Synthetic

It was like meant to be too. It literally was raining while he sang Purple Rain. I love that stuff when it works out that way.

Purple Rain is an emotional song too. First time I ever seen the movie, oh yeah I teared up watching that for the first time. He does not play it much either, also Let's Go Crazy, he cranked up his guitar for that.

I love Prince. Always have. May not be popular to admit that. But, I met him once many years ago and he's a very humble, kind person. I also think he is an incredibly talented songwriter and performer. A little odd. But, who isn't....

["Record companies stopped developing bands and artists, and instead began to search for what would be an instant homerun with a debut album in sales. I blame Nirvana on that. Originally, selling around 150,000 was considered a great success and bands could make it and live comfortably with those numbers. After the explosive hit with these Grunge bands on just the debut album alone, the benchmark was raised beyond that, and if a band couldn't sell at least 200,000 copies, then the album was considered a failure."]
 

So true Bogie. Labels in the early 90's demanded success right out of the gate now. Instead of allowing bands to find their sound or niche over say 2 albums before the company expected growth from the group of a substantial nature. By that I mean, touring to find your loyal devoted audience meant more than radio station play & mainstream Billboard success.

If a band finds the right independent label that gives the artist time to perfect their sound, they've got a shot. But, most major labels view success now based solely on iTunes downloads over the 1st couple of months which doesn't foster creativity longterm.  

["You mentioned Neil's solo effort 'Exposed'. I own a copy of this album. Been many, many years since I last listened to it, but I'm pretty sure that his guitar player on that album was Steve Stevens, who you may know for doing guitar work on Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. It's been ages since I listened to it but I overall remember his guitar work being pretty good on the 'Exposed' record. Stevens was one of those working studio guitar players of the 80's who was always great on whatever he did. 
 
I might dig out my copy of 'Exposed' and listen to it this coming week. Been many years since I last heard it, I think you may have just inspired me."]

Yes, I'm well versed in Steve Stevens riffs & fingering on guitar necks. He worked with Billy Idol too. Steve's solos meshed nicely with Vince Neil's voice as well. That Exposed record sounded more like Motley Crue-ish than Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee did that yr which was released in 1993. 

Favorite track on that album: You Can't Change Me. Spanish guitar vibe intro always appeals to me I guess. See..

["Iron Maiden released that god awful album 'No Prayer For The Dying' and practically became a joke of themselves (Holy Smoke!!!). Then they released 'Fear of the Dark' which I know the title track is widely popular (and seriously, the only good song on the whole record), but that album was even worse than No Prayer for the Dying. I don't think most people have listened to it all the way through to remember how bad it was...Then Bruce Dickinson quit the band, they got a new singer and released some albums in the 90's that no one remembers."]

I agree with everything you said about 'No Prayer For The Dying' an atrocious album indeed. My favorite studio album with Bruce & the boys is hands down 'Somewhere In Time' released in 1986 with classics like "Stranger In A Strange Land," Heaven Can Wait, & my sentimental favorite "Wasted Years." I never get tired of that track. Gotta hear it on guitar like pronto now. Checkout this woman known as Six string Kitty giving this song it's metal dues: 

It's a travesty that Iron Maiden is still absent from the Rock & Roll HOF man. 

I also have a soft spot for "Seventh Son Of The Seventh Son" too. One of the most challenging & creative percussion arrangements ever created. 

Nicko McBrain rocks! 

Thank you Nadine!

I don't celebrate birthdays anymore, but Jules is a cool person, so whatever you decide to do: Enjoy it! 

"You sent me a Saints cat a while back, I remembered and had to return the favor." 

Nicely done Bogie! Yeah I know, I'm kinda intruding here. My bad. 

I just like how you took a mental note of that & responded accordingly. Bravo! 
 

*the 2 you mentioned

I will add this when the Warriors completely clean LeBron's clock in the Finals will you please stop bragging about him  (sarcasm)

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Synthetic, I was wondering if you had replaced David Bowie with Tom Brady; glad to see that Bowie is still on your page. 

If he beats the Falcons in the SB again, I just might do that. 

Bogie showed me a good long video about the zone defense and comparing it to the old era.

I have to say after seeing this video, I think even more highly now of guys like Lebron and Kobe then ever before if that was even possible for me.

Yeah throughout most of the Kobe era you could play Zone Defense which means doubling and tripling teaming a player was legal. Back when Jordan played in his prime you could only double or triple team for a couple of seconds, any longer it was considered Illegal Defense and a Technical Foul. The NBA was more physical when Jordan, Magic, and Bird played in their prime years but I think it has been tougher for a player to dominate a game pretty much throughout the Kobe era because of Zone being allowed. Regarding the Warriors, them signing Durant isn't fair. They have great enough Coaching IMO to avoid chemistry issues, Kerr will figure it out. Curry's minutes will be watched this upcoming season as well because they now have Durant. The Spurs are really the only team that maybe can give them a scare in the West IMO. Clippers choke every season and cant even get out of the 1st Round most of the time and the Blazers aren't ready for the bigtime. You cant hate the Warriors all you want like I do the Patriots but unfortunately they will be great again.

