The Culture of Tapology

This MMA community has many non-MMA threads already.  Music, Jokes, baseball, football, etc.

So, I thought it might serve a purpose to create a thread for all the other contributions to each other's lives that don't fit anywhere else.

Do you have something that would enrich the community culturally?  Maybe dance, comedy, nutritional, inspirational, arresting visuals?  But please let's keep this positive, and appropriate to the general public.

Maybe a video clip of a movie, broadway show, highly unusual, utterly creative, a cutting edge piece of information, a new computer application, or something that would make someone's life better or richer.

i'm just jokin. I have no idea who the **** petula is.

hahahaha

Fleetwood Mac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London. Due to numerous line-up changes, the only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood. Although band founder Peter Green named the group by combining the surnames of two of his former bandmates (Fleetwood, McVie) from John Mayall's Blues breakers, bassist John McVie played neither on their first single nor at their first concerts, as he had to straighten things out with Mayall before joining the band permanently. The keyboardist, Christine McVie, who joined the band in 1970 while married to John McVie, appeared on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician. She also supplied the artwork for the album Kiln House.

The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green and achieved a UK number one with "Albatross"; and from 1975 to 1987, with more pop-orientation, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac's second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham, 1977's Rumours, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles (including Nicks' song "Dreams", which was the band's only U.S. number one) and remained at No.1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world. To date the album has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the eighth highest selling album of all time.

Say You Love Me, 1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i3dfICinI

Say You Love Me - 1998 version (based on 1975 original) This version was recorded at 1998 Hall of Fame, and Christine McVie's still hot, Lindsey Buckingham rocks the banjo like Roy Clark!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF5BlL5UH24

Gypsy (live concert video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5j8In4wu3g

Little Lies, 1987

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiGjxxytLy8

Over My Head, 1988 (1998 Hall of Fame version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npnGTnupBX0

You Make Loving Fun, 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Xrqvmbc-o

Go Your Own Way, 1976

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4

What's The World Coming To, 2003 (Say You Will)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwef845VA1A

Dreams, 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dsh9M6qnhE

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@ibj6  That is why this thread exists.  So people who don't know who these people are, have the opportunity to discover things that they would not otherwise have found.  I'm only trying to bring worthwhile culture to a generation that is unfamiliar with them.  

It's like finding a pot of gold in the middle of the road, with no one else to claim it!  Enjoy!  

We might fight, cuss and drop f-bombs, but then after a cooling off, we're back working together to build something worthwhile.  Almost like romantic relations.  

Greatest rock artists, it depends on my mood but right now my top 5 looks something like this:

1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Bob Dylan
5. Chuck Berry

A greatest artists list would look completely different.

By the way Swick, Nas is the greatest rapper of all-time. I don't care what anyone says, he's the best ever, closely followed by the God M.C. himself, Rakim Allah.

Never mind. Misread that. I thought you meant a general list, not your own list. lol

* Edited at 04.07.2013, 10:40 PM ET *

So what? People who think lyrics = excellence are ******* stupid, there's so much more to it.

Elvis Presley is the greatest talent in the history of music. Not a single artist was more talented than he was in terms of pure vocal ability. He was a pioneer and an excellent musician.

Queen's a good band, no they're great but they're not top 10 let alone top 5. I mean if you really think about it, what songs have they made that could be considered as legendary pieces of music, other than Bohemian Rhapsody? The rest of their songs were good no doubt, but they weren't excellent.

Another One Bites the Dust, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Somebody to Love, Killer Queen, these are good songs but they're not groundbreaking. Every member in my top 5 contributed significantly more to music than Queen. I'd rank Nirvana over Queen and I ******* despise Nirvana.

EDIT: It is a general list, not my own list. Deal with it.

* Edited at 04.07.2013, 10:45 PM ET *

Bob Dylan is a great call.  Lyrics do contribute to excellence, but I have to agree w/ Anik... it doesn't equate to excellence.  Kinda why so many talented song writers are just that... song writers.

A special treat for the small but vibrant band of 3Hunna members.  A delightful aria from the greatest soprano who ever lived.  

Maria Callas -  (Rossini) - Una voce poco fa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMH4ZnGIWs

@Anik I honestly agree, I put Nas over anyone else and if anything he is grossly underrated.

@Bill We're not small...we're 3HUNNA 

I'm no hip hop guru,But I do spend a good amount of time listening to music.

Nas is my personal favorite.

@Swickotine He's my number one because in my opinion, the greatest rap album ever was Illmatic and the greatest rap song ever created was N.Y. State of Mind.

If Nas has the greatest rap album ever and the greatest song ever, how the **** do you dispute his claim as the greatest ever?

Also, Takeover > Ether.

3HUNNA MUTHAUCKAS!!!

Nas is one of the best ever, he sucks at life though.

Solid top 5 Anik..

I would probably bump Mr.Berry down a place and slot Pink Floyd in at number 5 though. Just my personal opinion.

Also to very much reiterate the lyrics point...

@Anik I agree with you 3HUNNA%


And on top of it, ******* NY State of Mind II could be better than the first!

* Edited at 04.07.2013, 11:55 PM ET *

This could be my favorite Nas song ever...


Life's a *****, and then you die...that's why we get high, cause you never know when you're gonna go.

@jaffacakehero Never liked Pink Floyd, they always bore me.

I appreciate them though, just not to the extent of most. That's probably why they would be excluded from my top 10.

@Swickotine Whoa let's not get too ahead of ourselves.

Top 3 Greatest Rap Songs of All-Time
1. NY State of Mind by: Nas
2. Shook Ones Pt. 2 by: Mobb Deep
3. The Message by: Grandmaster Flash

The rest is just a free-for-all, Juicy, California Love, Straight Outta Compton, It Was a Good Day, C.R.E.A.M., Paid in Full, Eric B. For President, Fight the Power, Know the Ledge, Lose Yourself, I Used to Love Her, Mathematics, Jesus Walks, **** it just goes on...

EDIT: @Swickotine Your favorite line from a Nas song is rapped by AZ, how ironic.

* Edited at 04.08.2013, 12:04 AM ET *

Nas's first album was his best album.