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The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #660 on:** September 20, 2009, 01:47:58 PM »

Not a big fan of The Wall, but Dark Side of the Moon is great.

Himuro, check out Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium. It's pretty much the band playing their greatest hits with infectious energy.

Raban · « **Reply #661 on:** September 20, 2009, 04:54:28 PM »

Wrapping this up right now:

What a strange album. It's kind of awesome though. I have a feeling it'll get better with repeat listens. I'm going to continue digging through her studio stuff.

Himu I'd recommend some classic rock but my tastes are really weird, here are some of my favorite albums though (I have a similar love for Dark Side and Bowie)

- Do not skip Led Zeppelin III, seriously my favorite out of the first four, screw your two album limit
- Get Tumbleweed Connection and Goodbye Yellowbrick Road from Elton John

I'd post more but I seem to have lost my Zune and that had my old library on it. Balls.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #662 on:** September 20, 2009, 05:10:54 PM »

Bjork albums can be hit and miss but they're definitely growers.

Homogetic

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #663 on:** September 20, 2009, 08:40:58 PM »

My early gut feeling on the new Pearl Jam album: their best album since Vitalogy. Five-star, thumbs up.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #664 on:** September 20, 2009, 09:08:13 PM »

Alright, confession time: I haven't listened to Pearl Jam since I was about 10 or 11 years old. I'll have to go through their discography. Now is probably a good time since I've been doing a bit of a 90s alt-rock refresher lately; today I've listened to enough of The Smashing Pumpkins to make Diablo's vagina wet. Anyway, are there any big stinkers I should avoid?

Robo · « **Reply #665 on:** September 20, 2009, 10:31:59 PM »

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on September 20, 2009, 01:57:59 AM

himu, you might like a group called Television. They only had one good album, but it's pretty damn good. It might be that shorter version of London Calling you're looking for. It's called Marquee Moon. Avoid the other album at all costs...

What the hell? Adventure isn't bad at all.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #666 on:** September 20, 2009, 11:25:55 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on September 20, 2009, 10:31:59 PM

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on September 20, 2009, 01:57:59 AM
himu, you might like a group called Television. They only had one good album, but it's pretty damn good. It might be that shorter version of London Calling you're looking for. It's called Marquee Moon. Avoid the other album at all costs...

What the hell? Adventure isn't bad at all.

it's been a few years, but I remember it not having any of the energy of marquee moon...

Himu · « **Reply #667 on:** September 20, 2009, 11:51:44 PM »

Finally another batch of music that has really impressed me:

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Fucking.

Amazing.

Willco, that live Queen album has ZERO seeds on what.cd

Himu · « **Reply #668 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:18:24 AM »

Seriously, Metallica is boring as shit compared to this. More of this in my heavy metal please, rather than boring thrash drums!

[youtube=560,345]VDAY4fO3Udw[/youtube]

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #669 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:30:10 AM »

Megadeth

By the way, I just checked and there's 5 people seeding the V0 for Live at Wembley

Himu · « **Reply #670 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:34:55 AM »

Can someone explain how seeding works at what.cd? Seriously. I've dled tons of stuff and I want to seed but it doesn't seed a lick. I just joined the other day and I'm worried about my ratio.

I can dl anything without worrying about ratio for the first two weeks right?

There's 5 seeds for Live at Wembley 86, but I wasn't sure if that was the same thing that willco suggested.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #671 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:45:14 AM »

It's pretty slow starting out now that the site is so huge, so it just take some time. I checked and you are connectible, so it's not like peers can't download from you or something. Just be sure to seed everything you snatch instead of, like, only half.

As far as ratio goes, you don't have to worry at all about ratio watch until you download over 4.9GB. Past that, the required ratio varies with how much you've downloaded. All the details are here: http://what.cd/rules.php?p=ratio

edit: And yes, that's the same album

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #672 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:56:41 AM »

Seeding is almost impossible. But I used the Beatles Remasters in FLAC to get my ratio up so fucking high that I don't have to worry about it for a longggggg time.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #673 on:** September 21, 2009, 12:59:00 AM »

Oh yeah, that's what I forgot to say. Snatch everything listed on the front page as staff picks. Freeleech = free ratio.

Himu · « **Reply #674 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:02:27 AM »

Really? I'll a pic of my seeding because it drives me insane.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #675 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:10:38 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on September 20, 2009, 11:51:44 PM

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

If you like this, check out The Decemberists. I wasn't hip to them until recently, and I'm sure there a lot more knowledgeable fans on their discography that could give you a more specific recommendation.

Go on Pirate Bay or one of the torrent tracks to get Live at Wembley. Or - fuck! - buy it (like I did).

It's easily one of the best live albums of all-time. My greatest regret in life is not being able to see Freddie Mercury perform live. Rarely can you actually hear a performer having fun on a live album. And I don't mean laughing or making jokes, but you can just tell he's enjoying every minute of it when he's up there.

