For what artists/bands will you buy a new CD sight unseen?
12-02-01 | 12:06 AM
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From: The sprawling metropolis of Manassas Park, VA USA
For what artists/bands will you buy a new CD sight unseen?
I'm pretty picky as to what I buy, but if there's anything new relesaed from Rush, Marillion, Dream Theater, or Yes, I am all over it. But that's about it. How about you?
12-02-01 | 05:38 AM
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Alice Cooper,KISS, Neil Diamond, Wierd Al, GVSB.....
But the 'Above All' selection would be Brian WIlson. The cover could have a piece of ,well, you know..wrapped in a bow...and have 50 warning labels that said "SUKKK" and I'd STILL buy it as an unknown.
But the 'Above All' selection would be Brian WIlson. The cover could have a piece of ,well, you know..wrapped in a bow...and have 50 warning labels that said "SUKKK" and I'd STILL buy it as an unknown.
12-02-01 | 07:20 AM
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It used to be U2 until I felt burned badly by their last album.
The first band that popped in my mind was the Trash Can Sinatras. Everything they've released in the past 12 years is awesome.
The first band that popped in my mind was the Trash Can Sinatras. Everything they've released in the past 12 years is awesome.
12-02-01 | 08:37 AM
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Def Leppard; Bon Jovi; Star Wars soundtracks; and I buy the Now That's What I Call Music CDs sight unseen just to "keep up"
12-02-01 | 10:06 AM
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The "sacred six" to whom I'll always listen, follow and pay ridiculous amounts of money to see live - no matter how irrelevant or bloated and "ready for Vegas" they become - are as follows:
- U2
- R.E.M.
- Prince (even though the hope of him ever returning to the fold and producing anything resembling the pop gems of the late 80s has all but faded - especially with "The Rainbow Children" - WTF?)
- The Cure
- Depeche Mode (although I absolutely LOATHED "Exciter" and was really, really bored at the show this past summer)
- The Smiths / Morrissey
- U2
- R.E.M.
- Prince (even though the hope of him ever returning to the fold and producing anything resembling the pop gems of the late 80s has all but faded - especially with "The Rainbow Children" - WTF?)
- The Cure
- Depeche Mode (although I absolutely LOATHED "Exciter" and was really, really bored at the show this past summer)
- The Smiths / Morrissey
12-02-01 | 05:43 PM
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Would buy even if I'm homeless and living in a crackhouse
• R.E.M.
• Peter Gabriel (not that I have to worry since he hasn't put out a real disc since 1992!!!)
• David Bowie
• Guided By Voices
• The Beatles ("unreleased" stuff like the anthologies... not that we're likely to get much more of that
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90% likely to buy but may wait until I've read a few reviews
• Elvis Costello - was a must buy until recent collaborations that aren't my fancy
• Radiohead
• Everclear (last two were a little weak)
• Tom Waits
• Richard Thompson
• Lou Reed
• Michael Penn
• Lucinda Williams
• R.E.M.
• Peter Gabriel (not that I have to worry since he hasn't put out a real disc since 1992!!!)
• David Bowie
• Guided By Voices
• The Beatles ("unreleased" stuff like the anthologies... not that we're likely to get much more of that
)90% likely to buy but may wait until I've read a few reviews
• Elvis Costello - was a must buy until recent collaborations that aren't my fancy
• Radiohead
• Everclear (last two were a little weak)
• Tom Waits
• Richard Thompson
• Lou Reed
• Michael Penn
• Lucinda Williams
12-02-01 | 06:05 PM
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Dream Theater
and all their side projects:Mullmuzzler, Liquid Tension Experiment, Platypus, Jelly Jam, Croma Key, Derek Sherinian & Jordan Rudess solo stuff, Explorers Club, Trans-atlantic
Rush
Pink Floyd
The Corrs
Prince
Steve Vai
and all their side projects:Mullmuzzler, Liquid Tension Experiment, Platypus, Jelly Jam, Croma Key, Derek Sherinian & Jordan Rudess solo stuff, Explorers Club, Trans-atlantic
Rush
Pink Floyd
The Corrs
Prince
Steve Vai
12-02-01 | 07:38 PM
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Artists CDs I'd buy sight unseen:
Artists I used to buy sight unseen, but don't anymore:
Iggy Pop
Lou Reed
REM
- David Bowie - even though his last album was awful.
- New Order
- Depeche Mode
- Madonna - her newer music is much better than the stuff she put out in the early 80s.
- De/Vision
- U2
- Loreena McKennitt
Artists I used to buy sight unseen, but don't anymore:
Iggy Pop
Lou Reed
REM
12-03-01 | 12:56 AM
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Sarah McLachlan
12-03-01 | 11:42 AM
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If a band puts out an album that I loved, meaning the whole album is great, I'll buy their next release without hearing anything off of it. I'm even more likely to buy it if they've had several albums I've loved. However if I buy the new album, and don't like it, I'll be skeptical of picking up their next release.
Examples:
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews
Stone Temple Pilots
Live
etc.
Examples:
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews
Stone Temple Pilots
Live
etc.