Posts by frozenraven39

redbear12 said:Does this actually have anything to do with greed?🤷

Maybe if you use a little imagination. But this one definitely fits the bill:
Partibrejkers - Gramzivost i Pohlepa

Tom Waits - God's Away on Business

"There's always free cheddar in
It's a deal, it's a deal"

Sean Doyle97 said:just the first one that popped into my head
actually, this is a great topic. I find local stuff much more interesting—it feels like there's a certain level of greed right here in the States, doesn't it? 🙂

Perfect track for this thread 👍

From Bob Dylan to Simona in two quick steps...
Please don't start dumping the entire discography of some trashy pop act or 50 Cent on me—just keep following the vibe in Ajutov style 😉

Let's talk about some songs centered on greed.

Something like these:
Bob Dylan
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts

Gary Vaughn57 said:Actually, he did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNft6cO0I4

Look, you can see in that clip he definitely packed on the weight. I don't recall the exact number—and honestly, who does?—but people seem to think that if an actor just gains fifty pounds or drops weight like Christian Bale, they’ve automatically delivered a masterclass. Acting transformation is a completely different beast than just gaining weight. Sure, there's a physical change, but the core of the performance? That's something else entirely. This whole idea is massively overrated.

Maybe I was being a bit hyperbolic. Transformation isn't even the main point here—most of the movie isn't about some old, heavy La Mott, but rather the young, lean version. He nails it as both the impulsive, driven animal and the broken-down has-been who regrets his past but can't fight his own nature. And those ring scenes were great, not to mention that legendary scene with the punching bag.

Gary Vaughn57 said:The movie is overrated, and so is De Niro's performance. Honestly, Rocky Balboa and Stallone's role was much better. Everyone thinks if you pack on 30 pounds, you've suddenly mastered acting. It’s easy to fake a performance—it's much harder to actually gain weight.

Dobor did his job, sure, but calling it perfection? Not quite, lol.

Man, I didn't even notice he gained weight in the movie...

Justin Gomez6 said:Robert De Niro gave such a top-tier performance that he basically became Jack—but if you ask me, the movie itself is just very good, nothing more.

I had pretty much the same reaction after rewatching it. Once the credits roll, there isn't a whole lot left to chew on—unlike Taxi Driver, which stays with you for a lifetime.🙂
Bik feels more like a tour de force for De Niro and Martin Scorsese; the actual plot isn't all that gripping. But because of De Niro's acting—which, honestly, is as close to perfection as any actor gets, just this incredibly powerful performance without a hint of overacting—it earns a 9/10 from me.

My favorite guy—though looking at the list now, I’m starting to think he hasn't actually made as many great movies as I originally imagined. 🙂

I'm betting that American History X and Fight Club end up running circles around everything else...

I’ve been watching movies for as long as I can remember—so much so that I don't really have a clue where it all started or which specific flick first hooked me.

But I do know that I owe many of my all-time favorites to one particular show: Black and White in Color
(honestly, my first encounters with The Wild Bunch, Papillon, Once Upon a Time in the Wild West, Straw Dog, Dog Afternoon, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and The Deer Hunter... all on Tuesday nights, if I recall correctly)

I still remember my first trip to the theater when I was eight. I couldn't tell you the title if my life depended on it, but I definitely remember a killer car chase scene. 🙂

frozenraven39 said:http://www.allmusic.com/ has basically turned into a clone of IMDb.
I don't see any user reviews yet, but who knows? Maybe they'll roll those out soon enough...

Well, looks like they added them after all. 🙂

There aren't many ratings right now, but once the numbers pick up, this could actually be a decent resource—maybe even the closest thing we have to IMDb ratings for the music world.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about them rounding off the scores—though maybe it isn't a bad thing? It's easier to digest, and honestly, rating things from 1 to 5 feels more intuitive than a 1 to 10 scale. But then again, they won't have their own version of a Top 250 list this way—not that I can say for certain if that's a good or bad thing 🙂.

Peter Kelly56 said:thanks for getting back to me 🙂
I realized later on that they aren't all ancient relics either 😁
Can you give me an idea of what these kinds of records usually go for? I'm completely lost here. I could list them on eBay, but I have no clue what prices to set 🤷

I think one of yours was actually in that link I posted earlier. Maybe try Googling the rest of your collection to see what people are asking for them? Here, take a look at this to get a sense of the current market: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

Peter Kelly56 said:Hi there, could I get an evaluation on some records? I have an old gramophone from 1907, and these records were played on it—so they’re at least 105 years old.

Look, I don't really know everything I should be transcribing from the disc, so I'll just list what I think matters. Feel free to ask if you need more info:

1. Columbia, La Moche (R. Avilar) - Tango Argentina, Made in Italy
2. "La voce del padrone", Notte e di - Canz. ritmo allegro, Fabbricato in Italy
3. Orthophonic Recording, Victor, LL'ISOLA d, Parte 1, parte 2, New York City
4. Victrola, Lucia - Tu che a dio spiegasti, Beniamino Gigli
5. Odeon, Tanco della sirena
6. Odeon, i giomelli della mamma
6. Columbia Records - Amo Tea 8. Columbia
7. Canzone D'hawa
8. -=- - La bajadera
9. Disco "Gramophone", Selig bin ich, selib bleibuich - Valzer cantabile
10. Columbia - Perche taci?
11. Sonart Record Corporation, New York City - domovina i ljubav, Zinka Milanov i Split
12. Harmony - as time goes by i What are thinkin' about, baby
13. Victor, There+s new starin heaven tonight (Rudolph Valentino)
14. ASCH international, Who knows Him (v. klodin and a.prokoshin) i By the village
15. Pathé, artuelle, Loreley (Catalani) i Iris (Mascagni)
16. Barbonate musicali, New York City
17. Canta napulitano, Disco gramophone
18. Holy War
19. Varsity, made in USA, All aboard - F. T. i Sunday special
20. Peter Frampton - I'm in you
21. Dunhill - get a feelin', The mama's and papa's i Monday
22. Belgrade Radio - Demis Roussos
23. Crown - one hour with you
24. Victrola - forza del destino finale

There are plenty more, this is just a rough list to see if any of this is actually worth anything. Thanks.

I'm no expert, but it looks like you've got a good amount of old 78 RPM records here—mostly operas and things like that. I'm not entirely sure they're all over 100 years old (rob: [pauses] "is that Peter fucking Frampton?") 🙂

The market for this kind of stuff isn't exactly huge. Which means, if you're looking to actually get a decent price, the smartest move is probably to put them all on eBay and just wait patiently for one of those rare collectors to show up (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RUFFO-ISCHIER...item484c9ab1de)
If you try to sell the whole collection to somewhere like an antique shop, you'll likely end up with a pretty measly amount.

Just as iconic as Sgt. Pepper:









I was thinking about those three earlier—and while I was hunting for some photos, I stumbled onto this entire page dedicated to tributes and parodies of Elvis's album cover 🙂

http://www.amiright.com/album-covers...sley-parodies/

Howlin' Rain

You can stream the entire album right on their website here:
http://www.howlinrain.com/

Yeah, you can check it out right here: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/
They cover everything from the classics to what's happening now.
If you want the print version, you can usually find it at Barnes & Noble or similar spots.

Wolf People
http://www.wolfpeople.co.uk/music.html

Radio Moscow
http://radiomoscow.net/musicvideos

Joe Bonamassa/Black Country Communion
http://jbonamassa.com/
http://www.bccommunion.com/

Tedeschi Trucks Band
http://www.derekandsusan.net/video/everybodys-talkin

You’ve also got Rival Sons—they're playing The Fillmore in just five days.
http://www.rivalsons.com/music/

The fundamental difference between IMDb and AllMusic boils down to who’s actually doing the heavy lifting—on AllMusic, their staff writes pretty much all the reviews. It’s a massive undertaking since they go back and review stuff retroactively, though obviously, they haven't covered every single album ever released. Meanwhile, over at IMDb, the editorial team mostly just plugs in technical data—credits, release years, and so on—while leaving the actual opinions to the users. So, putting together an entry on IMDb takes way less effort than on AllMusic; you don't even necessarily have to watch the movie to log the data, let alone form an opinion on it.

It seems like there isn't a single music site out there using the exact same model as IMDb: precise technical specs paired with user-generated reviews. I agree that it would be a great resource to have... maybe a few of us could team up and get something off the ground? There's definitely money to be made there if we play it right. We'd start by migrating everything from AllMusic, except we'd leave the reviews for the users to write themselves.😉

George Howard33 said:Thanks for the links, but they aren't quite what I was looking for. I was hoping for a straightforward way to search for tracks and quickly grab an average rating. Still, I'll keep those sites in mind.

http://www.allmusic.com/ has basically turned into a clone of IMDb.
I don't see any user reviews yet—but who knows? Maybe they'll roll those out soon...

Actually, this might be worth starting a whole new thread: "What are your thoughts on the new look of AllMusic?" 🙂

I don't mean to stir the pot here, but:
1. Leonard Cohen's "David Bowie" produced by Phil Spector was unfairly looked down upon
back in the day—and honestly, plenty of those quiet Cohen enthusiasts still sneer at it today. I guess it’s because of that flashy production and the overtly suggestive lyrics (not like those kinds of themes were ever foreign to Cohen, right?), but if you ask me, it’s one of his strongest records.

2. Deep Purple - Come taste the band
That funk-rock monster that Tommy Bolin and Glenn Hughes carved out of Deep Purple is fantastic to me. It always left me feeling a bit heavy-hearted that Bolin left so little behind.