Classic Album Discussion Thread: The Kinks-Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (1 Viewer)

[jwb]

First show was at Dodger Stadium.  Last show was last October at Caesars Palace.  and several in between.  Always a good show, but those were the two best. Love the early albums . Don't care for much of the later stuff.

I saw him two Octobers ago at Caesars. Really good show, and he sounded surprisingly good, even though he needed help with the high notes. It was our last night of a week in in Vegas, and was a good way to end the trip.

Great album, and yea, a fantastic side one.

 

[Eephus]

Goodbye Yelluw Bruck Road

 

[Binky The Doormat]

All the Young Girls Love Alice is a great song. Love the opening.

tender young alice they say ...

 

[Zegras11]

tender young alice they say ...

for a long time, my wife thought it was all the young girls love violets. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I'm sure that I've listened to every song on that album several times but now 30 years later can only think of one song... God save the queen

"noooo future... nooo future..."

for you.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

Funeral for a Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding

Candle In the Wind

Bennie and the Jets

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

This Song Has No Title

Grey Seal

Jamaica Jerk-Off

I’ve Seen That Movie

Sweet Painted Lady

The Ballad Of Danny Bailey

Dirty Little Girl

All the Girls Love Alice

 Your Sister Can’t Twist

Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Roy Rogers

Social Disease

Harmony

Elton John, IMO, had two great albums, and 2-3 very very good ones, all during the early part of his career. This is one of the two great ones (we’ll get to the other one with it’s more western themes later on.) Its loaded with classics, from “Love Lies Bleeding” to “Bennie”, “Candle”, “Grey Seal”, the title song, “Harmony”, “Saturday Night” etc etc. Actually my favorite song might be “This Song Has No Title”- except for “Bennie and the Jets”, which I can listen to a thousand times and never get tired of. 

Agreed with everything but "Bennie and the Jets".

So many great songs on here - "I've Seen That Movie" is one of my favorites on here.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Like most classic doubles, I could come up with an even better single album. 

 

[JuniorGong]

I lump Elton John with Stevie Wonder as the two artists that I end up loving a decent portion of their catalog and absolutely hating a decent portion of their catalog. The upbeat songs I mostly love but the slower songs make me want to gouge my eyes out.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Great album - love every song except for Jamaica Jerk Off - just doesn’t fit John’s style.

Some of the lesser known songs like the above mentioned All the Girls Love Alice and This Song Has No Title along with Sweet Painted Lady and Danny Bailey are every bit as good as the better known classics.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Great album. This is Elton's cocaine record. It HAD to be - dude was putting out 2 sides every 6 months AND touring.

The title track is my favorite Elton song. Unlike some, I like a lot of his later stuff.

 

[timschochet]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Let It Rock

You Give Love a Bad Name

Livin’ On a Prayer

Social Disease

Wanted Dead or Alive

Raise Your Hands

Without Love

I’d Die For You

Never Say Goodbye

Wild In the Streets

I never thought much of these guys but damn this album sold a gazillion copies back in the day. Over the years I’ve come to like the lead ainger’s persona a bit. But the music is still boring to me. 

 

[HellToupee]

This is right up my wife’s alley. We’ve entered the chick rock zone  

 

[Eephus]

Not a great album but I acknowledge the achievement of rocking 1,000,000 faces.

 

[jamny]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

I've never listened the whole album and don't plan to.

 

[General Malaise]

Elton John has always been a guy I like, but don't love.  I rarely go out of my way to listen to him outside of a handful of songs, but GYBR is definitely a very good record.  Funeral for a Friend into Loves Lies Bleeding is the best thing he ever did, IMO. 

It's right there behind Empty Sky for me.  If you haven't ever listened to that song, I highly recommend it.  I think it's his best by far. 

 

[General Malaise]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Let It Rock

You Give Love a Bad Name

Livin’ On a Prayer

Social Disease

Wanted Dead or Alive

Raise Your Hands

Without Love

I’d Die For You

Never Say Goodbye

Wild In the Streets

I never thought much of these guys but damn this album sold a gazillion copies back in the day. Over the years I’ve come to like the lead ainger’s persona a bit. But the music is still boring to me. 

Garbage.  Utter garbage.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Let It Rock

You Give Love a Bad Name

Livin’ On a Prayer

Social Disease

Wanted Dead or Alive

Raise Your Hands

Without Love

I’d Die For You

Never Say Goodbye

Wild In the Streets

I never thought much of these guys but damn this album sold a gazillion copies back in the day. Over the years I’ve come to like the lead ainger’s persona a bit. But the music is still boring to me. 

back then the chics would love to watch headbangers ball......this album was panty peeler

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I was always impressed that he had three names with a total of  only ten letters.

 

[Bull Dozier]

I will admit that I absolutely loved this album when it came out. Still remember the Christmas I got this on tape along with a double tape deck boom box. Those were the days. 

Bon Jovi is still a very limited guilty pleasure and I think living on a prayer and wanted dead or alive still hold up, for what they are. 

Have seen them in concert more times than I care to admit (thanks to the wife).  Sambora can flat out play, but that's about it. 

They have a small handful of songs I still dig, not overall this album has not asked will, even for what it is. 

 

[rockaction]

Oof. I think I'll simply echo Eephus's and Leroy's points.

