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     Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 511 Registered: 01-2005 |
Spence wrote: If The Arcade Fire were around 20 years ago, they's be as huge as The Band of Holy Joy. You started it, so I'll lead off. These are how I like them now by they way, not back then. 1. Tallulah - The Go-Betweens 2. Two Seven Clash - Culture 3. Sister - Sonic Youth 4. Document - R.E.M. 5. You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr. 6. Happy Nightmare Baby - Opal 7. Pleased To Meet Me - The Replacements 8. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure 9. The Sound of Music - The db's 10. Callenture - The Triffids 11. Substance - New Order 12. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs 13. King's Record Shop - Rosanne Cash 14. The Joshua Tree - U2 15. Chiseled In Stone - Vern Gosdin | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1436 Registered: 05-2005 |
Two Sevens Clash came out in '77 Michael. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 503 Registered: 10-2004 |
1. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come 2. The Go-Betweens - Tallulah 3. New Order - Substance 4. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive 5. Momus - The Poison Boyfriend 6. Microdisney - Crooked Mile 7. Wire - Ideal Copy 8. Siouxsie - Through the Looking Glass 9. Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot 10. Max Eider - Best Kisser in the World 11. Dead Can Dance - W/in the Realm of a Dying Sun 12. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 13. Felt - Poem of the River 14. Sneaky Feelings - Sentimental Education 15. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me 16. The Sound - Thunder Up | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 449 Registered: 08-2006 |
Kev, you're right, but so's Michael, in a way. "Two Sevens Clash" wasn't released in the U.S. 'til '87. Apparently, the mail boat was a slow one. So, from my personal vaults: 1. Prince - "Sign 'O the Times" 2. Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel of Love" 3. The Go-Betweens - "Tallulah" 4. Sonic Youth - "Sister" 5. REM - "Document" 6. Ornette Colman - "In All Languages" 7. Tom Verlaine - "Flash Light" 8. The Replacements - "Pleased to Meet Me" 9. The Feelies - "The Good Earth" 10. Sonny Rollins - "G-Man" | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1307 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'd like to categorise my list into bands, songs and albums if that's ok? Not in any order though: Bands: McCarthy Poppies (Pop will eat itself) Microdisney The Moodists Terence Trent Darby The Smiths The GoBetweens The Weather Prophets PigBros The Anatomical Boot band The Mighty Lemon Drops Julian Cope The Band of Holy Joy! Husker Du The Blue Ox Babes (AS great as Dexys - Al Archer's underrated band) Songs: Tom Verlaine - Town Called Walker Momus - Murderers (The hope of women) Louis Philippe - You Mary you Always - Dreams of Leaving The Moodists - Jack O Diamonds Wire - Ahead BMX Bandits - What a wonderful world Prince - Kiss Curiosity Killed The Cat - Back down? 1. McCarthy - I am a wallet 2. The Go-Betweens - Tallulah 3. New Order - Substance 4. The Blue Aeroplanes - Spitting out Miracles 5. Momus - The Poison Boyfriend 6. Microdisney - Crooked Mile 7. Wire - Ideal Copy 8. The Railyway Children - Reunion Wilderness 9. Tom Verlaine - Flashlight 10. Biff Bang Pow - The girl who runs the beat hotel 11. The Procalimers - This is the story The CLose Lobsters - Foxheads stalk this land | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1660 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'm far too lazy to figure out what was released that year (also have a bit of a sinus headache), so I'll just concur with some of the choices... I really enjoy your eclecticism, Michael - your choices are unpredictable and fresh...love your mentioning Vern Gosdin, he was great, and also your nod to the dBs - that was one of my fave records by them, second perhaps only to "Like This"... and, Rob, you tasteful bastid, you - great choices with the Springsteen (ever heard Solomon Burke's version of "Ain't Got You"? - sublime) and the Prince - one of the great double albums, ever, by one of the greatest artists, ever, in any genre. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1437 Registered: 05-2005 |
Substance doesnt count lads - sorry. Rules of Padraig, section 17 ,paragraph 1.  | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1308 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev Substance does count, coz I bought it when I worked at Virgin and I think you may be thinking of Joy Divivion's retro, entitled Substance whcih was '88. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1438 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry Spence, should have made myself clearer. Padraig ticked me off for including Dead Letter Office in 1988 because it was a compilation. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 504 Registered: 10-2004 |
I like to break rules, so I'm going to tack The Smiths' mind-blowing "Louder than Bombs" compilation to my list. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1048 Registered: 03-2005 |