I always knew about the rule changes on defense, but seeing direct comparisons from now to then was kinda mind boggling to me. I mean in a video with it all broken down so easily to see.

It was more physical then, but I think I might prefer it now since it has a more fluid pace with more passing and just seems more like you have to think on the court and not just plow around.

Kobe IMO might be the best vs. the zone defense we have seen, maybe. There are several out there but he really peaked in that era. The Lakers didn't seem to need Shaq as much after the rule changes if you ask me and the dominant big man became more neutralized a bit.

And after thinking about this, with the rule changes......it is tough to compare now to then with eras too. 

Oh I know the Warriors won't go away lol. I just am curious to see how they gel and also how this all kinda operates, there is only one ball on the court.   Curry has to stay healthy too but then again I still think they were slightly worried about his injuries too and feel they need more scoring at times. 

People forget too the Durant contract I think is only two years and I think he can even leave after a year if something happened. 

I seen the special editions in theaters when i was in school, and then the abomination called The Phantom Menace right when I dropped out of high school. 

I could talk your ear off about Star Wars for hours on end. Star Wars and music, that's my two things I know the most about. 

Yeah, I'm a bit of a Star Wars nerd myself. CBE, speaking of Return Of The Jedi, that was the coolest movie experience I ever had in the theatre because the whole crowd went awe when the baby ewok popped it's head out of the basket & cheered loudly when the 2nd Death Star blew up on screen. I got goose bumps from the collective bonding session. 

I've never experienced anything like that before in my life as a movie goer & sadly, I probably never will again. It was so surreal & unforgettable. 

Yes, Return of the Jedi was unreal!

Great tribute to him Sunday night on the Billboard awards by Imagine Dragons!

Interesting, I had no idea. I only watched Britney Spears perform the other night. Thanks for letting me know

You tube it. It was fantastic and BB's granddaughters were there.

The bowl games were crap, you're not going to get an argument that they weren't from me. Notre Dame had NO business what so ever being in that game. I wanted Oregon, at least they would have put up a better fight. Watch when the playoffs turns into SEC teams vs SEC teams all the way to the top. Everyone with a brain knew Alabama was going to beat Notre Dame into the ground.

I expected an ALabama Victory, but lopsided beat downs really bore me personally. Like MCF said "Thanks BCS for your continuing to ruin college football!!!!!!!!!" For those who rooted for Nick Saban's team, congratulations are in order.

I went to bed once it was 35 to 0, I was bored but also tired out.

You'll be fine buddy, even though I can't blame most people for thinking about wanting to it end from time to time, been there before.

RIP Lauren!

Yes, sometimes this world can be very depressing. Please hang around Bogie. I'd miss not having music & movie discussions with you my friend.

It always bums me out when people I really enjoy are no longer here. It still blows losing Williams & Bacall so close together because it feels like part of your youth dies with their final departure.

I could use a pair of ear plugs, though I'm having a blast behind the keyboard tonight

Lovely weather outside last night for fireworks! Cannot remember a 4th that was not beastly hot!

Too hot really, good thing we got rain, hate to see another bad fire on the count of dryness.

ugh I wish I knew japanese so I can play the old games

You have the Virtual Boy emulator? I will hook you up if I ever come across the rom

yes I do. I would really apperciate that thank you

Need to get all of their CDs. Just trying to save up money!

Hi, their albums are expensive. Just a tip, keep a look out for used copies on EBay. They are much cheaper than the usual 13-16 bucks for one of the brand new remasters.

I have two of the new remasters from 2009 and they do sound great, but there really is no difference compared to the old EMI/Capital CD releases if you have a good output stereo. I play mine on the computer, and the older discs still sound great.

I don't have to beat on them, they've sustained enough damage over their lifetime. Poor machines they just don't like anyone but me

"I don't like the printing machines but the printing machines like me." And here all I ever get is paper jams Bogie. LOL!

LOL 1+ for double Marilyn Manson reference!

I love Electronica and Industrial though I mean more towards the lighter side with the New Wave influences. Rammstien is an awesome band you will love if that's your thing, start with their first album Herzeilied, it's their best IMO

I approve of this playlist. That is all.

Amen sista ;)

I am not sure how to work on it lol. I did not know the Beatles covered that song but I really don't follow Led Zepp but it seems many many do.