 

[HellToupee]

I will admit that I absolutely loved this album when it came out. Still remember the Christmas I got this on tape along with a double tape deck boom box. Those were the days. 

Bon Jovi is still a very limited guilty pleasure and I think living on a prayer and wanted dead or alive still hold up, for what they are. 

Have seen them in concert more times than I care to admit (thanks to the wife).  Sambora can flat out play, but that's about it. 

They have a small handful of songs I still dig, not overall this album has not asked will, even for what it is. 

I respect this 

 

[JuniorGong]

Coming soon Tim will highlight Nickleback, Creed, Limp Bizkit and Color Me Badd

 

[Gr00vus]

Elton John, IMO, had two great albums, and 2-3 very very good ones, all during the early part of his career. This is one of the two great ones (we’ll get to the other one with it’s more western themes later on.) 

I doubt you're talking about my favorite Elton album, Madman Across The Water. Love that one (though I'm sick to death of Tiny Dancer). GYBR is a great one regardless. I'm going to pretend you didn't actually post the subsequent album you posted an hour ago.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Let It Rock

You Give Love a Bad Name

Livin’ On a Prayer

Social Disease

Wanted Dead or Alive

Raise Your Hands

Without Love

I’d Die For You

Never Say Goodbye

Wild In the Streets

I never thought much of these guys but damn this album sold a gazillion copies back in the day. Over the years I’ve come to like the lead ainger’s persona a bit. But the music is still boring to me. 

This is the kind of trash-rock that has held up the "better" rock forever. These are good songs, though there's nary an original thing happening in them.

The '80s Grand Funk Railroad. God bless a bar band that makes it.

 

[Parrothead]

old GF loved JBJ..  so I played this cassette all the time..

Never Say Goodbye is a solid song

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Not a great album but I acknowledge the achievement of rocking 1,000,000 faces.

 

[rockaction]

Not a great album but I acknowledge the achievement of rocking 1,000,000 faces.

Also 

 

[skol asylum]

Loved this album when it came out. Slippery and Def Leppard Hysteria were on heavy rotation on the old school bus in someone's boom box.

 

[Parrothead]

also reminds me of drinking Old Milwaukee pounders with friends as we cruised the back roads... 

 

[rockaction]

Loved this album when it came out. Slippery and Def Leppard Hysteria were on heavy rotation on the old school bus in someone's boom box.

Rocket. Yeah! City light light...

 

[Parrothead]

Rocket. Yeah! City light light...

You got the peaches, I got the cream

sweet potatoes, HAM N' BEANS!!

 

[rockaction]

You got the peaches, I got the cream

sweet potatoes, HAM N' BEANS!!

satellite of love...

He so should have been saying city light. 

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

Let It Rock

You Give Love a Bad Name

Livin’ On a Prayer

Social Disease

Wanted Dead or Alive

Raise Your Hands

Without Love

I’d Die For You

Never Say Goodbye

Wild In the Streets

I never thought much of these guys but damn this album sold a gazillion copies back in the day. Over the years I’ve come to like the lead ainger’s persona a bit. But the music is still boring to me. 

If I let my wife read that she would find you and kill you slowly.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I will admit that I absolutely loved this album when it came out. Still remember the Christmas I got this on tape along with a double tape deck boom box. Those were the days. 

Bon Jovi is still a very limited guilty pleasure and I think living on a prayer and wanted dead or alive still hold up, for what they are. 

Have seen them in concert more times than I care to admit (thanks to the wife).  Sambora can flat out play, but that's about it. 

They have a small handful of songs I still dig, not overall this album has not asked will, even for what it is. 

Dont be ashamed. Bon Jovi is awesome. 

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I thought I'd remember more songs from that album.

Livin' On A Prayer has LONG outlived its usefulness.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I thought I'd remember more songs from that album.

Livin' On A Prayer has LONG outlived its usefulness.

I think there are 4 tunes on that album that were pretty big.....however besides some nostalgia id rather listen to shout at the devil or something like that

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I just wanted to drop in here to say that this album and bon jovi makes Bobby Goldsboro look like Led Zepplin. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Shut the thread down.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Is Ted McGinley picking the albums now?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Shut the thread down.

at least move in ...quickly

 

[Yankee23Fan]

at least move in ...quickly

We're halfway there.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

We're halfway there.

I meant "move on", I'm trying to have sex with my wife and was distracted. 

 

[IvanKaramazov]

We're doing Bon Jovi in this thread?  This makes my depression that much worse.  Ugh.

 

[timschochet]

I am pleasantly surprised that the reaction to Bon Jovi is mostly negative. I feared it would go the other way. 

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Yeah well, it doesn't make a difference if you like it or not.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I just wanted to drop in here to say that this album and bon jovi makes Bobby Goldsburg look like Led Zepplin. 

You mean Bobby Goldsboro?

 

[Ilov80s]

I mean I like Bon Jovi, his hits are fun. Not sure I have ever wanted to listen to an album though. 

 

[Ghost Rider]

Are we doing Dokken tomorrow?

 

[shuke]

I wasn't in this crap when it came out, but I admit I will crank up some Wanted Dead or Alive.

 

[Nipsey]

  Get to the Bee Gees already!