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     kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 104 Registered: 05-2005 |
A friend bought me a book called "The Mojo Collection" which is basically a book which recommends albums from the last 5 decades nominated by writers from Mojo. To narrow it down what are your favourite albums from each decade. Mine are Howlin Wolf - The Rockin Chair Album(50s) Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico (60s) David Bowie - Low (70s) Husker Du - Warehouse Songs and Stories (80s)/ REM - Murmer (80s) - cant split them Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (90s) Flaming Lips - Yoshimi..... (00s) | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 162 Registered: 08-2004 |
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Kraftwerk - Man Machine Go-B's - Liberty Belle Public Enemy - There's A Poison Going On Stephen Jones - Almost Cured Of Sadness | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 139 Registered: 04-2005 |
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue ('50s) Velvet Underground - VU & Nico ('60s) Television - Marquee Moon ('70s) Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood ('80s) Yo La Tengo - Painful ('90s) Arcade Fire - Funeral ('00s) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 105 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, on another day I could easily have picked your choices - but who the heck is Stephen Jones? Its not that Babybird bloke is it? | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 49 Registered: 12-2004 |
The Beatles - Revolver (60s) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (70s) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (80s) Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage (90s) The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart (00s) I don't have any albums from the 50s, but I like what I have heard of Johnny Cash from that time. | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2005 |
1950's....Someting by Louis Jordan Astral Weeks (60's) VU & Nico (60's) Parallel Lines (70's) (my first snog was to this) You can't hide your love forever (80's) Liberty Belle (80's) Ocean Rain (80's) Hatful of Hollow (80's) Swordfishtrombones (80's) Ron Sexsmith self titled (90's) Automatic for the People (90's) Oceans Apart (00's) I GIVE UP an impossible task that is starting to wind me up ! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 166 Registered: 08-2004 |
I'm afraid it is Kevin. Don't you like him? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 109 Registered: 05-2005 |
never really heard much to form an opinion jerry, apart from the big hit he had and a few tracks on John Peel | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 168 Registered: 08-2004 |
If you like odd pop songs, I'd recommend him. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 128 Registered: 05-2005 |
This is almost inpossible, however, if I think of the year and the first LP that springs to my mind without really thinking to hard about it, then that shall be my list. However, it WILL change! Love - Forever Changes 60's The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus 70's Orange Juice - You can't hide your love forever 80's Blue Aeroplanes - Swagger 90's Go Betweens - Oceans Apart and Songs for Rachael Worth | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 46 Registered: 05-2005 |
60's - White Album 70's - Blue 80's - Hatful of Hollow 90's - Carnival of Light 00's - Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots, or Seachange, or Oceans Apart...ask me at the end of the decade. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 113 Registered: 05-2005 |
I know this is a Go Betweens message board and by definition we are all GO Bs fans. However, I am surprised to see the amount of votes for Oceans Apart as the best album of this decade so far, it didnt even make my top 10 for 2005 | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 181 Registered: 10-2004 |
60s - beach boys - pet sounds 70s - brian eno - another green world 80s - go-betweens - liberty belle 90s - high llamas - hawaii 00s - go-betweens - oceans apart (tied with cathal coughlan's the sky's awful blue) | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 62 Registered: 07-2005 |
50's-Kind of Blue-Miles Davis 60's-Nashville Skyline-Bob Dylan (close run thing with the Kinks-Something Else by the Kinks 70's-Blood on the Tracks-Bob Dylan 70's ( post punk)This Years Model-Elvis Costello 80's Rain Dogs-Tom Waits 90's Ron Sexsmith-self titled 00's American Recordings series-Johnny Cash | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 40 Registered: 06-2005 |
