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Post by impulse on Jun 26, 2020 14:10:31 GMT -5
Crossover thrash and obscure punk on whatever this Spotify radio is. I think it's a Slayer kind of day though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2020 13:03:31 GMT -5
I've been taking a peek past Tom Petty's radio hits to see what else he has to offer. He's usually too mellow for my tastes, but I've found some deep cuts that I dig. "Sweet William" for one. It is slower, but I like the groove:
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Post by impulse on Jun 27, 2020 17:08:51 GMT -5
I've been taking a peek past Tom Petty's radio hits to see what else he has to offer. He's usually too mellow for my tastes, but I've found some deep cuts that I dig. "Sweet William" for one. It is slower, but I like the groove: I almost could have written this. My offering to the good deep cut Petty songs:
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Post by Confessor on Jun 27, 2020 20:37:51 GMT -5
Lou Reed on Spotify as I mark exams... To think that I never really listened to Reed before. What a shame. Which album? I think almost everything up to the early 80s is first rate, after that it's a little less consistent. What? Even Metal Machine Music?!! Actually, his first album after leaving the Velvet Underground is pretty subpar too. Though I adore the Velvets, I think Reed's solo career is wildly uneven. It features such undisputable highs as Transformer, Berlin, Coney Island Baby, and Songs for Drella (with John Cale), but an awful lot of it is pretty hard work to get through IMHO.
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Post by berkley on Jun 27, 2020 22:48:45 GMT -5
Which album? I think almost everything up to the early 80s is first rate, after that it's a little less consistent. What? Even Metal Machine Music?!! Actually, his first album after leaving the Velvet Underground is pretty subpar too. Though I adore the Velvets, I think Reed's solo career is wildly uneven. It features such undisputable highs as Transformer, Berlin, Coney Island Baby, and Songs for Drella (with John Cale), but an awful lot of it is pretty hard work to get through IMHO. Let's see ...
the first album I think is spoiled only by a mismatch between the songs and the musicians playing them, both fine in themselves but not a good fit with one another.
Trasnformer - needs no defence from me. Berlin: masterpiece - though dismissed by the critics at the time, IIRC. Sally Can't Dance: don't know this one well. Reed apparently hated it because at the time he felt forced into the already clichéd "decadent rock" niche by RCA, but I think it sounds pretty good, from the one or two times I've listened to it.
Metal Machine Music, who knows if it was just a FU to the record company or a semi-serious attempt at Stockhausenian avant-garde electronica, but I find it interesting from both those perspectives.
Coney Island Baby: masterpiece. Rock n Roll Heart: under-rated, IMO. I have a lot of affection for this record, while recognising that it isn't of the stature of a Berlin or Transformer or CIB, orthe wo that came right afterwards.
Street Hassle: masterpiece. The Bells: masterpiece. Growing Up in Pubic: pedestrian, disappointing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2020 17:55:13 GMT -5
I've been taking a peek past Tom Petty's radio hits to see what else he has to offer. He's usually too mellow for my tastes, but I've found some deep cuts that I dig. "Sweet William" for one. It is slower, but I like the groove: I almost could have written this. My offering to the good deep cut Petty songs: I was hoping that would be cover of the Muddy Waters song, but it's just fine as it is.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 28, 2020 21:16:43 GMT -5
I almost could have written this. My offering to the good deep cut Petty songs: I was hoping that would be cover of the Muddy Waters song, but it's just fine as it is. Ever since I first heard this song back in 1994, I've always thought that it was heavily influenced by -- or maybe even an homage to -- Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee" (which both Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones covered). It's not a rip off or anything, but the general feel of the track and the use of the phrase "King bee" to refer to the male singer, and "Queen bee"/"honey bee" to denote the female object of his desires, are just like Harpo's song. It may be Muddy Waters version that Petty is homaging...or even the Stones...but both songs are cut from the same cloth IMHO. Have a listen and see what you think (granted Petty slows the tempo right down, but still)...
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Post by impulse on Jun 29, 2020 9:47:09 GMT -5
While I feel the songs have a different vibe and swagger than Petty's, I would not surprised if he had not at least heard the Muddy Waters song at some point whether or not he was consciously aware of it while writing his song.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 29, 2020 9:48:52 GMT -5
While I feel the songs have a different vibe and swagger than Petty's, I would not surprised if he had not at least heard the Muddy Waters song at some point whether or not he was consciously aware of it while writing his song. If you'd ever listened to Petty's "Buried Treasures" show on Sirius/XM you wouldn't have to be surprised. There's no doubt he heard that and most other songs that Waters performed.
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Post by impulse on Jun 29, 2020 10:10:08 GMT -5
While I feel the songs have a different vibe and swagger than Petty's, I would not surprised if he had not at least heard the Muddy Waters song at some point whether or not he was consciously aware of it while writing his song. If you'd ever listened to Petty's "Buried Treasures" show on Sirius/XM you wouldn't have to be surprised. There's no doubt he heard that and most other songs that Waters performed. I would honestly be more surprised if Petty or any of his contemporaries had not heard pretty much everything Muddy Waters did. It was a pretty common influence to a lot of the boomer rockers.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 29, 2020 10:22:16 GMT -5
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Post by brutalis on Jun 30, 2020 7:35:48 GMT -5
Today's driving choice is an Italian band: Volturian's debut CD Crimson. Guess you can call it a synth/metal with plenty of fast rhythm and throbbing drums. I saw a video on Youtube and was interested enough to track down and order the CD. Female singer Federica Lanna has some smooth vocals which really stands out in tone and range over the death metal-guitar work. Fairly romantic symphonic heroic imagery.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 30, 2020 19:03:39 GMT -5
All I ever heard growing up was the German version and remember seeing an episode of some iteration of VH1's I Love The 80's where Nena said that they had both an English and German version, but people just preferred the German version more. I kind of like the English one more I guess. German one has more grit to it though
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Post by Duragizer on Jul 3, 2020 1:47:13 GMT -5
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 3, 2020 8:37:45 GMT -5
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