Zappa is always great. He once called Steve Vai's guitar sound an electric ham sandwich. He once got interview by a guy with a wooden leg. Journalist: "You got long hair so you must be a woman." Zappa: "You got a wooden leg so you must be a table.".
I once knew a guy who was a guitarist for Van Morrison. They were due to tour the US at the end of Dec and Van wanted his musicians to be there a few days early. When this guy asked if he could fly out on Boxing Day so he wouldn't miss out having Christmas with his children Van flat out refused. He still would have been there two days before the first show but Van informed him he had to choose between missing Christmas with his children or losing his job. He chose to lose the job.
There's a saying : There are 2 kinds of people in this world......those who like Van Morrison......and those who have met him. The man has a terrible reputation in the music business.....
@@panchopuskas1 I was in a classic rock cover band in 2009/10 and we were lucky to get the opp to play 45 minutes just inside the gates of Verizon Amphitheater in Atlanta GA. We were promised to play as concert goers walked into venue and also 30 minutes after the show as folks were leaving....well 5 minutes into our opening set we gotta "cut" sign from the guy who organized our gig...we were told that the artist who was in his trailer probably 800 ft away was having great difficulty relaxing before his show (that was still 90+ min from starting!) and demanded we stop playing. The artist - Van Morrison!!!! We were a highly talented band with great vocals who did not play too loud. 50 or so concert goers were already standing watching and enjoying us. I'm not making embellishing any of this. And...we must've set him off cause later he started his show ($100-250 tickets) early and played his 5-6 biggest hits first! People were walking in a little late and Van was already 30+ min into his set...then he also ended his show early! Some people only saw him for 30-45 minutes and paid tons of $. Folks were chanting in unison "Fck Van Morrison!" over and over walking out of the venue...whatta grade-A jerkoff! I promise this is all true and I've loathed the guy's music ever since.
It's funny or not Born to Run I really like it's the only Bruce Sprinsteen album I like and I can't stand Born in the USA album he went pop big time with that one
Biggest waste of rock talent ever. The guy has the "wall of sound" down perfectly but uses it to make his depressing lyrics more ominous. The result: music to kill yourself by. Five songs on The River and a handful of others show what he was capable of if he had used his talent for REAL rock n' roll.
Q: Why is Going For The One in the thumbnail? A: Because you knew my undying love for that album would force my hand and make me watch the whole goddamn thing.
I have heard the stories and rumours regarding Van Morrison over a long period. But I put that aside: it is simply about the music. ST DOMINICS PREVIEW ; HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY; VEEDON FLEECE ; WAVELENGTH ; INARTICULATE SPEECH OF THE HEART, and SENSE OF WONDER are all records I have never stopped playing.
@@roy421000”it is simply about the music”. I couldn’t agree more and I’ve come to realize that the less I know about my favorite artists, especially their politics, the better.
@@waynedexter A big part of music for me has always been the mystique around albums, songs and the artists. We are on the same page: the less you know the better.
Andy Edwards on Pet Sounds: "It's a rip-off of the Beatles" Paul McCartney on Pet Sounds: "“it was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water. First of all, it was Brian’s writing. I love the album so much. I’ve just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life-I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard that album. I was into the writing and the songs."
Ages ago I found a Derick & the Dominoes album along with a Men Only and two Mayfairs in a bush near Kidderminster. I never regretted leaving the album behind.
A bustle in your hedgerow was a direct reference to the Burning of hedgerows during the May 1 Beltane celebration of the Druids. Stairway to Heaven is about the chosen May Queen ( sacrifice) , the Maiden chosen as a bride to the Sun God Belenus.
Before you start waffling on about things make sure you get your facts right.For instance Pet Sounds cannot be a reaction to Revolver as it was released before Revolver.If anything Revolver was a reaction to Pet Sounds.It’s Only Rock and Roll by the Rolling Stones is not a sixties song and why are you talking about Ronnie Wood while going on about Exile on Main Street,he had nothing to do with it.
I met the singer from the Strokes when I worked at one of their gigs. He was a knob and only spoke to some of the younger female staff, who his assistant then invited to the aftershow party. Can't think why. The gig was abysmal. One of the biggest venues in London, but they played like they were rehearsing in front of people they didn't like.
@@DJZarpRix I saw them at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC, a smallish place. They were awful. I got the tickets for free so my girlfriend and I split after a few songs.
I liked them initially, I must confess. But they were a one-trick pony. As with other posh boy groups who didn't have to struggle to get a recording contract it all unravelled pretty quickly.
@@Alan-p4i7l It's a trick Andy uses where he pretends to forget the name of something. I'm sure he's mentioned before that he does it to appear more 'real' and grounded.
Worth mentioning how I recall a prison documentary featuring an older-but-wiser black inmate straight up citing the pop-culture influence of "Superfly" as encouraging his own descent into drugs & guns. YES people gotta answer for the things they do, BUT what's been the upside of hip-hop, gangsta rap, Kanye West, P Diddy, etc? I'm not seeing it...
Music is like food. I know tons of people who don't like a certain food that is popular in restaurants internationally. They just don't like it. It's not "bad." The same applies in music. Not liking something in music doesn't mean it sucks. You just don't like it. I knew scores of people who hated the Beatles, hated Genesis, Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. They're entitled to an opinion but that doesn't define the music.
@@JohnThelin To be fair, taste in music is subjective. My friend who enjoys classical music and me who loves the Kinks have a tough time trying to explain the "why" of our preference to each other.
What made '70s music awesome for many of us who remember the era was the massive diversity of artists and sounds that were in popular and less than widespread airplay; I liked most of these albums, and Yes and a whole lot more at the time. Even without internet we were very much our own critics back then.
I was 16 in 1973 and we didn't pay much attention to the critics. Rolling Stone was staffed with 1960s hippies and they didn't like Zeppelin, Sabbath or anything teenage boys were listening to. They liked California soft rock and Dylan.
Bell Bottom Blues is a classic. Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad and Anyday are not to be scoffed at. The album is still playable after 50 years. Not crap in any dimension. At a minimum it is very good. In my youth it was great.
Also Eric’s ‘I Looked Away’ from Layla is a beautiful song with incredible clean Strat tones. Andy actually did a very flattering video with Clapton and Jeff Beck called who is the greater guitarist? His answer will surprise you.
As a yank , i have never understoodd the attractionto Bruce the Boss, who will mortgage their homes to pay their endulgances for pilgrimage to his concerts.
Springsteen, the blue collar hero workingman's musician, has concert tickets worth thousands of dollars. Still, I would rather hear Born to Run than Living on a Prayer bullshit any day. Born in the USA is Bruce at his fake blue-collar worst.
Springsteen, the blue collar hero workingman's musician, has concert ticket prices in the thousands of dollars. Still, I would rather hear Born to Run than corny Living on a Prayer any day. Born in the USA is Bruce at his fake blue-collar worst.
Exile is definitely my favourite Stones album. I think it has some great songs (Rocks Off is my favourite). It’s certainly one of the most imitated, if you go through track by track. And if you don’t like Mick, he’s buried in the mix. I do understand the criticism that it’s slightly style over substance but it sounds great.
The moral of the story is not to buy albums that don’t appeal to you just because the critics say they’re good. I’m pretty sure that none of my most loved albums have ever been mentioned in a greatest album list.
@Asdwer1 Did you listen to the John Foxx albums? Ha,Ha,Ha is f*kin fantastic. EDIT: I'm assuming you're talking about the Midge Ure stuff, but even Rage in Eden is great. I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) is far from cheese.
Remember the way Noel Gallagher used to bash on 80's Phil Collins, as representing everything he hated about English pop and it's critics? Well, here across the ocean, 80's Bruce Springsteen was the encapsulation of that for me. Relentlessly praised and perpetually overexposed. I grew to loathe him, despite liking some of his songs.
Okay, now you said explain to you why it's a masterpiece. Well you get London calling. To me it's one of the weaker tracks. Brand new Cadillac is one of the best covers of an early rock song ever.. nothing in the world can make me pump my fist more than death or glory. Train in vain is one of the best pop rock songs ever written. Really, listen to death or glory and tell me it ain't one of the best fist pumping songs ever. I'm a Christian but when he sings 'He who f**** nuns will later join the church' I get it and I love it. Lost in the supermarket captures a certain contemporary angst better than any song I can think of.I'll grant that it's a little long and it might be more perfect if it was about three tracks less. I can live without the four horsemen. Also I don't think of it is punk. Maybe if you just break the connection in your mind between the clash and punk you'll be able to appreciate it more
The production outshines the songs to me. I’ve listened to London Calling probably once and I’ve never met a bigger Clash fan than myself. Small town perhaps…
Do what? HM The Queen was more Punk than the Clash, the acceptable face of punk. Just raucous enough to be in the genre, but safe enough to play to your granny. Pretentious Suburban Filler Music.
I'm sorry, but I disagree with most of this. The reason that most of these albums make greatest album lists is because of their historical context. Music has to be evaluated in the context of the time it was recorded and released. As for Blonde on Blonde it is just a great record.
horses, london calling and pet sounds are brilliant. HEs right about astral weeks though. And exile on main street - whilst not shite - is not a patch on sticky fingers, beggars banquet and let it bleed.
An opinion that seems at odds with the endless stream of musical odure that has poured out of the Big Apple. From The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed to the Ramones and New York Dolls just dreadful.
Exile is my favorite Stones album because I like Rocks Off and all the songs are good. Also, the songs weren’t on radio much, so I wasn’t so sick of hearing all of them. Of course, I like the Mick Taylor period best.
I like Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed better. I read a post that said Brian Jones made the Stones a good singles band. Taylor made them a great album band.
My Dylan Top Ten: 1. Time Out of Mind 2. Tell Tale Signs 3. Oh! Mercy 4. Love and Theft 5. Blood on the Tracks 6. Infidels 7. Rough and Rowdy Ways 8. Freewheelin' 9. Another Side 10. Shot of Love
Agree completely about Born in the USA. It was Springsteen's worst album (up to that point), and yet it was the one that made him a star. And that repetitive piano riff in the song Born in the USA is enough to drive anyone nuts.
I think it's by far his greatest album. Personal opinion only. I feel like it tells many stories of those left behind, the losers, of this world so well. It's actually quite depressing if you listen to the lyrics.
I love how you trigger people to write full essays explaining why you're wrong in the comments. FFS - If Andy slags your favourite band, just take it on the chin - it doesn't matter, it's just one guy's opinion and it's for entertainment purposes only. Personally, I find it very entertaining.
How did I live without this video before? I always loved Derek and the Dominos, Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Main Street, Pet Sounds, Astral Weeks. But today my eyes were opened. I'm going to throw my CDs with these albums in the trash. I also found out that Ron Wood played on Exile.