Himu · « **Reply #676 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:12:16 AM »

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #677 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:22:06 AM »

Quote from: Willco on September 21, 2009, 01:10:38 AM

Quote from: Himuro on September 20, 2009, 11:51:44 PM
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

If you like this, check out The Decemberists. I wasn't hip to them until recently, and I'm sure there a lot more knowledgeable fans on their discography that could give you a more specific recommendation.

I like The Decemberists but I don't get this comparison. Then again, I haven't heard their last album if that's what you're referring to in specific.

Quote from: Himuro on September 21, 2009, 01:12:16 AM

[img]http://i36.tinypic.com/28hluti.png[img]

You have to seed literally everything you've downloaded. Even when I was doing that when I first got on there I don't think I was getting more than 40-50 MB upload a day from the 80 or so albums I was seeding 24/7, and I'm sure it's only worse now that the amount of users has tripled. Just keep on downloading (and seeding everything) and don't worry about your ratio until you start getting close to 5GB. There's a grace period for a reason.

And all the freeleech staff picks will definitely help. Get the FLAC, V0, 320 -- everything if you can afford the bandwidth and HDD space.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #678 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:24:39 AM »

Yeah, I was right under 5 GB downloaded and at like 750 MB up, and then I downloaded and seeded 4 versions of the Beatles Remasters and now I'm at 18.59 GB up.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #679 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:31:08 AM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on September 20, 2009, 09:08:13 PM

Alright, confession time: I haven't listened to Pearl Jam since I was about 10 or 11 years old. I'll have to go through their discography. Now is probably a good time since I've been doing a bit of a 90s alt-rock refresher lately; today I've listened to enough of The Smashing Pumpkins to make Diablo's vagina wet. Anyway, are there any big stinkers I should avoid?

Not really. No Code was just okay, and Yield needs some more goddamn respect.

Raban · « **Reply #680 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:46:30 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Holy shit.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #681 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:19:28 AM »

save yourself the hassle!

1. download Winrar
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

2. google: album name/band+"megaupload" or "rapidshare"

3. find good, credible link (don't clink on everything...)

4.

5. profit

Robo · « **Reply #682 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:54:53 PM »

Quote from: Kranz Fafka on September 20, 2009, 11:25:55 PM

Quote from: RoboJ on September 20, 2009, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Kranz Fafka on September 20, 2009, 01:57:59 AM
himu, you might like a group called Television. They only had one good album, but it's pretty damn good. It might be that shorter version of London Calling you're looking for. It's called Marquee Moon. Avoid the other album at all costs...

What the hell? Adventure isn't bad at all.

it's been a few years, but I remember it not having any of the energy of marquee moon...

It's not nearly as good as Marquee Moon, true, but it's still got some pretty damn good tracks on it. I recommend giving it another shot, maybe this time with lowered expectations.

Robo · « **Reply #683 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:01:21 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #684 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:19:52 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on September 21, 2009, 12:56:41 AM

Seeding is almost impossible. But I used the Beatles Remasters in FLAC to get my ratio up so fucking high that I don't have to worry about it for a longggggg time.

Yeah same here. My ratio was awful, I was at .09 before the Beatles. Now I'm at 1.04

Himumumu, start digging into Dylan's career!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #685 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:26:27 PM »

Dylan is overrated. Handful of great songs, though.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #686 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:28:02 PM »

Of course he is. Every artist from the 60s is overrated, except the Kinks. Doesn't mean he still isn't one of the best songwriters from that era though

Himu · « **Reply #687 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:30:13 PM »

I wish I grew up in the 70's if only for the culture: the movies, the music, the books. It would be amazing.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #688 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:33:32 PM »

60s for me. The 70s were cool but goddamn was a lame decade for fashion and pop culture. Disco

Himu · « **Reply #689 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:39:37 PM »

I disagree. I think the 70's are so great because of the fact everything was so dark. It was a very cynical decade, coming off the 60's, art wise. Compared to the happy go lucky 80's and the angsty 90's, and the innovative yet vapid 60's.

tiesto · « **Reply #690 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:39:52 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 21, 2009, 02:33:32 PM

60s for me. The 70s were cool but goddamn was a lame decade for fashion and pop culture. Disco

I liked some of the underground disco in the 70's but I like the early 80's Italo disco the best.

Himu · « **Reply #691 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:40:58 PM »

I actually like some disco because I like to see where the inspiration for hip hop and electronic music came from. I think the anti-disco movement is more of an anti-homosexual movement more than anything else. Kinda like how everyone seems to think electronic is for gays.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #692 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:42:52 PM »

You think the 70s were cynical? You have read about the 60s, right? $:-\$

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #693 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:45:11 PM »

70s movies > 60s movies

Queen > Dylan

70s were better

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #694 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:46:11 PM »

Queen

but

Dylan

Himu · « **Reply #695 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:47:59 PM »

Uh, yeah. But I find the 70's to be far more cynical. 70's is full of movies and music that are like "fuck you" to about every single movement. The Revolution will not be Televised.

