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

jomar said:
when I was about 6-10, we used to live about 2 hours from my grandma and we would drive down to see her and other family about once a month.  My parents only had about three 8-tracks in their car and At Folsom Prison was one of them.  I would ask them to play it every trip as I sat in the back seat of the car while my dad smoked his cigarettes while driving.  40 years later and I still have a few of these songs on various playlists.  Once in a while one will come on as we're hanging around the pool and my mind always goes back to the backseat of that car, choking on smoke and listening to Johnny Cash
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I had the added experience of smoke and paint smell since my dad was a house painter. Loved getting in a hot car with that combo. :X

 
Always remember my dad telling the story of how they met Johnny. My parents saw him at a hotel where they were staying. When my dad came back from the bathroom, my mom, ever the talkative and friendly sort, was sitting between Johnny and June on the couch having a conversation like it was no big deal. :D

 
jamny said:
Always remember my dad telling the story of how they met Johnny. My parents saw him at a hotel where they were staying. When my dad came back from the bathroom, my mom, ever the talkative and friendly sort, was sitting between Johnny and June on the couch having a conversation like it was no big deal. :D
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That is just a fantastic story.

I’ve nothing to add to the praise for this record, but I agree with all of it.

 
wikkidpissah said:
For the record, i've had a gun pointed at me several times in Reno - i consumed a quarter-million dollars worth of crystalline stimulants while i lived there and it goes with the territory. Fortunately, they were all metalheads...
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Is this the part where we all cry “lawd have mercy?”

 
What comes off to me for this album is the absolute command Cash has on his music, his audience, and himself. So self-assured. For the setting and the historic nature of it he made it seem this was the final prison in a 20 prison tour he has been on for the last 4 months 

 
my parents had this album ...among many others over which I had no choice in listening.  Unless I wanted to go to my room and cover my head in my pillow.  

I got them back in later years ...

In retrospect, it wasn't a bad album.  I wasn't fond of country and still aren't - so it didn't have much of a chance.  

I did find out a few years later that some rock with some country influences was pretty good - Allman Bros, early Elton, Doobies.  

 
This ones for you Shuke : 

Supertramp- Breakfast in America (1979)

Gone Hollywood

The Logical Song

Goodbye Stranger

Breakfast in America

Oh Darling

Take the Long Way Home

Lord Is It Mine

Just Another Nervous Wreck

Casual Conversations

Child of Vision

Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot.

This album with an iconic cover featured 4 songs that received heavy radio play on rock stations: the title song, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home. That’s an astonishing number of hit songs from one record for any band that’s not named the Beatles or Rolling Stones. Supertramp had the catchy hooks for a couple of years there in the late 70s. But once you add “Give a Little Bit” and “Bloody Well Right” to the 4 songs mentioned here you basically have the band’s entire repitoire that’s worth listening to. 

 
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timschochet said:
This ones for you Shuke : 

Supertramp- Breakfast in America (1979)

Gone Hollywood

The Logical Song

Goodbye Stranger

Breakfast in America

Oh Darling

Take the Long Way Home

Lord Is It Mine

Just Another Nervous Wreck

Casual Conversations

Child of Vision

Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot.

This album with an iconic cover featured 4 songs that received heavy radio play on rock stations: the title song, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home. That’s an astonishing number of hit songs from one record for any band that’s not named the Beatles or Rolling Stones. Supertramp had the catchy hooks for a couple of years there in the late 70s. But once you add “Give a Little Bit” and “Bloody Well Right” to the 4 songs mentioned here you basically have the band’s entire repitoire that’s worth listening to. 
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All of the Crime of the Century songs are more than worth listening to. 

Crisis, what Crisis? Is a great album and much better than BIA.  

 
I think Breakfast in America is a very good album. It reminds me of a bunch of us playing ping pong in a friend's basement in '79, and listening to the album over and over. My favorite song from the album is "Take The Long Way Home." 

 
simey said:
I think Breakfast in America is a very good album. It reminds me of a bunch of us playing ping pong in a friend's basement in '79, and listening to the album over and over. My favorite song from the album is "Take The Long Way Home." 
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That's about the only song of theirs I like. 

How you making out down there with the storm?

 
Uruk-Hai said:
That's about the only song of theirs I like. 

