Another list from The Guardian: 50 albums that changed music
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2006 9:05:53 am PDT #3660 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Jul 19, 2006 10:23:15 am PDT #3661 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep, I have to agree - that is a list of 50 albums....
So they're going against conventional wisdom and not naming a Sex Pistols album? Well, I gotta agree that the Stooges, Patti Smith, Ramones, Velvet Underground, The Clash, etc. albums that they named are more influential than anything the Sex Pistols did.
Has there been a critical reasessment of the Sex Pistol's influence (as opposed to their importance) lately, or am I confused?
I suppose I should say that I've never been a big Pistols fan. I got into proto-punk and post-punk before I ever got into punk, and once I got into punk I got into all sorts of punk bands, but I never became a huge Pistols fan (although I do like some of their songs).
Fred Pete - Jul 19, 2006 10:29:05 am PDT #3662 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Curious that without Pet Sounds there's no Sergeant Pepper, and without Otis Blue there's no Aretha's "Respect" (and presumably, I Never Loved...) -- yet in both cases, the original influence is ranked lower than what came after.
And as I type the edit, the radio comes out with -- "Respect."
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2006 10:32:13 am PDT #3663 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wasn't NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS... basically posthumous to the band as a working band? Or was the aborted tour of the US the tour to support the album?
Jon B. - Jul 19, 2006 10:46:52 am PDT #3664 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
NMtB was released Oct. 77. They played their last UK show Christmas 77. The US tour was in January 78 at the end of which they broke up.
Tom Scola - Jul 20, 2006 2:11:39 am PDT #3665 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
TiVo alert for Hec: The New York Dolls are on Conan O'Brien tonight.
DavidS - Jul 20, 2006 6:16:14 am PDT #3666 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The New York Dolls are on Conan O'Brien tonight.
Thanks, Scola! I'm actually interested in getting their new album.
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2006 6:21:12 am PDT #3667 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm too lazy to google - how many of the original Dolls are not in the current band (besides Thunders, of course). Are any other original members dead?
Jon B. - Jul 20, 2006 6:32:34 am PDT #3668 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Johansen & Sylvain are the only ones still alive. They are both in the "reunited" band.
edited to note that Arthur Kane was in the reunited band's first performance at Meltdown in 2004 before he died shortly afterwards.
tina f. - Jul 20, 2006 7:53:40 am PDT #3669 of 10003
Over the past few years, I have posted about Split Lip Rayfield about forty krazillion times. Here I go again.
Late last year, Kirk Rundstrom, the guitarist, was diagnosed with cancer and started intensive treatment. Very sadly, that treatment was not as effective as hoped, and Kirk has been given 4-6 months to live.
To keep his spirits up and make some money to pay off medical bills, all four members of SLR (so Wayne, the mandolin player that left the band two years ago, will join them) will tour through August in the cities and venues that have loved them the most. Outside of a bunch of shows all over KS and MO, they will be playing two shows in Austin and one in Chicago.
I just bought my tickets to the show here with a heavy heart but the same sense of excitiment I have had every time I know I am going to see them live.
If you live someplace near where they are playing and love crazy punked out bluegrassy rock - you should go.