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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Don Jacob on July 17, 2007, 04:08:30 PM
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lol too funny
Much of the rock 'n' roll and pop canon is well established.
Buying the albums of `60s and `70s acts like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley is akin to a rite of passage for any young music fan. These are the artists that baby boomers love to keep buying, and with whom seemingly every teenager at some point experiments. (Remember A.J. hearing Bob Dylan for the first time in the "Sopranos" finale?)
Now that the `80s and `90s are ancient history, what albums are people still buying from those decades? Do critical favorites like Radiohead and the Pixies grow more popular with time? Or do the Backstreet Boys and Madonna still rule the charts?
The short answer is that, above all, people are buying vintage Metallica, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Guns 'N Roses and, well, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
AC/DC's "Back in Black" (1980) last year sold 440,000 copies and has thus far sold 156,000 this year, according to the Nielsen SoundScan catalog charts, which measure how well physical albums older than two years old are selling. (All figures for this article were provided by Nielsen SoundScan.)
Those "Back in Black" numbers would make most contemporary CDs a success. Metallica's self-titled 1991 album is altogether the second-biggest selling album of the Nielsen SoundScan era, which began in 1991. "Metallica" sold 275,000 copies last year.
Bon Jovi's greatest hits collection "Cross Road" last year sold 324,000 copies, while Guns 'N Roses "Appetite for Destruction" (1987) sold 113,000. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" (1996) continues to be a holiday favorite; it was bought 289,000 times last year.
Greatest hits compilations are counted as catalog releases, and account for the majority of vintage best-sellers. Artists that commercially peaked in the `80s or `90s that have had lucrative best-of collections include Garth Brooks, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tim McGraw, Creed, Queen, Tom Petty, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Def Leppard, Aerosmith and Lionel Richie.
U2, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Dave Matthews Band and the ever-touring Jimmy Buffett also all continue to sell large amounts of old records.
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Good, "hip hop" needs to stop selling records until better product is put out, maybe then the demand for good hip hop will be answered
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Good, "hip hop" needs to stop selling records until better product is put out, maybe then the demand for good hip hop will be answered
well said
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metallica has sold over 100 million albums $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!
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GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!
hands down the best rock band ever!!!!! AXL N Slash is BY FAR the best combo ever!!
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GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!
hands down the best rock band ever!!!!! AXL N Slash is BY FAR the best combo ever!!
Better then Cam and JOnes ?lol
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GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!
hands down the best rock band ever!!!!! AXL N Slash is BY FAR the best combo ever!!
Better then Cam and JOnes ?lol
yes
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+1 to u
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GUNS N FUCKING ROSES!!!!!!
hands down the best rock band ever!!!!! AXL N Slash is BY FAR the best combo ever!!
well one of the best combos
there're one of my all time fav's no doubt but there's still'
McCartney and Lennon
Hetfield and Ulrich
Richards and Jagger
EVH and Diamond Dave
Simmons and Stanley (ace sometimes too)
dimebag and vinny paul
Arraya and King
Murry and Harris
Downing and Tipton
Page and Plant
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^^all good choices but none had as much talent, energy, and charisma as AXL and Slash. and you cant forget about Izzy and Duff. And Matt Sorum was also a amazing replacement behind Adler, GNR really is the G.O.A.T.
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Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
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Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
no chance! Metallica was way to 1 dimensional. GNR could do it all, just listen to Welcome to The Jungle and then November Rain, LOL they were a million times more talented then Metallica could ever be.
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i like both but ... and justice for all is my favorite metal album
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Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
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Metallica>>>>>Guns N roses
no chance! Metallica was way to 1 dimensional. GNR could do it all, just listen to Welcome to The Jungle and then November Rain, LOL they were a million times more talented then Metallica could ever be.
you have no idea what you're talking about,lol
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I'm not a big Metallica fan so I'll say GNR>>Metallica.
I'll take The Doors over any band. That's just me though.
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Just more proof that downloading isn't killing record sales, it's these fucking clueless businessmen thinking they understand how to make dope music today. I can't wait till all the majors are extinct.
Love GNR, but they aren't the GOAT's. Easily one of the GOAT's of the last 20 years though, no doubt. And for the record, Matt Sorum is a very average drummer at best.
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^^^ LOL Matt Sorum is a very good drummer. and Jake GNR is sooo mucb more diverse the boring ass Metallica
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^^^ LOL Matt Sorum is a very good drummer. and Jake GNR is sooo mucb more diverse the boring ass Metallica
lol steven adler is/was a better drummer than matt sorum.
