I still don't LOVE The Byrds beyond the obvious stuff. 20 years of trying.
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I barely even like the Byrds.
― ljagljana (kkvgz), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit I love the Byrds so much.I think a lot of it is their legacy of inspiration.A lot of my favorite bands have some serious Byrds worship happening.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
byrds are fantastic (tho obviously a few rough spots). Clarence White-era has some indispensable stuff. anyone wanting to be convinced should get that Royal Albert Hall show that was released a few years back.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
aw Clarence is the best for sure - ever hear that Everley Brothers version of "Cuckoo Bird"? So nice. Also love him on that Gene Clark and the Gosdins record. The Byrds not so much.
Love Dillard and Clark too.
Can't put my finger on why The Byrds elude me.
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno, sometimes I prefer the jammier stuff, though I'm not an intense collector or anything. actually the official live albums usually do the trick.
Well yeah, the official live albums are highlights. But if you try to explore further than that, it can be very scattershot indeed
xpost: without a net is an exception. it's a bad official live Dead album
― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
don't think i've heard without a net. what year is it from?
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
speaking of live dead tho: http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/05/07/grateful-dead-mix-volume-2-by-greg-davis/a nice overview of how the Dead can be stellar live.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Also love him on that Gene Clark and the Gosdins record. The Byrds not so much.
^^^cosign all of this. I like some Byrds stuff but their catalog just seems like such a mess, its difficult to wade through
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
ew yeah - Without A Net is pretty sad, although Feel Like a Stranger and Help->Slipknot->Franklin's are great.
― ljagljana (kkvgz), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
it's just that I make a habit of, every few years, checking out something I think I hate to see if I feel differently about it. I recommend this to all music-lovers because there are a lot of dumb reasons for not liking stuff (social cues, meaningless bias, breadth/range of experience i.e. there's stuff that you want to have heard a lot of other stuff before it'll make much sense). and your ears change, your tastes mature or grow or shift, anyway.
So tremendously OTM. This is the entire story of my last decade as a music freak.
― Is it far? Is it far? Is it far? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Loaded is my favorite VU album, and I don't care much for the Dead, so...
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
underrated aerosmith albums has been all over the money on this thread; American Beauty is seriously fucking good. "In the Attics of My Life" could have been on Pet Sounds and that's like the eight best song on this album.
to, me if you were going to pit AB against another 1970 album, the obvious choice (besides Workingman's Dead which I don't like as much) would be After the Gold Rush.
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:52 (fourteen years ago) link
(for instance, both contain throwaway ditties about the coming of morning)
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
as much as i love neil, after the goldrush has never been one of my favorite records of his. AB pretty much crushes it. i think the gilded palace of sin is maybe the only record being discussed on this thread i genuinely connect with/love more than AB.
― ian, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
1970 album poll would be hella difficult. Didn't Starsailor and Lick My Decals off come out that year too? Monster Movie (or was that 69)?
― Is it far? Is it far? Is it far? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:16 PM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ this, btw, is OTM. clarence is a god.
― ian, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
xpostyeah, there's so much 1970 gold...Funhouse, Parachute, Band of Gypsies, Plastic Ono Band
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Funkadelic debut too. 1970 was a great year
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
soundtracks wz 70...
1970 is one of my favourite years...
Fun HouseAfter the Gold RushAmerican BeautyWorkingman's DeadYetiSoundtracksBlack SabbathParanoidFunkadelicFree Your Mind and Your Ass Will FollowLed Zep IIILick My Decals OffMoondanceMorrison HotelLet It BeKiln HouseStarsailor (still uninitiated as far as Tim Buckley goes)
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
^plus the other ones Brio said
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and Loaded duh
What in the world ever happened to became of sweet Jane
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― 69, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
wasn't Bitches Brew 70 too? crazy year
― Brio, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Look at that fucking list!!! My birth year = best rock year EVAR?
What do you mean by uninitiated re: starsailor, btw?
― Is it far? Is it far? Is it far? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"I like some Byrds stuff but their catalog just seems like such a mess, its difficult to wade through"
start with the first byrds album and go from there!
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
or preflyte
― iatee, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard any Buckley...:(
lots i forgot too re: 1970
Cosmo's FactoryAll Things Must PassLaylaJames Gang Rides AgainDeep Purple in RockSoft Machine ThirdNico's Desertshorefirst Magma albumfirst Third Ear Band albumBlows Against the EmpireOsmiumTwelve Dreams of Dr. SardonicusLorcaDivina Comedia ou Ando Meio DesligadoThe Madcap LaughsThe Least We Can Do is Wave to Each OtherH to He Who Am the Only One
(admittedly, past the Deep Purple I started to list albums I wanted to hear instead of actually have heard, but theyre all ones I legitimately really want to hear)Just Another Diamond Day
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait-- jeez-- did Buckley release Lorca, Starsailor and Blue Afternoon all in 1970? That is some anno mirabilis shit right there...
― Is it far? Is it far? Is it far? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
blue afternoon was released in 1970, according to wiki, though all three albums were developed simultaneously.
― The masses have spoken: more zombie Roy Orbison! (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
blue afternoon was released in1969
What a fucking cool trilogy. Each LP so distinct from the others. Shame 2/3 of it has been OOP for like 20 years.
― Is it far? Is it far? Is it far? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Til the Morning Comes may be a throwaway ditty, but it really pops.
― ljagljana (kkvgz), Thursday, 20 May 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
What kind of people are big VU fans? Seriously. I never understood the appeal. That being said Loaded is probably their best album because it has the most poppy radio type songs. Also, I don't get the appeal of much Lou Reed stuff
yeah it's all a matter of taste BUT YER TASTE IS WEIRD
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm a big VU fan
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i am too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know what kind of people this makes me though.
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
our taste is weird
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I like this music stuff
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I listen to metal machine music for fun
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I know yr just trolling Lorax but... well, are there any other bands that make you ask that question? do these bands have anything in common? what does that say about your own tastes?
I mean I'm a huge fan of a lot of bands (A LOT), VU are just one of them.
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think i've ever played the whole thing. MMM. i should sometime.
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Other bands: Nick Cave, The Fall, Joy Division and Elliot Smith
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm Elliot Smith seems like the odd man out there
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
cuz Cave, Reed, Smith, and Curtis all share certain vocal commonalities
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Xp: Change Elliot to Tom Waits then
I guess my problem is mostly the vocals.
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda atonal, declamatory, unconventional approach to singing/being a frontman. is this something that bothers you? Cave and Reed especially have their sweet, more conventional balladeer moments
xp
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I think you left out Captain Beefheart
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
fall fan holding ppl to vocal standards lol
― (e_3) (Edward III), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
lorax: you are baffled by the same bands as I am (except Waits and the Velvet Underground)! We are like bros of confusion!
― ljagljana (kkvgz), Thursday, 20 May 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link