Sister Ray is super overrated. I imagine many garage bands in the 60s were capable bashing out 30-minute drone jams. They just didn't get put to tape.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
^^^
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Thurston Moore has said in an interview or essay somewhere that he's more a Raw Power guy than a Funhouse guy. It was apparently the first Iggy he heard, being sold by the Mick Rock cover photo.
Hey, it's my old mate Thurston! RP was the first Stooges album I heard, in fact it was years before I heard Funhouse, by which time I'd already heard the first album and several Iggy solo albums, LOL the olden days.
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
We have a possible new contender for wrongest statement of 2016. Like just anyone could pull off the sounds Reed and Cale are producing on this track!
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:43 (eight years ago) link
Or Tucker. Or Morrison.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
The VU would be my #1 contender for that "things you admire but don't like" thread, if I could say I admired them. The best I can offer is that I recognize and concede the breadth of their influence, while believing that literally everything that's come in their wake, down to the most half-assed Jesus & Mary Chain B-side, is better than their own work.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
^^^newer contender for wrongest statement of 2016
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
http://static.rogerebert.com/redactor_assets/pictures/far-flung-correspondents/he-coulda-been-a-contender/on-the-waterfront-charley-head-rest.jpg
― Poxy's Dilemma (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
Kind of my introduction to all three way back when...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPvWoEiaEqU
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 January 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
loved that doc, taped all 10 episodes and watched them over and over again. That one and the funk one were totally revelatory to me.
― intheblanks, Friday, 29 January 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link
Voting for Bowie - I return to his music every 8-10 years and always discover something new. My VU/Lou Reed phase was kind of a one shot in college. I still haven't heard a lot of Iggy's solo albums.
― Darin, Saturday, 30 January 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
Also, I've been thinking a best Bowie guitarist poll would be fun. Trying to think of them all: Ronson, Slick, Fripp, Alomar, Frampton, Gabrels, SRV, Belew, Nile Rogers, Bowie himself... who else?
― Darin, Saturday, 30 January 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
Sorry - I meant to put this on the Bowie thread.
Wow, that "Soul Man" video with Lou/Sam Moore was something else. I turned it off when the old granny was singing with the black mic.
― van smack, Saturday, 30 January 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link
Bowie - Iggy --- Lou
― van smack, Saturday, 30 January 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 7 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
The capper is surely Reed’s audible contempt as he consigns the consensus world’s best rock and roll band to idiot fodder: “I never liked the Beatles. ... I thought they were garbage. If you say, ‘Who did you like?’ I liked nobody.”
Lou wins.
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 February 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
You should have quoted the paragraph above as well.
― The Guilded Palace of Splinters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 February 2016 13:09 (eight years ago) link
Saw this in the window of a store yesterday, almost bought it:http://www.nostalgicimages.com/store/images/products/large_1097_406.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 February 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 8 February 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Balls.
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
Lol wat
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
If only Iggy was dead.
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2016 00:24 (eight years ago) link
Bite yr tongue
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link
ha ha well we can put this one to bed
― Darin, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:25 (eight years ago) link
Nonsense
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:28 (eight years ago) link
i didn't vote because i couldn't decide
― the late great, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
I'm is correct once again
― Bee OK, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
Lol stupid phone lol
― Bee OK, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:54 (eight years ago) link
ILM is correct
― Bee OK, Monday, 8 February 2016 01:55 (eight years ago) link
You fools! Iggy is the main man.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 8 February 2016 05:51 (eight years ago) link
Anyhoo poll reminded me of this recently released recording of Bowie doing impersonations of several musicians: Bolan, Lou and Iggy among them. His Lou and Iggy are spot on:
http://youtu.be/NrtXFTw2ico
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 8 February 2016 06:04 (eight years ago) link
69...
― Pentenema Karten, Monday, 8 February 2016 06:46 (eight years ago) link
xxxposts
I didn't vote either !I guess I should have voted Lou.Maybe the poll was a bit biased because of the timing regarding Bowie but I suppose he has a broader appeal, anyway.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 8 February 2016 09:32 (eight years ago) link
It does say http://www.bowiegoldenyears.com/graphics/mainman125.gif
Now, if it was "The Man"...
― Mark G, Monday, 8 February 2016 10:21 (eight years ago) link
Yeah this poll should have been done after Lou died.
― Hadrian VIII, Monday, 8 February 2016 11:51 (eight years ago) link
Any artist who disrespects another artist by calling their music crap is a complete asshole, I picked up Lou Reed when I was a driving a cab in 1973, told him I was a big fan and he was an incredible nasty prick. Then gave a 10 cent tip, which I threw at him and hit him in the back of his head. he just kept walking awayLike · Reply · 13 · Yesterday at 08:37
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LOL, Lou wins again.
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2016 12:48 (eight years ago) link
ahah. classic !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 8 February 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link
Wait, where is that from?
― The Guilded Palace of Splinters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 February 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
Facebook.
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
Thought you told me you didn't do
― The Guilded Palace of Splinters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 February 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link