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The 100 Greatest Songs of 1973 #1. Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 2 (1 Viewer)

timschochet said:
Considered by many to be the best driving song ever. I should probably have this higher but it’s kind of repetitive and never ends. Still a classic.
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First time I ever heard this was White Lion's version. Golden Earring did it better, but forgot the editing impulse, that's for sure. Cool track.
 
47. The Wailers “Get Up, Stand Up” (from Burnin’)

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Written and performed by those gods of reggae music, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Later in 1973 the band name would change to “Bob Marley & the Wailers” but here they were only called the Wailers.
 
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47. The Wailers “Get Up, Stand Up” (from Burnin’)

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Written and performed by those gods of reggae music, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Later in 1973 the band name would change to “Bob Marley & the Wailers” but here they were only called the Wailers.
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Guaranteed to put you in a good mood
 
timschochet said:
Really? Interesting, had no idea
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Oh my. It’s implied in the name. Why else would you name a band “Me First and the Gimme Gimmies”? That’s the joke behind the name, textually. It’s making fun of that whole so-and-so-AND blah blah blah

Like Buddy Holly and the Crickets from The Crickets. And forward into rock history.
 
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49. The New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” (from The New York Dolls)

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Punk rock really starts right here, with the screaming of David Johansson and guitar playing of Johnny Thunders. Produced by Todd Rundgren of all people.
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For some reason The New York Dolls were never on my radar in the 70s. In the early 80s I was aware of Buster Poindexter, and after finding out about David Johansen's previous music, I discovered the Dolls. What a shock.
 
rockaction said:
timschochet said:
Really? Interesting, had no idea
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Oh my. It’s implied in the name. Why else would you name a band “Me First and the Gimme Gimmies”? That’s the joke behind the name, textually. It’s making fun of that whole so-and-so-AND blah blah blah

Like Buddy Holly and the Crickets from The Crickets. And forward into rock history.
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My first experience with David Johansen was actually his forgotten period between the Dolls and Buster Poindexter. In the early days of MTV, they would play a medley of songs by The Animals that Johansen performed with his band at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_my7pGkN_s

And at some point, The Animals became Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Boom, two threads from this countdown merged in one post.
 
46. Bruce Springsteen “Blinded By the Light” (from Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ)

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Lyrically, this is the closest he ever got to sounding like his idol, Bob Dylan. I will admit that I do like the Manfred Mann cover that became a classic rock staple over the years; many people do not. However I like the original version more.
 
timschochet said:
46. Bruce Springsteen “Blinded By the Light” (from Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ)

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Lyrically, this is the closest he ever got to sounding like his idol, Bob Dylan. I will admit that I do like the Manfred Mann cover that became a classic rock staple over the years; many people do not. However I like the original version more.
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Springsteen and his first manager Mike Appel recorded the album at the low-priced, out-of-the-way 914 Sound Studio [Rockland County] to save as much as possible of the Columbia Records advance, and cut most of the songs during the last week of June 1972.

There was a dispute not long after the record was recorded—Appel and John Hammond preferred the solo tracks, while Springsteen preferred the band songs. As such, a compromise was reached—the album was to feature five songs with the band ("For You", "Growin' Up", "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City", and "Lost in the Flood") and five solo songs ("Mary Queen of Arkansas", "The Angel", "Jazz Musician", "Arabian Nights" and "Visitation at Fort Horn").

However, when Columbia Records president Clive Davis heard the album submitted on August 10, 1972, he felt that it lacked a potential hit single, and rejected it. Springsteen quickly wrote”Blinded by the Light” and “Spirit in the Night”, and recorded both on September 11, 1972.

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Recommend catching the documentary Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives [on Netflix]. He’s had an amazing career, and at age 90 is still actively involved in the industry.
 
Count me among those that don't think we've ever even heard the original of "Blinded By The Light." I'll listen and report back.
 
timschochet said:
46. Bruce Springsteen “Blinded By the Light” (from Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ)

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Lyrically, this is the closest he ever got to sounding like his idol, Bob Dylan. I will admit that I do like the Manfred Mann cover that became a classic rock staple over the years; many people do not. However I like the original version more.
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This is a bad pick by you, tim. Some of the other stuff you've chosen, I don't like ("Captain Jack" is God-awful, pretentious dreck) but I understand why you chose them.

This is the WORST of early Springsteen. Way too many words jammed into a bar band song where the "bar band" aspect doesn't stand a chance. I agree with others above who like Mann's version much more - I'm still not crazy about it, but at least the song gets a chance to breathe a little.
 
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49. The New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” (from The New York Dolls)

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Punk rock really starts right here, with the screaming of David Johansson and guitar playing of Johnny Thunders. Produced by Todd Rundgren of all people.
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Man, what a much needed breath of fresh air both at the time it was done, and here at this point in your list.
 
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48. Golden Earring “Radar Love” (from Moontan)

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Considered by many to be the best driving song ever. I should probably have this higher but it’s kind of repetitive and never ends. Still a classic.
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Yes, should be much higher IMO.
 
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This is a bad pick by you, tim. Some of the other stuff you've chosen, I don't like ("Captain Jack" is God-awful, pretentious dreck) but I understand why you chose them.

