Ipp-odd and Beyond: Music

Oh geez...I like the damn song. But I wouldn't put it on a 'most influential' list. You're joking about Geddy, right? Please say that you are. I've always respected your opinion. Wouldn't want that to change. :wink: You gonna put up a fight for Aerosmith too?

Defend yr life, Sauty! Defend it!

Ya got me. I think Rush is wicked pretentious and yet somehow also hellaboring. But I do like to fuck people-because it's fun times.

Rush is wicked pretentious and yet somehow also hellaboring Yes, but are they influential? Remember, that was the whole point of the list.

Listen---Lady! Don't lecture me! I know musical influence when I hear it. I'm an Elvis Costello fan. Knowledge of every type of music produced in the last eternity is necessary to get through his catalog. Speaking of which...is Elvis on that list? Because I'm going to have to kick some ass if he isn't...Pump It Up, eh? I'll give them that-that song's bitchin'. But considering the "Less Than Zero"/"Radio, Radio" SNL stir, I think "Radio, Radio" is a much more logical choice.

Elvis Costello - Pump It Up also Chic - Le Freak So random. :lol:

Le Freak kind of signaled the start of hip-hop because the riff was used in "Rapper's Delight." (Finally, my years of watching VH1 finally paying off!!)

I know. But guess I think of hip-hop as being separate from rock n' roll, even though, they are so closely intertwined. Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are I'm not sure which Billy Joel song I'd pick for the list. Not that one.

For me, the most influential Billy Joel song is probablyCaptain Jack (as my Dad calls it: "That song about jerking off and getting high"). I learned a lot about life from that song. The first cassette I ever owned (and probably the first record, so to speak) was Songs in the Attic and that will forever define Billy Joel in my mind. I wish there was a degree in Billy Joel-osophy (Joelology?) I would finally graduate with honors. And speaking of Elvis: Dig the AV Club's Primer Good stuff. Even quotes my one of my favorite Elvis lines: "She said that she was working for the ABC news/It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use"

Sorry to change the subject, but is anyone watching the MSN Madonna concert video feed right now? Any coincidence that it only works on internet explorer? Anyway, there was just a duet between Madonna and Justin Timberlake.

There's too much Billy Joel to pick from. My mom had all his Lp's when I was a kid. I distinctly remember the album covers for, Turnstiles, 52nd Street, The Stranger, Glass Houses. I knew all the words to most of the songs when I was about eight. Had no idea what they were about, of course. :wink: My favorite song, when I was little, was Movin' Out (Anthony's Song). Oy! I'm filled with nostalgia now. Damnit!

Break out the vinyl-pour a tumbler of whisky and take a walk down Joel Lane-it's like memory lane only with more Billy Joel. That's what I'm doing. Without the whisky-I have to work in the morning.

I know. But guess I think of hip-hop as being separate from rock n' roll, even though, they are so closely intertwined. That reminds me of an argument we had backstage after the most recent Ann Arbor Folk Festival. We have one night which is for a younger crowd, and one night that skews to the older music listeners. (It supports the place where I volunteer -- actually I just got back from working The Proclaimers show. Awsome -- which defines itself as folk, acoustic, jazz and blues.) At Friday's show, Ben Folds was the headliner and he did his cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit." Which got the conversation going about how that could fit under the umbrella of the "folk festival." The Ark's founder, who's worked with anybody who's anybody in folk, noted that folk music is best defined as music by a certain group of people which is intended to be heard by a certain group of people. And by that definition, rap is one of the purest forms of folk music there is out there. And while I'm not a fan of rap per se (though I'll fight for the right to include Arrested Development's "Tennessee" on the most influential list. That song rocks), I don't think that hip hop and rock can really be separated. They're intertwined branches growing from the same tree.

YEAH I'M A WARRIOR!!!! Patti Smyth Rocks

Ahh Billy Joel, so comforting so familiar. I can put on any Billy Joel album and get lost in it. I am jealous of my co-workers, they bought tickets to The Last Play at Shea Concert in July :( I just ITuned for the past half hour and here I am listening to Aerosmith, there is something wrong with me

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