IRememberDBoon Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Crack is bad for you mmmmmmkay The only album that even comes close to touching BotT is Desire. I think Empire Burlesque and Infidels are both easier better than Planet Waves. Brah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Wow, this should be pretty easy for me: practically everything I say around here is blasphemous to at least a few! Let's see ... to start with, Piper At The Gates of Dawn is far and away my favorite Floyd album. I'd say Meddle is a distant second, then it's a tossup between WYWH and DSOTM. If I were motivated enough to make a new Greatest Albums of All Time list, London Calling would not make my top 100. Neither would What's Going On, Double Nickels On The Dime, or anything by Nirvana or Pearl Jam. I would place Bringing It All Back Home above Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, or John Wesley Harding. Actually, as much as I love Dylan, I'd have to say he peaked as a songwriter in 1966. Bruce Cockburn and Phil Ochs are better than pretty much everyone who has been revered as the next big thing for the past ten to fifteen years. That includes Conor, Ryan, Alejandro, etc. Only Jeff Tweedy belongs in the same league as Bruce & Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 "Days of 49" great song! Let's see ... to start with, Piper At The Gates of Dawn is far and away my favorite Floyd album. totally agree with you. as for my blasphemous opinion, I still say Blink-182 are the new Beatles just like Ryan Adams is the new Bob Dylan. Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29 = Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 To tie in with another thread that is kicking around this page...I really like 'Permanent Vacation' by Aerosmith. Similarly I am very fond of the first Phil Collins solo album (Face Value), which is something that gets you shot in the U.K!!!. 'Abacab' by Genesis is another one I like which seems to go against popular opinion. Songs lie 'No Reply At All' and 'Man On The Corner' are great. People had a problem with that record because it wasn't what you would expect of a Genesis record. In that respect it was quite refreshing. In terms of Dylan I have pretty normal taste, although one of my favourite albums is the 'Pat Garrett' soundtrack. It has a really nice feel to it. You are also right about 'Self-Portrait' which I probably listen to more than alot of other Dylan records. I think that album has become famous for being 'bad' due to the press it received at the time. Its certainly not neally as bad as people say. I agree about Neil Young, Harvest is a bit over-rated. I really like 'Trans' but I don't think that is a particularly radical point of view. There are some great songs on that record. In relation to views on Pink Floyd, Final Cut is a bit undervalued and 'The Gunners Dream' is a great song. I also like 'Two Suns In The Sunset' and 'Not Now John'. On a similar theme, 'Radio Kaos', the Roger Waters solo album is strangely still appealing to me. So, nothing too radical...apart from that Phil Collins record!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I like Dylan's Self Portrait better than Blood on the Tracks.I know this thread is about blasphemy and all, but sorry, I just can't get past this. This isn't just blasphemy -- it's insanity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Emitt Rhodes' self-titled is heads and shoulders above Paul McCartney's self-titled.In fact, I'd say that the Emitt record is everything the McCartney record should have been, but wasn't. (Is that blasphemy, or is it just as obvious as I think it is?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Pet Sounds would probably not make my top 150 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Without wanting to re-energise a debate I started a month or so ago............I still don't like the Beatles!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondante Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 led zeppelin is extremely overrated riot act was pearl jam's best album this decade...and it's better than yield elvis presley was a joke nirvana was average at best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Though I enjoy their music immensely, The Beatles are the single most overrated band in the history of anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Although I love Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé is an immeasurably more interesting artist than Caetano. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 1. Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us in Two" is the best song of the 1980s2. Paul McCartnery never wrote a good song after the Beatles broke up (Jenny Wren is close).3. Les Paul is (was RIP) the most important music figure of the 20th century4. Fionna Apple is the most under-rated female artist of her generation.5. AC/DC sucks 6. Terrestial radio sucks (how many times can they recycle those same dozen classic rock songs? My goodness...)7. It is a shame that acoustic blues is not more popular.8. I have not listened to Pet Sounds all the way through ... and I have no real interest in doing so.9. Ryan Adams best work is unreleased.10. People who think music peaked during the late 1960s have not been paying attention. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 1. Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us in Two" is the best song of the 1980sCould be. But I think it's probably "Fall On Me". 2. Paul McCartnery never wrote a good song after the Beatles broke up (Jenny Wren is close).Four words: Band On the Run (the entire album, I mean!) 3. Les Paul is (was RIP) the most important music figure of the 20th centuryCompletely agree. 4. Fionna Apple is the most under-rated female artist of her generation.This could be true. 5. AC/DC sucksIntermittently true. 6. Terrestial radio sucks (how many times can they recycle those same dozen classic rock songs? My goodness...)Not blasphemy, but truth. 7. It is a shame that acoustic blues is not more popular.Completely agree. Rev. Gary Davis is a complete beast that should have been as big as Elvis. 8. I have not listened to Pet Sounds all the way through ... and I have no real interest in doing so.This is seriously your loss. 9. Ryan Adams best work is unreleased.Don't care. 10. People who think music peaked during the late 1960s have not been paying attention.A matter of opinion. But there are certainly a number of high points during that timeframe; as there are in the 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 3. Les Paul is (was RIP) the most important music figure of the 20th century Not too sure this is blasphemy in the least. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 A Thread for Musical Blasphemy you Truly Believe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 In high school, I thought AC/DC was decent until someone pointed out that nearly all of their songs started with eight bars of guitar, eight bars of guitar and drums, then full band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Toots and the Maytalls are better than Bob Marley and the Wailers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Toots and the Maytalls are better than Bob Marley and the Wailers. As blasphemous as I think that is, it doesn't mean that Toots and the Maytals isn't freakin awesome. Glad I got to see them in Boston a few years ago. Great show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Toots and the Maytals are better than Bob Marley and the Wailers. of course they are! so is jimmy cliff, the upsetters, junior murvin, the congos, lee perry, desmond dekker & the aces - and a few more i've forgotten about. they did, however, do one of my favourite ever sessions on the old grey whistle test - so, that's one thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I hate Band on the Run. That's not blasphemous; that's the path to salvation. I guess there's my entry: I cannot stand Paul McCartney's post-Beatles work. I think he's a money-grubbing attention whore who also has an honest desire to keep playing music, but certainly no desire whatever to make anything resembling good, listenable music. "Maybe I'm Amazed" paralyzes me with its unlistenability. Hell, I don't even like some of his Beatles tracks. I'm trying really hard to like Bruce Springsteen. I guess if I had to choose between these two artists and only listen to one of them as my only music ever, ever again, I would choose Bruce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 If the Talking Heads had kept making records with Brian Eno they would have been as good if not better than the Beatles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I like REM's Reveal, Around the Sun and Accelerate better than W(TA), Ghost and Sky Blue Sky.... PS I Still really like those Wilco albums but wish I could combine those 3 albums into 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 That's not blasphemous; that's the path to salvation. I guess there's my entry: I cannot stand Paul McCartney's post-Beatles work. I think he's a money-grubbing attention whore who also has an honest desire to keep playing music, but certainly no desire whatever to make anything resembling good, listenable music. "Maybe I'm Amazed" paralyzes me with its unlistenability. Hell, I don't even like some of his Beatles tracks. Agreed. Post-Beatles Sir Paul can't even finish a song properly - mostly they just dribble off into nothing (see: Maybe I'm Amazed). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I don't even remember what got me here but I just read this whole thread again. Good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Studio Grateful Dead is 1000x better than their totally suckee live shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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