The Mong Shines

The Mong Shines

4 stars all the way for Mike M, a first for the man. But the highlight of the meeting and for the guy on the other end of the country was his dead on review of my Genesis greatest non-hits for the month. Brilliant!!! I find Mike sexier every day. That being said, the meeting was otherwise pretty uneventful. I had a stretch of horrible weeks at work so my lameness was apparent in my reviews. I will say that D’Arcy is convinced that I will, however, love ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, so even though I never received it I will hold judgment until I give it a proper review. I actually had more trouble with my own questions than I thought, but I hope everyone else had a good time with them, some of the responses were pretty good. Surprise of the month, Green Day’s long anticipated follow up just didn’t have the umph that everyone expected. Anyway, I’ll continue my lameness and wrap up my thoughts. Next month’s meeting has been rescheduled for Alan to July 14^th. I will be in California for a change, but I hope that y’all have fun and I’ll catch you in August.

Van Halen – Women and Children First – 4.5

Classic. This album can stand up next to any rock album out there. This really is a greatest hits cd on its own. I think that this cd has some of the best guitar riff that Van Halen has done.

The Thermals – Now we can See - 2

Ken might kill me for saying this, but am I wrong in thinking that this sounds a little Dylansesque? Actually a bit of Dylan meets Nick Lowe and the Fratellis. Not that there’s anything wrong with either, but I like them separate better. All in all nothing really original or exciting enough for me to get a woody over.

Genesis – Non-Greatest hits

I understand that Genesis is not for everybody and what Phil Collins has done solo over the years has probably hurt Genesis more than helped them. But, like them or not, Genesis and especially Peter Gabriel’s Genesis, was cutting edge even with all of the other art bands out at the time. All of the musicians admit that they tried to jam as much into each song as possible to really show off. This collection was full of interesting drum tracks that of course caught my ear as well as some memorable guitar.

Green Day – 1 Century

Greatest cd I haven’t heard this year. ( received this the evening before group, so in all fairness I can’t really give it a solid review)

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – So Divided

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this was the worst cd that I didn’t hear this year. (I will wait to actually hear it, thanks for re-sending it D'Arcy if you have a chance)

Favorite five one line lyrics.

Ride a white mare at the footsteps of dawn trying to a woman that’s never ever ever been born - Zeppelin

J’entends en coeur - Marillion

Five greatest songs that didn’t get airplay (that you know of)

AC/DC - Shake a Leg – Back in Black

Moody Blues – Talking out of Time – Long Distant Voyager

Queen – Innuendo – Innuendo

Every Radiohead song except – Creep

Type O Negative – Love you to Death – October Rust