Never could take that woman seriously. She and her dirgeful band had about as much to do with punk as the Stone Roses had to do with acid house. She wanted to be a beat poet twenty years too late, for God's sake. I always thought the only reason she even got signed was because the execs were too scared to tell her to her face that the hippy era was over. To quote Johnnie Rotten on her band: "Horses? Horses? Horseshit, more like!"
Well, I'm with you 99 %.... But Pet Sounds is a monster of an album. It's so amazing that it's almost unbelievable that it was composed , orchestrated and produced by a 23 years old.
I have to agree. I think people forget to factor in the 50-odd years we've had to become used to/take for granted some things. I mean, being one of the first people ever to listen to Voodoo Chil' would have been a stunning experience.
I pull out PET SOUNDS about once a year. I have been doing this for about 50 years. I think 'God Only Knows' is brilliant but I have never been able to get the rest of the record. [ I fail to see what the age of Brian Wilson has to do with the quality of the album - talent has no age ]
@@roy421000 You fail to see? maybe by imagining yourself in those kind of shoes: working alone with a lyricist, telling the top session musicians of that time what to do and repeat it as many times it was needed until it was like he heard it in his head. Then have to deal with the less than entusiastic fellow band members, teach them the songs, create and sing all those intricate vocals., deal with the pressure for hits by the record company. Shall I go on? Try to do a quarter of that in any area you work on. I don't need to defend the album, it speaks for itself and it's reputation speaks for itself.
@@pedrorocha9722You’re right - it deserves it‘s Honor. For myself i tried it severeal times over the years (mostly because of the fantastic critics), but it didn‘t work for me (a 63born)
@@pedrorocha9722 What you have described is the simply the artistic process... Most artists go through exactly the same process or similar to Brian Wilson. And when an act is signed to a record label, that pressure is ramped up I have thought for a long time that PET SOUNDS doesn't even come close to the album released in the same year: SGT PEPPERS. And i consider PET SOUNDS light years away from things like: ELECTRIC LADYLAND; CLOSE TO THE EDGE; FRAGILE; LET IT BLEED; EXILE ON MAIN STREET; ST DOMINICS PREVIEW; HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY; COURT AND SPARK; INNERVISIONS; WISH YOU WERE HERE; COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY; AJA.
I agree with everything in the video, except the Pet Sounds part. I don't think it's the greatest album (not even the greatest album by The Beach Boys) but it's pretty damn good if you consider the circumstances, the arrangements, and the fact it was the tenth album written by a then 23 year old guy. Some of these song's melodies and arrangements hit many musical hearts with lightning speed. In case you didn't already, I highly recommend watching a documentary around it and see how the musicians from the wrecking crew, and many others, speak about the album. The beauty of songs like Don't Talk (Put Your Hand On My Shoulder), Let's Go Away For A While (from the Burt Bacharach universe!), and Caroline, No can't be ignored. I noticed that the people I met that said they dislike this album, basically already dislike The Beach Boys and their esthetics. Even a brilliant song like Surf's Up from the Smile era,, they respond dismissive to, because their minds can't set it apart from the surf/car/girl songs image of the early 60's. Obviously there's nothing wrong with not liking it, but calling this music crap, compared to the other stuff covered in this video, just feels weird. That said, I really enjoyed the video!
@eze4life1000 My personal favorites are Love You (which obviously I do not consider their "best" album, Holland and the finished Smile tracks. When trying to be as objective as possible, I think Sunflower is their highest creative achievement. And it's definitely in my personal top 5.
The Beach Boys are saccharine and bland. They occupy far too much space in the historical zeitgeist. The Beatles were more creative in 8 years than the Beach Boys were in 432 albums.
Saw Springsteen at the McDonough Memorial Gymnasium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA on October 17, 1976; a friend had tickets and we had bleacher seats; still the best concert I've ever been to - the energy and pure love of the music were palpable.
The Derek and the Dominos album is called "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs". 'Exile on Mainstreet' is an album I don't get or enjoy either. 'Astral Weeks' is your Pet Sounds for me . Bought it, because everybody is raving about it and tried to tell myself it's great, when it's just an okay album that meanders endlessly. Of course, I harshly disagree with most of your picks, but I was brilliantly entertained. Happy New Year!
As a postgrad in the nineties, two undergrad girls called round to see somebody else in the house. I was playing Zappa's Eat That Question at the time; one of the girls said it sounded like old porn. I was impressed by her early-flowering cultural grasp.
Why would anyone criticize porn music? Isn't sex what's at the base of most music anyway? Tom Petty (Mudcrutch) played strip clubs early on. Sex Mob also.
The intersection in the Venn Diagram of our musical tastes appears to be truly minuscule; you hate all the music I love and love all the music I find abominable. But it’s difficult not to admire someone who can be wrong about everything with such panache and brio…well done sir.
I listen Exile On Main Street the other day and it blew my mind. Its great. Gimme Shelter is unbelievably good. Your Crazy. It is the best rock song I know of.
By several light years. Darkness on the Edge of Town makes any sort of Springsteen compilation redundant. Nebraska and The River are the only other albums that deserve consideration. The first two albums are good enough, but Born to Run is sort of the prototype of Born in the USA.
@@t.s9477 You've obviously caught Trump's derangement. Also, unless you're an immigrate on a H-1B visa, Elon and Vivek say you're too stupid to listen to, so stop wasting our time.
Hahahaha. Really enjoyed your ranting! Can’t agree with all your choices though. You’re right about Van the man but Astral Weeks is one of my favourite albums. I guess people either get him or they don’t. It’s his greatest album, unlike almost anything else he’s ever done. Only Veedon Fleece comes close.
I met Joe Strummer in a pub and I asked him about being pretentious. He simply replied "je ne suis pas prétentieux" and sauntered off to buy another Hennessy and coke. OR was it J.J Burnel.
Hey kiddos. Why not smoke copious amounts of dope with your friends whilst discussing the meaning of the lyrics that accompany that Yes masterpiece “Roundabout “. Then, when you’re middle aged you can complain about pretentious bands whilst thinking that Spinal Tap was a documentary. At least The Strokes understood the “Smell The Glove” joke. For someone who likes the black artists on Sun Records, doesn’t the riff on Layla sound vaguely familiar?
Well sure, those are all requirements for music critics. The non-pompous and non-pretentious of the world would rather dig ditches for a living then lower themselves to music critic. Doesn't necessarily mean their takes can't be entertaining... with guys like this it's much more about the delivery then it is the script.
I don’t find it entertaining and skipped most of the video. Had a lot of dead spots like when the guy walked through the door and he was explaining what the video was about. Could have been a lot shorter of a video but he’s gotta get the watch hours. @@control_the_pet_population
Ok argument for London Calling: 1. You admit that London Calling and Guns of Brixton are great. That’s two great songs 2. There are at least four other bangers: Clamp Down, Rudy Cant Fail, Wrong ‘Em Boyo, and Death or Glory. 3. Additionally there are songs which show their range and ability to mix punk with pop -Train in Vain and Lost in the supermarket. 4. When you listen to the tracks in order you have to be impressed by the bands song writing range and the diversity of their interests and abilities. You call it pretentious but it was just a group of musicians growing and expanding. 5. The cover with its direct reference to Elvis’s first album and Simonon smashing his bass was a spit in the eye to the Rock and Roll establishment. You don’t get more Punk Rock than that. 6. If the Clash doesn’t make London Calling, write those songs and gain that confidence, they never make Sandinista!
I'm not someone who agreed with the politics of The Clash, and I still love their sound! London Calling, Guns of Brixton, Clamp Down, Rudy Can't Fail and Death or Glory are all excellent tracks.
The Ramones? Here? I am not the biggest fan. HoweverI think a few people completely miss the point about the Ramones.The live wall of sound. BRISTLING YOUTHFUL energy Early Punk(it is and it is also a throwback band with all the dumb Rock'n Roll references. However overrated? They never got nominated for a Grammy because it is rebellion angst.I guarantee people will be listening to them in 50 yrs time. They will also be listening to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and one of my favs Wild Honey. You know what I think this channel is... click bait! This guy could do better but he is lazy. He Has more to offer but it's easy to shoot down great records.
Yes to all 6 points! Especially Clampdown, one of two songs I had to hear when it was announced that Ronald Reagan had defeated Jimmy Carter, RIP, glad you made it to 100. The other song was Elvis Costello’s I’m Not Angry. 😢
Blonde on Blonde is one of my favorite albums along with Highway 61 Revisited. I am also really fond of Exile on Main Street and the album Leyla Assorted Love songs by Derek and the Dominoes.
I agree that Horses was terrible, but I thought she redeemed herself a little bit with Wave. That was, of course, more of a band effort, with Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, etc.
Great list. Only comment. I'm with you on many of them, but not for Pet Sounds any longer. I was poking around Spotify and I had listened to the album a couple times of course--each time not liking it. But I decided hey there's a mono version, maybe I'll try that one. Actually came to appreciate it. Something about the mono mix brings out the artistry and orchestration much more than the stereo mix. I still don't think it's as impressive as critics like to call it, but worth listening to.
The Stereo version is a catastrophe and shouldn't exist and was mixed as an afterthought with no involvement from the band. It was designed primarily for Mono, and it is an absolute masterpiece.
You’re not listening Andy. Dylan shines on his phrasing and his delivery with his lyrics. That’s why Blonde on Blonde is so good. And the songs are great individually. I mean I Want You, Memphis Blues, Pledging my Time and Visions of Johanna are brilliant. Plus it’s his backing band that’s inspiring. Listen to these songs on their own merit.
I really enjoy Dylan. But, come to think of it, I once did not so I gotta understand those who don't. (Dylan might epitomize the concept of "an acquired taste.") f I only had one chance to turn someone onto Bob Dylan, I'd play them "Blind Willie McTell."
@@RichardSykes-kg9et idk I think the self-indulgence throughout the album is part of what makes you feel you're right there in the mind of the creative. This album hits different others - it's like you're part of the music. The odd lines, the weird phrasing eg "hoping you'll come thru too...", the mistake in Stuck Inside of Mobile, it all adds up to this insane trip.
OK.. I listened to the first 1 minute of this video and, Yeah, I get it... I don't care what the critics say.. I like what I like. I don't need critics (or any other "music influencer") to tell me what to like or not like.
I Like the rants. I could write mountains but havn't the time. The thing here seems to be 1. Americana & 2. Instrument prowess. Rick Beato has the Instrument prowess thing as well.George Harrison is infinitely more influential than Rick Wakeman will ever be. With Americana , in the pinnacle , which runs from 11th February 1963 to December 1979 America had the big 3 , Bob Dylan, Neil Young ( Canadian I know ) & Bruce Springsteen. All 3 , the emphasis is on songwriting. Bruce & Bob were both signed by John Hammond both strumming guitar & singing songs they wrote. Layla, Exile & Astral is UK acts paying homage to America
@@Kn-wq6oc I'm British and not remotely interested in class! Same with race, religion and every other divisive identity Just treat every person as I find them as an individual.
So are Americans - only that the Brits are smart enough to realize when they’re the poor screwed-over working class rather than in ignorance or denial about it.
