| "Everything that can be invented has been
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| | around, but it is Sir Paul after all, and
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| invented." ~ Charles H. Duell,
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| | Chicago and The Beach Boys are a little
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| Commissioner of the US Patent Office in
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| | weak. But overall, the lists just don't
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| 1899."Children nowadays are tyrants. They
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| | compare.The music industry itself has
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| contradict their parents, gobble their
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| | changed so drastically that I think that
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| food and tyrannize their teachers." ~
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| | is one of the main reasons there is such
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| SocratesWhy is popular music so bad
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| | a chasm between today's music and the
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| today? I mean, I'm not that old, but
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| | creations of yesteryear. Like sports and
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| jeez, the music of today, with only a few
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| | medicine, music in another industry that
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| rare exceptions, kinda stinks. Some would
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| | has been a casualty of big business and
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| say that when New Year's Eve 1979 ended,
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| | American capitalism.No longer does the
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| we were ushered into an era of lame music
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| | actual music quality drive the industry.
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| that we still haven't escaped from
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| | Instead, the people with the money and
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| today.I grew up in the 80's and remember
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| | power at the record companies notice some
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| listening to the Beatles, John Lennon,
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| | bad music selling well to young people
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| Simon & Garfunkel, Roger Waters and Pink
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| | for example, and therefore decide that
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| Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley,
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| | from then on they're only going to find
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| and David Bowie, to name a few, with my
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| | and promote that type of bad music since
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| brothers or my dad. I remember seeing
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| | it made a few bucks. They've totally
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| album covers strewn about my brother's
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| | stopped listening to the music and
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| bedroom. Albums, not CD's. (If you're a
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| | instead only listen to the dollars.No
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| really young reader, albums are like CD's
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| | longer does the music they create
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| in that they're flat and round, but
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| | determine the success of a band. Instead,
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| black, and a lot bigger. The get
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| | entertainment conglomerates tell fans
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| scratched and don't work just like CD's
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| | what to listen to, and that determines
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| though).Some say that the 60's were a
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| | the success. They do this because they
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| turbulent time in the U.S. and the world
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| | have such a strangle hold on the media.
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| and thus created a perfect environment
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| | We only have the illusion of choice now.
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| and culture for innovative and creative
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| | A vicious circle has begun where the
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| music. But let's face it. These days are
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| | whole industry is inexorably spinning
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| pretty turbulent as well. So where's the
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| | down, unable to find purchase on the
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| Crosby, Still, Nash and Young of today to
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| | sides of some slimy corporate funnel,
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| sing about our involvement in Iraq? Or
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| | circling downward uncontrollably into the
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| where is the Paul Simon of today to
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| | abyss of painfully bad music.Some bands
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| protest the government's stance on stem
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| | occasionally slip through the vortex
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| cell research? All we've gotten recently
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| | relatively intact, sidestepping the
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| is the new Paris Hilton CD. Paris Hilton?
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| | almost institutionalized process of
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| Isn't she just famous for being famous?
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| | "making it" set in place by music
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| And her new CD actually got some good
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| | executives. Phish is a great example of
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| reviews.Before anyone accuses me of
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| | this. They became hugely successful in
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| painting a broad brush stroke condemning
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| | spite of the music industry. Because they
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| all music after the 70's, let me say that
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| | were so good and so tenacious in touring
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| in more recent times there has been a
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| | and jamming, they attracted a large fan
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| small amount of good stuff like Phish or
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| | base. The sheer numbers of eventual fans
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| Midnite, and even politically-minded
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| | Phish had gave them a power that most
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| music such as U2, but no where near the
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| | artists today can't have. Most other
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| creative amount of earlier times.I
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| | artists have to do what the people with
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| remember when the Dixi Chicks came out
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| | the purse strings tell them to do. And
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| against President Bush and the Iraq war.
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| | that often makes for bad music.
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| While not a bad band, they're hardly
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| | Unfortunately, Phish isn't even together
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| going to achieve iconic status. And they
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| | any more. But they're a rare exception in
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| paid dearly at the hands of big business
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| | that they came after the 70's and were
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| for their outspoken views. That's a far
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| | highly creative and
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| cry from the politically-charged days of
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| | improvisational.Another thing that
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| Woodstock where many artists were
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| | contributes to the poor music of today is
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| speaking out, and changing things.If you
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| | technology. These days, Hollywood actors
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| think about it, there are only a select
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| | who can't sing can have singing careers.
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| few artists or bands that can regularly
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| | The engineers touch up their voices, and
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| sell out huge arenas today. These are the
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| | use every digital sound technique there
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| icons. And the vast majority of those
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| | is to make an average product sellable,
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| artists are bands from before the 80's!
