Cliff 'Em All

[Dave W]

I love that emoticon - can we add it to our assortment?

It's there already, click the [more] at the end of the row. 

[lowend1]

How the hell did I miss that? - must be getting old...

[Freuds_Cat]

People who criticize these 2 great bands generally have very little or nothing to contribute to the music world themselves.

Mike Patton comes to mind 

[uwe]

Ok, ok, everybody calm down, not good where this is going. All popcorn bags munched in anticipation of schoolyard fights are herewith confiscated by the hippie teacher from Beavis & Butthead, jawohl!

You may like Led Zep or Metallica or not, but let's not turn this into a slagging match against Terr/RnB. We all know him, he's very - how shall I put this - "emotionally protective" over the bands or things in general he likes and his remark how the critics have nothing better to musically contribute is probably the age-oldest and lamest criticism of the criticized towards their critics. (There is a also German proverbial standard reply to it: "You don't need to be a baker to taste when the rolls are burnt.") But Terr assailing the critics as a collective isn't bettered by the critics assailing him as an individual. And with all due respect for those who loved underground Metallica, not knowing the brand of their original amps (I certainly don't and the way Hetfield plays he probably doesn't need a Rectifier or whatever so sound like he does) is as irrelevant for having an opinion on them as being able to show personal musical contributions to the world at large. To some people the latter might even be the disposal of Metallica and Led Zep CDs into the t(h)rash, who knows? ; - )

And Terr, sometimes, only sometimes giving a reason for liking something rather than repeating platitudes or declaring all those not in agreement incompetent goes a long way. Like when you wrote that you saw Led Zep in their early days up close a few times which must have been a physical experience in sheer intensity and which in my view perfectly validates your emotional attachment to them. I haven't forgotten my first Status Quo concert either. (For the avoidance of doubt I hastento add: I herewith irrevocably accept that both Led Zep's and Metallica's influence on rock music has been substantially greater than Status Quo's, ok?)

Uwe

[rockinrayduke]

I herewith irrevocably accept that both Led Zep's and Metallica's influence on rock music has been substantially greater than Status Quo's, ok?)

All right, I can remain silent no longer!

Quo rocks!  Anyone who doesn't agree earns a pudgy middle finger! "pictures of matchstick men and you.....all I ever see is them and you"...........

OK, on with the show!

[uwe]

A yank who knows Status Quo?!!! Ray, you're weird.

[nofi]

a lot of yanks know staus quo. at one point you could find their used records everywhere. i saw them open for rory gallagher around '74.

interesting that you could find there records but no one who would admit to being a fan.

[Dave W]

If he doesn't want to be slagged, he needs to STFU.  He deserves the response he's gotten, and more.

You can discuss bands you like or dislike without namecalling and mudslinging towards anyone who disagrees with you. This has been made clear several times, but some people never learn.

[rockinrayduke]

A yank who knows Status Quo?!!!

I do like them actually but mostly the flower power stuff (Matchstick men, Ice in the Sun, etc) and their recent stuff. You Tube has a bunch of stuff from throughout their career.

Ray, you're weird

Now you sound like my ex-wife! 

[TBird1958]

Ray, you're weird.

Hey now! weirdness is my little kingdom here   

Ray, I'm always glad you hang out with us! 

[uwe]

Sigh!, Dave, what a great Middle East peace negotiator you would make! ; - )

[exiledarchangel]

Sigh!, Dave, what a great Middle East peace negotiator you would make! ; - )

KILL EM ALL !!!   (couldn't be more on-topic)

[TBird1958]

Pass the surgical steel post hole diggers, please!
Time for that frontal lobotomy I've been wanting.........

[Highlander]

Sorry... couldn't resist...

(Uwe took my fizzy and popcorn so I've had to resort to my lunchbox... is it round the back of the bikesheds after school...? )

Anyway, what's wrong with a "Yank" knowing about Quo - that's like me having pretty much all the Foghat and GFR output... and Nickelbag, and Foo Fighters, and... (fade to black, cue Marianne Faithful with the organ grinder...)

[GonzoBass]

I'm willing to bet Mustaine about died laughing when Metallica covered Bob Segar.
I know I did...