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Classic Album Discussion Thread: The Kinks-Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 (3 Viewers)

Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory (1970)

Ramble Tamble

Before You Accuse Me

Travelin Band

Ooby Dooby 

Lookin’ Out My Back Door 

Run Through the Jungle

Up Around the Bend

My Baby Left Me

Who’ll Stop the Rain

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Long As I Can See the Light 

In a 12 month span between 1969 and 1970, CCR made 3 great albums. This one is (probably) the best. Chalk full of hits, and just some very outstanding rock and roll. Personal favorites include the Marvin Gaye cover, “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Long As I Can See the Light” with those amazing vocals. But the whole record is great. 

 
Mjolnirs said:
Live at Budokan is one of my favorite albums of all time.

One of my best friends growing up was one of the oldest in our class and got his license in late '79.  He drove a '68 fastback Mustang and this album, actually 8 track, was always playing when we went out "cruising."  The car was not well insulated and it was always cold inside.

Whenever I hear anything from this album I get a little chilly and can smell cheap beer ... ain't the brain a scary thing.
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I listened to “At Budokan”  Lot on an 8 track in a car as well- my older brother’s best friend, who had a 75 Camaro. 

 
timschochet said:
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory (1970)

Ramble Tamble

Before You Accuse Me

Travelin Band

Ooby Dooby 

Lookin’ Out My Back Door 

Run Through the Jungle

Up Around the Bend

My Baby Left Me

Who’ll Stop the Rain

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Long As I Can See the Light 

In a 12 month span between 1969 and 1970, CCR made 3 great albums. This one is (probably) the best. Chalk full of hits, and just some very outstanding rock and roll. Personal favorites include the Marvin Gaye cover, “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Long As I Can See the Light” with those amazing vocals. But the whole record is great. 
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Creedence was a big favorite of mine and moved from them into the Doobie Brothers.  So much of rock at that time was country-influenced.  I moved on after while when prog hit but still love this stuff ...just don't find myself playing it much anymore.  

 
timschochet said:
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory (1970)

Ramble Tamble

Before You Accuse Me

Travelin Band

Ooby Dooby 

Lookin’ Out My Back Door 

Run Through the Jungle

Up Around the Bend

My Baby Left Me

Who’ll Stop the Rain

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Long As I Can See the Light 

In a 12 month span between 1969 and 1970, CCR made 3 great albums. This one is (probably) the best. Chalk full of hits, and just some very outstanding rock and roll. Personal favorites include the Marvin Gaye cover, “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Long As I Can See the Light” with those amazing vocals. But the whole record is great. 
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All of those early CCR albums may as well be mini_Greatest Hits LPs. They all had half a dozen chart hits.

IMO, their "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" is too long and gets boring. It's telling, because all of their best records were short and concise. Going long wasn't their thing. To be honest, it shouldn't have been for most of their peers either.

 
I like CCR, but they have been one of those bands that I never felt like I needed more than the greatest hits.  Never heard a whole album. 

 
CCR is one of those bands that I enjoy but have never had the need to own an album.   Their hits continue to be played on the airwaves a lot.  The vocals are incredible and put CCR above many of the other similar bands from that era.   They truly did have an impressive run as Tim pointed out    

Up around the bend has always been a favorite.  

 
peaces said:
ZZ TOP's "50th Anniversary Texas Bash" with BAD COMPANY and CHEAP TRICK:

May 17 - Dallas - Dos Equis Pavilion 
May 18 - Houston - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 
May 19 - Austin - Austin360

Tickets on sale this Friday, February 1 at 10 a.m.
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Great lineup. Would be interested to see all three separately (or together) in LA.

 
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) 

Kill the Poor

Forward to Death

When Ya Get Drafted

Let’s Lynch the Landlord

Drug Me

Your Emotions

 Chemical Warfare

California Uber Alles

I Kill Children

Stealing People’s Mail

Funland at the Beach

Ill in the Head

Holiday in Cambodia

Viva Las Vegas

Ah yes, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys. It may have been a local thing, but I had so many friends in high school and college that were absolutely obsessed with this album. It’s pure punk rock, and the songs are just as offensive as the titles indicate, performed with a certain sense of humor- “Kill the Poor” and “Holiday in Cambodia” shouldn’t make one laugh given the grotesque subject matters and yet somehow they do. The best tune on the record might be “California Uber Alles”, a vicious critique of Governor Jerry Brown’s first term in office. 

