Crwth145 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Been on a Gary Moore kick lately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj2858 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Always a good time for Supersickers, although I've been compiling a playlist of stuff from 1979 (the best year in music) for a project...Cheap Trick and Rainbow along with an assload of other great stuff from that year.In an attempt to not be the "BAD GUY", I've been waiting for someone to weigh in on the "best year in music" quote, but now I'm wondering if perhaps it was overlooked.Anybody want to fire a few rounds into this, or should I check back late tonight prepared to question this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Best year in music? If not the best, 1967 was a landmark year for debuts (e.g., Doors, Hendrix, Small Faces, Vanilla Fudge...) and established groups stepping up their game (Sgt. Peppers, Their Satanic Majesties Request, The Who Sell Out ...):Beatles: Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery TourJefferson Airplane: Surrealistic PillowThe Doors: The Doors, Strange DaysMoody Blues: Days of Future PassedThe Grateful Dead: The Grateful DeadJimi Hendrix; Are You Experienced?, Axis Bold as LoveDavid Bowie: David BowieSmall Faces: From the Beginning, Small FacesBee Gees: Bee Gees 1stVanilla Fudge: Vanilla FudgeAretha Franklin: Aretha ArrivesPink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of DawnAlbert King: Born Under a Bad SignJames Brown: Cold SweatBeach Boys: Smiley Smile (would have been "Smile" if Brian had had a little cooperation), Wild HoneyProcol Harum: Procol HarumTen Years After: Ten Years AfterBuffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield AgainArlo Guthrie: Alice's RestaurantCream: Disraeli GearsMonkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, JonesThe Amboy Dukes: The Amboy Dukes (Nuge)The First Edition: The First EditionRolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties RequestThe Who: The Who Sell OutBob Dylan: John Wesley HardinLeonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard CohenDonovan: A Gift from a Flower to a GardenFrank Zappa: Lumpy GravyTraffic: Mr. FantasyHarry Nilsson: Pandemonium Shadow ShowChambers Brothers: The Time Has Come 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateflynn Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Tonight I'm starting with ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj2858 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Best year in music? If not the best, 1967 was a landmark year for debuts (e.g., Doors, Hendrix, Small Faces, Vanilla Fudge...) and established groups stepping up their game (Sgt. Peppers, Their Satanic Majesties Request, The Who Sell Out ...):Beatles: Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery TourJefferson Airplane: Surrealistic PillowThe Doors: The Doors, Strange DaysMoody Blues: Days of Future PassedThe Grateful Dead: The Grateful DeadJimi Hendrix; Are You Experienced?, Axis Bold as LoveDavid Bowie: David BowieSmall Faces: From the Beginning, Small FacesBee Gees: Bee Gees 1stVanilla Fudge: Vanilla FudgeAretha Franklin: Aretha ArrivesPink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of DawnAlbert King: Born Under a Bad SignJames Brown: Cold SweatBeach Boys: Smiley Smile (would have been "Smile" if Brian had had a little cooperation), Wild HoneyProcol Harum: Procol HarumTen Years After: Ten Years AfterBuffalo Springfield: Buffalo Springfield AgainArlo Guthrie: Alice's RestaurantCream: Disraeli GearsMonkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, JonesThe Amboy Dukes: The Amboy Dukes (Nuge)The First Edition: The First EditionRolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties RequestThe Who: The Who Sell OutBob Dylan: John Wesley HardinLeonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard CohenDonovan: A Gift from a Flower to a GardenFrank Zappa: Lumpy GravyTraffic: Mr. FantasyHarry Nilsson: Pandemonium Shadow ShowChambers Brothers: The Time Has ComeWell JB, I didn't have a year in mind when I posted, I just wanted to have some fun with Serial, wondering if he thought '79 was the best year in music because of things like Barbara Streisands "You don't send me flowers" and "The Main Event", Robert Johns "Sad Eyes", Suzi Quatros' "Stumblin' In", The Village People with "YMCA" and "In the Navy", Dr. Hooks' "When you're in love with a beautiful woman", or Supertramps' "Logical Song"?The terrific contributions of Van Halen, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Dire Straits, Blondie and others aside, I figured that despite being a guy who doesn't make lists or arbitrarily 'rate' things, 1979 wouldn't be a year that I'd argue was "The Best", but that there would likely be at least a couple from the 60's that were better. I believe that your choice of '67 would be a tough one to beat.I'd have never remembered all that you listed, but do notice some omissions, or, if you prefer, some additional ammunition to make your case, (singles). Paul Revere and the Raiders - 'Good Thing' and 'Him or Me' (hey, they were both hits, and I was 9, so take it easy!)The Turtles - 'Happy Together'Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 - 'The Look of Love' The Lettermen - Live album with their classic medley 'Goin' out of my Head / Can't take my eyes off of you'The Association - 'Windy' and 'Never my Love'Blues Magoos - 'We ain't got nothin' yet' (single was '67, album was '66)Balloon Farm - 'A Question of Temperature' ( a personal fav) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'd have never remembered all that you listed, but do notice some omissions, or, if you prefer, some additional ammunition to make your case, (singles). Paul Revere and the Raiders - 'Good Thing' and 'Him or Me' (hey, they were both hits, and I was 9, so take it easy!) The Turtles - 'Happy Together' Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 - 'The Look of Love' The Lettermen - Live album with their classic medley 'Goin' out of my Head / Can't take my eyes off of you' The Association - 'Windy' and 'Never my Love' Blues Magoos - 'We ain't got nothin' yet' (single was '67, album was '66) Balloon Farm - 'A Question of Temperature' ( a personal fav) Well, you know me. I'm never one to pile on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateflynn Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Well, you know me. I'm never one to pile on. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Today: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elduave Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Classic rock mag just did an issue on 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Classic rock mag just did an issue on 1977.There are some excellent releases in 1977, but they'd have to do three issues to cover 1967. Edited July 26, 2012 by JohnnyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The "Repo Man Soundtrack" (VA)The Jam, "Greatest Hits"The Lemonheads, "Car Button Cloth"You Am I, "Hourly, Daily"Led Zeppelin, "Houses of the Holy"Pretty much anything will work to drown out the morning latin/dance exercise music they pump out that carries to my part of this beach though! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 In an attempt to not be the "BAD GUY", I've been waiting for someone to weigh in on the "best year in music" quote, but now I'm wondering if perhaps it was overlooked.obviously this will be different for folks of different ages and musical tastes;at one time i owned all of these on vinyl from 1980 -Ace of SpadesAll Shook UpAnimal MagnetismBack in BlackBlizzard of OzzBritish Steel ChinatownHeaven and HellIron MaidenPermanent WavesRemain in LightShooting StarThere and BackWomen and Children FirstZenyattà Mondatta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmindbeginner Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The "Repo Man Soundtrack" (VA)Looking for the Joke With a Microscope. That album is one of my all time favorites. The title song is Pop's best effort hands down.Fear's Let's Have a War gets me pumped every time I hear it. I had no idea Ving was the club owner in Flashdance for years and played thugs in a shit ton of 80's movies.Institutionalized? The Plugz? Black Flag at their silliest?Perfection.Pretty much anything will work to drown out the morning latin/dance exercise music they pump out that carries to my part of this beach though!Dood, you don't want to get a Brazilian Butt Lift before noon? What tha F***?!?!?!?!? Your rump would be the talk of the office. You could start wearing ass-less chaps for gigs... crack eggs on yer glutes for breakfast Omelettes a la Derriere... wear hot pants to Starbucks and the bank... make the lime green Borat sling bathing suit popular again... the possibilities are endless.In an attempt to not be the "BAD GUY", I've been waiting for someone to weigh in on the "best year in music" quote, but now I'm wondering if perhaps it was overlooked.obviously this will be different for folks of different ages and musical tastes;at one time i owned all of these on vinyl from 1980 -Ace of SpadesAll Shook UpAnimal MagnetismBack in BlackBlizzard of OzzBritish SteelChinatownHeaven and HellIron MaidenPermanent WavesRemain in LightShooting StarThere and BackWomen and Children FirstZenyattà Mondatta1980 was a bitchin' year for music... that list is dope as hell.1970-1987 contains some amazing shit with intense peaks of quality and genius from 1977-1984.I say 1987 because "Among The Living", "Master Of Puppets", "Reign in Blood" and "Peace Sells" were seminal albums for metal. 1984-1987 was a pretty shiite time for pop music though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Lots of Blackberry Smoke. Saw them last Thursday and again last night. GREAT band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudshark Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elduave Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Lots of Blackberry Smoke. Saw them last Thursday and again last night. GREAT band!tell us more about them, t... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateflynn Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Changing the pace with Art Tatum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) ^^^^^ Art Tatum is in a class by himself. One of the best virtuoso pianists in any genre. I'm currently spinning: This one is worth seeking out. It's the Patsy Cline songs that were picked for the 1985 film, "Sweet Dreams." To make the soundtrack, they isolated Patsy's voice from the various recordings, rounded up all the original session musicians, and re-recorded their parts in the original recording studio where the sessions happened. The result is Patsy's real voice in a state-of-the-art recording with no discontinuity in musical sensibilities, timbres, style, or even recording acoustics. Playing this record feels like you're spinning 45s in 1962 from your booth in a diner. Edited July 27, 2012 by JohnnyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turdus Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Revisiting some of the older stuff I have: Lime Spiders: The Brandos: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmindbeginner Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 This one is worth seeking out. It's the Patsy Cline songs that were picked for the 1985 film, "Sweet Dreams." To make the soundtrack, they isolated Patsy's voice from the various recordings, rounded up all the original session musicians, and re-recorded their parts in the original recording studio where the sessions happened. The result is Patsy's real voice in a state-of-the-art recording with no discontinuity in musical sensibilities, timbres, style, or even recording acoustics. Playing this record feels like you're spinning 45s in 1962 from your booth in a diner. WOW! I had no idea, that is cool as hell and makes sense with why that movie had a sonic quality that was so enchanting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateflynn Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm currently spinning: This one is worth seeking out. It's the Patsy Cline songs that were picked for the 1985 film, "Sweet Dreams." To make the soundtrack, they isolated Patsy's voice from the various recordings, rounded up all the original session musicians, and re-recorded their parts in the original recording studio where the sessions happened. The result is Patsy's real voice in a state-of-the-art recording with no discontinuity in musical sensibilities, timbres, style, or even recording acoustics. Playing this record feels like you're spinning 45s in 1962 from your booth in a diner. Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to see this movie again .. and listen to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 On the "Best Year" topic, I think we all have our own definition of that. Mine is '79, although '76, '77, '78, and '80 were good for me too. I've had this discussion with MANY people over the years and it seems like a lot of us think the best year(s) in music was right around the time we were 13-17 years old. That's certainly true in my case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateflynn Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 I pick this one up because of the album cover. The important thing is that it got me into The Meters! Sometimes it works out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmindbeginner Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) The Meters are amazing PirateFlynn! And that cover is like WOAH!!!! I am busy image editing on a musky Summer night and tapping my toes excitedly to the... Yacht Rock Trifecta!!! Robbie Dupree's Steal Away followed by The Doobies' "What A Fool Believes", followed by The Pointer Sisters' "He's So Shy" Rawk out wit' yer Pina Colada out! Edited July 28, 2012 by zenmindbeginner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudshark Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Eddie Hinton - Anthology 1969-1993 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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