Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Some tracks missing from spotify
Never heard of these guys. Seems kind of like the Grateful Dead. Ok for me. 2/5
Moby Grape by Moby Grape (1967) They were supposed to be ‘the next big thing’ upon this debut album’s release, but they fizzled, and the reasons are evident on the record: five members, five lead vocalists, five front men, five songwriters, five egos. Plus, they were atrociously (over-)managed, but that’s backstory. This album could have been great. The talent was there. The opening track “Hey Grandma” shows their ability, and their ability to work together, when they applied themselves. But (except for track four, “8:05”) it really goes downhill from there. Mostly psychedelic rock, but it lacks the absorbing power of Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, or many others. A qualifier is appropriate here: I never listened to them stoned. Since they were all five vocalists, it is noteworthy that they didn’t have a smooth vocal blend. Compare with CSN (with even the later Y), and there’s no comparison. Moby Grape was less than the vocal sum of its parts. Similar observations could be made about the competing guitar arrangements and performances. This ain’t The Eagles. The laughably surreptitious flipping of the bird and the cheesy faux political dying of the American flag in commie red on the cover photo adds to the plasticity (Oooooh, they’re so revolutionary, Cindy!). Too bad. These guys could really sing. 2/5
Felt like it was gonna be a banger at the beginning but petered out pretty quickly after a few tracks. Spotify version was also missing a few songs.
Moyen toujours pareil
Rockish but not wholly unenjoyable
Niet echt speciaal, en begon zelfs wat te vervelen tegen het einde
I thought it was going to be a moby album when I saw the name but alas this is just another inoffensive rock record from the sixties
Not really my jam. It's fine.
Alright. Doubt I’ll ever listen to it again.
album wasn't available on spotify except for two songs and a few bonus tracks. moby grape feels like an unimaginative neil young covering bob dylan.
Fint. Halvdelen af sangene var ikke på Spotify.
det er alt det her: country, blues, rock og bob d-folk
not bad. Wonder why this band never really achieved lasting success like a lot of the similar bands of the era. probably the name was just too stupid
Like San Fran californian hippy surf rock. The kinda stuff that people say The Beatles did really well. Not so much my bag, alright though. Also, album cover looks like it might be The Red Victorian where me Jim and Scott stayed in San Fran. Decent musicians, kinda bluesy at times, but just wasn't loving it. 2/5
Best leuk, maar niet blijven hangen
I only had maybe 35% of the songs because of Spotify, but it was...eh. Basic 60s blandness.
meh
Uninteresting [some tracks unavailable on Spotify]
For whatever reason I can only access 2 songs and the bonus tracks in Spotify. Probably just as well, hippy folk music from the 60s hasn't aged fantastically. Have you heard California Dreaming? Yeah, it's that but not as catchy.
A lot of the songs were blocked on Spotify for some odd reason. The few I heard weren't bad but wasn't my style.
Otra banda de rock de San Francisco de los 60 que sigue tocando hoy en día. Nunca consiguieron el éxito comercial.
generic falsetto vocals
Ehh, it was a little bit whispery and weird. I appreciated the music, but not so much the singing.
Hard to go higher when half the tracks are missing from spotify
Nope
Ya he dicho lo que pienso del psycodelic rock. Sobrerepresentado.
No conocía el grupo. Rock psicodelico californiano hippie muy decente. No es mi máximo, no es algo que busque realmente poner de nuevo pero esta bien. Supongo se perdieron entre tantas bandas que sonaban similar tipo Grateful Dead.
Nada que retuviera mi atención. Buena guitarra pero nada extraordinario. Tracks: Omaha
Don't know at all Moby Grape. Top track: Changes
Got that sound of the psychedelic rock but just isn’t good. Maybe spotify is missing songs
Great harmonies. Otherwise boring
Nada especial o llamativo por aquí.
60s psych rock standard
Apple music doesnt have : / sounded good though lol
60s we definitely weird
Never heard of Moby Grape before and now I know why.
Oooof i think they thought they were pretty cool…
Out of all the musical achievements that transpired in 1967 and chronicled in the book, Moby Grape's debut is one that you just had to be there to appreciate. Overall: 2/10
p106. 1967. 1 star. Insipid 60s West Coast hippy noodling with no tunes.
A forgettable album by a band to at sounds like 12 other bands from the same time
Full album not on streaming services. No Rating.
It's an album on this list.
Somewhat distinct sounding vocals, otherwise fairly common sounding run of the mill 60s music. Why is this on here?
Bored the piss out of me. Low rent version of Mamas and the Papas. In fact, it’s every 60s-70s folk rock band you’ve ever heard, but generic.
60s nonsense.
Previously unknown. Meh.
Boring, stopped listening after track two
Southern rock, rock, not sure. Music doesn’t impress, boring. Knock offs of other band sounds.
