AC/DC, Highway to Hell
Weezer, self-titled
We’re talking vinyl here, right?
Want to know what an old guy listens to when he’s got his turntable fired up?
Of course you don’t, but I’m gonna tell you anyway.
**Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
Preservation Hall - The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Graduate - Simon & Garfunkle
Memphis Underground - Herbie Mann
Wade in the Water - Ramsey Lewis
So Nice - Sergio Mendes Trio
Ballad of the Blues - Jo Stafford
Stardust - Willie Nelson**
There are others, but I think I’ll stop there.
Another Tuna Fan! WOOHOO!
Here’s a gem that for some reason gets forgotten:
The Band The Band
Harvest by Neil Young
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No problem Chuck. The Bonzos were so far ahead of their time they’ll probably get popular in another decade or two.
Listen closely and you will hear overtones of Cream (Clapton sat in with the Bonzos frequently), The Beatles and half of the British Invasion. All of them were consumate musicians and the variety of styles they could play was truly amazing.
For the uninitiated, the chap trailing after Sir Robin in MP’s The Holy Grail singing “Brave, brave Sir Robin…”, is Neil Innes of the Bonzos. Try downloading “Rhinocratic Oaths”, “The Intro and the Outro” or “The Bigshot” from an online music source. The Bonzos were doing (highly literate) rap way back in the sixties.
Imagine Frank Zappa meets Spike Jones with British accents and you have a faint notion of what the Bonzos are about. If anyone is curious, email me and I will send you a music file of theirs.
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Wake of the Flood - Grateful Dead (a lost classic if ever there was one. With lots and lots of Donna Jean (hey, I’m a big Donna fan, ChiefScott)).
Bozz Scaggs - Bozz Scaggs (Duane Allman on “Loan Me A Dime.” Spooky how moving this song is).
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (“Idiot Wind” is the perfect song to use to get over a lost love).
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (Wow).
The Band - The Band (who knew that it would take a bunch of Canadians and a guy from Arkansas to make classic American music?).
The Best of the Songbooks - Ella Fitzgerald (great song follows great song follows great song…).
Lady in Satin - Billie Holiday (I know, lots of folks don’t like her later stuff, but for me its all the years, pain, smack, liquor, and lost love that give her voice its character).
12 Greatest Hits - Patsy Cline (The way her voice catches when she sings “I Was Wrong” - really tugs at the heart).
Just a sampling of some that others may miss.
All these Rush fans, and no one mentioned 2112???
Okay, Vestal, that seals it. You are now my hero. This is one of my hands-down favorite albums. His songwriting is just incredible, the word play, the alliteration. Heard the last track about the guy in Vietnam…gawd, talk about moving “…a morgue of Marines”. Makes me cry and I was only born in '67!
Neil Diamond Hot August Night
Carly Simon Anticipation
The aforementioned American Pie
I second the nominations of **Boston, Van Halen, and Simon and Garfunkel **.
How 'bout something early by ZZ Top. Their early stuff is great Texas rock.
Boy, do I have a bunch of albums to buy. It’s only been in the last couple years that I’ve been expanding my repetoire from jazz to the classic rock side of stuff. I need to get: Janis Joplin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, (more) Stevie Ray Vaughn, Molly Hatchet, Rush…::sigh:: so many CDs, so little money!
My newest album, “Sound of the Future” by my band, “Thë Sopraños” (name change imminent). Available now free on Napster, or free by email, soon free via 'web, and purchase hard-copy via snail mail. Immediate classic.
Mods, I hope my mentioning this isn’t outta line, seeing as how it’s possible to buy this… but not likely that anyone will ;).
–Tim
It’s OK as long as you are legally in a position to make a judgement about the distribution of the songs, copyrightwise.
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band?
They were brilliant.
Here are some of my personal classics:
Trout Mask Replica
[sup]CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND[/sup]
Spiderland
[sup]SLINT[/sup]
D.I. Go Pop
[sup]DISCO INFERNO[/sup]
Guitars wired up to samples of natural and found sounds. This was the new music revolution that should have been.
69
[sup]AR KANE[/sup]
f#a#oo
[sup]GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR[/sup]
Kind of Blue
[sup]MILES DAVIS[/sup]
I cant speak for other rush fans, but I find parts of this particular album, in fact most of their ‘concept’ material, including Hemispheres, and Cygnus X-I (I)(?) pretty hard to take. I accept the process in terms of the classic material that the band produced after Hemispheres, which Peart confessed once that he wasn’t sure if it was the best or worst that the band could do. I consider the material produced from Permanent Waves onward to be a class apart in terms of fulfilling the potential of the band.
Who knows?
I also nominate Whatever by Aimee Mann, she sang on a Rush album too.
Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet.
Bellybutton by Jellyfish.
Purple by Stone Temple Pilots.
Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult.
I may have overlooked it, but I don’t think anyone mentioned BAD COMPANY 10 from 6. That whole album is awesome. Also, ELTON JOHN Greatest Hits 1976-1986. This one has Little Jeannie, Blue Eyes, I’m Still Standing, Kiss the Bride, and I Guess that’s why they call it the Blues. Who could ask for more?
I love making these lists! They are different every time someone asks, you know?
Pink Floyd~Delicate Sound of Thunder (I don’t even like Floyd that much, but you have to appreciate a live album that kicks every single studio track’s ass)
Led Zeppelin~Physical Graffitti
Bob Dylan~Desire
The Who~Quadrophenia (everyone should own this album. It is my all time favorite)
Simon and Garfunkle~Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
There are more, but I can’t think of them right now.
Yeah we decided to release it free on the internet.
–Tim
Beggar’s Banquet by the Stones, Love by the Cult and Zappa’s Freak Out. Probably more, but those are the albums I seem to haul out every time I do the dishes. 