How you making out down there with the storm?
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It is still rainy and windy. It is supposed to stop on Tuesday. I still have power, although the lights flickered off and on when I was in the bathroom a few minutes ago. I worry about the saturated roots on the trees, but so far all are still standing. 

 
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I once went to this amusement park in the late 70s, they played the Logical Song the whole time and everytime during the ride the Musical Express.  Since I was there for a few hours, I estimate I heard the Logical Song about 30x on repeat.   Pretty much ruined that song.  I believe this ride featured the Logical Song all summer.

 
This is one of those albums where the record cover is way better than the music and it's not even close.  I recently picked this up again on vinyl almost exclusively for the record cover. I wanted to hear how the music aged as well [it didn't].  This is akin to Gary Wright's Dreamweaver for me.

No serious music person would call it prog.  Its yacht rock at best.

 
I caught the Breakfast in America tour at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin, probably some time in the late 70's. We had obstructed view seats which were in the front row, but way off to the side, directly in front of a large bank of speakers. We could see about half the stage and the sound volume was deafening.  I was high as ten men.  My lasting memory is the intro to "School", with the wailing harmonica and Hodgson's quiet singing on the first few lines, then that whistle blows when the song kicks in. I saw the keyboard player reaching for the whistle and bringing it to his lips, but was not prepared for the loud sound, coming from a speaker a few feet away, which rudely woke me out of my mellow zone.  We moved back to the general admission area on the hill after a couple songs, had a great night.  I prefer the three records they released prior to Breakfast in America, but the one I listen to most often now as an old man is the live recording, "Paris." 

 
The reason I did not select Crime of the Century is because it is a mediocre album with one decent song, Bloody Well Right”, and another song, “Dreamer”, which may compete for the most annoying tune of the classic rock era. The rest of that album is mediocre. 

That is because this is a mediocre band. Not awful, and not good either. Breakfast in America gets its due here because of 4 songs that got radio play (and also, as mentioned, because of the awesome cover.) But these guys had a few catchy hooks for a couple of years; they don’t warrant enough attention to have a debate over which album is their “best”. 

 
timschochet said:
The reason I did not select Crime of the Century is because it is a mediocre album with one decent song, Bloody Well Right”, and another song, “Dreamer”, which may compete for the most annoying tune of the classic rock era. The rest of that album is mediocre. 

That is because this is a mediocre band. Not awful, and not good either. Breakfast in America gets its due here because of 4 songs that got radio play (and also, as mentioned, because of the awesome cover.) But these guys had a few catchy hooks for a couple of years; they don’t warrant enough attention to have a debate over which album is their “best”. 
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I agree with most of this - "Bloody Well Right" is horrible & pretentious, like just about everything else this trash band did. I'll take self-acknowledged garbage rock like the Doobies and Grand Funk all day over self-important crap like this.

 
#### all you guys. Breakfast in America is a fantastic album. If you don't like it thats fine but don't discount it. 

 
timschochet said:
This ones for you Shuke : 

Supertramp- Breakfast in America (1979)

Gone Hollywood

The Logical Song

Goodbye Stranger

Breakfast in America

Oh Darling

Take the Long Way Home

Lord Is It Mine

Just Another Nervous Wreck

Casual Conversations

Child of Vision

Take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot.

This album with an iconic cover featured 4 songs that received heavy radio play on rock stations: the title song, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home. That’s an astonishing number of hit songs from one record for any band that’s not named the Beatles or Rolling Stones. Supertramp had the catchy hooks for a couple of years there in the late 70s. But once you add “Give a Little Bit” and “Bloody Well Right” to the 4 songs mentioned here you basically have the band’s entire repitoire that’s worth listening to. 
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First album/vinyl I ever bought.  

 
I like Supertramp, I like Breakfast in America, I always thought it was a good album.  Total Recall came out when I was a kid in high school or college.  I immediately noticed the woman that Arnold uses as a disguise as the waitress on the cover of that album, she has a distinctive face.

 
timschochet said:
The reason I did not select Crime of the Century is because it is a mediocre album with one decent song, Bloody Well Right”, and another song, “Dreamer”, which may compete for the most annoying tune of the classic rock era. The rest of that album is mediocre. 

