Blogcritics: Comments on Best album of all time: Born to Run?

Comment by Taloran

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:00:24 EDT

I really don't like Springsteen. He's number 1 on my list of musicians I wish I'd never heard.

Comment by Taloran

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:51:21 EDT

1. Abraxas 2. Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs 3. Blow By Blow

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:47:06 EDT

Pretty hard to argue with Rodney, though best album of all time is really hard to pin down. Love that "Wild, Innocent ..."!! Abraxas is really really great, but might not be EPIC enough for the title. Mine would change from moment to moment, at the moment I might pick "Country Life" by Roxy Music, but I know that's a bit ... eccentric.

Comment by Taloran

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:13:52 EDT

Abraxas

Comment by TDavid

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:09:42 EDT

Best album of all time? No.

Comment by Rodney Welch

Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:03:06 EDT

Blonde on Blonde is the greatest album ever made -- I've said this many times in the past, but buying the SACD and listening to it (which is what I am doing at this very moment) reminds me of how great. And I am pleased to join Eric and Natalie in hailing Wild and Innocent as the best Springsteen. It is an annual tradition in my home to play "Sandy" every year on the fourth of July.

Comment by Craig Lyndall

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:46:34 EDT

Master of Puppets can't be the best metal album of all time. I really don't like Metallica, but I don't see how that one could be it anyway. I don't have an answer at the moment for which one it should be, but I am reminded of the sabbath conversation from a couple of weeks ago. Also, U2 is a great band and deserves to be acknowledged, but I might not have put them so high on the list. I might have put the Police before them. I would leave the rolling stones off of any list I was creating, but I do realize they are significant. Also I assume we aren't including the classic works like Carmina Burana, etc. That piece of music ranks with any rock album ever created, but probably belongs in a separate conversation.

Comment by Chris Arabia

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:39:59 EDT

Right Said Fred's Smash Hit "I'm too Sexy" was the #100 video of 1992. I love the part when he drives past in a convertible. I'd put Electric Lady, Doin it to Death, and Songs in the Key of Life in my Top 10. For that matter, where are Pet Sounds and Beethoven at the Fillmore West?

Comment by The Theory

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:30:36 EDT

wow. shame. thanks for letting us know.

Comment by David

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:16:52 EDT

I really really really really really really really really really really don't like U2.

Comment by The Theory

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:07:47 EDT

NEVER! The war on terrorism is a joke.

Comment by Natalie Davis

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:05:32 EDT

Heh. Do not hold your breath waiting.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:42:29 EDT

We're vibing Nat, it's only a matter of time before you start defending the administration on the War on Terror. I feel that train a-comin'

Comment by Andrew Ian Dodge

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:58 EDT

I think my favourite metal album is Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden (or maybe Live After Death). Best Hard Rock album is Physical Graffiti by Led Zep.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:25:18 EDT

I just realized for the first time that Bruce was Born to Run in the U.S.A. My favorite metal is Black Sabbath's Paranoid, unless you think LZ2 is metal, which I don't.

Comment by Andrew Ian Dodge

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:14:07 EDT

Interesting that Master of Puppets is best metal album. It was not Metallica's most popular album at all. Its a great album. U2 isn't alternative, they just play good rock. It would be possible to argue they are Christian rock. The catagory which Pink Floyd came top is pretty damn daf. I got to say my fave Bruce album is Born in the USA. When he drops the touchy-feely bs and rocks out he is damn impressive. John (Cougar) Mellancamp is simillar in this respect.

Comment by Natalie Davis

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:06:40 EDT

Woo hoo for that! Eric, re: "Born to Run isn't even my favorite Springsteen - The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle is" -- we converge musically yet again. If I understand correctly, the restaurant rankers at Zagat took votes for this list from the general public, so the results do not surprise me any. Luther Vandross, best R&B? Best alternative, U2? (Damn good, but alternative?) Supports my opinions regarding mainstream musical taste and knowledge and my deeply held desire that wider playlists were available via mainstream radio.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:00:05 EDT

my favorite Springsteen song is probably "Thunder Road", but i don't think Born To Run is my favorite album of his....Darkness On The Edge Of Town probably is.... as far as best album of all time...dang, that's a tough one.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:31:10 EDT

Rock Hudson and Richard Chamberlain too - it's a gay gay world.

Comment by Andrew Ian Dodge

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:22:12 EDT

You were shocked when Rob Halford "outted himself" I bet :p

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:19:48 EDT

there is no way anyone in Right Said Fred is gay - I refuse to believe it

Comment by Andrew Ian Dodge

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:13:01 EDT

The gay bloke in RSF admitted on a VH1s "pop years" that he was an Iron Maiden fan in his youth. Rather funny to hear that.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:04:33 EDT

too sexy to appear

Comment by BRICKLAYER

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:53:26 EDT

And where the heck is Right Said Fred?

Comment by Eric Olsen

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:42:12 EDT

Ah, where to begin? First, I will say it's not a bad list, though it's pretty generic. Born to Run isn't even my favorite Springsteen - The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle is, I'm fine with Abbey Road and Joshua Tree, but how can you leave the Stones, Dylan, Hendrix, Sinatra, Velvet Underground, Who, Robert Johnson, Bowie, Roxy Music, Billie Holiday, Aretha, and on and on out of the top 10? And Luther Vandross for top R&B - ick, ick, ick - that's about the worst one I can see. Like I said, not a bad list, but ...