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« Reply #45 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 17:58:43 » |
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No contest....
Specials (1979) by The Specials
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London Calling by the Clash
Never mind the bollocks by the pistols
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« Reply #46 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:05:06 » |
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'ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space' by spiritualized is, for me, the greatest album of all time. why? it's got everything, it is epic, yet fragile at the same time. it effortlessly spans jazz, blues, rock, and soul, and on top of that has a 20 minute track with loads of dirty filthy distorted feedback. music to totally immerse yourself in.
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« Reply #47 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:08:11 » |
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Sounds like a load of pretentious bollocks to me..... But each to his own |
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« Reply #48 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:11:19 » |
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Never Mind The Bollocks is total bollocks though i'm afraid. How anyone can name that as even a contender for best album of all time is past a joke.
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« Reply #49 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:12:35 » |
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I can't believe some of the best classics have been missed off this thread as well.
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« Reply #50 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:14:10 » |
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Never Mind The Bollocks is total bollocks though i'm afraid. How anyone can name that as even a contender for best album of all time is past a joke. Punk changed the music scene completely in the late seventies and Never Mind The Bollocks was the definitive punk album. Listen to 'Submission' or Anarchy in the UK' and tell me they're not good songs.... Maybe you had to be there........................ |
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« Reply #51 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:14:31 » |
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Sounds like a load of pretentious bollocks to me..... But each to his own  |
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« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:18:36 » |
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Never Mind The Bollocks is total bollocks though i'm afraid. How anyone can name that as even a contender for best album of all time is past a joke. Punk changed the music scene completely in the late seventies and Never Mind The Bollocks was the definitive punk album. Listen to 'Submission' or Anarchy in the UK' and tell me they're not good songs.... Maybe you had to be there........................ They are not good songs. I can scream over distorted guitar any day of the week. Gash. They all sound the same. There is so much more to music than heavy distortian. My band supported a Sex Pistols tribute band once and they were so loud it wasn't even considered as music. Perhaps that's why i hate the SP a bit more as well. |
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« Reply #53 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:22:50 » |
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Never Mind The Bollocks is total bollocks though i'm afraid. How anyone can name that as even a contender for best album of all time is past a joke. Punk changed the music scene completely in the late seventies and Never Mind The Bollocks was the definitive punk album. Listen to 'Submission' or Anarchy in the UK' and tell me they're not good songs.... Maybe you had to be there........................ They are not good songs. I can scream over distorted guitar any day of the week. Gash. They all sound the same. There is so much more to music than heavy distortian. My band supported a Sex Pistols tribute band once and they were so loud it wasn't even considered as music. Perhaps that's why i hate the SP a bit more as well. So I was right then? You had to be there |
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« Reply #54 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:24:47 » |
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Never Mind The Bollocks is total bollocks though i'm afraid. How anyone can name that as even a contender for best album of all time is past a joke. Punk changed the music scene completely in the late seventies and Never Mind The Bollocks was the definitive punk album. Listen to 'Submission' or Anarchy in the UK' and tell me they're not good songs.... Maybe you had to be there........................ I was there, and would agree that NMTB, shouldn't be a contender. Punk was anti album anyway.....after much wrangling with record companies etc, NMTB was released after the best bit of punk had passed. As with all the best music scenes, they start off at grass roots, reach their peak, and the industry tries frantically to catch up, by which time they're usually appealing to those a bit behind the times. This scenario was particularly true of punk.....which spawned a lot of spin offs, which are best found on smallish labels....which is why The Specials, who were involved in the whole two tone thing are worthy of mention. |
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« Reply #55 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:25:08 » |
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 Well i kind of agree. Unfortunatly i was there for a stab at the real thing which made me think it was bloody awful |
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« Reply #56 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:28:34 » |
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Leave it out Reg! You must have been a wrinklie even then!
It was a youth movement and fuck me did it move!
I agree with you on it's importance as to the emergence of other music styles though.
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« Reply #57 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:35:37 » |
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I still stand by my own judgement on this  I mean look at some of the albums mentioned on here.....IMO utter tosh, the point is that it is down to personal preference I think that it is one of the best albums partly due to it being so totally different to the total shit that was around at the time, disco, glam rock, prog rock etc.... Well thats my opinion anyway! |
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« Reply #58 on: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 18:39:03 » |
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Leave it out Reg! You must have been a wrinklie even then!
It was a youth movement and fuck me did it move!
I agree with you on it's importance as to the emergence of other music styles though. Interestingly going to loads of gigs back then in my very early 20's, I did feel a bit ancient at times, as most every body else was about 17, 18, 19, and I had a job rather than being on the dole. But soon realised it was big wide open goal as far as birds were concerned as being 4 or 5 years older didn't seem to make much difference. I recently met a bird and was remembering taking her and her mate to see the Buzzcocks in Scumsville. They were both fit as, and it was good to walk the streets of that foul place, with one on each arm  . Ever fallen in love....definite candidate for best song of all time. |
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