Music To My Ears

IPod Playlist of the Day

2011-04-23T10:42:00.001+12:00

Easy Listening Random 20

First for a while ....

2010-11-09T21:49:00.000+13:00

Rare Gillan footage .... 'Mr Universe'

Review: SONIC BOOM by Kiss

2009-11-17T16:09:00.004+13:00

I've had two weeks now to get familiar with the NEW Kiss album SONIC BOOM. In truth, I'm not the biggest Kiss fan in the world ... classics like Lick It Up, Crazy Crazy Nights, Creatures Of The Night, Domino, Heart Of Chrome, Reasons To Live get regular air play ... so I wasn't phased out about the album's release. However some sixth sense urged me to buy the album. I GLAD I DID! Four days after its purchase I was still playing the album. It was addictive in truth. Not totally classic Kiss ... apart from Modern Day Delilah ... but it is a GOOD album. Enjoyable if you are not prepared to compare it totally with the old stuff. The tracks do blend in when included in a Kiss playlist ... but it's going to disappoint diehard Kiss fans who were possibly expecting something more. Anyway. I ENJOY THE ALBUM. Most of the tracks now register around 15 - 25 on my Ipod play count so it can't be all that bad. I rate the tracks as follows:

Modern Day Delilah - 9/10
Russian Roulette - 6/10
Never Enough - 8/10
Yes I Know (Nobody's Perfect) - 7/10
Stand - 5/10
Hot And Cold - 6/10
All For The Glory - 8/10
Danger Us - 7/10
I'm An Animal - 7/10
When Lightning Strikes - 6/10
Say Yeah - 8/10

Queensryche Live at The Metro Sydney on Monday 31st August 2009

2009-09-03T15:08:00.003+12:00

Track listing from Three Suites with my personal rating (marked out of 10 for performance) -

RAGE FOR ORDER Suite
Neue Regal (7)
The Whisper (7)
The Killing Words (7)
Walk In The Shadows (6)
London (8)

AMERICAN SOLDIER Suite
Sliver (8)
At 30,000 Ft (6)
Hundred Mile Stare (6)
If I Were King (9)

EMPIRE Suite
Best I Can (9)
The Thin Line (8)
One And Only (8)
Jet City Woman (9)
One More Rainy Night (8)
Anybody Listening (10) - my personal highlight of the show
Della Brown (8)

Encore - Empire (9)

One & Only

2009-09-03T15:05:00.001+12:00

Queensryche Live at The Metro Sydney on MOnday 31st August 2009

When You Came Into My Life ...

2009-02-14T19:01:00.002+13:00

And one more by The Scorpions .... a new version of a favourite song of theirs ...

Living For Tomorrow

2009-02-14T18:57:00.001+13:00

Scorpions!

Bad For Good

2009-02-14T18:55:00.001+13:00

Scorpions!

'Cause I Love You

2009-02-14T18:53:00.000+13:00

another Scorpions track ....

Miracle

2009-02-14T18:50:00.001+13:00

An evocative song by THE SCORPIONS

'er .... i've forgotten the words can you help me out?'

2008-12-03T01:07:00.003+13:00

Whitesnake live in Belfast June 2008 (The Deeper The Love & Is This Love)

Adrian Vandenberg Solo USA 1990

2008-11-20T00:08:00.003+13:00

The Flying Dutchman live with Whitesnake

Freebird

2008-10-06T21:11:00.001+13:00

Classic Lynyrd Skynyrd live

Stairway To Heaven

2008-10-06T21:08:00.002+13:00

The classic Led Zeppelin song taken from The Song Remains The Same.

Heroes Of Our Time

2008-10-06T21:05:00.000+13:00

Music Video by Dragonforce ....

NO LAUGHING IN HEAVEN

2008-09-26T01:01:00.001+12:00

Ian Gillan classic
Gillan's Inn tour. Ian Gillan at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto. August 17th, 2006
(Look how he's aged in the progression from SOTW to this video!)

