Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday

They did have a review, I remember seeing it becasue it was given an inexplicably low four stars. Maybe they're remedying that.

I read the review the other day when he died, they also used it on Spotify. Now spotify is using the wikipedia entry, i noticed that last night.

listening to heaven & hell right now. "die young" is the shit.

so yeah, don't have much to add to this one that hasn't already been said. tons of classic tunes ("neon knights," "children of the sea," "heaven and hell," and "die young" are my faves), dio plays off the band perfectly and really shines on the epics ("LOOK OUT!!"), and the band sounds rejuvenated. great record.

also listened to rising twice yesterday. the whole album is solid but "stargazer" is so incredible that the rest of the album pales a bit in comparison.

but man, "stargazer" is such a great track. just builds and builds and builds....

"now look, look, look, look, look at this tower of stoooooone!"

one of the best tracks ever

Search youtube for "Ronnie James Dio - Brutally Honest Tour Bus Interview 1994" (all 4 parts) where he goes through nearly all his records starting from Elf. Really surprised how he dismissed "Rising", especially side 2. He also thought Mob Rules was underrated. I can at least agree with him there.

listening to holy diver right now...damn this album is rock solid, not a dud

yeah i gave it a spin this morning for the first time in ages. not really my thing but it seems like they nailed exactly what they were going for and every song has at least something to recommend it beyond just "enjoy dio's vocals"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8687002.stm

heaven and hell didn't really rock my world but you were right about "children of the sea" in the other thread, pfunk--that's a cool song.

rainbow is tacky fun. i am jamming "stargazer" right now and loving the strings.

Most prefer Neon Knights but Children Of The Sea is my fave on that album.

Stargazer is awesome isnt it? I've been caning it all week since I first heard it. I shoulda heard that album years ago.

Children of the Sea FTW!

Search youtube for "Ronnie James Dio - Brutally Honest Tour Bus Interview 1994" (all 4 parts) where he goes through nearly all his records starting from Elf.

Thanks for that, it's an amazing interview. A favourite part is where he accidentally says Ozzy's name and says exasperatedly, "I keep mentioning that jerk-off."

Did ozzy slag dio off a lot when dio joined sabbath?

I'm still up for picking 3 somewhere when I get back home (and have listened to the 9 I missed). 7/6 slot for me?

24/5 EZ Snappin
31/5 Nate Carson?
7/6 Siegbran
Im sure Mordy will be fine with that.

oh wait

24/5 Alan N
31/5 EZ Snappin
7/6 Nate Carson
14/6 Siegbran

Unless you all swap.

Nate & I are swapping.

24/5 Alan N
31/5 Nate Carson
7/6 EZ Snappin
14/6 Siegbran

I bagsy another shot sometime once everyones had a turn that wants one.

j0hn d likes discussion so Im a bit disappointed he's not taking part when he has the time.

plus I'd like to see his album picks!

prob should go on the metal thread and ask john, begrand, some of those other guys to do a week for us

i'd like a week sometime in july when my life settles down a bit. i can remind u closer to the date pfunk.

its mordy to ask! I'm just helping him out so it runs smoothly when peoplw know its their turn. and reposting the "rota" every now and again to keep in on the page.
but i'll ask on the metal thread if anyone wants a go, good idea!

done. (will probably either be ignored or it will be posts that listening clubs are pointless but oh well)

I gotta be honest with you and I know some of you will find this precious or bigheaded ok but metal thread people are my people so I'm gonna shoot straight. part of the reason I haven't joined in is that lately whenever I say something on ilx that strikes somebody as quotable, people have been tweeting & retweeting it under my name-name. that skeeves me out. I'm here to hang out with buds, not Speak, O Very-Mildly-Known Dude, For The Record. So if I pick albums, lurker-nerds will be all "Here Are The Three Albums Underrated Aerosmith Recommends!" and I will be bummed. this is partly why I keep asking people, with partial success, to call me aerosmith. I don't wanna have a whole argument about whether I should be skeeved or not about ppl tweeting my posts but I'm just saying, that is why I'm holding back on the listening club metal thread.

people can be arseholes. aerosmithy (im gonna call you aerosmithy or smithy until you join in) you should join in and lurkers stop doing shit to join him, he's here to chat with friends, dont tweet him or anyone else!

I don't know what trick people are using to identify who's posting under what pseudonym this week, but it took me a while to even figure out who "aerosmith" was - finally something in your prose style clicked, though.

i guessed only because he was on the boxing thread

phil are you taking a week?

I did week 3 - Amon Amarth, GridLink and Manowar.

yeah but you want another at some point? Once noone else wants a shot it will go round again i would think.

Hey, kerr, upcoming looks good to me. Aerosmith-dude, I have no idea who you are IRL, but that's lame that you've got ILX stalkers. I wish metal club could be your safe haven, but I don't know any way to do that.

uaaihl, i totally get yr position. i would just like to say to you and some of the other guys, as someone who has listened to exponentially less metal than yall, this thread has been a great way to get exposed to stuff i never would have gravitated to on my own. i have mad respect for the taste of just about everyone who posts in rolling metal, and it'd be a shame to me personally if everyone didn't take a turn here at least once.

and if there are actually lurkers retweeting stuff posted on this board, let me be really real: i pity you.

Fuck Twitter and the behaviors it engenders. You'll always be nothing but underrated aerosmith to me!

call him Smithy!

i like smitty better actually

he wont like it if we have a poll to decide

Anyone else want pencilled in for a week then?

can i take 6/28?

No, but you can have 28/6 :)

24/5 Alan N
31/5 Nate Carson
7/6 EZ Snappin
14/6 Siegbran
21/6
28/6 Call All Destroyer

lol i knew you were gonna do that

I told you I would take a week. 6/21 is not a good week for it, though.

actually jeff we could switch if 6/28 worked for you

Probably works better for me.