YTSEJAM Digest 2689 Today's Topics: 1) Ha ha!! by durnik 2) VAI by Sebastjan Videc 3) Symphony-X, Stratavarius by "Trevor W. Hoit" 4) To the METAL half of DT fans by email_address_removed 5) Mumblings and jumblings by Nigel Bridgeman 6) RE: Mumblings and jumblings by "Trevor W. Hoit" 7) SHOOO-RYU-KEN!! by "S. Borzilleri" 8) Re: Glam...again.. : ) by email_address_removed (Scott Cook) 9) Bafu Vai :) by "Vincent G. LuPone" 10) Re: Glam and stuff by email_address_removed (Scott Cook) 11) NDTC - MIB by durnik 12) Re: JP's video by WhiteWolf 13) King's X by "S. Borzilleri" 14) Marillion by Steffen Barabasch 15) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2688 by Madelaine 16) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2687 by email_address_removed (Barb Battaglia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:55:37 -0700 (MST) From: durnik To: email_address_removed Subject: Ha ha!! Message-ID: Ha ha, to the forger of Chris Merlo's e-mail account... Chris doesn't have any current CD orders in to cancel!! All of his CDs were just reservations. Joke's on you! Nice try, trying to get money out of me for nothing. Fat fuckin' chance. Given that I know Chris face to face, this was really fairly amateur of you, whoever you are. Anyway, it was also I (email_address_removed) who did the King's X review, and since in the same message you say you needed _my_ e-mail address... well, let's just say it's high time the joke ended. Who are you anyway? My bet is on someone I or Chris have pissed off in the past. Jeremy Haynes? Everyone: do NOT trust any e-mail messages from me that are of a distinctly contradictory nature to my usual stuff.. most of you know me well enough to have a bullshit detector on. Not only can you all easily confirm with my home phone number (many of you know it) but Melissa is on the net as well and it's fairly easy to crosscheck this stuff. Forger: why not just quit now. I think it's amusing, but it's no laughing matter with Chris. And he has the know-how to really give you a rectal weedwhacking, computerwise. Oh, and just to confirm it because people are already posting erroneous info to the contrary... PT, DW, VS are already shipping, and AS and E2E aren't yet. - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 10:01:33 +0200 From: Sebastjan Videc To: "No religion, just music and DT" Subject: VAI Message-ID: <33BB5C5D.BFC76C1@uni-mb.si> I always thought that Vai attended Berklee... At least that's what I saw/heard in an interview with him... Btw. he has something to show off with(his ability to play guitar)... See ya! -- <<- And from an Ivory tower hears her call Let the light surround you!!! ->> Kevin Moore Sebastjan Videc aka StDeVil on IRC Sebastjan.Videc@uni-mb.si http://tferi4.uni-mb.si/~videc <<- Oh my God, it's full of stars ->> 2001 - A space Oddysey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 01:20:42 -0700 From: "Trevor W. Hoit" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Symphony-X, Stratavarius Message-ID: > Thinkin about ordering Symphony X Divine Wings. >I didn't like Echolyn or Shadow Gallery (the only dissapointments >I've had with Jammer recomendations). Not heavy 'nuff for my >tastes. Symphony-X is another must have, imo. They have lots of classical keyboards much like the newer Stratovarius cds. Speaking of the new Strat, Visions, why did they use the same intro to both tracks 1 and 11? > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 01:28:32 -0700 (MST) From: email_address_removed To: Ytsejam Mailing List Subject: To the METAL half of DT fans Message-ID: I'm sure other people here have heard of Pist On by now...I haven't checked any of thier stuff out yet, but that tune they play on the radio all the time here on KUPD is just SOOOOOOOOo sadistic and evil sounding...at least the vocals are. Chorus is like "S'cuse me if I'm wrong, but I need some encouragement, Thank you for being so bold...(snip)" *cheer 'cuz 'Breakin' the Law' just started on the radio* Anyhoo, if anybody has any info on this band and their material, I'm interested. From that song alone they sound like a cross between Megadeth and TON. Viele Danke. ~Eckie ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 18:51:22 +1000 From: Nigel Bridgeman To: email_address_removed Subject: Mumblings and jumblings Message-ID: Greetings --- Someone was talking about King's X: Dogman is brilliant, I love it. I honestly cannot understand why people don't like it so much... weird... --- A chap going by the name of Mark said: >In Mike Bahr analysis of King's X, he says that there "Legal Kill" is the >only pro-life rock song in existence. Doesn't Galatic Cowboys' "If I Were a >Killer" also have a pro-life vibe. I don't want to start abortion as a topic >of discussion here on the jam, I just want to address that song as having a >pro-life stance. "If I Were a Killer" is about abortion? I'm the world's worst