Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by FBM » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:59 pm

klr wrote:Van Morrison - Into The Mystic:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAnlke_xUY[youtube]
:awesomecat: Van Morrison is teh ossums!
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by klr » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:17 pm

R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend:


FBM wrote:
:awesomecat: Van Morrison is teh ossums!
Happy to oblige :tup:
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by klr » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:25 pm

David Bowie - Space Oddity:



Well duh ... altough I nearly plumped for Quicksand.
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by klr » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:28 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
No! No! No! [/Maggie Thatcher]

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Sultans of Swing is Dire Straits in one song:

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by klr » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:34 pm

Two more, from the 1990's ...

Spirtiualized - Let it Flow:


Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:50 pm

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by Tero » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:13 am



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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by cronus » Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:11 am

What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:14 am

Scrumple wrote:
No way!



That's better. :tea:
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by klr » Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:44 am

Yup, London Calling it is. :tup:
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by cronus » Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:45 am

What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by rainbow » Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:49 am

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by cronus » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:06 pm

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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:59 pm

Scrumple, you really don't get this thread at all, do you?

You chose completely atypical but popular songs from both Hawkwind and the Stranglers. Songs that in no way sum up either band's body of work or style. :roll:
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Re: Rock Stars: sum them up in one song

Post by cronus » Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:10 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Scrumple, you really don't get this thread at all, do you?

You chose completely atypical but popular songs from both Hawkwind and the Stranglers. Songs that in no way sum up either band's body of work or style. :roll:
Maybe. That is assuming a band worth it's name produces a typical song?

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