70's Classic Albums Discussion (now featuring: ZZ Top)

[TAC]

Listening to Aerosmith on drugs> listening to Aerosmith clean

[King Postwhore]

 

Tim's youth > Tim's later years.

[KevShmev]

What 70's rock isn't better with partaking in a little something...?

[TAC]

Tim's youth > Tim's later years.

 

[KevShmev]

The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me



The Doobies are, for the most part, a greatest hits-type band for me, and what hits they are, but this is the one studio album by them that I own, and what an album is.  Any classic fan is going to know China Grove and Long Train Runnin', the latter of which is my favorite by the band, but the deep cuts on this album are stellar. Dark Eyed Cajun Woman and Clear As the Driven Snow are both tremendous songs, and I am really high on Evil Woman and Natural Thing as well.  I didn't get this album till maybe a year or two ago, but I am glad that I did.  Very worthy of its classic album status!

[TAC]

Not really in my wheelhouse but I did own The Best Of Vol 1 when I was a kid.

[jingle.boy]

I only know the radio hits.  Decent enough stuff, but they never wow'd me enough to dig deeper into them.

[bl5150]

That album made my Top 50.   Grew up listening to Doobies (both eras) as my Dad was big into them and they just stuck.








And that's an invite for a TAC edit if I have ever seen one 

[jingle.boy]

You have one too many "T"s in that sentence.

[romdrums]

When I think of the term Dad Rock, no other band, in my opinion, defines the term better than the Doobies.  Every time I hear a song of theirs, it makes me want to get into a 70’s muscle car, roll the windows down, take it to the streets and start rockin’ down the highway.  They were one of the few bands my dad and his brothers all agreed on, and a road trip staple in my childhood.  I vividly remember how excited my dad was when the classic lineup got back together in the late 80’s.  I also remember how much my dad loved the early 80’s farewell show.  We watched that constantly.  The Doobies knew how to rock and wrote some great tunes, and that riff on China Grove is one of the best of all time.

[mike099]

Really good album.  I really like without you and clear as the driven snow.

 Another good album by them is ‘what we’re once vices are now habits’.  The album cover shows the band in a live concert setting, but the album is a studio album that flows really well.

[KevShmev]

Another Park Another Sunday is the only deep cut from that album that really grabbed me.  Daughters of the Sea was pretty good, too. 

[bl5150]

You have one too many "T"s in that sentence.

Thanks Tim 

[Podaar]

Catching up.

Not familiar with Bitches Brew. I'll try and remedy that this week.

Toys in the Attic is a stone cold classic with stellar deep cuts. This and Rocks were on steady rotation in my teenage years and both have that overwhelming nostalgia element that I never tire of.

The Doobie's I've always enjoyed but not enough to actually purchase any of their albums.

[pg1067]

We move on...

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

This is one of those albums that was legendary, but Aerosmith was never more than a "hits" band for me.  I don't know half the songs on this album, and the two biggest songs didn't endure for me.  The title track is, IMO, the best song on the album.

The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
 

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'? and that's about it.  If I know any of their songs besides China Groove, I can't think of them.

[jingle.boy]

Rockin Down the Highway?
Black Water?
Listen to the Music?
Takin it to the Streets?

They've got a handful that are still classic rock radio staples.

[pg1067]

Rockin Down the Highway?
Black Water?
Listen to the Music?
Takin it to the Streets?

They've got a handful that are still classic rock radio staples.

Black Water for sure.  Takin' It to the Streets, maybe.  The other two don't ring a bell, but I can't say for sure.

[Cool Chris]

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'?

Damn is the first reference to What's Happening in dtf.org history??

[pg1067]

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'?

Damn is the first reference to What's Happening in dtf.org history??

What's Happening!  The Thread.  Coming soon.

[TAC]

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'?

Damn is the first reference to What's Happening in dtf.org history??

What's Happening!  The Thread.  Coming soon.

It's a rerun anyway.

[hefdaddy42]

Great album from the Doobies.

[pg1067]

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'?

Damn is the first reference to What's Happening in dtf.org history??

What's Happening!  The Thread.  Coming soon.

It's a rerun anyway.

Hey, HEY, hey!

[KevShmev]

Oh man, I remember that episode!

Many years later, it took me forever to figure out what the song was where they play the instrumental section and the guy is bashing the gong.  The song is I Cheat the Hangman from Stampede.  Really nice deep cut. 

