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What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 02-10-2012

from my library (cd)

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Yesterday was the first Avetts I didn't love and today is the first Dylan I didn't love. This is Bob's tenth release
and I'm a bit out of order as the last one I did was his seventh. Sorry, didnt realize till after the listen. I'll
get back on track. Speaking of track, Bob went off of it on this one. A lot of covers, even of his own songs. Like A
Rolling Stone and She Belongs To Me have been totally butchered. Terrible covers of classic songs Let It Be Me and
Blue Moon. One cover that does work for me is The Boxer, made interesting because Bob duets with himself. You can
choose to focus on Paul Dylan or Art Dylan. There are three love tracks, but a whopping nine that I do not like.
Even Dylan has panned this album, saying it was made to get people off his back and end the "spokesman of a
generation" tags. It still went gold and made #1 in the UK and #4 here, proving that fans will buy anything,
including me. As to why a double album, in Dylans words, "Well, it wouldn't have held up as a single album—then it
really would've been bad, you know. I mean, if you're gonna put a lot of crap on it, you might as well load it up!"
I guess that sums it up. Having spilled out all that negative, amazing that this can still sneak into the like
range.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Wigwam

Best Track - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

1) All The Tired Horses ** - should be a *, but it's so damn pretty
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np2zV6giGPM
2) Alberta #1 **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pZJrq87alg
3) I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKx2LPDeaw
4) Days Of '49 **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2owoxHD3_os
5) Early Mornin' Rain **
6) In Search Of Little Sadie *
7) Let It Be Me *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2oaR0GwTU0
8) Little Sadie **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpcyymRS_Q
9) Woogie Boogie * - reversing the words doesn't make it any better
10) Belle Isle **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVFvRM6meE
11) Living The Blues ** - from the Johnny Cash show
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN4mWaGyKhw
12) Like A Rolling Stone * - you're lucky, it's not there
13) Copper Kettle ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TkzFHPkjiI
14) Gotta Travel On **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqObPeHlDyE
15) Blue Moon *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R8-fXRk9Qc
16) The Boxer **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YW0kG_YXwc
17) The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann rules
18) Take Me As I Am ***
19) Take A Message To Mary **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnb7-nVKzLE
20) It Hurts Me Too **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XAgZvW4jP4
21) Minstrel Boy *
22) She Belongs To Me *
23) Wigwam *
24) Alberta #2 **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwoBmQ9dt7k

3's - 3
2's - 12
1's - 9

Grade - 1.8
allmusic - 1.6

What Are You Listening To? - Jerome - 02-10-2012

Busy listening to Tempest - Scarlet Town is great!

What Are You Listening To? - Mrrusty1 - 02-10-2012

Suck (season of the witch)
a band from south africa i dont know that much about them but this track is just excellent

[video=youtube_share;7E0dFbz72v4]http://youtu.be/7E0dFbz72v4[/video]

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 03-10-2012

Jerome Wrote:Busy listening to Tempest - Scarlet Town is great!


sure is Jerome...i love Tin Angel best of all on that album

What Are You Listening To? - Mrrusty1 - 03-10-2012

Queen II 1974 excellent example of early queen shows how good they were even at the early stages enjoy[video=youtube_share;4YYPNr_FOi4]http://youtu.be/4YYPNr_FOi4[/video]

What Are You Listening To? - Mrrusty1 - 03-10-2012

benefit jethro tull
their third album they were really starting to form that unique style by this album[video=youtube_share;6xy_zTQQ9UI]http://youtu.be/6xy_zTQQ9UI[/video]

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 04-10-2012

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THE BAND "the band" cd,1969.

