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Old August-15th-2004, 10:24 PM   #1
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Rate Classic Rock Musicians in terms of Mintiness

George Harrison : Minty
John Lennon : MintySimon and Garfunkel: Can go from EXTREMELY Minty to NOT Minty
Keith Richards: Minty
Ray Davies: Minty
Dave Davies : Mintier
Georgie Fame: Minty
Ten Years After: NOT Minty
Van Morrison: VERY Minty
Stevie Winwood : Minty, with a Minty finish
Allman Brothers: Not Minty
Greatful Dead. Minty
Mountain: Minty
The Band: Earthy Minty
Young Rascals: Not Minty
Simon and Garfunkel: Can go from EXTREMELY Minty to NOT Mintyu
Sly and the Family Stone: Minty
Traffic: Very Minty
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:26 PM   #2
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Jethro Tull: think they're Minty but they're not.
Jeff Beck. Arguably one of the Mintiest.
Rod Stewart: Not Minty despite the Faces
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:27 PM   #3
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Grand Funk Railroad. Minty
Deep Purple: Come on, Deep Purple MNTY?
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:29 PM   #4
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Beck, Bogart and Appice: Minty (How can JBeck not be minty?)
Yarbirds. Owned the Mint
Byrds: Minty
Buffalo Springfield: Minty
Poco: Minty
Kansas: Mintless
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:31 PM   #5
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Vanilla Fudge: Somewhat Minty
Hendrix: Minty
Cream: Great, but surprisingly unMinty
Chambers Brothers: Extremely Minty for how good they were.
Humble Pie; Not Minty
Canned Heat: Minty
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:33 PM   #6
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Grass Roots: Not Minty
Blues Project; Minty
Fleetwood Mac: Minty then not Minty then Tusk was Minty
Edgar Winter's White Trash: Minty
Guess Who: Not Minty
J Geils: VERY MINTY
Mark Bolan: Minty
Tommy Bolin: Minty
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:35 PM   #7
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Troggs: VERY MINTY. Almost too obvious
Jose Feliciano: Minty
Alice Cooper: NOT MINTY. Not at all
Mott the Hoople: Minty
Velvet Underground. SOOOOOO Minty
Stooges. Hints of Mint
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:37 PM   #8
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Jefferson Airplane. Classic case of a band losing all its mint.
Creedence Clearwater: Mint wrestling with other flavors for dominance/
Moby Grape: Minty
Zappa: Minty
Mothers of Invention: Always Minty
Ten Wheel Drive: Loved their mintiness above all else.
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:38 PM   #9
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Big Brother: Minty
Janis Solo: Minty
Full Tilt Boogie: Minty
Three Dog Night: Cheesy Mintiness
Santana: Think they own Mint but they don't
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:41 PM   #10
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Pentangle: Minty
Brownsville Station: If Pentangle is Minty how could Brownsville Station be Minty. Now you're getting silly.
Who. I hate to admit how Minty they started out to be.
Melanie. Needed mint,
James Taylor: Minty
Beach Boys. As Minty as they wanted to be. Not always so mucy.
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:43 PM   #11
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Smith: Minty
Springsteen. Often Minty, often not.
Elvis Costello: Minty
Nick Lowe: Mr. Minty
Aztec Camera: Minty
Sqeeze. Straddles Minty Classic rock and Minty New Wave. But clearly Minty.
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:44 PM   #12
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:45 PM   #13
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Marley: Minty
Tosh: Minty
Jimmy Cliff: Minty
Reggae is usually almost always Minty, mon
Men At Work: Minty
Police: Mintiest New Wave Band?
Clash: Surprisingly Minty
Replacements: Not Minty, Not Classic Rock
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:47 PM   #14
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Dean Friedman: Minty
Blues Magoos: WAY MINTY
Soft Machine: Minty
Blue Cheer. Unfuckingminty
Trapeze (see Blue Cheer and subtract some mintiness)
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Old August-15th-2004, 10:49 PM   #15
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Buzzy Linhart: Mintiness can suck live
Dave Mason; MIN-TYYYYYYYYY
New Riders: Minty
Association. Artificially Minty
Emerson Lake and Palmer. Badly needed more Mint
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Old August-16th-2004, 08:43 AM   #16
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Mick Jagger mintmeister
Charlie Watts should have used more mints than tobacco
Keith Richards embalmed but minty
Clapton, mint God
Paul McCartney walrus mint
Jerry Lee Lewis underage mint
The Who won't get mint again
Janis Joplin pearl mint
Pearl Jam quasi-mint
David Lee Roth gigolo mint
Hendrix purple mint
BB King blue mint
ZZ Topp fuzzy mint
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Old August-16th-2004, 09:14 AM   #17
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Steve(thelil): Are you getting enough chlorophyll in your regular diet?
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Old August-16th-2004, 09:19 AM   #18
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Thin Lizzy: Twin guitar minty (though Phil Lynott doesn't smell so minty)
Genesis: Like mint gum that's been chewed for 48 hours, not only has it lost its mint, you can't even fucking chew it anymore
Brian Wilson: Wonderminty (that's a pun; his backing band is the Wondermints, but certainly he's very minty)
Everly Brothers: Forever minty
Buddy Holly: Feb. 3, 1959: The day the minty died
Bee Gees: traces of mint scattered throughout
Pink Floyd: mintally ill
Queen: fresh mint
Britney Spears: not even spearminty
Velvet Underground: megamint
Lou Reed: see VU
Bob Dylan: Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the megamint....
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Old August-16th-2004, 09:48 AM   #19
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This is the most brilliant thread I've viewed in nanoseconds.
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Old August-16th-2004, 01:08 PM   #20
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Peter Green

