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[WalshFan88]

I just thought of another Classic Rock band to add to my list of bands I REALLY don't like.

The Doors

I cannot stand their music. It drives me batty. I can't believe I forgot to mention it. Not to mention Morrison creeps me out. But seriously, their songs are honestly too dark for me. It reminds me of Nirvana - and I can't stand them either (even though they aren't classic rock). But I love some darker music though. Heck, Hotel California can be considered dark and mysterious and I LOVE it and have huge emotional attachment to it. But songs like "Touch Me", "Lithium", etc are not my thing. Nirvana isn't a Classic Rock band but I still don't like them. I never cared for Cobain either... Although his "movement" changed music at the time. But I can't stand it. Too dark for me.

So I guess there are a handful of classic rock groups/artists I dislike. But for the most part I LOVE Classic Rock and it's my favorite.

[TimothyBFan]

Hey Austin, . LOVE The Doors and Jim!!!

[WalshFan88]

The infamous "Stevie Smack".

LOL I don't know what it is about that music but it just makes me creeped out and drives me insane.

I'm sure if I listed all of the bands I liked that you'd probably find some you didn't like. I love pretty much all Classic Rock except for the bands I have mentioned.

[Freypower]

I've already said that I don't like bands like Def Leppard or Journey. My husband loves Van Halen & they make me shrug. As for Guns'n'Roses, I am sorry, but I do not get that. At all.

I like some Doors songs. The album LA Woman is an absolute classic, especially the title track, but I do think Morrison was a pretentious whatever. As for Nirvana I like the Nevermind album but I don't think it's as mindblowingly wonderful as the critics would have us believe. It's standard competent hard rock.

Another band I know many love is Bon Jovi. I have their Greatest Hits on my iPod but to me they epitomise soulless corporate rock. The only songs of theirs I really like are Blaze of Glory & You Give Love A Bad Name (Blaze of Glory was a solo song anyway).

[EagleLady]

I LOOOOOOOVE Bon Jovi. Jon is Just so Cute and They have very great songs

[TimothyBFan]

Ooooh---Van Halen!! LOVE them!!! Today is Sammy Hagar's birthday by the way. I like the David Lee Roth era and the Sammy Hagar era.

My favorite Roth era album would be their first,Van Halen & my favorite Hagar album would probably be 5150 or OU812. My all time favorite VH song is Push Comes To Shove off of Fair Warning. Awesome!!!

[WalshFan88]

Here's a great cover of "Wasted Time" I just found on YouTube. It's Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule singing and playing it.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9pWuFqf7dI[/ame]

[The Disco Strangler]

Here's some youtube links of my fave bands. Oops, I just wanted to post links but all of these videos popped up. Erk. Sorry.

1. Jerry Cantrell - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4U_KpV5IPA"]Bargain Basement Howard Hughes[/ame]
2. Badlands - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQg-8vxMqpM"]Dreams in the Dark[/ame]
3. Buckcherry - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABZfkRcQ6A&ob=av2e"]Lit Up[/ame] -
4. The Cult - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29Nrq5pzXk"]Dirty Little Rockstar[/ame]
5. F5 - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPc709DzOJE"]Look You in the Eyes[/ame]
6. Hinder - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoA1HKWO4k"]2 Sides of Me[/ame]
7. Megadeth - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVqbnFV-wcI"]Die Dead Enough[/ame]
8. Ozzy - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA0mmwhuKcI"]Rock N' Roll Rebel[/ame]
9. Overkill - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3TIHEHObjI"]Horrorscope[/ame]
10. Paul Revere & The Raiders - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulE11oWydqw"]The Great Airplane Strike[/ame]
11. Phenomena II - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQXDAlOLWU"]Stop[/ame]
12. Sun Red Sun - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9y4Gu6tpQ"]Lock Me Up[/ame]
13. Black Sabbath (w/Ray Gillen on vox) - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnNUYlJozRE"]Eternal Idol[/ame]
14. Phenomena II (Luv Gillen's backing vox on this track) -[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipsnN56o2Sg"]Double 6, 55, 44[/ame]

Uh yeah, there's quite a bit of the late great Ray Gillen. I guess you can tell he's my fave singer.

[WalshFan88]

I don't think I've done this before where I share my top 10 favorite albums.

Top 10 Favorite Albums Of All Time:

1. Hotel California - Eagles (BIG surprise there. Love this album and consider it to be the masterpiece that puts all other masterpieces to shame).
2. Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones (I know some think Exile is overrated but it is my favorite, 2nd place going to Sticky Fingers. I love those songs).
3. Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd (This album has my favorite Skynyrd songs and my favorite lineup of that band. I think it's underrated somewhat.)
4. Back In Black - AC/DC (The best hard rock album IMO. I never tire of it. I also prefer Brian over Bon vocally although I love both eras. Love this one!)
5. Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith (I think it's not only the best thing this band has ever done but is one of the albums where I love every song.)
6. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (I absolutely LOVE this album. It has my favorite FM tunes and Stevie's tunes especially. My favorite Mac album.)
7. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (Totally killer hard rock record by one of the last bands cut from the mold of the earlier bands.)
8. IV - Led Zeppelin (Not only my fav Zep album but one of the best classic rock recordings of that time. I love those great riffs and lyrics!)
9. Disreali Gears - Cream (One of the absolute best blues rock albums of all time. A true Supergroup. Clapton in that era with a Gibson was amazing!)
10. Rides Again - James Gang (Truly underrated album. Not only because of Joe Walsh but because of the quality of the songs/music. Great record.)

[Freypower]

Well then, here is mine. You will be relieved to know that two of yours feature in mine.

1. Revolver - Beatles
2. Making Movies - Dire Straits
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
4. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
5. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
6. Hotel California - Eagles
7. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
8. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
9. Band On The Run - Wings
10. A Night At The Opera - Queen

I don't know whether to write explanations for these or not. I had to be ruthless with Hotel California & there seemed no point in trying to push Making Movies down any longer. It would probably have been easier to do a Top 20 but I will leave that for the moment.

Sticky Fingers is JUST below Opera. The fact is I get more pleasure out of Opera, all of it,while SF has a couple of songs that aren't so great (Moonlight Mile, Can't You Hear Me Knocking). SF is still my favourite Stones album however.

Oh what the heck:

11. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
12. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
13. Main Course - Bee Gees
14. Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones
15. Long Road Out Of Eden - Eagles
16. Strange Weather - Glenn Frey
17. Abbey Road - Beatles
18. Rubber Soul - Beatles
19. The White Album - Beatles
20. Sailing To Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler

I didn't like lumping three Beatles albums together like that but I rank those three pretty much equally. I have to give an honourable mention to Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps.