Personal Top Lists & Rankings

David Sullivan4 said:Five personal rituals I swear by to turn a total disaster of a day into something actually decent.
Buying a record. There is a certain kind of lightning that only exists in a live recording—not just any recording, but one captured when a band is operating at the absolute peak of their powers. I’m talking about *The Who - Live at Leeds*. I was sitting in my study the other night, nursing a drink and listening to the opening swells of "Heaven and Hell," and it hit me all over again. It isn't just "good" music; it’s a visceral, almost violent experience. You can practically smell the stale beer and cigarette smoke wafting off the speakers. Most modern live albums feel like they were polished in a sterile studio until every ounce of grit was sucked out, leaving nothing but a hollow, digital shell. But this? This is raw. It’s messy. It’s glorious. Townshend’s guitar work on tracks like "Summers of '68" isn't just playing notes; it’s an assault. And don't even get me started on Keith Moon. There are people out there today who think being a drummer is about keeping a perfect, metronomic beat—God, they couldn't be more wrong. Moon wasn't just keeping time; he was leading a charge, a chaotic, brilliant percussionist who seemed to be playing three different songs at once, yet somehow, through some divine madness, it all locked together. It reminds me of a concert I saw back in Chicago years ago—a small, sweaty club where the energy felt like it could actually ignite the air. That sense of danger, that feeling that anything could happen at any second, is exactly what makes *Live at Leeds* a masterpiece. If you haven't sat down, turned off your phone, and let this record tear through your soul, you aren't really listening to rock and roll. You're just hearing noise.

There it is... And what exactly did I say? 😁

Kevin Chavez3 said:don't get confused

so how does this even end?

I’m just playing around here, making up these ridiculous names and messing with the spelling...

but hey, I can quit if it's actually bothering people...

just stop it, if you value your life!😁

Look, people don't usually mess around like that when they're talking, I mean, maybe when we're debating stuff like the Fed or something, but for everything else? Hardly ever...😬

lonebison37 said:the top 3 American terms that music snobs keep butchering like this:

1. buckaroos 🙂
2. Faulknerian Hall 🙂
3. Christian🙂

😈

haha. honestly, the stubbornness is unreal. especially with the Christian thing. I finally learned how to say it right about fifteen years ago when I hit my first concert out there and asked a local where the venue was. They just looked at me and said "Christian."

I tried correcting people for a while, but what's the point? Nobody cares. To Americans, "Christian" just sounds more foreign, no matter how many times you hear locals say it differently. 😉

Same deal with Faulknerian Hall instead of Faulknerian Hall, buckaroos instead of buckaroos, Breckenridge instead of Breckenridge, etc.

no, let’s get one thing straight here:
those damn dollar-chasers
Christian
that Faulknerian arts center
the NGH

I’ve never even been to Canada, let alone some place like Christian 😢

I'm from Pittsburgh 😳

I can nail the pronunciation for Breckenridge, but I always butcher Christian, and honestly, I can't even begin to tackle those Faulknerian vibes at all... 😁

lonebison37 said:look, let’s be real here:
'dollars
'Christians
'Faulknerian center
'the Fed

just a total "mess" 😕 😢

Roger Clark50 said:I used to try and set people straight back in the day, but honestly, what’s the point? Nobody gives a damn anymore. To Americans, Christian just ends up sounding Slavic no matter how many times you visit Europe and hear actual locals say it differently. 😉

It’s just like how people mangle Faulknerian prose, or mess up names like Tolars instead of Tolar, or call Breckenridge something else entirely... it's all the same nonsense.

Yeah, sure, because they're clearly showing off their super intuitive grasp of foreign linguistics here, right? 😛

Kevin Chavez3, you're more than welcome to join the party, I'll even give you permission.

lonebison37
("an 'e' between an 'e' and an 'i'")

Oh, look at that little typo!
~🥳

wanderingraven20 said:and some "outsiders" 😕 😢

And what about "urbanites"? 😬

lonebison37 said:~ko'dEljevo
("an" between "a" and "i")

Something went seriously sideways here 🤔

Renaldo said:haha. Man, I totally get that stubbornness. It’s wild, especially when people talk about those specific regional accents. I remember when I first headed out there for a concert about fifteen years ago—I asked some local guy where things were located, and he just answered me using that thick regional slang that sounded nothing like how we say it here.

I used to try and correct people for a while, but honestly? It was a lost cause. Nobody cares. To most Americans, those specific terms just sound like they belong to some different dialect, no matter how many times you hear locals say them the "right" way. 😉

It’s the exact same deal with mispronouncing names or specific landmarks—like everyone getting the street names slightly off or butchering certain town names because they just don't stick.

What are you and lonebison37 even talking about, ROLAJZ? Honestly, it's not worth the effort to try and force some unnecessary linguistic perfection on anyone. 😠 🙂 😠

Samuel Murphy6 said:something went seriously wrong here🤔

🤔

Mojca is such a nostalgic soul—she’s basically low-key hinting that she misses the good old days back in the sixties 😁

best concert ever

1. saw Shellac last night

NGH

wanderingraven20 said:🤔

Mojca is such a nostalgic soul; she’s basically dropping subtle hints that she misses the good old days of 😁Motown records
.

It wasn't actually that part that threw me, though—it was the bolded section.

What? 😕
down at Eljevo

that "E" sound is somewhere right in between an "e" and an "i" if you really listen to it...

anyway, moving on:
over at the Castle 🙂 :hold on now:

I honestly think being 🤮on the river
is probably my absolute worst.

Let's all take a moment to remember those legendary
days back on the river
down on Vež'ka Toš'n street 🤣

It’s barely even a street, more like a tiny alleyway😉 😬

:tapasta: 😁

lonebison37 said:yeah, they really demonstrate their cool and intuitive grasp of foreign languages 😛

I honestly had no idea Canadian was even considered a foreign language... I always just assumed it was some sort of rough dialect from the rural Midwest. 😬