Highway Star 1985

2008-09-26T00:58:00.001+12:00

Reformed MKII in Paris (not very good quality I'm afraid) ....

Classic DEEP PURPLE!!

2008-09-26T00:52:00.001+12:00

The one and only MK II line up with their flagship classic .... SMOKE ON THE WATER

Long LIve Rock & Roll

2008-09-17T23:45:00.000+12:00

Rainbow live in Japan 1995

Mistreated - Live

2008-09-17T23:43:00.000+12:00

Rainbow in USA 1997

Masters of Puppets

2008-09-16T22:25:00.000+12:00

Dream Theater LIVE

Operation Mindcrime

2008-09-16T22:23:00.002+12:00

A Classic Queensryche from the Operation Mindcrime album

Twilight Cruiser

2008-02-10T21:59:00.000+13:00

Evocative music video by Kingdom Come

Should I?

2008-02-10T21:57:00.000+13:00

Music Video by Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come were a 'find' of mine in the late 80's. Another band to listen to ... more diversity to my music library ...

Taken from the album Hands Of Time (1991)
Lenny Wolf- vocals and guitar
Marco Moir- guitar solo
Koen Van Baal - keyboards
Lenny Wolf- bass guitar
Jimmy Bralower - drums

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

2008-02-09T16:42:00.000+13:00

A first for "Music To My Ears" .... Whitney Houston ... Kristine's Choice on "Music To My Ears".

I Want To Break Free

2008-02-09T16:40:00.000+13:00

Memorable music video by Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody

2008-02-09T16:35:00.001+13:00

The classic track by Q U E E N

This was the first 'music video' ...

Save Up All Your Tears

2008-02-09T16:33:00.000+13:00

Robin Beck

One from the 80's ....

Captain Nemo

2007-12-22T21:10:00.001+13:00

MSG live in Tokyo 1997

We Rock

2007-10-27T13:00:00.000+13:00

More from Dio with another classic track

Rock N Roll Children

2007-10-27T12:58:00.000+13:00

By Dio

Sign of the Cross

2007-10-02T16:06:00.000+13:00

Iron Maiden live Rock in Rio

Marguerita Time

2007-10-02T16:02:00.000+13:00

Status Quo

An old old favourite of mine (me's showing my age ... )

Burning Bridge

2007-10-02T16:00:00.000+13:00

Status Quo on Top of the Pops

When Death Calls

2007-08-27T19:27:00.000+12:00

Black Sabbath live in Russia in 1989. Tony Martin on vocals.

The Shadow of the Wind

2007-08-27T19:25:00.000+12:00

One of the new super heavy songs by the Dio line up of Black Sabbath from their new compilation album "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years"

The Devil Cried

2007-08-27T19:22:00.000+12:00

Black Sabbath 2007 with Ronnie James Dio.

From the album 'Black Sabbath - The Dio Years' released April 3, 2007

Man on the Silver Mountain

2007-08-27T19:18:00.000+12:00

Ronnie James Dio Live on a US late night television show, "The Rock Palace." 1983

Rock Bottom

2007-08-24T20:40:00.000+12:00

Performed live by UFO

Classic track. Classic band. THE guitar hero of all time.

Long Live Rock and Roll

2007-08-24T20:37:00.000+12:00

Video by Rainbow

A classic song but a poor quality video (soz about that) ...

Bad Side Of The Moon

2007-08-24T10:31:00.000+12:00

Performed by April Wine

'Silver, Blue & Gold' & 'Run With The Pack'

2007-08-17T20:05:00.000+12:00

Bad Company live in 2002

Dallas 1pm

2007-08-16T19:29:00.000+12:00

Saxon live in 1985

A Saxon classic and personal favourite ....

