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 Posted: May 22 2020 at 14:02 |
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I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again.
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Friday (when weekend started): Faust: the Last LP Heard this today first time. Faust breakuped in the seventies, but small label released this and other album in the eighties from their old recordings. This got tapes recorded in 1971. Not totally unheard, some pieces evolved into "the Faust Tapes" and "Faust IV". Anyway this includes quite typical Faust-music, some parts are really relaxed and some really anarchy. There are some really great pieces, but not the greatest Faust-album as whole, but satisfies fans needs.
Dr. John: Anutha Zone It has said history repeats itself. In the seventies Brit musicians (for example Eric Clapton & Mick Jagger) want to make album with Dr. John, in nineties same happens in this album. Here are Paul Weller and musicians from Supergrass & Spiritualized. All the way this is doctorīs best album of the nineties, it has spirit of his four first great records, but still sound really nineties record. Specially that old, New Orleans spirit is in "Ki Ya Gris Gris", "John Gris", "I Like Ki Yoka" & "The Olive Tree". And all of those who thought doctor was an evil man he sang in "I Donīt Wanna Know" as "I donīt wanna know about evil, I only wanna know about love". Also in "the Stroke" as "so the devil he can go to straight to hell".
Robert Johnson: King Of Delta Blues Singers I may be wrong, but I think this is the most important album of the popular music! Robert was quite unknown before this, but when this came in 1961, many musicians really got influences from this, for example Eric Clapton & Bob Dylan. Keith Richards has also said Robertīs pieces as Bach miniatures and I really agree with him! His songs happen just so much more than just delta-blues! Greatest bluesmen sounds like whole orchestra. I really love Cream, but their version of Crossroads is really bland comparing the original. And after you listened these great pieces, the last one is the greatest: "Hellhound On My Trail" has so much pain of heart & soul that nobody else have ever managed to put it as much in one song! Robert was first delta bluesmen to me and I have really started to love many other after him, but still heīs the best!
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 19:59 |
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Friday (when weekend started):Faust: the Last LP Heard this today first time. Faust breakuped in the seventies, but small label released this and other album in the eighties from their old recordings. This got tapes recorded in 1971. Not totally unheard, some pieces evolved into "the Faust Tapes" and "Faust IV". Anyway this includes quite typical Faust-music, some parts are really relaxed and some really anarchy. There are some really great pieces, but not the greatest Faust-album as whole, but satisfies fans needs.
Dr. John: Anutha Zone It has said history repeats itself. In the seventies Brit musicians (for example Eric Clapton & Mick Jagger) want to make album with Dr. John, in nineties same happens in this album. Here are Paul Weller and musicians from Supergrass & Spiritualized. All the way this is doctorīs best album of the nineties, it has spirit of his four first great records, but still sound really nineties record. Specially that old, New Orleans spirit is in "Ki Ya Gris Gris", "John Gris", "I Like Ki Yoka" & "The Olive Tree". And all of those who thought doctor was an evil man he sang in "I Donīt Wanna Know" as "I donīt wanna know about evil, I only wanna know about love". Also in "the Stroke" as "so the devil he can go to straight to hell".
Robert Johnson: King Of Delta Blues Singers I may be wrong, but I think this is the most important album of the popular music! Robert was quite unknown before this, but when this came in 1961, many musicians really got influences from this, for example Eric Clapton & Bob Dylan. Keith Richards has also said Robertīs pieces as Bach miniatures and I really agree with him! His songs happen just so much more than just delta-blues! Greatest bluesmen sounds like whole orchestra. I really love Cream, but their version of Crossroads is really bland comparing the original. And after you listened these great pieces, the last one is the greatest: "Hellhound On My Trail" has so much pain of heart & soul that nobody else have ever managed to put it as much in one song! Robert was first delta bluesmen to me and I have really started to love many other after him, but still heīs the best! |
You like that I've noticed. I see you mentioning New Orleans a fair amount. Seems like it would be a fun city to visit, I should maybe try to do that at some point in my life.
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 20:04 |
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I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again. |
I definitely recommend it, it's absolutely one of his best albums. I would skip the track 'For Calvin' though. Imo it's by far the weakest track on the album. The other four tracks are great though! If you just listen to those then I can't imagine you not liking it a whole lot.
