"Wade"

Until I heard Nightwish, I thought Metallica *defined* metal.
Well, Metallica and Black Sabbath.
Terrible, huh?

Metallica's Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets were brilliant.
I got to see them in '86 before Cliff Burton died.
Then he died.
Then Metallica started to suck and became an alternative band.

Black Sabbath started it all.
Sabbath was heavy, but Judas Priest put the Metal in Heavy Metal.

Nightwish is the first band I heard that actually pulled off Symphonic Metal.
I've always wanted it to be done but every previous attempt was cheesy.
Or worse.

Pack93z - I got to see the chick from 4NonBlondes when she went solo.
She's a heck of a performer.
Very charismatic.
And very "worn."
Life wasn't easy on her.

"Wade"

"Rockmolder"While on the subject of, for you, foreign singers.... Sometimes, these talent shows really find some gems...

Rock...great post...+1.
Not much for tats, but love the guys retro glasses.
And voice is good, too.

By the way, what's the idea with the turning chairs thing for judges on this show?

The retro glasses were quite fashionable a year or two ago. Still are, but not as popular, anymore. I think 1 out of every 5 students were wearing them at one point.

The turning chairs are put in so that the judges can't go by looks. It was an idea from the small guy in the video. He only wanted to judge in a show that he could actually win based on his voice, and not on his looks.

I must admit that I only saw the show once, but that guy is like a Susan Boyle-mini when it comes to popularity over here.

The Vikings caused that one.

They played it halfway through our game. Been stuck in my head this week. Even put it back on my Zen.

If you like the Bass Guitar.. he is a guy to check out.. sticks with you for a while like a good wine.

Victor Wooten

That guy is pretty good, Pack.

I hate
the Beatles, but Santana makes this song actually good.

You know, you listen to guitar greats like Santana or Knopfler or Chet Atkins or Django Reinhardt or Les Paul, and you realize just how important experience is for instrumental music.
The greats are like fine brandy, they just get better and better until whenever it is that they die.
And whenever they die, you know we've missed even better.

(p.s. the short-haired babe is hot)

A bit more guitar... but mostly for the voice.

This probably should go in the "great voice" thread instead, but I'm too lazy to find it.

This is the only *non-traditional* version of the Star-Spangled Banner I've ever liked.

This man, to me, had one of the top ten all time voices...

Anyone else notice with the greatest songs, you have a hard time picking which version is your favorite...

More Marvin...