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I agree with the rece... With eyes, and especially ears, shut.

Hey, Blackdog, can't you see that you've already lost the game? Since you're the only one who thinks the album sucks, and so does my review, besides Miciatigre, why don’t you focus on that instead? He has the brains, he has the looks, and according to the DeBaseristi, a little something extra as well. What more do you want? I think you two will be getting along just fine for the next thirty years. I’ll even come to Rome to be your witness. What more do you want? Maybe I'll even sing "The river" for you.

Damn, I even got the century wrong, it was the 20th. But maybe he’ll give us some more masterpieces in the 21st. Like the tapes from the prison of Carlito Manson.

Yes, yes, little dog, so later you get me fighting with everyone as usual. No, no, an indispensable album in the history of pop music, and not just that, for one of the few great artists of the 21st century, with a weakness for children. But just a weakness. I’m not saying anything else, okay! Otherwise, I'm like the press.

So Bjorky, we agree on everything, because for me too "While my guitar..." is an absolute gem. Poor Harrison was made to write songs infrequently, but the few he did are all wonders.

P.S.: the grades

Yes, it seems to me that good old Jimmy had already pointed the way for hard rock in England back in September 1966 with "Stroll On" and the Yardbirds. In the States, I remember that "Distortions" is from 1967 and the first "Blue Cheer" is from 1968. Anyway, thanks Beatles, but it's not like they invented everything. On this album, there are some compositions by McCartney that are nothing short of unbearable, especially "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da." I also don't understand the reference to Battiato. I mean, he influenced so many people that who cares about Battiato? I, unlike Byorky, prefer "Revolver."

A few more answers here and there. Minutemen: absolutely great, but, as I said above, X represent L.A. better than anyone else. Even in the lyrics. No one had ever described suburbia and white trash like they did. Whisky a go-go: no people, I totally disagree, it's too clean, Zoom's guitar is too rock, I prefer the early mix of punk and rockabilly. "Escape from..." another great Los Angeles album.

A few responses here and there. Obviously, it may be that X weren't the best group from Los Angeles in the '80s, but at the time, and I’m old enough to say I was there, they were considered to be. Furthermore, they represented Los Angeles like nobody else. So much so that Wenders used a couple of their tracks for "The State of Things," which, indeed, ended in Los Angeles. Then, starting the rec, I want to encourage many who don’t even know who X are to give them a listen, because it seems to me they have been somewhat forgotten. I didn't say it's among the top hundred albums, but for me, it is. Perhaps it has aged a bit poorly, but I assure you that when it came out, it was a kind of bomb; I listened to it from dawn till dusk. Lastly, as always, de gustibus: I’ve never been crazy about "Under," because the tracks were too slow compared to the X that I adored. In any case, "Los Angeles" remains the best.

Reciprocity. Just do me one favor: don't take your kids, when you have them, to visit Jacko in his little house. And especially don't leave them alone with him to see if he's actually a pedophile or not.