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Alright for tonight I'll go with Asia's monster self-titled debut album. Been a long time since I've listened to this one all the way through.
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 20:56 |
Yeah that album is an absolute wrecking ball through the first 5 songs. Then second side is noticeably weaker but still basically good. Without You and Cutting It Fine are iffy, I'd say filler. Wildest Dreams and Here Comes the Feeling are good though.
If both sides were like side 1 it would be a total monster. Anyway classic album obviously. That was fun.
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 22:28 |
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Mortte wrote:
Friday (when weekend started):Faust: the Last LP Heard this today first time. Faust breakuped in the seventies, but small label released this and other album in the eighties from their old recordings. This got tapes recorded in 1971. Not totally unheard, some pieces evolved into "the Faust Tapes" and "Faust IV". Anyway this includes quite typical Faust-music, some parts are really relaxed and some really anarchy. There are some really great pieces, but not the greatest Faust-album as whole, but satisfies fans needs.
Dr. John: Anutha Zone It has said history repeats itself. In the seventies Brit musicians (for example Eric Clapton & Mick Jagger) want to make album with Dr. John, in nineties same happens in this album. Here are Paul Weller and musicians from Supergrass & Spiritualized. All the way this is doctorīs best album of the nineties, it has spirit of his four first great records, but still sound really nineties record. Specially that old, New Orleans spirit is in "Ki Ya Gris Gris", "John Gris", "I Like Ki Yoka" & "The Olive Tree". And all of those who thought doctor was an evil man he sang in "I Donīt Wanna Know" as "I donīt wanna know about evil, I only wanna know about love". Also in "the Stroke" as "so the devil he can go to straight to hell".
Robert Johnson: King Of Delta Blues Singers I may be wrong, but I think this is the most important album of the popular music! Robert was quite unknown before this, but when this came in 1961, many musicians really got influences from this, for example Eric Clapton & Bob Dylan. Keith Richards has also said Robertīs pieces as Bach miniatures and I really agree with him! His songs happen just so much more than just delta-blues! Greatest bluesmen sounds like whole orchestra. I really love Cream, but their version of Crossroads is really bland comparing the original. And after you listened these great pieces, the last one is the greatest: "Hellhound On My Trail" has so much pain of heart & soul that nobody else have ever managed to put it as much in one song! Robert was first delta bluesmen to me and I have really started to love many other after him, but still heīs the best! |
You like that I've noticed. I see you mentioning New Orleans a fair amount. Seems like it would be a fun city to visit, I should maybe try to do that at some point in my life.
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I have never been in US and really donīt do I ever have a change to go there, but if so, I will definitely go to New Orleans!! Man, itīs the begin of mostly whole popular music!! You know there was a congo square where slaves were allowed to play they old African tunes and that was the begin of blues and every other great Anglo-American music!
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 22:30 |
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Yeah that album is an absolute wrecking ball through the first 5 songs. Then second side is noticeably weaker but still basically good. Without You and Cutting It Fine are iffy, I'd say filler. Wildest Dreams and Here Comes the Feeling are good though.
If both sides were like side 1 it would be a total monster. Anyway classic album obviously. That was fun.
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Again it was my brother who liked Asia in the eighties, I wasnīt ever that much about it and at the moment, eighties sounding stuff? Nope.
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Posted: May 22 2020 at 22:33 |
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Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again. |
I definitely recommend it, it's absolutely one of his best albums. I would skip the track 'For Calvin' though. Imo it's by far the weakest track on the album. The other four tracks are great though! If you just listen to those then I can't imagine you not liking it a whole lot.
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Itīs possible I will try this in this weekend, havenīt listened any Zappa a long time. But I think I have said Zappaīs sixties stuff has been the greatest to me, my faves are "We`re Only In It For the money" & "Uncle Meat". Really love also "Bongo Fury", but I believe you guess whatīs the one reason of that?
