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by JN, Seattle, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 07:00 (3656 days ago) @ JD in Portland

esp since Kurt says Leadbelly is his, "no our" favorite singer or something during the unplugged session.

Next time you and your friend are in Seattle, I'll buy you a couple drinks and just listen to the stories.

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way OT: and you think field turf sucks? - JD in Portland, 2014-04-14, 20:24
- Edwin McCain. 'Nuff said. - Ken Fowler, 2014-04-15, 11:57
  - Go Be Young? - Chris, 2014-04-15, 12:19
    - Yup. Also, Bitter Chill is great but Take Me might be better - Ken Fowler, 2014-04-15, 12:41
- Annie Clark eventually? - JN, 2014-04-15, 10:12
  - agree, she's got it. Now, can she write a hit single - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 12:41
- Honestly, today's biggest rock stars are rappers. - KGB, 2014-04-15, 09:59
  - A lot of truth to this. - Mike (Embrey), 2014-04-15, 11:21
- thread relevant: RIP AC/DC 1973-2014 - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:44
  - MAYBE NOT?! - irishted, 2014-04-15, 11:52
  - That's awful. - irishted, 2014-04-15, 11:28
  - What a great band - Busco21, 2014-04-15, 09:07
  - That sucks. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:48
- Ralph Saenz (aka Michael Starr) from Steel Panther. - Joe, 2014-04-15, 08:40
- It's so weird you guys never heard of The Darkness - Buck Mulligan, 2014-04-15, 08:35
  - What about Volbeat? - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:39
  - The Darkness is disqualified on grounds of irony - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:38
- otoh, has there been a better time for frontwomen? - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:34
  - The early 1960s (Phil Spector era) - HCE, 2014-04-15, 08:54
- where have you gone, Freddie Mercury? - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:15
  - He was reincarnated as this guy - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:24
    - That is frightening. Vocally he's got Mercury's - hobbs, 2014-04-15, 08:30
    - to JD's question, there's always vocal talent out there - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:29
- Matthew Bellamy of Muse qualifies without a doubt. - tex29, 2014-04-15, 08:05
  - Give me Matt Berninger instead - JN, 2014-04-15, 08:11
    - He's certainly great. But there's no denying that Muse is - tex29, 2014-04-15, 08:21
      - Agreed. I think they've dialed it back in recent years. - Mike (Embrey), 2014-04-15, 09:58
  - Muse? Rocking? U2 rocks harder. That's not a good look. - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:08
    - What's your definition of rock? - tex29, 2014-04-15, 08:11
      - Not at all. I do like harder stuff but I grew up on alt-rock - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:28
        
        The Beatles were derivative. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-15, 08:46
        
        All bands are derivative. Both bands - tex29, 2014-04-15, 08:35
      - Speaking of Coldplay - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:24
- Somewhere Dylan weeps... - Domer99, 2014-04-15, 07:15
  - Been out of town and largely nocturnal - Dylan, 2014-04-15, 08:14
- He isn't a "rock" singer, but the lead singer of Keane might - tex29, 2014-04-15, 07:14
  - Liam Gallagher for sure - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:31
    - Jack White - Brian, 2014-04-15, 07:34
      - no one ever called Jack White a great singer - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:56
        
        Yep. - KGB, 2014-04-15, 08:06
- There are still some great singers out there - HCE, 2014-04-15, 06:29
  - sure there are many good singers - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 06:39
    - What does it mean to be a rock star in 2014? - HCE, 2014-04-15, 08:10
      - one residual benefit - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 08:21
        
        Speaking of which - Pearl Jam - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:37
        
        Wow. Always liked the song, but reading the lyrics - Clay, 2014-04-15, 15:12
        
        completely agree, fantastic song - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 12:39
        
        I would take my shirt off & fight anyone who would disagree - mkmcfrlnd, 2014-04-15, 15:46
      - "Rock Star" also can cross all boundaries of taste - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 08:17
        
        His cameo on Silicon Valley was awesome - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-04-15, 09:13
    - This is why U2 still sells out football stadiums. - KGB, 2014-04-15, 08:07
    - That's partly due to the diminished place... - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-15, 07:07
    - Definitely a lack of good front men - crazychester, 2014-04-15, 06:51
      - Adam Levine is the #1 "rock" frontman right now. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:01
      - exactly - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:02
        
        My kids were there for all 3 days last year - crazychester, 2014-04-15, 07:20
        
        Lolla had almost zero rocking last year. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:04
        
