God Bless Tiny Tim! Who knew people were writing such weird & wonderful songs 90 years ago? Or that Tim doesn't rely on the falsetto exclusively? Or that fucking Nico fills in for Tuesday Weld?! (The answer: Everyone who contributed to the "Tiny Tim, C or D?" thread that I should've read sooner; that's who)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 01:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
pet sounds, strangely enough. and a smile bootleg. i hated the beach boys when i was a kid because their voices annoyed me. but i'm listening to them right now and holy FUCK do these two albums have some amazing songs on them.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 02:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
hey dlp9001,
have u ever heard the ADAM AND THE ANTS peel sessions? its not my thing but people into his '...sox' era go MENTAL about it.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
Led Zeppelin I
― VISION QUEST TO KNOCK YOU UP (John Justen), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
still bill withers live at carnegie hall. completely absolutely fucking amazing record.
― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 05:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
1976/ J.J. Cale - Troubadour (Shelter Records)
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― jbill, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
fail
― jbill, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
dolly parton - jolene
― "made smashable" (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
'I Want You' (is it 'cassic' or are Let's Get it On and WGO Marvin's quota?)
He's got at least four other classics on top of those two; I Want You isn't even the one, although obviously people disagree. But yeah, he's got a deep catalog.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 07:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
Rush Subdivisions
I never realized how great they were in the early 80s. Holy shit.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:18 (4 years ago) Permalink
dusty in memphis
― swamp buggy badass (negotiable), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
Xpost re: Adam and his Ants
I've mail ordered a copy of the Peel Sessions, though it hasn't shown up yet. I get the impression that you could spend a lot of time and money tracking down Adam's punk and post-punky stuff...
For some reason the thing that's freaked me out the most was the youtube video of him with NIN doing Physical. Since his old career is new to me, that seems like such a bizarre pairing.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 14:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
World Shut Your Mouth from Julian Cope, but I don't know, whether it is considered as a classic
can't speak for it's "Classic" status, but I recently found it cheap and it's been glued to my turntable ever since. I didn't really know much outside the Teardrop Explodes stuff.
― extremely intoxicated & uncooperative outside a Hסּסּters in Winston-Salem (will), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 15:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
I bought that Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music box set w/some gift cards i got...
Like everything has already been said about it I guess, so I won't attempt to butt in on Greil Marcus's turf, but it's really amazing and i don't think i'm going to listen to anything else for awhile
― Rob Liberace (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
i don't think i'm going to listen to anything else for awhile
I don't think you're going to, either. :)
That well's pretty fucking deep.
― staggerlee, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
i really like the 2nd double CD, the social music ones, the fiddle rave ups are weird and really cyclical, almost remind me of krautrock </ talkingoutofmyass>
― Rob Liberace (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
Simple Minds - Reel to Real CacophonyDillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & ClarkLeonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies Man (I always imagined that I'd dislike this, and several years ago that might have been true)
― bmus, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
World Shut Your Mouth my fave Cope album (of all I've heard incl Explodes) by some distance actually.
Architectury & Morality and Dazzle Ships by OMD were rly wo when I got & listened to them a couple of weeks ago!
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 01:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
Just tried a couple Cale records m'self, including "Dazzle".. no thanks.
But, thanks to the "Murmur" thread, "Murmur."
― Kyle Clewett (bassace), Thursday, 1 January 2009 01:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
well, hex by bark psychosis is pretty classic and i can't believe how fantastic this album is. i love dustsucker, but hey, this is brilliant.
