1001 Albums Summary

I was a little disappointed when this came up at the first album because The Beatles are kind of a dad-music-eye-roll. When I was a teen, I was obsessed with the movie Across the Universe (a musical of only Beatles songs) and many of these songs I already know deeply from that. I tried to push that initial feeling aside because sometimes the Greats are great for a reason. I cannot say that I have ever heard Maxwell's Silver Hammer before. I had never heard the actual Beatles version of Oh! Darling! - really good I am trying to put myself in the shoes of someone who has not heard most of these 1 million times and I do think it is impressive and surprising how many hits are on one album.

2/5 Immediately, I don't really know who Steely Dan is and I could not pick a Steely Dan song out of a line-up- so this is something new. This is not resonating with me at all though, maybe I just don't get it. I'm more of a lyrical listener and I feel like this is music for people who listen more to the instruments. Not really feeling like there is anything here for me

Immediately digging it. The woody flute at the end of "Your New Cuckoo" has really sent me. This is a very fun album and I am loving the cheeky, poppy-ness. I enjoyed this one and could see myself getting more into it with more listens. I found the sounds in the background of the song unexpected and interesting.

Jazz is kind of tough for me. I really don't think I have the ear for music like this. It doesn't find somewhere emotionally to land for me. I feel like if someone who really appreciated and loved it talked to me about what I should listen then I would like it better. Maybe it is just that I started listening more intently but "Minor Chant" is a groove for sure. Strong vibes

I don't really have a strong opinion of The Who coming into this album. I think of them as being a "jam band" but I have no idea if that is even accurate. I am a real sucker for albums that contain a narrative but this style of music doesn't do it for me. Christmas is an interesting track, I really like "how can men who have never seen light be enlightened" and ruminating on the idea of "how can he be saved? The subject matter here is just weird for me, it is a weird story. A disabled person getting abused by various people in his life.. like why??? It's dark and disturbing. What a bunch of weirdos