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Mybrainhertz (http://www.h2g2.com/U135776) and I are in the middle of a game of Fantasy CDs. These are my nominations in the category "LOUD".

Scorpions - The Zoo

Alice Cooper - House of Fire

The Clash - I'm so bored with the USA

Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Def Leppard - Rock of Ages

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

The Cranberries - Zombie

Tina Turner - The Bitch is Back

Van Morrison - TB Sheets

Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies

Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild

T.Rex - Telegram Sam

Eric Clapton - Edge of Darkness

Meat Loaf - Good Girls go to Heaven (but Bad Girls go Everywhere)

I'm obsessed with both music and lists and have been monkeying around on my home page to that effect. Here are a few choices (both obvious and obscure) I would add in the LOUD category:
Metallica - "One"
Rob Zombie - "Dragula"
Tool - "Aenima"
Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"
The Donnas - "Rock 'n' Roll Machine"
Bad Religion - "A Walk"
The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
The Offspring - "Come Out and Play"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
Public Enemy w/ Anthrax - "Bring The Noise"

Thanks for the response Tom. I'm afraid I haven't heard of any of the bands listed on your page

"One" (Metallica) made the reserve list, I'm not familiar with most of the others and I didn't have any of The Who's albums to hand.

Good grief how could you overlook ZZ Top? Anything by them is painfully loud. I once attended a live concert (25 years ago) and had the most distant seat in the hall and I was still deaf for days.
The Grateful Dead were also painfully loud in their early years.
Robert Palmer's "Powerstation" is also dreadfully loud. Tired of U.S.
music Amy? If it wern't for Clapton (whom I love) the Rolling Stones,
(good in their early years) and the Beatles (immortal favorites): indeed, if it wern't for the British the USA might still be stuck with
Elvis and his ilk. Yeah, the USA has made it's contribution but it seems like the British put a polished touch on Rock & Roll. Hey, you folks discovered Bob Marley before we did! Sure, we have our greats:
Bob Dylan, CSN&Y, Hendrix, (watch for K.W. Sheppard, a rising star), but it
seems to me modern music (other than musak pop) has been a joint production between USA & UK. But it does seem USA produces a lot of trash. I wonder how mp3 is going to affect the quality/sound of music?

Micheal (Michael?), how nice to hear from you. Yes ZZ top does seem like a serious omission. I will consult my partner-in-crime on that one. Can't stand Robert Palmer. Too sexist. I would point out that not only did we Brits discover Bob Marley but Jimi Hendrix was one of ours too.

Did you get your home page sorted out? I'll just nip across and see. I've just tried to ICQ you but you disappeared.

Please include Rage Against The Machine. Thankyou.

Jimi may have spent much of his latter years in London, but he was most definitely born (and buried) in Seattle. And as long as I'm nitpicking, I don't know for sure about the C, S, and N, but Y (as in Neil Young) was born in Canada, much as I wish America could take credit for him. And any American rocker list that leaves off Bruce Springsteen, Mr. Born in the USA himself -- well that's just un-American.

And in Britian aren't they known as Zed Zed Top? (Sorry, bad Wayne's World joke)

Now I know you got Ace of Spades, but for me it was Bomber that really did it, if my memory serves that was the album with 'No Class' on it. That deserves to be played *very* loud (and it was ).

Thank you for that contribution BS. You may be right but I'll stick with Ace of Spades because I think I've frightened MBH enough (he's very delicate).

BTW the postman brought Riding with the King this week and I'm enjoying that very much.

is LOUD the only category available ?

How about MindNumbingly Terrible (brittney spear, Steps, Daphne & Celeste - no need for song names!)

or wonderfully lovely and miserable

Shiver - ColdPlay

Unintended - Muse

The facts of life - Black Box Recorder

I stopped to fill my car up - Stereophonics

Billy davie's daughter - Stereophonics

Stan - Eminem

two beds and a coffe machine - Savage Garden



a couple of those actualy make me cry when I start singing along.

LOUD is the current category. There may be others in the future but MyBrainHertz appears to have lost interest at the moment. He thinks my tastes are "too 'eavy."

I think you should stay away from songs that make you cry, at least for a while. On the other hand, I should talk, I like the blues. The best CD I have bought in recent weeks is Riding with the King (B.B.King and Eric Clapton).

See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004THAY/qid=963779514/sr=1-1/026-6160543-2488425