For me it's gotta be The Kinks' Lola versus Powerman and The Moneygoround.
Ray Davies and his brother Dave sing songs about the problems with the record companies, publishers, Top Of The Pops, and even people in general. This album came out in 1970, but is just as relevant today as it was then. And (to me, at least) it hasn't aged a bit.
It's also an album that comes full circle....
It begins -> Hush little mammy don't you cry/I've gotta see what it's like on the world outside/Got to get out of this life somehow/Got to be free, got to be free now.
And ends 13 songs later -> Hush little baby don't you cry/Soon the sun is going to shine/We're going to be free like the birds and the bees/Running wild in the big country.
And of course it includes "Lola" and "Apeman", two of the Kinks' best hits.
What album is totally rocking your world right now?
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I don't know if any of the Boston folks remember the Turbines, but I just converted their two albums to cd and have been playing them non-stop in my truck for the last couple of weeks. A great guitar band in the vein of the Blasters - great lyrics revolving around driving and getting messed up -
Gonna Get Truly Baked
Gonna Get Truly Brewed
What The Law Don't Allow
Is What I Will Do
Gonna Fill Up The Unleaded Tank
Take You For A Spin
I'm On The Path
To A Life Of Sin
At home I've had "Nashville Skyline" in the player for a couple of days, wondering if I should start buying the remasters.
Gonna Get Truly Baked
Gonna Get Truly Brewed
What The Law Don't Allow
Is What I Will Do
Gonna Fill Up The Unleaded Tank
Take You For A Spin
I'm On The Path
To A Life Of Sin
At home I've had "Nashville Skyline" in the player for a couple of days, wondering if I should start buying the remasters.
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The Ramones "Antohology"...or does this count??
Took 3 hours of music, had to distill it down to about 90 minutes (for shame!), but that's the longest cassette I can find (gotta buy CD convesion kit for cassette deck in car...), but GREAT music to drive to. And the LOOKS I get from passerby...
Took 3 hours of music, had to distill it down to about 90 minutes (for shame!), but that's the longest cassette I can find (gotta buy CD convesion kit for cassette deck in car...), but GREAT music to drive to. And the LOOKS I get from passerby...
"Love can be stranger than fiction..."
my cd conversion kit went kaputt. NO idea what i did to it. and i really rely on it! hafta get something by this weekend, 'cause i'm taking a road trip. and i can't make it w/o cds anymore. i got so used to having tunes i wanted when i wanted.
... name the stars and constellations,
count the cars and watch the seasons....
count the cars and watch the seasons....
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turn on the bright lights by interpol
...the promise of indulgence in my confidential voice approached inmortal danger but you´ll never know how close....
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1X1
Foo Fighters One by One.
Needs more cowbell.
Needs more cowbell.
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I too, love the Continental -- though I have a hazy memory (it's possible I missed some of it) that the last time they broke the "always great when Walken's on" rule.
(This is similar to the "always great when Alec Baldwin's on" rule, which has lapsed as well.)
Speaking of "the Continental" -- I get the hazy impression that this is actually based/inspired by some kind of an actual show or character. (An L.A. deejay -- the almost totally forgotten Frazier Smith -- had a much, much, much less funny character with a sort of similar gimmick, long before the Walken character...)
But back to rocking my world. Two words: Tenacious D. (Well, that's actually one word and one letter)....I wouldn't know Ronnie James Dio if moved in next door, yet I grok this album totally...
(This is similar to the "always great when Alec Baldwin's on" rule, which has lapsed as well.)
Speaking of "the Continental" -- I get the hazy impression that this is actually based/inspired by some kind of an actual show or character. (An L.A. deejay -- the almost totally forgotten Frazier Smith -- had a much, much, much less funny character with a sort of similar gimmick, long before the Walken character...)
But back to rocking my world. Two words: Tenacious D. (Well, that's actually one word and one letter)....I wouldn't know Ronnie James Dio if moved in next door, yet I grok this album totally...
http://www.forwardtoyesterday.com -- Where "hopelessly dated" is a compliment!
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Re: 1X1
Madonna's a great cowbell player.A rope leash wrote:Foo Fighters One by One.
Needs more cowbell.
Albums by Cosmic Rough Riders and The Future Kings Of Spain are presently rocking my world. Getting a burn of that Darkness album soon, sounds great from what I've heard so far.
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I posted a while back to see if anyone knew if this US band called 'The Mountain Goats' are any good. Noone knew.
Now I know...they are so great. There lyrically really cutting and funny, and most of the songs on the album I bought (only one on release in uk) Tallahassee are really great acoustic numbers. This one album is about a couple who love each other, but hate each other with equal passion..
this is the song 'No Children'...
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town
Again in my life
I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
Yeah I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
It's great, believe me!
Now I know...they are so great. There lyrically really cutting and funny, and most of the songs on the album I bought (only one on release in uk) Tallahassee are really great acoustic numbers. This one album is about a couple who love each other, but hate each other with equal passion..
this is the song 'No Children'...
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town
Again in my life
I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
Yeah I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
It's great, believe me!
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Saw the Kings of Leon do a blinder of a set at Witness, the album was bit of a let down after that. Will have to re-evaluate it. Rocked out to the Hindu Love Gods album tonight.PlaythingOrPet wrote:The Darkness album is fantastic, Martin. The Kings of Leon are also rocking my world. What a horrible phrase.
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