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FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 5, 2018, 10:47 am
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Thought I'd start a new thread (this might be my first here
actually!) but I thought I'd do a full reboot of all things
around me
to celebrate the new year.
what I mean is:
Take a fresh look at everything and instead of just thinking I
like this or I don't like that based on old opinions I may have
come to or
assumptions I made years back (as you go through life and define
yourself...."this is my favorite, this or that")
I thought I'd look at everything in my life with FRESH eyes...I
mean everything. and make NEW opinions
and redefine myself!
Music being a huge part of my life and something I seem to use
almost as sustenance....it seemed like a great place to start/
so what I am up to is this. I am going to pick 1 album a day
and listen to it for the first time...it might be a rock band or
rap band...it could be a pop
album or soundtrack, EDM. ...I honestly don't know. The point
is. I love music but have picked some pretty specific
lanes...I'd not consider myself close minded
with music at all...but there's so much out there...why not try
new things, make some new opinions, and not just have default
ideas based on maybe decades old
moments where I went "this isn't for me"
first spin is this. I've never heard this album and have NO
idea why I even picked this...but I'll come back and give me
thoughts once I am done...and if anyone else wants to do their
own version of this...please post the album you'd like to choose
and then post your thoughts.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 5, 2018, 11:29 am
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It's obvious why you picked this album....those Chicks on the
cover are calling to you.
Really curious to hear what you have to say about this record.
It's weird that you're gonna listen to something I picked up
shortly after 'Talk Dirty to Me' dropped on MTV and was in heavy
rotation.
Awesome idea for a new thread.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 5, 2018, 12:15 pm
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ok so listened all the way through. I have to say YOUTUBE is
never the best way to listen to music...it's very convenient but
sound quality-wise even with great speakers...depending on the
upload
stuff can be very compressed, fizzy, or full of top end that
sort of creates listeners "fatigue" because of the overall tone
of the upload itself.
ok all that said.
It's a really good album...3 songs in I was thinking...wow I
wonder if I will know every song on this thing (I didn't) this
record screams to be played LOUD. I don't often say that but
you throw this on at a party cranked...it's going to be a good
time. Overall it had some interesting moments...sounds funny
but at times it reminded me a bit of the Stray Cats
simple rock songs, that were catchy...easy to digest, and some
were rockers, and some were more ballads. CC had at times
almost an EVH tone going on (Sammy era) and Brett can
actually sing pretty well.
all in all I liked the record...the version I listened to had 3
or 4 extra tracks and although most were already on the
record...they have a cover of Bad Bad Leroy Brown
which really was fun and made the full experience really cool.
Best way to listen to this would be vinyl or CD and played
loud...I think that's really where it's at. Good stuff...I'd
give it a 3.3 out of 5.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 5, 2018, 1:26 pm
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[center]Poison - Cry Tough
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Poison - I Won't Forget
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I thought the album was great back in the day, but personally I
don't think it has aged well. But that can be said about a lot
of Glam Metal bands and isn't really an indictment of Poison.
With that said, there are still a couple of songs that I still
like from the album to this day: Talk Dirty To Me, I Won't
Forget You and Cry Tough. Cry Tough in particular i loved
blasting on my car stereo when driving around just because the
Drum Intro sounded awesome. If you've never seen the video for I
Won't Forget You, check it out, there is a nice surprise waiting
for ya. See if you can spot what I'm referring to.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 6, 2018, 1:32 pm
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weird choice...but I've heard this is a great album from a
friend who I truly respect his musical tastes (my friend who
played guitar in UFO, with Glenn Hughes, and is now the
guitarist of Train)
but he always said this record was amazing....so I will see
:)
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: Chiprocks1 Date: January 6, 2018, 3:04 pm
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Never really paid much attention to The Knack, so obviously
never sought anything of theirs. Honestly, I always thought them
to be a One-Hit Wonder with My Sharona. But to be fair, MTV ,
VH1 and everyone else that does Countdown Lists always portray
them as such.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 6, 2018, 3:14 pm
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ended up listening to a Buckethead thing....will hop back on the
album in a bit.