[Cool Chris]

I discovered What's Happening Now first. Then years later found out about What's Happening. I feel like I watched it some but other than being able to name the main three guys I cannot recall a thing about it.

[pg1067]

I discovered What's Happening Now first. Then years later found out about What's Happening. I feel like I watched it some but other than being able to name the main three guys I cannot recall a thing about it.

The show only lasted 3 seasons.  The funny thing is that the three main actors were 27, 25 and 16 at the time the show premiered.  It's weird enough to have actors in their mid- to late 20s playing high school students (although a running joke on the show was that Rerun had been in high school for many more than four years and, during the Doobies' episode, Patrick Simmons mentioned that he remembered attending class with Rerun), but to be playing next to a kid who actually was in high school seems awfully odd in retrospect.

[KevShmev]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid



A classic in every sense of the word, despite the crappy cover.  It's funny because the riff to Iron Man was the first thing that made me take notice of Black Sabbath back in the early 90's, but it's become one of those good songs I rarely listen to these days. On the flip side, overplayed classics like War Pigs and the title track never get old; I still crank those like it's the first time hearing them.  And of course, my two favorites, Fairies Wear Boots and Hand of Doom, are what take it from being a good album to a great one.  I am also very high on Planet Caravan. The mood and atmosphere in that song is just incredible, and their ability to do songs like that so early on is one of the many things that made them so unique.  Terrific record.

[Cool Chris]

The funny thing is that the three main actors were 27, 25 and 16 at the time the show premiered.

That's crazy. Decided to look it up but before I got there I knew it had to be Dwayne who was the 16 year old.

Never got in to Sabbath. When I was heavy in to JCP/NWA in the 80s, nothing blew my mind quite like the Road Warriors coming to the ring to the sounds of Iron Man.

[Architeuthis]

The Doobies were the band on What's Happenin'?

Damn is the first reference to What's Happening in dtf.org history??

What's Happening!  The Thread.  Coming soon.

It's a rerun anyway.

Hey, HEY, hey!

It's FAAAAAAAAT Albert!!

[jingle.boy]

Paranoid was probably my indoctrination to true classic Heavy Metal.  Not sure why I never dove deep into Sabbath after discovering this album, but for some reason I didn't - and regret it.  This is a deadly album.  I'd say Electric Funeral is my fave outside of the big-3.  I ought to spin this later today, as it's been ages since I have listened to it.

[Art]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid



A classic in every sense of the word, despite the crappy cover.  It's funny because the riff to Iron Man was the first thing that made me take notice of Black Sabbath back in the early 90's, but it's become one of those good songs I rarely listen to these days. On the flip side, overplayed classics like War Pigs and the title track never get old; I still crank those like it's the first time hearing them.  And of course, my two favorites, Fairies Wear Boots and Hand of Doom, are what take it from being a good album to a great one.  I am also very high on Planet Caravan. The mood and atmosphere in that song is just incredible, and their ability to do songs like that so early on is one of the many things that made them so unique.  Terrific record.

Absolute classic, even though this is the BS album i listen to the least nowadays, since i'm kind of burned out on most of it. But yeah, classic for a reason, great fucking record.

[Podaar]

The most dangerous boy in my 3rd grade class introduced me to this most dangerous of albums. We were friends for many years because of that!

And of course, my two favorites, Fairies Wear Boots and Hand of Doom, are what take it from being a good album to a great one.

I share your love of Hand of Doom, as we've discussed recently. But don't forget...

I'd say Electric Funeral is my fave outside of the big-3.  I ought to spin this later today, as it's been ages since I have listened to it.

[The Walrus]

One of two Sabbath albums I actually own. Good record. Sabbath has never been heavy or fast enough for my taste but I like this one.

[cramx3]

Add this to my long list between this and the 80s thread of bands I enjoy but don't actually own any albums yet know probably half the songs off this and really enjoy it.  They played 6/8 of the tracks on their final tour that I saw and was surprised how good they overall really sounded.  And yea, like Kat, they are bit plodding for me to truly love and ever get into more than I probably already have, but they are iconic. 

[jingle.boy]

#SpinningNow

Generals gathered in their maaaaaassseess!!!

[Podaar]

Generals gathered in their maaaaaassseess!!!