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  • THIS IS THE END. THIS IS THE END.

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      by THE DOORS.

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  • ALL THINGS WILD............ ALL THINGS WILD............

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      WILD - WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THAT'S WILD???

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      Wild Thing - Jimi Hendrix

      THE WILD ONE - MARLON BRANDO.

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      WILD TURKEY - BOURBON

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  • DEADLY SINNERS... DEADLY SINNERS...

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      NOT USUALLY MY CUP OF TEA... BUT THIS TUNE F*CKIN' ROCKS!

       

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  • Standing Around Crying Standing Around Crying

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      One of the great rock vocalists of all time with the most versatgile guitar player on the planet. These guys should form a band and keep puttingout great music.

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  • Rivers Cuomo Interview Rivers Cuomo Interview

  • new song new song

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  • Blogs hosted by Pat Blogs hosted by Pat

    • From: patricia_spencer
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      Here is a blog post that I am beginning.  Since I have never posted a blog, I don't know how this works.  Let's find out.

       

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  • Beer for Master Worker, Joke Beer for Master Worker, Joke

  • More Drummers For Tribute More Drummers For Tribute

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      Drummers for Paul McCartney, Ratt Added to Bonham Tribute

      Abe Laboriel Jr. (Paul McCartney), Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction) and Bobby Blotzer (Ratt) have joined the list of performers who will team up for the Los Angeles John Bonham tribute, Bonzo: The Groove Remains the Same, according to Blabbermouth.com.

      As Gibson.com previously reported, the tribute to the Led Zeppelin percussionist was coordinated by Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy and will take place at The Key Club on September 25, the 30th anniversary of Bonham’s death. The special event will feature different drummers taking turns behind the set to play Zep classics.

      The lineup of confirmed drummers includes:

      Steven Adler (Guns N’ Roses, Adler’s Appetite)
      Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell)
      Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, John Fogerty)
      Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot)
      Bobby Blotzer (Ratt)
      Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner)
      Fred Coury (Cinderella)
      Jimmy D’Anda (Bulletboys)
      James Kottak (Scorpions)
      Abe Laboriel Jr. (Paul McCartney)
      Khurt Maier (Salty Dog)
      Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction)
      Chris Slade (The Firm, AC/DC)
      Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot)
      Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Billy Idol)
      Joe Travers (Zappa Plays Zappa, Duran Duran)
      Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio)

      In addition, Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart) and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold) will contribute to the show via video.

      The house band for the evening will be composed of Brent Woods (guitar), Michael “Denim” Devin (bass), Keith St. John (vocals), Stephen LeBlanc (keyboards) and Brian Tichy (guitar).

      By Bryan Wawzenek 

      Brought to you by Gibson.com

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  • Pogues Not Splitting Up Pogues Not Splitting Up

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      Pogues Not Splitting Up, After All

      Contrary to their recent announcement, Irish punk-folkies The Pogues are not throwing in the towel after their December tour. Spinner reports that guitarist Phil Chevron posted a comment on the band’s official forum saying that the press release was meant to drum up publicity for the band.

      “This claim does not come from me and I will neither be supporting it nor discussing it,” Chevron wrote, which resulted in an explanation from bandmate Spider Stacy. Apparently the upcoming trek will be the band’s final Christmas tour, but not the final tour forever.

      “This is the last Christmas tour for the foreseeable future,” Stacy wrote. “That’s not to say we won’t be showing up at festivals here and there or maybe even the odd gig around the U.K. and Ireland and certainly in Europe. But we’re tired of dragging our weary, freezing carcasses around these drowning islands every December, so we’re going to give it a rest before you get tired of it, too. Go and see The Libertines. They’re the best.”

      The Pogues’ 2010 U.K. Tour:

      December 13 - Glasgow - O2 Academy Glasgow
      December 14 - Newcastle - O2 Academy Newcastle
      December 16 - Sheffield - O2 Academy Sheffield
      December 17 - Manchester - Apollo
      December 18 - Birmingham - O2 Academy Birmingham
      December 20 and 21 - London - O2 Academy Brixton

       

      By Bryan Wawzenek 

      Brought to you by Gibson.com

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  • Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight

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      Saturday Night Special: Cheap Trick, Heaven Tonight

      Here’s the cool thing about Cheap Trick: You can put that band in front of almost any audience, and they’ll go over huge.

