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What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 15-11-2011

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JET "shaka rock" cd, 2009

the third and worst installment from these guys from Australia.
their first album "get born" is/was a rock classic IMO, their second so-so, this one simply aweful.
Jet were never an 'original' ideas band, prefering to live off the successful sound of what has come before, namely AC/DC,Easybeats,Lennon etc...but their music was still entertaining and not bad in paying homeage to the above mentioned artist who they emulated.
with this one they have still held onto the simplistic riffs of their last two efforts,however, the lyrics ars too simplistic for anyone to take this album serious at all.
vocally though, Chris Hester is still soundng good for the most part, and im sure this album, well most of its songs would stand up well in a live setting of a sweaty bar on a friday night. but as for listening to studio versions on a disc at home this leaves a lot to be desired IMO
of the six tracks that rate in the "like" for me, only a couple are truly "liked", the other three or four barely scrape in past the 1.6 mark...
"k.I.A" is the best one, closely followed by the disco-esque "beat on repeat" and the final track "she holds a grudge" which has a Stones ballad type quality to it.
"allmusic" rates this one a terrible 2/5, 1.2 on the MHRS, i guess i am a bit more generous with a 1.5???
avoid this one, and stick to their debut set only!

I DISLIKE THIS ALBUM!

worst track: seventeen
best track: K.I.A

tracks:

1. K.I.A **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a4Napdpy2g video
2. beat on repeat **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsZc-ja8mZU audio
3. she's a genius **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FWGfK30_Rk live
4. black hearts *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuEEoDPDLmM video
5. seventeen *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCKbYOL1Ik live
6. la di da *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjiIQlOh8RE audio
7. goodbye hollywood **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDo0UutaPLc audio
8. walk *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3iCi7LcV0 audio
9. times like this *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_HjNfkr40 audio
10.let me out *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAv-3FknRI audio
11.start the show **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgw5mOtWd1k audio
12.she holds a grudge **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9vtR2k5_fY audio

3s=0
2s=6
1s=6

rating: 1.5

What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 15-11-2011

[INDENT]Listening to MD recommendations .... Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica, Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning, Crowded House - Woodface again ! and one of my own choices Peter Murphy's Unshattered from 2004 [/INDENT]

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 16-11-2011

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NEIL YOUNG "on the beach" 1974. #16 US, #42 UK, #34 AU

listening to this on my ipod...first time since i did the Beginners guide thing...
still sounds bloody good with every passing listen and year IMO...
"walk on", the lead single off this one is another lighthearted jab at the southern states for venting their anger out on him over his "southern man" track on "after the goldrush", allbeit with a blues tune."ambulance blues" is young hitting back at the media for criticising his previous two tours. "revolution blues" is his take on the whole Manson Family from his perspective via his visits to see Manson in the late 1960s. "motion pictures" is a song for his soon to be ex-girlfriend Carrie Snogress, the other tracks are purely him performing self therapy on the previous 18 months of his turbulant life. the pick of the tracks here is the brilliant "for the turnstiles",again, all tracks here were recorded in one take in the studio.
Neil Young at his finest with this deep,dark, beautiful album!


I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. walk on*** #69 US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVS8D0Xg5KE audio
2. see the sky***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAtH0RJzaN4 audio
3. revolution blues***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZdPts3gEjg audio
4. for the turnstiles***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMt82WuyJDk audio
5. vampire blues***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO-BUPns7x0 audio
6. on the beach**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFUKmmcRBU audio
7. motion pictures**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxsOh3V3bq4 audio
8. ambulance blues**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqEwhrQZAmI audio

3s=5
2s=3
1s=0

rating: 2.6

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 17-11-2011

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JOURNEY "evolution" cd,1979/2011 remaster.