― ConnieXX, Thursday, 1 January 2009 01:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
John Hartford - Aereo-Plain
― A Jetpack! Operation! (Cliftonb), Thursday, 1 January 2009 07:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
So I finally listened to Tusk last night. Sweet Jesus, it is BRILLIANT.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 9 January 2009 11:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 9 January 2009 13:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
hmm actually tusk is probably my answer to this too
― Lemonade In Hammocks (electricsound), Friday, 9 January 2009 13:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
'this nation's saving grace' knocked me out. but certainly not on the first listen. i had to really listen closely to uncover the magic of the songs. its just effortlessly tuneful in an unconscious kind of way. almost like its going down the abstract route, and intercepting melody and hook along the way
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 9 January 2009 14:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
yes - 'close to the edge'
― Michael B, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
i've owned that for about 9 years. i still don't think i've given it its full due yet
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
Bought a pretty sweet copy of Curtis/Live! on LP and it's just ridiculously great. Ditto Tyrone Davis' Can I Change My Mind, Johnny Bristol's Hang On In There Baby...a good day for soul records.
― ellaguru, Friday, 9 January 2009 15:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
The first four Roxy Music albums. Why I haven't got into these before I don't know, totally stupendous.
― bidfurd, Friday, 9 January 2009 19:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm trying to think of the last 'classic album' I've bought.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 9 January 2009 19:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
Or was knocked up by
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 9 January 2009 19:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
Faust IV. Picked it up about a month ago and it just kills me. Was just listening to it this morning - it's still in that phase where every time I listen to it I realize it's even better than I thought the last time I listened to it.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 9 January 2009 19:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
there's not been a revival of this thread in the SPOTIFY era so how's about we have one now?
― piscesx, Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Spotify + Jazz thread = Me being currently knocked out by
― I'M LEGALLY A MIDGET (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Bowie's Low.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was listening to it, BTW, to see how P2K's top album of the decade from the 70s -- 00s compare to each other. So it's Low v. Daydream Nation v. OK Computer v. Kid A.
Might be a good poll, actually. But I'm not sure just being the No. 1 disc of a decade (according to Pitchfork) creates an especially meaningful comparison.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
what a horrible set of choices!
(i know it's a predictable response. i was tempted to add FIRST)
― thomp, Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
answer to the thread question - EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE. one of those records that reminds you why teenagers spend so much time in their parents' garages, why that ever became a thing. i bought it for £3 because the reissue was coming out and you know what, i don't even care if i can't hear the rhythm section.
― thomp, Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh and U F ORB, which i listened to fully for the first time on the bus to work, and had such a great set of coincidences - speeding up and slowing down in time, catching sight of horses running across a field as a beat came in, getting stuck in traffic for the exact duration of the victor lewis smith bit - that i'm sort of scared to listen to it again
― thomp, Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Geir Hongro Sings the Ringo Starr Songbook
― iago g., Sunday, 4 October 2009 17:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Why did I wait so long? Its 18 years since I first heard Kind of Blue.
― Dérive (Derelict), Sunday, 4 October 2009 18:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
"In a silent way" for me
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 4 October 2009 20:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Skip Spence - Oar. I know it has some haters, but I listened to it for the first time last night and thought it was fantastic
― een, Sunday, 4 October 2009 21:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Songs For Drella - Lou Reed & Jon Cale. Discovered it while cleaning out/realphabetizing our CDs yesterday. Love it, can't believe I never heard it before. Praise the lord for my husband's eclectic buying habits.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 5 October 2009 05:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
Since my last post, it would have to be "Discipline" by Crimson.
― ceci n'est pas une pipecock (Trayce), Monday, 5 October 2009 05:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
Dazzle Ships
― Euler, Monday, 5 October 2009 07:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've known and liked Gainsbourg for years, but heard Histoire de Melody Nelson for the first time this week. Wow. I love how dryly rocking it is, while going against the (rockist) convention of what makes rock work- middle aged rich guy working with an arranger and session musicians. Being a horny old goat trumps all that artifice. Does this reissue contain significant remastering? It seems louderized in a good way.
― bendy, Monday, 5 October 2009 11:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
now this i would pay good money for.
― a single man owns you (Ioannis), Monday, 5 October 2009 12:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Speaking of Ringo, I recently finally got around to picking up Lennon's Plastic Ono Band - for some reason I've never got around to buying his solo works - and am loving it.
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 5 October 2009 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink