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Post by Lump on Jan 21, 2012 16:30:11 GMT -8
And I am also curious as to whether anyone listened to Arthur
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Post by Drew on Jan 21, 2012 17:47:30 GMT -8
I did listen to Arthur because I have it, and I love it. The Kinks are a tough nut to crack because they wrote so much shit, especially at the end there - and there's not really a golden age, in my opinion either. You really have to sort through it all. But Arthur is probably one of my favorites, next to Everybody's in Show Biz.
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Rusty
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Post by Rusty on Jan 21, 2012 21:11:20 GMT -8
I have not kept up with this thread at all. Although I have always been interested in listening to the Kinks more thoroughly. But I have to agree with Drew, in the past I'd hear a kinks song, look up the album, listen to some songs, and then stop in disappointment.
For some reason I can't bring myself to buy something by Burt Bacarach, and I have no idea why this is. But, since it's FD and his taste is impeccable I'm going to try and give this a listen soon.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Jan 26, 2012 14:42:19 GMT -8
I did listen to Arthur because I have it, and I love it. The Kinks are a tough nut to crack because they wrote so much shit, especially at the end there - and there's not really a golden age, in my opinion either. You really have to sort through it all. But Arthur is probably one of my favorites, next to Everybody's in Show Biz. Y'all should check out The Preservation Act 1 and The Preservation Act 2. Some outrageous, ambitious and gaudy stuff. So very good. Along with Arthur, I think that The Village Green Preservation Society, Lola Vs. The Powerman and the Money Go-Around, and Muswell Hillbillies are all fantastic albums. Those last three and Arthur were part of a spectacular 4 album run. Rusty, based off of your music taste on this board I can almost guarantee you'll like those last 3 albums. The Preservations are by far the most outlandish albums Davis has done, but also the most wonderful too.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 26, 2012 15:10:14 GMT -8
Absolutely. I love the Kinks, but I don't love any Kinks record even half as much as I love Preservation, Act II. It is so over the top, and the songwriting is so tight and varied and exciting.
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Post by Blacksmile on Jan 28, 2012 7:52:55 GMT -8
Looks like it's my week to pick. I have to say that it's too bad that this thread fell by the wayside for the 60's round because there was a lot of interesting stuff coming through. While I have to admit that I didn't listen to everything, I did get through some. So here is a very brief summary of what I caught, liked and didn't like: The Moody Blues - Loved it!! Atmospheric and interesting. It was the perfect album to wrap Christmas presents to. Frank Zappa - Interesting. I've tried many time to get into Frank, but for some reason his quirkiness is lost on me. The only album I seem to connect with is Joe's Garage. Why that is, I don't know. It's just how things turned out. The Velvet Underground - Fucking amazing album. Moving on. The Rolling Stones - One of my favourite albums of all time. Every song on this album is a masterpiece, especially "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Gimme Shelter" and "Love In Vain". That somewhat catches me up. I will continue my way through the others in due time. So with that, my pick is one of the greatest live punk albums of all time. It's also one of the first records I picked up since I started collecting vinyl...hope you enjoy it as much as I do. MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS (1969)
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Post by J-Dawg on Feb 12, 2012 21:30:21 GMT -8
OK, This seems to have died since the lineup announcement. Unless know ID yuh objects, let's revive the thread as follows: Each album of the week posted must be a band that's on the Sasquatch! 2012 line-up. The next round (except me) begins next weekend. Please PM me your interest, and I'll add you to the line-up in PM order. If you don't PM me, you won't be on the list. My pick: Pretty Lights - Filling Up the City SkiesThis is available for Pay what you want download on www.prettylights.com so I won't post another link. This isn't the newest Pretty Lights release, but it should give you an idea what he's all about. How we do, Who Loves Me, and Take the Sun Away are my personal favorites from this album. Avicii / Etta Jones fans should definitely check out the Finally Moving Remix. If you enjoy this, be sure to check out his other music, and be sure to support your local dollar store and contribute a handful of glow sticks to the 2012 glowpocalypse here: sasquatchfest.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=music&action=display&thread=1658. Know, if you object to me hijacking this thread, let me know, but it seemed like the thing to do.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 12, 2012 22:00:17 GMT -8
Cool idea J-Dawg!
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Post by Lump on Feb 12, 2012 22:10:56 GMT -8
I'm in!
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Post by Pea on Feb 12, 2012 22:13:30 GMT -8
Know has gone AWOL anyway. This is a great idea!