In the order that I find them on my computer list: 1. Roseanne Cash--King's Record Shop 2. Gene Clark & Carla Olson--So Rebellious a Lover. If my albums had odometers on them, this would undoubtedly have the highest mileage of any of my class of '87. 3. The Fall--Frenz Experiment. And this would be the runner-up in the mileage stakes. 4. Felt--Poem of the River 5. Go Betweens--You Know What. Lower mileage only because I was so late to the party. 6. Gun Club--Mother Juno. Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Robin Guthrie meet. 7. Plasticland--Salon 8. Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry--Smashed Hits. Is this one a comp? I don't know. I always assumed it was an ironic title. 9. The Triffids--Calenture. I've had it since it was new, but it's taken a long, long time for this record to make it onto this list. Where it now lives with room to spare. 10. Wire--Ideal Copy Among the great '87 comps: 1. Indestructible Beat of Soweto 2. Best of Wipers & Greg Sage. No individual album is strong enough but the retrospective is. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 130 Registered: 07-2006 |
smiths - strangeways with the exception of death at one's elbow, a brilliant brilliant record. wipes the floor with the queen is dead in my head anyway. psb - actually go-b's - tallulah prince - sign o the times rem - document fleetwood mac - tango in the night jamc - darklands echo and the bunnymen - self-titled (grey album) sinead o connor - the lion and the cobra this year definitely sticks out. even though my list isn't especially long, it features some of my absolute favourites. great year for singles as well. especially those of the trash/pwl variety. mel and kim anyone? take take take take ta-ta ta-ta ta take take... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 512 Registered: 01-2005 |
Yeah, The Dean had Two Sevens Clash #2 on his 1987 Pazz and Jop Poll Dean's List, so I thought it was legit to include it. Wire - Ideal Copy almost made my list. A Bell is a Cup...Until It Is Struck will easily make my 1988 list. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 198 Registered: 05-2005 |
I found myself insessently listening to Tallulah in 87 but don't forget Steve Kilbey's first - Unearthed, which is totally great too. Marty's first came out about the same time from memory and it's another homegrown psychedelic gem. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1663 Registered: 03-2006 |
Ok, I think I have enough firing synapses this morning to get a list together...let's see...damn, this is hard! 1. Go-Betweens - Talluh-fuckin-lah 2. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love 3. XTC - Skylarking 4. John Hiatt - Bring the Family 5. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me 6. Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon 7. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years 8. Prince - Sign O' the Times 9. Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop 10. REM - Documentado | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1664 Registered: 03-2006 |
And, before I forget, some honorable runners up: Van Morrison - Poetic Champions Compose Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather Microdisney - Crooked Mile French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson - Live, Love, Larf & Loaf | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 451 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Skylarking" was from '87? Man, that should definitely be on my list. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 267 Registered: 09-2006 |
In roughly descending order: Prince - Sign uff der Times New Order - Substance Go Bees The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death Pet Shop Boys - actually Sonic Yout' - Sistuh Sonny Sharrock Band - Seize the Rainbow Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon Madonna - You Can Dance (I must be honest) Sly & Robbie - Rhythm Killers R.E.M. - Document Brooce - Tunnel of Love Stevie Wonder - Characters Dramarama - Box Office Bomb Runner-up: Big Black - Songs About Fucking I was tempted by "Two Sevens Clash" and also Hendrix' "Live in Winterland" which came out that year, but decided against it. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1666 Registered: 03-2006 |
It's in the Pazz and Jop for that year...and it definitely blowed my drug-addled mind when it came out... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 268 Registered: 09-2006 |
I would've put it on my list too, but all the discographies I've checked have it as Oct. '86 | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1667 Registered: 03-2006 |
I guess it was in the Pazz and Jop for '87 due to its coming out so late in '86. Perhaps it garnered more attention in '87... Judges, can we get a ruling? Actually, I think it's fair to limit stuff to the actual year it came out in...therefore, I take that one off my list and bump Van the Man up, despite the album's dorky title... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 269 Registered: 09-2006 |
I think this has been mentioned before, but it'd be kinda fun to assemble counterlists of favorite music discovered within a certain year whether it came out that year or not...it actually might not be viable, as all we middle-agesters would be working wholly from memory... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 131 Registered: 07-2006 |
add skylarking to mine too then! and you can dance for that matter - cheer allen! excellent remix of into the groove. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 515 Registered: 01-2005 |