ranked #45 on the Rolling Stone top500 list....
i obviously have this one, their best of set and "music from big pink"...big pink is in the pile waiting to come out, not sure why i have three Band albums as i find them very average as vocalists,musicians and for the most part their writing.
and this album is no different to me...
words to sum up this one that come to mind are, boring,bland,lack of imagination, same old same old, no fire in the belly etc etc...
i cannot for the life of me see why it is placed in the top500 albums of alltime,im obviously missing something here???
that said,there are good tracks on here, but nothing that i can say i love and 'the night they drove old dixie down' simply has no feel in the vocals like the yearning pain that Joan Baez instilled in it so well., but hey its an ok version,and thats about all i can say about the rest of them also...average songs sung and performed very average.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: jemima surrender
best track: across the great divide

tracks:

1. across the great divide **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPbIbHUem0 audio
2. rag mama rag **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHy_XeBMagU audio
3. the night they drove old dixie down **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOTNQF-o_mQ audio
4. when you awake **
5. up on cripple creek **
6. whispering pines **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDyLukweBGw audio
7. jemima surrender *
8. rockin' chair **
9. look out cleveland *
10.jawbone *
11.the unfaithful servant **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODPH-3pofM audio
12.king harvest **

3s=0
2s=9
1s=3

rating: 1.8

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 04-10-2012

^^
totally agree CH
Best Of is the only thing worth having to me
Cripple Creek would be my best off this one

What Are You Listening To? - CRAZY-HORSE - 04-10-2012

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AMERICA "america" cd,1972. #1 US, #1 AU, #13 UK

crap!, another album by an artist im not keen on overall!
America's debut set, fares better than i htought it would...
i guess these guys would be classed as classic rock now but back in the day i guess they'd have been called folk-rock/pop.
very much akin with Crosby,Stills and Nash, and probably also Neil Young to an extent...
look, im not a fan, but theres a couple of bloody great songs on here, and Horse With No Name is not one of them IMO, thats an average song IMO, well, what do you expect when it gets airplay over and over again...just get sick of hearing it everyday.
anyway that track reached #1 both here and in the US...Australians were right up on these guys from day one also.
favourite track here is the beautiful 'i need you'...folky-poppy songs dont get much better than this IMO, up there with Tin Man for me as their best tracks!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: three roses
best track: i need you

tracks:

1. riverside *
2. sandman ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MBeGMJuu1s live
3. three roses *
4. a horse with no name **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5otZg3Rui_M live
5. children **
6. here **
7. i need you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondrSa2ofVg live
8. rainy day **
9. never found the time **
10.clarise **
11.donkey jaw ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1acDXOkCGEM audio
12.pigeon song **

3s=3
2s=7
1s=2

rating: 2.1

What Are You Listening To? - Music Head - 04-10-2012

from my library (vinyl)

[Image: 220px-Starship-No-Protection.jpg]

Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, that's the evolution. I think most agree we went from great, to
good, to bad. Only three albums released as Starship, but for me they are probably the weakest of the entire output
of the various incarnations. Actually this came out a little better than I expected, with one song making the
difference between a like and a don't like. That song is one of Grace's best vocal performances, on Nothing's Gonna
Stop Us Now, which went to #1 here, and a #12 for the album. Didn't know that song was in the film Mannequin, which
I don't remember ever seeing. Four tracks I don't care for. Interesting legal battle over how the bands name came
about. All had to do with Paul Kantner leaving the band when they were Jefferson Starship. Claimed the name as his,
forcing the band to continue as just Starship, with Grace Slick retaining that word as hers. Ironic that she left
the band after this album. Isn't the music industry fun?

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - The Children

Best Track - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

1) Beat Patrol **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VabzPmlaWOI
2) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydOB-YNJ8Jw
3) It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4L9s2KOOM
4) Girls Like You *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUz5pXeeGQ4
5) Wings Of A Lie *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADbJFw72KU
6) The Children *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtFClDw3io
7) I Don't Know Why **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLA2z-J4eIs
8) Transatlantic **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2Uph1yXKk
9) Babylon *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCaMDzvrjc
10) Set The Night To Music **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCeXxoYVE60

3's - 1
2's - 5
1's - 4

Grade - 1.7
allmusic - 2.0