3 tracks in. I've only liked 1 so far, but that song is
actually very good.
I prefer Cheap Trick (meaning deep cuts not the big hits) more
than The Knack so far...but I will reserve judgement until I
finish this record.
But they have some similarities.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 6, 2018, 3:47 pm
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ok 6 songs in now...this record is actually quite good. I am
writing my thoughts as I listen so I don't forget....damn this
song is awesome/
a surprise song I knew was "she's so selfish" great great
track....the song right after called "Maybe Tonight" is
excellent too (wow ok..."Good Girl's Don't" I know this track
too).....you will get small vibes of bands like The Cars
Cheap Trick, The Beatles with these guys for sure....
very interesting too...if you've ever heard the side project
Dean Deleo and his brother Robert did when Scott Weiland first
went into rehab called "Talk Show" they sound HEAVILY influenced
by this record.
Gotta say..this started off lukewarm for me....but is actually a
very very good late 70's pop rock album. I'd say this hangs
comfortably with Cheap Trick's best full studio albums (not
greatest hits aka 'Live at Budokan') although they might not
have the "banner" songs C/T did
spread out through their catalog This Knack album is right up
there with that or say a Cars album from the same
era...generally 3-5 killer tunes and then sort of "the
others"...this so far has 5-6 really great songs and 2 or 3
"others"
some great spins
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 6, 2018, 4:18 pm
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very cool record...in the comments thread for the full record
you can see a lot of the things I mentioned in my above
post....so I feel like
my thoughts and comments were pretty solid.
a few other similar things you might hear (and I will reiterate
The Beatles) but a bit of the Police at times, which is probably
just a coincidence and then a tiny touch of Queen.
I actually knew I think 7 of the 12 tracks...really interesting
and a very solid record. I'd give it a 3.6 out of 5 stars.
I'd for sure go back and listen to this and I think probably
even start to like it a bit more.
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Re: FIRST spins finally
By: boyinblack80 Date: January 6, 2018, 5:02 pm
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Look at me go!
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Billy Squier Tale of the Tape (his solo debut)
When listening to the Knack there was one guitar bit that
reminded me a little of later Led Zeppelin (aka some later Jimmy
Page tone) and it made me think of the man Billy Squier who I
always felt at least early on had a major late
era Zeppelin sound to some of his deeper tracks...figured I'd
start it off with his first solo album. Apparently he was the
singer of a band called "Piper" so I will be looking into that.
this is a fun listen honestly...he's got the full playlist on
his official youtube channel...4 of the songs I actually saved
and will create a fun playlist of my favorite tracks from these
"first spins."
As much as I liked the Poison record as a for instance...I'd not
go back and listen to any single songs...I'd be more apt to just
listen to the full thing.
This album actually has had some of my favorite songs from all 3
records I've spun the last few days...but overall I think the
other songs although good...are not exceptional so it lowers my
rating for the full record
to a 2.7 out of 5 stars...these tracks below are super cool
though and I enjoyed them all enough to actually save them...
one thing of note on The Knack album and this one...there is
depth that the Poison album lacked (not meaning that as
obviously as it sounds) all these records are commerical but
these other records you can really see how on multiple listens
you'd get more and more out of the record...which to me is what
old school vinyl collecting and that era of songwriting was
about...the full record was immersive (even if the songs were
pop/ or rock and could easily be singles...) which honestly
although both Billy Squier and the Knack album
are rock albums...they feel substantial and like you could go
back and get more and more out of the arrangements and the
melodies...and they feel sometimes like they'd take a few
listens to warm up to...Cheap Trick are masters of that on their
deep cuts/
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next up I am going to do an Alice Cooper record...I've never
listened to one
:)
I have to say also..this has been incredibly enriching and I
feel like I've actually grown as a music fan doing this...and
we're only 3 records in...so this is very fun. Trust me I am
not just doing oldies...I have a long list of contemporary bands
I am going to dig through also
and all genres.
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