or The Godfathers!
"Caught In A Dream" gets my vote.
― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
"Caught In A Dream" gets my vote"
otm
dwight fry comes 2nd.
"Bit too straightforward rock'n'roll album, really"
that is exactly why i like this album BETTER than the rest. the sound is more power pop glamy and less polished classic heavy metal.and it's not pretentious. in fact, i can't listen to anything but.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i think flaming lips did a nice cover of "sun arise".great tune.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Caught In A Dream" gets my vote
not a patch on the Gibson Bros' version, for sure...
― henry s, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
the sound is more power pop glamy and less polished classic heavy metal
I hear no polished heavy metal in Alice Cooper's music until "Thrash", by which time he had long since jumped the shark.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Zeno, not tryin' to start shit seriously, but are there Alice Cooper albums that are too pretentious for you to listen to? If so, which ones and what makes 'em pretentious? And what is it about pretense in music that turns you off it?
I know, vague questions.
― Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
What's the best track on "Welcome To My Nightmare"?
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe i chose the wrong word. as a matter of fact, i can't remember if they were pretentious (it's been like 5 years since i listend to them), but i do remember the sound of them turned me off,esp. compared to "love it to death".
sometiems i like "pretentious" albums (rundgren,some sparks,tv on the radio..) sometimes i don't (arcade fire,zappa,bauhaus...(
and yeah, trying to put the finger on what exactly is pretentious is a vauge thing, and of course kind of subjective.
― Zeno, Thursday, 6 December 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
but I see this as the weakest album of his 1971-76 heyday
Bollocks. The 2nd side of this album is almost perfect, one of the sequences ever! "Sun Arise" = genius, genius for covering a Rolf Harris song at all and genius for being great. "Ballad of Dwight Fry" wins however.
― Tom D., Thursday, 6 December 2007 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link
one of the sequences ever = one of the greatest sequences ever
I love how the militaristic drumming of "Second Coming" fades into the girl's voice on "Dwight Fry"...I'm always a bit miffed when "Second Coming" turns up on my iPod (in shuffle mode), and I'm denied that moment...
― henry s, Thursday, 6 December 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 8 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 9 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
This thread shoulda got more responses. I certainly should have responded to it.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 9 December 2007 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Wha'? "Caught in a Dream" is easily the worst track on this album.
― Tom D., Monday, 10 December 2007 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
"Wha'? "Caught in a Dream" is easily the worst track on this album."
you are not real
― Zeno, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Boring song. Far too conventional.
― Tom D., Monday, 10 December 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
conventional yes boring no. it is very catchy and simple but thats the whole point of it's greatness. just a great pop rock song.
― Zeno, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Would have voted for 'Second Coming'
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 28 July 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link