Magic Moment: Otis Plays The Blues

Otis Rush plays the blues…

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

When I was in high school, I had a regular column
in the sports section of the school newspaper (The
Sentinel) called ‘Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down’. It was
easy to write and people liked it, so I recreate it here
for you now, as a quick guide of some of my likes
and dislikes in the world of music…

THUMBS UP: Disco (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Prog

THUMBS UP: The Flying Burrito Brothers

THUMBS DOWN: The Eagles (^)

THUMBS UP: The Beatles (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Oasis

THUMBS UP: PJ Harvey

THUMBS DOWN: Joanna Newsom (^)

THUMBS UP: Iggy Pop (^)

THUMBS DOWN: G.G. Allin

THUMBS UP: Off The Wall

THUMBS DOWN: Thriller (^)

THUMBS UP: Jungle Brothers

THUMBS DOWN: NWA (^)

THUMBS UP: Gregg Allman (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Cher (^)

THUMBS UP: The Fillmore (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Slim’s

THUMBS UP: Bluegrass In The Park

THUMBS DOWN: Ticketmaster (^)

THUMBS UP: The Doors

THUMBS DOWN: Jim Morrison, poet (^)

THUMBS UP: ‘Fire On The Mountain’

THUMBS DOWN: ‘Dark Star’

THUMBS UP: Blue Note (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Free Jazz

THUMBS UP: Cold Fact (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Coldplay

THUMBS UP: Keith Richards (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Toby Keith

THUMBS UP: Canned Heat

THUMBS DOWN: Canned ham (^)

THUMBS UP: Lester Bangs (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Richard Meltzer

THUMBS UP: Willie Nelson in concert

THUMBS DOWN: Shuggie Otis in concert (^)

THUMBS UP: LPs (^)

THUMBS DOWN: CDs

THUMBS UP: Rick Rubin

THUMBS DOWN: Phil Spector (^)

THUMBS UP: Nigel Tufnel (^)

THUMBS DOWN: David Coverdale

THUMBS UP: Joy Division (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Throbbing Gristle

THUMBS UP: Saxophone

THUMBS DOWN: Bagpipes (^)

THUMBS UP: Ice Cube, rapper (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Ice Cube, actor

THUMBS UP: Johnny Rotten

THUMBS DOWN: Sid Vicious (^)

THUMBS UP: Freedom Rock (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Jam bands

THUMBS UP: Willy Wonka (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Christopher Cross

THUMBS UP: Roky Erickson’s comeback

THUMBS DOWN: Sly Stone’s comeback (^)

THUMBS UP: The Rat Pack (^)

THUMBS DOWN: The Brat Pack

THUMBS UP: Jimi Hendrix

THUMBS DOWN: Jimmy Buffett (^)

THUMBS UP: Dave Davies (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Dave Matthews

THUMBS UP: Beastie Boys (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Eminem

THUMBS UP: Al Green

THUMBS DOWN: Weird Al (^)

THUMBS UP: Pearl Jam’s first 3 albums (^)

THUMBS DOWN: Pearl Jam’s last 3 albums

THUMBS UP: AC/DC (^)

THUMBS DOWN: R.E.M.

THUMBS UP: New wave Bono

THUMBS DOWN: Statesman Bono (^)