More bad news for AC/DC

[TBird1958]

Only by accident, in defense and after continued border incidents!!!

 

It was a retreat in reverse!

[westen44]

Interesting times indeed.

The rumors have now been denied.

http://www.nme.com/news/lana-del-rey/93073

[uwe]

I would have thought it cool. I liked it back in the day when you saw a folk singer, a metal band, some progsters and a reggae band at one festival - nowadays everything is typecast, but if I'm honest I don't really enjoy eight hours of non-stop reggae, or non-stop heavy metal or non-stop prog or non-stop folk or eight hours of anything non-stop. Eight hours of Lana would make me reach for Prozac - like most people I guess.

But then while I'm writing this my office stereo plays BCR's Remember (Sha-la-la) and I'm enjoying that (always dug the Rollers, even when as a Status Quo/Sweet/Deep Purple guy you weren't really allowed to do so), so my music tastes have always been, well, dysfunctionally eclectic!

[westen44]

I would have thought it cool. I liked it back in the day when you saw a folk singer, a metal band, some progsters and a reggae band at one festival - nowadays everything is typecast, but if I'm honest I don't really enjoy eight hours of non-stop reggae, or non-stop heavy metal or non-stop prog or non-stop folk or eight hours of anything non-stop. Eight hours of Lana would make me reach for Prozac - like most people I guess.

But then while I'm writing this my office stereo plays BCR's Remember (Sha-la-la) and I'm enjoying that (always dug the Rollers, even when as a Status Quo/Sweet/Deep Purple guy you weren't really allowed to do so), so my music tastes have always been, well, dysfunctionally eclectic!

If they performed as separate acts, that would be fine.  But I wouldn't want to see a Lana/Axl duet, although I doubt if that would ever happen anyway.  I agree that eight hours of Lana would also make me want to reach for something.  But I'm not one of those critics that consider her music of no value.  I just think a lot of it is unnecessarily dark.  Listening to a song about two lesbian lovers committing suicide (Summertime Sadness) isn't very uplifting.  Listening to a number of her other songs isn't very uplifting, either.  Fortunately, not all the songs are depressing, though. 

[uwe]

I don't mind melancholy or even depressive music, just not eight hours of it. I think Lana is a one-trick-pony, but I'm ok with her.

Not a chance against my Rumer though! If you do easy listening, do it right!

[westen44]

Rumer reminds me a little of Karen Carpenter. 

[Psycho Bass Guy]

I had never heard of Lana before this thread so I looked her up on youtube and so far: ehhhh    What are some of her better songs (and keep in mind I LOVE moody gothy/alt stuff, lesbians too)?

As for Axl in AC/DC, the band died when Malcolm couldn't play anymore. I view them choosing Axl Rose as a sick sort of experiment that may pay off; Angus and Co have clearly been milking it with Viagra for decades already. What's Axl going to do, make the band worse? If I want to hear GOOD AC/DC, it's out there, along with a host of bands playing similar music who have the same fire and sound and no retirement packages to finance with the added bonus of live shows that still kick ass.

[uwe]

Rumer reminds me a little of Karen Carpenter.

Just a little?! 

[drbassman]

Only by accident, in defense and after continued border incidents!!!

Good thing, too.  Those pesky Poles can be so mean.  Probably some of my dad's relatives!  Kranky ass coal miners. 

[uwe]

New York, Chicago, Philadelphia or Milwaukee? 

[Granny Gremlin]

I had never heard of Lana before this thread so I looked her up on youtube and so far: ehhhh    What are some of her better songs (and keep in mind I LOVE moody gothy/alt stuff, lesbians too)?

I do a solo cover of this.  Not too familiar with much of her other stuff, but the few other things I've heard don't do nearly as much for me.

[westen44]

Just a little?! 

Quite a lot on "Sara Smile" but not as much on the other two.  I might need to listen to more songs. 

[westen44]

I had never heard of Lana before this thread so I looked her up on youtube and so far: ehhhh    What are some of her better songs (and keep in mind I LOVE moody gothy/alt stuff, lesbians too)?

As for Axl in AC/DC, the band died when Malcolm couldn't play anymore. I view them choosing Axl Rose as a sick sort of experiment that may pay off; Angus and Co have clearly been milking it with Viagra for decades already. What's Axl going to do, make the band worse? If I want to hear GOOD AC/DC, it's out there, along with a host of bands playing similar music who have the same fire and sound and no retirement packages to finance with the added bonus of live shows that still kick ass.

I've never sat down and listened to an entire album by her.  But her videos are on Music Choice on my cable TV a lot.  Here are some examples, plus some others I know about--

Shades of Cool,  Freak, Born to Die, High by the Beach, Blue Jeans, etc. 

[4stringer77]

Yup anything's liable to happen at an AC/DC show these days. I heard Wing might come up and sing a couple with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr3iYamSxxI&list=RDkqa-HYihaZo&index=4

[uwe]

  This could be playing in the background of some Quentin Tarantino film!