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 10:37 |
Saturday: J J Cale: To Tulsa and Back 2005 came Cale document under this same name. This album came year earlier and really isnīt soundtrack of that document, instead album full of new studio songs. Really it has the same Cale quality as all his other albums, this time there are also other players, but not any famous ones. All the songs are really good, but my faves are: "New Lover", "One Step", "Blues For Mama" & "Another Song".
Faust: Faust Wakes Nosferatu In album cover is said "inspirated by the F.W. Murnau film "Nosferatu". They release same time CD and vinyl and both has totally different music. I have listened CD-version earlier from spotify, but today first time vinyl version. Vinyl has quite same kind of music, mostly instrumental, only some German spoken parts. Music has really quiet parts, really love Irmlerīs selfmade keyboard sounds in this as also other Faust-albums! If I have understood right, they performed here totally live, not sure did they improvise music same time when movie was going on, but pictures from the cover it seemed so. Really liked to use again that one word with this project but...ok not use.
Caravan: s/t This is really my fav from them! This album just has that sixties innocence that I just love! I have understood band didnīt like the echoed sounds of the album, but to me theyīre just so great! And all the tracks are so great, no weak one in this! Hard o understand that album didnīt success in itīs time, but on the other those times just came so many great albums.
Pekka Airaksinen: Mangala Made today review from this, so nothing more than this is really cosmic album!
Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM Noticed today this band has released this new album 2020. I have read somewhere when Faust break up in the seventies, many thinks this band together with Nurse With Wound continued where Faust left. Well, Faust is the greatest to me from those, but I have liked also those two. This new album is not as experimental as their earlier albums, but really I believe itīs most experimental album of this year! Liked this quite much, best album so far in this year what I`ve heard. After first listening faves are "Am Landwehrkanal" & "Zivilisatorisches Missgeschick".
Venom: Black Metal One of my friend wanted me to watch their vid from Hammesmith in the eighties. I liked their dirty Rīn`R metal, also their really stupid humor (Cronos didnīt wait in the end of gig, he broke his bass in the second piece). But it was after spotify downloading I started to listen these their few first albums. This album give the name of the whole metal subgenre, but also influenced trash, speed & death metal. Really you can hear lots of influences taken from Venom specially in Metallicaīs first "Kill `Em All"-album. I think this album has lots of common with Motörhead, but maybe has even dirtier sounds & vocals. Also I have heard some black metal musicians doesnīt think this band black metal at all and really itīs very far away from the Norwegian black metal bands and their ridiculous vocal styles. Also, really liked to know what people who think Lars Ulrich is bad drumplayer thinks about Abaddon drumplaying?
Soon started Mozart Don Giovanni from television, I am not opera guy at all, but Mussorgskyīs Boris Godunov and this are my big faves, so going to watch it!
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 16:13 |
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Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again. |
I definitely recommend it, it's absolutely one of his best albums. I would skip the track 'For Calvin' though. Imo it's by far the weakest track on the album. The other four tracks are great though! If you just listen to those then I can't imagine you not liking it a whole lot.
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Itīs possible I will try this in this weekend, havenīt listened any Zappa a long time. But I think I have said Zappaīs sixties stuff has been the greatest to me, my faves are "We`re Only In It For the money" & "Uncle Meat". Really love also "Bongo Fury", but I believe you guess whatīs the one reason of that? |
Yeah those are both very good albums imo. And I also consider Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, and One Size Fits All to be every bit as good as those. As far as Bongo Fury, oh yeah lol your guy. And Willie The Pimp is probably your favorite song on Hot Rats.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 16:20 |
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Saturday:J J Cale: To Tulsa and Back 2005 came Cale document under this same name. This album came year earlier and really isnīt soundtrack of that document, instead album full of new studio songs. Really it has the same Cale quality as all his other albums, this time there are also other players, but not any famous ones. All the songs are really good, but my faves are: "New Lover", "One Step", "Blues For Mama" & "Another Song".
Faust: Faust Wakes Nosferatu In album cover is said "inspirated by the F.W. Murnau film "Nosferatu". They release same time CD and vinyl and both has totally different music. I have listened CD-version earlier from spotify, but today first time vinyl version. Vinyl has quite same kind of music, mostly instrumental, only some German spoken parts. Music has really quiet parts, really love Irmlerīs selfmade keyboard sounds in this as also other Faust-albums! If I have understood right, they performed here totally live, not sure did they improvise music same time when movie was going on, but pictures from the cover it seemed so. Really liked to use again that one word with this project but...ok not use.