Probably because I grew up listening to Fusion and Prog rock, it took me a while to get the Ramones because of the stigma against punk rock that it was dumb. But that first Ramones album is an important and influential album. You sort of nailed it: it wasn’t for cool people and ironically it became cool. I agree with Sandinista vs London Calling. They were a better band by that point. But LC was the realization that this was one of the only punk albums the establishment would ever really be able to get behind and it was very influential, especially in America, where we didn’t have the exposure to the music that influenced the Clash, especially the ska/reggae stuff. Pet Sounds is one of the few albums on these lists that I do think is correct and Good Vibrations is the prototype for the entire album. I would have gone harder: Sgt Pepper’s, Ok Computer, everything by Oasis…and many more
WOW......Exile???.......so much good stuff: Sweet Black Angel, Let it Loose, Turd on the Run, Torn and Frayed, Ventilator Blues, HAPPY....Tumbling Dice......I often don't agree with you, but your rants are so good that I can't turn it off, but now it's personal.
@@MrMaynardWR His good-naturedness covers his many multitudes of musical sins.......but this......................I keep refreshing my screen and watching the video over and over again to make sure I'm hearing what he said correctly.........LOL........but seriously, I guess it kind of supports what I've always observed about people's attitudes toward The Stones.........you either love them or hate them. If one is able to say such things about an album that is indicative of the very heart and soul of what true fans love so much about the Stones' music, then truly we are observing this natural law in action. So I suppose I cannot blame Andy anymore than I could blame him for falling if he jumped off a cliff.
Exile is a very good album, but it followed Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet, and Sticky Fingers - all far superior records, but the critical try to shove Exile down everyone's throat. Speaking of Exile...how about Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville. Total shit loved by the critics.
London Calling? Blasphemy! How very dare you sir? I just love every single track. It just sounds so wonderful. Full of catchy numbers. I love the bass playing in particular. Its full of energy, songs you can sing along to. Great lyrics. I could listen to it just about every day. I just don't see how anyone could dislike it.
It's a good album but people are always saying it's the greatest punk album I don't think it's close to punk, and it's nowhere near being the greatest punk album. I'll take Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned or Never Mind The Bollocks before London Calling every time, and neither of those two could be considered the greatest punk album. Frankly when it came out I found it disappointing compared to their previous two.
@@Darrylizer1 I don't think anyone will say it's punk - there is a small punk element, but there is rock, funk, reggae, jazz - it's all there. Appreciate your different viewpoint, but I feel it is so far beyond a decent album, it is simply one of the greatest albums of all time by any modern band in popular music. But no worries if you do not agree.
Is This It is a great album. I dont even know what critics say but both that and Room On Fire are awesome albums. I dont understand how anyone cant like them for what they are. I never cared if they were from rich families. I just like the albums cos they sound good. And there is very little rock from the 2000s I like, so its not like I'm biased toward that era or anything.
Do you ever listen to lyrics Andy? Half the appeal of the Ramones is there. Funny stuff in there. Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song. Not just the music.
"Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song." Not for everybody. One easy example: I love of a lot of African music & I don't know one word of what they are singing (& I know I'm not the only one). For many of us, it is the sound of music that touches us quickest & deepest & the effect of the lyrical content usually comes after that. (Not always, "usually.") That's why a lot of us can love songs that have infantile (or worst) lyrics. Example: The lyrics to the Beatles albums up to 1965 were so simplistic as to be moronic-but still the music stirred us. Why? Hint: Not because of the lyrics! (Thousands of other examples could work. Elvis. The Rolling Stones. And on & on & on.) Of course, the greatest songs tend to combine great music with great lyrics. That's the ideal & I love it. But when people start saying things like, "Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song"? Well, such hyperbole over-states what is really meant. What is really meant is something like this: "Good-sounding songs with good lyrics are better than good-sounding songs with bad lyrics."
'Don't go Down to the Basement' is a good one... and 'Beat on the Brat'. 'Rocket to Russia' is a far better album though - I LOVE 'Here Today, Gone Tomorrow'.
See I rarely did, until lately. This has made me redefine my dislikes and question my likes. But as a musician dependent on my ear, it's a tough challenge.
They are good musicians and do have some great songs (especially the songs or sections of songs where minimal singing takes place) but some songs are boring asf, quite unlistenable 😬
1. "The Lawrence Welk Symphony plays The Bay City Rollers". 2. "Liberace and Jerry Lee Lewis "-"The Thumb Piano Duets!" 3. "Jack Klugman sings the Tom Waits Catalog"! 4. "Toyah Sings "Fracture"!-The Complete Recordings!" 5. Andy Edwards-"Acoustic Americana"
Yeah, The Bay City Rollers or Andy Edwards would have come to my mind rather than "Exile in Main St", "Blonde on Blonde" or even "Pet Sounds" (which I personally don't like very much) 😀 And why the heck did Van Morrison become famous and Andy Edwards did not? It's a mystery 🤣
"Toyah Sings "Fracture"BTW, you can listen to Maria Barbieri fully playing Fracture and LTIA pt2... Tony Garone (of the Make Weird Music channel) wrote the book "Failure to Fracture" about his 22 years journey at failing to play Fracture.
I remember when “Born to Run” came out and some of my friends were raving about it. When I finally heard it, I couldn’t understand all the hoopla over it. I looked at Springsteen at the time as being sort of trendy and you weren’t particularly cool or with it if you didn’t like his music. Never been much of a fan, but if I had to pick an album I liked best it would have to be “The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle.” But his music, and as a musician, I think he’s highly over rated.
I tried with Born to Run, Gave up. Dave Warner was right. "Bruce is fine in the subways and gutters of New York, but here in Australia he is irrelevant"
I don't think I know anyone who is a musician or big music lover and really rates Springsteen who is under 50. I think he is mostly a Baby Boomer generation hero but actual music is rather straight as an arrow but know someone who served in Nam type.
Just listened to Born to Run ....it's the one you feature that thoroughly deserves to be defended. Not every track is a classic but most of it is superb, not least , BTR itself , Tenth Avenue and that glorious, slightly overcooked but cinematic masterpiece that is Jungleland!
I went to high school and college in New York in the 1970’s… prog musicians and lovers of prog of course would not care for many of these simple recordings. I can tell you this- in high school I got laid with the Layla album on. Close to the Edge would have had them grabbing their purses and undergarments and running for the door….
Being younger, I'd say that Sade Adu was more interestingly working with the girls at my level, while it was clear that Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Mekhanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, Relayer and Ummagumma were not that biatch-friendly...
London Calling? Just shows how we all have different views, as in my opinion - London Calling is one of the greatest rock / pop / punk / reggae infused album of all time. it is simply brilliant, absolutely and utterly brilliant - there is no song on it that is not fantastic. Still love your channel Andy, just don't what planet you are on in regards this album.
@@RussInCanada in my opinion yes! In my experience it is often so that when I like a song instantly I get tired of it after a while. But that's just me.
Astral Weeks has Van Morrison - vocals, acoustic guitar. Jay Berliner - classical and steel-string acoustic guitars. Richard Davis - double bass. John Payne - flute; soprano saxophone on "Slim Slow Slider" Warren Smith Jr. - ... Connie Kay - drums. Larry Fallon - string arrangements and conductor; harpsichord on "Cyprus Avenue" Check out the jazz pedigree of most of these, especially Richard Davis. No wonder it is one of the greatest records ever.
That's Close to the Edge, and I'd let this go if it wasn't fully obvious which has stronger themes, arrangements and solos that don't mess with the songs flow. Awaken ends like 5 times, before the "I have to have my say" endless endings finally ends. Very much an extension on the band not liking each other on top of Jon's fairy visions.
While I was watching your video, I had my Patti Smith-'Horses' album playing on my CD Player, so at least one person is still listening to this great, influential recording!
You are wild for the last three ("Blonde On Blonde", "Pet Sounds", "Astral Weeks")😳 They are some of my absolute favorite albums of all time and for me they definitely deserve all the praise they get😢 I will quote "The Big Lebowski" to cheer me up: "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man"😁
11:35 saw a young band cover the strokes at a jam night around the time this came out and my friend said to me "this is terrible it sounds like a Casio keyboard demo button" I've never taken them seriously since 😂
I prefer Pet Sounds to Freak Out but if the Zappa choice was say...Hot Rats or even Absolutely Free I'd have a much harder time choosing. Not sure why but FO has NEVER resonated with me.
I dislike both. Though I do still like some mid to late period Zappa, but I've never liked The Beach Boys. I really cannot distinguish their greatness from every other Cali surf band.
First time I've heard/seen Andy, and, as an older person, who grew up in the late 70s and 80s, I applaud your audacity. While I may not entirely agree with everything you said, it brought a wry smile to my dial. I definitely remember buying various albums recommended to me, just to realise they were abysmal. I understand that music appreciation is a very personal experience, and what I find great in music will not be the same for others. What I really like about this video is Andy's delivery.
Back in 1982, one boring weekend afternoon, in order to escape Stars on Sumday on telly I went for a lonely walk in the countryside. Whilst trudging along disconsolately pondering the essential ennui of modern life I came across a surreal sight, seemingly without rational explanation. Entangled in the brairs of a hawthorne bush was a prisine record sleeve of the album 'Derek and the Dominos'. As I stood there transfixed like those monkeys in 2001 a Soace Odysee looking at that slab thing from outer space my eyes fell on an adjacent discarded well thumbed copy of Playboy Magazine in that selfsame shrubbery. According to Andy I must have, relatively good taste because I ignored the album and stuffed the said specialist publication up my jumper for later critical perusal. I feel that finally, after so many years, I have achieved some kind of Hegelian synthesis and closure regarding this bizarre event and also discovered a satisfying connection beyween myself and one of my favourite youtubers.
It’s so Canadian to wear shorts in winter. Bruce Springsteen became huge with 1984’s Born in the USA. The album is more important lyrically than musically, kind of like a less important Dylan in the 60’s. Though Springsteen wasn’t the first he was perhaps the most effective in capturing the gloom and despair of the Rust Belt era of American economics. Working class jobs that paid well enough for ordinary people to buy a house and raise a family were evaporating at a frightening rate and being replaced by minimum wage service jobs or no jobs at all. This was happening whilst Wall Street financiers who bet on equities or bonds but never lifted a finger to build anything were bringing in exorbitant salaries and bonuses. I’m not a massive Springsteen fan. I like Nebraska more than Born in the USA but I do appreciate his music and the messages it often conveys. I’m not dropping out.
"Born in the USA...is more important lyrically than musically." And that it is 100% valid to call Born in the USA overrated-because for many of us the primary response to music is its musicality & its lyrics are of secondary value. Lyrics-first listeners have the right, of course, to experience & judge music by its lyrical content first, but they are naive to think all other listeners will do the same.