 
All I know of the Dead Kennedys is that as a kid, I disliked anyone who liked the Dead Kennedys. And I seem to recall that they have somewhat of an iconic |>|< symbol for their band name. I just remember a bunch of phony ### fake punk doosh bags who bleached that band symbol onto their jeans. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to identify a single song of theirs.

 
timschochet said:
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) 

Ah yes, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys. It may have been a local thing, but I had so many friends in high school and college that were absolutely obsessed with this album.
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Nope. I loved this album and the collection from a small town in CT. 

Plastic Surgery Disasters may been their finest moment, but this is a classic.  

If IIRC, 6025 did the drumming on this album, not D.H. Peligro. I know this particular album pretty much inside and out. Another formative record from my youth.  

East Bay Ray 

Klaus Flouride

Jello Biafra 

6025/D.H. Pelgiro. 

What a memorable quartet!

 
rockaction said:
Nope. I loved this album and the collection from a small town in CT. 

Plastic Surgery Disasters may been their finest moment, but this is a classic.  

If IIRC, 6025 did the drumming on this album, not D.H. Peligro. I know this particular album pretty much inside and out. Another formative record from my youth.  

East Bay Ray 

Klaus Flouride

Jello Biafra 

6025/D.H. Pelgiro. 

What a memorable quartet!
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Per Wiki, 6025 was rhythm guitarist on one song, the drummer was some guy named Ted. 

 
Tom Skerritt said:
All I know of the Dead Kennedys is that as a kid, I disliked anyone who liked the Dead Kennedys. And I seem to recall that they have somewhat of an iconic |>|< symbol for their band name. I just remember a bunch of phony ### fake punk doosh bags who bleached that band symbol onto their jeans. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to identify a single song of theirs.
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This is me - without the vitriol.

I had no experience with "real" punk music (outside of those that hit more mainstream like the Ramones and the Clash) until while in college as a lark, me and a buddy went with these two other freshman guys we called "the Circle Jerks" who were all in on punk music. We went to see the Circle Jerks and Agnostic Front at the City Gardens in Trenton, NJ = it wasn't for me.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
This is me - without the vitriol.

I had no experience with "real" punk music (outside of those that hit more mainstream like the Ramones and the Clash) until while in college as a lark, me and a buddy went with these two other freshman guys we called "the Circle Jerks" who were all in on punk music. We went to see the Circle Jerks and Agnostic Front at the City Gardens in Trenton, NJ = it wasn't for me.
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Oh, man, you saw a hardcore show. Agnostic Front is noted for its violence at shows. And the Circle Jerks were probably shells of themselves by '83. 

Not a good show to see.  

 
rockaction said:
Oh, man, you saw a hardcore show. Agnostic Front is noted for its violence at shows. And the Circle Jerks were probably shells of themselves by '83. 

Not a good show to see.  
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Yeah it was a very violent show - mosh pits were fierce. This was '87 I believe. 

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Yeah it was a very violent show - mosh pits were fierce. This was '87 I believe. 
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Yeah, that was never for me, either. I'm just not a violent cat and I want the music to be pure, not some strutting around like it's I'm-gonna-kick-your-### show.  

I had hardcore friends. AcerFC on this board is hardcore, and that's fine by me. The ritual is the ritual. Just not for me, either, though I do like early hardcore punk, which peters out in the mid-80s and splits into two separate genres, really, that have very little to do with each other.  

 
Dr. Octopus said:
This is me - without the vitriol.

I had no experience with "real" punk music (outside of those that hit more mainstream like the Ramones and the Clash) until while in college as a lark, me and a buddy went with these two other freshman guys we called "the Circle Jerks" who were all in on punk music. We went to see the Circle Jerks and Agnostic Front at the City Gardens in Trenton, NJ = it wasn't for me.
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Punk is just not my style. I prefer a melody. But I can appreciate the genre for what it is. That said, around this time I was introduced to the movie Suburbia starring Chris Pederson and Flea. Very cool movie.

 
Love this album and the band.  If I am in a mood to listen to some punk - it's in play.  

When I was in college and right after college the economy was a wreck.  Jobs were very tough to come by - unless you were an engineer.  It looked like we would never have the opportunities that our parents had - and no way our standard of life could reach theirs - even with college degrees.  So this kind of frustration and vitriol felt good. 

