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Post by zinczag on Aug 2, 2021 3:55:32 GMT
It would be nice to have Jason as a member here. But instead it's I. 😁 Hello everybody. & hello to new peeps, gotta catch up around board (j/k). Speaking about, hello jk.💪✊
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Post by kds on Aug 2, 2021 12:13:26 GMT
For a second round of Alphabet Soup, we could always copy Pete Pardo's format from the Sea of Tranquility YT Channel.
For each letter, he picked a favorite band / artist and a runner up band / artist, and highlighted an album from each (note: the album's title didn't have to share the letter of the day).
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Post by jk on Aug 2, 2021 13:10:59 GMT
It would be nice to have Jason as a member here. But instead it's I. 😁 Hello everybody. & hello to new peeps, gotta catch up around board (j/k). Speaking about, hello jk.💪✊ Hi, zz. How's life? You chose the right letter to call back in.
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Post by jk on Aug 2, 2021 19:32:01 GMT
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Post by jk on Aug 4, 2021 11:45:21 GMT
For a second round of Alphabet Soup, we could always copy Pete Pardo's format from the Sea of Tranquility YT Channel. For each letter, he picked a favorite band / artist and a runner up band / artist, and highlighted an album from each (note: the album's title didn't have to share the letter of the day). Do we like this idea? I certainly do -- I even have two A candidates and their albums waiting in the wings.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 4, 2021 11:57:10 GMT
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 4, 2021 12:07:12 GMT
Could we make it optional to pick a song instead of an album? I really don't own or know many albums from the artists I choose, but I know a few of their songs.
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Post by kds on Aug 4, 2021 12:26:35 GMT
Could we make it optional to pick a song instead of an album? I really don't own or know many albums from the artists I choose, but I know a few of their songs. I don't see a problem with that.
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Post by jk on Aug 4, 2021 12:27:31 GMT
Could we make it optional to pick a song instead of an album? I really don't own or know many albums from the artists I choose, but I know a few of their songs. Yes of course, Sheriff. This is a house of freedom! Well... - A is for Arcade Fire and their must-hear album Neon Bible (2007). Indeed, a candidate for "last classic album"! - A is also for Aussie unit The Avalanches and their samplefest Since I Left You (2000)
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 4, 2021 12:35:18 GMT
This is a house of freedom! It sure is! (Within the bounds of reasonable civility, that is.)
I need to think of some examples for myself, now.
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Post by kds on Aug 4, 2021 12:42:21 GMT
I was thinking of going with AC/DC or Aerosmith, but I'm going to chose Accept.
Accept are a German heavy metal band who were actually one of the pioneering groups for what would become thrash metal.
They had their big commercial breakthrough in 1983 with an album called Balls to the Wall. That's my pick. The album combined heavy riffs with beer hall singalong choruses to combine for a pretty accessible (or at least as accessible as Accept could be) early 80s heavy metal album. The title track is their signature song, but the album also includes classic metal songs like Head Over Heals (no relation to the Tears for Fears song), London Leatherboys (combined with the album cover showing a hairy legged man in briefs led to many saying Accept were "gay metal" in 1983), and the ballad Winter Dreams. Some of the songs, like Losers and Winners, show that English isn't the band's first language.
Unfortunately for Accept, with a vocalist like Udo Dirkschneider, whose vocal style is an even more gravely version of Brian Johnson, Accept were never going to be as big as, say, Scorpions, but this was their moment in the sun, and a damn good album.
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 4, 2021 13:15:27 GMT
Another "A" pick for me is Apples in Stereo. They were at the core of the Elephant 6 collective of bands that emerged in the mid-90s out of Athens, Georgia (and before that, Ruston, Louisiana) who, in stark contrast to the grunge/alternative ethos of the time, prioritized late '60 pop and psychedelia over "grit," "authenticity," and the like.
As time went on, their music became far better produced (thanks, digital home recording!) and took more explicit influence of later '70s music like the Bee Gees and ELO as well as their earlier Beatles, Beach Boys, Zombies, etc. They have been mostly on hiatus since their 2010 album Travelers in Time and Space. Since then, bandleader Robert Schneider got his Ph.D. in mathematics and became a professor; band member Bill Doss (also of Olivia Tremor Control and a founding E6 figure) passed away in 2012.
Here is a good example of their earlier, 60s-influenced pop, "Seems So."
Here is a more disco-influenced track, "Hey Elevator."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 23:00:14 GMT
AAAAAAAAAAyyyyyyy!!!!! Sorry, I've been watching old reruns of Happy Days with my son!
So my pick for A would be Asia.
IMO, they only had one classic album--their self titled debut. That was one of the soundtracks to my early 80s late teens life. I played the cassette of that album quite regularly in my first vehicle as I cruised the streets of the city I grew up in.
Asia the album starts off with a 1-2-3 punch of radio-aired tunes: "Heat of the Moment", "Only Time Will Tell" (which melted the hearts of a few of my girlfriends, even though it was a break up song), and then my personal favorite "Sole Survivor". The rest of the album sags just a bit as it settles into kind of a medieval synth-fest, although "Wildest Dreams" is a pretty energetic rocker. And then we end on a high note with the finale "Here Comes the Feeling". I always liked how that song sums up the album with an-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach with different riffs coming and going.
None of the rest of their albums ever had the cohesiveness of that debut, IMO. Sure, they had some great songs over the next few years: "Don't Cry", "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", "Go", "Too Late", etc, but there was a lot of filler in between. The debut album and "The Very Best of Asia" pretty much satisfies my music library.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 5, 2021 0:11:15 GMT
Artist: Herb Alpert - I really like his work with The Tijuana Brass. Yeah, the songs sound a little dated, but maybe that's why I like them. They were "of the time", the early/mid-1960's. They were considered Easy Listening, and that's what my parents were playing on the radio.
Songs: "Tijuana Taxi", "A Taste Of Honey", "The Lonely Bull", and one where Herb sang a vocal - "This Guy's In Love With You".
Artist: Lou Adler - I thought he deserved some recognition. He's now 87 years old and is probably more famous for sitting next to Jack Nicholson at Los Angeles Lakers' games.
Produced By Lou Adler: "Baby Talk" by Jan & Dean, most of the hits by The Mamas & The Papas, Carole King's Tapestry album, "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)", "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers, "Eve Of Destruction" by Barry McGuire, and the movie, Up In Smoke, by Cheech & Chong.
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Post by jk on Aug 5, 2021 12:20:18 GMT
Artist: Herb Alpert - I really like his work with The Tijuana Brass. Yeah, the songs sound a little dated, but maybe that's why I like them. They were "of the time", the early/mid-1960's. They were considered Easy Listening, and that's what my parents were playing on the radio.
Songs: "Tijuana Taxi", "A Taste Of Honey", "The Lonely Bull", and one where Herb sang a vocal - "This Guy's In Love With You". Four great tracks! Herb took "TGILWY" to #1 in the States. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard it.
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