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year...


1) Down And Out - *
2) Undertow - ** - audio
YouTube - Genesis - Undertow
3) Ballad Of Big - * - audio
YouTube - Genesis Ballad of Big Dijon Live 1978
4) Snowbound - *** - audio
YouTube - Snowbound by Genesis
5) Burning Rope - ** - audio
YouTube - The Burning Rope by Genesis
6) Deep In The Motherlode - ** - audio
YouTube - Deep in the Motherlode by Genesis
7) Many Too Many - ** - video
YouTube - Genesis - Many Too Many (Music Video)
8) Scenes From A Nights Dream - **
9) Say It's Alright Joe - **
10) The Lady Lies - **
11) Follow You, Follow Me - *** - video
YouTube - Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me

3's - 2
2's - 7
1's - 2

Rating - 2.0

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