Always preferred Slave to the debut myself. Funny I see some references to Mudkicker as filler...I always liked that song personally. My one issue with Slave was the lyrics made less sense to me. As much as i love Monkey Business, I still scratch my head a bit over "kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch, can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch, collectin' back her favors cause her w
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Actually, I live in the States and I do remember seeing the video for Tonight I'm Falling on MTV. That was what introduced me to the band. I liked the music and then I geeked out a little because I heard that some of the band members were from Norway (though I have never been there, 3/4 of my family background is Norwegian).
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All I have are Live in the Still of the Night, Live at Donnington, and Live In Japan. Listened to the latter 2 back-to-back in the car this week. With Live In Britain, I'm more interested in Disc 2 than Disc 1 just because it brings in a lot of songs that aren't on the other ones i have.
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I ordered it last night (in part due to this thread reminding me) from that same seller I think. When I ordered he said he had 10 copies left.
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This person wouldn't be "unknown" but didn't Joe Lynn Turner do a version on one of his covers CDs in the 90's?
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I think Bon Jovi has often been accused of trying to be Springsteen - this is one type of mimickry he SHOULD do! Would absolutely revitalise the band to change it up and keep it fresh night in and night out.
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Lots of great tracks folks are naming...not much more I can think of off the top of my head, but here's a few I haven't seen mentioned: Calling All Girls - Eyes Downhill Racer - TNT The Last Time - Badlands All the Way From Memphis - Contraband True Believer - Lillian Axe Can't Hold On, Can't Let Go - Eric Martin or Michael Bolton Forget Me Not - Bad English How Much Love - Vixen Sed
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Surprised to see such a range in ages here. That's cool, IMO. #1 song in the U.S. the week I was born was apparently "Wedding Bell Blues" by the 5th Dimension. I have heard of them, but I have to say I have no idea how that song goes. I just looked a moment ago and I've already forgotten which song it was but I know the week AFTER I was born was a Beatles song that I recognized.
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After his time with Steve Perry, Lincoln Brewster stepped away from the music business for a time. He came back in the late 90's as a Christian artist, singing and playing guitar. He has actually gone on to become one of the top Christian artists around these days...just to get an idea, you could probably look up the songs Everybody Praise the Lord, Today is the Day, Reaching for You, and All t
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Any word on the status of the new CDs from Steve Overland's solo band and the Ozone project with Overland, Ousey and Slamer? At one point I thought i'd read the former was expected to release in February and the latter was due in March. I searched online recently and only found old info on these (in pre-production, writing phase, etc.)
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Any word on the status of the new CDs from Steve Overland's solo band and the Ozone project with Overland, Ousey and Slamer? At one point I thought i'd read the former was expected to release in February and the latter was due in March. I searched online last night and only found old info on these (in pre-production, writing phase, etc.)
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LOL..porn. Yeah, I suppose since it involved two guys named "Sweet" that probably didn't help matters...
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Got turned on to Eclipse when Are You Ready to Rock? came out. Went back and got Second To None and grabbed Bleed & Scream when it was released.
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After the announcement of the MRF 3 lineup, I got curious about some of the acts on the bill from whom I had not yet purchased any music. There's quite a few on there I already own stuff from but I got curious about some of the others. After listening to some samples online, I've purchased the following CDs: Brett Walker/Nevertheless Robert Tepper/No Easy Way Out and No Rest For the Wounde
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Ha, ha..."Jesus-y". I remember buying Stryper's "In God We Trust" at a store in the mall. Afterward, I went down to the store my mom was working in at the time and when her boss saw the band name on the cover, she mispronounced it saying "who is that? Stripper?" I remember laughing and being like "Uh, no, Stryper - they are a Christian band; I don't think th
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I'm kinda with you there...I still get new stuff too though. But I do spend a lot of time tracking down older releases that I missed first time around, often thanks to this site. Case in point, upon the announcement of the MRF3 lineup I've now procured CDs from Robert Tepper, Adriangale, Tango Down, and Brett Walker. I know some of those aren't that old...but I missed them when they were new.
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"Please turn your attention to the video monitor...live from the UK, its Danny Vaughan!" LOL! What? Too "Grammy AWards" for the MRF crowd? ;-)
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Well, Mecca II didn't take QUITE as long as Chinese Democracy, as some of us may have suggested. I liked Mecca II a lot personally. Sounded like a very personal album lyrically too which can convey a lot of feeling in the songs. Looking forward to the Mecca III preview.
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Hey, no problem...the Mecca + Jimi + Fergie set is going to be about 4 or 5 hours right? ;-)
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You the man, Joe! You know, I may have been one of the wise-acres to post a joke or two a few years back about the long-delayed Mecca 2. I take it all back - Mecca 2 really delivered (please make room to showcase some of that too) and this news on Jimi is great! :-) Ok, here's some stuff I'd personally love to hear Jimi do live: Run From the Thunder Dream Higher That's Why I Sing C
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I love all of his Avantasia stuff - personally I enjoy Avantasia much more than his main gig fronting Edguy.
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Wow! One of my favorite vocalists and a personal highlight of MRF 2 has been added to MRF 3! I hope Mecca has a long set with Jimi, Fergie and Mecca tunes to pack in! With Jimi and Eric Martensson playing on the same night, what are the odds of Eric jumping up with Mecca and Jimi to do a song or two from Never Too Late? Or maybe Jimi could come back out during W.E.T.'s set for a couple of N
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Echo is on the expanded edition of the CD (the version I picked up).
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This was the era of her career when I really liked Cher. So naturally, by the time I saw her live, she was in her dance oriented career-revival phase ("Believe", "Song For the Lonely", etc.) At least she still included I Found Someone, If I Could Turn Back Time, and such in the set.
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Personally, not in love with the cover designe but I do think it is kind cool how they are painted into it.
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I'm excited to get mine...ordered them on Pledge music a couple of weeks ago. But I live in the States (Colorado) so I expect a longer delivery time. Cool to read they are sounding good!
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I'll be another opposing viewpoint here...I liked Eclipse and I really enjoy Arnel as a singer. I hope to hear more. Don't get me wrong...Steve Perry was a phenomenal singer, maybe still is, and I hope he resurfaces in some capacity one day - Journey or solo. Meanwhile, i'd love more recorded output from Journey with Arnel. You know I seem to recall Gene and Paul saying the same thing - there
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I have to give this some thought, but I wanted to comment on "Dry County". I've always liked the song and loved Richie's solo in it. But my memory of that song is driving cross country with my then-wife and her father and stepmother. We had put Jovi's Keep the Faith cassette in to listen to and it came to that song. Now of course when the solo comes, Richie tears it up and it is one
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Cool...well done...carry on. :-)
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Very cool to see the announcement of Kelly Keeling's addition, but I don't see Line of Fire on the updated lineup...thought I heard they were joining the fest.
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