Title: TOP 3 BEST DEBUT ROCK ALBUMS EVER Source:
youtube URL Source:http://various Published:Jun 25, 2018 Author:YOUR OPINION Post Date:2018-06-25 17:47:16 by Liberator Keywords:MUSIC, ALBUMS, EXTINCT-ART Views:7818 Comments:86
Fully subjective of course, but most of us (loosely the Baby-Boomer Generation) have grown up listening to the best music this culture has been able to offer -- namely from the 50s-late 80s. We more than other generation were able to fully gauge, critique and appreciate each era and genre fully with a discriminating ear.
For the sake of this exercise of opinion, the premise and challenge is, "BEST 3 DEBUT ALBUMS".
The stiffest competition would actually be between the 70s and 80s.
Rock Music (as a viable "Pop Music" genre died in the 20th Century. ergo, RIP, 1955-1999
Given the 1950s were mostly a decade of singles as were much of the 60s, they are numerically at a disadvantage.
I would give the nod to the 1970s as by far the best decade for album themed music. It combined the best of production value, technology resources, and conscious decision by record companies to produce "theme" albums. Often artists and groups would be embarrassed to include "filler".
I'm going to cheat and submit 5 Top Debut Albums (in chronological order):
1) Chicago (Transit Authority, 1970) 2) Derek and the Dominoes (Layla, 1972) 3) Bad Company (Bad Company, 1974) 4) Boston (1976) 5) Foreigner (1977)
HOW in the world did vulgar Ghetto Rap and female yodeling of "empowerment" whinefest anthems ever wind up the default "music" of pop culture for the last 25 years?
Drummer Jim Gordon -- ever hear *his* story? GREAT drummer. Too bad he was psychopath.
I'll see you, and raise you "Beware of Mr. Baker" on Netflix or wherever.
I love listening to Clapton in any of his incarnations, with any other group of musicians. Has anybody else ever been a founding member of so many supergroups? It's too bad he's in decline finally but man, what a legacy.
Ever catch any of the Crossroads Blu-rays or CDs? I bow my head just thinking about them.
The Knack -- funny but I was a captive audience to listening to 'My Sharona' seemingly for the entire summer of 1979 while working on the Seaside NJ boardwalk. (Record stand nearby, so I would listen to every summer's array of "IN" music.) Aaah, those were the days.
I never did hear any other tune on the album. Pretty good?
Right -- The Knack was projected to be an up and comer but that was its apex of commercial success. They never did make it.
I'll see you, and raise you "Beware of Mr. Baker" on Netflix or wherever.
Gordon murdered his own mother. (Dunno if Mr. Baker beats that. Don't get Netflix.)
I love listening to Clapton in any of his incarnations, with any other group of musicians. Has anybody else ever been a founding member of so many supergroups?
Good question. I'd have to think it over....
Clapton was creative for a good 20 years.
Ever catch any of the Crossroads Blu-rays or CDs? I bow my head just thinking about them.
Ughhh. "The Millennial Root" (Wah-oh. Wah-Oh.) THAt'S the Disease and what the female "yodel" is called? They also use it with auto-tune. A chronic horror.
Thus far an excellent vid and explanation on youtube...The same TWO guys compose 90% of the vast drivel played on the radio. Which why the non-Rap Crap ALL sounds the same.
The Knack -- funny but I was a captive audience to listening to 'My Sharona' seemingly for the entire summer of 1979 while working on the Seaside NJ boardwalk. (Record stand nearby, so I would listen to every summer's array of "IN" music.)
That kind of reminds me of Meatloaf's "Two out of three ain't bad" in 1978. It was played 3 times an hour on any radio station you tuned in to. I liked it at first but grew sick of it by the end of the summer. I sort of like it again now, mostly because I don't have to listen to it every 30 minutes.
I understand Tom Scholz was an engineer at MIT and personally developed some of the electronics used for his guitar. Regardless of how it was done, the clean sounding electric guitar sound on their album was certainly was a new thing in the industry.
Then they took 8 years to release a 3rd album because of internal struggles. I don't think they have been heard from since.
The official band has, in fact, released new albums over the years but they've gone no where. It seems Scholz, for all his engineering genius, was a nitpicking perfectionist to the point of being a PITA, which was, perhaps, to the credit of their early albums but also possibly at least one of the anchors that kept the band from flourishing.
We're all bound to have a diverging opinion, but to me Boston's debut album was 20 years a head of its time. There's still nothing that sounds like it.
I agree. It came out of nowhere,and flat took over.
And "Is dated now" doesn't mean squat. We are talking about DEBUT albums,and the impact that they had.
I can't remember which one it was off the top of my head at the moment,but whichever one was the first Allman Brother Band Album has to be right up there,too.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Ever catch any of the Crossroads Blu-rays or CDs? I bow my head just thinking about them.
Nope. Maybe it can be found on YouTube?
I would be shocked if there is ever a period of time in all of eternity that you couldn't just buy them on-line anytime you want. They,like most of Pink Floyd's releases,will never go out of print.
It's da blues,man.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
5. Ramones - Ramones - Kicked the door down for a generation of punk rockers
Which pretty much describes why none of their crap is even semi-good.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Yeah,I can see that one making the list. Do you know ANYBODY that didn't buy it?
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
I remember he did a concert at my college in the early 80s. By that time, he was obviously balding and had trimmed his hair short. There were literally girls crying asking "what happened to his hair?"