I knew Skylarking came out in 1986, which is why I didn't include it. It had a * in the 1987 Pazz and Jop poll as it got votes in the 1986 poll. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 507 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, Skylarking would rank *very* high on my list for 1986. That is one of my all time favorite albums. I'm not sure why anyone would place it in '87, except that it wasn't until mid-to-late '87 when "Dear God" became a big fluke hit and the album was re-pressed (in the US) with that song replacing "Mermaid Smiled." I should start a best of 1986 thread as I can think of several massively important (for me) records that came out that year. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 586 Registered: 08-2004 |
Happy Mondays - Squirrel & G-Man (the sound of the council estates) Wedding Present - George Best Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (not that great an album in the long-term, but definitely bundles of fun) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1311 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff Dear God was and still is a classic. I remember buying a 12'' called Grass, Dear God was on the b-side, it eclipsed Grass in every way. Funny how the US latched on to it as a ptential A side wher as over here, XTC were not given the time of day in the mid 80's, from a daytime radio perspective anyway. They were very much like 'underground', almost had less publicity than the Alternative / Indoe scene around '85-'89. I don't think the fact that XTC would never gig again helped their cause. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 508 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, I've read that XTC's alter-ego Dukes of Stratosphear got way more attention and recognition (and sold heaps more records) than XTC's proper records at the time. I suppose it was ironic that "Dear God" became such a hit in the US, but it really put them in the "alternative" limelight here for several years. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1051 Registered: 03-2005 |
How bizarre. Like Jeff, I got the 1986 original of "Skylarking." Right now I can't even remember what "Dear God" sounds like. I remember "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" being the really big XTC hits here. I guess it's just a matter of what the local stations were playing. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 509 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, "Nigel" and "Overtime," as well as "Generals and Majors," were all still played fairly often on the "alternative" radio station up here in the late 80s. But "Dear God" and "Mayor of Simpleton," were in heavy rotation at that time. I also remember MTV's 120 minutes playing the videos for the latter two songs pretty regularly. I actually wound up with both copies of "Skylarking" because I always quite liked both "Mermaid Smiled" and "Dear God." I thought they should've just squeezed "Dear God" on there somehow, rather than substitute it for "Mermaid Smiled," because I am always consistently floored by "Mermaid Smiled" - a thoroughly beautiful yet strangely manic song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1262 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for the back up on the "no comps" rule Kevin! Sorry Celtic are out of Europe. Sydney won away in Shanghai in their first ever Asian Champions League match. Can't wait for the home game coming up against Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan. They are supposedly the richest club in Asia. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1263 Registered: 05-2005 |
1) Marillion - Clutching at Straws. 2) Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 3) Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I 4) Whitesnake - Whitesnake 5) The Cult - Electric 6) Anthrax - Among The Living 7) Testament - The Legacy 8) Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh Well, that's what I was listening to from 1987 in 1987. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1264 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just remembered that, of course, R.E.M.'s Document came out in 1987 and I was already a huge fan of a few years standing by then. Probably slot that into No 2 on the list above! And I loved Sign O' the Times too. Revised list: 1) Marillion - Clutching at Straws. 2) R.E.M. - Document 3) Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 4) Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I 5) Prince - Sign O' the Times 6) Whitesnake - Whitesnake 7) The Cult - Electric 8) Anthrax - Among The Living 9) Testament - The Legacy 10) Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 83 Registered: 05-2005 |
Smiths - Strangeways... Go-betweens - Tallulah REM - Document Lloyd Cole -Mainstream Dead can Dance - Within the realm.. David Sylvian - Secrets of the beehive Primal Scream - Sonic flower groove Suzanne Vega -Solitude standing Anna Domino - This Time Martyn Bates - The return of the quiet A big year... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1266 Registered: 05-2005 |
I also forgot the brilliant Tunnel Of Love by Bruce Springsteen. My favourite Springsteen album by a long chalk and my favourite record of 1987 even in 1987. So it's bye bye to Exodus from the list above and everyone else moves down one place. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 510 Registered: 10-2004 |
