Missing from this list: Bill Loeb's excellent series 'Journey' started in 1983.  A 19th century frontier tale, it was completely different from anything else being published at the time, and it got stronger and stronger as it went along.

Yeah, I wouldn't exactly classify Syd Barrett, The Incredible String Band, Nick Drake, Captain Beefheart and Dr Strangely Strange as 'classic rock.'  (Though I'd sure as hell give whatever radio station the reviewer's listening to a spin!)

Even weirder: Wings of Desire, of all things, also originally ended with a pie fight, as the outtakes attest.  Fortunately, the weed wore off by the time he got to the editing suite.

I just posted the same thing below.  Sorry I missed this or I would have just added it here!

I just posted the same thing below.  Sorry I missed this or I would have just added it here!

It seems like the author hasn't actually listened to 'Til the Band Comes In'.  It's a weird album, but the first 10 tracks are basically 'Scott 5' - self-penned, atmospheric vignettes fully in the vein of his previous couple of albums, with five godawful covers in the vein of the horror to come rounding out Side Two.

It seems like the author hasn't actually listened to 'Til the Band Comes In'.  It's a weird album, but the first 10 tracks are basically 'Scott 5' - self-penned, atmospheric vignettes fully in the vein of his previous couple of albums, with five godawful covers in the vein of the horror to come rounding out Side Two.

First Date: Double feature of ROBOT MONSTER and ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN.

First Date: Double feature of ROBOT MONSTER and ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN.

So many great tracks to choose from, so rather than do a genuine top ten, here are ten more or less random 'Great Motown Tracks You Might Never Have Heard Of':

So many great tracks to choose from, so rather than do a genuine top ten, here are ten more or less random 'Great Motown Tracks You Might Never Have Heard Of':

Nice Triple Feature
Good to see 'Goodbye, Dragon Inn' getting some appreciation, and it makes sense to place it alongside Buster Keaton, as it's sort of like a modern Keaton comedy in extreme slow motion.

Great Film
I saw this a few months back and thought it was great. A fascinating story that the filmmakers had the good sense to let tell itself rather than get sunk by too much editorializing. Unlike the reviewer, I thought the limitations of the art world (and the fact that Hogancamp's 'acceptance' there was…

You're not the first to call me a dud dude, but thanks anyway!

Dinosaur Duck asked:
"Does anyone remember a version of Diamond Dogs (the single I mean) that had sort of these weird la-la-la backing vocals on it? Swear it was on the album version I had when it first came out and years later when I bought the CD the la-la's were gone…"

Electronic Pedantry
Electronic were essentially the Sumner / Marr duo, with Neil Tennant only appearing as an occasional guest (a couple of songs out of three albums and some singles), so it's more than a bit misleading to refer to the band as "Tennant's supergroup."

Long Abstentions
I had to chuckle at Keith's 'Achy Breaky Heart' story. I didn't manage to dodge that, but for the longest time - nearly 20 years - my pathetic claim to fame was that I'd never heard the 'ubiquitous' 'Don't Worry Be Happy'. I have no idea how I'd managed to do so, since I was of age and engaged with…

I see McAlmont / Butler was already mentioned, but I forgot the ultimate kiss-off song - to a relationship, a band and a career - Husker Du's last gasp 'You Can Live at Home', in which Grant Hart bids a fond fuck you to a bad love affair:

You Dumped Me - I'm Elated
A sub-genre of this sub-genre that I love is those songs where the singer's been dumped and he or she couldn't be more thrilled. Two great ones are (apologies if these have been mentioned already) the Zombies' 'Don't Cry for Me', with a chorus that's all laughing exhilaration, and McAlmont…

In Every Dream Home Heartache
There's seven pages of comments already and I'll be a lot older and greyer if I read through them all to see if it's been mentioned, but in case it hasn't, how about Roxy Music's 'In Every Dream Home a Heartache', an atmospheric Eno-laden bed of quease over which Bryan Ferry gets…