devoid of Minty-ness, oddly enough...

1910 Fruitgum Company

Also, (strangely) Mint free...


Go freakin' figure...
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Old August-16th-2004, 02:49 PM   #21
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Peter Green: I think he is Minty and would be even if he wasn't green.
Albert Lee: Cooly Minty
Joey Dee. Pepperminty
Arthur Lee: Thinks he's soooooo Minty, and is pretty Minty, even if I'm not actually familiar with his music.
AD/DC : Not Minty. Less Minty than Rush
Arthur Brown: It's a crazy, MINTY world
Brewer and Shipley: Minty
Ashford and Simpson: Don't even try to be Minty
Hall and Oates. Minty
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Old August-16th-2004, 02:52 PM   #22
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THE CLOVERS - "ONE MINTY JULEP" ? Extra minty? So, Hold the Mint! ...AND...."In the Middle of the Night" etc...Didn't Amos Milburn also cut this?

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Old August-16th-2004, 02:57 PM   #23
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Nice. The Clovers are mintiest so far. Even Clover is Minty. Mint Juleps are REALLY EALLY Minty.
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Old August-16th-2004, 03:07 PM   #24
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Peter Green: I think he is Minty and would be even if he wasn't green.
In his case, it REALLY isn't easy being Green.
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Old August-16th-2004, 03:41 PM   #25
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Scope - extra minty
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Old August-16th-2004, 03:51 PM   #26
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In his case, it REALLY isn't easy being Green.
Kermit. Minty, but not Mintyfresh. It's hard to get the frog out.
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Old August-16th-2004, 03:59 PM   #27
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Badfinger: Tragically minty
Cheap Trick: Surprisingly minty
Fairport Convention: Trace minty
Zombies: So very minty
Paul Revere and the Raiders: Anti-minty
Loggins and Messina: Non-minty on record, actually minty live
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Old August-16th-2004, 05:04 PM   #28
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Badfinger: Tragically minty
Cheap Trick: Surprisingly minty
Fairport Convention: Trace minty
Zombies: So very minty
Paul Revere and the Raiders: Anti-minty
Loggins and Messina: Non-minty on record, actually minty live
i think he's got it!

Zombies are extremely minty....... But do you think the Raiders are PURPOSELY anti-minty?
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Old August-16th-2004, 05:06 PM   #29
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Zombies!!--minty as a mother-f****er!
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Old August-16th-2004, 05:08 PM   #30
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Oh? Well, we *are* soul mates!
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