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Bad BrainsGreat fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
Great fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
"This track seems kinda thin." "I hear you, what are you thinking, adding an organ or something?" "No, we need a...shoot, what's it called?" "Banjo?" "It's like a banjo.." "Mandolin?" Snorts enormous rail of 70s Colombian bam bam... "Ahhhh...London Symphony Orchestra....that's it. Get me those guys."
Gotta Get Up Without You Coconut Jump Into The Fire ...Stone Cold Classics Early in The Morning Let the Good Times Roll Super solid
This album came out at the tail end of the 2000s. That was a good decade, and music like this colored a lot of it. Pitchfork approved indie music. Smarthphones were just getting going and iPods were still big. Marvel movies hadn't begun to dominate. Social Media didn't have "like" buttons quite yet. Listening to this take me back there, and I like that.
Far Out Delta Blues.
Baby making music. But where are the hits, Madge?
Return to the home planet. Listen to this one with headphones, a lot is going on there.
Come for David Byrne, stay for Brian Eno and the grooves.
This was Stevie's 17th studio album. He was 24 when it came out. He was absurd.
That's nice. Its like the Silver Jews with a strings section.
Willie and the great American songbook.
In case you ever need a 6 minute drum solo, we've got you covered.
I liked the faster ones, in particular.
After almost 2 years in the studio, and with the help of 40 studio musicians, Fagan and Becker did it. They created the ultimate music to celebrate a really terrific pair of slacks.
Surprisingly normal and good new wave. The girls particularly liked it making dinner.
"Wanna listen to some edgy tunes by the likes of Nick Cave and Tom Waits?" "Yeah" "Want me to do the songs in the style of showtunes?" "No" "Very well, 5,6,7,8!" "Wait...Stop."
Greatest acoustic bass in all of punk rock.
Lucille and BB five the crowd what it needs.
"It really is a fine line between stupid....and clever." -David St Hubbins
Take 2 parts of Black Sabbath sludge and mix well with 2 parts Ramones bop. Let stand overnight to create Mudhoney. Bonus...allow Mudhoney to ferment in the rain for 6 weeks...this will result in Nirvana.
Great fast aggressive technical music. But the vocals are the star.
Listening to this alerted me to the fact that Depeche Mode is not Duran Duran and vice versa. In my mind its all the same, but when you listen, its different. Also appreciated the no-tricks Beethoven at the end.
Peak 90s Britpop.
Entire song dedicated to a Sex Dwarf.
Ok I guess. Loved these guys on the Paid in Full remix.
KD Lang's voice is so good it got Owen Bradley off the retirement couch and back in the studio with all his old pals. I love this. Some might not vibe with this, but you have to recognize that this is a pure, honest, representation of an original American art form (even if KD is from Alberta).
Smoother that Ron Burgundy and his Yazz Flute.
YES!? More like....maybe.
Ambulance Blues is my favorite Neil Young song on this, my favorite Neil Young album. I love many things about this record, not keast of which are the liner notes written by Rusty Kershaw on the original packaging. " I can't read or write very well, so I don't quite understand why anyone would want me to write liner notes. Except for what I saw and heard. The first time I saw Neil his spirit was down the next time I saw Neil I tryed to Boost his sprits with my music and I did and it work. In return Neil played, Sang and wrote, the Best of any music in a While. Not to speak of the fun we had. We laughed so hard we all had Bruzed ribs. On Revolution Blues, I turned inot a Python, than an aligator, I was crawling like one, makeing noise like one, Plus I was eating up the carpet and the mike stands and such. and in the meanwhiile I started to crawl up towards Neil; Which is pretty Spooky. When your trying to Sing: But anyways by that time the necktie people ask my friend Joe what are we gonna do about Rusty, and my friends answer was, 'Hell I don't know I'm just Hangin around to see if Hel'll Swallow Him or not. But what the Hell I give you my word there is good music in this album. Rusty Kershaw R.K. Cause B`en is My Friend"
Blows my mind that this is all improvised. Also love how you can hear him grunting.
Mother will they break my balls?
Not quite sigur gross, but not really sigur VERY NICE either.
Shortening to MGMT is the kind of out of the box efficiency move that has MGMT written all over it.
Im down with the Iceberg.
From Pablo Honey to this in 4 moves. Bold move Cotton!
Synth punks. I could have been convinced to drop a 4 on these guys, but these songs really didnt need to be 6,7,8 minutes long. Lets get in and out in 3, boys.
Sad she never did another one.
Lovely. Calm.
Mikey, I know what youbwere going for, but you didn't quite go hard enough
Other than "The Murder Mystery" this was great.
This is our second record with Siouxsie. I like this one slightly more better.
Amazing.
What's to talk about? Stone cold classic.
Too much man, too much.
I don't think I was in the right frame of mind to fully accept the Boys into my heart.
Me and me Uncle Jamal blast Dizzee before we battle with the EastStaines Massif.
One of a kind.
A few bangers. But mostly just beyond my reach.
Not my favorite. But at least there is 72 minutes of it.
Is this krautrock? Do I like krautrock?
You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance sounds like.
Cool Vibes.
One of Mick & Keef's finest.
Started nice, got annoying in the middle, and then ended strong. Overall the least offensive techno I have ever heard.
"And how many times have you heard people say of bands: “Man, what a shuck! I could get up there and cut that shit." Well, here’s your chance. The Stooge act is wide open. Do your worst, People, falsify Iggy and the Stooges, get your kicks and biffs. It’s your night! No takers. They sit there, wide-eyed vegetative Wowers or sullen in a carapae carapace of Cool, unafraid or unable to react, to get out there in that arena which is nothing more than life, most often too cowed to even hurl a disappointing hoot stageward. And that is why most rock bands are so soporifically lazy these days, and also why the Stooges, and any other band that challenges its audience, is the answer." --Lester Bangs (Dec, 1970)
Superfuzz got 4 stars, so this gets 3.
Best of the best.
This is a movie, with a story and a point of view.
Rocking indie shreds.
Great surprise. Soulful and emotional.
Shaft us a bad mother...
Love it or hate it, this is a pure distilation of Red Hot Chili Peppers...pure capsaicin.
Golden Era Stevie
Starman Jams
Dammit. I wanted to hate it. Couldn't do it.
Dont know where that came from, but loved it.
Far out. Loved Watermelo Man.
Dylan sings the blues with a chip on his shoulder. Beauty.
Pretty good tunes for not listening to tunes.
Greatest country singer ever. One of his best songs ever, but not all the hits.
Classic record.
The dude hates the Eagles, man.
"This track seems kinda thin." "I hear you, what are you thinking, adding an organ or something?" "No, we need a...shoot, what's it called?" "Banjo?" "It's like a banjo.." "Mandolin?" Snorts enormous rail of 70s Colombian bam bam... "Ahhhh...London Symphony Orchestra....that's it. Get me those guys."
This music is a slippery slope. This one rides the ridge without tumbling into terrible.
Pretty good for dirty hippies.
Wonder how I missed that. This was great.
Open guitar tunings, 3 part harmony, and a few bricks of Moroccan hash.
Music video jams
That first song almost had me. But then it was fast downhill from there. I learned that there is a term called "Wyatting" which is putting on one of Wyatt's tunes on a juke box in a bar, and then leaving. That sounds funny, but also unlikely, because these tunes wouldn't be in any jukebox I've ever seen.
More than just the hits.
Rasta Vibrations.
Pusherman is my fave.
Interesting tunes that answer the question: "What would Billy Joel sound like if he was from Montreal instead of Long Island (and was gay)."
Serviceable 90s Britpop. S'ok.
Grimy. But not too grimy.
This album is a monster.
No discussion. Classic.
Never heard of this...listened twice. At first I thought it was a cheap Public Enemy knockoff. Then I listened again, and thought it was pretty good.
