Im just going through the Jethro tull catalogue. ( I was in a big prog phase in my teen years, so listened to all their music, good and bad )

But Fucking hell, I had no idea they were huge in the US at the time, I thought they were more UK music that didnt appeal to US tastes


Thick as a Brick (#1 billboard) totally deserved always loved that album

A Passion Play (#1 billboard) WTF total trash, even anderson admiys it was

War Child (#2 billboard ) Pretty middling record also, though you can hear this contains material that was meant to be in the previous album as quite a few songs say 'a passion play'


So many great artists/albums never got to #1
eg around the same time heres queeens first few albums best billboard numbers
#83,#49,#12, finally they break into the top 10 with their 4th album which reached #4 (night at the opera) It just required a near perfect album with prolly the biggest song of all time

sounds blasphemuos

they get a surprisingly long wiki entry in catalan. I cant even find their english entry.
very strange


https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX
so if Im reading this right their songs are about finding the meaning of the relationship between bongs and marajuana. FFS that aint rocketscience

I dont think Ive had marajuana for like 8 years, and that was on a pizza, so last time I smoked > 10 years prolly. I did smoke opium as the last drug I had and that was a few years ago as well

good for you. I never really got in drugs (cept a bit of marajuana when I was younger) as I saw what it done to other people and its like Umm well ... what are the odds that I will end up differenetly.
Booze of course is a drug as well, though I feel with that you have much more chances before your brain is screwed, for one thing the highs arent as high, so the corresponding lows arent as low. Havent had a drink now though for at least 2 weeks. fucking 100 hour work weeks

They have nothing on buckethead.

Yeah I hate this shit. Not just music but everything
Quality > quantity everytime.

Like the last few days I've been listening to Peter Hammill and Zappa, 2 guys that have way too much music. And of course even with these 2 eclectic guys theres a lot of crap there.

Even stuff I love like lou reed, dylan, neil young, phish, nofx. Fuck dudes dont be afraid to take a knife to your babies

still the writer of 2 of the best 7 albums in history.
Hes being more and more a dick, I assume this is due to gilmours wife calling him out for his support of the russian state in the ukrainian war. hes one of those guys that USA = always the baddie. Sure USA has done a lot of shit in its history including starting unecessary wars, but in this case they are on the good side of history, but folks like waters can not bring themselves to admit that occasionally the US does right.
Though of course the US does benefit from this current ukrainian war, its costing them very little cash mainly cause they are getting rid of older armaments that are approaching their use by date, whilst gathering a lot of intel etc. Though I wouldn't say that was their chief reason.

the thing is if you look at the writing credits (unlike the following albums) its pretty spread out, sure waters is prolly the most important but about half the album he didnt write the music

Question: Which band are they copying here (and which song for bonus points),
I know it but just can't think of it and its bugging me

Could be?

meat puppets, built to spill (btw I see they have a new album out, I will give it a few listens)

I listened but couldnt find the exact song

I dont know jimmy buffet, but the other 2 yes I picked them as well.
very good Lemmy and phil impersonations.
I've picked at less 10 songs where they are obviously doing another band.
Actually I might see if I can make a list

Buckingham green - genesis (actually I would love to them make an album with this style)
Friends - ? I know it but cant think at the moment
With my own bare hands - ? ditto
the fruit man - XTC
woman and man - santana
gabrielle - thin lizzy
the rift - roxy music
its gonna be a long night - motorhead
chocolate town - eagles maybe? (dont know too much about that band)
if you could save yourself - wish I knew, sounds a bit like steve wilson, but better than anything hes done
Exactly where I'm at - Grandaddy (though a bad one)
Even if you don't - ? know it though
stay forever - big star
falling out - ? gah another that I can't place
I'm dancing in the show tonight - zappa a bit (singing esp)
she wanted to leave - peter gabriel
a tear for eddie - funkadelic guitarist (though hes only like this in a few songs)

Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy) - Bowie
Waving my Dick in the wind - ?

Gonna have to add Black Midi to the list of artists who do decent/good music but the singer is so annoying that the whole thing is a downer

Listening to Dream Theater's 'Solitary Shell'
Man what a salsbury hill rip off.
Its quite funny, Did they aknowledge this
https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9669
according to this they didnt, seems a bit wierd

Listening to Brain Donor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Donor
listed on wiki as hard/garage/psychedelic rock,
Nah mate if I had to choose what sort of rock its space rock, listen to 'pagan dawn' and tell me its not so

I listen to music on spotify. Theres a feature where you click on the artists name and you see where the the other listeners come from
like ATM I'm listening to Tera Melos
top 5 places are Chicago, LA, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta
The funny thing is if you click on a classical composer the top 5 is often dominated by mexico & south america. USA rarely makes a place in the top 5, European cities yes, but USA nah not into classical music.
eg for a laugh 'The Who' top 5
London, Sydney, San Paulo, Toronto, Melbourne

Looking at List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the decades
Top artists by number of #1 singles

The ones I don't know


1960s
Bobby Vinton // never heard of them

1970s
KC and the Sunshine Band // heard of but don't know any song by them


1980s
Daryl Hall & John Oates // heard of but don't know any song by them


1990s
Boyz II Men // heard of but don't know any song by them
TLC // heard of but don't know any song by them
Wilson Phillips // never heard of them
Monica // never heard of them


2000s

From here on every single artist I could not name a song (apart from eminem, though I couldnt name a song, I maybe could recoginize it being him if you played me a song), so will just list ones I've never heard of, i.e. don't know if its a person,group,man or woman

Usher // huh biggest artist of the 2000s, and this is the first time I recall ever seeing the name
Nelly
2010s
Post Malone
2020s
Olivia Rodrigo
Jack Harlow
Megan Thee Stallion

Taylor swift, beyonce, justin bieber etc I would not recognize if you played a song to me. But I do recogzine the names and photos

I see Usher was the star act of the superbowl halftime show.
First time I remember hearing about him was yesterday in the wiki article Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and bam today I see his name again, twice in 2 days!

Yeah you're to busy watching BTS

Hey maybe the cunts good. I just find it funny never heard about him till yesterday and now its 2x in 2 days. I must of heard/read his name over the last few years, being the biggest artist of the 2000s but it was just blah blah in my ears and didnt stick around in my brain. Hmmm I guess that shows I only know musicians that get in the gosspi columns

fuck you I just check and BTS is correct. I dont think BTS do rap (at least its not there main focus)
Dude you're out of touch, BTS are in the news every so often, eg recently theres talk about their military service. now the Cunt Usher, has never been in the news, justin timberlake yes (I might not know any of his music but I know the name)

Yeah this guy gets it


PS - Is there anywhere I can place a bet on one of them dying by suicide in the next year, just asking for a friend

You were too young to grow up with the beatles

fear not, theres many that think BTS is bigger than the beatles.
Next stop, bigger than jesus (who's actually quite big in South Korea)
Though none of the members have the largest arms in the WWF



https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47044057
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/bts-k-pop-group-the-beatles.html/
https://taprootmusic.com/is-bts-bigger-than-the-beatles-examining-the-impact-both-have-had-on-music/