Another for the Song Hall of Fame...  "Lithium" by Nirvana

It's that soft loud soft thing.

Here's a karaoke version...

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Right... It's been a bit over a year since I made my last update. So I spent a little time mulling over it and am making some slight changes ( Read more... )

Back in October of 2010, I made a list of my top 100 favourite recording artists, then in January 2014 I revised the order of the rankings.... And now, here I am back again revising the list ( Read more... )

Right.... Another song for my HoF of Songs I like... "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

Ah, well, I remember when Kurt Cobain died. Everyone knows the song... so here's a mashup with the Jackson 5.

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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana shot and killed himself 20 tears ago today, on April 5, 1994.

I remember hearing it on the radio. I was at work at Teradyne where I was a night shift test supervisor. I was a pretty big Nirvana fan at the time too, so it was a bit of a shock I guess. I remember going around and telling other people the news that night at ( Read more... )

Here are the music artists that I rank the same or slightly better or worse (less than 10 places difference) as *this website*... All are in the top 100.

Diff in rankings My rank Artist5 94 Eric Clapton ( Read more... )

Last time I made a list like this was back in 2010 and it was the top 100.  Three years ago.  Well, things can change in three years...  not TOO much, but a bit.  The artists in the top 25 are all the same but I've changed the order a little, mainly based on how many songs have been added to my favourites list in the past three years (but not ONLY ( Read more... )

Events in my life 15 years ago... from my journal:

January 1996

- Nephew Peter is a month old and Nephew Michael is about a year and a half.  Unfortunately, I turn 31.  "I got a walkman from my parents.  Michael liked Pearl Jam when it came thru the Walkman...  Petie was more into Nirvana..."

February 1996

- Primary season starts !!  (which I'm ( Read more... )

Here are some lists of voting results from a rock and roll hall of fame re-voting project I was involved with...

Future Eligibles That We Feel Should Be Enshrined As Performers:

Guns 'n Roses - 2012
Soundgarden - 2012
Pixies - 2013
Public Enemy - 2013
N. W. A. - 2014
Nirvana - 2014
Green Day - 2015
Nine Inch Nails - 2015
Alice In Chains - 2016
Blur - 2016
Jane ( Read more... )

A website I look at asked people to compile their lists, so I spent some time this morning arranging it thusly  (as well as a short early influence list at the bottom):

ranking of my 100 favorite "rock" artists (Oct 26, 2010)

1 The Beatles
2 Bob Dylan
3 The Doors
4 John Lennon
5 Ramones
6 The Beach Boys
7 Leonard Cohen
8 The Kinks
9 The Clash
10 Johnny Cash
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