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The Album Review Club - Week #147 - (page 1942) - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
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This one is 'not my thing', in the sense that it is not something I would consciously choose to listen to or put an album on.
However, it had the same effect on me as some things I would very much choose to listen to. And that is - It made me want to uncontrollably randomly start moving parts of my body, clench my jaw and grimmace in expression, heart race or slow down, and then want to repeat that feeling. It has an incredible energy to it, and the intensity that I like in some of my favourite punk or post-punk bands, or more fierce jazz or folk artists.
Yes, the sound is a bit muffled at times, yes there is sometimes an imbalance of vocals/piano etc, yes you could analyse all sorts into tempo, skill, showmanship etc.
At the end of the day, who cares. For me the overall effect trumps it all. And for me it transcends genre, era, style and all that.
I always said I didn't really have a metric for what a '10' is, but if I were ever to give anything a 10, I would just know. With this one, as unexpected as I find it, that's just what I feel. So it is a solid 10 from me.
However, it had the same effect on me as some things I would very much choose to listen to. And that is - It made me want to uncontrollably randomly start moving parts of my body, clench my jaw and grimmace in expression, heart race or slow down, and then want to repeat that feeling. It has an incredible energy to it, and the intensity that I like in some of my favourite punk or post-punk bands, or more fierce jazz or folk artists.
Yes, the sound is a bit muffled at times, yes there is sometimes an imbalance of vocals/piano etc, yes you could analyse all sorts into tempo, skill, showmanship etc.
At the end of the day, who cares. For me the overall effect trumps it all. And for me it transcends genre, era, style and all that.
I always said I didn't really have a metric for what a '10' is, but if I were ever to give anything a 10, I would just know. With this one, as unexpected as I find it, that's just what I feel. So it is a solid 10 from me.
Bill Walker
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Thought I'd dip my toe in here.
I listened to the remastered version on you tube and it didn't sound muffled at all.
What I heard was full throttle Rock and Roll. Played by a master of the genre, a showman who sent the crowd wild.
Loved his version of Money and Matchbox and What'd I say.
Every track a 12 bar but tight, aggressive music that gets into your gut and makes you move.
To say this recorded in 1964 and sounds so fresh is amazing. Great that it survived so well.
Jerry Lee a master of his craft.
Only one score from me 10/10
I listened to the remastered version on you tube and it didn't sound muffled at all.
What I heard was full throttle Rock and Roll. Played by a master of the genre, a showman who sent the crowd wild.
Loved his version of Money and Matchbox and What'd I say.
Every track a 12 bar but tight, aggressive music that gets into your gut and makes you move.
To say this recorded in 1964 and sounds so fresh is amazing. Great that it survived so well.
Jerry Lee a master of his craft.
Only one score from me 10/10
OB1
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Loved Steve Miller back in the day.
Joe Walsh solo stuff I loved back in the day as well.
Like Miller a lot. Love Joe Walsh, he made my top 10 guitarists list (#6).
OB1
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Thought I'd dip my toe in here.
I listened to the remastered version on you tube and it didn't sound muffled at all.
What I heard was full throttle Rock and Roll. Played by a master of the genre, a showman who sent the crowd wild.
Loved his version of Money and Matchbox and What'd I say.
Every track a 12 bar but tight, aggressive music that gets into your gut and makes you move.
To say this recorded in 1964 and sounds so fresh is amazing. Great that it survived so well.
Jerry Lee a master of his craft.
Only one score from me 10/10
Welcome back.
OB1
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On Jerry Lee.
What can you say. Short and sweet. Made me smile. 8/10.
What can you say. Short and sweet. Made me smile. 8/10.
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when I saw this nomination I thought I’m not going to like this ,as old time rock n roll has never been my bag.How wrong was I , Jerry Lee puts it in a great performance which sounds fresh and vibrant, yes it’s not the best recording but not that bad as it’s 1964 and live.
Listening to it makes me wish i was there, it sounds great night.
A surprisingly very good pick.
8/10
when I saw this nomination I thought I’m not going to like this ,as old time rock n roll has never been my bag.How wrong was I , Jerry Lee puts it in a great performance which sounds fresh and vibrant, yes it’s not the best recording but not that bad as it’s 1964 and live.
Listening to it makes me wish i was there, it sounds great night.
A surprisingly very good pick.
8/10
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Think most posters have already said what I wanted to say. As per my previous posts after a couple of listens, I think this was a great nomination because rather than just take as given Lewis's role in the history of rock and roll it's made me properly listen to how he ended up with that role.
I know there's been some discussion about sound quality but to me this stuff is timeless and transcends the tech, the juxtaposition of the apparent abandon when in reality the attack is never really out of control or wayward.
Don't have time to write at length but I think the first 30 seconds or so of Money epitomise why I like this album. There's absolutely nothing fancy in that opening few bars but he just gets it right and it's utterly convincing.
Sometimes you appreciate something historical but it doesn't move you (or get you to move), other times you're lucky enough that it does both.
9/10.
I know there's been some discussion about sound quality but to me this stuff is timeless and transcends the tech, the juxtaposition of the apparent abandon when in reality the attack is never really out of control or wayward.
Don't have time to write at length but I think the first 30 seconds or so of Money epitomise why I like this album. There's absolutely nothing fancy in that opening few bars but he just gets it right and it's utterly convincing.
Sometimes you appreciate something historical but it doesn't move you (or get you to move), other times you're lucky enough that it does both.
9/10.
journolud
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Going against the flow here. Nothing wrong with the sound quality for me and I can accept that this may well have been quite something if you were there, at the time and that Jerry Lee Lewis is a high energy performer. What I can't do though is differentiate these versions of rock'n'roll standards from any other version that I might hear or have heard. Probably a bit reductive of me but there you go, this is just music that does nothing in particular for me and at one point despite it being relatively short I was bored and wanting it to be over. That wasn't as bad as the pint where he spoke and his vocal inflections reminded me of Donald Trump though (OK, I might have been the only person who heard that, you were all concentrating on how much you liked the music).
Seems a bit churlish but for me it's a 5.
Seems a bit churlish but for me it's a 5.