Quote:/font1h,121b,121I'm sorry, but any hate on "Who's Next" is pure overexposure reaction.b, 21b, 21That album is a masterpiece, and only sounds so played out because it hasb, 21been milked shamelessly for almost 4 decades. I'm curious if anyone can nameb, 21an album that preceded it by another artist that sounds anything like it. b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21They do say that it is the first disc in existence that used sequencers.b, 21In the GOAT list IMHO.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121DEVOb, 21b, 21They were one of the greatest of the era...hard to say what happened really. I guess they just tapped that mine dry. b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21Here's my thought: they were actually working out the early material for a long, long time... don't the demos start in '72? So not only more time to make the tunes better but also plenty of time to get tired of their classic era and 'evolve' into something else.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121- b1The Who/b1 (for some reason, their catalog after '68 doesn't resonate with me as much, although I still kinda like 'em...as long as Keith Moon is around)b,121b,121h,121
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Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Classic rock" radio has embraced b1Who's Next/b1 like crazy, and the other day I heard "Squeezbox" and thought wow, that's weak. Then again, what does one expect from a band who were seriously thinking of becoming the British Monkees? b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21I see nothing wrong with the Monkees, and between Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz, you have a fairly well-rounded 1960's rock band, considering how they got together and what they went through. b, 21b, 21/font1
Quote:/font1h,121b,121 yeah, the (Who's) 70's stuff is spotty b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21"Won't Get Fooled Again" is the ONLY Who song from that decade that can truly be called "unfuckwitable." Everything else is on the img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ehhzu7.gif" alt="" /1 side. As soon as you get to the '80s, that's when the Who start moving into "HALE NO" territory. b, 21b, 21/font1
Quote:/font1h,121b,121- b1Buck Owens/b1 (started getting lame around '72, probably from being so busy hosting Hee-Haw; got good again when he made his comeback in the late '80s)b,121b,121h,121
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Quote:/font1h,121b,121I'm only familiar with a few of his early albums (like them all) so I don't know what his 70's output sounds like. That bad, huh?b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21Well, he was never terrible, but compared to the earlier years, it did kinda seem like he was coasting.b, 21b, 21You gotta understand, Buck was like a C&W James Brown in a lot of respects...three albums a year (many of them live), relentless touring, both men owned their own masters (as well as a chain of radio stations), both were filthy rich, and both men went through phases where they had burned themselves out after so many years in the public eye.b, 21b,121So while the music wasn't bad, I guess you can call '72 through the early '80s Buck's "Take A Look At Those Cakes" period. :-)
Quote:/font1h,121b,121BUMPb, 21b, 211978: For You b, 211979: Prince b, 211980: Dirty Mind b, 211981: Controversy b, 211982: 1999 b, 211984: Purple Rain b, 211985: Around the World in a Day b, 211986: Parade b, 211987: Sign O' The Times, The Black Album b, 211988: Lovesexy b, 211989: Batmanb, 21CUT OFF POINT---------------------Incredible run that gets shakey around here.b, 211990: Graffiti Bridge b, 211991: Diamonds and Pearls b, 211992: Love Symbol b, 211993: The Hits/The B-Sides b, 211994: Come b, 211995: The Gold Experience b, 211996: Chaos And Disorder, Emancipationb, 21NOPE------------------------Some good shit after Batman but overall weak.b, 211997: The Truth b, 211998: Crystal Ball, New Power Soul b, 211999: Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale b, 212000: Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic b, 212001: The Rainbow Children b, 212002: One Nite Alone..., One Nite Alone...Live! b, 212003: N.E.W.S, The Chocolate Invasion, The Slaughterhouse b, 212004: Musicology b, 212006: 3121 b, 212007: Planet Earth b, 212008: Indigo Nights Live Album released with the book 21 Nights b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21dude, Crystal Ball under "nope"???b,121b, 21That shit is worth it for Lovesign alone.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121s11978: For You /s1b, 211979: Prince b, 211980: Dirty Mind b, 211981: Controversy b, 211982: 1999 b, 211984: Purple Rain b, 211985: Around the World in a Day b, 211986: Parade b, 211987: Sign O' The Times, s1The Black Album b, 211988: Lovesexy b, 211989: Batman/s1b, 21CUT OFF POINT---------------------Incredible run that gets shakey around here. b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1 b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21U sleepin on For You.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Classic rock" radio has embraced b1Who's Next/b1 like crazy, and the other day I heard "Squeezbox" and thought wow, that's weak. Then again, what does one expect from a band who were seriously thinking of becoming the British Monkees? b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wtf.gif" alt="" /1 b1I doubt there's a more serious guy in the whole of music./b1b,121b,121/font1