      Bikers and indie kids, punks and hair metal fans, classic rockers and new wave connoisseurs – all of them are Cheap Trick fans. They can tour with Aerosmith, Poison or Guided By Voices; it doesn’t matter. They can play state fairs, rock clubs and Vegas theaters and rock them all thoroughly. More than 30 years into their career, they’re still freaking versatile and people love them for it. As Homer Simpson once said, “I prefer to listen to Cheap Trick.”

      And the quartet from Rockford, Illinois, have never been better – or as versatile – as on their 1978 studio album Heaven Tonight. Bringing together the edge and quirks of their debut and the pop prettiness of In Color, Cheap Trick’s third album showed off every trick the band had up their sleeve. Although At Budokan would make them stars, this album is the Rockford Four’s front-to-back masterpiece, launching with “Surrender” and maintaining that high level of quality for the rest of the album.

      “Surrender” certainly sets the bar high, strutting along on Rick Nielsen’s crunchy riff, Tom Petersson’s nimble basslines and Bun E. Carlos’ rocksteady beat. One of the best singles of all time and a power pop classic, “Surrender” might best highlight Nielsen’s clever songwriting and singer Robin Zander’s thrilling delivery. Working every octave of his range, Zander transitions effortlessly from a scream to a bellow as he narrates this parent-child relationship in reverse. In the ’60s, it might have been the adults putting up with their youngsters’ rock and roll antics (long hair, bare feet, peace and love). But in “Surrender” it’s the kids who are horrified to find “mom and dad rolling on the couch,” smoking dope and listening to their son’s KISS records. What a couple of weirdoes.

      But is Cheap Trick’s advice to rant and rave about the old-timers trying to recapture their youth? Not at all. Where punk rockers might have told you to burn the house down, these nice Midwestern boys gave the more realistic recommendation of putting up with them for the meantime – because, really, you were going to be out of the house soon anyway. Another song on the album is called “High Roller,” but “Surrender” could have been called “Eye Roller.” Placate Mommy and Daddy, just don’t give yourself away, kiddies.

      Nielsen sets off some guitar pyrotechnics before “On Top of the World” turns into an insistent rocker, with Zander dancing on the tightrope between rock and pop vocals. “California Man,” a song originally done by The Move, is the album’s only cover. Although, with Zander’s full-throated “Go-in’ to a Par-ty” declaration, Nielsen’s screaming solo and that lumbering, bass-heavy middle section, it might has as well have been Cheap Trick’s tune all along.

      “High Roller” is just one instance of Carlos’ worth to this band. He can pound along with the best glam drummers, but also has a Charlie Watts’ knack for the perfect fill. There’s not a beat out of place – especially on the incessant licks that begin the chorus – and you wouldn’t add or take away one snare hit. Zander’s great on this one, too, (isn’t he always?) making the hot-shot lothario sound both really cool and really dangerous. He’d veer more to the latter on the next song.

      “Auf Wiedersehen.” What a knock out. Suicide’s never sounded as fun as this – with Petersson’s doomed basslines, Nielsen’s kamikaze licks and Zander’s madman glee. “Auf Wiedersehen” requires something of a Broadway-caliber performance from the guy. It really sounds like Zander’s losing his mind as he belts out every word, whether the schizophrenic singer is waggling his tongue while shouting “Sayonara” or delivering his “Good nights” from a deep, dark place. This is a rock and roll bulldozer with a big finish. As Zander is screaming his farewells, you could imagine him doing leg kicks while hanging from a noose.

      Power pop doesn’t get much darker than that, so the next two confections come as a bit of relief. To call “Takin’ Me Back” and “On the Radio” palate cleansers doesn’t do them justice. “Takin’” is a proggy pop workout with some good use of synthesizers and “Radio” is a fun, mid-tempo tribute to the source of Cheap Trick’s inspiration. There good little tunes, but it’s tough to look like much more than that when the monster of a title track is coming your way.

      “Heaven Tonight” seems like it stretches out forever, turning into a nightmare that moves at a zombie’s pace. Zander, who’s been screaming, belting and howling the whole album does just as much with a whisper here – cooing “Would you like to go to heaven tonight?” into your ear. If Cheap Trick made suicide a blast on “Auf Wiedersehen,” they make “Heaven” downright frightening here, between Zander’s disembodied vocals and Nielsen’s bad-dream mandocello. It’s probably the band’s best epic – although the nine-minute “Gonna Raise Hell” on 1979’s Dream Police would give it a worthy challenge.