Lars> Steven Adler> matt Sorum>>new guy
James Hetfield>>>>>>>>>>izzy, gilby, new guys
Kirk Hammett>Slash (slash is cooler though, but hammett shreds slash at guitar)
Cliff Burton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>robert Trujillo>Duff> Jason Newsted
James Hetfield>Axle Rose
GNR arn't more diverse than metallica. GNR , as much as i love them, were a harder edged Bon Jovi with a better guitarist (Slash>>>>>>>>>>>>>ritchie) . Metallica wrote new age symphanies. For you to say Metallica isn't diverse is hysterical. They wrote songs with flamenco, country western, classical, mid eastern, thrash metal, traditional metal, 2nd wave american heavy metal, punk, classic rock, ect. ect. and not to mention the depth of the lyrics were far far far superior. all guns n roses ever talked about was sex, drugs, alcahol, and bad relationships ....metallica on the other hand after Kill Em got real deep....
Ride The Lightning
1. Fight Fire with Fire- a song about Nuclear Holocaust
2. Ride The Lightning- a song against Capitol Punishment
3. For Whom the bell tolls- from Ernest Hemingway's book about the Spanish Civil War
4. Fade to Black- about a man who is struggling with suicidal thoughts
5. Trapped Under Ice- about a man who died in Denmark who froze to death
6. Escape- a song about escaping from thosewho keep you from doing what you want to do/be
7. Creeping Death- About the bible story of the Plague of the Firstborn (Exodus. 12. 29)
8. call of Ktulu- an instrumental piece about the rise of HP Lovecrafts monster who awakens and creates havac , very very very VISUAL instrumental pieace
Master of Puppets
1. Battery- about how powerful anger can be and how it can control many people's feeligns
2. Master Of puppets- an anti drug song about cocaine and how it control's people's lives while destorying them
3. The Thing That should not be- a prequel in a sense to the call of Ktulu which talks abouit the story of HP lovecrafts character
4. (welcome Home) Sanitarium- About the movie/story , One Flew over the Coo Coo's Nest, and the control institutions have on people
5. Disposable Heroes- about the way the military treats soldiers in the infantry
6. Lepar messiah- ABout phony priests and televangelists who collect people's money while controlling their lives for profit
7. Orion- an instrumental piece about the constellation orion, again VERY VERY visual
8. Damage Inc. - a protest of conformity in the military
....And Justice for all
1. Blackened- Another Song about Nuclear warfare and the end of the world
2. ....and justice for all- about the corruption in the legal system and the government and how it's all controlled with money
3. Eye of the Beholder- about the lack of freedom of speech and censorship
4. One- about the story of "johnny get your gun" about a kid who goes to war and loses his sight, hearing, and speech, while losing his legs and arms as well.
5. Shortest Straw- about McCarthyism and how people were black listed for being "communist"
6. Harvestor of Sorrow- another anti drug song about how drugs tear people apart
7. Frayed Ends of Sanity- about paranoid schyzophrenia
8. To Live is to Die- a collection of riffs that Cliff Burton Wrote before he died, a tribute to him
9. Dyers Eve- about isolation and parental anger
Metallica
1. Enter Sandman- about nightmares
2. Sad But True- about coming to terms about how evil or bad a person is when looking in the mirror
3. Holier than Though- a song about christians who judge others harshly but do worse things than those they jduge
4. The Unforgiven- about boy who goes throughout his life misunderstood and dies the same way
5. Wherever i may roam- about touring essencially
6. dont' tread on me- a condemnation of blind patriotism during times of war
7. through the never- song about the never ending pursuit of knowledge
8. Nothing Else Matters- love song to an ex girl friend about missing her on the road
9. of wolf and man- a song about lycanthropy
10. the god that failed- a song against the christian science church and their anti medicine policies
11. my friend of misery- an outsiders view of self pitty
12. The struggle within- song about about a self destructive personality
metallica is deep! and definately has more than one dimentions
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^^i appreciate all of that,I really do. but cmon man!! how can u say kirk is better than slash!?!?! that is fuckin crazy. and how can u see james is better than Axl!?!?! Axl's voice and lyrics were wayyy better than Hetfield's. and how could u say James played better guitar than Izzy!?!?! thats crazy homie
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^^^ LOL Matt Sorum is a very good drummer. and Jake GNR is sooo mucb more diverse the boring ass Metallica
lol steven adler is/was a better drummer than matt sorum.
Lars> Steven Adler> matt Sorum>>new guy
James Hetfield>>>>>>>>>>izzy, gilby, new guys
Kirk Hammett>Slash (slash is cooler though, but hammett shreds slash at guitar)
Cliff Burton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>robert Trujillo>Duff> Jason Newsted
James Hetfield>Axle Rose
GNR arn't more diverse than metallica. GNR , as much as i love them, were a harder edged Bon Jovi with a better guitarist (Slash>>>>>>>>>>>>>ritchie) . Metallica wrote new age symphanies. For you to say Metallica isn't diverse is hysterical. They wrote songs with flamenco, country western, classical, mid eastern, thrash metal, traditional metal, 2nd wave american heavy metal, punk, classic rock, ect. ect. and not to mention the depth of the lyrics were far far far superior. all guns n roses ever talked about was sex, drugs, alcahol, and bad relationships ....metallica on the other hand after Kill Em got real deep....