My comment was an observation, was an explanation or potential answer to the question raised, “I don’t get it! Why do people like Bruce?” It was not meant as a judgement though I did say I appreciate the music which is a fairly lukewarm acknowledgment I think. You are obviously free to feel Springsteen is overrated. You’re free to never listen to lyrics and to dismiss everything with a I-IV-V as rubbish. To me dismissing lyrics is similar to dismissing poetry. Certainly there is a plethora of “Roses are red” out there but there are occasionally things that rival Keats or Baudelaire.
@@Chiller11 I didn't say anything about "dismissing lyrics." What I said was: "for many of us the primary response to music is its musicality & its lyrics are of secondary value." I think the greatest songs combine great music with great lyrics. But I also think it's more natural to enjoy a song with great music & bad lyrics than a song with bad music & great lyrics-because it's the sound of the music (rather than the content of the lyrics) that affect listeners first & deepest.
And thus my primary point about this guy is reinforced. His worldview charms other elites who like to tell themselves the story of the downtrodden while having not a clue why it's happened or who's doing what.
You summed up pretty well how I feel about Springsteen. He managed to crystallize a theme that's part of the American experience, in much the same way that Jack Kerouac did as a Beat Generation writer. Plus, his live shows were, and apparently still are, epic.
God damn Andy, I am half a decade older than you but boy are you a 'grumpy old man'. I do USUALLY agree with you on many of the individual details but I do find you often seem to lack the clear understanding how subjective music really is. I too DESPISED NME and Melody Maker for their pretentious snotty ATTITUDE! Nevertheless your utter dismissal of the Grateful Dead IMHO shows your limitations just like my dismissal of Prog, that I FIND MEANINGLESS BOREDOM. I HATED Genesis and Yes like I hated KISS (SHIT). I was THE Lydon Pil fan and LIKED the Pistols but I did not LOVE it like the early Pil. I also like the Clash's 'Sandinista' a lot more than 'London's Calling' but that LP did have some bangers like 'Guns of Brixton'. Also Ian Dury's first was GREAT and no filler. Yes there is pretentiousness out there. Frank Zappa is the ultimate arrogant poser, even though I LOVE 'Hot Rats' as a top ten EVER. I loved early Jazz Rock (late Hendrix and early Mahavishnu, Parliament Funkadelic) but it died as it became virtuouso WANKERY like late Zappa. As for Brucey, I liked 'Nebraska' by far the most. 'Rain Dogs' is another underrated classic IMHO! Or Paul Simon's 'Still Crazy after all these years'. CLASSIC! Sure 'Dancing in the Street' IS SHITE but who would disagree with that! Agreed about 'Exile on Main Street', it is unlistenable! 'Some Girls' was 100 times better but they were always 2nd best. The Beatles were the real rebels. I loved Dylan's 'Infidels' btw! In the 70's I loved Zeppelin and Floyd the most and like you lost interest because of 'The Wall's FILLER! Also loved The Talking Head's 'Remain In Light' very underrated as well, it was my New Floyd after 'The Wall' lost me. Loved Eno's 70's stuff!
Part of your Springsteen dilemma is that his best records are Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River. (Darkness being my personal favorite. (The ballads are prettier and the rockers rage). London Calling from the Clash is where they refine all their elements into a cohesive record full of great songs and playing . They bring their best interpretations of all the influences they love into a coherent piece of rock n roll worthy of standing next to the greats that they lionize.
They are the only two Bruce Springsteen albums I own and the live box set that came out in the early 90's. My local record store had Born In The USA for $10 Australian which is a really good price for that but I just didn't want it.
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. - Frank Zappa
Brilliant! There it is.
Most pop and rock music is by half-wits for half-wits.
lol
Zappa was a smart man, and i wish i could say the same about his pretentious fans 😂
Zappa is always great. He once called Steve Vai's guitar sound an electric ham sandwich. He once got interview by a guy with a wooden leg. Journalist: "You got long hair so you must be a woman." Zappa: "You got a wooden leg so you must be a table.".
So I decided to check out Blonde on Blonde - I don't think I got the right Google result but the Blondes both seemed to be enjoying themselves.
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And my 'like' of this comment was 69, so there's that.
I once knew a guy who was a guitarist for Van Morrison. They were due to tour the US at the end of Dec and Van wanted his musicians to be there a few days early. When this guy asked if he could fly out on Boxing Day so he wouldn't miss out having Christmas with his children Van flat out refused. He still would have been there two days before the first show but Van informed him he had to choose between missing Christmas with his children or losing his job. He chose to lose the job.
There's a saying : There are 2 kinds of people in this world......those who like Van Morrison......and those who have met him. The man has a terrible reputation in the music business.....
Were you a fan of VM before you heard this story?
There are some artists that I don't to know anything about lest it taint their music. Van is one. Sting has been one since 1979.
Don't care.
@@panchopuskas1 I was in a classic rock cover band in 2009/10 and we were lucky to get the opp to play 45 minutes just inside the gates of Verizon Amphitheater in Atlanta GA. We were promised to play as concert goers walked into venue and also 30 minutes after the show as folks were leaving....well 5 minutes into our opening set we gotta "cut" sign from the guy who organized our gig...we were told that the artist who was in his trailer probably 800 ft away was having great difficulty relaxing before his show (that was still 90+ min from starting!) and demanded we stop playing.
The artist - Van Morrison!!!! We were a highly talented band with great vocals who did not play too loud. 50 or so concert goers were already standing watching and enjoying us. I'm not making embellishing any of this. And...we must've set him off cause later he started his show ($100-250 tickets) early and played his 5-6 biggest hits first! People were walking in a little late and Van was already 30+ min into his set...then he also ended his show early! Some people only saw him for 30-45 minutes and paid tons of $. Folks were chanting in unison "Fck Van Morrison!" over and over walking out of the venue...whatta grade-A jerkoff! I promise this is all true and I've loathed the guy's music ever since.
I have never got Bruce Springsteen! I have tried to like him multiple times it just bores and annoys me.
Yup, a couple of tracks here and there, but a whole album is an impossibilty to listen to.
Agree
It's funny or not Born to Run I really like it's the only Bruce Sprinsteen album I like and I can't stand Born in the USA album he went pop big time with that one
Mostly I can’t stand the way he sings like a bellowing foghorn. 😂
Biggest waste of rock talent ever. The guy has the "wall of sound" down perfectly but uses it to make his depressing lyrics more ominous. The result: music to kill yourself by. Five songs on The River and a handful of others show what he was capable of if he had used his talent for REAL rock n' roll.
Q: Why is Going For The One in the thumbnail?
A: Because you knew my undying love for that album would force my hand and make me watch the whole goddamn thing.
Top five Yes album for me.
only reason i clicked too.....never again
Awaken one of the top 5 tracks in music history. The true gateway to heaven song.
I worked in one of those buildings on that cover back in the late 1970's - early 1980's. Twin Towers in Century City part of Los Angeles.
Going for the One is a heck of a lot better than the Strokes album. But all 9 other albums are better than Going For the One
"There are two types of people. Those who like Van Morrison and those who've met him!" Mark Ellen.
I have heard the stories and rumours regarding Van Morrison over a long period. But I put that aside: it is simply about the music. ST DOMINICS PREVIEW ; HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY; VEEDON FLEECE ; WAVELENGTH ; INARTICULATE SPEECH OF THE HEART, and SENSE OF WONDER are all records I have never stopped playing.
@@roy421000”it is simply about the music”. I couldn’t agree more and I’ve come to realize that the less I know about my favorite artists, especially their politics, the better.
@@waynedexter A big part of music for me has always been the mystique around albums, songs and the artists. We are on the same page: the less you know the better.
Only ten ? This is a rich topic.
1000
Go to rym so many genius intellects there.
Andy Edwards on Pet Sounds: "It's a rip-off of the Beatles" Paul McCartney on Pet Sounds: "“it was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water. First of all, it was Brian’s writing. I love the album so much. I’ve just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life-I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard that album. I was into the writing and the songs."
I find it boring.
Yeah, Paul is right on this one, good songs and arrangements.
This guy plays progressive rock, I understand - which is the most pretentious and boring form of rock there is.
@@seansmith6745 Even more boring is all the people saying prog is boring.
Other than God Only Knows and Wouldn't It Be Nice, I find Pet Sounds to be largely tedious and uninspiring.
Ages ago I found a Derick & the Dominoes album along with a Men Only and two Mayfairs in a bush near Kidderminster. I never regretted leaving the album behind.
Haha definitely the right thing to leave behind :)
Two Club International and a Men Only would have been better. 😉
LOL!
@@cjd12319721 a quick knuckle shuffle always beats a slow hand.
A critic complaining about other critics.
Well, technically an aspiring critic/influencer
Yes, and?
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A critic criticizing other critics. Seems fair, what is the problem?
All bands suck especially your favorite one, and that’s okay
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow don’t be alarmed now, it’s just Andy Edwards chucking a wretched Derek and the Dominoes album into the wind…
we did get ricky don't lose that number indirectly from all the turmoil.
Books written on lesser subjects
A bustle in your hedgerow was a direct reference to the Burning of hedgerows during the May 1 Beltane celebration of the Druids. Stairway to Heaven is about the chosen May Queen ( sacrifice) , the Maiden chosen as a bride to the Sun God Belenus.
Bon Jovi ???!!!! 🤮
@@Hecatecrossways Thank Dr Spencer Reid .. lol ..:-)
Before you start waffling on about things make sure you get your facts right.For instance Pet Sounds cannot be a reaction to Revolver as it was released before Revolver.If anything Revolver was a reaction to Pet Sounds.It’s Only Rock and Roll by the Rolling Stones is not a sixties song and why are you talking about Ronnie Wood while going on about Exile on Main Street,he had nothing to do with it.
You are concentrating on the rants and missing the fun.
But.. Pet Sounds IS ridiculously overrated.. And Rolling Stones shouldn't be rated at all! 😅
I totally didn’t get why he said the stones song was from the 60s. lol. I skipped most of the video.
I met the singer from the Strokes when I worked at one of their gigs. He was a knob and only spoke to some of the younger female staff, who his assistant then invited to the aftershow party. Can't think why. The gig was abysmal. One of the biggest venues in London, but they played like they were rehearsing in front of people they didn't like.
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@@DJZarpRix I saw them at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC, a smallish place. They were awful. I got the tickets for free so my girlfriend and I split after a few songs.
I liked them initially, I must confess. But they were a one-trick pony. As with other posh boy groups who didn't have to struggle to get a recording contract it all unravelled pretty quickly.
Alexander Palace?
The fact that chancers like this are rolling in it makes me fucking furious
Andy it's Superfly and I'm so glad to hear you mention it, Thanks mate.
Yup, great movie with Curtis Mayfield even playing Superfly in the club.
If you like Blaxploitation movies, you NEED to watch "Sweetback" too
@@Alan-p4i7l It's a trick Andy uses where he pretends to forget the name of something. I'm sure he's mentioned before that he does it to appear more 'real' and grounded.
