http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 30 May 2007 05:26:22 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-596204 Elvis Costello may not have have technically burned out but, in his change from passionately angry young man to weird beard serious artist, he sure got boring, which amounts to the same thing. Beards are bad! 596204@blogcritics.org Wed, 30 May 2007 05:26:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-596100 That list holds up surprisingly well, doesn't it? And to answer your question about Elvis Costello -- no, he didn't burn out. 596100@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 21:30:48 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-596015 Well, thanks for all of the suggestions on stuff that should have been included. But I think you are all are all forgeting something. As I pointed out in the intro, I originally put this list together in 1980. All it really represents is what I thought the best records of the seventies were at the time. So Zing, I hear ya on things on things like the Bowie/Eno Berlin trilogy. If I'd wrote this today, those could've very well made it. Ditto for Roxy, T. Heads, maybe even Wire. People like Yes and Crimson too. But in some cases, my deeper appreciation for those bands came much later. Anyway, spirited discussion here so I thank you all for the comments. -Glen 596015@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 16:06:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595985 didn't realize how british that list was... hrm. i like the americans too... and i completely forgot about the germans! neu-neu!, neu! 2, neu! '75 faust-all can-all up to 1974 kraftwerk- 1974-78 augh... i give up 595985@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 14:27:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595981 roxy music-all up to 1974 brian eno-all up to 1977 bowie-you mentioned all of my least favorite... aladdin sane, station to station, low and lodger are personal favorites. clash-s/t wire-first 3 p.i.l.-first, second edition joy division-unknown pleasures chic-c'est chic, risque leonard cohen-songs of love and hate talking heads-more songs, fear of music buzzcocks-anything they put out in the 70s ...it could go on forever. 595981@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 14:23:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595968 i would have added King Crimson's "Red" ;) 595968@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 13:41:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595925 Glen - Vol 4 would be my Sabs choice also, but I didn't think anyone would get the reference. And why is it I can never find a copy of Vol 4 on CD at a decent price? In re: seventies schizo - I think people in general had a wider range in taste. I remember I used to have Sabs, Deep Purple, EL&Palmer, Jefferson Airplane, & CSN&Y in my collection, and that was when I was still in elementary school. The general public's gravitation to particular genres is something I think developed after punk shattered the idea of rock as a social force - everyone fell back into a tribal state of mentality when it came to music and social status. And that discussion could run book length, if anyone has a few spare months. 595925@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 10:46:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595905 I would have included Kansas' Leftoverture and Van Halen's title album. What about Yes? Yes were to prog rock what paint is to wood. 595905@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 09:03:10 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595815 I think we were all a bit schizo in the seventies JC. So if I ever did another of these lists, I'd probably run down all the metal stuff I liked back then. The two albums you mention would probably be there (though in Sabbath's case, I think I'd opt for Vol. 4 over Masters), as well people like Uriah Heep, Black Oak Arkansas, and pre-Agents of Fortune Blue Oyster Cult. My list may not totally reflect it, but I majored in heavy mullet in the seventies. At least when I wasn't listening to Bruce, Neil, or Bob. Some things never change. -Glen 595815@blogcritics.org Tue, 29 May 2007 01:43:47 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595652 You had good taste in the 70's, Glen. Like many of us, a bit schizophrenic - how do albums by Pink Floyd as well as Ramones appear on the same list? 'S Ok - my own list probably has the MC5 right next to Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Born to Run? Hm..... I was a metalhead at the time I first heard that. How could anyone claim this guy made great rock music? After all, he had a saxophone in his band, something which never appeared on Machine Head, or Master of Reality. 595652@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 May 2007 14:02:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/05/28/083555.php#comment-595599 Great list. I would put "Tonight's the Night" under Neil Young. It shows Neil at his burned-out best. Good thing he snapped out of the haze before we lost him and his genious. 595599@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 May 2007 09:01:07 EDT