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I like the lyrics to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", especially the openning which is rather profound and introspective for a "rock" song; It's getting to the point, Where I'm no fun anymore. I am sorry. Sometimes it hurts, So badly I must cry out loud. I am lonely. etc.

I have been in the "eye" business for 20 years and I could offer some insight into the physical processes of sight, but I don't really like to type that much and it would be difficult to explain anyway. As for HOW the brain does all of this, well, just never you mind. Bill, could I get the jist of the book by simply reading the back cover?

From the 1970 Moody Blues album, A Question of Balance; "Question" Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door? With a thousand million questions About hate and death and war. It's where we stop and look around us There is nothing that we need. In a world of persecution That is burning in it's greed. Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door? Because the truth is hard to swallow That's what the wall of love is for. It's not the way that you say it When you do those things to me. It's more the way that you mean it When you tell me what will be. And when you stop and think about it You won't believe it's true. That all the love you've been giving Has all been meant for you. I'm looking for someone to change my life. I'm looking for a miracle in my life. And if you could see what it's done to me To lose the the love I knew Could safely lead me through. Between the silence of the mountains And the crashing of the sea There lies a land I once lived in And she's waiting there for me. But in the grey of the morning My mind becomes confused Between the dead and the sleeping And the road that I must choose. I'm looking for someone to change my life. I'm looking for a miracle in my life. And if you could see what it's done to me To lose the the love I knew Could safely lead me to The land that I once knew. To learn as we grow old The secrets of our souls. It's not the way that you say it When you do those things to me. It's more the way you really mean it When you tell me what will be. Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door? With a thousand million questions About hate and death and war. It's where we stop and look around us There is nothing that we need. In a world of persecution That is burning in it's greed. Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door?

Under the category of "Stick it to You", this is one of my favourites; "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" : Performed by THE BYRDS and written by Gene Clark. The reason why, Oh I can say I have to let you go , and right away After what you did, I can't stay on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better When you're gone Baby for a long time, you had me believe That your love was all mine, and that's the way it would be But I didn't know, that you were putting me on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better When you're gone, Ah when you're gone Now I've got to say, that it's not like before And I'm not gonna play, your games anymore After what you did, I can't stay on And I'll probably feel a whole lot better When you're gone Ah when you're gone Ah when you're gone Ah when you're gone

How can you possibly get music out of that?

Understood. I still can't believe that a cone of kevlar and a cone of aluminun can vibrate and make me think that Eric Clapton is playing in my living room and then vibrate again (visually looks the same) but now Joni Mitchell is singing in my living room etc etc. I watched a PBS program on "NOVA" last week and it was discussing some interesting things about DNA. It is interesting that many life forms are very similar genetically, yet look very different. It is believed now that there are bits of DNA code that are responsible to turn ON and OFF other bits of DNA and that there are other DNA sequences that control the timing of when the ON or OFF is actually done. They were comparing the different Finches on the Golapagos islands. The beak varies on each of the different finches, yet the DNA code for the beak is the same in each species. What they discovered was the development of the beak during embryological stage started at slightly different times and ended at different times and therefore the structure was slightly different. In music, there are basic forms, (such as "three chord theory", 12 bar blues, 8 bar blues etc) that make up a huge amount of modern music, yet differences in timing, key, etc produce "different" songs. Structurally, they are very similar. I don't know if any of this means anything, but it is interesting to discuss.

