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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Apr 10, 2007 16:55:34 GMT -5
Ok, I admit I just want to see the Clash lose without using too obvious of a contender (like the Beatles - they would surely win). So, c'mon VU. YOU CAN DUAT!
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Post by Galactus on Apr 10, 2007 16:59:02 GMT -5
The Clash put a boot up VU's pansy arse.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Apr 10, 2007 16:59:21 GMT -5
I'm going with the VU on this one.
Oh no he didn't!
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 17:12:55 GMT -5
Sorry Melaun, but even I had to go with the Clash here. Even though I've never been crazy about them, the VU bore me to tears. At least the Clash made London Calling.
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Post by Kensterberg on Apr 10, 2007 17:29:22 GMT -5
The Clash take the top spot over the Beatles, IMHO, and the Fab Four beat out the VU as well, so this really is a no brainer for me.
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Post by loudaab on Apr 10, 2007 19:13:47 GMT -5
Here's my review of all of the Velvet Underground's studio albums including VU and Another View (recordings that didnt come out until the mid 80s) and excluding Squeeze (a final album Doug Yule made in which he used the Velvet Underground name): The Velvet Underground and Nico1967, produced by Andy Warhol. Favorite Tracks:'Sunday Morning' 'Femme Fatale' 'All Tomorrow's Parties' 'I'll Be your Mirror'... The album overall is a solid 8.5, but I have to give it an extra point for being the debut and being such a ground breaking disc. Plus Nico's gorgeous throaty singing performance is a landmark for all female vocalists who will follow throughout the ages to envy. Overall Rating: 9.5 White Light/White Heat Recorded Dec '67, produced by Tom Wilson. Favorite Tracks: 'white light/white heat' 'Lady Godiva's Operation' 'Here She Comes Now' 'Sister Ray'... This album is near perfection. The organ, the guitars, the drums all documenting the dark detached drone of New York's drug/art scene of the late 60's. What could be more cool than that? Overall Rating: 9.5 The Velvet UndergroundRecorded November 1968 Favorite Tracks: Every song on the album... Much mellower and more thoughtful than White Light/White Heat. With John Cale gone it is less experimental but includes some of the most beautiful electric guitar I've ever heard. This is also the first album where Reed has found the right balance in vocal alchemy between meloncholy, playfulness and uptight expressionism. Overall Rating: 10 VU A collection of songs recorded for MGM between early '68 to late '69. Favorite Tracks: Every song on the album... This release combines the mellow (like 'Stephanie Says' and 'Ocean') with the rockin ('I Can't Stand it' and 'Foggy Notion') with twinges of country ('One of the days'), minimalism ('I'm Sticking With You') to R&B ('Temptation Inside of Your Heart') to form what is IMO one of the top 10 releases ever put out. Overall Rating: 10 Another View A collection of 9 songs recorded between Dec '67 to Sep '69 Favorite Tracks: 'We're gonna have a good time together' 'I'm gonna Move right in' 'Coney Island Steeplechase'... Released in 1986 on the heels of the success of VU, this collection is strictly for VU completists with a few gems thrown in including an early version of Rock and Roll, but overall these songs sound like what they were; ideas and riffs that were abandoned in the process of hitting upon better and greater things. Overall Rating: 7.5 LoadedRecorded spring/summer of 1970. Favorite Tracks: Every song on the album... The most underappreciated and too easily dismissed VU album. Many of the tones, moods and sounds on this album are echoed in the best of Reed's solo career which would follow over the next decade. Reed dominates the album with Doug Yule clocking in as his clone (in every photo I've ever seen of the two together Yule is not only parroting Reed's attire and hairdo but his faicial expression and posture as well). Although the VU have moved squarely away from the dark and heavy sound of their earlier albums by this time, the guitar work, the harmonizing/backing vocals and the songsmanship on this one is as strong as it gets and creates its own bittersweet and somber tone. Overall Rating: 10 blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=66316956&blogID=106074898&Mytoken=0D7C88CD-D22C-4D2C-82C3A8854AF6EB2C14558860 |
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 19:18:59 GMT -5
Good for you PEW, but your new blog-pimping link is stretching the board out. You should really learn to use the [ url = ] tags. That way you won't be that annoying.
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Post by loudaab on Apr 10, 2007 19:28:00 GMT -5
Good for you PEW, but your new blog-pimping link is stretching the board out. You should really learn to use the [ url = ] tags. That way you won't be that annoying. Sure, wanna give me a quick Step-byStep on how to use [ url = ] tags? |
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 19:34:34 GMT -5
Like this... [ url = pewsblog.com.etc.etc. ] Click here for the link [ / url ] Minus the gaps/spaces of course. Or just press "quote" on my post here and you'll see how I've done this |
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 19:39:13 GMT -5
Shit, I just pimped PEW's blog myself. I promise that won't happen again.
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Post by loudaab on Apr 10, 2007 20:16:38 GMT -5
Thanks. Good Karma is headed your way...
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Post by Galactus on Apr 10, 2007 20:43:16 GMT -5
You do realize there's already a link to his blog in his signature....
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 20:49:58 GMT -5
Oh I realize it. I just don't want him posting another long-ass link which fucks up the page, like that last one did. That's why I offered to help the cunt
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Post by KooL on Apr 10, 2007 21:00:45 GMT -5
Thanks. Good Karma is headed your way... Coming from you, that means I'll probably get hit by a bus tomorrow. If I don't post for about a week, you can all feel free to write up my eulogy here. |
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Post by rockysigman on Apr 11, 2007 0:07:09 GMT -5
Fuck this thread.
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