Caravan: s/t This is really my fav from them! This album just has that sixties innocence that I just love! I have understood band didnīt like the echoed sounds of the album, but to me theyīre just so great! And all the tracks are so great, no weak one in this! Hard o understand that album didnīt success in itīs time, but on the other those times just came so many great albums.
Pekka Airaksinen: Mangala Made today review from this, so nothing more than this is really cosmic album!
Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM Noticed today this band has released this new album 2020. I have read somewhere when Faust break up in the seventies, many thinks this band together with Nurse With Wound continued where Faust left. Well, Faust is the greatest to me from those, but I have liked also those two. This new album is not as experimental as their earlier albums, but really I believe itīs most experimental album of this year! Liked this quite much, best album so far in this year what I`ve heard. After first listening faves are "Am Landwehrkanal" & "Zivilisatorisches Missgeschick".
Venom: Black Metal One of my friend wanted me to watch their vid from Hammesmith in the eighties. I liked their dirty Rīn`R metal, also their really stupid humor (Cronos didnīt wait in the end of gig, he broke his bass in the second piece). But it was after spotify downloading I started to listen these their few first albums. This album give the name of the whole metal subgenre, but also influenced trash, speed & death metal. Really you can hear lots of influences taken from Venom specially in Metallicaīs first "Kill `Em All"-album. I think this album has lots of common with Motörhead, but maybe has even dirtier sounds & vocals. Also I have heard some black metal musicians doesnīt think this band black metal at all and really itīs very far away from the Norwegian black metal bands and their ridiculous vocal styles. Also, really liked to know what people who think Lars Ulrich is bad drumplayer thinks about Abaddon drumplaying?
Soon started Mozart Don Giovanni from television, I am not opera guy at all, but Mussorgskyīs Boris Godunov and this are my big faves, so going to watch it!
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I consider Place Of My Own one of their absolute best songs. And, you're right, the whole album is very good. As I've said before I consider all of their first 7 albums to be great. Not one of those albums is remotely close to being weak.
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Alright for tonight I guess I'll do the only Jethro Tull album that I have ever cared about.. Thick as a Brick.
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That's really good. Every time I listen to it I think to myself that it's great. A whole lot of just crazy jamming out, in both parts. All in all I like Part 1 better, it's a little bit more consistent I think. Part 2 drags slightly at a little before the halfway point. But I LOVE the drums right near the beginning of Part 2! And I like how the whole thing basically comes around full circle right at the very end there.
Underrated album I think. Should be held as one of the prog masterpieces, and I know some on here do consider it as that.. but for me for sure. A prog masterpiece, period.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 22:05 |
YESESIS wrote:
Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again. |
I definitely recommend it, it's absolutely one of his best albums. I would skip the track 'For Calvin' though. Imo it's by far the weakest track on the album. The other four tracks are great though! If you just listen to those then I can't imagine you not liking it a whole lot.
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Itīs possible I will try this in this weekend, havenīt listened any Zappa a long time. But I think I have said Zappaīs sixties stuff has been the greatest to me, my faves are "We`re Only In It For the money" & "Uncle Meat". Really love also "Bongo Fury", but I believe you guess whatīs the one reason of that? |
Yeah those are both very good albums imo. And I also consider Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, and One Size Fits All to be every bit as good as those. As far as Bongo Fury, oh yeah lol your guy. And Willie The Pimp is probably your favorite song on Hot Rats.
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 No, itīs Peaches En Regalia, which is my fav Zappa track. Captain is of course really great in Willie, but as a song itīs not anything special. Did you know Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam bassist) was a huge Zappa-fan? He made "Hot Mice" instrumental piece inspired by Peaches (I think itīs even greater) also he met Zappa and almost went to US make an album with him!!
Anyway Hot Rats are also one of my big faves from Zappa, love also quite much Absolutely Free-album.