Maybe so... but The Wall was more than 15 songs on vinyl.
Rare that I agree with GI; "The Wall" was much more. Try a video link authored by Roger Walters. Turn up the volume of your surround speaker system. You won't regret it.
You should call into the captain ... that you are munching on piles of jelly-filled doughnuts along with your kup(s) o' koffee so as to avoid personal reliability reports against your personal performance.
Rare that I agree with GI; "The Wall" was much more. Try a video link authored by Roger Walters. Turn up the volume of your surround speaker system. You won't regret it.
Blues from the 25th Century.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Enjoy the music you like, I couldn't care less about your opinion if all you can manage is "none of their crap is even semi-good"
Punk rock is for posers that can't play actual music.
"If you can't play good,play fast and loud".
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 1956 Chuck Berry - After School Session 1956 The Crickets (Buddy Holly) - The "Chirping" Crickets 1957
1960's
The Beatles - Please Please Me 1963 Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Truth - Jeff Beck 1968
1970's
Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan 1972 The Clash - The Clash 1977 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 1977
1980's
U2 - Boy 1980 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood 1982 R.E.M. - Murmur 1983 The Smithereens - Especially for You 1986 Tommy Keene - Songs From The Film - 1986
1990's
Copper Blue - Sugar 1992 New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms 1992
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
Trump: My People Should Sit Up in Attention Like Kim Jong-uns Staff.
Often I have stated as my subjective opinion that ubiquitous, widely listenable Rock Music died in by the late 80s. 1987 to be exact. The reasons for this are many. SOME say it died with the advent of Disco (c. 1974-1975).
I agree with some aspects of your statement - however I don't believe that listenable rock music died in 1987. It was just moved to the back burner so to speak. Radio stations became more corporate controlled, many if not most of them got their playlists from central control and at that time a lot of stations were getting rid of local DJ's and relying on a more cookie cutter approach.
The good music has always been there - it just became more difficult to find stations that played it
...what Disco *did* do is prove to the corporate Music Industry and Record Producers that the quality musicianship and what makes "good music" was far less important than the packaging,
The "Disco Era" was a turning point in music, definitely a low point in musical history, but it did induce a backlash of sorts. The punk-rock scene developed at about that time - Sex Pistols, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Jam - all of those bands and others created some great music in spite of disco being the dominant music genre at the time.
I think there will always be great, tuneful music, harmonies, melodies, musicians with great instrumental prowess and in a lot of ways there is even more than there has been in the past with the internet allowing any band to get their music out to the listeners, bypassing the control of record labels.
The downside is that there is so much music available now that it's sometimes difficult to find what you like.
HOW in the world did vulgar Ghetto Rap and female yodeling of "empowerment" whinefest anthems ever wind up the default "music" of pop culture for the last 25 years?
I read this article a number of years ago - it provides one theory as to why - take it with a grain of salt.
HOW did Rap, wimpy male emo whining, and female yodeling and yapping EVER wind up displacing varied genres of pleasing music compositions, inspirational lyrics, swaying rhythms and sweet vocal and instrumental chords of the 50s-80s -- as well as its soulful, sunny harmonies?
My theory on that - especially the use of auto-tone to make the vocals on many songs sound robotic: The Transhumanist agenda
Transhumanism, a strange agglomeration of technology, politics, and even aspects of religion. The Transhumanist view of the future features a fully mechanized simulacrum of society teeming with visible and invisible robots and robotic functions that will engineer the minutia of life at every turn, presumably to make life easier and more fulfilling.
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. - Ron Paul
Trump: My People Should Sit Up in Attention Like Kim Jong-uns Staff.
Inside a gated compound in South Africa, one of rock's most legendary drummers is still making enemies
Excerpt:
"F**kin' hell!" Ginger Baker shouts at the South African sunrise. His ritual morning curse complete, the 69-year-old drummer for Cream takes a deep pull on his morphine inhaler and throws his body back into the leather recliner where he spends the majority of his days.
As the drug takes effect, his tanned, weather-beaten face contracts and his vivid blue eyes go wide. His girlfriend, Kudzai, a beautiful 27-year-old from Zimbabwe he met on the Internet, hovers over him counting out his daily handful of antidepressants, stomach pills and painkillers.
"What are you looking at, Yankee!" Baker barks at me, his voice cutting through the silence like an animal shriek. Now that the morphine is running strong, he pops up out of his chair with the nervous energy of a teenager, but still he walks like a creaky old man....
Over the course of his life, during which he's raced bicycles and played polo, Baker has broken most of his ribs, mangled one of his arms and had his front teeth smashed in. He was recently diagnosed with a degenerative spine condition and the onset of emphysema. "God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can," Baker says bitterly.
Ginger Baker. He's been blessed than more than 99% of the population. Despite that the guy smoked like a chimney; Been a heroine addict for 50 years; Was reckless and rebellious and willfully disrespected his own body his entire life. Now it's all God's fault?
You wonder how the "Counselors" of the "Newton Model" would handle the case Ginger Baker. I'd imagine Baker's when his number was called, it would cause even that unlucky "team" to scatter ;-)
Boston's second album was arguably better than the first.
I recall the anticipation of Boston's second album. Side One of the album was a good as anything on the debut Boston album.
Side 2 was a different story to me. It was turrible filler. Even Tom Scholtz conceded that knew it was pretty bad and was embarrassed by it. He felt rushed to submit the album to the record company before he was ready. Maybe if had had more time...