      “Stiff Competition” finds the band back in rip-roaring form, with Nielsen’s growling guitar, a driving pace and Zander positively growling some of the lyrics. Next up, “How are You?” bounces along on Petersson’s bass – a 12-string, in fact, marking the first time such an instrument was used on an album. Featuring some of Nielsen’s atonal, squealing and fluid licks, the song also features an in-joke for fans: a reference to their old favorite, and soon-to-be hit, “I Want You to Want Me.”

      Another in-joke comes with the last track, which isn’t really a song, but a quick dose of rock-star posturing with Zander belting “Oh, Konnichiwa.” The title “Oh Claire,” is a reference to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, one of the many Midwestern towns where Cheap Trick paid their dues in the early days. Three decades later, they would turn the joke title into a real song – the gorgeous power ballad “O Claire” on 2006’s fantastic Rockford album.

      Although many would claim that Cheap Trick still sounds amazing in concert, they’ve never sounded better in the studio than in 1978, when they produced this slice of Heaven.

      Cheap Trick, Heaven Tonight (1978)

      1. “Surrender”
      2. “On Top of the World”
      3. “California Man”
      4. “High Roller”
      5. “Auf Wiedersehen”
      6. “Takin’ Me Back”
      7. “On the Radio”
      8. “Heaven Tonight”
      9. “Stiff Competition”
      10. “How are You?
      11. “Oh Claire”

       

      Cheap Trick, “Heaven Tonight”

      By Bryan Wawzenek 

      Brought to you by Gibson.com

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  • Labor day week vacation - Pric Labor day week vacation - Priceless.

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      YEP - This 25 year Teamster is on paid vacation during Labor day week - Priceless.

      Dire Straits Money for Nothing.

      Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it
      You play the guitar on the MTV
      That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
      Money for nothin' and chicks for free
      Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
      Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb
      Maybe get a blister on your little finger
      Maybe get a blister on your thumb

      We gotta install microwave ovens
      Custom kitchen deliveries
      We gotta move these refrigerators
      We gotta move these colour TV's

      See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
      Yeah buddy that's his own hair
      That little faggot got his own jet airplane
      That little faggot he's a millionaire

      We gotta install microwave ovesns
      Custom kitchens deliveries
      We gotta move these refrigerators
      We gotta move these colour TV's

      I shoulda learned to play the guitar
      I shoulda learned to play them drums
      Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
      Man we could have some fun
      And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
      Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
      That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
      Get your money for nothin' get your chicks for free

      We gotta install microwave ovens
      Custom kitchen deliveries
      We gotta move these refrigerators
      We gotta move these colour TV's, Lord

      Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it
      You play the guitar on the MTV
      That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
      Money for nothin' and your chicks for free
      Money for nothin' and chicks for free

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  • Another Saturday night. Another Saturday night.

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      Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
      I've got some money cause I just got paid
      Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
      I'm in an awful way

      I got in town a month ago
      I've seen a lot of girls since then
      If I could meet 'em I could get 'em
      But as yet I haven't met 'em
      That's how I'm in the state I'm in

      (Chorus)

      Another fella told me
      He had a sister who looked just fine
      Instead of being my deliverance
      She had a strange resemblance
      To a cat named Frankenstein

      (Chorus)

      It's hard on a fella
      When he don't know his way around
      If I don't find me a honey
      To help me spend my money
      I'm gonna have to blow this town

      Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
      I've got some money cause I just got paid
      Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
      I'm in an awful way

      Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
      I've got some money cause I just got paid
      Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
      I'm in an awful ooo
      I'm in an awful way
      He's in an awful way

      I'm in an awful ooo
      I'm in an awful way
      He's in an awful way
      I'm in an awful way 

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  • Top 10 Labor Day Songs Top 10 Labor Day Songs

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      Top 10 Labor Day Songs about Working Your Butt Off

      Happy Labor Day weekend, American Gibson fans! (And happy weekend to all Gibson fans worldwide.) In honor of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., we felt it apropos to look at some of the top “working” songs of all time. Now, before you get your knickers in a bunch about what’s missing (“How dare you leave off Roy Orbison’s ‘Working for the Man’ or Sheena Easton’s ‘9 to 5 (Morning Train)’”), keep in mind that these are merely the opinions of one hard-working Gibson editor. Your “Top 10 Best Working Songs” might be entirely different (and, ergo, ridiculously wrong!).

