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The old me would have made a joke about that

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Mick Ronson, T-Bone Burnett, plus two other guitarists!

Bob Seger is the worst.

No love for Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue? Granted, the "Hard Rain" album/concert from '76 is of dubious quality, but the '75 concerts (captured on The Bootleg Series vol. 5) are probably the best shows he ever did. The new arrangements of old songs are all wonderful (like the Apocalyptic Hoedown version of A…

I'm shocked that fucking Cracker still gets played on "alternative" stations, considering they were one of the worst bands of the decade. At least "Euro Trash Girl" doesn't get played anymore.

"Love Is Blindness" from ZOOTV Live in Sydney runs laps around the studio version. The studio version is a fine mood piece, but the live performances were breathtaking.

"Out On The Streets" was a fairly average studio song by Patrick Simmons, but the performance from the Doobie Brothers farewell Greek Theater show in 82 is really good. Bobby LaKind's syncopated drum fills really take the song over the top.

TKOL was shockingly good on "From the Basement." Surprised it wasn't mentioned here.

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But the air is green and there's no sign of civilisation whatsoever.

But everyone is driving around in cars shooting at each other.

But there was this gang of 10-year-olds with guns.

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There are very few bits of music I hate more than the a capella breakdown after the second chorus. The song's chugging along quite nicely and then that happens. Quickly skipping ahead to the next track is an integral part of the MACHINA experience.

See, this is how it starts, first with the jokes, then comes the heavy stuff.

Alright, Handlen, $100 worth of pixie stix and porno mags with your 5% AV Club discount comes to $95.