The Album Review Club - Week #147 - (page 1942) - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

[mancity2012_eamo]

Off-topic, for those interested:

Rolling Stone's brand new list of the 50 Greatest Concept Records

The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time

Best Concept Albums

www.rollingstone.com

Note one that appeared on this thread (Drive-By Truckers).

One of these may very well be my next selection . . . :)

American Idiot?

 

[Coatigan]

All said, I do love something that means something to someone, and K's story behind the album has me looking forward to it past my own preconceptions of Dylan.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Cool list that

Would your next choice be the Number 14th by any chance ?

And I quote from the RS review as to that record's concept:

But the real concept of Kid A is “being an acclaimed British rock band kinda sucks.”

Awwwwwwwwwwww . . . poor babies.

God, do I hate them. Hate, hate, hate, HATE them.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Cool list that

Would your next choice be the Number 14th by any chance ?

I was thinking Rush -2112.
Please, no Foggy! I love Rush, but not that please.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

American Idiot?

Green Day are America's version of The Jam, which is also the definition of a back-handed compliment. Well-meaning, but if only they could write a great guitar hook more often than they do.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I was thinking Rush -2112.
Please, no Foggy! I love Rush, but not that please.

We've already had my favo(u)rite Rush record so 2112 would be redundant (and it's good but not great).

 

[BlueHammer85]

American Idiot?

It’s a great Album and I’m not really a fan of there other stuff

Jesus of Suburbia on that is the modern day Bohemian Rhapsody

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

It’s a great Album and I’m not really a fan of there other stuff

Jesus of Suburbia on that is the modern day Bohemian Rhapsody

It's fine -- they're fine -- but for young semi-snotty California-clean punk rip-off artists I much prefer Blink-182. Way better hooks, much faster, and much funnier songs.

And in their most poignant moment, wrote "Stay Together For The Kids", which is absolutely heartbreaking, compared to "Good Riddance" which is pretty but cloying.

 

[BlueHammer85]

It's fine -- they're fine -- but for young semi-snotty California-clean punk rip-off artists I much prefer Blink-182. Way better hooks, much faster, and much funnier songs.

And in their most poignant moment, wrote "Stay Together For The Kids", which is absolutely heartbreaking, compared to "Good Riddance" which is pretty but cloying.

I get ya, I’m not really into the punk rip off genre - but Jesus of Suburbia is really quite special in its complexity - they play it live exactly the same also, impressively

 

[OB1]

Because I know it is Rod Stewart and he hasn't written much on it, I wouldn't normally listen.
If it came up on here I would listen and judge accordingly, but he'd definitely lose points for not writing most of the songs.

You may have noticed in my review of Lucinda Williams' album I made a point of calling out the cover version - fortunately it was an excellent performance and one cover on an otherwise superb album is fair enough. However, if there would have been two or three covers, or the one cover that wasn't that great, this would definitely have lost her one or two points.

I like to think I'm harsh but fair (and maybe a bit weird when it comes to my general dislike of covers!)

Rod Stewart wrote plenty of his own stuff but he was/is a greater interpreter of other people's songs.