Can't remember ever buying an album just based on the cover, but I did buy an album based on the title alone and that was Neil Finn's Try Whistling This from 1998. All I knew of Crowded House up until then really was the awesome "Don't Dream It's Over" and the solid, yet slightly annoying (at least to my musically…

I agree, although a strong argument could be made that Horn had a huge part in the overall success as the band as he oversaw their most commercially successful album and really was the mastermind behind their biggest hit ("Owner").

Banks, Moraz, Horn, and Downes really shouldn't be inducted as part of Yes. *Maybe* Banks in the sense that he was on the first two albums, laying the foundation in a way for what would come; Moraz — only one album (the excellent _Relayer_, but still); Horn, more important as a producer of the band when he worked on…

What would make the most sense really is to induct the Union lineup of Squire (RIP), Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, White, Kaye, and Trevor Rabin. The contributions from all other members for the most part are limited to 1-3 albums, and in no fashion actually furthered the sound/style of the band.

Great piano player, great singer, great performer…but really a schlocky songwriter. You can certainly find good songs in his catalog ("The Downeaster Alexa," "Allentown," "She's Always a Woman"), but overall it's all hamfisted pop rock nearly totally devoid of metaphor. He's almost like the anti-artist. A few years…

the musical interlude that comes after "cold beers/hot nights/my sweet romantic teenage nights" is what is playing on an endless loop in hell

Yes, you are right. What I was trying to say is … Pat Monahan seems to have no shame in just regurgitating the same pandering tripe on every single album.

It was 2008 and Train was DOA. Then Jason Mraz released "I'm Yours" which was hugely successful and basically reignited his career. Pat Monahan took note. He took note HARD. Cut to a year later and "Hey Soul Sister" basically does the same for Train. They kind of did the same thing with their latest CD and the…

"Frantic" is such a good movie, back in the days when it seemed like Harrison Ford actually enjoyed being in movies. "Mr. Shaap, you're talking about my wife… you must be thinking about yours."

It definitely separates the pack of music fans — if you think Dylan "can't sing," then you're never going to get it and you never will.

I feel for anyone who ever says, "Dylan can't sing," — I don't know if there's a more impassioned vocal than "YABGN" in general, but especially the "ohhhhs" in every verse. Just brutal in its honest pain.

JD can write very good songs. Red Letter Days is excellent. The Wallflowers just came at the wrong time; they should've been like a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (not putting JD at the same level of TP, mind you) — one of those bands with three songs getting played on the radio regularly with every new album that…

but within the context of the other lyrics in the song, paired with the music, and the vocal delivery…

There are some other minor hits from M&TM like "Taken In" (Richard Belzer is in the video), "Over My Shoulder," and "One More Cup of Coffee."

The first few seasons of Roseanne were truly great, groundbreaking, original, honest, and just flat out funny. However, like a lot of shows, it stayed on far too long. I never even made it to Seasons 8 and 9 as the writing was on the wall prior to those seasons that the quality and original intention of the show was…

*Comedian* Jon Hein?

I've got three episodes to go. After the first or second episode, the theater camp stuff has overstayed its welcome and really brings things to a halt. Would've been nice if they gave AP and BC something different to do — a little bit of "community theater" humor goes a long way. Aside from that though, the…

"Never work with animals or children," - A.W. Root Beer

In the book "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried" about John Hughes, it is pretty damning that the only black characters in any of his movies are the ones portrayed in the original "Vacation."

Gregg Alexander is a genius. _Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too_ is a pretty perfect album. It's always been my hope that he's secretly holed up somewhere in a studio making a follow-up, but I know that's not the case. If you're unfamiliar with it, pick up Danielle Briesbois's 1994 album, _Arrive All Over You_…