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| | just like the magazines airbrush the
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| Between last summer and this summer, here
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| | models and actresses, trimming years off
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| are some of the really big concert ticket
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| | to complete the illusion. There are many
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| sellers: The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters
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| | ways in which the music engineers can do
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| of Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Barbra
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| | this in the studio and even for artists
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| Streisand, Eric Clapton and The Eagles.I
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| | on tour.Ashlee Simpson is a good example
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| recently read an article that suggested
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| | of this. First, we saw her on Saturday
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| that music and tour promoters, large
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| | Night Live getting caught lip-sinking.
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| venue owners and ticket companies are all
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| | Then I heard a recent interview where Joe
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| worried about concert sales taking a
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| | Walsh's daughter, Lucy Walsh, admitted
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| plunge after the legendary artists stop
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| | that as Ashlee's keyboard player, she
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| touring. They realize it's going to be
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| | always doubled Ashlee's voice while on
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| hard to sell out big arenas after the
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| | tour.I know that in any era there's going
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| dinosaurs become extinct. Who are the
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| | to be silly music acts like Ashlee
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| artists of today who will reach that
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| | Simpson, Kevin Federline and Paris
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| status tomorrow?In a recent interview
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| | Hilton. I realize that during Bob Dylan's
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| with Joe Walsh on Sirius Radio Joe said
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| | time there were lots of feeble yet famous
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| there is not nearly as much
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| | music artists then too. My complaint is
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| improvisational rock anymore. And I
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| | that it seems like in any other era there
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| agree. When asked what bands he thought
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| | was at least enough really fantastic and
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| were decent these days, he couldn't think
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| | original music being created to balance
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| of any for a while, and then finally said
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| | things out.Let's go backwards. We've
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| he thought the Goo Goo Dolls were good.
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| | looked at the popular music of the 21st
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| Hmmm.Maybe I'm some kind of curmudgeon,
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| | Century a little in the lists above and I
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| but Top 40 today is just not as good as
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| | don't see any really original music in
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| it used to be. Is Kevin Federline really
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| | there at all. Some may argue that the
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| talented? I just found out recently that
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| | grunge era of the 90's produced some
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| his nickname is K-Fed. How about fed up?
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| | great and original music. I argue that
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| I think K-Fed, J-Lo, X-tina (Christina
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| | almost all of that music was so heavily
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| Aguilera, no joke) and A-Rod all need to
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| | influenced by the rock of the 60's and
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| get together ASAP and rethink their
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| | 70's that it really wasn't that original
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| feeble nicknames, just an FYI.Here are
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| | at all.The music of the 80's matched the
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| the top 5 songs right now in the Summer
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| | hair and clothes of the time, lame. The
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| of 2006:- Fergie - London Bridge- Gnarls
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| | synthesizer was new then, but the music
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| Barkley - Crazy- Nelly Furtado Featuring
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| | was reasonably bad, and certainly not
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| Timbaland - Promiscuous- The Pussycat
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| | timeless. But then we come to the 70's
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| Dolls Featuring Snoop Dogg - Buttons-
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| | and 60's. Those are the decades that last
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| Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not
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| | held any hope for people like me who long
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| TragediesAnd here were the top 5 albums
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| | for fresh, original, creative and
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| of 2005:- Mariah Carey - The Emancipation
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| | improvisational music.In 1899 the
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| of Mimi- 50 Cent - The Massacre- Kelly
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| | Commissioner of the US Patent Office
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| Clarkson - Breakaway- Green Day -
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| | wrote "Everything that can be invented
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| American Idiot- The Black Eyed Peas -
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| | has been invented." Alright, maybe he was
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| Monkey BusinessHere are the top 5 albums
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| | a little off. But in a way, everything
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| of 1976:- Peter Frampton - Frampton
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| | that seems new is really just new
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| Comes Alive- Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood
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| | combinations of existing things. Music is
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| Mac- Wings - Wings At The Speed Of
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| | no different. I'm hoping that we return
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| Sound- Eagles - Eagles Greatest Hits
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| | to the days when the combinations of
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| 1971-1975- Chicago - Chicago IX Greatest
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| | beats, rhythms, harmonies and melodies
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| HitsAnd here are the top 5 albums of
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| | become as creative as they were in the
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| 1966- Original Soundtrack The Sound Of
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| | 60's and 70's.But maybe things haven't
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| Music- The Beatles - Revolver- The
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| | changed much since even Socrates' times.
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| Beatles - Rubber Soul- The Rolling Stones
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| | He thought kids were tyrants, as if his
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| - Aftermath- The Beach Boys - Pet
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| | generation was the last of a dying breed
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| SoundsIs it just me, or is there a
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| | of angelic children. Maybe he just didn't
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| glaring difference between the two 21st
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| | understand the kids of his era, and maybe
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| Century lists and the second two 20th
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| | I'm the same way.Jason OConnor runs Rock
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| Century lists? To be fair, I actually own
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| | and Pop Concert Tickets - A great place
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| Monkey Business and I like it. Also,
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| | to buy tickets to cheap concerts across
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| Green Day is decent. Admittedly, Wings
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| | North America.
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| isn't the best Paul McCartney music
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