YTSEJAM Digest 6376 Today's Topics: 1) Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall by cheryl 2) Re: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall by Mike Shetzer 3) Re: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall by WB Henderson 4) More faves of 2002 by "Paul W. Cashman" 5) John Mayer, was "rising from the dead" by "Dominic H. Kallas" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:09:31 -0800 From: cheryl To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall Message-ID: Saw this show Thursday night. I must say, whoever came up with the brilliant (?) idea of sticking Kings X between these 2 bands needs to be shot. Talk about a mismatch....as much as I like Kings X live, they just didn't belong, and 95% of the audience seemed bored during their set. That's OK tho...seeing Anders Johanssen play live from the front row of the pit was killer...so I advise anyone that may be seeing this show, do NOT miss Hammerfall. As cheesy as their songs and stage clothes are, they kicked ass. :-) cheryl ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:39:36 -0500 From: Mike Shetzer To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall Message-ID: <000601c28dc9$6c9e6ce0$9b00a8c0@SHETZ> Who is Hammerfall? Never heard of them.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall > Saw this show Thursday night. I must say, whoever came up with the > brilliant (?) idea of sticking Kings X between these 2 bands needs to be > shot. Talk about a mismatch....as much as I like Kings X live, they just > didn't belong, and 95% of the audience seemed bored during their set. > That's OK tho...seeing Anders Johanssen play live from the front row of > the pit was killer...so I advise anyone that may be seeing this show, do > NOT miss Hammerfall. As cheesy as their songs and stage clothes are, > they kicked ass. :-) > cheryl > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:41:18 -0500 From: WB Henderson To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Re: Dio/Kings X/Hammerfall Message-ID: >Who is Hammerfall? Never heard of them.... Think of every cheesy power metal stereotype out there transformed into a real-life band. I'm tempted to hit the Baltimore stop on this tour, but the ticket price is almost $30, real steep (too steep) for a club show. Are all the US dates similarly priced? Brian [NP...Genesis -- Live] ============================================= WB Henderson email_address_removed (or, if you prefer / that email_address_removed) ============================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:07:48 -0500 From: "Paul W. Cashman" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: More faves of 2002 Message-ID: > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:46:07 -0500 > From: Mike Shetzer > Subject: Re: rising from the dead > > I decided to post this to you guys too because, as Craig noted, there isn't > much to talk about these days it seems! > "On a note like this, I figured I would ask everyone's opinion to see if > they > agree that 2002 has been a GREAT year for new releases. MANY great prog > artists released fabulous albums, among a few: > Opeth- Deliverance > Echolyn- Mei > Planet X- moonbabies > DT- 6DoIT > PT- In Absentia > RPWL- Trying To Kiss The Sun > Symphony X- The Odyssey > Flower Kings- Unfold The Future > Kaipa- Notes from The Past > Spock's Beard- Snow > Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight > Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane Ozric Tentacles, LIVE AT THE PONGMASTERS BALL Superior, ULTIMA RATIO Green Carnation, LIGHT OF DAY, DAY OF DARKNESS Soilwork, NATURAL BORN CHAOS Devin Townsend, TERRIA (or was that 2001? :)) (to add a few) -- +--- Paul W. Cashman, ICQ #4151223 www.paulcashman.com ----+ | email: email_address_removed | | website address: http://home.attbi.com/~pellaz | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:54:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Dominic H. Kallas" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: John Mayer, was "rising from the dead" Message-ID: Hello, As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on John Mayer. While I do not dispute that he posseses some sort of musicianship, especially at his age of 24, I think time will tell if he has the chops to make seriously substantial sounds. After all, when Mr Mayer was a toddler, people were thinking that Christopher Cross (responsible for such mellow tunes as "Sailing") was a display of remarkable talent, but that assessment is dubious today, IMO, due to his choice of sounds and imagery. For his sake and for the sake of humanity, I hope that John Mayer doesn't become this generation's Christopher Cross. I seriously think, woot and all you musical mavens here on the Jam, that people like John Mayer and Jack Johnston, among others, would not be enjoying this much exposure if it weren't for the success of another short-haired singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar: Dave Matthews. Now hear me out on this one: Dave and his collaborators are great musicians who are excellent peformers and artists. Of course, DMB have gained massive success due to mellow songs like "Satellite" and "Crash Into Me," but it is clear that they take more musical chances than the whole lot of "adult-alternative" or "adult contemporary" acts that are present on the American airwaves today. However, it is easier for those who aspire to be Dave Matthews to appropriate his mellow vibe (as in the case of John "Don't call me Oscar" Mayer) than to incorporate his intricate, almost insane musical passages. Thanks for reading! Electronically, Dom PS. DT content: SFAM "rocks nadz." On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 ytsejam@torchsong.com wrote: > From: craig w > To: ytsejam@torchsong.com > Subject: rising from the dead > Message-ID: > > What's up ye 'jammers, it's woot. While suffering from the fall of the > 'jam from its mighty perch atop the heap of cool DT organizations to > belong to is understandable, I reckon we should at least keep the > occasional discussion going. With that in mind, a few musical thoughts, > mostly NDTC. The goal here is get people to talk about other bands that > they're into, since DT news is slow right now. Who isn't always looking > for new stuff to download anyway? > > I've recently discovered John Mayer. Any other JM fans on here? I hate > radio music as much as anybody, but download "Man on the Side" and > "Neon" (especially the jazzed out 5.18.00 version if you like your tunes > with noodles) off your favorite file swapping service (I prefer Kazaa > lite) and consider how many CDs he's sold, and I'd say the future of > popular music could be taking a turn for the better. His songs have also > been good for my guitar playing ability. I've got 7 of his songs to > performance level and while not super speedy, he uses some freakishly > cool chords. His lyrics are generally excellent as far as love > songs/frustrated ex-boyfriend songs/I'm lost and lonely type songs go. > ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 6376 ************************** === Contributions to ytsejam: ytsejam@torchsong.com === === Send requests to: ytsejam-request@torchsong.com === === Brought by the ghost of ytsejam@arastar.coms past === === Reach the owner of this list at: ytsejam-owner@torchsong.com ===