Ride The Lightning
1. Fight Fire with Fire- a song about Nuclear Holocaust
2. Ride The Lightning- a song against Capitol Punishment
3. For Whom the bell tolls- from Ernest Hemingway's book about the Spanish Civil War
4. Fade to Black- about a man who is struggling with suicidal thoughts
5. Trapped Under Ice- about a man who died in Denmark who froze to death
6. Escape- a song about escaping from thosewho keep you from doing what you want to do/be
7. Creeping Death- About the bible story of the Plague of the Firstborn (Exodus. 12. 29)
8. call of Ktulu- an instrumental piece about the rise of HP Lovecrafts monster who awakens and creates havac , very very very VISUAL instrumental pieace
Master of Puppets
1. Battery- about how powerful anger can be and how it can control many people's feeligns
2. Master Of puppets- an anti drug song about cocaine and how it control's people's lives while destorying them
3. The Thing That should not be- a prequel in a sense to the call of Ktulu which talks abouit the story of HP lovecrafts character
4. (welcome Home) Sanitarium- About the movie/story , One Flew over the Coo Coo's Nest, and the control institutions have on people
5. Disposable Heroes- about the way the military treats soldiers in the infantry
6. Lepar messiah- ABout phony priests and televangelists who collect people's money while controlling their lives for profit
7. Orion- an instrumental piece about the constellation orion, again VERY VERY visual
8. Damage Inc. - a protest of conformity in the military
....And Justice for all
1. Blackened- Another Song about Nuclear warfare and the end of the world
2. ....and justice for all- about the corruption in the legal system and the government and how it's all controlled with money
3. Eye of the Beholder- about the lack of freedom of speech and censorship
4. One- about the story of "johnny get your gun" about a kid who goes to war and loses his sight, hearing, and speech, while losing his legs and arms as well.
5. Shortest Straw- about McCarthyism and how people were black listed for being "communist"
6. Harvestor of Sorrow- another anti drug song about how drugs tear people apart
7. Frayed Ends of Sanity- about paranoid schyzophrenia
8. To Live is to Die- a collection of riffs that Cliff Burton Wrote before he died, a tribute to him
9. Dyers Eve- about isolation and parental anger
Metallica
1. Enter Sandman- about nightmares
2. Sad But True- about coming to terms about how evil or bad a person is when looking in the mirror
3. Holier than Though- a song about christians who judge others harshly but do worse things than those they jduge
4. The Unforgiven- about boy who goes throughout his life misunderstood and dies the same way
5. Wherever i may roam- about touring essencially
6. dont' tread on me- a condemnation of blind patriotism during times of war
7. through the never- song about the never ending pursuit of knowledge
8. Nothing Else Matters- love song to an ex girl friend about missing her on the road
9. of wolf and man- a song about lycanthropy
10. the god that failed- a song against the christian science church and their anti medicine policies
11. my friend of misery- an outsiders view of self pitty
12. The struggle within- song about about a self destructive personality
metallica is deep! and definately has more than one dimentions
props for this
Its true Metallica wrote sumphonie untill the black album were they became "more rock"
i disagree on the comparasions of axl -james slash and kikr hammett tho.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/gJmf9H7P8l0 http://www.youtube.com/v/mKKbT3zyqtw
both are great guitarists , however kirk hammet is just too good
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^^^^slash is way better
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I don't really know whos actually better but Kirk has showed his talent off more than Slash.
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I don't really know whos actually better but Kirk has showed his talent off more than Slash.
how so? i dont even think its a comparison, slash is on another level
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i guess all of spice 2k7's posts in this thread are meant as comedy
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GNR>Metallica
Axl>James Hetfield
Slash>Kirk Hammett
Lars>Steven Adler
James Hetfield>Izzy Stradlin
Cliff Burton>Duff McKagan
imo
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(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b254/heinouzhak/24.jpg)
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I'll take Metallica as whole over GnR. The first 3 or 4 albums were amazing and so were the early live shows. But I'll take Slash over Kirk just because I prefer the more blues sound, and there isn't one single Metallica record I prefer over Appetite. And Axl alone is more talented than any single Metallica member. But I think Jagger/Richards historically were much more important and better than Axl/Slash since the duo part was brought up.
Now another name I saw in that first post about old artists selling today was my boy Bruce Springsteen, who outside of technical ability on the guitar when compared to Slash or Kirk (though he is amazing and much better than he lets on), destroys both bands on every level. Albums, Lyrics, Compositions, Singing and emoting, and Live Shows particularly.