Deconstruct the Classics!

Screen13 · 06-26-2015, 05:17 PM

One YEEEEEEEEEEEAH! from me on Who's Next.

Although I'm more of a Mod era Who listener, Who's Next seriously kept their world moving in the right direction for them. Tommy was a hard act to follow, and the full Lifehouse project turned into a basic good album that had songs which connected to the listeners in the Post-Hippie days more than what that concept would do - at least in the pre-Internet days (to be fair to Pete's goals, they were far more suited to the modern day and slightly succeeded). Moon's drumming nailed it in his own style turning into a Tsunami when he was a Sound of Mod Thunder before, Roger kept up the pace he delivered on Tommy, John was still a Heavy Bass legend, and Pete was seriously at the top of his game (again!) on the album and his use of the Arp turned two already good songs into iconic moments for the era - "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again".

Two epics in a row would have been too much, and at least Quadrophenia had something that the listener can grab onto through the music (and later the film). They were one of the greatest live bands of the time, and Who's Next at least brought their power to the studio album form after Live At Leeds captured an excellent set as some of their other studio works, as great as they are, sounded a little less live as I wanted those recordings to. For the start of the 70's FM Rock era, it was needed as it sounded great through the speakers and the songs had substance.

Not the Who album I return to may times over (and there are a couple of dull songs in there in my opinion), but one I seriously respect.

Best moment - the break in "Won't Get Fooled Again" with some powerful drumming, that Arp, and Roger's scream. Hard to top.

Plus the cover is great!

Trollheart · 06-26-2015, 05:25 PM

That's 6-1 so another

for The Who.

Chula, time to take your revenge!

So it's Chula and Pet_sounds to be signed up. Anyone else?

Chula Vista · 06-26-2015, 06:00 PM

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Allmusic.com: Encompassing heavy metal, folk, pure rock & roll, and blues, Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album is a monolithic record, defining not only Led Zeppelin but the sound and style of '70s hard rock. Expanding on the breakthroughs of III, Zeppelin fuse their majestic hard rock with a mystical, rural English folk that gives the record an epic scope. Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist "Rock and Roll" -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad "The Battle of Evermore," a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic "Stairway to Heaven." Of all of Zeppelin's songs, "Stairway to Heaven" is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song. Which, of course, isn't discounting the rest of the album. "Going to California" is the group's best folk song, and the rockers are endlessly inventive, whether it's the complex, multi-layered "Black Dog," the pounding hippie satire "Misty Mountain Hop," or the funky riffs of "Four Sticks." But the closer, "When the Levee Breaks," is the one song truly equal to "Stairway," helping give IV the feeling of an epic. An apocalyptic slice of urban blues, "When the Levee Breaks" is as forceful and frightening as Zeppelin ever got, and its seismic rhythms and layered dynamics illustrate why none of their imitators could ever equal them.

Trollheart · 06-27-2015, 05:13 AM

Yet another triumph as Zep unsurprisingly get the total 6-2 (Did you vote against it Pet_Sounds???)

Pet_Sounds, you're up! Make it a good one! (If you do a Beach Boys I'm obviously voting No. Maybe...)

06-26-2015, 05:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	One YEEEEEEEEEEEAH! from me on Who's Next. Although I'm more of a Mod era Who listener, Who's Next seriously kept their world moving in the right direction for them. Tommy was a hard act to follow, and the full Lifehouse project turned into a basic good album that had songs which connected to the listeners in the Post-Hippie days more than what that concept would do - at least in the pre-Internet days (to be fair to Pete's goals, they were far more suited to the modern day and slightly succeeded). Moon's drumming nailed it in his own style turning into a Tsunami when he was a Sound of Mod Thunder before, Roger kept up the pace he delivered on Tommy, John was still a Heavy Bass legend, and Pete was seriously at the top of his game (again!) on the album and his use of the Arp turned two already good songs into iconic moments for the era - "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again". Two epics in a row would have been too much, and at least Quadrophenia had something that the listener can grab onto through the music (and later the film). They were one of the greatest live bands of the time, and Who's Next at least brought their power to the studio album form after Live At Leeds captured an excellent set as some of their other studio works, as great as they are, sounded a little less live as I wanted those recordings to. For the start of the 70's FM Rock era, it was needed as it sounded great through the speakers and the songs had substance. Not the Who album I return to may times over (and there are a couple of dull songs in there in my opinion), but one I seriously respect. Best moment - the break in "Won't Get Fooled Again" with some powerful drumming, that Arp, and Roger's scream. Hard to top. Plus the cover is great! Last edited by Screen13; 06-26-2015 at 05:34 PM.

06-26-2015, 05:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	That's 6-1 so another for The Who. Chula, time to take your revenge! So it's Chula and Pet_sounds to be signed up. Anyone else? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-27-2015, 05:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Yet another triumph as Zep unsurprisingly get the total 6-2 (Did you vote against it Pet_Sounds???) Pet_Sounds, you're up! Make it a good one! (If you do a Beach Boys I'm obviously voting No. Maybe...) __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 06-27-2015 at 05:21 AM.