The Eagle Has Landed

2007-08-16T19:27:00.000+12:00

Saxon live at Wacken August 2001

Jaded

2007-08-16T19:25:00.000+12:00

Video by Aerosmith

Aces High

2007-08-15T20:43:00.000+12:00

Classic Video by Iron Maiden

Rainmaker

2007-08-15T20:41:00.000+12:00

By Iron Maiden

I felt it about time there was some more by Messrs Dickinson, Smith, Harris, Gers & Co

Stand Up And Shout

2007-08-10T18:49:00.001+12:00

Dio LIVE

Money for Nothing

2007-08-10T18:46:00.000+12:00

Dire Straits plays "Money For Nothing" at Wembley Arena 10.07.1985 (BIA tour).

Mr Steve Vai ....

2007-08-04T17:18:00.000+12:00

playing 'For The Love Of God' ... guitar solo

Whitesnake Live In Buffalo
February 19th 1990

Blackout

2007-08-04T17:14:00.000+12:00

Performed live by The Scorpions

Dortmund 1983

The Zoo

2007-08-04T17:13:00.000+12:00

Performed live by The Scorpions

A classic track. A favourite track.

Shadowplay

2007-08-03T19:59:00.000+12:00

one more from Rory Gallagher

Moonchild

2007-08-03T19:56:00.000+12:00

One of the guitar greats Rory Gallagher playing a good version of Moonchild with his beautifully worn Fender Strat.

Walk On Hot Coals

2007-08-03T19:53:00.000+12:00

Rory Gallagher

Madrid 1975, a high energy rendition of Walk on Hot Coals. As usual, Rory does not disappoint.

Why Can't This Be Love?

2007-08-03T19:51:00.001+12:00

Van Halen

Filmed in Toronto during the 1995 Balance tour.

Hot For Teacher

2007-08-03T19:49:00.000+12:00

Promo video by Van Halen

The Seeker

2007-08-03T19:47:00.000+12:00

Rush performing live

Cover version of The Who's 'The Seeker'.

Earthshine

2007-08-03T19:46:00.000+12:00

Performed Live by Rush

In Frankfurt

Vertigo

2007-08-03T11:30:00.001+12:00

Music video by U2

One Tree Hill

2007-08-03T11:27:00.000+12:00

U2 performing One Tree Hill at the 2nd Vertigo Tour show in Auckland on November 25th, 2006

The Getaway Plan

2007-08-01T20:47:00.000+12:00

Europe Live in Tirana, Albania 1-12-07.

From their new album "Secret Society".

"Love Is Not The Enemy"

2007-08-01T20:46:00.000+12:00

Europe live Live in Tirana, Albania, 1-12-07.

From their new album "Secret Society".

Different World

2007-08-01T19:33:00.000+12:00

Iron Maiden

The Prisoner

2007-08-01T19:30:00.000+12:00

Iron Maiden ...

An Iron Maiden classic

2007-08-01T19:27:00.000+12:00

... the first single by Iron Maiden with Bruce Dickinson on vocals.

Hellbent for Leather

2007-08-01T19:23:00.000+12:00

Judas Priest live ...

Forever Free

2007-07-30T16:44:00.000+12:00

W.A.S.P once more ... but this time with a personal favourite ballad

"The Real Me"

2007-07-30T16:41:00.000+12:00

Another by W.A.S.P

This is the video for The Real Me by W.A.S.P. who are a seriously underrated shock rock/metal act in general of the 80's. Its a cover of THE WHO classic like no other.

Wild Child

2007-07-30T16:39:00.000+12:00

Promo Video by W.A.S.P

I'd forgotten this band!

'Shot in the Dark'

2007-07-29T20:39:00.000+12:00

Ozzy Osbourne live in concert 1989

"Mr Crowley"

2007-07-29T20:37:00.000+12:00

The Classic Ozzy track

No music collection would be complete without ...

2007-07-29T20:34:00.000+12:00

.... the Prince of Darkness himself ... OZZY OSBOURNE

Solsbury Hill

2007-07-29T18:56:00.000+12:00

Performed live by Peter Gabriel

Secret World Live (1994)

Yngwie Malmsteen ...Live

2007-07-29T13:51:00.000+12:00

Performing 'Far Beyond The Sun'

The Seventh Sign

2007-07-29T13:50:00.000+12:00

Europe Live in Chile

Prisoners In Paradise

2007-07-29T13:47:00.000+12:00

Promo Video by Europe

Iron Maiden Live

2007-07-28T15:48:00.000+12:00

Performing 'Fear of the Dark' at Rock in Rio 2001

Lynott, Sykes & Co in a 'Cold Sweat' ...