And beyond music, the 70's was home of imaginative and pessimistic movies like Stepford Wives, Apocalypse Now, Clockwork Orange. The 60's, historically, is a fucked up decade, but the 70's resulted in a far more pessimistic attitude because the 60's were so fucked up.

At least that's my take.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #696 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:48:05 PM »

Dylan was emo before emo even existed.

I'd rather listen to awesome songs about fat bottomed girls!

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #697 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:49:23 PM »

70s also had AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.

FLAWLESS VICTORY.

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And KISS

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Himu · « **Reply #698 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:50:12 PM »

I also find the 70's to be far more experimental, music wise. The 70's is king.

Afrobeat

Heavy Metal

Reggae

Kraftwerk

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #699 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:53:43 PM »

Don't forget David Bowie!

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station and Low all came out in the 70s!

Himu · « **Reply #700 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:54:21 PM »

[youtube=560,345]iZTkqNiVfTc[/youtube]

Subterraneans > the 60's

I'm amazed Low came out in the 70's. It sounds like an 80's album.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #701 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:56:15 PM »

A lot of the artists and bands that emerged in the 80s formed in the 70s, so it's not that unbelievable. The sound you typically assign to the 80s has its roots in the late 70s.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #702 on:** September 21, 2009, 02:58:07 PM »

Low is the only album, other than Ziggy Stardust, of Bowie's that I own. The rest are collections, such as the two-disc Singles set, Best of Bowie and The Deram Anthology. Oh, and I own Labyrinth.

Raban · « **Reply #703 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:04:35 PM »

Quote from: Willco on September 21, 2009, 02:58:07 PM

Low is the only album, other than Ziggy Stardust, of Bowie's that I own. The rest are collections, such as the two-disc Singles set, Best of Bowie and The Deram Anthology. Oh, and I own Labyrinth.

How do you not have Hunky Dory

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #704 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:06:52 PM »

I haven't listened to the full album in like ten years, but the only two singles I really like from the album I own multiple times over (covers and such).

Life on Mars? is probably one of my favorite songs in my entire library, though.

Himu · « **Reply #705 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:11:06 PM »

Time to listen to this Queen live album.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #706 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:11:37 PM »

LIVE AT WEMBLEY!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #707 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:12:55 PM »

70s>>>60s by a longshot. Didn't know that was even a legitimately debated issue smh

Hunky Dory>Ziggy Stardust

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #708 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:13:48 PM »

70s win so fucking hard. Like Willco already said, the movies were AWESOME. And ZEPPELIN.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #709 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:15:09 PM »

Ziggy Stardust is a better album than Hunky Dory, and I'll never say otherwise. I can listen to the whole album from start to finish, but Hunky Dory has some crap on it. Arguably, it has some of the best stuff of Bowie's career on it, as well.

Film in the 70s makes me hard. No joke, I got an erection just thinking about 70s films.

Himu · « **Reply #710 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:16:06 PM »

70's movies > *

the only thing comes close for me are 80's movies and even that's no contest.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #711 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:18:21 PM »

Himuro, at the end of One Vision, they yell, "Fried chicken!"

If that doesn't win you over, I don't know what will.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #712 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:23:11 PM »

Fuck, I change my mind actually

Ziggy Stardust>Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory has some utterly amazing songs on it that are better than the best songs on Ziggy imo but yea, I forgot about the filler. I just checked my iPod and remembered it's missing four songs from Hunky Dory lol

Himu · « **Reply #713 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:23:39 PM »

Starman

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #714 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:26:07 PM »

Pshh, 60s ftw

Beach Boys
Beatles
Dylan
Hendrix
Kinks
Leonard Cohen
Velvet Underground
Sam Cooke
The Band
Cream
CCR
Flying Burrito Brothers
Neil Young
The Zombies

60s

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The 70s are almost as good. Second best decade for music by far

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Himu · « **Reply #715 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:28:15 PM »

I prefer 60's motown to 60's rock

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #716 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:28:22 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 21, 2009, 03:26:07 PM

Beach Boys
Beatles
Dylan
Hendrix
Kinks
Leonard Cohen
Velvet Underground
Sam Cooke
The Band
Cream
CCR
Flying Burrito Brothers
Neil Young
The Zombies

70s Zep makes your list irrelevant

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #717 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:28:34 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 21, 2009, 03:26:07 PM

CCR

Mom rock total

Himu · « **Reply #718 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:29:12 PM »

Zep is really that good? I think I and II are good albums but nothing

worthy. Maybe their later albums are more awesome.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #719 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:35:40 PM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on September 21, 2009, 03:28:34 PM

Quote from: BrandNew on September 21, 2009, 03:26:07 PM
CCR
Mom rock total

ffffffuuuuuuck you! Bad Moon Rising

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