Pedantic Tw@t Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 All of us from the Hippo family know that double reed stuff is of the Devil. A single reed reed is enough for transcendence... and there is much Jazz to testify to this truth. Double reedist are to be abhored! (so says the writings of the hippos). Double reeding... pft... we may as well adopt consubstantiation. What Nonsense! No, us hippos will continue to follow the one true path,... or else trample on all of the rest of you, as is our will, so dictated to us by the one true Hippogod, Though we hippo no ill will against small cuddly bears and humans (not their fault ultimately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Story of the Who Dble Lp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE91y4yYQNg Sweet Exorcist - Curtis mayfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvehD8jxUzE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBlueCat Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 The album that I keep coming back to and that always seems fresh to me however many times I listen to it is Lou Reed's New York. When I lived in New York City back in 2003 I made a point of going to all the places in the city mentioned in the songs - it was a great way of seeing some places and events (e.g. the annual Halloween Parade in the Village) I wouldn't otherwise have bothered to look at. For Velvets fans I wouldn't recommend 125 Lexington though, I threw that onto the list as well but it was pretty dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Superb album. I really like the 2nd track of the album 'Can you get to that'. Finishes with the quirky 'Wars of Armageddon'. P Funk for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'm in my mid forties but I feel young reading this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Personally I found Gong unlistenable unless there were a lot of herbal cigarettes around, by then I would be asleep by the end of side 1. Christ Gong, that brings back memories. As an energetic punk rocker in the early/mid 80's I lost count of how many brilliant house parties I went to that were completely ruined by Gong. Everything would be going great, the doorbell would go, the st0ners would turn up complete with carrier bags full of crisps and gear, put Gong on and bring the atmosphere down to zero. Same apples to Pink Floyd as well, I just can't listen to them. Brings back all the feelings of teenage dissapointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Christ Gong, that brings back memories. As an energetic punk rocker in the early/mid 80's I lost count of how many brilliant house parties I went to that were completely ruined by Gong. Everything would be going great, the doorbell would go, the st0ners would turn up complete with carrier bags full of crisps and gear, put Gong on and bring the atmosphere down to zero. Same apples to Pink Floyd as well, I just can't listen to them. Brings back all the feelings of teenage dissapointment. Snap. It took me decades and a free CD with the paper before I managed to appreciate that Pink Floyd were actually a decent band and not just more tedious stoner rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starla Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Snap. It took me decades and a free CD with the paper before I managed to appreciate that Pink Floyd were actually a decent band and not just more tedious stoner rubbish. I managed to appreciate Hawkwind about 10 years later, but I still can't handle Pink Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Almost anything by Thin Lizzy wouldn't be far away, and you can't beat a bit of bad company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Snap. It took me decades and a free CD with the paper before I managed to appreciate that Pink Floyd were actually a decent band and not just more tedious stoner rubbish. Well they did some "ground breaking stuff!" apparently. Still not one of my favourites, er, 30 years on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Almost anything by Thin Lizzy wouldn't be far away, and you can't beat a bit of bad company I saw Thin Lizzy once! I went deaf for two days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I saw Thin Lizzy once! I went deaf for two days! Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 The album that I keep coming back to and that always seems fresh to me however many times I listen to it is Lou Reed's New York. When I lived in New York City back in 2003 I made a point of going to all the places in the city mentioned in the songs - it was a great way of seeing some places and events (e.g. the annual Halloween Parade in the Village) I wouldn't otherwise have bothered to look at. For Velvets fans I wouldn't recommend 125 Lexington though, I threw that onto the list as well but it was pretty dull. Good one. Here's a link to a village voice Velvets tour - St Mark's Place for me. I lived there late '80s and there was still a lot of conflict in Manhattan. edit: Reed's death was sad - I don't think he was prepared, bit of a panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Eh? He said ... would you like a bit of Irish in you? Read his lips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 He said ... would you like a bit of Irish in you? Read his lips. I like guinness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I like genesis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wXF4t7TMG0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I