2007-07-28T15:44:00.000+12:00

... Live in an 'Irish Pub' 1983

Thin Lizzy classic taken from 'Thunder & Lightning' which was sadly their last album.

Whitesnake on Stage

2007-07-28T15:37:00.001+12:00

'Whitesnake on Stage'

Wheels of Steel ....

2007-07-28T12:06:00.000+12:00

All time classic performed live by Saxon ...

Movie recorded at The Paradiso Club, Amsterdam - March 2007.

Far Cry

2007-07-28T11:58:00.000+12:00

Video by Rush

Taken from their latest album 'Snakes and Ladders'

Edge of a Broken Heart

2007-07-28T00:59:00.000+12:00

... the first all female band to be featured here ....

Vixen!

I've actually seen them live ... supporting Bon Jovi at the Milton Keynes Bowl Festival in the 1990's.

Gut Reaction

2007-07-28T00:55:00.000+12:00

Performed by Ian Gillan

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2007-07-27T19:06:00.000+12:00

Performing Travellin' Man at Knebworth 1976

I adore this song. All time classic.

Classic Floyd .... Shine on ...

2007-07-27T18:54:00.000+12:00

........ no need for any introduction for this all time classic ...

Pink Floyd live at Knebworth 1990

Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You)

2007-07-27T18:50:00.000+12:00

Robert Plant live at Knebworth 1990

Whatever You Want

2007-07-27T18:47:00.000+12:00

Status Quo live at Knebworth

Well. I just had to put at least one on by Quo. They are all the rage at High School .... Just Supposin' was one of their first albums I bought ...

Holiday

2007-07-27T18:43:00.000+12:00

.... a Scorpions CLASSIC performed live

WOW!!!

Be My Friend

2007-07-27T18:13:00.000+12:00

Free live at the Isle of Wight festival 1970

One of my all time Favourite tracks by Free

Fire and Water

2007-07-27T18:10:00.000+12:00

Performed by FREE

Paul Rodgers,
the late Paul Kossoff,
Andy Fraser,
Simon Kirke

Back to the 70's with this one (and the wizard's hat!)

2007-07-27T18:07:00.001+12:00

'No, No, No'

Performed live by Deep Purple 1971

NIght Games

2007-07-27T18:04:00.000+12:00

Performed by Alcatrazz

Featuring a young Yngwie Malmsteen. Poor vocals by Graham Bonnet & only part of the song. But it does feature a pretty good guitar solo

Yngwie again ...

2007-07-27T17:59:00.000+12:00

...playing 'Blue'

Yngwie Live

2007-07-27T17:54:00.000+12:00

...performing the awesome Black Star

Pure 'guitar hero' indulgence.

Chasing Blue Sky

2007-07-27T17:51:00.000+12:00

Classic track by Queensryche

Living on the Edge

2007-07-27T17:45:00.000+12:00

Aerosmith live at Woodstock

Music to my Ears would NOT be complete without Mr Steven Tyler .... !!

Hallowed Be Thy Name

2007-07-27T17:39:00.000+12:00

Performed by Iron Maiden

We'll Burn The Sky ....

2007-07-27T11:59:00.000+12:00

Scorpions live

Very rare footage of line up including Uli Jon Roth

DOCTOR, DOCTOR!

2007-07-27T11:54:00.000+12:00

UFO live 2001

Michael Schenker(Guitars)
Uli Jon Roth(Guitars)
Barry Sparks(Rhythm Guitar/B.Vocals)
Phil Mogg(Vocals)
Pete Way(Bass)
Don Airey(Keyboards)
Clive Bunker(Drums)