There are many profound musical statements made with eloquence, wit and biting insight by female musicians from the beginning of rock history - Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Suzi Quatro, Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, Lee Aaron, Patti Smith, Belinda Carlisle (kinda), Kim Gordon, Justine Frischmann, Alanis Morissette...The list goes on and will continue to. Then there is noise with lyrics which are a variation on the whole 'men are pigs' theme. As for the 'You got the lyrics wrong' post I think the misheard line is considerably more interesting but refers to a phenomenon with which I am, to date, unfamiliar.

Jason Daniel Baker

...shit...

Jason Daniel Baker

The lyrics have a kind of rambling Charlie Sheen-ish quality to them. I wonder if Charlie Sheen will join them on tour. But R.E.M.'s legacy remains one album - Green and two songs not on that album - 'Can't Get There From Here', 'Shiny Happy People' along with a bunch of David Lynch style music videos.

Jason Daniel Baker

Believe it or not I always liked Stone Temple Pilots better. I know that people like to say Pearl Jam was superior and that STP ripped them off but I never understood that.

Jason Daniel Baker

It is possible not to like this album. Instead of impugning the integrity of every music reviewer and critic that panned it you might entertain the possibility that they just didn't like it. Musical taste is subjective.

Jason Daniel Baker

Hagar's book features a number of passages that claim Eddie Van Halen was an alcoholic slob from the moment he joined the band. It goes on to say that Eddie Van Halen was utterly impossible to deal with during the last tour Hagar was on and that he and Michael Anthony were looking at each other and shaking their heads everytime Eddie came on stage shirtless and with his hair in a Samurai do. It also claims that Eddie's were such a disaster that he would hit the sustainer on the whammy bar and didn't care what sound came out. You can cry out for Michael Anthony's pocketbook that he missed the tour. But he missed the music too and by then that wasn't such a bad thing.

Jason Daniel Baker

Rap = puke

Jason Daniel Baker

Musical genius is difficult to define for even the best of writers. Sometimes when you hear a prime example of it the words just come flowing out as fast as you can type. Other times you're left speechless. Very, very impressive (except for the contrived dramatic pause...Aaaand the video was a bit of a letdown)! I like this one so much more than the other stuff I have heard from these guys. If they can find the appealing part of the songs they write and stick to emphasising that in production there should be some really great stuff to come!

Jason Daniel Baker

I like it. Now all they gotta do is find someone with a decent enough voice to sing it. Send Licky Lee back to the Smorgasbord.

Jason Daniel Baker

Oasis wrote what? One decent song i.e. Wonderwall (a depressing and pretentious tune that I never much cared for even though it was a huge hit seemingly everywhere) in all their time together and Liam Gallagher thinks he is some kind of magus and musical sage? When the Britpop war between Blur and Oasis raged I always prefered Blur even though they followed a football team (Chelsea) that I loathed because their music was always so much better than Oasis and because, while they were hooligans, Blur weren't self-important road-apples like the Gallagher brothers and they didn't cross certain lines of garishness the way Oasis did. Occasionally a complete misanthrope like this guy will chime in with some garish statement to remind people he isn't dead. As for Gallagher's view on Radiohead...Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Jason Daniel Baker