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Post by J-Dawg on Feb 12, 2012 22:16:21 GMT -8
Schedule:
Feb 10 - Feb 16: J-Dawg - Pretty Lights: Filling Up the City Skies Feb 17 - Feb 23: Friendly Destroyer - Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Feb 24 - Mar 1: Lump Mar 2 - Mar 8: Pea Mar 9 - Mar 15: Souly Mar 16 - Mar 22: jsonburrito Mar 23 - Mar 29: 2ndairyfurmentashn Mar 30 - Apr 5: blacksmile
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Post by J-Dawg on Feb 13, 2012 17:58:51 GMT -8
Alright, we're full through the end of March. April and may still up for grabs.
Friendly D, you're on deck for this weekend.
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Post by Dr. Crane on Feb 14, 2012 7:08:16 GMT -8
Alright, we're full through the end of March. April and may still up for grabs. Friendly D, you're on deck for this weekend. Already have 3 picks in case you fuckers steal two of them (I'm looking at you, FD and Lumpy). Pretty Lights album is pretty heavy first time through, but I like it more than Passing by Behind Your Eyes. Getting stoked for Glowpocalypse 2.0!
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Post by Lump on Feb 14, 2012 11:11:17 GMT -8
Though I could be completely off, I don't think I'll steal one. I'm assuming whatever you choose you know way more about than me.
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Post by badchoices on Feb 18, 2012 14:41:19 GMT -8
Friendly D the anticipation is killing me!
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 19, 2012 15:01:56 GMT -8
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal OrchestraI heard this album for the first time last month and immediately fell in love with it. Though it is a strange type of love. I’m in no way going to follow this band, nor do I care who they are. It’s one of those albums whose existence is limited to the world of my stereo and that’s it. I’m not sure if other people have this type of relationship with some albums. It kind of reminds me of Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah’s first album. I loved the hell of that album, I still love that album, but no bone in my body wants to pursue anything beyond it. To me these bands’ influences are so present throughout the album that it feels more like a DJ mix rather than a statement from an actual band. This is especially true for Unknown Mortal Orchestra. However, what makes a record like this so damn good and so much more than its influences is the personality they inject into it. Like the Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah album there just seems to be such an earnestness behind these tracks. Which, I find, is hard to come by these days in indie music. There are a plethora of bands that are currently doing this 90’s aesthetic “throwback” mixed with pop psychedelia. Personally, I find the majority of them to be unlistenable. The music is usually so heavy handidly painted with the disgusting bullshit coats of “We’re too cool for school, but we don’t want to look like we think we are cool, so we will try and throw it in everybody’s face how uncool it is to think we are cool or that anything in general is cool”. Unknown Mortal Orchestra seem to not only embrace and fully acknowledge their influences (which I would have to say is an even balance of the aforementioned 90’s aesthetic “throwback” mixed with pop psychedelia) but really seem to get a kick out of getting to galvanize these genres that they obviously love together. I really hear an infectious personality behind these tracks opposed to the usual lame need to present this type of music in a detached manner for fear of publicly tipping your hand that what you are doing may not be 100% ironic (god forbid) and you may actually enjoy it. These songs really make no bones about their psych pop influences and in many cases like, “Jello and Juggarnauts”, they let the already charted territory present the scenery and instead seem to have a blast just wondering through the world. To me this is an album that I really do find to be thouroughly “cool”. It’s fun, it’s easy, and it isn’t forced. The album seems to carry more of an overall vibe than draw focus onto specific songs and song writing. Which is fine, as the vibe is fucking awesome. grooveshark.com/#!/album/Unknown+Mortal+Orchestra/6479294
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Feb 19, 2012 15:04:51 GMT -8
I think I wrote "seems" one thousand times in that review. My brain is dead today.
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Post by Switch on Feb 19, 2012 15:34:39 GMT -8
I listened to this album as part of my Sasquatch research and I think that Syd Barrett is definitely one of their influences. Has anyone else picked this up from listening to this album?
I really like the song Jello and Juggernauts, the guitar and drums on this song are recorded very well and stand out in a way that is very appealing to me.
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Post by badchoices on Feb 19, 2012 15:44:47 GMT -8
I have been liking this album more with each listen. I would love to see them in the sunshine!
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Post by Dr. Crane on Feb 19, 2012 20:50:56 GMT -8
Nice! This album was already next in my queue of Sasquatch research. Big ups to the FD for making this game both fun and easy.
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