Thank goodness that wasn't the case - and I haven't felt that frustration for a number of years, so the music doesn't hit home at the gut level like it used to - but it still takes you back and enjoyable.   

 
timschochet said:
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) 

Kill the Poor

Forward to Death

When Ya Get Drafted

Let’s Lynch the Landlord

Drug Me

 Chemical Warfare

I Kill Children

Stealing People’s Mail

Funland at the Beach

Ill in the Head

Holiday in Cambodia
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I can't say I prefer them to the ramones or clash, but i do give them extra credit for their song titles.

 
timschochet said:
Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) 

Kill the Poor

Forward to Death

When Ya Get Drafted

Let’s Lynch the Landlord

Drug Me

Your Emotions

 Chemical Warfare

California Uber Alles

I Kill Children

Stealing People’s Mail

Funland at the Beach

Ill in the Head

Holiday in Cambodia

Viva Las Vegas

Ah yes, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys. It may have been a local thing, but I had so many friends in high school and college that were absolutely obsessed with this album. It’s pure punk rock, and the songs are just as offensive as the titles indicate, performed with a certain sense of humor- “Kill the Poor” and “Holiday in Cambodia” shouldn’t make one laugh given the grotesque subject matters and yet somehow they do. The best tune on the record might be “California Uber Alles”, a vicious critique of Governor Jerry Brown’s first term in office. 
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I'll take song titles Paul McCartney didn't write for $500, Alex.

 
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping (1974)

Sweet Home Alabama

I Need You 

Don’t Ask Me No Questions

Workin’ For MCA

The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Swamp Music

The Needle and the Spoon

Call Me the Breeze

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first two albums both deserve the description of “classic”, but the second one is IMO just a little better. Songs like “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”, “Curtis Loew”, and “The Needle and the Spoon” allow this band to compete closely with the Allman Brothers for the title of “best southern rock band ever.” The opening song, a rousing rebuttal to Neil Young’s caustic “Southern Man”, is overplayed (even now) but still incredibly awesome. Turn it up. 

 
Sweet Home Alabama is the obvious classic, and it is a great song, but Call Me the Breeze is my favorite here. Love the piano solo in that one. 

 
Lynyrd Skynyrd is such fun rock and roll.  This album is easily my favorite of theirs even if sweet home is way overplayed and worn out.   

 
timschochet said:
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first two albums both deserve the description of “classic”, but the second one is IMO just a little better. 
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I like Second Helping quite a bit, but hard to top Pronounced with its murderer's row of "Free Bird", "Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone" and "Gimme Three Steps." 

 
I think Second Helping is a good album.  My favorite song on the album is "The Needle and The Spoon." I love guitars in it.

 
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy (1973) 

The Song Remains the Same

The Rain Song

Over the Hills and Far Away

 The Crunge

Dancing Days

D’yer Mak’er

No Quarter 

The Ocean

This album appeared after Led Zeppelin IV and before Physical Graffiti, and never quite receives the accolades of either one. Yet it’s pretty magnificent in its own right, featuring John Paul Jones at his best on several tunes. Personal favorites are “The Rain Song”, “The Ocean”, and “Over the Hills”, but I like everything here very very much. 

 
I got to stand on the same spot as the cover. Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

Great album, of course.

 
HOTH could have "No Quarter", "The Rain Song" and a bunch of Barney tunes, and it would still be a great album.

 
Houses on the Holy is one of my two favorite LZ records, along with II.  Over the Hills and Far Away, No Quarter, The Rain Song and The Ocean are all very high on my list of best LZ songs, and the rest is very good as well. 

 
Probably my favorite LZ album. The Ocean is an all time favorite of theirs. As others have said, one of their more underrated albums.

 
Someone nearly ended our friendship for my saying HOTH was far superior of an album than Physical Graffiti (which ironically had the song Houses of the Holy). 

Was happy to have that guy walk out the door and be gone, given his clearly moronic music preferences.

 
Stompin' Tom Connors said:
Someone nearly ended our friendship for my saying HOTH was far superior of an album than Physical Graffiti (which ironically had the song Houses of the Holy). 

Was happy to have that guy walk out the door and be gone, given his clearly moronic music preferences.
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They're close IMO, but I also like PG a bit more. 

 
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