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"Can you tell me what music is? It's completely intangible. It's something that you can't grasp. You see art, watch people dancing, but you have to give part of your life to hear music. It grips you, gets into your soul, the most sublime of all the arts. Why should a minor chord sound sad, a major chord sound happy? There's no logic to it at all" - Sir George Martin
"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid" - Frank Zappa
"Definition of rock journalism: People who can’t write, doing interviews with people who can’t think, in order to prepare articles for people who can’t read" - Frank Zappa
"You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music" - Sid Vicious
"There are only two things in the world that give us absolute, total happiness. One is unwrapping a newly-bought CD, and the other is seeing other people fail" - Armando Iannucci
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" - unknown
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THE RYM ROUGH GUIDE TO EVERYTHING - 'The Guide' itself! A full explanation for it's existence, along with an entry key, polls rules and an artist index, can be found on the first page!
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 | 20 rocking Queen tracks that nobody knows about (except other Queen fans!)
These are all tucked away on albums and b-sides, safe from the glare of the general public. Next time somebody takes the piss, 'cos you like "that pop band, Queen", play 'em these and confound their mis-guided expectations... Created: 11/14/2006 | 20 items |  | The RYM Rough Guide To Everything (work-in-progress)
- If you think you need at least one Beatles song on your i-pod, which one should it be?
- If you think you should investigate David Bowie that little bit further, which album should you start with?
- If you think you don't love Radiohead as much as you should, what reasons are there to love them?
Answers to these questions, and more, can be found here - THE RYM ROUGH GUIDE TO EVERYTHING! All the artists on this list were suggested by RYMers, and the song and album recommendations were voted for by RYMers too! And surely there can be no greater recommendation - a list made for RYMers by RYMers! Created: 02/07/2007 | Last updated: 11/22/2009 | 2010 items |  | The RYM Rough Guide Massive
A countdown of those Rough Guiders who have gone above and beyond. Every user here has voted in 20 or more polls and is therefore officially a member of that exclusive club: The RYM Rough Guide Massive.
You're very welcome - long may you reign!!
(I'll get round to adding some ego-massaging descriptions, at some point! This chart is accurate as of September 21st, 2007, and will be updated whenever I damn well please!) Created: 09/21/2007 | 21 items |  | A Collection
A list to feature RYM's Marillion fans! I don't think there's too many who'd openly admit to liking this unfairly maligned band. So, I've started things off by naming and shaming some users who have either confessed as much to me personally, or who have nailed their colours to the Marillion mast in reviews and ratings! If anyone else wishes to be 'outed', drop me a PM and I'll add you to the roll of dishonour! And remember, it's good to be an anorak! Created: 12/23/2007 | 26 items |
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