PopTodd

far and away my favorite: The Pretenders: "Middle of the Road" --- Brrrr NEYOWWWW!!!! Other great ones. Sam and Dave: "Soul Man" --- Play it Steve!!! and anything that James Brown exclaims.

The shift from 4/4 time to 3/4 time for the title phrase, alone in "Strawberry Fields Forever". And, I cannot believe that nobody yet has mentioned the opening chord in "Hard Day's Night"!

PHIL A - SING ALONG UNTIL YOU FEEL BETTER

Speaks for itself. This one is just a mess.

Whenever this one came up in rotation when I was a college DJ, I would skip over it just because I hated the album cover so much. Then I got caught, so I had to play it. I wound up really freaking loving it, and loving this band. Now, I love Martin Newell, but this horrible portrait shot is damn near unforgivable as an album cover. Just looks like something from the family vacation: poorly composed and awkward. Good thing the music is typically womderful. Cute baby, but seriously? Sorry for making you look at this one. And yes, I DO like this record! A good record of Hend

Pearl Jam Hole

Both are horrifying oversights. Nice catch!

Dead Letter Office Great notes, for sure!

Just had delivered to me today the new album from The Wonder Stuff (Oh No, It's The Wonder Stuff). Haven't spun it yet (it's next in the queue) but I've flipped through the liner notes and there is a second album of covers included. That covers record has a little paragraph about each song and what inspired the band to do it. On top of that, the album, proper not only includes lyrics, but a little background about the inspiration for each tune. I LOVE stuff like this! What are some of your favorite liner notes, if you can think of any. And I know that a lot of the ones you come up with will

13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of...

Agreed with all of this.

Talking Heads, too.

Jody Stephens is as good as any drummer in the history of rock.

Yeah. Kinda. But different. I never thought The Strokes really sounded like those Bowrey bands. I mean, I could hear the influence, but they were their own thing (IMO). PC are a bit more derivative-sounding.

I've heard it several times on Spotify. Love it. Like 70s Bowery punk updated for the 90s, but recorded in the 2010s.

Spotify's recommendations for me, so far, have been pretty damn good. I've only heeded a couple of them, but both have been very, very satisfying. This is what is suggested for me today: Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day: http://play.spotify.com/album/6BjFznpsyrxCFMpp3hzlD2 Very pleased with that aspect of the service so far.