Padraig, it's nice to see Anthrax's "Among the Living" in your list. I was a huge metalhead up until about mid-'87, and I remember thinking that was Anthrax's best album. Funny you mention Exodus. Their singer, Paul Baloff, lived in the same building that my band rehearsed in (a meth-freak haven with lots of metal bands, strange tenants, and well, us). Sadly, he died a few years ago in his sleep. There's a huge memorial to him on the wall in the corridor there. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 456 Registered: 08-2006 |
Padraig, "Tunnel of Love" might be my favorite Springsteen record, which, natch, means it's one of my favorites of all time. I was a HUGE Springsteen fan when it came out, didn't know what to make of it at first , and warmed to it - considerably - over time. Kind of like the experience I had with a little band called the Go-Betweens. I love it more because I couldn't quite suss its charms in the beginnng. Unlike some of Springsteen's other classics, which are a bit more obvious. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1053 Registered: 03-2005 |
I'm trying to wrap my mind around the image of Jeff as a metalhead. I've scrolled up and down this list several times now but even in my margarita haze I'm pretty sure I don't see a list from Kevin. Spence I didn't know the Moodists where still happening in '87. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1267 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, thanks for letting me know ahout Paul Baloff. I used to love all of that stuff so much back then. Rob, Tunnel Of Love was one of the strangest ever follow-ups to a hugely successful album. I loved Born In The USA but then when I got Tunnel Of Love it was so strange. I just decided the only way to evaluate it was not to in any way compare it to what came before. I may be misremembering to boost my cool but I'm pretty sure I "got" it and loved it straight away. The title track is a heartbreaking, super-emotional masterpiece. The whole album is just so incredibel. I'm just going to have to dig it out and play it! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1314 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, as a Postcard afficinado, it was hard to embrace new stuff a a teenager, but The Moodists to me were very simlar to everything I liked that was similar to Postcrad, even though they were heavy early on, they mellowed a bit, musically, this period Moodists I adored, tracks like Little Gary, Jack O Diamonds and so on. Their early stuff was so on the money compared to say, James King and The Lonewolves, who were real real shite, and a real ugly front man. Kev will hit us all soon!!!! Kev? Kev? Looking at this list me n Jeff must've ben separated at birth man, apart from the Metal head thing, though I did like The Cult for a short while! Go West was the song. I saw Martin Stephenson's Daintees a lot live around this time, anyoone else see them? they were a real funny band to watch, always lauging and getting up to no good! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 235 Registered: 04-2005 |
Not sure why you draw a comparison with James King, Spence...but with his reputation (a real Glasgow hard man) to say what you did you must be pretty certain he doesn't have your home address. I actually thought their 45s ("The Angels Know") were wonderful and the only time I saw him live (backed by the Leopards) he was intense and powerful. But true, not much of a looker. Sorry James. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 18 Registered: 02-2007 |
Nebraska does for me Padriag. If I could only have 1 album of his that would be it. Stripped back, despairing, strangely optimistic thru the tales of disconnection, loads of emotional landscape there, probably companion piece to USA album, the E streets rockin' and the boss howling. Here in OZ Midnight Oil's "Deisel & Dust" was 1987 album. Political and full of the geography of the country, coupled with indiginous connections to country, and sounding great. Not huge Oils fan but that album was great. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1440 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ok, here goes. Cant believe nobody has Warehouse... by Husker Du. And if I had only just bought Two Sevens Clash by Culture in 1987(I bought it in 1977,I gather our US cousins couldnt buy it till 1987) it would make my list at No1 by a country mile - one of the best albums ever made by any artists in any genre. 1. Warehouse: songs and stories - Husker du 2. Pleased to meet me - The Replacements 3. Tallulah - Go-Betweens 4. Strangeways here we come - The smiths 5. Document - REM 6. Sister - Sonic youth 7. Darklands - The Jesus & Mary chain 8. Calenture - The Triffids 9. Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim 10. Crooked Mile - Microdisney 11. Babble - That petrol emotion 12 Songs about fucking - Big black Dont know if anybody is aware of this great site which compiles all manner of lists http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/index.htm Its invaluable for threads like this, because my memory is rubbish, and without it I certainly wouldnt have remebered to include Babble by That Petrol Emotion. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1315 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, the JK/moodists comparison coz they were kinda doing the similar kinda garage guitar thing, however I found JK voice irritating, uninteresting and combined with crap songwriting, that was enough. Bring him round, you don't know about my reputation do you!? I'll share a cuppa with him! Kev, glad you nailed the Husker thing here, was well into them at this time courtesy of Peel. Petrols were good too, quite uniqe, sorta out of place at this time, sill sounds good today. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1054 Registered: 03-2005 |