Thanks for the rec. Bought. Amazon Japan...499 yen including shipping!
@@JB-ti7bl Superfly ou Sweetback? Superfly is great, Sweetback is totally nuts! Even Tarantino wouldn't dare this!
Worth mentioning how I recall a prison documentary featuring an older-but-wiser black inmate straight up citing the pop-culture influence of "Superfly" as encouraging his own descent into drugs & guns. YES people gotta answer for the things they do, BUT what's been the upside of hip-hop, gangsta rap, Kanye West, P Diddy, etc? I'm not seeing it...
Bon Jovi better than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band? Get lost I can't take you seriously
That was really weird. Bon Jovi are so boring.
I think he was inferring the BJ produce better pop rock than what is lauded by BS critics.
Music is like food. I know tons of people who don't like a certain food that is popular in restaurants internationally. They just don't like it. It's not "bad." The same applies in music. Not liking something in music doesn't mean it sucks. You just don't like it. I knew scores of people who hated the Beatles, hated Genesis, Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. They're entitled to an opinion but that doesn't define the music.
It's just an act, he knows that. All in the name of comedy, it's pure gold.
@@seekah1 That might explain it. It was hard take the man's subjective opinion on the value of all these different pieces of music entirely seriously.
I love the channel called “your favorite band sucks” because they do!
An opinion that you can't explain the reasons for isn't worth much.
@@JohnThelin To be fair, taste in music is subjective. My friend who enjoys classical music and me who loves the Kinks have a tough time trying to explain the "why" of our preference to each other.
What made '70s music awesome for many of us who remember the era was the massive diversity of artists and sounds that were in popular and less than widespread airplay; I liked most of these albums, and Yes and a whole lot more at the time. Even without internet we were very much our own critics back then.
I was 16 in 1973 and we didn't pay much attention to the critics. Rolling Stone was staffed with 1960s hippies and they didn't like Zeppelin, Sabbath or anything teenage boys were listening to. They liked California soft rock and Dylan.
Besides the roads, public sanitation , and good schools , what have the Romans ever done for us ??!!!
The aqueducts...
Besides S/T, Rocket to Russia, and Leave Home, what have The Ramones ever done for us?
Bell Bottom Blues is a classic. Why Does Love Have To Be So Sad and Anyday are not to be scoffed at. The album is still playable after 50 years. Not crap in any dimension. At a minimum it is very good. In my youth it was great.
The production is horrible, but the album is quite good.
@@fgaron2000 I believe something happened between the vinyl and the disc. The CD sounds flat.
That's a great album, by any estimation. Andy Edwards is a pinhead.
@@sophocles1198 Bell Bottom Blues is imperishable. Clapton surpassed his influences with that one.
Also Eric’s ‘I Looked Away’ from Layla is a beautiful song with incredible clean Strat tones. Andy actually did a very flattering video with Clapton and Jeff Beck called who is the greater guitarist? His answer will surprise you.
As a yank , i have never understoodd the attractionto Bruce the Boss, who will mortgage their homes to pay their endulgances for pilgrimage to his concerts.
Springsteen, the blue collar hero workingman's musician, has concert tickets worth thousands of dollars. Still, I would rather hear Born to Run than Living on a Prayer bullshit any day. Born in the USA is Bruce at his fake blue-collar worst.
Yes.
Spot on mate.
Springsteen, the blue collar hero workingman's musician, has concert ticket prices in the thousands of dollars. Still, I would rather hear Born to Run than corny Living on a Prayer any day. Born in the USA is Bruce at his fake blue-collar worst.
I am born and raised in New Jersey and Springsteen blows!!!
Exile is definitely my favourite Stones album. I think it has some great songs (Rocks Off is my favourite). It’s certainly one of the most imitated, if you go through track by track. And if you don’t like Mick, he’s buried in the mix. I do understand the criticism that it’s slightly style over substance but it sounds great.
The moral of the story is not to buy albums that don’t appeal to you just because the critics say they’re good. I’m pretty sure that none of my most loved albums have ever been mentioned in a greatest album list.
Same, and I’m absolutely okay with that
Great take and fully agreed @AmandaSamuels. I'd never have stopped collecting rock and popular music in favor of jazz music if not for that sentiment.
same thing with movies. If you choose a movie only because it received a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes chances are you will be sorely disappointed
The Strokes album should be titled "Smell the Glove" 😂
I always thought that!
You should have seen the cover they wanted. It wasn't a bum, believe me!
or "This Isn't It"; truth in advertising ... :)
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The fact that the first 3 Ultravox albums were basically ignored by the music press in favor of stuff like the Sex Pistols boggles my mind.
All to do with timing and fashion.
@@alexh2790 I am more amazed that anybody still cares about Ultracheese.
@Asdwer1 Did you listen to the John Foxx albums? Ha,Ha,Ha is f*kin fantastic. EDIT: I'm assuming you're talking about the Midge Ure stuff, but even Rage in Eden is great. I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) is far from cheese.
The 1st one was great.. but not a patch on Doctors of Madness debut masterpiece!
@SKYSAW59 Talk about another under-sung band. They're brilliant!
Remember the way Noel Gallagher used to bash on 80's Phil Collins, as representing everything he hated about English pop and it's critics? Well, here across the ocean, 80's Bruce Springsteen was the encapsulation of that for me. Relentlessly praised and perpetually overexposed. I grew to loathe him, despite liking some of his songs.
I think exactly the same thing about Collins solo career as well as Springsteen and... Oasis !!!
At least Phil created ~20 top international radio hits
Bruce has 5?
It would be difficult to care less about what the Gallagher brothers say about anything.
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@@RoverWaters And what hits... I probably hated 18 or 19 of these...
Okay, now you said explain to you why it's a masterpiece. Well you get London calling. To me it's one of the weaker tracks. Brand new Cadillac is one of the best covers of an early rock song ever.. nothing in the world can make me pump my fist more than death or glory. Train in vain is one of the best pop rock songs ever written. Really, listen to death or glory and tell me it ain't one of the best fist pumping songs ever. I'm a Christian but when he sings 'He who f**** nuns will later join the church' I get it and I love it. Lost in the supermarket captures a certain contemporary angst better than any song I can think of.I'll grant that it's a little long and it might be more perfect if it was about three tracks less. I can live without the four horsemen. Also I don't think of it is punk. Maybe if you just break the connection in your mind between the clash and punk you'll be able to appreciate it more
Brand new cadillac is one of the best tracks on London calling
The production outshines the songs to me. I’ve listened to London Calling probably once and I’ve never met a bigger Clash fan than myself. Small town perhaps…
He really is missing the mark when it comes to his criticism of London's Calling.
Do what?
HM The Queen was more Punk than the Clash, the acceptable face of punk.
Just raucous enough to be in the genre, but safe enough to play to your granny.
Pretentious Suburban Filler Music.
I'm sorry, but I disagree with most of this. The reason that most of these albums make greatest album lists is because of their historical context. Music has to be evaluated in the context of the time it was recorded and released. As for Blonde on Blonde it is just a great record.
No need to open with an apology, this guy's a twit who grew up in the 80's.
This channel is like running into a bloke down the pub and having the best time, but you don't have to leave the house. Chef's kiss.
If only he liked Van Der Graaf Generator.
Great points about Innervision, Donny Hathaway and Curtis Mayfield. I love What's Going On, but you're absolutely right!
Of all the Motown/soul singers who got creative control in the early 70s, Marvin got there first.
horses, london calling and pet sounds are brilliant. HEs right about astral weeks though. And exile on main street - whilst not shite - is not a patch on sticky fingers, beggars banquet and let it bleed.
One problem with the critics is they all seem to think New York City is the center of the universe.
Not sure about the Brits....
@ For them, London is the center of the universe.
An opinion that seems at odds with the endless stream of musical odure that has poured out of the Big Apple. From The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed to the Ramones and New York Dolls just dreadful.
"All the critics love you in New York "
I believe "you" is spelled "u" in that particular tune you're referencing....
Exile is my favorite Stones album because I like Rocks Off and all the songs are good. Also, the songs weren’t on radio much, so I wasn’t so sick of hearing all of them. Of course, I like the Mick Taylor period best.
Exile is better than any album this guy likes.
I like Sticky Fingers and Let it Bleed better. I read a post that said Brian Jones made the Stones a good singles band. Taylor made them a great album band.
Some Girls
I like all these stones albums not every song but Rocks off is amazing probably my favourite song when I was younger
No, not many of the songs are good. Emperor's new clothes.
My Dylan Top Ten:
1. Time Out of Mind
2. Tell Tale Signs
3. Oh! Mercy
4. Love and Theft
5. Blood on the Tracks
6. Infidels
7. Rough and Rowdy Ways
8. Freewheelin'
9. Another Side
10. Shot of Love
Agree completely about Born in the USA. It was Springsteen's worst album (up to that point), and yet it was the one that made him a star. And that repetitive piano riff in the song Born in the USA is enough to drive anyone nuts.
The way Bruce sing the song born in USA is too exaggerated,but the liric is perfect.god bless all the veterans of war from the USA and england.
I think it's by far his greatest album. Personal opinion only. I feel like it tells many stories of those left behind, the losers, of this world so well. It's actually quite depressing if you listen to the lyrics.
REEEE FINUHHHARRR REEEE PEEENNIIEEE TENNNCHAAARRREEEEE
No. Its a good song and a great album. He had a few in the seventies.
The words “born in the usa”was all it took, but ironically it is an anti america song. lol
I love how you trigger people to write full essays explaining why you're wrong in the comments. FFS - If Andy slags your favourite band, just take it on the chin - it doesn't matter, it's just one guy's opinion and it's for entertainment purposes only. Personally, I find it very entertaining.
Provides service to the adhdled
Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one. Seems like a lot of people are one
Yep, a good laff.
@@johnezzard680 So true, so true..🙂
@@Charles-e8e9m That's me.
How did I live without this video before? I always loved Derek and the Dominos, Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Main Street, Pet Sounds, Astral Weeks. But today my eyes were opened. I'm going to throw my CDs with these albums in the trash. I also found out that Ron Wood played on Exile.
the lowest form of wit
@ I agree. I was inspired by your channel.
Haha
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Oh man, that comment really got to you. Weak.
One of Andy's finest demonstrations of borderline dementia
What we learn from this video is that he doesn't get it, but he does know his clickbait.
Christmas is getting to him
Patti Smith version of Gloria is epic...full of passion, spit and vinegar.
Never could take that woman seriously. She and her dirgeful band had about as much to do with punk as the Stone Roses had to do with acid house. She wanted to be a beat poet twenty years too late, for God's sake. I always thought the only reason she even got signed was because the execs were too scared to tell her to her face that the hippy era was over.
To quote Johnnie Rotten on her band: "Horses? Horses? Horseshit, more like!"
She smelled of vinegar? What about alum ?
Eddie and The Hot Rods did it better
Dont all Bruce albums suffer from terrible production?
