I am having having one of those spells where nothing seems to be inspiring enough to piece together a few paragraphs.
Worst album by favorite artist?
Best song by artist you generally don't like?
Best pizza in NYC?
Favorite episode of "CPO Sharkey?"
Please stand by.
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All the episodes of CPO Sharkey are excellent! - Stinky
In Through the Out Door. Really can't stand it. I've been listening to Zeppelin a bit after having caught Robert Plant at last weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco (for those who haven't heard of this, it's a free three-day music festival with 75+ artists on six stages in Golden Gate Park where about 300,000+ people show up each day). He performed ten songs in an abbreviated set and I appreciated his Zep numbers being retooled to NOT sound like his famous band. Zeppelin really weren't designed to survive their decade and Out Door is proof. I don't even know which song I like the least and that says a bit.
:)
Best song by band I generally don't like: "Starship Trooper". As I've gotten older, my interest in Prog has severely waned. I still listen to Crimson, but Yes -- leaves me cold at this point (and I've seen them live and enjoyed it when I did.) "Starship Trooper", though, is awesome and I'll never tire of that one song. Ok, *maybe* "Going For The One", too... But that's it.
Two other options:
"The Frug" by Rilo Kiley. Loved that song from the first moment I heard it. Disliked everything else by the band. And Jenny Lewis as a solo artist (again, I've tried) -- is meh.
"Party Hard" by Andrew W.K. *That's* a song and one of the best riffs of any song *ever*. And that's all I need. I wanted more of that -- and never found it.
Worst album by favorite artist: I may be the only person in your readership who loves Alice Cooper and has everything by the group/Alice as a solo artist. "Constrictor" sucks. Heavy-Metal Alice rarely works and this is the nadir of his solo output.
Juliana Hatfield -- again, I have everything and she's awesome. "Juliana's Pony" -- was the only CD of hers I got rid of.
Flo & Eddie. The reggae album. No. Just no. NO, I SAID!
(There are plenty of other favorite bands who have released albums I'm not fond of or have grown tired of -- and I hope Mr. Young is listening -- but nothing I'd consider "the worst" like the ones mentioned above. Even "Go 2" has "Are You Receiving Me?" on it to redeem it!)
1. "Human Touch" ("Working On A Dream" is a close second). Not a disaster, but terrible production and genre songwriting that doesn't elevate the genre. Title song is great thought.
2. First one that popped into my head was "Talk Dirty To Me", which i kind of love.
3. Joe's pizza. But duh
4. No opinion
thanks!
I've started collecting Maria Muldaur albums in the last year since noticing they're mostly available for a buck. I ignored her for most of my life, then appreciated her some in the 90's and aughts for her thematic albums, but never bought any of them. Gotta say that s/t, Waitress in a Donut Shop and Sweet Harmony are all keepers, with a lot of fall off after that (I blame it on the producers).
so my topic would be: artist you came to appreciate belatedly.
I'd have to go with Elvis Costello's "North"
Sal
Take a week off. make notes each day if something comes up and return in 7 days refreshed.
Here's one I thought of last time you were have topic block I originally had 2 great examples but now forgot one so was holding out but your needs make me throw it at you less than half baked. It also may have already been done here;
Artist who are mainly known for covering tunes who have written great songs for themselves also.
Tom Jones may be the one I forgot but my main example is Johnny Rivers and Poor Side of Town.
A little late here but just noticed that this week's episode of "Sound Opinions" (anyone else listen to this show?) is titled "Songs We Love by Bands We Don't."
https://soundopinions.org/show/724
"Conflicting Emotions" by Split Enz. Has a few gems by Neil but Tim Finn should've bowed out before this one...
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