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Classic Album Discussion Thread: The Kinks-Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (2 Viewers)

jerry jones said:
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:lol:   His Singing for Change foundation is real, and he has had his Save The Manatee Club for a long time. My best friend is a member. She is a manatee freak. She visited some manatees at Crystal River Florida this past year. She brought me back a magnet and sticker.

 
Gee Spot said:
Grew up listening to this when my parents played it all summer so love Buffett.  One of my favorite childhood memories is when "Why don't we get drunk and screw" (I know not on this album) was blasting in my parents backyard party and my 7 year old self yelled as loud as I could to my dad "Hey dad, what does screw mean?".  Tons of drunken laughter and the look on my dads shocked face was priceless and grew into a big smile.  He jokingly told me to ask my mother.

Also used to see him doing free concerts after minor league baseball games so at the time, I don't think he was rolling in money but I respected he was out playing his music.

Miss you dad!!
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Great posting. Enjoyable but hard to read. Thanks, man. I'll miss my father, too, when he's gone, should he predecease me. It won't be Buffett but baseball that gets me, though. Love your avatar, too. Reminds me of Van Halen.  

 
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jerry jones said:
Listen to the live album “You has to be there” it captures the Buffett sound that all us parrot heads became enthralled with. 

Son of a Son of a Sailor or Coconut Telegraph are better albums 
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I like Changes in Latitudes better than both of those albums. Coconut Telegraph is the last album of his that I listened to. I never got into his albums past there.

His live You Had To Be There album is one of my favorite live albums of all time. He had a broken leg during that '78 tour. This cast is no blast, but it's coming off fast, and I feel like I'm pulling a trailer, yeah!

 
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timschochet said:
I wanted to mention that Lahaina has a restaurant called, of course, “Cheeseburgers in Paradise”. I don’t think Buffett owns it- there may have been a lawsuit that was settled some years back. 

Anyhow, it featured one of the best hamburgers I’ve ever eaten. With sweet Maui onion rings. 
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There is a restaurant on Cabbage Key that is supposed to be the inspiration for the song.https://naplesherald.com/2016/07/15/talk-town-cabbage-key-truly-jimmy-buffetts-inspiration/  I ate there and have to say it was one of the best cheeseburgers I have ever had.  If anyone ever wants to get away from it all and experience real Island atmosphere I highly recommend Cabbage Key only accessible by boat or ferry.  It is a wonderful get away.

I have seen Buffet more than I can remember and always leave messed up like a dime watch.  My two favorite songs are a Pirate looks at 40 and Gods own Drunk and a fearless man.  They are not on that album but they are kind of my theme songs.

 
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I love Margaritaville. I will be the annoying jerk who shows up to the beach bar in Fort Myers and requests this song every hour. I am not a Buffet fan beyond that 1 wonderful beach tune.

 
Buffet is also quite the novelist.  For a very good read while on vacation at the beach try Where is Joe Merchant it is enjoyable.

 
rockaction said:
It's a grandmother/friend thing. Nothing exciting. I'm laughing as I type this. Just...you know when you're in Ft. Meyers. 

Ah, man, just declare, declare, declare.  
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I spent a summer down there during college, had a free beachfront condo- it was a ton of fun. 

 
simey said:
:lol:   His Singing for Change foundation is real, and he has had his Save The Manatee Club for a long time. My best friend is a member. She is a manatee freak. She visited some manatees at Crystal River Florida this past year. She brought me back a magnet and sticker.
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Yes, that stuff is real, just not the donation of Margaritaville “estate”

and you’re right Jimmy does quite a few benefit concerts. He just did one in Tallahassee last year and as someone mentioned, the gulf coast concert 

Tryin to reason with hurricane season

 
I like Buffet. But why this album? Not even sure there's a top 10 buffet song on it. I get the most popular one is on here, but beyond that... :shrug:

 
Not a Buffet fan. but I did work on his shows back around 2000 or so. It was pretty entertaining.  In fact I was in the venue sound both. [not FOH sound board] but could listen into the light and sound direction. Which was really cool 

 
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti (1975)

Custard Pie

The Rover 

In My Time of Dying

Houses of the Holy

Trampled Under Foot

Kashmir

In the Light

Bron-Yr-Aur

Down By the Seaside

Ten Years Gone

Night Flight

The Wanton Song

Boogie With Stu

Black Country Woman

Sick Again

Jimmy Page regards Physical Graffiti as Led Zeppelin’s best album, and who are we to argue? This double record features brilliance after brilliance, including some of the greatest rock music ever produced, beginning with “Kashmir” and “In My Time of Dying”. “Kashmir” is arguably the best thing LZ ever did. 

My personal favorites on this album include “The Rover”, “Custard Pie”, and most of all “In the Light.” “In the Light” is probably my favorite Led Zeppelin song of all time- it takes forever to get going, and then the payoff is so great/ just magnificent. 

 
The Wanton Song...greatest Zeppelin tune that no one knows the name.  If you don't believe me, next time it is playing in a room full of people, survey the room real quick.   So much greatness on this album.

 
Galileo said:
The Wanton Song...greatest Zeppelin tune that no one knows the name.  If you don't believe me, next time it is playing in a room full of people, survey the room real quick.   So much greatness on this album.
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I've been listening to Zep for 50 years and I STILL get their song titles mixed up. It's like a blind spot I have specifically with them, since I don't have the same problem with any other major act. Gun to my head, I'd die if asked to name "Battle Of Evermore", "The Wanton Song", or "Misty Mountain Hop" when it comes on. I know the songs, but the titles #### me up.

"Trampled Underfoot" is the greatest song Funkadelic never did. The studio version here is relatively tame, but there's a live version that'll damned near funk your house off its foundations.