60's - blonde on blonde, sweetheart of the rodeo 70's - either exile on main street, sister lover/third, funhouse or unknown??+?.P galifornia, american music club, hatful of hollow or stone roses 90's - jeff buckley grace, boatman's call 00's - ive liked nothing so far (okay, at a push british sea power's debut) looking at it this is actually a very tedious list - sorry | ||
| gareth w Member Username: Gareth Post Number: 40 Registered: 05-2005 |
60's - The White Album or In A Silent Way (Miles D) 70's – Dark Side of the Moon 80’s – 16 Lovers Lane or Rattlesnakes 90’s – Love Story (Lloyd Cole) 00’s – Aerial (Kate Bush) | ||
| M. Mark Burgess Member Username: Fortysomething Post Number: 70 Registered: 05-2005 |
50's--Songs For Swingin Lovers 60's--We're Only in it For the Money 70's--Tago Mago 80's--16 LL 90's--Jehovahkill 00's--June Tabor/Under the Hooves | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 117 Registered: 05-2005 |
abigail, your list is far from tedious,half your choices would make my list if i was to compile it when i was in a dylan/byrds/BS/cave mood. AMC are in my top 10 bands of all time. california is magnificent and mark eitzel will probably be getting the nick drake treatment from music fans and journalists in 30yrs time when he will probably be dead, isnt that always the way? | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 19 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Johnny Cash American recordings are amazing, I got into them after I heard his cover of U2's One a couple of years ago. so simple and stripped but so emotionally charged. He makes it his own as he does for nearly all the other covers. In fact I don't really care for his stuff prior to the hook-up with Rick Rubin ! All my fave singers are people where the emotion is stronger than the technique. Where is the emotion in 99% of so called modern "soul" music. I cannot abide that Michael Bolton/Alexender O' neill "Laydeez man" music. My work associates just cannot believe that I prefer the rusty broken vocal sounds of Ron Sexsmith over say, that syrupy fella out of the Lighthouse Family, I guess the fact that your reading this means your mining a similar vein...I tried to "explain" Tom Waits to me Dad once but it was like digging through perma-frost. Not sure where all this mining and digging is coming from, anyone want to analyse !!? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 168 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mark, thanks for reminding me that I do actually have some albums from the 50s - all Sinatra. Now I can contribute to this thread! 50s - Songs For Swinging Lovers: Frank Sinatra 60s - Pet Sounds: The Beach Boys 70s - What's Going On: Marvin Gaye 80s - Hounds Of Love: Kate Bush 90s - Soft Bomb: The Chills 00s - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: Arctic Monkeys | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 49 Registered: 05-2005 |
You rate the Arctic Monkeys Padraig. What's it like? I'm thinking of buying it. Feel free to rave! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 13 Registered: 01-2006 |
50s - Psycho-Sonic: The Sonics 60s - Revolver: The Beatles 70s - Tonight's the Night: Neil Young & CrazyHorse 80s - Hatful of Hollow: The Smiths 90s - Recurring: Spacemen 3 00s - Rendezvous: Luna | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 41 Registered: 06-2005 |
kevin yes, mark eitzel is hugely underrated, though i can't say I’ve heard any of his stuff in the last few years. california, san fransisco and everclear are wonderful albums and his solo album songs of love live is heartbreaking. and i feel i was a bit harsh on the naughties so i'll add durutti columns someone elses party and the debut sun kil moon album to my list | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 169 Registered: 05-2005 |
Geoff, believe the hype. It's the best debut since Stone Roses in 1989. Arctic Monkeys' sound is very now and up-to-the-minute though, unlike Stone Roses, which sounded timeless from the moment it was released. So while I think I will always rate Whatever People Say... as a great album I don't think I'll consider it a stone classic 17 years down the line as I do with Stone Roses. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 122 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, must say I think the Roses debut is one of the most overrated albums ever. There are about 5 obviuosly great songs, the rest are inmo tepid indie fare. Fools Gold on the other hand is a classic. I saw the Roses at Alexandra Palace in 1989(or 90?) and it was a real anti climax for me - this band were no great shakes live. On reflection I always thought the Roses 1st album sounded badly recorded, and this is another reason I dont look back fondly on it | ||
