Atticus Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 ... and think the rest is meh or crap For instance: Smashing PumpkinsPhil CollinsBig Star Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 My Morning Jacket ~ Golden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Pearl JamHole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 My Morning Jacket ~ GoldenThis song, which was played endlessly on WXRT ruined any appreciation I may have developed for MMJ. I hate it. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 I understand people not digging MMJ's studio albums, because many of them are drenched with reverb and just sound stale and restrained. But that Okonokos live album has some bounce-into-the-walls good stuff on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I understand people not digging MMJ's studio albums, because many of them are drenched with reverb and just sound stale and restrained. But that Okonokos live album has some bounce-into-the-walls good stuff on it. I second this. It's too bad a song like "Golden" ruined it for some of you. It's a good song, but not MMJ at their best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Not sure this belongs here or in the blasphemy thread. Heroes is one of my favorite songs by any artist but I don't really care for David Bowie. I don't dislike him but he doesn't do much for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yeah how many hardcore Bowie fans have you met. My uncle was one. His nickname in college was Ziggy. He is now a school principal. That is all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Before the days of easy downloads, I started to collect all of Bowie's early studio discs from one of those disc-of-the-month subscriptions. I think I have everything up through Heroes. That's borderline hardcore, right?I could make a long list for this thread: Green DayPhil CollinsThe Guess WhoBadfingerApril WineWilson PickettEmilie MoverStevie WonderEurythmicsFeistPatsy ClineHot TunaBig StarJay FarrarREMThe WalkmenThey Might Be GiantsOasisTelevisionThe Band Seriously, my list of artists who I like a lot of would be much shorter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slice_oftheday Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Before the days of easy downloads, I started to collect all of Bowie's early studio discs from one of those disc-of-the-month subscriptions. I think I have everything up through Heroes. That's borderline hardcore, right?I could make a long list for this thread: Green DayPhil CollinsThe Guess WhoBadfingerApril WineWilson PickettEmilie MoverStevie WonderEurythmicsFeistPatsy ClineHot TunaBig StarJay FarrarREMThe WalkmenThey Might Be GiantsOasisTelevisionThe Band Seriously, my list of artists who I like a lot of would be much shorter. Surely you like more than 1-2 songs from Jay Farrar... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Elvis CostelloI like the imposter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twoshedsjackson Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Not sure this belongs here or in the blasphemy thread. Heroes is one of my favorite songs by any artist but I don't really care for David Bowie. I don't dislike him but he doesn't do much for me.Have you listened to Hunky Dory or The Man Who Sold The World? Both are absolute classics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Fleetwood Mac - I only like Tusk Also two people mentioned Big Star? There is something wrong with those people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Surely you like more than 1-2 songs from Jay Farrar...I was thinking of his solo career. I like Route and Drown. The rest is kind of so-so for me. I think LouieB wrote on here that Jay keeps writing the same song over and over. I can relate to that point of view. Fleetwood Mac - I only like Tusk Also two people mentioned Big Star? There is something wrong with those people. If you only like Tusk, you might want to explore some earlier incarnations before the Buckingham/Nicks era! Big Star, I like the songs that Wilco covered. I haven't heard any crap from them, but I haven't gotten into them yet. And I have given them a fair shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Jimi Hendrix - i love 'wind cries mary'. the rest is overrated.... maybe this belongs in the blasphemy thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Jimi Hendrix - i love 'wind cries mary'. the rest is overrated.... maybe this belongs in the blasphemy threadThat would be a good place for it.Although, I did just post in there that he peaked before 1969, so what the heck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twoshedsjackson Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 That would be a good place for it.Although, I did just post in there that he peaked before 1969, so what the heck.Crazy talk. Both of you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Crazy talk. Both of you. Truly. Machine Gun is evidence enough to refute that he peaked before that. I posit that Machine Gun might be the peak. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I love Hendrix, but for me, the first two albums are the best, and then Electric Ladyland is a mixed bag. Everything after that is a really mixed bag. I know A-man would disagree, but a lot of the later stuff sounds the same. Hey Baby, Earth Blues...I think those two are pretty much interchangeable. Many of those songs are forgettable, especially compared to Purple Haze, Spanish Castle Magic...you know, all the stuff Jimi got tired of playing. Sorry, but the involvement of Buddy Miles really dragged Jimi down, IMO. He was always a little under-confident about his vocals, and then Buddy was free to take some of them over. I was just listening to a show from early 1970, and it has this We Got To Live Together jam that goes on and on and on. It is boring as shit. The word "boring" should never be in the same sentence as the name Jimi Hendrix. Machine Gun...eh, I have to be in the right frame of mind for that one. Not even in my top 20 for Hendrix songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I love most everything Jimi did. This may belong in the blasphemy thread, but the one Hendrix recording I can probably listen to over and over again is the Blues compilation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Machine Gun...eh, I have to be in the right frame of mind for that one. Not even in my top 20 for Hendrix songs.Ah. As a song itself, I agree, but as far as his playing goes, it blows me away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twoshedsjackson Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I don't think he ever got a chance to peak. I love the "First Rays..." stuff he was doing at the end . The man was just getting started. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Damn, we really derailed this thread. You're right, of course. He was only 27. I just meant that, if you examine his career as a whole, the peak was '67 or '68 at the latest. If he had lived, there might have been an upward trajectory. I personally feel like he got a little lost, what with too much touring, feeling like a circus act, the drugs, etc. Personally, I like the jams with Larry Young on organ best out of all his later stuff. That shit rules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Elvis CostelloI like the imposterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dip-FtbsD8E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Patty and Mildred Hill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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