Great set of lists tonight from Harrison and Marco as we dug deep on our favourite Tony Martin albums! With Thorns fresh on store shelves, and the prospect of Martin-era Sabbath reissues, it’s the perfect time to talk Tony.
We also played an old track from Slam Glory, featuring Marco’s uncle Ray D’Auria on lead vocals. Great band from the Raw M.E.A.T Vol 3 CD.
The comments were terrific once again, and thank you all for watching! See you next time!
Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, and his fellow Contrarian, Marco D’Auria, were the special guests on this week’s LeBrain Train and they absolutely nailed their lists! The topic: Top 5 Album Closers of All Time. This was probably a more challenging set of lists than Album Openers was. There was very little crossover, but many excellent selections from the mainstream to the obscure.
Insightful and entertaining banter abound. Watch the show to the end to get the “bonus tracks”: the runners-up that were just as exciting as the songs that made our lists. Another bonus: Our picks for worst album closer of all time!
Thanks Tim and Marco for spending your time with Eric and I tonight. We had a blast. Let’s do it again!
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike and the Meat Man
Episode 84 – Cinco De List-O: Top 5 Album Closers with Tim and Marco
A couple weeks ago, the LeBrain Train charted the Top 5 opening tracks of all time. (Thanks to Harrison Kopp for your participation in that episode!) That set of lists inspired Tim from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions to suggest a logical followup — Top 5 closing tracks!
The Meat Man and I decided to invite Tim and his fellow Contrarian, Marco D’Auria, to go up against the two of us for this list show. (Sorry Harrison, but you will be back soon!) We have not talked to Marco since March so we have a lot to catch up on. We’ll ask him for an update on his film project about the band Mystique, and congratulate Tim for fully funding his book Unspooled: An Adventure in 8-Tracks!
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Thank you Marco from The Contrarians for your appearance Friday night! The subject was Black Sabbath songs. Three Nigel Tufnel Top Ten lists from three die-hard fans. Do the math — that’s like a million tons of metal right there.
Marco is one of the most knowledgeable guests we’ve had on the show. We couldn’t let him off without asking him some questions about Marco. The first part of the show features a new segment that we call “Lightning Round – Getting to Know You”. We’d like your feedback on this part of the show. We had a lot of fun with it and so did the live viewers. What did you think of this new feature? Let us know in the comments.
Finally, we did a Contrarians style discussion on my favourite Black Sabbath record Born Again. This was very enjoyable and I hope we did the Contrarians justice with our version of the format.
Finally Finally: Marco mentioned a film project he is working on about a Canadian metal band called Mystique that is very close to his heart. Check out their Youtube channel by clicking here. This subject really grabbed the imagination of the live viewers who started looking up their stuff on Discogs! ($377!) You’ll also hear about a band called Slam Glory that I liked a lot back in the 90s.
All this and more on the LeBrain Train. Thanks for watching!
For the statisticians: Of the 33 songs on our lists, only five overlapped. They were:
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano…and Meat!
Episode 56 – Contrarian Marco talks Black Sabbath
In a crossover event sure to melt the structure of reality, we have Marco from The Contrarians here with us tonight! Their excellent YouTube show, featuring Martin Popoff, is the place you want to be for some real in-depth heavy metal album discussions. It’s all about people like us who pick odd-duck albums as their favourites. Which is something I’ll be doing tonight as well!
Without spoiling all the fun, here’s what we have in store. Uncle Meat and I will be asking Marco some questions so we can get to know him a little better. Then the three of us will break out the lists! It’s the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Black Sabbath songs. As if that isn’t enough epic-ness, we will also be discussing contrarian-style my favourite Sabbath record: Born Again.
Additionally: I will be announcing the winners of our CD draw from last week’s One Year Anniversary show! This will happen in the pre-show segment before 7:00 PM.
Announcements: Next week is already Easter. I’m considering doing two shorter shows that weekend: One, featuring a Max the Axe live rehearsal with four songs. These “Straight Outta Lockdown” sessions include a new tune. The second show I am considering would be Easter memories. Guests are on a volunteer basis if you’re interested.
Following that:
April 9: Please welcome the legendary Andy Curran of Coney Hatch to the show! With co-host Superdekes.
May 7: It’s Paul Laine, Canadians singer extraordinaire, formerly of Danger Danger and currently with The Defiants! With co-host John T. Snow!
Are you excited? Because I sure am! Thanks to Deke and John for booking these awesome guests.
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