That is because this is a mediocre band. Not awful, and not good either. Breakfast in America gets its due here because of 4 songs that got radio play (and also, as mentioned, because of the awesome cover.) But these guys had a few catchy hooks for a couple of years; they don’t warrant enough attention to have a debate over which album is their “best”. 
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2/10.  Who trolls their own thread?  Tim, that's who! 

 
wilked said:
What comes off to me for this album is the absolute command Cash has on his music, his audience, and himself. So self-assured. For the setting and the historic nature of it he made it seem this was the final prison in a 20 prison tour he has been on for the last 4 months 
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Johnny Cash is the reason I listen to some country.   I didn't listen to any country and then started listening to Cash.   And then had to listen to Cash a lot.   I'm not even sure Cash is country though.  Favorite song off Folsom Prison is Cocain Blues.  

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I agree with most of this - "Bloody Well Right" is horrible & pretentious, like just about everything else this trash band did. I'll take self-acknowledged garbage rock like the Doobies and Grand Funk all day over self-important crap like this.
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C'mon, UH, "Ain't Nobody But Me" is the pinnacle of cheese-funk.  Right up there with Sweet and 10CC.

 
simey said:
It is still rainy and windy. It is supposed to stop on Tuesday. I still have power, although the lights flickered off and on when I was in the bathroom a few minutes ago. I worry about the saturated roots on the trees, but so far all are still standing. 
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Stay safe, sime.

 
Jefferson the Caregiver said:
I once went to this amusement park in the late 70s, they played the Logical Song the whole time and everytime during the ride the Musical Express.  Since I was there for a few hours, I estimate I heard the Logical Song about 30x on repeat.   Pretty much ruined that song.  I believe this ride featured the Logical Song all summer.
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My favorite part of the song is the end where they use the sound of the old Mattel football game.

 
Neil Diamond- Hot August Night (1972)

Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite

Done Too Soon

Solitary Man

Cherry Cherry

Porcupine Pie

Sweet Caroline

You’re So Sweet

Red Red Wine

Shilo 

Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon

Kentucky Woman

Stones

Play Me

Morningside

Song Sung Blue

Cracklin’ Rosie

Holly Holly

I Am...I Said

Soolaimon

Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show

Neil Diamond’s live concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles is the quintessential Neil Diamond album- filled with his greatest hits, his goofy yet loveable pretentiousness, and somehow in some undefinable way, his magic with an audience that very few performers ever obtain. 

This album was a staple for me as a kid, in my household and on long trips. We sang along to every tune, and I later discovered that a lot of people did (even to this day, the commercial featuring “Sweet Caroline” demonstrates how popular some of his songs remain.) Cheesy? Of course. But I say awesome as well. 

 
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I was in a small restaurant in LA earlier this year when Sweet Caroline came on and one table with eight people led the whole restaurant in singing along to the chorus. Never seen that happen before to any other song. My parents took me to a Neil Diamond concert as a child in the 80s. I surprisingly look back at it as one of the coolest things they took me to.

 
The cover that urge overkill did of girl you'll be a woman soon was actually pretty good. But I can't stand ub40s version of red red wine.

 
Like many of you, I grew up listening to Neil due to my parents.  I didn't really like Neil much until I grew up some.  His songs may be a little goofy and his voice is not really all that good but the songs are well written.  I like Kentucky woman, Solitary Man and Shilo more than a lot of the big hits that have been really played to death. 

 
Hot August Night is a great live album. It was on regular rotation on my mom's turntable growing up. I mentioned somewhere in this thread that I saw Neil live back in the late 90s, and he was very entertaining. This live album really captures Neil the showman in his prime. Favorite song on the album is "Cracklin' Rosie."

 
Shrugs said:
I was in a small restaurant in LA earlier this year when Sweet Caroline came on and one table with eight people led the whole restaurant in singing along to the chorus. Never seen that happen before to any other song. My parents took me to a Neil Diamond concert as a child in the 80s. I surprisingly look back at it as one of the coolest things they took me to.
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I went with parents and siblings about 15 years ago.  In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have drank all day before the concert.  Also, in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have been screaming along with every song in the back of the stadium.  I don't regret taking my shirt off though. 

 
Neil Diamond in performance is the musical equivalent to heartburn, Enduring an song makes me yearn for medication. An entire album of it would be earboarding. See, just the thought of the ol' gruntbucket mixes my metaphors....

 
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