Classic Albums I have never heard

The Batlord · 06-11-2013, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

A quick bit of trivia here. The only member of ZZ Top that doesn't have a beard and has never had a beard with the band as far as I know, happens to be the drummer who is called Frank Beard strangely enough.

That's. Just. Awesome. I hope to god that that was intentional.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-11-2013, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

A quick bit of trivia here. The only member of ZZ Top that doesn't have a beard and has never had a beard with the band as far as I know, happens to be the drummer who is called Frank Beard strangely enough.

There was a time when Billy Gibbons didn't have a beard..

Unknown Soldier · 06-11-2013, 02:46 PM

Yes but that's not a proper beard in the first picture though!

The first time I ever saw and heard of ZZ Top was in 1983, when I saw them on the Tube which for any non-Brits here was a great Friday early evening music show that featured all kinds of great bands that did about 3 or 4 songs and ZZ Top were one of the best to feature on there, I usually used to rush home from school to see it.

I'm sure Urban knows it and probably Trollheart if they had TV in Ireland at that time

ZZ TOP-UNDER PRESSURE+2-THE TUBE-C4-1983 - YouTube

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-11-2013, 03:39 PM

I missed the whole Tube thing. I don't think we got Channel 4 till something like 1987.

duga · 06-12-2013, 01:50 PM

I like Low but it's definitely not the magnum opus people make it out to be. Give me Station to Station, Aladdin Sane... Hell, even Ziggy before Low. That's not to say it's not a great album... It is... That just goes to show you how great Bowie is.

LoathsomePete · 06-12-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

I like Low but it's definitely not the magnum opus people make it out to be. Give me Station to Station, Aladdin Sane... Hell, even Ziggy before Low. That's not to say it's not a great album... It is... That just goes to show you how great Bowie is.

Station To Station has always been my favourite Bowie album. I don't know if it was because it was my first Bowie album outside of a Greatest Hits I got for Christmas one year, but it is always the one I go back to.

Stephen · 06-12-2013, 05:24 PM

I'd probably go Low, Aladdin Sane, Heroes. I'm a big fan of Eno though so maybe the B-side of Low appeals to me more than it would to others.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-12-2013, 06:31 PM

I change my favourite Bowie album more often than I change my underwear.

The Batlord · 06-14-2013, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

I change my favourite Bowie album more often than I change my underwear.

So about once a month?

Trollheart · 06-14-2013, 11:54 AM

Title: Low
Artiste: David Bowie
Year: 1977
Chronological position: Eleventh album
Previous experience of this artiste?: Ziggy Stardust, Diamond Dogs, Never let me down, Heathen, The next day plus of course the greatest hits packages
Why is this considered a classic? Believed to have influenced the art-rock/new-wave movements and also the first of the "Berlin trilogy", which seems to have characterised Bowie's struggle to kick cocaine. Also heavily influenced by and featuring Brian Eno.

My thoughts
One minute (or thereabouts in) ---- Good, great, bad, meh, still waiting or other? Good
One track in --- Good
Halfway through --- Great
Finished --- Great (and that's only because I've restricted myself and kept "Great" as the highest praise I can give here. But it's miles better than just Great...)

Comments: Just shows what a dickhead you can be in your youth. "Bloody hell!" thought 16-year-old Trollheart. "This is nothing like Ziggy or Diamond Dogs! Man, it's boring!" If only I could invent a time machine and travel back to 1979 and kick my own arse! What a classic and I completely underestimated and misunderstood it. The instrumental songs are almost better than the vocal ones, and there's nothing here I don't like, bar the first three which somehow I think I'll end up getting to like. What an album! No wonder it's considered a classic.

Favourite track(s): Almost everything after What in the world (Of course, I, like the rest of the Known World, knew Sound and vision
Least favourite track(s): At the moment, not crazy about the opening three tracks, but that will probably change. Also, the version I have has three extra tracks. They're great, but the remix of Sound and vision which closes the album I find totally unnecessary, and not that different to the original, certainly not enough to justify its inclusion here.

Final impression --- Total classic and I'm glad I finally got to appreciate it, even if it did take over thirty years! The collaborations with Eno really work here; did he stay working with him later on? The man has a real way of painting an atmosphere for an album.

Do I feel, at the end, A) I wish I had listened to this sooner
B) I'm sorry I bothered
C) I might end up liking this
D) Have to wait and see

Very much A, with a qualification of "properly before" (In other words, wish I had listened to it properly before).

06-11-2013, 03:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
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06-12-2013, 01:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I like Low but it's definitely not the magnum opus people make it out to be. Give me Station to Station, Aladdin Sane... Hell, even Ziggy before Low. That's not to say it's not a great album... It is... That just goes to show you how great Bowie is. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

06-12-2013, 06:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	I change my favourite Bowie album more often than I change my underwear. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-14-2013, 11:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Low Artiste: David Bowie Year: 1977 Chronological position: Eleventh album Previous experience of this artiste?: Ziggy Stardust, Diamond Dogs, Never let me down, Heathen, The next day plus of course the greatest hits packages Why is this considered a classic? Believed to have influenced the art-rock/new-wave movements and also the first of the "Berlin trilogy", which seems to have characterised Bowie's struggle to kick cocaine. Also heavily influenced by and featuring Brian Eno. My thoughts One minute (or thereabouts in) ---- Good, great, bad, meh, still waiting or other? Good One track in --- Good Halfway through --- Great Finished --- Great (and that's only because I've restricted myself and kept "Great" as the highest praise I can give here. But it's miles better than just Great...) Comments: Just shows what a dickhead you can be in your youth. "Bloody hell!" thought 16-year-old Trollheart. "This is nothing like Ziggy or Diamond Dogs! Man, it's boring!" If only I could invent a time machine and travel back to 1979 and kick my own arse! What a classic and I completely underestimated and misunderstood it. The instrumental songs are almost better than the vocal ones, and there's nothing here I don't like, bar the first three which somehow I think I'll end up getting to like. What an album! No wonder it's considered a classic. Favourite track(s): Almost everything after What in the world (Of course, I, like the rest of the Known World, knew Sound and vision Least favourite track(s): At the moment, not crazy about the opening three tracks, but that will probably change. Also, the version I have has three extra tracks. They're great, but the remix of Sound and vision which closes the album I find totally unnecessary, and not that different to the original, certainly not enough to justify its inclusion here. Final impression --- Total classic and I'm glad I finally got to appreciate it, even if it did take over thirty years! The collaborations with Eno really work here; did he stay working with him later on? The man has a real way of painting an atmosphere for an album. Do I feel, at the end, A) I wish I had listened to this sooner B) I'm sorry I bothered C) I might end up liking this D) Have to wait and see Very much A, with a qualification of "properly before" (In other words, wish I had listened to it properly before). __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-12-2013, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,850	I'd probably go Low, Aladdin Sane, Heroes. I'm a big fan of Eno though so maybe the B-side of Low appeals to me more than it would to others.