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Posted: May 23 2020 at 22:11 |
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Saturday:J J Cale: To Tulsa and Back 2005 came Cale document under this same name. This album came year earlier and really isnīt soundtrack of that document, instead album full of new studio songs. Really it has the same Cale quality as all his other albums, this time there are also other players, but not any famous ones. All the songs are really good, but my faves are: "New Lover", "One Step", "Blues For Mama" & "Another Song".
Faust: Faust Wakes Nosferatu In album cover is said "inspirated by the F.W. Murnau film "Nosferatu". They release same time CD and vinyl and both has totally different music. I have listened CD-version earlier from spotify, but today first time vinyl version. Vinyl has quite same kind of music, mostly instrumental, only some German spoken parts. Music has really quiet parts, really love Irmlerīs selfmade keyboard sounds in this as also other Faust-albums! If I have understood right, they performed here totally live, not sure did they improvise music same time when movie was going on, but pictures from the cover it seemed so. Really liked to use again that one word with this project but...ok not use.
Caravan: s/t This is really my fav from them! This album just has that sixties innocence that I just love! I have understood band didnīt like the echoed sounds of the album, but to me theyīre just so great! And all the tracks are so great, no weak one in this! Hard o understand that album didnīt success in itīs time, but on the other those times just came so many great albums.
Pekka Airaksinen: Mangala Made today review from this, so nothing more than this is really cosmic album!
Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM Noticed today this band has released this new album 2020. I have read somewhere when Faust break up in the seventies, many thinks this band together with Nurse With Wound continued where Faust left. Well, Faust is the greatest to me from those, but I have liked also those two. This new album is not as experimental as their earlier albums, but really I believe itīs most experimental album of this year! Liked this quite much, best album so far in this year what I`ve heard. After first listening faves are "Am Landwehrkanal" & "Zivilisatorisches Missgeschick".
Venom: Black Metal One of my friend wanted me to watch their vid from Hammesmith in the eighties. I liked their dirty Rīn`R metal, also their really stupid humor (Cronos didnīt wait in the end of gig, he broke his bass in the second piece). But it was after spotify downloading I started to listen these their few first albums. This album give the name of the whole metal subgenre, but also influenced trash, speed & death metal. Really you can hear lots of influences taken from Venom specially in Metallicaīs first "Kill `Em All"-album. I think this album has lots of common with Motörhead, but maybe has even dirtier sounds & vocals. Also I have heard some black metal musicians doesnīt think this band black metal at all and really itīs very far away from the Norwegian black metal bands and their ridiculous vocal styles. Also, really liked to know what people who think Lars Ulrich is bad drumplayer thinks about Abaddon drumplaying?
Soon started Mozart Don Giovanni from television, I am not opera guy at all, but Mussorgskyīs Boris Godunov and this are my big faves, so going to watch it!
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I consider Place Of My Own one of their absolute best songs. And, you're right, the whole album is very good. As I've said before I consider all of their first 7 albums to be great. Not one of those albums is remotely close to being weak.
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Place Of My Own has been my fav from that album also, itīs really great starter to that great album, but now I have really hard to say which of those great songs are the best!! "Where But For Caravan Would I" is also really great ending piece, itīs also one of the first little longer prog epics together with the Nice, Procol, Crimson etc.
BTW just found out in Thailand has been Caravan named band in the seventies!
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That's really good. Every time I listen to it I think to myself that it's great. A whole lot of just crazy jamming out, in both parts. All in all I like Part 1 better, it's a little bit more consistent I think. Part 2 drags slightly at a little before the halfway point. But I LOVE the drums right near the beginning of Part 2! And I like how the whole thing basically comes around full circle right at the very end there.
Underrated album I think. Should be held as one of the prog masterpieces, and I know some on here do consider it as that.. but for me for sure. A prog masterpiece, period.
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YOUīRE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! This has been one of my all time album favorites from the eighties (when I heard it first time), never get bored of it, although of course not listen it often today, just because I have listened it really much. But not sure is it underrated, itīs fifth on PA:s top studio album list. But I know here are people who thinks Jethro isnīt progband at all. I think the both sides are equally great!!
So, are you ready to try "A Passion Play"? Have to say I was at first little bit disappointed it, but love it these days really much, although it just canīt rise the level of Thick. But both are masterpieces anyway to me.