person when it comes to figuring out what songs are about... shoot, I'll have to read the lyrics again... I can think of other pro-life rock songs: Another Day OK, I can't think of any others off-hand, but they're out there! --- Someone who's name I just deleted by mistake said: > My favorite "kings of guitar" are: >1. Satch >2. Nuno >3. Petrucci >4. Vai >5. Friedman >6. Hammet (just kidding) >6. Mustaine >7. Becker >8. Malmsteen >9. My friend John >These guys are in a league of their own: >10. Clapton >11. Alex Liefson I choose to take it upon myself to edit your list and tell you what should be there, because that's how obnoxious I am: Firstly, I'd get rid of Steve Vai because he made me wait for 2 hours in the boiling heat to see him, and that really pissed me off. I'd also remove Nuno because I don't like More Than Words (ok, I had to think of a reason). I haven't heard any of Yngwie's stuff, but he can stay because we share the same birthday (I think - June 30, ja?) Then add the following: Randy Rhoads Adrian Smith CC DeVille Um, scrap that last one... --- >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 97 01:39:11 -0400 >From: email_address_removed (Christopher R. Merlo) >Subject: King's X overview and other subtleties >Message-ID: Cool, I spotted a fake post! Woo :) >Mike Bahr, please e-mail me. I lost your e-mail address, and I'm >forced to take desperate economic measures and cancel all my CD >orders. Bummer... >Whoever you are who posted the King's X overview (I think it was >someone with the address of email_address_removed or something), that >was a really good breakdown of all of King's X's stuff. I plan on >grabbing a few of their discs the next time I get some moolah. Too >much of my money these days is being spent on male hookahs. You gotta cut down, D! Male hookahs should be used in moderation. Or just go cold turkey... >Sorry again for the clutter, folks. If you were sorry you wouldn't have done it... --- Nothing else much to say... Currently in the CD player: Savatage - Streets Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare Helloween - Live in the UK Rush - Counterparts Love, Spiff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:12:45 -0700 From: "Trevor W. Hoit" To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: RE: Mumblings and jumblings Message-ID: >Firstly, I'd get rid of Steve Vai because he made me wait for 2 hours in >the boiling heat to see him, and that really pissed me off. I know you are probably joking, but this brings up an interesting topic. Just because you had to wait 2 hours to see him, doesn't make him any less of guitar player. I don't understand people who think like this. Same with people who will stop listening to a band's old stuff because thier new cd sucks, or if they have some personal problem with the band. I'm sure the guys in lots of bands that I listen to are jerks. What do I care? I like thier music. And why return your Milli Vanilli disc because those two poseur's didn't really sing on it? You bought it because you liked the songs, right? If it turned out James had been lip-syncing all this time would you stop listening to DT? I think not. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:18:38 -0700 (PDT) From: "S. Borzilleri" To: Dreamt Heater Subject: SHOOO-RYU-KEN!! Message-ID: Without a heading, Andrew Forcier wrote: > > a Street Fighter player. We tried out SF3 > > A game for pansies and half-wits. Step up to the plate and play Mortal > Kombat... A game for sweepers and sleepers. I'll take dorky cartoons over digitized real-people animation any day if the action is faster the the game's controls REACT to your moves. Most people lose at Street Fighter because they push too many buttons and jerk the controller all to hell, thinking it's one of those maple-syrupy games...like Mortal Kombat. It's not that these people don't have good combos in mind, it's just that the game is so sensitive that they handcuff themselves trying to do too much at once. But I digress. This is a Dream Theater list after all, and until it is confirmed that a member of the band actually visits video arcades (or has a home game system) I shall discuss this foolishness no longer. (hey Mike Bahr, can you ask Mike Portnoy if the band likes Street Fighter??) ---- > From: Adam Barnhart > Subject: Jim Frey Cook > > Yeah, when something's played in sort of a linear way, it's a lot less > difficult to pull off, but when you really have to split your brain -- a > la Stu or Michael Manring (I'm talking bassists here, obviously) -- I > just get off the bus. Take piano lessons. > Oh, incidentally, I'm a gay deaf and blind midget necrophiliac mud > wrestler from Burkina Faso without arms who has a "special" relationship > with his pet heifer, Bessy... Boasting a resume like that, how could Michael Jackson possibly refuse you? I mean, since Jennifer Batten was fired from the amusement park they haven't had a good cotton-candy maker in months... I am at the moment looking for an Extra-Large shirt from the Queensryche tour. I have a large which doesn't fit (ALWAYS try it on at the venue!) and am wondering if anyone out there is going to see them soon. (Is the tour over?) Anyway, it's the one with the sepia-toned shot of the band with the large ear on the front, and "Queensryche World Tour" with an outline of the QR bat and the tour dates on the back. It's the plainest shirt available. Does anyone have an XL they'd be willing to trade for an L, or could anyone pick up an XL at a show with the intention of later wearing an L? From what I remember they were the same price, $23. Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:05:14 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Glam...again.. : ) Message-ID: >> Metal never left. Glam's dead because the music sucked. Kind of like >> Disco. If the music was good then the Village People would still be >> playing arenas. Like the old saying goes, the cream rises to the >top. This was replied to as Jon writing it, but I did. I don't think it's fair that someone has to take the heat for what I write. >Uh, you may wanna check the latest 97 tour schedule for the Village >People at: http://www.gryphon.com/village-people/ They are the headliners of a 70's revival tour which I forgot the name. But we know that there's no chance of confusing the Village People with Rush. ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 02:36:15 -0600 From: "Vincent G. LuPone" To: email_address_removed Subject: Bafu Vai :) Message-ID: >Re: Vince LuPone & Ass-Biting (fwd) Ya know, I'm never gonna forget this ;)~ hahaha, thanks Steve :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 01:51:53 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Scott Cook) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Glam and stuff Message-ID: ******************************************************************************************* Mary had a little lamb she kept in her backyard and when she took her panties off his wooly DICK got hard. - Dice ****************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************* On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:04:49 -0700 (PDT) "Jeremy P. Kube" writes: >.Metal will make a comeback.. it's just a matter of time. Until then, I will >listen to the bands that survived the weed-out. If there's is one good thing to say about these old bands it's that now that these bands are coming back they're main focus is the music not the image. Scott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 03:08:43 -0700 (MST) From: durnik To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC - MIB Message-ID: Go see Men In Black. Just do it. Don't expect action... expect comedy. I about split a gut during that movie... some of the inside humour is just unreal, and the obvious stuff is acted so well I laughed anyway. - Mike Bahr - email_address_removed - http://www.goodnet.com/~durnik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 04:59:56 -0500 From: WhiteWolf To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: JP's video Message-ID: >In John Petrucci's instructional video, There's a nice heavy riff or >power chord passage that he's playing with the rest of the band just >before he talks about being at berklee and stuff. What song is that >from??? I don't think I've heard it before. > I believe those sequences are from soundchecks. Perhaps it's an as yet unwritten, that is to say partially written, DT song. L8r ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Open your eyes...and your mind will follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 04:00:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "S. Borzilleri" To: Wet Dream Theater Subject: King's X Message-ID: > From: durnik > Subject: King's X recommendations based on Dogman... I love it when Mike does this. I hope someone's cataloguing this stuff, we could release a Ytsejam Listening Guide along with the FAQ. Then Mike Bahr could join D-Man and scream at people to "READ THE FUQING LISTENING GUIDE!!" :) > Actually, Dogman is the least King's-X-y of all the KX albums. On > Dogman, only Fool You and Cigarettes seem to capture the essence of the > band, and then only in amounts not quite as full as on other albums. "Dogman" was the album that pushed me over the edge and convinced me that King's X were capable of making really really good music. I had heard "Faith Hope Love," but it waaasn't quite my sort of stuff. Then in 1994 a friend of mine named Craig Pawlak played me "Dogman" in his car while driving about 80mph. The combination of heavy guitars, heavy drums, Mario Andretti flipping us off on the highway for cutting him off, and stellar harmonies on songs like "Shoes" sold me on the band. Now I have all of their albums, and I like them ALL. I can't say this