Whats a huff between music lovers Floydy and there will always be someone who will rain on your music parade
Just an observation on Gary Moore. The Loner is without doubt one of his finest emotional recordings especially when you take into consideration his addiction. Says a lot for the musician in him that he could still produce music like that.
Well Floydy i may not comment much now but i still look in,mi have several music threads ruinng that get no comments but plenty of views but my stuff tends away from yours in as much as if far more esoteric and leftfield in nature.
Of course we take our personal choices as things of beauty and sacrosanct.
Its fair to say so far we share tastes in about 10% of what you share, and of the other 90% only about 3% are new to me, i will keep an eye out for that Paul Rodgers album. Im firmly fixed in a generation before you, but my music spans every decade up to today.
So keep them coming its your list, and folks are responding,
Undertones, The Killers, Stranglers - Three favourites of mine.
Golden Brown as you say Floydy was a bit uncharacteristic at the time. I think it’s a great song but I preferred the 70’s stuff - Go Buddy Go, Peaches, Something better change and my favourite - No more heroes.
very true, Nom. It’s hard to keep everyone satisfied when it’s personal choice, and perhaps I’m expecting too much for others to pop in here. It would be the same about the gardening thread for instance, I’m not into gardening at all so why should I talk about tomato plants. Or cats, or cakes etc.
Each to their own but it’s nice top see a little bit of feedback, however brief.
The wonderfully down to earth Guy Garvey and his band Elbow who finally broke through into the mainstream after three earlier unsuccessful albums. Great live live, here are two of the singles from this excellent release:
One of those true mid-70’s classic songwriter albums, this time from Boz Scaggs who still records today (one of his most recent albums being the excellent ‘Memphis’). Too many good tracks to play including the disco ‘What Can I Say?’ and the ballad ‘We’re All Alone’, which was a big hit for Rita Coolidge, but these other two were a couple of singles from the album:
It goes without saying that we have got over half way through this list without nary a mention of the cool, hip Long Islander they call Billy Joel. No reason for that except that his songwriting is of such a high calibre that the albums start this high up with many more to follow.
The Bridge was one of those pretty forgettable albums to many who would easily mention Joel’s previous release An Innocent Man but forget about this one totally, which is a pity to be honest as it’s a pretty fine album. No hits from it though for some reason (in the UK anyway) which was a total contrast from the seven released from that big earlier 1983 record.
The songs I’ll select here are the uptempo single ‘A Matter Of Trust’ and the duet with Ray Charles ‘Baby Grand’, still a live staple in Billy’s rare tours.
No.447: “Tumbleweed Connection” by Elton John (1970)
They got Billy Joel in the USA, we had Elton on this side, which was a pretty fair bargain in the early seventies. Best buddies too in later years with their ‘Two Pianos’ tours.
Tumbleweed Connection was a rather low key affair without any single releases but some fine songs nevertheless. This one is ‘Country Comfort’:
The sole album in my list by the unique Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and thinking about it I should have had a couple more tbh. Furthermore this one should have been placed much higher than this lowly entry having played it again a couple of weeks ago, but I’m not going have another ‘Odessa’ scenario again. What is done is done.
To make up for this abnormally I’ve selected three of this marvellous album’s tracks:
Debut release from this most ferociously political of British punk bands, whatever the expression 'punk is supposed to mean when pitted against a bassist who wore suits and a lead singer who was the son of a diplomat (!)
Besides all that, they stuck to their anwhen Thatcher wasn’t even in power yet! One more Clash album left to come.
No.444: “Journey Through The Past” (soundtrack) by Neil Young (1972)
The soundtrack to a film which very few people, including myself, have never seen never mind not know even existed. Journey Through The Past was a double album featuring old and new Young songs, some with CS&N. Never available on CD, I found my rare vinyl copy at a car boot sale for 50p a couple of decades ago now. A masterful find.
No.443: “The Court Of The Crimson King” by King Crimson (1969)
Nice to celebrate some great artwork from time to time.
Debut from Robert Fripp and his band, originally featuring Greg Lake on vocals and guitar. Nom could probably say about this band much more than I can, but I’ll leave here now with two of the album’s tracks, the latter a live recording from Hyde Park in 1969.
Those were the days when Album covers really caught the eye, and boy this one stood out. A very influential album and a host of class muso`s down the years,. Only Mel Collins and Fripp left from the original band. Greg lake was stiill with them when i saw them.
Good man, I knew this was right up your street, Nom.
It was very late when I got into King CDrimson, maybe only about 10 years ago, but then I was only four or five when this came out and wouldn’t remember it then - in fact that sleeve would definitely have given me nightmares!
Mel Collins played with everybody didn’t he? The go to sax man if you like.
Like wishing I’d be a teenager in the sixties, this is when I also wished I’d been a couple of years older in the 1970’s. I got into music when the new-wave scene came along and just missed all these great bands appearing in 76-77. Of course, we then travel back in time but it could never be the same as experiencing it first hand can it?
No.442: “New Boots And Panties” by Ian Dury (1977)
Debut solo Dury after a few years performing with ‘pub rock’ band Kilburn & The High Roads, not yet mentioning the Blockheads on the album. Finding his feet on this clever (Trevor?) album, he brought his unique brand of cockney poetry to the masses via the Stiff Records tour. Two songs here, the second isn’t on the album but begs to be played…
No.441: “Gene Clark” 'White Light’by Gene Clark (1971)
Known simply by the author’s name but christened ‘White Light’ as a handy reference, ex-Byrds vocalist Clark had gone solo for a number of albums and continued to do so throughout the 1970’s. The best singer without a doubt in The Byrds, he led a rather desperate later life until passing away finally in the 1990’s.
