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I think Led Zeppelin II captures the essence of the band the best. I realize that Led Zeppelin IV is one of the most acclaimed and best-selling albums, but if you took "Stairway to Heaven" off the album, it wouldn't have gotten a fraction of the same popularity. As for the rest of their albums, each one has it's own flavor, but none of them depart too far from Led Zeppelin II. Here's my ranking of favorite Zeppelin albums:
Led Zeppelin II
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda
Great picks, mein. "Heart of Ice" is definitely one of the best. I also really liked "Beware the Gray Ghost," "The Laughing Fish," "Joker's Favor," and "Almost Got 'Im." And I thought that "A Better World" from the Justice League series was outstanding. I haven't seen much of Batman:TNBA or Batman Beyond.
I appreciate the comments. I've never been to Alabama or Mississippi, so based on what you wrote I'll have to take your advice and bump them a little higher.
Thanks for the additions. I'm also going to go back and put them all in timeline order.
Yeah, I'm sort of being liberal with the term "creative" here. Honestly, I'm more interested in which band people like most overall. I think the media has repeatedly declared that Radiohead are the kings of creative modern rock because of OK, Computer and Kid A. I guess creative means diversity and unique sound. The real question I intended is: Which band is the most inspiring and has the most all-around best sound?
El Cielo is an absolute masterpiece by Dredg. This album deserves far more recognition than it has gotten to date.
Lateralus is Tool's best album. Tool is considered the greatest hard rock/heavy metal band by a very wide following.
Siamese Dream is an awesomely uplifting album by The Smashing Pumpkins. Grunge Rock at its finest.
Led Zeppelin II I feel is better than Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zeppelin IV does have the gorgeous "Stairway to Heaven" as well as "The Battle of Evermore," but I honestly feel the rest of the album feels like weak, generic rock. Led Zeppelin II is a much stronger album as a whole, even though "Heartbreaker" and "Whole Lotta Love" can't compare to the epic quality of "Stairway to Heaven."
The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails is heartwrenching perfection when it comes to expressing melancholy, loss, and anger.
Heh heh. I must be a glutton for punishment, since I joined the Army. My idea was that if I suffer through hard stuff early, I'll appreciate the easier stuff later on.
Recess sounds like a good career option to me. I'm all about playground kickball.
Yeah. I prefer the first English dubbed version, even if it was a bit more confusing. The first version dialogue was cooler and more mysterious. The second English dubbed version took awhile to grow on me, but it's not bad.
Cool. Thanks for the feedback. In this case, however, we'll probably have to agree to diagree. I thought "The 'Burbs" was one of the weakest Tom Hanks comedies. "Kingpin" is good, but it's a weaker calibur flick that you usually find on cable TV on Saturday afternoons. "Grosse Point Blank" just baffled me as to why it was so popular. I like John Cusack a lot for some reason, even though I don't like his movies much overall. As for "Meet the Parents," it may be that it's funnier to those who've gone through an engagement and experienced some funny things with you're fiancee's parents.
Well, those are my justification for those flicks. Thanks again for your feedback, though. I appreciate it.
Those are good additions I'll add to the list. Thanks.
I appreciate you pointing this out. A Space Odyssey certainly should not be ranked behind Mission to Mars. As for the Star Trek movies, I've bunched them up as a series for now, until I take the time to rank them individually. I enjoyed Star Trek II more than A Space Odyssey, but Star Trek VI was much inferior.
While I thought A Space Odyssey was a great movie, I didn't find it to be one of my favorites. I think the biggest reason for this is that I grew up watching much newer sci-fi movies with better special effects, so I feel the breathtaking awe that Kubrick labored to create was somewhat lost on me. I liked HAL and the mysteriousness of the obelisks and all that, but I definitely had more fun watching movies like Aliens and Return of the Jedi.
Wow, was Batman Forever that good? I remember that Batman & Robin was godawful, but it's been awhile since I saw the Clooney Batman.
Rangers are indeed among the best of the U.S. Army. They are considered the most hardcore Army soldiers other than Special Forces. The thing is that Rangers is not a branch, but rather a type of Infantry unit called a Ranger Battalion. Soldiers from all other kinds of units can go to Ranger school and earn their Ranger tab if they graduate, but the Ranger Battalions are the best of the best.
Thanks a lot for the compliment. Based on the list you've read already I'd recommend these titles for you, specifically:
Altered Carbon (great sci-fi detective story)
Starship Troopers (classic military sci-fi)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (utopia category)
Frankenstein (slow at first, but great deep read)
The Jungle (pretty bleak at times, but at the crux of humanity)
The Dubliners (Irish short stories with some real depth)
The Sword of Shannara (great Tolkien-like fantasy)
Oh, but AJDaGreat, I very much agree with you that it would be fun to watch more episodes about the wealth of supporting characters on the show, as opposed to grinding out more stories about the Simpson family.