      Happy Labor Day, friends!

      1. Johnny Paycheck, “Take this Job and Shove It”

      With those six simple words, Johnny Paycheck voiced what everyone who’s ever punched a time-clock, dug a ditch, cleaned a bedpan (etc.) has felt like saying at one time or another. The mother of all “work sucks!” songs.

       

      2. Rush, “Working Man”

      The song that really broke Rush in the U.S., “Working Man” resonated with blue collar stiffs everywhere, who readily identified with its timeless message: “I get up at seven, yeah/And I go to work at nine/I got no time for livin’/Yes, I’m workin’ all the time.”

       

      3. Loverboy, “Working for the Weekend”

      Gotta give Loverboy props on “Working for the Weekend,” one of the most kick-ass “can’t-wait-till-Friday” tunes of all time. Where most work songs focus on the drudgery of the moment, Loverboy keeps our eyes focused on the prize: Friday night two-for-one margaritas then sleeping in late Saturday morning.

       

      4. Merle Haggard, “Working Man Blues”

      No other singer-songwriter, save for maybe Johnny Cash, has tapped into the mindset of the working man (and woman) as keenly as Merle Haggard. “Working Man Blues” is the Hag’s Mona Lisa of “working too much for too little” songs.

       

      5. Bachman Turner Overdrive, “Taking Care of Business”

      A grooving number propelled by great lyrics, “Taking Care of Business” has more of a white-collar, citified-vibe to the timeless notion of toiling one’s precious hours away for the man. And the song’s lesson is timeless, too: Learn to play the guitar, man! Duh!

       

      6. The Beatles, “A Hard Day’s Night”

      Written by John Lennon with an assist by Paul, the seed for “A Hard Day’s Night” came from something Ringo told a disc jockey in 1964. In talking about the band having just worked all day and night, he said it had been “a hard day,” only to look around and notice it was dark. So he added “…night!” Genius comes in many forms. Thanks, Ringo!

       

      7. Bob Dylan, “Maggie’s Farm”

      At its essence, a protest song Dylan wrote to rail against the folk movement, “Maggie’s Farm” casts Dylan as the working man and the folk music scene as, well, the man. Despite the personal nature of the symbolism (Dylan vs. the folk establishment), laypeople latched onto the basic sentiment of the message: workplace oppression sucks, regardless of its form.

       

      8. Donna Summer, “She Works Hard for the Money”

      If the video for Donna Summer’s signature tune taught us anything, it’s that after a long hard day of toil and sweat, it’s always best to take to the streets and bust out a mega-choreographed dance number.

       

      9. Dolly Parton, “9 to 5”

      Dolly Parton penned the title track to the movie 9 to 5 while trying to stave off boredom on the movie’s set. One can only endure so many custom, air-conditioned trailers and catered meals before losing one’s mind. It was the biggest hit of Dolly’s singing career.

       

      10. Sam Cooke, “Chain Gang”

      Sam Cooke’s painful lyrics (“Hooh! Aah! Hooh! Aah!/That’s the sound of the men/working on the chain ga-a-ang”) are synonymous with hard back-breaking work under blazing hot sun. It’s hard to hear “Chain Gang” and not feel a tinge of that exhaustion in your bones.


       

      By Sean Patrick Dooley 

      Brought to you by Gibson.com

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  • My New Video My New Video

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  • 'turbo folk' killers 'turbo folk' killers

    • From: dragnik
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      So called 'serbian mafia', mostly albanians, turks, and others, made the new kind of music, so called 'turbo-folk'.

      They were, and still are, importing music matrixz from Iran, Turkey, and similar countries, and propaging that as serbian folk music, what is lie.

      Main 'man' for that was arkan, and his killers, from fronts in yugoslavia.

      Their music stars are of doubtable origin, we know not who they are.

      In my opinion, the only solution is to ...

       

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  • TALKING TO AMERICANS TALKING TO AMERICANS

    • From: paperscissors
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      rick mercer is canada's jon stewart .

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  • Smileyz I found on WWW, 5-6 ye Smileyz I found on WWW, 5-6 years ago. I like them very much

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      Smiley1cat and mousesmiley6smiley5smiley8smiley3smiley4smiley7smiley2

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  • ROCKzology: TEXAS HIPPIE COALI ROCKzology: TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION

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