Horses is a totally brilliant album. This guy doesn't have a clue.
Interesting about Jim Gordon being highly regarded by Gadd etc. Didn’t know that, just knew the Zappa connection and the tabloid stuff
Well, I'm with you 99 %.... But Pet Sounds is a monster of an album. It's so amazing that it's almost unbelievable that it was composed , orchestrated and produced by a 23 years old.
I have to agree. I think people forget to factor in the 50-odd years we've had to become used to/take for granted some things. I mean, being one of the first people ever to listen to Voodoo Chil' would have been a stunning experience.
I pull out PET SOUNDS about once a year. I have been doing this for about 50 years. I think 'God Only Knows' is brilliant but I have never been able to get the rest of the record. [ I fail to see what the age of Brian Wilson has to do with the quality of the album - talent has no age ]
@@roy421000 You fail to see? maybe by imagining yourself in those kind of shoes: working alone with a lyricist, telling the top session musicians of that time what to do and repeat it as many times it was needed until it was like he heard it in his head. Then have to deal with the less than entusiastic fellow band members, teach them the songs, create and sing all those intricate vocals., deal with the pressure for hits by the record company. Shall I go on? Try to do a quarter of that in any area you work on. I don't need to defend the album, it speaks for itself and it's reputation speaks for itself.
@@pedrorocha9722You’re right - it deserves it‘s Honor. For myself i tried it severeal times over the years (mostly because of the fantastic critics), but it didn‘t work for me (a 63born)
@@pedrorocha9722 What you have described is the simply the artistic process... Most artists go through exactly the same process or similar to Brian Wilson. And when an act is signed to a record label, that pressure is ramped up I have thought for a long time that PET SOUNDS doesn't even come close to the album released in the same year: SGT PEPPERS. And i consider PET SOUNDS light years away from things like: ELECTRIC LADYLAND; CLOSE TO THE EDGE; FRAGILE; LET IT BLEED; EXILE ON MAIN STREET; ST DOMINICS PREVIEW; HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY; COURT AND SPARK; INNERVISIONS; WISH YOU WERE HERE; COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY; AJA.
I agree with everything in the video, except the Pet Sounds part. I don't think it's the greatest album (not even the greatest album by The Beach Boys) but it's pretty damn good if you consider the circumstances, the arrangements, and the fact it was the tenth album written by a then 23 year old guy. Some of these song's melodies and arrangements hit many musical hearts with lightning speed. In case you didn't already, I highly recommend watching a documentary around it and see how the musicians from the wrecking crew, and many others, speak about the album. The beauty of songs like Don't Talk (Put Your Hand On My Shoulder), Let's Go Away For A While (from the Burt Bacharach universe!), and Caroline, No can't be ignored.
I noticed that the people I met that said they dislike this album, basically already dislike The Beach Boys and their esthetics. Even a brilliant song like Surf's Up from the Smile era,, they respond dismissive to, because their minds can't set it apart from the surf/car/girl songs image of the early 60's. Obviously there's nothing wrong with not liking it, but calling this music crap, compared to the other stuff covered in this video, just feels weird.
That said, I really enjoyed the video!
What is your favorite Beach Boys album?
Well said.
@eze4life1000 My personal favorites are Love You (which obviously I do not consider their "best" album, Holland and the finished Smile tracks. When trying to be as objective as possible, I think Sunflower is their highest creative achievement. And it's definitely in my personal top 5.
The Beach Boys are saccharine and bland. They occupy far too much space in the historical zeitgeist. The Beatles were more creative in 8 years than the Beach Boys were in 432 albums.
I like 'Pet Sounds' but I think it's overrated ' much like 'Sgt Pepper.'
Saw Springsteen at the McDonough Memorial Gymnasium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA on October 17, 1976; a friend had tickets and we had bleacher seats; still the best concert I've ever been to - the energy and pure love of the music were palpable.
I was at that show! They blew the top off the gym.
The Strokes album cover looks like a Roxy Music reject.
Nailed it!
Nah, a Scorpions reject.
no Ohio Players
And it was still too hardcore for the prudish Yanks.
Yes!.. Without the style, class and glamour!
I don’t care what you say “Layla” was a great album. Clapton and Duane Allman together? You kidding me? It’s great guitar work.
I agreed with most of what he said about Clapton but I think he sure got the Layla album wrong too.
@ I’m not a huge Clapton fan but Duane Allman lit a fire under his ass. I think that album Clapton’s best work.
Two people I'd cross a busy road to avoid.
Bell Bottom Blues, I Looked Away, Anyday, Tell the Truth and Little Wing. All good stuff. Maybe a little to emotional for our cynical friend.
@Janko1972 well said - all great songs and the Little Wing cover was very original.
The Derek and the Dominos album is called "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs".
'Exile on Mainstreet' is an album I don't get or enjoy either.
'Astral Weeks' is your Pet Sounds for me . Bought it, because everybody is raving about it and tried to tell myself it's great, when it's just an okay album that meanders endlessly.
Of course, I harshly disagree with most of your picks, but I was brilliantly entertained. Happy New Year!
As a postgrad in the nineties, two undergrad girls called round to see somebody else in the house. I was playing Zappa's Eat That Question at the time; one of the girls said it sounded like old porn. I was impressed by her early-flowering cultural grasp.
You missed a major opportunity there! "OH, you're familiar with porn?" Take it from there.
Why would anyone criticize porn music? Isn't sex what's at the base of most music anyway?
Tom Petty (Mudcrutch) played strip clubs early on. Sex Mob also.
@@mikelouis9389I wasn't notable for my social agility, Mike.
The intersection in the Venn Diagram of our musical tastes appears to be truly minuscule; you hate all the music I love and love all the music I find abominable.
But it’s difficult not to admire someone who can be wrong about everything with such panache and brio…well done sir.
I listen Exile On Main Street the other day and it blew my mind. Its great. Gimme Shelter is unbelievably good. Your Crazy. It is the best rock song I know of.
Darkness On The edge of town is Springsteens best
The River is great also
And Nebraska
By several light years. Darkness on the Edge of Town makes any sort of Springsteen compilation redundant. Nebraska and The River are the only other albums that deserve consideration. The first two albums are good enough, but Born to Run is sort of the prototype of Born in the USA.
I agree about Darkness... but find The River a bit overblown TBH.
@@t.s9477 You've obviously caught Trump's derangement.
Also, unless you're an immigrate on a H-1B visa, Elon and Vivek say you're too stupid to listen to, so stop wasting our time.
Man, I love Andy, watch him all the time, but he can be the king of the sporadic bad take. Always entertaining, though!
Hahahaha. Really enjoyed your ranting! Can’t agree with all your choices though. You’re right about Van the man but Astral Weeks is one of my favourite albums. I guess people either get him or they don’t. It’s his greatest album, unlike almost anything else he’s ever done. Only Veedon Fleece comes close.
I met Joe Strummer in a pub and I asked him about being pretentious. He simply replied "je ne suis pas prétentieux" and sauntered off to buy another Hennessy and coke. OR was it J.J Burnel.
lol
😂😂😂
Hey kiddos. Why not smoke copious amounts of dope with your friends whilst discussing the meaning of the lyrics that accompany that Yes masterpiece “Roundabout “. Then, when you’re middle aged you can complain about pretentious bands whilst thinking that Spinal Tap was a documentary. At least The Strokes understood the “Smell The Glove” joke. For someone who likes the black artists on Sun Records, doesn’t the riff on Layla sound vaguely familiar?
@@zetaofife 🤪🤪🤪
It would be OK for JJ Burnell because he is French.
Andy, you sure have a lot to say and we love it!
Another pompous, pretentious, know it all who knows nothing.
Actually he's right..... these albums are mostly crap with minimal high spots
Well sure, those are all requirements for music critics. The non-pompous and non-pretentious of the world would rather dig ditches for a living then lower themselves to music critic. Doesn't necessarily mean their takes can't be entertaining... with guys like this it's much more about the delivery then it is the script.
Thats no way to talk about Robert christgau 😂
I don’t find it entertaining and skipped most of the video. Had a lot of dead spots like when the guy walked through the door and he was explaining what the video was about. Could have been a lot shorter of a video but he’s gotta get the watch hours. @@control_the_pet_population
Ok argument for London Calling:
1. You admit that London Calling and Guns of Brixton are great. That’s two great songs
2. There are at least four other bangers: Clamp Down, Rudy Cant Fail, Wrong ‘Em Boyo, and Death or Glory.
3. Additionally there are songs which show their range and ability to mix punk with pop -Train in Vain and Lost in the supermarket.
4. When you listen to the tracks in order you have to be impressed by the bands song writing range and the diversity of their interests and abilities. You call it pretentious but it was just a group of musicians growing and expanding.
5. The cover with its direct reference to Elvis’s first album and Simonon smashing his bass was a spit in the eye to the Rock and Roll establishment. You don’t get more Punk Rock than that.
6. If the Clash doesn’t make London Calling, write those songs and gain that confidence, they never make Sandinista!
I'm not someone who agreed with the politics of The Clash, and I still love their sound! London Calling, Guns of Brixton, Clamp Down, Rudy Can't Fail and Death or Glory are all excellent tracks.
well said
The Ramones? Here? I am not the biggest fan. HoweverI think a few people completely miss the point about the Ramones.The live wall of sound. BRISTLING YOUTHFUL energy Early Punk(it is and it is also a throwback band with all the dumb Rock'n Roll references. However overrated? They never got nominated for a Grammy because it is rebellion angst.I guarantee people will be listening to them in 50 yrs time. They will also be listening to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and one of my favs Wild Honey. You know what I think this channel is... click bait! This guy could do better but he is lazy. He Has more to offer but it's easy to shoot down great records.
Yes to all 6 points!
Especially Clampdown, one of two songs I had to hear when it was announced that Ronald Reagan had defeated Jimmy Carter, RIP, glad you made it to 100.
The other song was Elvis Costello’s I’m Not Angry. 😢
Most overrated? U2, of course...yeah, I said it...
And most underrated? Todd Rundgren.
I thought Rock The Casbah was on Combat Rock, which I think was a pretty cool album.
Blonde on Blonde is one of my favorite albums along with Highway 61 Revisited. I am also really fond of Exile on Main Street and the album Leyla Assorted Love songs by Derek and the Dominoes.
I loved the story of when Sex Pistols went to see Patti Smith in London. John Lydon said "Horses?, horses?, horse shit more like". Classic put down.
Poor Johnny hasn’t aged so well
@@joefilter2923 Neither of them have, really.
@@joefilter2923 What does that mean? Were you expecting another Cliff Richard type? Seriously.
Two word review #sharksandwich
I agree that Horses was terrible, but I thought she redeemed herself a little bit with Wave. That was, of course, more of a band effort, with Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, etc.
