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Bo-Rap is perhaps the most shocking "mainstream" song of all time: in '75 it was a surprise for everyone to see a 6-minute track topping the charts that begins like a church choir, continues as a ballad, then transforms into an operetta and finally pure rock'n'roll!!! :-)

Dear Fidia, this time (I’m sorry to say) you really missed the mark. First point: I know metal as well as I know hardcore (I have all the Maiden albums, almost all the Metallica ones, several by Priest, the first three by Venom, and many others... practically all the essential albums to understand the genre in question). Second point: that comment I made about Maiden/Metallica was not (nor did it appear, I believe) an excuse to "show off" my knowledge on the subject. I simply wanted to share my thoughts on an issue you raised in a previous comment. I have the right to express judgments on any musical genre I know (and metal is among them). It may be a bit presumptuous, but it seems evident to me that my comment you criticized is neither an "overly technical dissertation" nor a brag like Scaruffi. Normally, I accept criticism: this time, I won’t.

The rehearsal for ANATO. It contains absolute masterpieces (Brighton, Killer, Flick, Lily, Stone, Bring Back, LOTG Revisited) and colossal flops (She makes me is perhaps the most HORRENDOUS song in history). Walter, I don't quite agree with the comment on Stone Cold Crazy, which in my opinion is a metal track 10 years ahead of its time. Also, How I'm here sounds better live (on the album it's a bit weak) and Misfire is cute. Anyway, great job, once again! Leroy Brown forever!!! :-)))

Beautiful. I only have Orange by Spencer. I like it, but never as much as the Pussy Galore, of which the JSBE represent a cleaner version. Anyway, if we wanted to be label maniacs, a nice post-blues fits Spencer perfectly. :-D Well done Flo!

The comparison with Maiden/Metallica makes sense and doesn't make sense: it doesn't make sense for the reasons Joe Strummer mentioned; it does make sense if we consider that these two bands represented two different ways of understanding and interpreting metal (just as the Ramones and Pistols played "two different punks"). Certainly, from a purely stylistic standpoint, the distance between Maiden and Metallica seems more pronounced than that between the two punk groups. Strummer, with such a "british punk 77" nickname, what do you recommend I listen to in order to educate myself about the "minor" English punk of the late 70s (aside from the Buzzcocks, whom I'm already familiar with)?

I find Fusillo's quote from "Harold The Barrel" quite shareable: indeed, it's a piece that is already profoundly Queen-like, in its blend of pop/rock and operetta/cabaret. ANATO remains, even today as I listen to Pere Ubu and Residents, my favorite album, the one I grew up with (but the discussion should extend to all the LPs of the Queen). "Death On Two Legs" is one of the underrated masterpieces of rock music. Admired review.

Hats Off To Regular...a monologue worthy of Robert De Niro! :-))))))))))

Fidia, there were some points of contact between the two bands: the strictly rock instrumentation, the song structure, the immediacy, the three chords (or even fewer!), zero technique, strictly even tempos, loud guitar... The voices were very different, that's for sure...

Um... Doctor, if Woody Allen heard you right now, he would give you a hard time... ;-)))

Indeed...Stylistically, the Pistols took more from the NY Dolls than from the Ramones...At most, it can be said that punk in England exploded after the famous tour of the Ramones in the summer of '76 (if I’m not mistaken).