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Posted: May 24 2020 at 12:05 |
7 albums on the 7th day of the week: the Who: BBC Sessions Although I am really big Who-fan, this was first listening of this album coming 2000 from their BBC- recordings (not know at all is there every piece from their radio sessions). Really great start of the day, most pieces are from the energy sixties Who period and begin of the seventies pieces are really good too! I heard also first time their single "Disguises" that didnīt chart for some reason then, "Relay" is another unheard piece from their "Lifehouse" project. Next time somebody ask "Beatles or Stones" I will say "Who!"
Faust: C`est Com...Com...Complique As in all other Faust-albums, hereīs also great union of shamanistic earthly rhythms and spiritual high energy vibes! Right in first "Kundalini Tremolos" kundalini energies start to run! And the long title piece ends album into really great shamanistic bliss!
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Prophets, Seers & Sages; the Angels Of the Ages Although these first Bolan albums are quite short and have also very short songs, I really like their cheerful hippie spirit! In this album I really wished Tookīs bongos were put lower in some songs, because they cover great guitarplaying of Bolan. My faves in this are "Wind Quartets", "Trelawny Lawn" & "Travelling Tragition".
The Mothers: the Grand Wazoo This album is that kind what I remembered. Of course itīs good, but not rise in the level of Zappaīs sixties albums. I believe Zappa noticed in the begin of seventies, that his music is too avantgarde to success, so he decided to go into direction of more ordinary jazzrock. I really like melodic parts of the tittle song, also in the start of Calvin, "Cletus" is the greatest piece for the reason itīs really short, "Eat that Question" has great groove, but there is just too much improvisation without any true musical substance. I think Zappaīs first Mothers was really great band that later versions couldnīt ever achieve.
The Red Krayola: Blues, Hollers and Hellos Drag City sells this as an e.p. but this last over 40 minutes, so itīs album to me. After Zappa album "Container Of Drudgery" starts really Zappaish drumplaying (Thompson has always got really great drummers in his band), but very soon that jazzy playing changes into very tight boogie that lasts over ten minutes. Although nothing much happen that groove with hitting organs is quite hypnotic. All the way this album is quite experimental, not the greatest album of this band, but really interesting anyway.
John Mayall: the Turning Point John Mayall really is one the greatest bluesmen that started in the sixties. Heīs got really soulful vocals and really he went forward in his bluestrip in the sixties adding there influences from jazz. When 1969 many bluesplayers went really electric, Mayall sounds in this live album really acoustic, sax and flute also brings really great vibes into this.
Ajraxin: Lake Vostok Ajraxin is one of the many names of Pekka Airaksinen. When his yesterday album was really serene, this is from that quite disturbing style of his. Not really greatest album of his, but like this anyway. Pekka takes me always away from this planet! Greatest piece here is mad groove of "Supra Dark" that changes in the end really gloomy synth sounding. If Lake Vostok exists, I believe in the bottom of it is a hole to the another universum!
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Posted: May 24 2020 at 13:39 |
Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
Mortte wrote:
YESESIS wrote:
I'm such a Zappaholic I can't help it, that just sounded great!
Even For Calvin sounded better than I'd remembered. The title-track is obviously great, get's slightly bogged down in the middle part but comes back really strong. One of my absolute favorite Zappa tunes, so good.
Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus is short but really good. Energetic and just a blast.
Eat That Question is obviously great. Sounded fantastic.
Blessed Relief - Well if you've heard the song then you already know. So relaxing and just masterful.
My goodness that's a great album. That just sounded so good. I don't know what to say about it. It's one of my favorite Frank Zappa albums so I think that says it all. |
I have listened this once or twice, what I remembered it it was nothing special to me, but not bad. Maybe have to listen this again. |
I definitely recommend it, it's absolutely one of his best albums. I would skip the track 'For Calvin' though. Imo it's by far the weakest track on the album. The other four tracks are great though! If you just listen to those then I can't imagine you not liking it a whole lot.