I mean I did know the Beatles covered it...not Led Zepp.

Iggy & the Stooges version just to be different I guess. Honestly though, I love Buddy Guy's Blues version Bogie from "A Man & The Blues" album.

I take it he wasn't running with the night or saying hello last night.

"3 woman, 3 yards"

Sounds more like Bob Marley.

The Commodores do rock from that era Bogie. No doubt about it. Lionel Ritchie is definitely "Easy" baby.

Yeah, between E-Bay & Amazon.com Great albums are now incredibly cheap I agree. And yes, I call them albums because I appreciate vinyl as well as when record companies produced entire albums where every song, not just a few singles was spectacular.

I appreciate that lineup as well

I remember back when cds were 17-20 bucks a piece. You never believed you'd see the day that they would be 5 dollars or under. Yeah Ebay is really selling them cheap now.

I hope it is good though, seen too many crappy new movies for a while now....

I bet you're burnt out on comic book movies too, I know I am.

I will wait to see this James Brown King Of Soul movie on DVD as well. Bogie is right though. We appear to be a motion picture pattern of Marvel graphic novels film adaptations right now almost to the point of over saturation like a wet wash cloth that you cannot ring the water out of. Yes, I recently saw "Guardians Of The Galaxy," but if actress Zoe Saldana wasn't in it; I would have never seen it.

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Cat ears!

Where's JFK when you need him? A "Happy Birthday Mr. President" singing serenade joke reference performed by Norma Jeane Mortenson AKA Marilyn Monroe.

We all know what JFK was thinking moments afterwards

It's British too. You love your British stuff, well these guys had some big Disco hits over there. Never made a splash on U.S. charts. It's a guilty pleasure of mine I guess you could say LOL

I like it more now that I know it is British.

The Brits did dominate 80's dance scene with crazy stuff. They had to compete with the Italo-Disco artists, explains the bizarre flashy stuff, dance music has always been better with Euro style.

I managed to get the first one to run on Windows 8. I love it, haven't played it in a long time. The 2nd one is widely hated due to the cut content but it does have better features than the first one; you can influence your party members to become dark side or light side.

Cool. I'm glad you got the 1st one to work on Windows. You always feel like you beat the odds when you figure out a way to run a game on a machine previously thought 2 be incompatiable. Machine vs machine & man won. Woo Hoo!

I meant machine vs man & man won. Slight typo there. My bad.

Jules, where did you find that cat with headphones on jamming out? It's awesome! 

Can't remember where right now but I have seen and saved so much cat stuff it's almost embarrassing.  

No need to apologize Jules or be ashamed of it. We all have our obsessions trust me. 

Remember, you're preaching to the choir here. SW1 has an affinity for cats myself. It's all good. 

Speaking of tragic......this is one of my personal favorite classical pieces but I didn't use it too long for skating since it was TOUGH. I only used it for 4 months and it was near the end before I retired and was trying the highest level in competitions. It's advanced calculus for figure skating music and I had to move and skate so fast with footwork/spins and elements I almost passed out once when I was done.

Starting at :35 is when the music gets tough.

When Britney said "work b***ch" this is what she means for skating to classical music.

Vivaldi kicked so much butt though.

This song is awesome. I know absolutely nothing about classical music, and I hardly ever listen to it, but I really like this. 

Thats kinda what you need to say in public and always worked for me to confuse people. "So have you listened to any Vivaldi lately? I must say my favorite piece by his was always winter. I often felt summer lacked a certain intensity he put forth in his winter pieces."

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I love that.

That is a very tasteful championship ring Bogie. I agree 100% 

Great scavenger hunt find on that West Coast plate Jules! 

The Lakers back to back rings from 2009 and 2010 are some of my favorite ring designs ever. 

I liked that this video focused in on the Bills/Giants Super Bowl, and most Cleveland fans tend to be extremely bitter over BB's success with New England. Hard to blame them though, they had to deal with the worst owner in the league at the same time too. 

Funny story too about Bernie Kosar. Kosar was never the same again after Modell fired Schottenheimer after '88 and he suffered that shoulder injury. He set the record for most passes without an interception in the 1990 season, but Kosar did not look like the same QB without his coach and that one injury did more to his arm than anything after. 

I feel bad for the Browns. They had such a solid team in 1986 and Elway just snatched the AFC Title from them. That was Kosar's year. The Bills should've won the SB in the 90 Season as well. Freakin Norwood LOL.

The person in that video is better at analysis & foreshadowing than 70% of the sports pundits on both ESPN & NFL Network. Wow, that kid is loyal to his Browns to a fault. I couldn't embrace that much losing as a fan yr in yr out. You're a stronger man than me kid. I salute you.