what dedicated listening thread should we do next (the poll)

I nominated Love / Arthur Lee but it ain't there

not huge and also not critically dismissed

Arthur's got a shitload of records that are critically dismissed, but usually for good reason

sure, but Arthur himself not so much

I voted for Rush (as I did in the OG thread), b/c they're a band who falls outside my usual "taste profile," but I've been intrigued by bits & pieces that I've heard. I've wanted an incentive to explore their catalog, but feel like I would benefit from running commentary by others who fall more into that wheelhouse. (Also, it just seems like it would be "fun" to churn thru their albums, even/especially the wacky stuff.)

― greta van vliet (morrisp), Tuesday, October 30, 2018 12:47 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is me exactly. The only Rush music I've heard I heard from watching their documentary. Some of the song snipets from the doc sounded awesome, some brought the lolz.

This thread needs more ridiculous pop: Cher, Celine Dion.

agreed. honestly I nominate Nickelback for the same reason

ha Nickelback is kinda perfect tbh

all these white guy artists do kind of beg the question - just how many mega-popular non-white/non-male acts are there that critics tend to shit on/not care about?

don't you all get tired of talking about and listening to classic rock and AOR or if not that then groups of straight white american voc-lead-rhythm-drums groups in whatever genre? because i honestly have no idea where you all manage to muster up the enthusiasm for revisiting that stuff yet again. not trying to have a go at anyone, this is probably going to be something i will never get.

well the whole point of the Eagles + Billy Joel + Elton John threads was that outside of the hits most of those guys' catalogs were unfamiliar territory for most of the listeners (including me, and god what hideous territory it was)

but if you think that "groups of straight white american voc-lead-rhythm-drums groups in whatever genre" comprise the majority of what anyone around here listens to I dunno what to tell you

Cher is a great idea.

I listened to the first five Nickelback albums a few years ago (I worked for their label). They're a lot like the Eagles in the sense that the singles were the singles for a reason - they don't have a single good album cut in their catalog as far as I could tell.

xxp I don't! But guess it boils down to that i'm not sold on looking into these guys music for hidden gems when there's so much else out there

now envisioning a Nickelback cover of the Disco Strangler so thx a lot

xp

Cher is a great idea.

Is it? I dove into some 70s Cher albums a couple weeks ago just to expand my knowledge and hoo boy once was more than enough.

I think the only Cher I ever tried to slog through was her Phil Spector singles and even those I couldn't take

About the same misery index as The Eagles.

Nickelback, Rush, and Queen are not American tbf. (Queen not all straight either.)

Guardian had a list of "Cher's 30 greatest songs" last week, I listened to the top 10, I liked I think three? And even those not much.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/18/chers-30-greatest-songs-ranked

xp Rush & Queen are classic rock though. Let's not talk about Nickleback.

Not all white either.

Also, yeah, the missus and I spent a day listening to a bunch of Nickelback albums and live performances. We might have gained some insights but no, not many gems there. 2xp

Anyway, if Cher is the alternative, I'd sooner dig through every 38 Special and Grand Funk album. Am up for Celine Dion, though.

I'd make a "no more white boy AOR" exception for Skynyrd, fwiw.

Given the voting options, it's toss up between Sly and The Bee Gees.

They're both too good though.

So many fantastic options in the original thread (Legendary Pink Dots! Maze! Boredoms! Yellow Magic Orchestra!!!) and somehow you managed to ignore them all for this poll...

Voted Joni.

they gotta be pretty huge in terms of raw units sold in order to qualify, I mean I like those bands more as well but they don't really fit the thread theme

also it would take approx. 3 months of continuous listening to get through the LPD catalog

what sleeve said

the comodores please

commodores*

just the 9 studio albums w/ lionel would be super fun

Looking forward to everyone's unpacking of 'Lemon Incest' in January or thereabouts.

The Chopin scholars among us will come out of hiding at last.

well the whole point of the Eagles + Billy Joel + Elton John threads was that outside of the hits most of those guys' catalogs were unfamiliar territory for most of the listeners (including me, and god what hideous territory it was)

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 10:15 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

For some reason I woke up this morning thinking about this

https://www.bingeclock.com/memes/simpsons___all_those_police_academy_movies.jpg

Kenny Rogers!

That’s... not a bad idea? Def a lot of strange stuff. Pretty big discography tho

Did this poll close while the site was down? I don't see a system post.

must have!

huh weird.

well EWF it is I guess. idgaf about EWF so someone else can run that.

Nice showing by the Bee Gees tho, I would be down to do that after!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrle0x_DHBM

so... is someone gonna run with an EWF thread?

The first four are more or less exactly in the wrong order regarding my taste. EWaF have never done anything for me though (or probably because) I grew up in their heyday. Together with Abba and Boney M. for me they incarnated what was wrong about popular music in the late seventies.

Wrong wrong wrong. But then I even like Boney M.

There were several EWF boosters in the previous thread, one should surely step forward (I will happily listen along, and will also volunteer to do a Serge Gainsbourg one in a year or two for the other five voters)

Every time I see EWF I read it as EMF.

I was the person who originally nominated EW&F, so I guess I could run the thread if nobody else wants to. One track per day?

yeah, that's how the other ones went

Keep Your Head To The Sky: The EARTH, WIND & FIRE Track-By-Track Listening Thread

so that thread sorta petered out, who's up for some Bee Gees!

I can't decide where to start (Aussie-only releases? first international releases?) or end (1989?) I do feel that it should be restricted strictly to tracks released under the group name.

so this happened: DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER: The Official ILM Track-By-Track BEE GEES 1968-1981 Listening Thread

if someone wants to have a go at one of these other options, have at it (or we could re-poll some new options idk)