Meh
2/10 - yaaaaawwwwnnn
Kann ich leider nicht hören! ??
vtff tu vas te prendre ton 1 pour tous les autres et en plus tu as retiré des sons sur Spotify donc relou
Two stars. A lot to like, a lot of good playing and cool ideas.There’s like two things happening here, a really good rock band and vocal harmonies. I don’t think it’s a very good mix the lyrics and vocals aren’t my thing. But that song Hoochie is really great. Oh I think this linked to the wrong album. I listened to ‘69. 805. Please change your mind before my sunshine is gone. I do not like these lyrics. On the heels of watching love actually last night I’m not in the mood for shmaltzy problematic bullshit. The guy singing this is a pathetic loser and needs to know when to let go.
#15 Yawn, I'm not impressed, less 60s please 🥱
Not for me. 1/5
Over-earnest vocals, terrible smooshy mastering, jangley echoes of 50s rock n roll - this album has all the trademarks of a 1. Took everything in my power to not skip any (all) songs on it. Pretty sure the bass on "hoochie" just played the same note the entire thing...
Nothing special thus far. It feels very similar to other albums of that ear. Changes feels like I'm watch a road trip segment from a 70's movie. It's not bad and is a mix of other musical styles from the time. I wouldn't leave the room but if I wasn't trying to listen to the whole album I would have changed it.
No. 1.4
Sounds like the Beatles. I don't like the Beatles lol
Well this sucks.
Lo saque de tanto aburrimiento
Rating: 0.5 This album commits the worst sin an old album can commit: sounding old. They don’t have ears for a hit at all, they just do the twangy boring Creedence Clearwater thing worse with a fake and more atonal Jim Morrison on vocals. I almost fell asleep and crashed my car listening to this. Stay far away.
Who?
The whole album wasn’t on Spotify so I went over to YouTube. Honestly - this wasn’t worth sitting through ads to hear. Ho-hum late 60s rock.
Contains the worst that late 60s rock had to offer: ratty guitars, earnest folky harmonies, bloozy faux-tough lead vocals, thin reverb-coated drums - all in service of songs that are strictly also-rans. Stick this one back in the time capsule.
Lame ass sounding The Beatles wannabes
Forgettable
Find these kinds of albums so difficult to listen to
Spotify didn’t have the whole album, so I listened to a couple of the tracks they did before searching out the whole thing. The 2 tracks I listened to told me enough I wasn’t going to enjoy it, so I didn’t bother.
1/5 not a fan
boring.
Not that good
Very vanilla, not terrible but nothing stands out for me.
uninteresting late 60s blues/guitar pop. The story of the band is interesting though. 1.2
1. bluez - 1 2. 8.05 - 1.5 3. indiferrence - 1 4. rounder - 1.5 5. looper - 1 6. difference - 1 7. uuind - 1 8. ride - 1
1 stern
Sorry No. I understand the list is skewed to the late 60s/early 70s boomer era. It's absolutely the Golden era and I love so much from then. Maybe this was influential? But it absolutely does not stand the test of time. It's really really mediocre. I kind of liked one tune but was bored by all the rest. Kind of makes a mockery of the lists bias towards a certain milieu.
That was a lot of songs. It faded for me into the background and didn’t resonate much.
Jeebus, that was a boring ass record.
Rather generic 60s groove. No outstanding melodies or musical style here.
Konnten die Jungs nicht etwas anständiges lernen? Aber ok, Musik machen ist immer noch besser als Drogen verkaufen. So waren sie wenigsten weg von der Straße.
Me: it’s only 24 minutes. I can listen to anything for 24 minutes. Also me: [Checks watch every 2 minutes] Sounded like half the band was playing a different song from the other half.
No.
60’s
This album (or at least what was of it on Spotify) is under 30 minutes, snd it still felt like a chore to get through. Just weird, annoying, generic late 60s rock. I really am in disbelief as to how much uninteresting music has actually managed to earn a place on this list.
I can’t find this anywhere.
Garbage
Slechts enkele tracks beschikbaar op de streamingdiensten.
The authors favourite era. Feels like 501 albums are from 67-69
Terrible
Doesn't really do much for me. Very reminiscent of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, both of whom I find pretty mediocre. Not sure what I'm missing here. There certainly is a lot of bad blues rock on this list.
No comment
Pretty generic 60s rock. Nothing about it does anything for me.
Unavailable on Spotify
Quintessential 60’s boy band… not for me
Eh
Ikke fundet
You what! This band is dull and just 60s wallpaper
Sigh. Not another of these.
1 star. i can pass on ever hearing this album.
trash
Mid not really my type of music kinda sounded like a mix of country and old
This is just awful. Head scratching how this even got on this list. 2/10.
They're ok. wouldn't listen again
Can't listen to an album that doesn't exist online
Didn’t like. Grape Jam is a better album