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You definitely need to nominate and convert some of the heathens on here ;-)
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You definitely need to nominate and convert some of the heathens on here ;-)
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The Doors Live? Was that the one with Celebration of the Lizard on it? Have listened to a few Doors live albums -some are brilliant, one or two not so much.I am also available for reviews of The Doors 'Live' ( I don't think it had a proper title)
Bowies brilliant 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' and of course Alladin Sane.
All before I became a soul boy.
Have you covered Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G 'Ready to Die' yet ?
Three Bowie albums: Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin sane - how would you rank them 1,2,3?
For me, HD, Aladdin sane, Ziggy S but then I'm weird. Lady Grinning Soul on Aladdin sane - that Mick Garson piano work...
you should nominate one and write a review.
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you should check out the history of rock thread mate. I think you might like it. A year by year dissection of all the music we love. :-)That was my point, not meant as an attack on Mr Belfry. At the time of EPTAS, also in the charts was Clive Dunnes 'Grandad' and My Sweet Lord George Harrison !
Anyway, why have I ignored this thread for so long?
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Just for balance, there were also hit singles by:Are you telling me you already knew that the American Bison Society was founded in 1905? Are you available for a pub quiz on Sunday ? ;-)
Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap - now there's a bloody odd song. It's either using child abandonment for entertainment or, if it's literal, mocking ornithological parenting skills. Either way it's not right.
Rod (obviously)
The Stones
Carol King
Al Green
Janis Joplin
James Taylor
Marvin Gaye
Joan Baez
Aretha
Cat Stevens
The Who
The Doors
And The Partridge Family!
So it wasn't all dross.
Rod Stewart has become a total cliché up here, and I have come to over time be as dismissive of his music as I have of him as a concept.
Despite the somewhat frowning tepidation I appoached this with, it is a damn solid and well balanced album. Pleasant, but not too bland. Well played and performed without extravagance. Decent songs and delivery, and a good reflection of its time, with some standing the test of time too. A firm 7, with Reason to Believe being my favourite song off it (no not Maggie May).
Despite the somewhat frowning tepidation I appoached this with, it is a damn solid and well balanced album. Pleasant, but not too bland. Well played and performed without extravagance. Decent songs and delivery, and a good reflection of its time, with some standing the test of time too. A firm 7, with Reason to Believe being my favourite song off it (no not Maggie May).
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Rod Stewart has become a total cliché up here, and I have come to over time be as dismissive of his music as I have of him as a concept.
Despite the somewhat frowning tepidation I appoached this with, it is a damn solid and well balanced album. Pleasant, but not too bland. Well played and performed without extravagance. Decent songs and delivery, and a good reflection of its time, with some standing the test of time too. A firm 7, with Reason to Believe being my favourite song off it (no not Maggie May).
With Faces (and you can view his first 4 solo albums as almost the same thing) he was a fine rock n roll singer fronting a brilliant band. Even up to and including A Night on The Town he was solid with only the occasional abomination. After that it starts to go a bit tits up.
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Just for balance, there were also hit singles by:
Rod (obviously)
The Stones
Carol King
Al Green
Janis Joplin
James Taylor
Marvin Gaye
Joan Baez
Aretha
Cat Stevens
The Who
The Doors
And The Partridge Family!
So it wasn't all dross.
Wrong thread ;-)
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Don't get me started!Wrong thread ;-)
Re the Doors. I didn't realise they'd done 3 live albums. On checking Wiki I'm sure it was 'Absolutely Live' the double LP released in 1970 and yes it had 'Celebration of the Lizard.The Doors Live? Was that the one with Celebration of the Lizard on it? Have listened to a few Doors live albums -some are brilliant, one or two not so much.
Three Bowie albums: Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin sane - how would you rank them 1,2,3?
For me, HD, Aladdin sane, Ziggy S but then I'm weird. Lady Grinning Soul on Aladdin sane - that Mick Garson piano work...
you should nominate one and write a review.
Re Bowie, Hunky Dory, number 3. The other 2 perhaps too tough to call. I'm coming from the angle of a 14/15 yr old. No one had seen anything like Ziggy/Sane.
England was white people living a dull grey existence until Bowie.
If I had to choose, Alladin Sane as number one.
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Feels like we're in totality on the year of the album release page right now.Actually, I think it will be this album which is a mere 5 pages away from 1971.
And for good birth year luck, I had to have a post on record on page 1966. ;-)
Every picture told a story that day back in April.