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06-01-2013, 12:57 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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Crap journal....I was more of a Sounds man myself, as they used to cover more of the stuff that I was into in the 1980s. Anyway I'm sure to find something in here that I'm going to like and a great idea for a journal.
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06-01-2013, 01:50 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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5. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps I've been aware of Neil Young for a long long time now. In fact the first time I had ever heard of him was in the early 90s just after the release of Freedom & Ragged Glory when they started playing the singles off those albums on Headbangers Ball. That's right, my introduction to Neil Young was on a TV show that was supposed to cover metal. At first my reaction to him was pretty much 'Who the hell is this old fossil?'. But then later as I became more aware of him, especially with his next release being Harvest Moon, the sequel to his massively popular Harvest album, so there were plenty of history lessons about him being written in the music press at the time, plus this whole ridiculous 'Godfather of Grunge' label that seemed to become attached to the poor sod sometime around 1992. But really it was me becoming more aware of his wilder side when I filed away a note in my head to check him out at some point. I ended up buying After The Gold Rush & Weld and although I quite liked them they didn't really blow me away. The real point came very slowly, not until 6 or 7 years ago when I acquired his work through the beauty of the internet. I discovered that I preferred the stuff he did with Crazy Horse more, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Zuma, Re-ac-tor. For some reason Rust Never Sleeps got lost somewhere, so I guess it's time to fix that. I like the way 'Hey Hey My My' sandwiches both the beginning and end of the album. I like it when bands do this. It's almost like hearing the beginning again at the end somehow rewards you for listening to the whole album. I wish more bands would do stuff like this. You have the nice acoustic one at the beginning and you have the grimy electric version at the end of the album. And when I say grimy I mean really f*cking grimy. I thought the guitar sound on Funhouse were something, this takes it to another level of dirt & filth. Listening to the first half of this album for me was rather something of a disappointment. Knowing the reputation of this album & seeing so many songs on this album on many best of albums & live albums after the first 4 songs I was really beginning to wonder when the hell this thing was going to kick in. Why have I just heard 3 rather dull acoustic songs in a row? Why have I not heard hardly anything of Crazy Horse, what the hell is going on here? Things pick up a bit halfway through the album with Sail Away which is a pretty good acoustic country ballad but it has a bit of extra oomph!! to it in the same way that Gram Parsons & The Rolling Stones would make a country ballad. Where things really pick up is on Side 2 of the album. 'Powerfinger', 'Welfare Mothers','Sedan Delivery' & Hey Hey My My (Into The Black). It's like a Neil Young greatest hits album and he really rocks on this half of the album. Powderfinger sounds like an electrified version of something you'd find on the first half of the album, but that extra energy in the song gives this album the lift it needs and suddenly you feel refreshed, almost as if you're listening to a different album. 'Welfare Mothers' is just fantastic, I'm not sure if its' supposed to be a nod to or a parody of Frank Zappa but this song has got Zappa style written all over it and young pulls it off effortlessly. Sedan Delivery is Neil Young doing punk and is 4.40 of nasty sounding guitars pounding away at you. It almost a shame there's nothing like this earlier on in the album. That finally takes us into the reprise of Hey Hey My My, this time with those nasty guitars and all it's mentions of John Lydon in the lyrics. A strange album this one, I'm going to use an old footballing cliché & say this is very much a game of two halves. It's the second half that really grabs you & draws you in, but I think with repeated listens I could begin to appreciate the first half a lot more. A really enjoyable album if you stick with it.
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06-01-2013, 01:57 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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I'm not old enough to remember Sounds, that was long gone by the time I started buying them
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06-01-2013, 02:04 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Did you decide against the journal where people discussed albums you sent to them? I really liked that Poison Idea record, although my copy had every song titled the same.
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06-01-2013, 02:06 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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I got a couple back and I still have them but I also got ill as well so I didn't really follow it up.
