Yeah I get that, sorry I kind of went stream of consciousness with my thought. I guess my point was that I feel like they tried to re-establish their legacy then and even though it was financially a huge success as we mentioned, it didn't do much to gain them a new generation of fans, which would be the ones building/talking about said legacy.
So far I’ve checked out: Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Shalamar - Big Fun The Slits - Cut Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps The Undertones - The Undertones Desmond Child and Rouge - Desmond Child and Rouge Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance Roger Voudouris - Radio Dream Sister Sledge - We Are Family Ian Matthews - Stealin' Home Taana Gardner - Taana Gardner Eddy Grant - Walking on Sunshine Alice Cooper - From the Inside The Raincoats - The Raincoats Kool & the Gang - Ladies Night
I listened to Patti Smith’s Wave 1.25 times today. I think I’d only previously heard the Byrds cover, but the rest is very memorable. “Frederick” is the highlight and a new fave. Great lyrics, really really great Todd Rundgren production…I think the mood of the album is a little too dour for me, but it’s colorful world. Probably not as good as Easter
How insulting; disco artists famously covered the full breadth of the human experience: -Dancing -Being in and/or making love -Drugs -Working at a car wash
Fuck yes. One of my all time favorite finds. Found it for 70 cents in a discount bin at Tunes in Jersey back when it was not only out of print on CD, but not streaming anywhere and it just blew me the fuck away
Apropos of earlier conversation in these threads, Night Owl by Gerry Rafferty is fuckin’ fantastic. One of the best albums I’ve discovered in this chronological journey.
Machine Gun Ettiquette doesn’t have “Neat Neat Neat” and “New Rose” but it’s the best Damned album and one of the best albums ever
Oh shit, I guess I'd better get a vote in here. Meant to do some listening this week to fill in what is, on the whole, a thinner year for me, but my schedule was pretty nuts this week and I didn't end up having that time, so here goes. 1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes 2. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk 3. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Torpedoes is the first Tom Petty masterpiece. Just a bucket of iconic hits. The singles overshadow the best a bit (probably the reason that it's my third favorite Petty record rather than my first), but those singles are just so damn good that it's hard to judge the album too much for not maintaining quite that level of perfection throughout. And then you still have songs like "Louisiana Rain" and "Century City," which are fantastically satisfying in their own right. I think I can probably count on one hand the openers that rip harder than "Refugee." Tusk took me a long time to appreciate, and I still find it pretty jarring when I listen to it after Rumours. But the advocacy @cshadows2887 has shown for this album over the years has made me appreciate its darker, weirder aspects. Almost hard to believe this thing even exists, which makes it that much more fascinating to listen to now. Armed Forces was an #MWE album for me this year, and I just fell in love with how it paired pretty dark, cynical subject matter with extremely catchy hooks. Here's what I said about it then:
Elvis good Armed Forces good maybe not quite as good as the albums immediately before and after Accidents Will Happen keeps getting better Always loved this song from the Rhino Disc 2 also
I wish Made of Chalk wasn’t nuked so I could link to the thousands of words I wrote on Tusk and made @Craig Manning and others slog through reading.
Aghhh the weeks go by so fast these days!! Will make top 10 tomorrow - but for voting sake- 1. The Clash - London Calling 2. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes 3. XTC - Drums & Wires
1. The Clash - London Calling 2. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes 3. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady 3 is a coin toss between that one and… Armed Forces Regatta de Blanc Dream Police Rust Never Sleeps Live Rust Setting Sons Machine Gun Ettiquette Nervous Breakdown
the clash's london calling wins with 19, deservedly so. joy division's unknown pleasures was in second with 13 and talking heads' fear of music and michael jackson's off the wall tied with 9 each.
Didn't vote this week because I didn't really know enough albums already or do enough listening to form an opinion on much else. I do enjoy Eat to the Beat - Blondie continuing to do what they do so good. But I don't love it as much as Parallel Lines, and I enjoy how they switch it up for Autoamerican, so I kind of forget about this one sometimes. I enjoy Three Imaginary Boys as a debut - it's got nothing on what will soon come from the Cure, but it's a fun enough album with some great moments. Unknown Pleasures, Lodger, and London Calling are both albums I've listened to and really liked, but I need to spend more time with. Back to the Egg is a good send off for Wings, even if it ends up a little bit forgettable. It's probably for the best they hung it up, because I'm not sure we would've gotten much more out of them as a band. I really like Paul's solo output the first half of the 80s, so I'm glad he went that direction. The Wall, Tusk, and Damn the Torpedoes all have a handful of songs that I really love, but I need to spend more time with all of them as complete albums.
The Greatest Guitar Riff Ever: 1979 maybe the most ive gone back and forth between what should win and what I want to win