Great list. Only comment. I'm with you on many of them, but not for Pet Sounds any longer. I was poking around Spotify and I had listened to the album a couple times of course--each time not liking it. But I decided hey there's a mono version, maybe I'll try that one. Actually came to appreciate it. Something about the mono mix brings out the artistry and orchestration much more than the stereo mix. I still don't think it's as impressive as critics like to call it, but worth listening to.
The Stereo version is a catastrophe and shouldn't exist and was mixed as an afterthought with no involvement from the band. It was designed primarily for Mono, and it is an absolute masterpiece.
You’re not listening Andy. Dylan shines on his phrasing and his delivery with his lyrics. That’s why Blonde on Blonde is so good. And the songs are great individually.
I mean I Want You, Memphis Blues, Pledging my Time and Visions of Johanna are brilliant.
Plus it’s his backing band that’s inspiring.
Listen to these songs on their own merit.
Spot on!
I really enjoy Dylan. But, come to think of it, I once did not so I gotta understand those who don't. (Dylan might epitomize the concept of "an acquired taste.")
f I only had one chance to turn someone onto Bob Dylan, I'd play them "Blind Willie McTell."
Yas.
Back of the fish-truck that loads while my conscience explodes is a terrible line though, and I love the album.
@@RichardSykes-kg9et idk I think the self-indulgence throughout the album is part of what makes you feel you're right there in the mind of the creative. This album hits different others - it's like you're part of the music. The odd lines, the weird phrasing eg "hoping you'll come thru too...", the mistake in Stuck Inside of Mobile, it all adds up to this insane trip.
OK.. I listened to the first 1 minute of this video and, Yeah, I get it... I don't care what the critics say.. I like what I like. I don't need critics (or any other "music influencer") to tell me what to like or not like.
It all sucks, but if it works for ya then it’s the way ti go
I Like the rants. I could write mountains but havn't the time. The thing here seems to be 1. Americana & 2. Instrument prowess. Rick Beato has the Instrument prowess thing as well.George Harrison is infinitely more influential than Rick Wakeman will ever be. With Americana , in the pinnacle , which runs from 11th February 1963 to December 1979 America had the big 3 , Bob Dylan, Neil Young ( Canadian I know ) & Bruce Springsteen. All 3 , the emphasis is on songwriting. Bruce & Bob were both signed by John Hammond both strumming guitar & singing songs they wrote. Layla, Exile & Astral is UK acts paying homage to America
The Brits are obsessed with class.
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I'm British and not remotely interested in class!
Same with race, religion and every other divisive identity
Just treat every person as I find them as an individual.
So are Americans - only that the Brits are smart enough to realize when they’re the poor screwed-over working class rather than in ignorance or denial about it.
@@Carboggg That's because you're a pleb, the same as me. There are jobs that are completely closed off to us as we didn't go to the right schools.
Says the working class that call themselves middle class, lol.
Are you sure? I moved to the US about four years ago, I've never known such a class driven society.
The Bob Dylan album has to be Time Out Of Mind. i think that's what it was called anyway. Some great songs on that one.
desire was great, slow train coming,...it really depends where you are in your musical journey.
Yes, or 'Oh Mercy' which was 1989. Both produced by Lanois.
Probably because I grew up listening to Fusion and Prog rock, it took me a while to get the Ramones because of the stigma against punk rock that it was dumb. But that first Ramones album is an important and influential album. You sort of nailed it: it wasn’t for cool people and ironically it became cool.
I agree with Sandinista vs London Calling. They were a better band by that point. But LC was the realization that this was one of the only punk albums the establishment would ever really be able to get behind and it was very influential, especially in America, where we didn’t have the exposure to the music that influenced the Clash, especially the ska/reggae stuff.
Pet Sounds is one of the few albums on these lists that I do think is correct and Good Vibrations is the prototype for the entire album.
I would have gone harder: Sgt Pepper’s, Ok Computer, everything by Oasis…and many more
WOW......Exile???.......so much good stuff: Sweet Black Angel, Let it Loose, Turd on the Run, Torn and Frayed, Ventilator Blues, HAPPY....Tumbling Dice......I often don't agree with you, but your rants are so good that I can't turn it off, but now it's personal.
Huge oversight in respect of this classic album.
@@apollomemories7399 Yep.
Yeah Andy is just dead wrong which is rare
@@MrMaynardWR His good-naturedness covers his many multitudes of musical sins.......but this......................I keep refreshing my screen and watching the video over and over again to make sure I'm hearing what he said correctly.........LOL........but seriously, I guess it kind of supports what I've always observed about people's attitudes toward The Stones.........you either love them or hate them. If one is able to say such things about an album that is indicative of the very heart and soul of what true fans love so much about the Stones' music, then truly we are observing this natural law in action. So I suppose I cannot blame Andy anymore than I could blame him for falling if he jumped off a cliff.
Exile is a very good album, but it followed Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet, and Sticky Fingers - all far superior records, but the critical try to shove Exile down everyone's throat. Speaking of Exile...how about Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville. Total shit loved by the critics.
London Calling? Blasphemy! How very dare you sir? I just love every single track. It just sounds so wonderful. Full of catchy numbers. I love the bass playing in particular. Its full of energy, songs you can sing along to. Great lyrics. I could listen to it just about every day. I just don't see how anyone could dislike it.
I just as much. One of the greatest Albums of all time.
It’s a decent album, but that should’ve been an EP instead of a double album
It's a good album but people are always saying it's the greatest punk album I don't think it's close to punk, and it's nowhere near being the greatest punk album. I'll take Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned or Never Mind The Bollocks before London Calling every time, and neither of those two could be considered the greatest punk album. Frankly when it came out I found it disappointing compared to their previous two.
@@Darrylizer1 I don't think anyone will say it's punk - there is a small punk element, but there is rock, funk, reggae, jazz - it's all there. Appreciate your different viewpoint, but I feel it is so far beyond a decent album, it is simply one of the greatest albums of all time by any modern band in popular music. But no worries if you do not agree.
It feels so contrived.
I agree with The Strokes, Patti Smith, and The Beach Boys. The rest, you're dead wrong on.
One wonders if there are any posh boys in prog?🤔
The whole of Genesis and the greater part of YES you mean? One does wonder
What is a posh boy?
Indeed, Genesis came to mind.
Is This It is a great album. I dont even know what critics say but both that and Room On Fire are awesome albums. I dont understand how anyone cant like them for what they are. I never cared if they were from rich families. I just like the albums cos they sound good. And there is very little rock from the 2000s I like, so its not like I'm biased toward that era or anything.
And I love Yes and Genesis - all upper class bands. I bet Andy hates Oasis too - a working mans band.
One of the Velvet Underground's motivations was to get up people's noses, and in Andy's case, they have succeeded.
Let's go walk around the park with a little dog on the lead and black sunglasses, you know, being moody with everybody.
Love, it!
Do you ever listen to lyrics Andy?
Half the appeal of the Ramones is there.
Funny stuff in there.
Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song.
Not just the music.
"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." The plight of urban teenagers (or young adults) with no money and nothing to do. What's not to like? 😜
"Lobotomy"-not only for the lyrics, the song structure is a little different/interesting.
"Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song." Not for everybody. One easy example: I love of a lot of African music & I don't know one word of what they are singing (& I know I'm not the only one).
For many of us, it is the sound of music that touches us quickest & deepest & the effect of the lyrical content usually comes after that. (Not always, "usually.") That's why a lot of us can love songs that have infantile (or worst) lyrics.
Example: The lyrics to the Beatles albums up to 1965 were so simplistic as to be moronic-but still the music stirred us. Why? Hint: Not because of the lyrics!
(Thousands of other examples could work. Elvis. The Rolling Stones. And on & on & on.)
Of course, the greatest songs tend to combine great music with great lyrics. That's the ideal & I love it.
But when people start saying things like, "Lyrics are sometimes the entire appeal of a song"?
Well, such hyperbole over-states what is really meant. What is really meant is something like this: "Good-sounding songs with good lyrics are better than good-sounding songs with bad lyrics."
'Don't go Down to the Basement' is a good one... and 'Beat on the Brat'. 'Rocket to Russia' is a far better album though - I LOVE 'Here Today, Gone Tomorrow'.
See I rarely did, until lately. This has made me redefine my dislikes and question my likes. But as a musician dependent on my ear, it's a tough challenge.
I met Van Morrison in Austin in 1978 and he was very polite. Not exactly chatty, but polite.
Are you SURE it was Van?😂
Must have been having an off day.
I think its an opinion not a fact
You like Rush, don't you?
They are good musicians and do have some great songs (especially the songs or sections of songs where minimal singing takes place) but some songs are boring asf, quite unlistenable 😬
nobody likes Rush do they?
Yeah? Because they’re a great band with some amazing songs and world-class musicians!
Definitely some problematic political stances tho.
@@curly_wyn Yep, Geddy is an airhead leftie. Good at music but supports Biden and Obama, lol
Looking at the Strokes album cover, I think was Inspired by the Album cover By the Legendary British band Spinal Tap album called "Smell That Glove"
"You should have seen the album cover they wanted. It wasn't a glove believe me.."
It reminds me of the of Ohio Players "Skin Tight" but reversed.
1. "The Lawrence Welk Symphony plays The Bay City Rollers". 2. "Liberace and Jerry Lee Lewis "-"The Thumb Piano Duets!" 3. "Jack Klugman sings the Tom Waits Catalog"! 4. "Toyah Sings "Fracture"!-The Complete Recordings!" 5. Andy Edwards-"Acoustic Americana"
Toyah hopefully does Larks tongues in aspic parts 1,2,3 AND 4!
How about "Moon child" The whole enchilada...And then Mars! Ha! Ha!
I personally LOVE The Thumb Piano duets!
Yeah, The Bay City Rollers or Andy Edwards would have come to my mind rather than "Exile in Main St", "Blonde on Blonde" or even "Pet Sounds" (which I personally don't like very much) 😀 And why the heck did Van Morrison become famous and Andy Edwards did not? It's a mystery 🤣
"Toyah Sings "Fracture"BTW, you can listen to Maria Barbieri fully playing Fracture and LTIA pt2...
Tony Garone (of the Make Weird Music channel) wrote the book "Failure to Fracture" about his 22 years journey at failing to play Fracture.
I remember when “Born to Run” came out and some of my friends were raving about it. When I finally heard it, I couldn’t understand all the hoopla over it. I looked at Springsteen at the time as being sort of trendy and you weren’t particularly cool or with it if you didn’t like his music. Never been much of a fan, but if I had to pick an album I liked best it would have to be “The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle.” But his music, and as a musician, I think he’s highly over rated.
He's Lou Reed for people who have never got stoned.
Greetings from Asbury Park I also enjoy, but The Wild the Innocent and The E strreet Shuffle is his high water mark. Born in the USA is trash
I tried with Born to Run, Gave up.
Dave Warner was right. "Bruce is fine in the subways and gutters of New York, but here in Australia he is irrelevant"
I don't think I know anyone who is a musician or big music lover and really rates Springsteen who is under 50. I think he is mostly a Baby Boomer generation hero but actual music is rather straight as an arrow but know someone who served in Nam type.