In a way, this is analogous to DNA. A whole bunch of random sequences of A-T and C-G eventually led to all living things on earth. (depending on your beliefs) The "pruning" technique would then be "natural selection". Only the good songs would survive.

elgrau/Rich Found this: The groundbreaking Rust Never Sleeps is the half live offering, containing all previously unreleased music. Side one of the LP is all acoustic music, typically introspective, beginning with a laid back "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and proceeding through the now classic "Thrasher" and "Pocahontas". Side two'side two is another story altogether. Opening with the remarkable "Powderfinger," Young establishes his vision of the 1980s, one that is on the bleak side. This release ends with an electric "Hey, Hey, My, My (into the Black)" that pounds English Punk rock into a handful of dust. ...with a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail... Right on the heels of Rust Never Sleeps is Live Rust, an all-live recording containing many of Young' earlier songs. It is this added completeness and the period of the recording that gives Live Rust the edge over Rust Never Sleeps in this list of the top ten best live rock albums. Live Rust, was originally released as a double-LP live album, on the streets just four months after Rust Never Sleeps. It was the soundtrack to the concert film recounting Young's Rust Never Sleeps tour and was recorded Oct. 22, 1978, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Live Rust reprises four songs from Rust Never Sleeps in different performances. In spite of this apparent redundancy, Live Rust is an excellent Neil Young live album and retrospective, illuminating Young's career from the early "Sugar Mountain" and arriving at then-new songs like the scathing "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and "Sedan Delivery".

Choosing one's "favourites" is always nearly impossible. Here are 20 albums that I think are good. (and I can think of right now). No particular order. The Band The Band Naturally J.J. Cale Dancing in the Dragon's Jaw Bruce Cockburn Toulouse Street Doobie Brothers Working Man's Dead Grateful Dead Minstrel in the Gallery Jethro Tull Honky Chateau Elton John To Our Children's Children's Children Moody Blues Let It Bleed Rolling Stones Abraxas Santana Gaucho Steely Dan Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young and Crazy Horse Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Traffic Who's Next The Who Band on the Run Paul McCartney and Wings 24 Nights Eric Clapton Giant Step Taj Mahal The Stranger Billy Joel Live at the Regal B.B. King Blind Faith Blind Faith

I want to say "Car with trumpet stuck up its ass" ..............but I wonder if it has something to do with QUAD? Or, it is an electric hammer.

B&W DM70 circa 1970.

Does anyone have advice on a homemade record cleaning solution. I have heard the following is good; 1) 75 % distilled water, 2) 25 % isopropyl alcohol ( i assume 99%) 3) a couple drops of dish soap. I will be using the solution with my Disco Antistat Record Cleaning gizmo. This actually works pretty well. Thanks.

I have about 400 albums and about 100 CDs.

I like neil young also, one thing I have noticed is that he attempts to put out high quality SACD albums while I believe most artists are in it for the bucks a few actually care about the quality and it shows. REGARDS SNOW Finally..........Something in this thread that I can understand.

I used the sound of "decaying notes" to select my new CD player. Particularly the sound of piano. THe ARCAM CD17 was simply better than the Cambridge Audio 640. I think LPs frequently sound better because they appear to have better high frequency which is important for detail and imaging. I think newer CD players are quite a bit better than those of even 6 years ago. Better highs, better front to back imaging, better "decay" etc. Then there is jitter, whatever the hell that is. Bottom line, i don't really know what i am talking about, i just haven't been posting enough lately and I was feeling bad about it.:ddd

Those are all good Bill. I would add; Revolution, The Beatles Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who Layla, Derek and the Dominos Time, Pink Floyd Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix No Matter What, Bad Finger Had to Cry Today, Blind Faith Powderfinger, Neil Young etc, etc.

PSB alpha. I bought these about 10years ago from a former employer for $80 CDN. His surround receiver shut down trying to drive these in 5.1.:dd . I never had any trouble driving these with the 35 watt rear channels on the HR895.

For some reason, Harry Chapin comes to mind.

Thanks for the interesting info OBI56. I don't think that i could justify buying a machine to flatten the few warped records i have but i now understand some of the limits of trying half-assed techniques. Thanks.

From time to time, I score a fantastic used LP only to find that when i spin it, it is badly warped. I have read about a few techniques to flatten a warped record. example: place record between two sheets of glass and put in oven at low heat , or place the record between two pieces of glass and place in the sun until it flattens and then slowly cool. Has anyone ever successfully flattened a warped LP and if so, how did you do it. Thanks