        I just go for the people watching - crazychester, 2014-04-15, 10:06
        
        My 7 year old and I were listening to "Cherub Rock" - MattG, 2014-04-15, 10:28
        
        I'd say Thom Yorke is a great frontman - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:05
        
        There you go! yes, and a great singer - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:08
- Not a Dave Grohl fan? - DCT, 2014-04-15, 05:42
  - ok Grohl is a bona fide rock star - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 06:45
    - Speaking of great voices - - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:51
      - great story - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 15:55
  - Grohl definitely has the goods - scriptcomesfirst, 2014-04-15, 06:27
    - THere's a documentary on Nirvana on Netflix.. - mkmcfrlnd, 2014-04-15, 07:27
      - I watch that doc once every few months - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2014-04-15, 09:22
      - Vig has a bunch of production videos up on youtube - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:23
        
        Yep, you found it for me.. - mkmcfrlnd, 2014-04-15, 14:32
  - Funny. He immediately popped into my head. - Chris, 2014-04-15, 06:20
- To me, Cobain wasn't the last. He just could have been. - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 05:32
  - what do you mean there by "honest"? - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 06:37
    - Unplugged is the only time I think I see the real Cobain - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 06:44
      - Consider how Nevermind sounded in 1991. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 07:59
        
        I'm a little unclear about what you're trying to convince me - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 08:07
        
        I'm saying that critically, with the benefit of hindsight - - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:22
        
        Glad to hear Sirens is that good. - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:32
        
        I can only speak about the single - - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:38
        
        I think you're just suffering some Kurtlash - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:19
        
        It's undeniably part of it - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 08:35
        
        how old were you when Nevermind hit? - Jay, 2014-04-15, 08:36
        
        I was 9 at the time of Nevermind - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 08:50
        
        That's interesting since I now see age from a parent's view - JN, 2014-04-15, 10:21
        
        This is terribly, terribly wrong - Dylan, 2014-04-15, 08:17
        
        on In Utero - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 08:30
      - my good friend produced Unplugged - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 06:54
        
        Alice in Chains's Unplugged album is one of my favorite ever - Clay, 2014-04-15, 15:14
        
        even though technically it's not an album. - Clay, 2014-04-15, 15:14
        
        interesting - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:00
        
        are you a baseball fan? - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:05
        
        I am (Cubs) - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:14
        
        I'll keep in touch on this - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 07:27
        
        Cool. Hope it works out - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:52
        
        I've heard the Automatic for the People inspiration before - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 07:00
  - Thank God I'm not the only one who feels that way. - scriptcomesfirst, 2014-04-15, 06:26
    - He just wasn't fully realized - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 06:38
      - Cobain is not on the "low end" of that group. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 07:35
        
        As I said somewhere else in here - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 07:58
        
        Your last sentence probably goes too far - HCE, 2014-04-15, 08:18
        
        Seconded all the way around. - KGB, 2014-04-15, 07:54
      - "Low end of accomplishment" - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:01
        
        Sure, but look at the other names I mentioned - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 07:04
        
        Hendrix belongs on a different planet - JN, 2014-04-15, 07:07
        
        Doubtful in my eyes - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 07:10
      - You are seriously underestimating Nevermind - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 06:55
        
        I know my opinion is on my generation's fringe - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-15, 07:08
        
        And you knock the "slick" production on Nevermind? - Dylan, 2014-04-16, 09:31
        
        American Idiot? - MattG, 2014-04-15, 07:41
        
        Nirvana changed everything. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-15, 07:54
        
        I was 13 when Nevermind came out. The U-turn music took... - PAK, 2014-04-15, 08:04
        
        6 weeks shy of 14 and yes, exactly - JN, 2014-04-15, 10:10
        
        yep - JD in Portland, 2014-04-15, 08:14
        
        American Idiot is awesome but a wierd comp for Nirvana. - PAK, 2014-04-15, 07:40
        
        American Idiot = Bat out of Hell. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:14
        
        There's actually a musical of "American Idiot" now. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-15, 08:40
        
        Yeah, it won some Tonys in 2011. - MattG, 2014-04-15, 08:41
        
        That's interesting - Brian, 2014-04-15, 07:32
- I'll give you that - Busco21, 2014-04-14, 21:16
- The closest thing ND has to a rock star ... - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-14, 20:35
  - New Afghan Whigs today, too. - Mike (Max), 2014-04-15, 05:01
    - They killed it on Friday - Dylan, 2014-04-15, 08:32
    - I love Dulli's voice. - KGB, 2014-04-15, 07:50
      - I think his voice is different now, but still fantastic. - hlewis, 2014-04-15, 08:26

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