 
I think most of the LZ albums that came before Physical Graffiti are better, but this is still a good one.  While this double album is loaded with all good songs, the ratio of good to great songs weighs heavily in the favor of good, while I, II, IV and Houses all tilt towards more great than good.  To me, the standouts here are Ten Years Gone, Kashmir and In My Time of Dying.  

 
PG is my favorite Zep album. Their best IMO, though with Zep it's just arguing shades of greatness. Still play this all the time. So many fantastic songs here, so many styles contained on one album. 

I love Houses of the Holy too but PG is far superior IMO unless you're just basing it on radio friendly songs (PG really only has Kashmir and maybe Ten Years Gone that got more than occasional radio play).

 
I go back and forth on favorite LZ albums. For a long time, Graffiti was my favorite largely because the best songs here (Kashmir, Dying, Light and Ten Years) are as good as anything they ever did. As a package though, there are a few uneven moments that as others mentioned, probably make the earlier albums better as a cohesive unit.

No matter how you slice and compare LZ albums though, PG is still awesome. 

 
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Great underappreciated tunes like The Rover, In The Light, Ten Years Gone, Night Flight, and Sick Again.  Love this album.

 
I’ve been posting a new album every morning, and I think it’s too much too quickly. So I’m going to cut down to every 2-3 days. Why rush things? 

 
timschochet said:
I’ve been posting a new album every morning, and I think it’s too much too quickly. So I’m going to cut down to every 2-3 days. Why rush things? 
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I haven't analyzed it, but it seems to me you get a rush of posts in the first 6-8 hours after you throw a new record out there then it slows down. I think the one-a-day works well, at least on the weekdays.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I haven't analyzed it, but it seems to me you get a rush of posts in the first 6-8 hours after you throw a new record out there then it slows down. I think the one-a-day works well, at least on the weekdays.
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Hmm. Maybe I should do each weekday and then not on weekends? Let me know what you guys think. 

 
The Go-Gos- Beauty and the Beat- 1981

Our Lips Are Sealed

How Much More

Tonite

Lust to Love

This Town

We Got the Beat

Fading  Fast

Automatic

You Can’t Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep) 

Skidmarks On My Heart

Can’t Stop the World

It’s one of the most iconic moments of the MTV era: in the middle of “Our Lips Are Sealed”, Jane Wiedlin sitting alone on a convertible, singing “Hush my darling...” Millions of American boys fell in love with Jane at that moment. 

The Go-Gos never really lived up to this, their debut album. But when it came out they were the young queens of Los Angeles, delivering great and catchy bubble gum pop for the masses. They had the beat. 

 
One of the best albums of the '80s, measured against the decade. From the opening strains of Our Lips Are Sealed throughout the album, it doesn't hit a false note

Faves: How Much More, This Town, We Got The Beat

 
They were different, for sure. Not the first "all-girl" band, but the first mainstream one that I remember. They had some catchy songs that hold up pretty well today, although this album was definitely their high water mark. 

 
Here is an interesting discussion to have:

Take the best four albums of LZ, the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

Which four are the best?

 
Solid album, but I think it had a bigger impact as a rare all-girls band (probably the first notable one since The Runaways) as opposed to its own merits.

Of course, being a young teen boy at the time, I was more enamored with the back cover (notably the bottom left) of the album.

 
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard this album, although Our Lips Are Sealed was a favorite in those early MTV years. And who doesn’t think of Fast Times at Ridgemont High when they hear We Got the Beat. 

 
timschochet said:
The Go-Gos- Beauty and the Beat- 1981

Our Lips Are Sealed

How Much More

Tonite

Lust to Love

This Town

We Got the Beat

Fading  Fast

Automatic

You Can’t Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can’t Sleep) 

Skidmarks On My Heart

Can’t Stop the World

It’s one of the most iconic moments of the MTV era: in the middle of “Our Lips Are Sealed”, Jane Wiedlin sitting alone on a convertible, singing “Hush my darling...” Millions of American boys fell in love with Jane at that moment. 

The Go-Gos never really lived up to this, their debut album. But when it came out they were the young queens of Los Angeles, delivering great and catchy bubble gum pop for the masses. They had the beat. 
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Yep, had a huge crush on Jane back in the day.

 
I never knew the Go-Gos were so popular until I saw them in concert.  I was visiting from out of town and it was suggested that we go to a concert.  This was maybe around the year 2000. 

The bands playing were the Go-Gos, the B-52s and the Psychedelic Furs.  I am a Furs fan so that sounded great to me.  I assumed the Go-Gos would open (who listens to them, right?), followed by the Furs with the B-52s being the headliner.  Much to my chagrin, the Furs opened (who were quite good but it was still daylight, people were still arriving and nobody else seemed to care), followed by the B-52s and then the Go-Gos.  After watching, I still don't get the love for the Go-Gos.

But to each their own.

 
The Go-Go's were a lot of fun even if their tunes weren't high art.

Most overlooked member -- drummer Gina Schock. I think she was the band's best instrumentalist by a pretty big margin. Great combo of speed and power on the kit, neither suffering for the other. Schock could've played for loads of bands in that era -- and she'd have been an improvement in a lot of them.

 
Doug B said:
The Go-Go's were a lot of fun even if their tunes weren't high art.

Most overlooked member -- drummer Gina Schock. I think she was the band's best instrumentalist by a pretty big margin. Great combo of speed and power on the kit, neither suffering for the other. Schock could've played for loads of bands in that era -- and she'd have been an improvement in a lot of them.
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So agreed. Weidlen was good on bass, but the two guitarists were ok at best

 
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