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06-02-2013, 09:11 AM | #17 (permalink) |
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6. The Undertones - The Undertones I always thought of The Undertones as a singles band. it never really occurred to me that they might have albums out, but they do (4 of them in fact), and here for my listening pleasure is their debut album. The first thing I notice is that the two Undertones songs I am the most familiar with are not on this album (Teenage Kicks & My Perfect Cousin). It does however have two other of their singles I do seem to recall hearing at some point in Jimmy Jimmy & Here Comes The Summer. I'm actually glad that I don't have to hear Teenage Kicks for the millionth time. It's a good pop song don't get me wrong, but it's not THAT good. No better than hundreds of other great catchy pop songs I've heard over the years. Still, I guess that it's John Peel's fault it's so overplayed, not theirs. To be honest I found a lot of this album rather dull. Most of the songs are the same tempo, have virtually the same riffs and just repeat the title of the song over & over again in the chorus. I'm sure I would have loved this when I was 15 with all it's energy, bounciness and singalong choruses but now I've heard this stuff so much I want a little more than this and as I don't have any history listening to this album in the past I don't even have the nostalgia factor in letting me enjoy it. That's not to say I hated all of the album, I nodded my head enthusiastically to Jimmy Jimmy & Here Comes The Summer. Male Model sounds like a decent stab at punk rock and at least has a bit of grit into it. As for True Confessions, Imagine if Joy Division had little brothers high on Ritalin, they would probably sound something like this. Amazingly Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures didn't even get in their top 20 for this year. This album did. Don't ask me how. The most frustrating aspect of this album is the final song Casbah Rock (Nothing to do with the Clash song of a similar name). It's 50 seconds of dirty garage rock that sounds like it was recorded in one. I'm listening to it thinking 'This is great, why doesn't more of their stuff sound like this?' Everything about this album seems rather lightweight and non threatening, even the album cover looks like a lightweight non threatening version of the Ramones first album. I'm reminded of Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse's Smashie & Nicey The End Of An Era TV show from a few years ago when Mike Smash decided to start making 'nice' punk records, in his chunky sweater with 'I'm a Punky Monkey' spray painted on it. It's interesting to note that just before I heard that song I was thinking to myself that I think Feargal Sharkey has a great voice yet it's totally wasted on this record. I would have loved to hear him doing some wild punk fuelled R&B inspired stuff in the vein of Jon Spencer and possibly The White Stripes. Yet this cleanly produced pop with a very diluted hint of punk doesn't really do it any justice at all. Neither did his rather bland solo career later on. Before I heard this album I thought of The Undertones as a singles band. This album has done nothing for me to change my mind.
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06-06-2013, 01:42 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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THE LISTS Key ORANGE = Albums Reviewed RED = Albums Owned BLACK = Albums Not Owned 1979 1. Fear Of Music - Talking Heads 2. Bop Till You Drop - Ry Cooder 3. Entertainment - Gang Of Four 4. Forces Of Victory - Linton Kwesi Johnson 5. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young 6. The Undertones - The Undertones 7. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson 8. I Am - Earth, Wind & Fire 9. Metal Box - PIL 10. London Calling - The Clash 11. The Original Sin - Cowboys International 12. Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker 13. We Are Family - Sister Sledge 14. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello 15. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine 16. 154 - Wire 17. Drums And Wires - XTC 18. Exposure - Robert Fripp 19. Rock On - Raydio 20. Bad Girls - Donna Summer 1980 1. Remain In Light - Talking Heads • Get Happy - Elvis Costello • Pretenders - The Pretenders • Vienna - Ultravox • Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners • Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunneymen • Closer - Joy Division • Scary Monsters - David Bowie • Boy - U2 • Empires & Dance - Simple Minds • Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam And The Ants • Sandinista - The Clash • Absolutely - Madness 1981 1. Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17 2. Trust - Elvis Costello 3. Almost Blue - Elvis Costello 4. East Side Story - Squeeze 5. Ghost In The Machine - The Police • Dare - Human League • Movement - New Order • Non Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell • Journeys To Glory - Spandau Ballet • My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Brian Eno, David Byrne • Nightclubbing - Grace Jones • Stray Cats - The Stray Cats 1982 • You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever - Orange Juice • Fun Boy Three - Fun Boy Three • Pornography - The Cure • Pinky Blue - Altered Images • Avalon - Roxy Music • The Lexicon Of Love - ABC • The Blasters - The Blasters • Music Of Quality & Destinction - B.E.F. • Rio - Duran Duran • Sulk - The Associates • Too-Rye-Ay - Dexy’s Midnight Runners • Junkyard - The Birthday Party • Upstairs At Eric’s - Yazoo • Kissing To Be Clever - Culture Club - • New Gold Dream - Simple Minds • Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen • Songs To Remember - Scritti Politti • A Kiss In The Dreamhouse - Siouxie & The Banshees • 1999 - Prince • Music For A New Society - John Cale • Thriller - Michael Jackson • Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye 1983 1. Touch - Eurythmics 2. The Crossing - Big Country 3. Soul Mining - The The 4. Rhythm Of Life - Paul Haig 5. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This - Eurythnics 6. Duck Rock - Malcolm Mclaren 7. Murmur - REM 8. Synchronicity - The Police 9. Porcupine - Echo & The Bunnymen 10. Synchro System - King Sunny Ade • Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order • The Hurting - Tears For Fears • No Parlez - Paul Young • Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy - Billy Bragg • Colour By Numbers - Culture Club • Swardfishtrombones - Tom Waits • Fantastic - Wham! 1984 1. Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunneymen 2. The Smiths - The Smiths 3. In The Studio - The Special AKA 4. Cypress - Lets Active 5. Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes 6. Steeltown - Big Country 7. The Age Of Consent - Bronski Beat 8. The Unforgettable Fire - U2 9. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen 10. Diamond Life - Sade • Purple Rain - Prince • Cafe Bleu - The Style Council • Reckoning - REM • Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood • Like A Virgin - Madonna • From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave 1985 1. The Head Of The Door - Cure 2. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - Pogues 3. Cupid & Psyche ‘85 - Scritti Politti 4. A Secret Wish - Propaganda 5. Psychocandy - Jesus And Mary Chain 6. No Free Lunch - Green On Red 7. Meat Is Murder - Smiths 8. Fables Of The Reconstruction - R.E.M. 9. Stories Of Johnny - Marc Almond 10. Night Of A Thousand Candles - Men They Couldn’t Hang 1986 1. Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys 2. Parade - Prince 3. Blood And Chocolate - Elvis Costello 4. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses 5. King Of America - Elvis Costello 6. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths 7. Infected - The The 8. Life's Rich Pageant - REM 9. No 10 Upping Street - BAD 10. Word Up - Cameo 11. Back To The Old School - Just Ice 12. Raising Hell - Run DMC 13. Brotherhood - New Order 14. Radio - LL Cool J 15. Victoraland - The Cocteau Twins 16. Giant - The Woodentops 17. Kicking Against The Pricks - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 18. Gods Own Medicine - The Mission 19. London 0 Hull 4 - The Housemartins 20. Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol 21. Talking To The Taxman About Poetry - Billy Bragg 22. EVOL - Sonic Youth 23. Schoolly-D - Schoolly-D 24. The Occupied Europe Tour - Laibach 25. Please - Pet Shop Boys 26. Peter Case - Peter Case 27. Beat Happening - Beat Happening 28. Music - Mantronix 29. Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids 30. The Album - Mantronix 1987 1. The Young Gods - The Young Gods 2. Sign 'O' The Times - Prince 3. Yo! Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy 4. The Fat Skier - Throwing Muses 5. Songs About Fucking - Big Black 6. Darklands - Jesus And Mary Chain 7. Substance - New Order 8. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure 9. Bigger And Deffer - LL Cool J 10. Locust Abortion Technician - The Butthole Surfers 11. Mind The Perpetual Intercourse - Skinny Puppy 12. Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths 13. Document - REM 14. Pleased To Meet Me - The Replacements 15. Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy 16. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs 17. Franks Wild Years - Tom Waits 18. Poetic Champions Compose - Van Morrison 19. Come On Pilgrim - The Pixies 20. Secrets Of The Beehive - David Sylvian 21. Warehouse - Songs And Stories - Husker Du 22. The World Of Echo - Arther Russell 23. This Is The Story - The Proclaimers 24. You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr 25. Happy Come Home - Victoria Williams 26. Heaven's End - Loop 27. Calenture - The Triffids 28. Squirrel And G-Man... - Happy Mondays 29. Oh! Tears Baby - Win 30. At My Window - Townes Van Zandt 1988 1. Surfer Rosa - The Pixies 2. Life's To Good - Sugercubes 3. Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine 4. Green - REM 5. 69 - AR Kane 6. Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins 7. Hairway To Steven - Butthole Surfers 8. All About Eve - All About Eve 9. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys 10. Bug - Dinosaur Jr. 11. The House Of Love - The House Of Love 12. Lovesexy - Prince 13. Vivisectvi - Skinny Puppy 14. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk 15. So Far So Good - Megadeath 16. The Walking - Jane Siberry 17. Tender Pray - Nick Cave 18. In The Spanish Cave - Thin White Rope 19. Live! You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch - Revolting Cocks 20. House Tornado - Throwing Muses 21. Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara 22. Shiva Burlesque - Shiva Burlesque 23. Provision - Scritti Politti 24. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 25. Here Come The Snakes - Green On Red 26. The Eight Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff 27. California - American Music Club 28. It Takes A Nation Of Millions.. - Public Enemy 29. Dusted - Live Skull 30. 16 Lovers Lane - The Go Betweens 1989 1. Disintegration - The Cure 2. Doolittle - The Pixies 3. The Sensual World - Kate Bush 4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 5. Freedom - Neil Young 6. New York - Lou Reed 7. L'eau Rouge - The Young Gods 8. Hats - The Blue Nile 9. Oh Mercy - Bob Dylan 10. 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul 11. The Trinity Sessions - The Cowboys Junkies 12. Technique - New Order 13. Club Classics Vol. I - Soul II Soul 14. United Kingdom - American Music Club 15. Automatic - Jesus And Mary Chain 16. Hope And Despair - Edwin Collins 17. Hup - The Wonder Stuff 18. I - AR Kane 19. Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney 20. Spike - Elvis Costello 21. Straight Outa Compton - NWA 22. Hunkpapa - Throwing Muses 23. Playing With Fire - Spaceman 3 24. Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry 25. Scarlet And Other Stories - All About Eve 26. Bizarro - The Wedding Present 27. The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech - Ice-T 28. The Only Ones Live - The Only Ones 29. Manic, Magic, Majestic - Band Of Holy Joy 30. Pump - Aerosmith
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06-06-2013, 04:18 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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I can help you with some of those if you like. Let me know. I think it's The The and All About Eve mostly, though there may be others.
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