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| 17 JUN 2005 at 8:12pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (17 JUN 2005 7:30pm)
What well-known, American-born singer, songwriter and guitarist wrote the words: "It is better to burn out, than to fade away"?
that was bob dylan, wasn't it? then kurt cobain quoted that line in his suicide note
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 17 JUN 2005 at 8:25pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | The answer is Kurt Cobain. The lyrics were originally written by Neil Young, who is well-known, a singer, a songwriter and a guitarist, but is not American-born. He was born in Canada.
The question is tricky because we always understand the phrase "who wrote" to mean "who first wrote" or "who originated." The fact of the matter is that Cobain did write those words shortly before he ended his life at the age of 27 by blowing his brains out with a shotgun, leaving a wife and a 1 year old daughter.
Have a great weekend folks.
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| 17 JUN 2005 at 9:42pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | i thought it was a trick question, but i thought the trick was to make you answer kurt cobain, since most of the ppl would remember the line from his suicide! :
so the original was neil young, and not bob dylan after all...
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 18 JUN 2005 at 4:48am |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Is that right, most people today associate that line with Kurt Cobain and not Neil Young? I guess I am getting old. :-/ Those people need to listen to Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young and discover that grunge music started with him, not Cobain or Eddie Vedder. He was "Rockin in the Free World" while wearing shorts down to his shins way before they were.
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| 18 JUN 2005 at 3:02pm |
gailSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Neil Young also spoke through his lyrics with a folk/rock kind of sound and put the spotlight on issues here in the US in his songs, 'Southern Man' and 'Ohio'.
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 19 JUN 2005 at 5:30pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | I remember the line most from the movie "Highlander" and the queen song Gimmie the Prize.
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 30 JUN 2005 at 7:11pm |
GreySorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By anthony (17 JUN 2005 8:25pm)
but is not American-born. He was born in Canada.
If you're born in Canada, you're still an american.
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| 30 JUN 2005 at 8:58pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | What do the following tracks have in common:
1. Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan
2. Teach Your Children by Crosby Stills Nash & Young
3. Beat It by Michael Jackson
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles?
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| 30 JUN 2005 at 9:58pm |
ShanyGuild Master
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Status : Online | I think I know, each of them had a famous guest guitarist playing on them.
(sorry if this doesn't sound right, I need to go to sleep )
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| 30 JUN 2005 at 10:03pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Shany (30 JUN 2005 9:58pm)
I think I know, each of them had a famous guest guitarist playing on them.
(sorry if this doesn't sound right, I need to go to sleep )
I think your right.
Eddie Van Halen was on Beat it and Clapton was on the Beatles hit.
Not sure of the others
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 30 JUN 2005 at 10:04pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Right you are, Shany. The guests were (a) Mark Knopfler, (b) Jerry Garcia, (c) Eddie Van Halen, and (d) Eric Clapton. Sweet dreams.
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| 1 JUL 2005 at 2:36pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Okay, to avoid missing a beat, I will toss out another one: What do the following Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame bands all have in common: Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Traffic and Led Zeppelin?
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| 3 JUL 2005 at 4:35am |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | The initial part of my previous post contains a clue to the answer. :
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| 5 JUL 2005 at 3:47pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | All four groups are "missing a beat" because their drummers have died. Keith Moon (The Who) and John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) have been dead for many years. Early this year, within a few days of each other, Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane) and Jim Capaldi (Traffic) both passed away.
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| 13 AUG 2005 at 8:23pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (18 JUN 2005 4:48am)
Is that right, most people today associate that line with Kurt Cobain and not Neil Young? I guess I am getting old. :-/ Those people need to listen to Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young and discover that grunge music started with him, not Cobain or Eddie Vedder. He was "Rockin in the Free World" while wearing shorts down to his shins way before they were.
Let us not forget Joe Elliot from Def Leppard. He used that line at the begining of Rock of Ages on the Pyromania album.
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| 13 AUG 2005 at 8:25pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (1 JUL 2005 2:35pm)
What do the following Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame bands all have in common: Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Traffic and Led Zeppelin?
They're all in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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| 29 OCT 2005 at 7:46am |
| Deleted User | Traffic was a minor band with major talent.
Dave Mason came into his own as a solo act, as did Steve Winwood. But I can’t remember a single song by Traffic. Did they even have a hit?
And "Feelin' All Right"doesn't count in my book as Joe Cocker had the real hit with it. Dave Mason wrote it and Mason had a love/hate relationship with Traffic, quitting the band several times.
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