Fave Track: "Good Times" (Written by Sam Cooke)
Fun Fact: "Respect" was originally written/performed by Otis Redding
Preferred the upbeat tracks. Mostly bluesy-soul numbers. Her TENTH album already by 1967, gives you pause to think how much music she's made over the years.
Really outside of what I listen to, but remember several songs from my youth. Couldn't really pick out a favorite, but maybe Devil's Haircut simply because of nostalgia. Have trouble separating his music from his Scientology ties.
One of my top 100 personal favorites for sure. I love punk, hate ska. This kinda walks that line enough to be an easy listen. Clampdown has been on any playlist I've made since I was about 14. Death or Glory keeps creeping into said playlists as well. Guns of Brixton a sleeper-banger. I don't understand what's with late-70s groups referencing the same Rudy/Rudi as a loser who needs to get his shit together. Train in Vain a less known classic but a classic. Jimmy Jazz something I mutter around work a lot. Had a friend name his kid "Strummer" which annoyed me, but the album holds up like a beast, and a nice lead into some of the best punk/metal ever made in the 1980s. Still prefer the Pistols.
Enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. Always liked the video to Fell In Love With A Girl. Lots of quality tracks I've added to some playlists. Little Room is garbage. Can't hear We're Going To Be Friends without thinking of the opening titles of Napolean Dynamite. Better than Nirvana. Dig the feel of the album as a whole, less about the individual tracks. Except Little Room, which is trash. B-side lets the A-side down a bit, kinda goes out with a whimper.
Not my favorite Hendrix album, but another easy listen. Feel like he doesn't get enough credit as a songwriter, people just think woo-hoo-guitar-guy.
I had recently listen to this one from beginning to end haha, so I skipped a few tracks. The nostalgia is strong with this one.
Listen to the whole thing in one sitting, didn't realise how painfully similar all the songs are. That being said, he's got such a smooth soothing voice it was a fun listen. Relaxing. More good music to have on while you're cookin' by the book.
Never heard of Scott Walker, or "The Walker Brothers." The book this list is based on is written from more of a UK point of view, and I think this is one that might be a little specific to that region. That being said, it was OK. Kinda weird. Like a worse Sinatra, with a louder cacophony of instruments and weirder lyrics. Might try a Walkers Brothers album in the future, but this one was super fuckin weird.
I had not heard this one, so I did a quick google about it, and was excited when Axl Rose called it his favorite album. It was a fun listen, thought of like a gay Tom Petty. Soft 70s rock, I'm on board. His 'game' was pretty weird. Odd inclusion. 3.5 if I could.
This is the epitome of art for art's sake. It's so far up it's own ass it has become some kind of bagel. Not catchy, interesting, captivating or moving. It's the type of pretentious garbage I absolutely hate. It charted so poorly because it's bad music. It's a cult band, with an Andy Worhol type of self importance so vulgar I barely call it music. But hey, it's cool to be like "the themes explored really speak to the general malaise of the time...." get fucked. 0/10
Not terrible, it's old people country. 1.5 if I could. more honest than Odelay.
One of my favorite. Going to rewatch the buddy holly story tonight!
Kinda fun, did not know who/what sang Laugh Laugh but form some reason I remember it from Uncle Buck.