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Itīs possible I will try this in this weekend, havenīt listened any Zappa a long time. But I think I have said Zappaīs sixties stuff has been the greatest to me, my faves are "We`re Only In It For the money" & "Uncle Meat". Really love also "Bongo Fury", but I believe you guess whatīs the one reason of that? |
Yeah those are both very good albums imo. And I also consider Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo, and One Size Fits All to be every bit as good as those. As far as Bongo Fury, oh yeah lol your guy. And Willie The Pimp is probably your favorite song on Hot Rats.
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No, itīs Peaches En Regalia, which is my fav Zappa track. Captain is of course really great in Willie, but as a song itīs not anything special. Did you know Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam bassist) was a huge Zappa-fan? He made "Hot Mice" instrumental piece inspired by Peaches (I think itīs even greater) also he met Zappa and almost went to US make an album with him!!
Anyway Hot Rats are also one of my big faves from Zappa, love also quite much Absolutely Free-album. |
Absolutely Free is good too, some of the lyrics I don't love though. Also in Sheik Yerbouti same thing(but I LOVE some his guitar solos in that album). He gets on my nerves sometimes for sure, but he is the best so it is what it is.
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Posted: May 24 2020 at 13:42 |
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7 albums on the 7th day of the week:the Who: BBC Sessions Although I am really big Who-fan, this was first listening of this album coming 2000 from their BBC- recordings (not know at all is there every piece from their radio sessions). Really great start of the day, most pieces are from the energy sixties Who period and begin of the seventies pieces are really good too! I heard also first time their single "Disguises" that didnīt chart for some reason then, "Relay" is another unheard piece from their "Lifehouse" project. Next time somebody ask "Beatles or Stones" I will say "Who!"
Faust: C`est Com...Com...Complique As in all other Faust-albums, hereīs also great union of shamanistic earthly rhythms and spiritual high energy vibes! Right in first "Kundalini Tremolos" kundalini energies start to run! And the long title piece ends album into really great shamanistic bliss!
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Prophets, Seers & Sages; the Angels Of the Ages Although these first Bolan albums are quite short and have also very short songs, I really like their cheerful hippie spirit! In this album I really wished Tookīs bongos were put lower in some songs, because they cover great guitarplaying of Bolan. My faves in this are "Wind Quartets", "Trelawny Lawn" & "Travelling Tragition".
The Mothers: the Grand Wazoo This album is that kind what I remembered. Of course itīs good, but not rise in the level of Zappaīs sixties albums. I believe Zappa noticed in the begin of seventies, that his music is too avantgarde to success, so he decided to go into direction of more ordinary jazzrock. I really like melodic parts of the tittle song, also in the start of Calvin, "Cletus" is the greatest piece for the reason itīs really short, "Eat that Question" has great groove, but there is just too much improvisation without any true musical substance. I think Zappaīs first Mothers was really great band that later versions couldnīt ever achieve.
The Red Krayola: Blues, Hollers and Hellos Drag City sells this as an e.p. but this last over 40 minutes, so itīs album to me. After Zappa album "Container Of Drudgery" starts really Zappaish drumplaying (Thompson has always got really great drummers in his band), but very soon that jazzy playing changes into very tight boogie that lasts over ten minutes. Although nothing much happen that groove with hitting organs is quite hypnotic. All the way this album is quite experimental, not the greatest album of this band, but really interesting anyway.
John Mayall: the Turning Point John Mayall really is one the greatest bluesmen that started in the sixties. Heīs got really soulful vocals and really he went forward in his bluestrip in the sixties adding there influences from jazz. When 1969 many bluesplayers went really electric, Mayall sounds in this live album really acoustic, sax and flute also brings really great vibes into this.
Ajraxin: Lake Vostok Ajraxin is one of the many names of Pekka Airaksinen. When his yesterday album was really serene, this is from that quite disturbing style of his. Not really greatest album of his, but like this anyway. Pekka takes me always away from this planet! Greatest piece here is mad groove of "Supra Dark" that changes in the end really gloomy synth sounding. If Lake Vostok exists, I believe in the bottom of it is a hole to the another universum! |
No lol. We'll have to agree to disagree there my man. For me The Grand Wazoo at least as good as anything he released in the 60's. I even voted for it in the poll a while back against Hot Rats. Was a tough choice but I give the slight edge to this album.
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