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So what songs make ya laugh? Out loud. It can be shocked, ironic, subtle, bitter, whatever. Just as long as it makes ya chuckle, bark, titter, guffaw. Anything. There are no rules. Except one: You gotta bring the funny. Here’s … Continue reading Music: Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Laugh.
Welcome to What’s the Concept?! Every week, we’ll take a look at one of the greatest concepts albums in rock history. For this first edition, we have one of the first and most prolific in the concept album game: The … Continue reading What’s the Concept Heals Tommy
This post was put up by a banned user. The Avocado does not condone their actions and preserves their threads for the sake of the conversations in the comments. List your 25 songs by the letter. Feel free to make fun … Continue reading 25 Songs by Letter: “B” edition
Been listening to music on shuffle play? Want an opportunity to show off your impeccable taste in music? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Even if you haven’t been shuffling today but listened to an amazing random mix of … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread is HERE
The game is simple! Post a few lines of lyrics and let others try to guess who performed the song! Rules: NO CHEATING by using a search engine! This is only going to be fun if you use your own … Continue reading Name That Band! (By These Lyrics)
This post was put up by a banned user. The Avocado does not condone their actions and preserves their threads for the sake of the conversations in the comments. OK, this is going to be a cool new game where we … Continue reading Name Your 25 Favorite “A” Songs
This is a repost of the most popular thread I ever created back on the ol’ stompin’ channel. Thought I’d give it another go-around in the new digs! Nope. Not quite. Closer. This is the “best by” thread – where … Continue reading The “Best By” Thread
Post two albums you think are comparable in some way, and people can debate over which is better. Continue reading Album Battles
The full chart from November 7, 1970 How’s the chart as a whole? Shockingly primitive. Perhaps in backlash to hippie excess, this week’s chart (from the earliest days of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40) is loaded with blues-rock growlers and … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: November 7, 1970
These fellers have brought me so much joy throughout the years. Formed in Iowa of all places, but they were smart enough to get the heck out of there and over to San Francisco in the late 80s. To give … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Summer, 1979. Paul McCartney is in his home studio in Scotland, perhaps depressed, admittedly discouraged. His musical group isn’t working out the way he’d like. Their last album hasn’t been well received by the critics. Perhaps it’s time to move … Continue reading Album Spotlight: Paul McCartney – McCartney II
My kids have spoiled a lot of music I used to love. For instance, once I was in the car and this popped up on my iPod: I turned it up, digging the groove, and my teenagers reacted with outraged … Continue reading Music: The Wake-Up Bomb: Songs You Now Hear Differently
NOTE: This was originally posted on March 26, 2016. This version has been updated to cover material the band has released since then. Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Deftones
Welcome to this re-post of an Avocado Artist Spotlight on Chapel Hill guitar heroes Archers of Loaf: four guys who made rock music that was frequently full of off-kilter eccentricity, unbridled aggression (burly, arty garage-punk? Apocalyptic noise-pop?), and a strange, … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Archers of Loaf
Fleetwood Mac is really 4 or 5 different, only tangentially related bands. Starting as a spinoff project from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers as a vehicle for Peter Green to continue his blues work, they suffered through an unusual number of lineup … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Fleetwood Mac
The full chart from October 26, 1974 Radio stations playing this episode How’s the chart as a whole? Some critics have argued that 1974 was the worst year in the history of popular music. If you focus solely on the … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: October 26, 1974
Most of the music in my collection has one arrangement, one production and sound. Sometimes a particular piece may be performed live, but even then, the performing artist usually sticks close to the studio interpretation. If The Rolling Stones are … Continue reading We’re One, But We’re Not The Same: Artists Reinterpreting Their Work
“Drop the “The.” Just “Alkaline Trio.” It’s cleaner” – Mike Park to Matt Skiba. Probably. Growing up in the northwest suburbs of the Chicagoland area, they were among the more well-known punk acts, despite getting little radio play. I’d say … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Alkaline Trio
The Stone Roses (1989) were and are Ian Brown – lead vocals, percussion, bongos; John Squire – guitar, backing vocals; Reni (Alan Wren) – drums, percussion, backing vocals; Mani (Gary Mounfield) – bass guitar. Album produced by John Leckie. This … Continue reading Album Spotlight: The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
The full chart from October 18, 1980: https://weeklytop40.wordpre… How’s the chart as a whole? We conclude our tour through the 80s with a visit to the turn of the decade. A year after Disco Demolition Night, there was still enough disco … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: October 18, 1980
The full chart: https://weeklytop40.wordpre… How’s the chart as a whole? It’s packed with star power. The only true one-hit wonder on this chart is Joyce Kennedy, and even that song was a duet with Jeffrey Osborne. The filler on this chart … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback: October 13, 1984
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