At the time Born to Run came out I said I liked it because a lot of girls liked it and I wanted to get laid.
Just listened to Born to Run ....it's the one you feature that thoroughly deserves to be defended. Not every track is a classic but most of it is superb, not least , BTR itself , Tenth Avenue and that glorious, slightly overcooked but cinematic masterpiece that is Jungleland!
This.
Agree.
It’s my favorite album of all time!
I don’t understand why people go crazy over RUMOURS?
Agree. Dont get it.
I went to high school and college in New York in the 1970’s… prog musicians and lovers of prog of course would not care for many of these simple recordings. I can tell you this- in high school I got laid with the Layla album on. Close to the Edge would have had them grabbing their purses and undergarments and running for the door….
Being younger, I'd say that Sade Adu was more interestingly working with the girls at my level, while it was clear that Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Mekhanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, Relayer and Ummagumma were not that biatch-friendly...
Glad thats how you rate music! Very innovative method that there.
London Calling? Just shows how we all have different views, as in my opinion - London Calling is one of the greatest rock / pop / punk / reggae infused album of all time. it is simply brilliant, absolutely and utterly brilliant - there is no song on it that is not fantastic. Still love your channel Andy, just don't what planet you are on in regards this album.
He said that he only listened once, and yo gotta listen a few times to really start love a clash record.
@@TheBergmark
If you really have to work at liking something, is it really good?
@@RussInCanada in my opinion yes! In my experience it is often so that when I like a song instantly I get tired of it after a while. But that's just me.
Astral Weeks has
Van Morrison - vocals, acoustic guitar.
Jay Berliner - classical and steel-string acoustic guitars.
Richard Davis - double bass.
John Payne - flute; soprano saxophone on "Slim Slow Slider"
Warren Smith Jr. - ...
Connie Kay - drums.
Larry Fallon - string arrangements and conductor; harpsichord on "Cyprus Avenue"
Check out the jazz pedigree of most of these, especially Richard Davis. No wonder it is one of the greatest records ever.
The epic masterpiece Awaken is YES's best song period, full stop. Although someone may not like it, it doesn't change that fact. Get over it.
That's Close to the Edge, and I'd let this go if it wasn't fully obvious which has stronger themes, arrangements and solos that don't mess with the songs flow. Awaken ends like 5 times, before the "I have to have my say" endless endings finally ends. Very much an extension on the band not liking each other on top of Jon's fairy visions.
“Like my favorite record or you suck!”
Its an opinion not a fact
Play the drinking game. Take a drink every time Andy says "turgid".
My liver ain't gonna forgive you for that!😉
@jon-paulfilkins7820 Sorry!
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Ha the Dolls and Patti are so much better than Yes, it's not even funny.
objectively? No.
That may be true, but it's not that often that they play together.
????
While I was watching your video, I had my Patti Smith-'Horses' album playing on my CD Player, so at least one person is still listening to this great, influential recording!
And it gives you pleasure to listen to it? People are strange
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Yes, I know some of it is nostalgia, but I love clinging on to the punk/new wave era.
😅love it!
If I wanted to listen to a woman yelping, I'd go visit your Mum again.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Way more pleasure than listening to your hypocritical whinging . . .
Agree about the Springsteen "blockbusters", both contrived hype. However, the first two Springsteen records are pretty damn good.
I'd add, "Darkness..." as a very strong record as well.
You are wild for the last three ("Blonde On Blonde", "Pet Sounds", "Astral Weeks")😳 They are some of my absolute favorite albums of all time and for me they definitely deserve all the praise they get😢 I will quote "The Big Lebowski" to cheer me up: "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man"😁
11:35 saw a young band cover the strokes at a jam night around the time this came out and my friend said to me "this is terrible it sounds like a Casio keyboard demo button" I've never taken them seriously since 😂
Half expected "and bloody Watneys red barrel" at the end of at least one of the rants.
Hahaha.
finally a reference I get!
I never pay attention to the critics. Just because someone likes a movie or an album doesn't mean I will.
Freak out better than Pet Sounds? Listened to Freak Out for the first time recently. A steaming hot dog's turd of a record. Tedious and purile.
I liked both.
Maybe you "had to be there", like so much music.
I prefer Pet Sounds to Freak Out but if the Zappa choice was say...Hot Rats or even Absolutely Free I'd have a much harder time choosing. Not sure why but FO has NEVER resonated with me.
I dislike both. Though I do still like some mid to late period Zappa, but I've never liked The Beach Boys. I really cannot distinguish their greatness from every other Cali surf band.
I prefer freak out.
Taste is taste
I never got Bruce S
Listen to Lost in the Flood, Jungleland, Point Blank, Highway Patrolman...lots of the album tracks. There's much more depth than the singles.
No problem.
First time I've heard/seen Andy, and, as an older person, who grew up in the late 70s and 80s, I applaud your audacity. While I may not entirely agree with everything you said, it brought a wry smile to my dial. I definitely remember buying various albums recommended to me, just to realise they were abysmal. I understand that music appreciation is a very personal experience, and what I find great in music will not be the same for others. What I really like about this video is Andy's delivery.
Back in 1982, one boring weekend afternoon, in order to escape Stars on Sumday on telly I went for a lonely walk in the countryside. Whilst trudging along disconsolately pondering the essential ennui of modern life I came across a surreal sight, seemingly without rational explanation. Entangled in the brairs of a hawthorne bush was a prisine record sleeve of the album 'Derek and the Dominos'. As I stood there transfixed like those monkeys in 2001 a Soace Odysee looking at that slab thing from outer space my eyes fell on an adjacent discarded well thumbed copy of Playboy Magazine in that selfsame shrubbery. According to Andy I must have, relatively good taste because I ignored the album and stuffed the said specialist publication up my jumper for later critical perusal. I feel that finally, after so many years, I have achieved some kind of Hegelian synthesis and closure regarding this bizarre event and also discovered a satisfying connection beyween myself and one of my favourite youtubers.
Thanks for introducing me to the word "brair"!
so that's what happened to that playboy mag I stashed
@@jeroenwarner4834,
That’s got to be a typo for “briar”.
It’s so Canadian to wear shorts in winter. Bruce Springsteen became huge with 1984’s Born in the USA. The album is more important lyrically than musically, kind of like a less important Dylan in the 60’s. Though Springsteen wasn’t the first he was perhaps the most effective in capturing the gloom and despair of the Rust Belt era of American economics. Working class jobs that paid well enough for ordinary people to buy a house and raise a family were evaporating at a frightening rate and being replaced by minimum wage service jobs or no jobs at all. This was happening whilst Wall Street financiers who bet on equities or bonds but never lifted a finger to build anything were bringing in exorbitant salaries and bonuses. I’m not a massive Springsteen fan. I like Nebraska more than Born in the USA but I do appreciate his music and the messages it often conveys.
I’m not dropping out.
"Born in the USA...is more important lyrically than musically."
And that it is 100% valid to call Born in the USA overrated-because for many of us the primary response to music is its musicality & its lyrics are of secondary value. Lyrics-first listeners have the right, of course, to experience & judge music by its lyrical content first, but they are naive to think all other listeners will do the same.
My comment was an observation, was an explanation or potential answer to the question raised, “I don’t get it! Why do people like Bruce?” It was not meant as a judgement though I did say I appreciate the music which is a fairly lukewarm acknowledgment I think. You are obviously free to feel Springsteen is overrated. You’re free to never listen to lyrics and to dismiss everything with a I-IV-V as rubbish. To me dismissing lyrics is similar to dismissing poetry. Certainly there is a plethora of “Roses are red” out there but there are occasionally things that rival Keats or Baudelaire.
@@Chiller11 I didn't say anything about "dismissing lyrics." What I said was: "for many of us the primary response to music is its musicality & its lyrics are of secondary value."
I think the greatest songs combine great music with great lyrics.
But I also think it's more natural to enjoy a song with great music & bad lyrics than a song with bad music & great lyrics-because it's the sound of the music (rather than the content of the lyrics) that affect listeners first & deepest.
And thus my primary point about this guy is reinforced. His worldview charms other elites who like to tell themselves the story of the downtrodden while having not a clue why it's happened or who's doing what.
You summed up pretty well how I feel about Springsteen. He managed to crystallize a theme that's part of the American experience, in much the same way that Jack Kerouac did as a Beat Generation writer. Plus, his live shows were, and apparently still are, epic.
I guess he’s allowed to express his opinion. But sometimes the majority of listeners and actual music historians get it.
God damn Andy, I am half a decade older than you but boy are you a 'grumpy old man'. I do USUALLY agree with you on many of the individual details but I do find you often seem to lack the clear understanding how subjective music really is. I too DESPISED NME and Melody Maker for their pretentious snotty ATTITUDE! Nevertheless your utter dismissal of the Grateful Dead IMHO shows your limitations just like my dismissal of Prog, that I FIND MEANINGLESS BOREDOM. I HATED Genesis and Yes like I hated KISS (SHIT). I was THE Lydon Pil fan and LIKED the Pistols but I did not LOVE it like the early Pil. I also like the Clash's 'Sandinista' a lot more than 'London's Calling' but that LP did have some bangers like 'Guns of Brixton'. Also Ian Dury's first was GREAT and no filler. Yes there is pretentiousness out there. Frank Zappa is the ultimate arrogant poser, even though I LOVE 'Hot Rats' as a top ten EVER. I loved early Jazz Rock (late Hendrix and early Mahavishnu, Parliament Funkadelic) but it died as it became virtuouso WANKERY like late Zappa. As for Brucey, I liked 'Nebraska' by far the most. 'Rain Dogs' is another underrated classic IMHO! Or Paul Simon's 'Still Crazy after all these years'. CLASSIC! Sure 'Dancing in the Street' IS SHITE but who would disagree with that! Agreed about 'Exile on Main Street', it is unlistenable! 'Some Girls' was 100 times better but they were always 2nd best. The Beatles were the real rebels. I loved Dylan's 'Infidels' btw! In the 70's I loved Zeppelin and Floyd the most and like you lost interest because of 'The Wall's FILLER! Also loved The Talking Head's 'Remain In Light' very underrated as well, it was my New Floyd after 'The Wall' lost me. Loved Eno's 70's stuff!
Agree with most of your rant but the Grateful Dead still suck and *some* prog rock is actually quite good, ha ha 😊
Part of your Springsteen dilemma is that his best records are Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River. (Darkness being my personal favorite. (The ballads are prettier and the rockers rage). London Calling from the Clash is where they refine all their elements into a cohesive record full of great songs and playing . They bring their best interpretations of all the influences they love into a coherent piece of rock n roll worthy of standing next to the greats that they lionize.
They are the only two Bruce Springsteen albums I own and the live box set that came out in the early 90's. My local record store had Born In The USA for $10 Australian which is a really good price for that but I just didn't want it.