1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll! - VOTING THREAD! Closes Mar 8th 11.59 PM UK Time - All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME

fela gets in under 'funk'

I guess that I have an easier time seeing how funk like Funkadelic fits in with heavy rock than I do with some of the other funk-related stuff. But whatevs, a lot of good music here.

maybe. but the funk wasnt to be funk rock. Its all funk! The kind that rolling stone ignores.
the funk/weird/noisy etc was supposed to be the anti-rolling stone part of the poll.

Even if I was asked to remove that part from the poll (but lets keep it in spirit!)

POIII Fela Kuti: No Agreement, He Miss Road, Zombie

I think every person has their own favourite fela albums

don't like fela's london scene much (never mind that it's from '69), the version of "egbe mi o" on live! is much better

wish I'd nommed live! and why black man dey suffer

You only have bout 50 to choose from

Uh there are barely any funk albums on this nom list.

Rolling stone loves funkadelic and hard rock last I checked!

Also no grateful dead? Not hip enough for ya?

Plenty of funk!

No I mean funk not funk rock but whatever, not a big deal

Not my fault I was the only one nominating it!

I wish you and others had nominated plenty. I cant recall if we insisted on the rockier end or not.

I tried really hard to get into Grateful Dead. Listened to most of their albums, even watched a damn documentary. I still hate the majority of their stuff, so, F**k the Dead! ;)

AG who asked you to remove the anti-Rolling Stone portion of the title?

Iirc some people said it would not be suitable as RS loves zep,sabbath etc

Going back to yesterday's buttrock topic, is there any particular album by Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, etc. that anyone wants to talk up? Not makin fun, I enjoy most of 'em, just not sure if any one album stands out the most, other than Humble Pie's Smokin' which wasn't even nominated!

live album is the space ritual of buttrock

it was recorded in florida, that's all you need to know

Speaking of Rolling Stone, here's something from a 70s retrospective issue from 1990:
The Seventies Reconsidered: 50 Essential Albums of the Decade

I'm trying to do this, but there are two albums here with a strong claim to being my favourite of all time, and I honestly can't choose which should be my number one.

they're both by Speed, Glue & Shinki right?

Ha, no. I don't actually rate SG&S all that much, though one of those albums may make it into my unranked section if I feel like squandering my time on doing a full 100.

Iirc some people said it would not be suitable as RS loves zep,sabbath etc

They didn't in the 70s and they HATED Queen, Rush, AC/DC, and most American AOR (although they did like a lot of funk). But I still don't think "anti-RS" makes sense as a description of the aesthetic you're going for.

RS loved a lot of punk and proto-punk, for instance.

And listening again, "Zombie" does kind of rock hard so I'll withdraw my previous comment about it.

Which are the best 70s Isley Bros albums for guitar action?

The ones nominated!

emil.y you know viva is #1 in your mind!

What I meant was: out of the four Isleys albums on that list, what is the first (or first two) that I should check out?

"out of the FIVE..."

The Heat Is On and Go For Your Guns

3+3 is their best known 70s album obviously. The 1st with the younger brothers.

...if I feel like squandering my time on doing a full 100.

Squandered! This is time wisely spent! The results of this poll will be passed on, immortalized on sites like RYM, placed in time capsules, and someday your children's children will reference it in selecting their entertainment while languishing in their post-apocalyptic underground lairs.

Feel like the voting options are a bit broad and ambiguous here, literally anything could be nominated.

with 1000+ it kinda was

fastnbulbous only ilm dance polls get recognised in the blogosphere

There are dance polls?

the waltz won 5 polls running

(the 00s electronic poll i think got tweeted about by some dance magazines and lindstrom)

problem w/ fela shit is his stuff's been so reissued and repackaged based on original pressings that were already not very well documented in the first place. but I'm voting for roforo fight based on a version that in includes this smoldering gem:

http://youtu.be/gJ_uSSorbbw

Fastnbulbous, u shd listen to Kansas' first album though it is entirely possible you may hate it. Unlike Pantera (which is AG's perpetual joke about me), I actualy am kind of an embarrassingly huge Kansas fan. It happened when I was like 12 and too young to know better, and I've still never quite got over it, but I kind if feel like theur first album might be solid even from an objective vantage point.

emil.y, us one of your 2 fave albums by Faust?

I just got done listening to five consecutive albums by Golden Earring from 1969-73, so sure, why not!

Drugs A. Money likes Pantera?????????

Anyone like Kraan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7CiSqyja5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9GzBUJJQA

Original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0m9DvyqrIU
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnrLT0uyNc

that's The Pink Fairies vs Motorhead btw (Larry Wallis was in both)

Going back to yesterday's buttrock topic, is there any particular album by Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, etc. that anyone wants to talk up? Not makin fun, I enjoy most of 'em, just not sure if any one album stands out the most, other than Humble Pie's Smokin' which wasn't even nominated!

I'm not sure why the self-titled (Red) Grand Funk album wasn't nominated. I'm guessing it was a date thing. I thought it was released in '70, but maybe it was '69. Either way, that one stands out to me. It is mind-blowingly amazing if anyone hasn't heard it.

Ah what the heck - I think I'm going to campaign for some stuff (what is the rule on youtube embeds in this thread now - not sure what to think when the organizer is breaking their own rules ;-) ) ...

You know ya wanna put these higher in your lists:
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny - If you don't rank this high, Halford will hold that last Victim of Changes coda wail and blow out all of the windows on the planet
Dead Boys - Young, Loud, and Snotty - Cheetah Chrome is such an under-rated guitar player - neck and neck with Ramones for funnest American first-wave punk songs
Truth & Janey- No Rest For The Wicked - seriously - all should give this a re-listen, I think the guitar work and general jamminess is on par with Captain Beyond - one of two ballot rankings I would change
DMZ - s/t - I want to go back and time and attend a party where this is the house band
Steel Mill - Green Eyed God - I want these guys to reform and play my wedding
The Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb - I ranked Split higher, but this was my Groundhogs gateway rekkid and it seriously slays
Khan - Space Shanty - If you're gonna pick one Canterbury rock rekkid - this is it
MX-80 Sound - Hard Attack - other ballot ranking I wish I would have changed - early wave of American post punk filled with fun sounds and ideas

point taken i wont embed anymore