Interesting, not what I expected. I knew The Stooges were an early punk influence, and you can definitely see how punk evolved from this, but it is also very much of the time (late 60s). It's dirty and gritty, but there are also some long, drawn out Doors-esque tracks and one in particular (We Will Fall) that sounds more like Devendra Banhart, Psalters or Man Man than punk or even contemporary 60s rock. Keepers: "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
No surprises (already heard at least half the record), super cool. TIL that Atmosphere's 'Shoes' interpolates 'Perfection'. Definitely prefer the more rock-oriented tracks to the b-boy ones (prob bc the rock tracks have riffs and the b-boy tracks mostly use the same beat with scratches) but can't deny that there are bangers all over this one.
Keepers: Whole album except 'Dumb Girl', 'Son of Byford', (maybe 'Is It Live' and 'Hit It Run'?).
I really like the bass lines. Vocals, not so much. I feel like you could identify the art school pretentiousness, even if you knew nothing about Talking Heads.
This was great, loved the speed and squigglies, as well as the melody. Couple of slower duds but overall great.
Ok, it took me a few days to get through it. 'Chameleon' and 'Watermelon Man' were both v groovy, liked them. I could hear the inspiration of 'Sly' but it was pretty noisy (but trying to put Jimmy to sleep at the same time wasn't smart on my part). Overall, doubt I'll revisit, but glad I can check it off my list.
Core memory is listening to Abbey Road AT Abbey Road. I feel like Side A is perfect, Side B has perfection, the only thing that brings it down is some of the medley. But perfect way to end the band, perfect record.
I mean, do I need to relisten to this one again? It's on my top (25?), I would love it if Coldplay would revisit this sound instead of the generic whatever pop bullshit they've been doing for 15 years.
"And my favorite band will always be Tears for Fears." Really got into this record bc of Donnie Darko and it contributing to me being confused ab "Is this movie set in the 80s or now??". Also good memories of listening to this while reading early 80s X-Men comics and rocking lil baby Jim.
This is one of those special records where half of the tracks on it are on the band's Greatest Hits (and not because the band sucked or only had one record either). I particularly love the musical journey they take us on in 'Shout', where they take 6.5 minutes to transform the song from a 100% synth record, with no organics in sight, to a heavy rock song with a bitchin solo. Always glad to have an opportunity to revisit this one. Always skip 'I Believe' though
I've always thought The Band was overrated and boring, typical 70s 'rock' band. This album doesn't really change that impression. Also, can't stand Levon Holm's voice, dude sounds like a redneck retard. There are a couple of tracks that stood out - 'Cripple Creek' has an interesting beat and groove and the chorus of 'Jawbone' has a cool riff and weird time signature that I like (verses are boring as hell though). 'Look Out Cleveland' is a good rock song and the track that stood out the most to me musically, 'Jemima Surrender' fell apart as soon as the lyrics came in and I realized it was all about Levon Helm wanting to get with Aunt Jemima and refusing to take no for an answer.
Forgot that Metallica used the riff of 'Warhol' in 'Master of Puppets' bc Cliff loved Bowie. And I don't know if I'd ever heard the actual version of 'Life on Mars' just the Portuguese cover from The Life Aquatic. Bowie was definitely reading his Nietzsche when he made this. 'Song for Dylan' nails Dylan to a T.
So far, the best thing I can say ab this album is that it goes by quickly. V repetitive, drawn out. The crowd is v into it, which is cool I guess, but def feel like I could have died without hearing this one.
Obv there's a reason 'Every Breath You Take' has endured, that bass and guitar riff is perfect. V cool bassline on 'Oh My God'. 'Mother' is some weird Man Man shit, but I actually kind of like it. Personally I prefer the Underoath version of 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' but it's still good. Like the vibes of 'Miss Gradenko' and 'Murder by Numbers'.
I like it, like a more orchestral Cure.