with all the talk on here over the last week or so re: this group i thought i best dig through my "to play" bag and pick the first cd i purchased in the US,
got this one only a couple of days in on my trip at Walmart with MH..actually picked up three or four Jouney cd's, MH offered his opinion that this is the one i should get...
when the master speaks-the pupil always listens and obeys!
hadnt really heard much Journey prior to this, maybe a couple of radio songs over the years(decades)...never enough to buy an album though.
that guy Steve Perry is the vocalist on this one, and he doesnt have too bad a voice actually, nice range IMO.
not really into this "wanksy prog rock guitar" rubbish...i like to hear the deafening roar of an "A" or "D" chord rattling through my speakers over the "busy bee" frantic guitar work anyday....
anyways,
not a bad album, some real good tunes on this one,nice harmonies,melodies and vocals also pretty good.
on one listen i cant say anything really stands out as being great but "too late" comes pretty darn close!, and at the same time nothing hits me in the face as being that bad neither.
three singles from this one in the US, "lovin,touchin,squeezin: gave the band their first US Top 20 hit...seemed all to go well for them after this album for a few years...the album was their fifth studio effort and highest chart placer at the time reaching #22 Stateside, didnt really have as much success outside the US...well, aint no way this kind of rock was ever going to replace the late 70s "ska/2-Tone" artists in the UK nor the blues/rock of AC/DC, Cold Chisel etc here in Australia.....
all up a pretty good album that seems to have stood the test of time pretty good IMO..

"allmusic" rates this one 4.5/5 which equates to 2.7 on the MHRS....not sure if that is too high or not yet as ive only heard it once, and gave it a solid 2.0 based on that listen, certainly has room to grow on me in the future...

links for three of my favourites from the album starting with my favourite track:

WHEN YOU'RE ALONE(it aint easy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gfeWjB3qY audio

TOO LATE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_VQZjAzhs live

LOVIN' TOUCHIN' SQUEEZIN'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9m_C6jAT7U live

What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 18-11-2011

the adventure begins ...."GRATEFUL DEAD - The Arista Years"


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What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 18-11-2011

SteveO Wrote:the adventure begins ...."GRATEFUL DEAD - The Arista Years"


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SteveO, please let me know if you find anything worthwhile to listen to,
Tiggi has recommended several live sets as they were a good live band apparently...he believes that as i like Crazy Horse that i'd like their "live" albums

What Are You Listening To? - SteveO - 18-11-2011

Will do Crazy !
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:SteveO, please let me know if you find anything worthwhile to listen to,
Tiggi has recommended several live sets as they were a good live band apparently...he believes that as i like Crazy Horse that i'd like their "live" albums


What Are You Listening To? - Jerome - 20-11-2011

Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy

What Are You Listening To? - Jerome - 20-11-2011

David Gilmour Live - London 1984

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 21-11-2011

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SHAKIN' STEVENS "this ole house" vinyl/cd, 1980.

for those of you who dont know "shaky"(namely our American friends)...shakin' stevens was an Elvis impersonator back in the UK in the very early 1970s, he also made numerous records then also, but none of the sold enough copies to make the charts....wasnt until 1980 when he did a cover of the old 1950s hit "this ole house" that he hit the paydirt...from that uk #1 hit he ended up with more UK Top 20 hits than any other artist during the 1980s(around 30 from memory)staying true to his 1950s sound...a few of those hits were very respectable covers of known hits and obscure covers from back in the day.
anyway this album, his first real hit album is ok, only one real good track here (the title track), "revenue man" just misses the love rating, the rest bar one are all likeable....the UK was going through a bit of a rockabilly revival back in the early 80s with Shaky and the Stray Cats

I LIKE THIS ALBUM




1.hey mae **
2. baby,if we touch **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvMGUSBf9Y audio
3. marie marie **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EyRr5FWOx0 live
4. lonely blue boy **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZoE86PCvE live
5. make it right tonight **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSvosg3G6S0 audio
6. move *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZCZPfOgLY live
7. slippin' and slidin' **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEr4bg1bV_k live audio
8. shootin' gallery **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTo0Q75ls4 live
9. revenue man **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyLnmWzZN8 audio with lyrics
10.this ole house ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7m_1Om8Js video
11.nobody **

3s=1
2s=10
1s=1

rating: 2.0