The only Petrol album I ever got was "Manic Pop Thrill" which I loved and wore out--if you can wear out a CD. No idea why I didn't get anything else of theirs. So "Babble" measures up? I think I just saw it at Amoeba a couple weeks ago. I have "Darklands" but I haven't heard it in so long I didn't even think of listing it. The Replacements are a group I have yet to explore. No explanation for that. And I've never heard "Two Sevens Clash." | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1678 Registered: 03-2006 |
Babble was a pretty cool record as I recall - that was the one with "Swamp" on it, right? More ruminations on "Tunnel of Love": It's as great an album as you all say, but one song, in particular, strikes me as being really unique: "Brilliant Disguise". That seems to me to be the first time that particular sentiment, something we've all felt and know is true in our bones, has been expressed in song. Also, the song "One Step Up" really stands out - just beautiful, and it had a great video. Unlike the "Up With People" vibe of, say, the "Dancing in the Dark" video, this one, with a depressed-looking Bruce tossing back whiskey in a seedy strip club, was really dark and gritty and had a palpable air of despair... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1317 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dancing in the Dark, looked like he was too, truly awful performance!!!!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1283 Registered: 05-2005 |
Inspired by Kevin, I will do a proper list of my faves from 87 when I get a chance. Also inspired by David mentioning Diesel And Dust. Also the only Oil's album I own. Now there's an album that needs remastering. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 275 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yes spence - but in his favor, he is a slightly better dancer than Courteney Cox... But that's a little unfair...I watched his video collection again a few months ago, and besides that one I enjoyed myself thoroughly... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1289 Registered: 05-2005 |
OK, my adult list of 1987. 1 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love 2 The Triffids - Calenture 3 The Jesus & Mary chain - Darklands 4 U2 - Joshua Tree 5 R.E.M. - Document 6 The Go-Betweens - Tallulah 7 Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust 8 The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me 9 Prince - Sign O' the Times 10 Big Black - Songs About Fucking 11 Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories 12 The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come 13 Microdisney - Crooked Mile 14 Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland 15 INXS - Kick | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 512 Registered: 10-2004 |
oooh, Floodland - nice! I was quite the Sisters fanatic in my "gothic" early teens. And Songs About Fucking - I haven't listened to that in ages. I remember listening to "Bad Penny" quite a lot my sophomore year of high school. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 457 Registered: 08-2006 |
Kev, I'm a huge Husker fan, and "Warehouse" certainly would've made my list if I'd gone beyond 10. It's just not my favorite by them. I could never figure out why, until Christgau wrote: "Now that they've mastered the feat of yoking elemental noise and elemental melody, their power of musical expression has apparently rendered irrelevant the meaning of individual songs." It's still a great record, though. For me, it's a matter of small degrees. | ||
| Dave Paul Member Username: Jock_n_roll Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2007 |
Strikes me on my occasional visits here what a tasteful lot you all are! Microdisney Triffids Replacements, Huskers, etc... But that's not why I'm posting. Can't believe that at last someone else in the known universe knows So Rebellious a Lover by Clark and Olson. I've been raving about this album for years to people who just don't get it. Was beginning to think I imagined it! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1062 Registered: 03-2005 |
Dave, "Rebellious" is literally a timeless record. Its gimmick-free acoustic production values and even the spring/fall generational juxtaposition of Clark and Olson as performers ensure that. Gene Clark seemed to thrive in collaborations (so long as David Crosby wasn't part of it) and Carla pretty much pulled him up out of the gutter. I wish they'd been able to complete another. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 526 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, did Gram and Gene ever meet? I've read a couple of books about Gram and have been a huge fan since 1975, but I can't ever remember reading about them meeting or if Gene or Gram even talked about each other. It would have been an interesting combo. |