This is the WORST of early Springsteen. Way too many words jammed into a bar band song where the "bar band" aspect doesn't stand a chance. I agree with others above who like Mann's version much more - I'm still not crazy about it, but at least the song gets a chance to breathe a little.
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The original RS review:

Remember P.F. Sloan? Sure you do. It was back when every folk rocker worth his harmonica holder was flushed with Dylan fever and seeing how many syllables he could cram into every involuted couplet. There was Tandyn Almer, of “Along Comes Mary” fame (“The psychodramas and the traumas hung on the scars of the stars in the bars and cars — something like that), and David Blue had his own Highway 61 too, but absolutely none of ’em could beat ol’ P.F. He started out writing surf songs, but shook the world by the throat with his masterpieces “Eve Of Destruction” and “Sins of a Family,” and all his best material was just brimming with hate.

Boy howdy, the first thing the world needs is a P.F. Sloan for 1973, and you can start revving up yer adrenaline, kids, because he’s here in the person of Bruce Springsteen. Old Bruce makes a point of letting us know that he’s from one of the scuzziest, most useless and plain uninteresting sections of Jersey. He’s been influenced a lot by the Band, his arrangements tend to take on a Van Morrison tinge every now and then, and he sort of catarrh-mumbles his ditties in a disgruntled mushmouth sorta like Robbie Robertson on Quaaludes with Dylan barfing down the back of his neck. It’s a tuff combination, but it’s only the beginning.

Because what makes Bruce totally unique and cosmically surfeiting is his words. Hot damn, what a passel o’ verbiage! He’s got more of them crammed into this album than any other record released this year, but it’s all right because they all fit snug, it ain’t like Harry Chapin tearing rightangle malapropisms out of his larynx. What’s more, each and every one of ’em has at least one other one here that it rhymes with. Some of ’em can mean something socially or otherwise, but there’s plenty of ’em that don’t even pretend to, reveling in the joy of utter crass showoff talent run amuck and totally out of control:

“Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat/In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat” begins the very first song, and after that things just keep getting more breathtakingly complicated. You might think it’s some kinda throwback, but it’s really bracing as hell because it’s obvious that B.S. don’t give a ****. He slingshoots his random rivets at you and you can catch as many as you want or let ’em all clatter right off the wall which maybe’s where they belong anyway. Bruce Springsteen is a bold new talent with more than a mouthful to say, and one look at the pic on the back will tell you he’s got the glam to go places in this Gollywoodlawn world to boot. Watch for him; he’s not the new John Prine.
 
Liking The Crunge more than anything else off Houses... set off the hot take signal.

Will be curious to see what else from that album makes it here, but three of my favorite songs by LZ are on that record (2, 3 and 7).
 
43. Tom Waits “Martha” (from Closing Time )

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Tom Waits’ debut album, Closing Time, is probably his best record. It’s filled with singer/songwriter gems and they’re sung in a (somewhat) normal voice. “Martha” is the best song on the album, a wistful, haunting look at an old relationship.
 
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43. Tom Waits “Martha” (from Closing Time )

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Tom Waits’ debut album, Closing Time, is probably his best record. It’s filled with singer/songwriter gems and they’re sung in a (somewhat) normal voice. “Martha” is the best song on the album, a wistful, haunting look at an old relationship.
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There really had to be forty-three songs that year better than this one. Color me unconvinced. Why did he love Martha? Any deep connection for any reason? Any anecdotes? Anything? Or just decided to call her out of the blue after forty years?

Still loves her, eh? Well, why? Because they were broke then and had only each other? Well, that won't suffice. So what if they became rich? Would they still have loved each other? What caused their break-up?

Until then, it's nothing but the plaintive wails of a would-be songwriter hashed against the backdrop of a piano.

But I've never "gotten" Waits. He's more of a figure than a musician to me. Glad he at least sobered up.
 
42. Bruce Springsteen “Incident on 57th Street” (from The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle)

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One of Bruce Springsteen’s prettiest early melodies with an absolutely gorgeous opening piano.
 
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timschochet said:
43. Tom Waits “Martha” (from Closing Time )

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Tom Waits’ debut album, Closing Time, is probably his best record. It’s filled with singer/songwriter gems and they’re sung in a (somewhat) normal voice. “Martha” is the best song on the album, a wistful, haunting look at an old relationship.
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There really had to be forty-three songs that year better than this one. Color me unconvinced. Why did he love Martha? Any deep connection for any reason? Any anecdotes? Anything? Or just decided to call her out of the blue after forty years?

Still loves her, eh? Well, why? Because they were broke then and had only each other? Well, that won't suffice. So what if they became rich? Would they still have loved each other? What caused their break-up?

Until then, it's nothing but the plaintive wails of a would-be songwriter hashed against the backdrop of a piano.

But I've never "gotten" Waits. He's more of a figure than a musician to me. Glad he at least sobered up.
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I never got the fascination for him at all. I know he has a loyal following though.
 
This is definitely the part of the countdown where I can't recall most of the songs. They seem good, I just don't remember listening to them in 1973.
 
timschochet said:
41. Black Sabbath “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

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That guitar riff. The softer interim. The ending. Iommi is so good here. Just a great effort.
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Great song. :thumbup:
 
40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.
 
timschochet said:
40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.
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One of the two most "American"-sounding songs they ever did, and the funkiest (though, good luck trying to dance to it). I could see Skynyrd doing it, but they'd have timed it differently.
 

timschochet said:
40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.
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I wouldn't say I hate it - but it's surely one of the weaker PF songs.
 
39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….
 
timschochet said:
39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….
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Good song, but still prefer Witchy Woman.
 
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