like genesis. That's the one of the ones I don't like! I prefer "Foxtrot"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've changed my mind - THIS is the greatest - Big Science by Laurie Anderson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBD9d2PI97c&list=PL2FAFA4B55ADE47B7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 As I'm into dance music I never did really buy that many albums. I have hundreds of 12" singles. I'd have to go for something like Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (think it was called). Or, possibly, the Pet Shop Boys, Or, Jean Michel Jarre especially the Lyon-Houston one. Rendezvous IV... wonderful. Was there at London Docklands - that performance with Hank Marvin - sublime. I think if you're talking pop music albums, Kylie does deserve a mention. Sorry, when I say Kylie, what I actually mean is Stock, Aitken and Waterman. As I'd say that "Better the Devil You Know" is possibly the best pop record ever made. Before that provokes a backlash, the word "pop" is important. Loved Jean Michel Jarre since I first heard Oxygene as a 10 year old in 1977 and always wanted to see him perform live. Finally got to see him about 3 years ago, Theramin and all. "Thank you Birmingham!" He shouted at the end, to a packed audience at the Manchester Arena. Awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Soundgarden Superunknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Are you a fan of Patrick Bateman? He takes his pop seriously. I had to look that one up. I have seen the film but I don't recall it. The Wiki page says he had "borderline personality disorder" which I think I have too if that's of any help I'm in my mid forties but I feel young reading this thread. I feel that. For me, the likes of Pink Floyd are from the "before days". Actually, "Another Brick in the Wall" is quite a powerful tune, but I can't say that I feel any affinity with it as I wasn't really "there at the time". Likewise, I cannot stand Paul McCartney or Queen - most especially the vocals on both. OK, some succeed despite their obvious shortcomings in the vocal department - Brandon Flowers [The Killers] and Andy Bell [Erasure] spring to mind, both slightly tortuous to listen to for extended periods even though some of the tunes are great. Actually, Erasure were superb and "The Innocents" album is a 10/10 from me. Queen, in particular, evoke a sort of irritant reaction in me like someone has just sprayed me with bleach. This coming from someone who liked Stock, Aitken and Waterman - put it in your own context Have also often wondered why anyone raves about David Bowie though having seen a documentary, he was both controversial and ground-breaking in some ways. That doesn't mean I want to sit and listen to it, though. "Heroes" is great. But then while Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart" is top notch too, that doesn't lead me to investigate much else of his. But, were I listening to it way back in those days, it would mean far more to me. That said, I can sit through Hall and Oates for prolonged periods when others would probably be vomiting. Introspective? Quite possibly. Think that's the one with the corking remix of Suburbia.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDavola Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Just read all 7 pages of this; ripping albums from youtube as I went along for me to listen to at the gym. So let's continue this, along with youtube links to the full albums where possible. Let's go from 'greatest album ever' to just 'great albums' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 As we're into great albums this is a cracker IMO. Pretty much the album I dreamed of making when in a rubbish student band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwiF-hosIvk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipbuilder Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 For what its worth my vote would go to Can's Tago Mago an album so far out that as one reviewer said it it might have been recorded on Neptune rather than planet Earth. I have been listening to it on and off for nearly 4 decades and I still have not got a f*cking clue what it is about The fact that the lyrics are sometimes recorded backwards or in Japanese does not really help (and this is one of their more 'poppy' numbers) Talk Talk's Mark Hollis constantly mentioned Tago Mago as an influence, even in their early 80s synth pop days. I think it's most apparent on one of their best tunes, from probably the second greatest album ever - Which has in turn has obviously influenced both Radiohead and Elbow, probably two of their best tunes - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 I had to look that one up. I have seen the film but I don't recall it. The Wiki page says he had "borderline personality disorder" which I think I have too if that's of any help Example - the psychotic banker gets over-serious about high production pop 'n rock. Whitney, Huey, Genesis. Not accusing you! It's part of a porn novel satirising Reagan rentiers and their victims. Film not so good, I think because it doesn't update to 2007. The novel has a great description of a U2 concert. Anyway, I've changed my mind - best album ever ... Phil Collins Face Value: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4bR01orU0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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