There is a time and place for all music. In this case, let's say that you have to fight Liu Kang on your way through Mortal Kombat. Or, for example, you might be making your way through a crowded dance club, fighting a whole mess of Agent Smiths on your way to meet up with Trinity. In those times, this is 10 out of 10.
Launch of the more Canadian, hornier Bob Dylan
Wee slice of cheese on the side of this one.
Not a lot of mistakes in the 70s for the Zep boys.
Canon.
Proto pop punk.
Dull.
Sultry jams.
Pretty watered down.
Over and Over is my sleeper pick for favorite Neil Young song.
Easy there Lady R Kelly.
Psychadelic jams.
Proto alternative jams.
Proto Alternative Jams.
Never heard before. Good, Loose, Bluesy Rock 'n Roll. Really great.
Brian Eno said: "The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Justin Yurek said: "4 million people bought that first Simply Red record, but none of them formed a band."
Awesomely weird and original...poetic without being abstruse.
You don't hear the medley used in an album so much any more...
Meth-y jams.
Sunshine with a sneer.
The works of Edgar Allan Poe, if they were turned into a rocking musi al with gospel backup singers.
Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs walk into a bar...
Diva Jams.
My favorite candy growing up was Coffe Crisp. Its slogan was, "a nice light snack". Being that this was a Canadian treat, the slogan was also translatee into French: "Un goûter léger". I think that suns up The Undertones: "Un goûter léger".
Boomer jams. This is your dad's favorite guitar player, but for a good reason.
I like this music very much, but my musical palette really isn't developed enough to tell good jazz from bad. If you told me that this was one of the most important pieces of music ever recorded, I would nod and agree. But, then again, if you told me that this was part of the Lethal Weapon 2 score, and that this piece was written to play over a montage of Sgt. Riggs looking out over the beach, sullenly, after one of his relationships fell apart - I would nod and agree that that too was true.
Answering the question: "what would it sound like if Charles Dickens joined a rock band, and added flute solos?"
Crabs and football: that's what Maryland does. Banksy and Trip hop: that's what Bristol does.
No no. These Queens had some growing up to do yet. At this point we were not hearing fully formed Queens. These were merely princesses.
This version of Def Leppard features yhe use of 10 band member arms. They really hit their stride on the album after this where they cut the arm number down to 9.
Took 2 listens, but there is good stuff here. Particularly Side A.
Have to show this record its due propers. Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man In The Mirror, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal all could virtually be standards at this point, and even the tier 2 songs like Liberian Girl, Another Part of Me, and Leave Me Alone are elevated. Even the sound effects (both from the producers, and from MJ's little yelps) are all 100% associated with this album.
That was fun. I know rationally that this album rocks, but I had not rocked to it in person in a long long time. I'll have to revisit my entire pecking order of 90s albums because this one is moving into the upper echelons with a bullet.
When you take upbeat weird and give it a positive outlook and some joy, you get Talking Heads, which lives in 4 and 5 star territory. When you put upbeat weird into a minor key and make it all mopey and angsty, you get this.
Interestingly, this album was released in 1982 - just like the album immediately preceding - Sulk by The Associates. Both albums sound like they came from 1982, but 1999 is welcome in the future, and Sulk is not...at some point I will sit down and think about why.
Waylon Jennings was hired by Holly to play bass for him on the Winter Dance Party Tour, which began January 23rd, 1959, in Milwaukee. Jennings, 21 at the time, had been in New York City recording sessions produced by Holly, and after taking a train to Chicago, met up with the rest of Holly’s band. Problems first arose when the tour buses hired to transport the group began breaking down. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2nd, Holly decided to charter a plane for himself, guitarist Tommy Allsup and Jennings so they could fly to Fargo, North Dakota, instead of taking the long, frozen bus trip. Richardson, who was suffering from the flu, asked Jennings for his seat on the plane, and Valens asked the same of Allsup. When Jennings told Holly that he was going to take the bus, Holly jokingly told him he hoped the bus broke down, to which Jennings replied, “I hope your ol’ plane crashes.” This story was a better use of space than a review of this ablum.