Quote:/font1h,121b,121 yeah, the (Who's) 70's stuff is spotty b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21"Won't Get Fooled Again" is the ONLY Who song from that decade that can truly be called "unfuckwitable." Everything else is on the img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ehhzu7.gif" alt="" /1 side. b,121 ehhh. Baba O'Reilly, Bargain, Song Is Over.... top winners, one and all IMO.b, 21/b1b,121b,121 b, 21b, 21h,121font class="post"1
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121BUMPb, 21b, 211978: For You b, 211979: Prince b, 211980: Dirty Mind b, 211981: Controversy b, 211982: 1999 b, 211984: Purple Rain b, 211985: Around the World in a Day b, 211986: Parade b, 211987: Sign O' The Times, The Black Album b, 211988: Lovesexy b, 211989: Batmanb, 21CUT OFF POINT---------------------Incredible run that gets shakey around here.b, 211990: Graffiti Bridge b, 211991: Diamonds and Pearls b, 211992: Love Symbol b, 211993: The Hits/The B-Sides b, 211994: Come b, 211995: The Gold Experience b, 211996: Chaos And Disorder, Emancipationb, 21NOPE------------------------Some good shit after Batman but overall weak.b, 211997: The Truth b, 211998: Crystal Ball, New Power Soul b, 211999: Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale b, 212000: Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic b, 212001: The Rainbow Children b, 212002: One Nite Alone..., One Nite Alone...Live! b, 212003: N.E.W.S, The Chocolate Invasion, The Slaughterhouse b, 212004: Musicology b, 212006: 3121 b, 212007: Planet Earth b, 212008: Indigo Nights Live Album released with the book 21 Nights b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21dude, Crystal Ball under "nope"???b,121b, 21That shit is worth it for Lovesign alone. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 2135 songs for One? Ill pass. I heard Crystal Ball and its so-so.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121 yeah, the (Who's) 70's stuff is spotty b, 21b, 21h,121
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Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Won't Get Fooled Again" is the ONLY Who song from that decade that can truly be called "unfuckwitable." Everything else is on the img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ehhzu7.gif" alt="" /1 side. b,121b, 21h,121
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Quote:/font1h,121b,121 ehhh. Baba O'Reilly, Bargain, Song Is Over.... top winners, one and all IMO.b, 21/b1b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1 b,121b, 21Yeah, but they're not as great as "Magic Bus,""Call Me Lightning" or "So Sad About Us"...not a sequencer to be heard, praise the Lord...
Feel free to son me ( img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /1) but I believe the sequencer is only really evident on Baba and WGFA. And was used to construct the songs rather than be some faddy icing on the cake. To be honest, the synth intro to WGFA is probably the GOAT intros imho, still gives goosebumps.b, 21b, 21I have to say this album, and this era Who in general, pees all over their other output.
font class="post"1b,121b, 21Australian bass legend? Passed not too long ago. I oughta git fam there. Please for the scholarly.b, 21b, 21Last time I was in Sydney I had to choose between his gig or Craig Calhoun. I took the latter; good gig but marred by all-night argument with the then-missus, and culminated the evening by spilling a full glass of cripplingly-expensive Jamesons-and-Coke over the entire holiday snaps of the nice Singaporean couple sharing our table.b, 21b, 21I ride for half the output of the following:b,121b, 21Arethab, 21Al Greenb, 21Lutherb, 21De Lab,121James Brownb, 21Anita Bakerb, 21Jimmy Smithb, 21CTIb, 21Zappab,121Mingusb, 21Steely Danb, 21Miles Davisb, 21John Coltraneb, 21Joni Mitchellb, 21ATCQb, 21Sabbathb, 21Wellerb, 21Eliane Eliasb, 21Michael Franksb, 21Michel Petrucciani
Quote:/font1h,121b,121Feel free to son me ( img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /1) but I believe the sequencer is only really evident on Baba and WGFA. And was used to construct the songs rather than be some faddy icing on the cake. To be honest, the synth intro to WGFA is probably i1the[/i] GOAT intros imho, still gives goosebumps.b, 21b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21That was a synth? And all this time I thought that was a regular ole organ...(BTW, I'm listening to "96 Tears" by ? & the Mysterians right now, and am just realizing how similar the organ riff is to "WGFA.")b, 21b, 21/font1
Quote:/font1h,121b,121I have to say this album, and this era Who in general, pees all over their other output. b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21"Pees all over their other output." Heh, heh! Was that joke intentional? (See cover, below.)b, 21b, 21img src="http://www.thewho.com/images/media/albums_large/08_1_whos_next.jpg"1b,121b, 21b1I had seen this cover a thousand times before it finally hit me what they were doing.../b1
font class="post"1b,121b, 21b, 211990: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm b, 211991: The Low End Theory b, 211993: Midnight Marauders b, 211996: Beats, Rhymes and Life b, 211998: The Love Movement b,121b, 214 outta 5 for me.b,121b, 21What do u omit?
Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121Gil Scott-Heron (maybe a bit more than half of his is good!) b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21he is one of the few artists i really do like the whole discography byb, 21including 80's and 90's releases. not everything on the exact b,121same level of course but i can definitely enjoy all of them. b,121real personal favorite.
font class="post"1b,121b, 21b, 211990: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm b, 211991: The Low End Theory b, 211993: Midnight Marauders b, 211996: Beats, Rhymes and Life b, 211998: The Love Movement b,121b, 214 outta 5 for me.b,121b, 21What do u omit? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21that's another one! i don't ride for the love movement album as a whole (even thoughb, 21it has some serious heat too). but the rest of them are absolute no brainers to me.b,121i can never get tired of tribe..
Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121NOPE------------------------Some good shit after Batman but overall weak.b, 211997: The Truth b, 211998: Crystal Ball, New Power Soul b, 211999: Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale b, 212000: Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic b, 212001: The Rainbow Children b, 212002: One Nite Alone..., One Nite Alone...Live! b, 212003: N.E.W.S, The Chocolate Invasion, The Slaughterhouse b, 212004: Musicology b, 212006: 3121 b, 212007: Planet Earth b, 212008: Indigo Nights Live Album released with the book 21 Nights b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121 b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1i'm waiting for the greatest hits of this era to be released.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I believe the sequencer is only really evident on Baba and WGFA. And was used to construct the songs rather than be some faddy icing on the cake. b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21That was a synth? YEP, VCS3 AND ARP[/b] And all this time I thought that was a regular ole organ... from the 1995 re-issue, with nice booklet and extra tracks from the sessions:'Townshend pioneered a cyclic synthesizer rhythm track...In 1971 this was a radical, indeed unprecedented breakthrough, with only Stevie Wonder working along the same lines (even so, Wonder's synthesizer experiments only appeared a year later in 72). Pre-programmed synthesizers and sequencers are commonplace now but Who's Next, it should be remembered, is where they first appeared on record.[/b]b,121b, 21/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121I have to say this album, and this era Who in general, pees all over their other output. b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21"Pees all over their other output." Heh, heh! Was that joke intentional? Yes, glad someone got the joke![/b] b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21bonus beats: b, 21'Bargain' was played using Joe Walsh's Gretschb, 21'The Song is Over' was never played live due to its complexityb, 21'WGFA' has been played at every single Who concert since 71....
font class="post"1b,121b, 21Australian bass legend? Passed not too long ago. I oughta git fam there. Please for the scholarly.b, 21b, 21Last time I was in Sydney I had to choose between his gig or Craig Calhoun. I took the latter; b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21Dude! You chose NOT to see Jackie? I don't even know who the other guy is!
Quote:/font1h,121b,121See, with THIS thread, you should be listing at LEAST 20 artists! I celebrate about half of SOOOO many artist's catalogues!b, 21b, 21The Meters (don't really go far past their Josei catalogue)b, 21KRS-One (after Boom Bap it was pretty down-hill)b, 21The Pharcyde (c'mon - Labcabin was OK at best)b, 21Bernard Wrightb, 21Mary Lou Williamsb, 21Nina Simoneb, 21Idris Mahummadb, 21Roy Ayersb, 21Charles Wrightb, 21Jimmy McGriffb, 21Jack McDuffb, 21New Birthb, 21Melvin Sparksb, 21Titanicb, 21Ray Barrettob,121Dennis Coffeeb, 21Billy Cobhamb,121DJ Shadow (with the release of his next album it should be about half)b, 21Keith Mansfield (he did alot of wack KPMs as well as good ones!)b, 21John Sangsterb,121Sven Libaekb, 21Cameob, 21Jackie Orszaczkyb, 21Booker T and the MGsb, 21Creative Sourceb, 21Gil Scott-Heron (maybe a bit more than half of his is good!) b,121b, 21h,121
font class="post"1b,121b, 21you got to throw don burrows into that list....
font class="post"1b,121b, 21Australian bass legend? Passed not too long ago. I oughta git fam there. Please for the scholarly.b,121b, 21Last time I was in Sydney I had to choose between his gig or Craig Calhoun. I took the latter; b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21Dude! You chose NOT to see Jackie? I don't even know who the other guy is! b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21Calhoun is some washed up cat that plays at the basement regularily.... middle of the road mainstream soul/funk shit.... Work Xmas party background music type stuff!
font class="post"1b,121b, 21b, 211990: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm b, 211991: The Low End Theory b, 211993: Midnight Marauders b, 211996: Beats, Rhymes and Life b, 211998: The Love Movement b, 21b, 214 outta 5 for me.b, 21b, 21What do u omit? b,121b, 21h,121font class="post"1b,121b, 21The last 2 and some of the 1st one. They have one or two drank-along bangers in those, but as a whole, nowhere near the level of Theory or Marauders.
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