| kuba a Member Username: Kuba Post Number: 33 Registered: 05-2005 |
Best debut since The Stone Roses? Why not the best ever? But first we need to forget about "The La's", "Nowhere", "Some Friendly", "Slanted & Enchanted", "Suede", "A Storm In Heaven", "Grace", "Definitely Maybe", "I Should Coco", "Fuzzy Logic", "Attack of the Grey Lantern", "Lost Souls", "Spirit They've Vanished, Spirit They're Gone", "Up The Bracket", "The Decline Of British Sea Power", "The Futureheads", "Funeral", "Thunder Lightning Strike", to name only a few. Don't believe the hype, it's ok, but nothing more. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 170 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kuba, I could have added IMHO after what I said, as some people on this board do when making broad, sweeping statements. But there's never been anything humble about my opinions so I choose not to. Kevin, I saw Stone Roses live once, in 1995, and thought they were awesome. They did not play Fools Gold and I thought that was a good thing as, though I liked the song very much and still do, the shuffle beat production (I'm sure there's a more technical term, but you know what I mean) ties it very much to its time; unlike their debut album. Each to their own though, of course. Except for people who big up Celine Delon - they, and their heroine, deserve nothing but our opprobrium. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 123 Registered: 05-2005 |
Forgot to say Padraig - you're spot on about Arctic Monkeys. By the way what do you think of The Second Coming? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 171 Registered: 05-2005 |
I really like Second Coming, though I often think I'm just about the only person in the world that does (apart from the band themselves). It's such a completely different sound though, it's almost like two seperate bands. When I saw them live they opened with Breaking Into Heaven. They were behind a screen for the long, long intro and then the screen was removed when the song kicked up a gear. I thought it was great. I'd pay good money to see that reformation tour - and it will happen sooner or later. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 22 Registered: 05-2005 |
kevin's right on the stone roses..massively overrated sub-byrdsian jangle..some good grooves but ultimately bland.. padraig's list is very good though and i had forgotten about soft bomb..now there's a great lost album! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 14 Registered: 01-2006 |
forgot 'Bone Machine' by Tom Waits for the 90s... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 141 Registered: 05-2005 |
the thing is about the stone roses debut, is that when it came out all of us who had c86 type bands etc etc heard this and thought, we might as well give up. there wasn't a band around (in the UK) who you could label indie that had done something that sounded as wonderful as that debut. i agree the band sounded weak live (I saw them in front of about 200 people in Birmingham jsut before they took off), and brown was an awful singer, but that debut is a classic, even though its patchy, its great for Ressurection alone. Yes production is subjective, nothing a little remastering wouldn't sort out! Second Coming was good,howver it sounded like a Roses pastiche to me, and it was far too long in the coming!! They should never have played that gig(s) without Squire. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 171 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Stone Roses managed to create an album with the spirit of the '60's, a punk ethic, ambient dance, heavy rock, melodic jangle, dub & a bit of funk. Despite all the elements it sits very well as a 50 min LP. Lyrically they were kind of up their own asses, probably a rap influence in there too. On top of that the singles were unbeatable (Sally Cinnamon/Elephant Stone/Fools Gold/One Love). Some of the b-sides were even better (Going Down/Mersey Paradise/Standing Here/What The World Is Waiting For) If The Second Coming had been a debut or 2nd album by anyone else it would have been held in higher esteem. The influence of the debut had gone so far by '95 they were also rans of their own making. It's like comparing Electric Cafe with The Man Machine. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 15 Registered: 01-2006 |
I agree with Jerry, even though it's not a 'real' LP I'd take the 'Turns into Stone' compilation before 'Second Coming' any day... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 169 Registered: 05-2005 |
60s - Rubber Soul - Beatles 70s - David Soul - David Soul 80s - The man on your street - Happy Family 90s - Hippopotomomus - Momus 00s - Swagger - The Blue Aerplanes (deluxe edition) |