about Slaughter, so that should clue you in as to the caliber of King's X songwriting abilities. Of course, had I just heard "Gretchen Goes To Nebraska" sometime before 1996 I probably would have gotten into the band years ago. :) > If you want to experience King's X and make them a part of your musical > pantheon (add them to the soundtrack of your life, as it were) then you > need to hear the following songs. Most KX fans have all the CDs and > will readily play them for you, but they're best heard by yourself > without distractions. Isn't that weird, how most King's X fans have all of their albums? If only White Lion could have been so lucky, man they never would've broken up if they had had fans like King's X... > GGTN is KX's best album, probably followed by Ear Candy, which fell > just a notch short. I picked the best four, but they weren't very easy > picks. Interesting how in this case, "best" is defined as "the one most King's X fans agree is the best." Not that Mike Bahr is wrong, I agree, and 90% of the KX fans out there would probably agree, too. It's just that sometimes I wish the Judicial Branch contained more King's X fans. > Finally, Legal Kill, perhaps the only pro-life rock song in existence, > is actually a very exquisite song in addition to being a religious and > political statement of belief. "Legal Kill" is a pro-life song? > from King's X: > The Big Picture > The World Around Me > Black Flag > > As you may note, I couldn't even pick a fourth from this album. ?!?!?! * * * * L O S T I N G E R M A N Y * * * * > Plus, most KX albums can be had for $5-7 at used CD shops, except Ear > Candy, which is actually rather hard to find and had a very low print > run. Ear Candy had a low print run? Good thing I got those promotional posters signed by the band when I did, then... Bafu Vai ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 13:29:44 +0200 From: Steffen Barabasch To: email_address_removed Subject: Marillion Message-ID: Hi! I'd say start with "Clutching at Straws", just because it's the album that got me into Marillion. It's very accessible, some sugar sweet melodies, but it's never cheesy. I don't like "Misplaced Childhood" very much, it's a concept album without concept. Just like "Brave" which could have been a strong concept album, if they'd just left out "Paper Lies", "Made Again", and "Falling from the Moon" and included the ending of the "The Great Escape"-single! (Like they did in the "Brave"-movie, didn't they?) Steffen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 06:47:07 -0500 From: Madelaine To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2688 Message-ID: > YTSEJAM Digest 2688 >From: "Brian Reeves" > Thinkin about ordering Symphony X Divine Wings. >I didn't like Echolyn or Shadow Gallery (the only dissapointments >I've had with Jammer recomendations). Not heavy 'nuff for my >tastes. Well, in *my* opinion, you should take it, run away with it into a small, dark room, jam your headphones on, and listen. That way no one can see the drool running out of your mouth. ;) Then again, I happen to like Shadow Gallery... >From: email_address_removed (Christopher R. Merlo) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Subject: King's X overview and other subtleties >Message-ID: DAMN! So close, and yet so far, again. This *is* from the freak impostor, I believe... >From: "S. Borzilleri" >Aren't you paying attention to that opening *zzziiip*? Geez, everyone >thinks that that's something being UNzipped, but it's obviously not. It's >a woman zipping up a jumpsuit so she can go skydiving. She just likes to >give blowjobs WHILE skydiving... Just be careful when you land. ;) "Just think, Sarah, if we can reanimate dead flesh, the prosecution's case is out the window!" <> -Maddy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 08:32:11 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed (Barb Battaglia) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2687 Message-ID: >>2. Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 >>3. Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 > >Very cool choices. When I took music in school, we listened to King of the >Delta Blues for a week and it was pure torture. I couldn't really appreciate >it cause I was stuck in my "it's gotta be in E harmonic minor or it ain't >cool" phase. It took a few blues shows to really bring me back into reality. >I still find certain tracks a little too *raw* for my tastes, but it's >definitely worth a try for anyone who has heard him before Agreed. I have a link on one of my web pages to Robert Johnson. His own personal story is quite interesting. I'm still surprised that this guy accomplished what he did by ear and at such a young age. He had quite an influence on a couple of the great guitarists today (Richards & Clapton). -BABS ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2689 **************************