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Pnoom! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 02 2006 Location: OH Status: Offline Points: 4981 |
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Simple question. I'm curious how much of the prog community enjoys this album.
IMO, it's a great album and pretty much a flat-out masterpiece. I might be doing this other albums the prog community loves to hate if this one provides the right sorts of results. |
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Bj-1 ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31644 |
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Count me in! Haven't heard it in ages though, but I've always liked it very much.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
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I have no idea.
I heard it maybe a handful of times about 20 years ago. |
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Spenny ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: February 09 2009 Status: Offline Points: 16 |
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I find that it is not a great album, just a collection of single tracks I enjoy some of. I rarely listen to it.
Sandinista! by the Clash, on the other hand, I do go back to time and again. I'd rate the Clash as having many of the attributes of being a prog band, even if they didn't have the typical sound. They mixed musical genres and they progressed musically as they gained experience. |
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Pnoom! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 02 2006 Location: OH Status: Offline Points: 4981 |
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Be fair now, so John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols progressed musically as well.
The album Metal Box by Public Image Ltd. (Lydon's next band) is one of the most punishing and out there rock albums around (at least, among albums that don't go way out to the extremes). |
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Trademark ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009 |
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It's certainly a seminal recording and I like it more than I like a lot of the contemporary punk of the time. For me it doesn't rise to the level of masterpiece or even "punk masterpiece". I have to hold that one back for London Calling or maybe Sound Affects.
It's funny that as I typ[e this I'm actually listening to Arthur Honegger's 2nd symphony. ![]() Edited by Trademark - February 11 2009 at 11:34 |
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CPicard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Lą, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841 |
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I may enjoy punk-rock, but I never liked the Sex Pistols except for a handful of songs ("Anarchy in the UK" and "God Save The Queen"). I've always prefered the Damned or the Buzzcocks whose albums appear as more "solid" to me.
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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37433 |
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I had the record. Other than selected songs, I haven't heard it in many years, but, yeah, great album. I should get it again. "Pretty Vacant" was a particular fave of mine , as well as "Anarchy in the UK" as a kid.
I don't know, but I thought this was a verse from "Anarchy in the UK" (probably my own made up verse, but I've now forgotten making it up): I am an anarchist I don't care about politics I just want to kick in some heads WARNING - Off-topic: Incidentally, I like this album picks list that Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) came up with for an interview (before anyone brings up his "I hate Pink Floyd" shirt), which includes Bowie, Peter Hammill, Captain Beefheart, John Cale, Third Ear Band, and Can. http://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/REVIEWS%202/capital77.html I particularly like Lydon's PIL. For fun, The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle's "My Way" (always loved this): |
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Pnoom! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 02 2006 Location: OH Status: Offline Points: 4981 |
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Lydon has pretty much admitted to being a big fan of prog and other music of the time that punk supposedly rebelled against.
And of course, he was a HUGE Can-freak, so more power to him for that. |
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The T ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
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I dislike the thing. I dislike most punk, if not all.
Funny how I like a punk-influenced genre like black metal so much.... atmospheres, vocals, themes, many things create that difference...
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Fight Club ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: May 21 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 572 |
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Absolutely terrible album. Complete anti-music and anti-art. If you're an anarchist I guess that's okay though.
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Petrovsk Mizinski ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
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To be honest I never liked anything the Sex Pistols did and this is no exception and I feel the same towards the Ramones. The regulars around here know I'm more into hardcore than the old straight up punk.
That said, I do respect their legacy and contribution to music because I strongly believe without bands like the Ramones and The Sex Pistols, many of my favorite bands simply wouldn't exist today. Edited by HughesJB4 - February 11 2009 at 17:58 |
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Lucent ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 18 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 259 |
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The beginning of bad music started with Never Mind the Bollocks.
No. |
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Pnoom! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 02 2006 Location: OH Status: Offline Points: 4981 |
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Tales from Topographic Oceans came before Never Mind the Bollocks, get your history straight.
(In case it's not obvious: ![]() Edited by Pnoom! - February 11 2009 at 18:12 |
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Petrovsk Mizinski ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
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Gee, blanket statement, much? I guess if bad music started with Nevermind the Bollocks, it must mean everyone likes ice cream. |
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Trademark ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009 |
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I never make blanket statements.
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Finnforest ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 17332 |
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I certainly had my days of enjoying it, but its not something I play anymore.
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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moreitsythanyou ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
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I truly do not enjoy any of their music. I hate the singles and would never listen to the album, or any by them.
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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To answer the OT question exactly - yes I enjoy it, the louder the better. But it was a terrible album then and it has not improved with age, however, Never Mind The Bollocks was never about "music"
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What?
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The Miracle ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
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Always hated it, along with The Clash. Some of the most overrated garbage ever. In my opinion of course.
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