Live Aid was neat

My favorite part was where sting sung the intro to Money for Nothing

4 from the 80s

The Police, The Talking Heads, U2, and The Romantics were my favorite bands we listened to today. 

Synchronicity is a pretty awesome album, but I have trouble listening to it all at once because it gets so weird and out there at times. 

The Talking Heads are funky, but I love them. They sound like they're having fun and not taking anything seriously which makes them easy to enjoy. 

U2 is weird for me, I love some of their stuff and hate some of their stuff. But they're hard not to like because they all seem like good guys and they preach pretty good messages. The only reason I think I don't like some of their stuff is because I don't really like so much politics in my music. 

I don't listen to The Romantics much, but Talking in Your Sleep is a cool song. 

1981- REO Speedwagon

Keep on Loving You is a pretty great song. I don't think it's as good as some of their earlier stuff, but it's a solid song. I think REO got a little bit chincy later on, my favorite REO song is Golden Country which is very very different from Keep on Loving You. A lot of the stuff was pretty cool, I think 1981 was a pretty great year for music and had some of the best qualities from music of both the 70s and 80s. 

70s v 80s

The 70s were pretty experimental. Music advanced as much as it ever has technologically, but artists didn't really sell out. I think that was the major difference from the 80s. The 80s weren't as experimental, they were more about being as far out and crazy as possible. There were tons of artists who did what they had to to make a popular song and cash in. 

I love a lot of 80s stuff, and most of the rock is still pretty great, but I can't stand the pop stuff. 

I'm excited to hopefully listen to some of Phil Collins solo stuff, Joe Walsh and Don Henley outside of the Eagles, and some of the European one hit wonders that had some pretty cool songs. 

Punk v Rock

I liked a lot of the music we listened to that we compared. The only punk I would listen to on my own time was The Clash though. Boston has always been one of my favorite bands, and I listened to them a TON in middle school. Peace of Mind is pretty dope, I love More Than a Feeling and Smokin, Rock and Roll Band and Long Time are great, but my favorite song by them is A Man I'll Never Be. That songs super sad, and it kind of makes me wonder if the lead singer who killed himself was always battling depression. 

Late 70s Opinions

I really liked The Clash, I've always had them around because they're one of my dad's favorite bands. I didn't realize that London Calling was bigger than Train in Vain. Rock the Casbah is probably my favorite of the songs we listened to but Should I Stay or Should I Go is great too. 

I really don't like ABBA. I think part of it is because of that Pierce Brosnon movie that he made right after he left James Bond. They're just kind of chincy and not really what I'm into. 

1975

The only songs I really remember listening to are Kashmir, Wish You Were Here, and Fire. Kashmir was one of my favorite songs in middle school and that intro is pretty badass. I didn't get Wish You Were Here until last year but it's pretty awesome. That's my favorite song from that album. Fire isn't quite as good as Love Rollercoaster in my opinion, but it's probably one of my favorite funk songs. 

Tom Petty

I missed the Bruce Springsteen day but I wasn't too bummed. Rosealina is kinda the only song of his I like. 

Tom Petty is one of my favorites though. 2 years ago I got to see him at the Erwin Center and we had pretty good seats. I was blown away by how good he sounded for his age. He sounded the same as in all of his recordings from 30+ years ago. I wasn't really a fan before that concert. Even though he's so old at this point, during intermission he started smoking weed on stage which blew my mind. 

The Who

The Who we listened to was awesome. This is probably my favorite Aerosmith album also, but I'm not a big Aerosmith fan. Something about Aerosmith just bugs me. I think they kind of sell out later and try to be what people wanted. However, 10 Inch Record and Sweet Emotion are pretty sweet. Those and Back in The Saddle are my only Aerosmith songs I listen to. 

The Who rocks though. There has never been a better intro than Baba O'Reilly. That whole album was pretty stout though and I didn't think there were any weak spots. I would buy Who's Next before Toys in the Attic any day. 

Hey Hey Mama

Led Zepplin and Rush are both awesome and they're kind of similar in that I think they both were pioneers and both of them had some of the most skilled players ever. There's no topping Neil Pert on drums, and Jimmy Page is pretty huge for a reason. These albums both have long periods of instrumentals but unlike 2112, Zepp 4 is all singles. I like Zepplin 4 a lot lot more and this album was much more successful than 2112. 

I like to listen more than analyze which I think Zepp 4 may seem so much more appealing to me. 

Dark Side of The Moon

This has always been one of my favorite albums ever. The first song I learned to play on guitar was Brain Damage and I think it's the one song I've never gotten sick of. I feel like in the past when I've tried to learn a song and I've heard it over and over I've grown to hate it, but that never happened with Brain Damage. I also think Money is an amazing song, and I can jam to it, but I almost like the acoustic version more. I love this album, but I like The Wall more so hopefully we can listen to some of that too. 

Glam Rock

Glam rock was a 70s rock movement that began in Britain with bands like TRex. Glam Rock saw huge commercial success with David Bowie and Elton John. The main characteristic of glam rock was cross dressing or the intent to appear transsexual. Pretty much everything was the same as regular rock except for the whole glitter and transgender stuff.