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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #210 on: July 17, 2019, 06:03:05 PM »
Not sure you want to hear what I have to say.

A lot of these songs are catchy. But so is chlamydia.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #211 on: July 17, 2019, 06:03:31 PM »
Not sure you want to hear what I have to say.

A lot of these songs are catchy. But so is chlamydia.

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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #212 on: July 17, 2019, 06:33:53 PM »
I love how on the album cover, John Travolta is actually pointing at the Bee Gees. Kind of like, "Don't blame me, THEY made me do it."
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #213 on: July 17, 2019, 06:48:29 PM »
I bought this with a Beach Boys greatest hits. 


I was 9.  Sue me. :lol
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #214 on: July 17, 2019, 07:13:50 PM »
My parents had this was well, but think it was on CD, and yes they played it a lot. Off the top of my head I didn't recall what was on it other than the Bee Gee songs and Disco Inferno (which back when I was a kid was my favorite, and today still one of my favorite disco-era songs - yes I have favorite disco-era songs). Looking it up I am amazed it has some other awesome songs I had no idea were on it.

I don't know if I have ever seen this movie the whole way through, I can only recall seeing it in bits and parts throughout the years.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #215 on: July 17, 2019, 07:14:59 PM »
I bought this with a Beach Boys greatest hits. 


I was 9.  Sue me. :lol




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« Reply #216 on: July 17, 2019, 07:48:02 PM »
No joke there.  Just in Technicolor.   Lol
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #217 on: July 18, 2019, 06:35:58 AM »
I have a Bee Gees greatest hits that I actually listen to a fair amount.  If you can get past the disco stylings (which aren't as bad as some of the songs of the era) there is some fine songcraft there.

Also, the movie is better than it should be, though it's a little darker than the bouncy music suggests.   I always felt bad for Annette.

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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #218 on: July 18, 2019, 07:49:52 AM »
:lol  I had this too.  I remember picking it up at a garage sale and listening to it on my walkman while doing my paper route.  Chad is right about the songs being catchy.  For some reason, the song I liked the most was the Kool & the Gang song, Open Sesame.  :metal
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #219 on: July 18, 2019, 07:55:27 AM »
I used to listen to the SNF soundtrack as a kid...that's one of the most awesome soundtracks of all time.  Every song is huge, and I still enjoy the Bee Gees today.

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« Reply #220 on: July 18, 2019, 11:15:35 AM »
Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)



I actually remember my parents listening to this a lot in the late 70's/early 80's on 8-track. That's right, 8-track! I cannot say I have ever actually listened to it since, but it's definitely a disco classic, featuring five songs that most people my age or older know pretty well, the four big Bee Gees hits and Disco Inferno by the Trammps.  Say what you want, but Disco Inferno is one helluva fun song.  Let's hear from the older fans who grew up listening to this.

This was before my time:  I was 10 when the movie came out.  I wasn't into popular music and certainly wasn't interested in a movie about people dancing.  But you can't have missed this.  It was EVERYWHERE.  To this day, though, I don't think I've ever seen the movie.

Looking at the list of songs, the song I was probably most familiar with at the time was A Fifth of Beethoven, which was actually released long before the movie.  I see there's also a disco version of Night on Bald Mountain (called Night on Disco Mountain), which I don't think I've ever heard, but which I might check out.  Boogie Shoes, Disco Inferno and four of the six Bee-Gees songs on the album were ubiquitous (Stayin' Alive, How Deep Is Your Love, Night Fever and More Than a Woman), and another is familiar by name (Jive Talkin').  None of the other songs' names ring any bells for me.  I can't say I really "like" anything on this album, but it's definitely nostalgic.

My elementary school used to have discounted nights at a local roller rink.  I couldn't roller skate for shit, but a couple kids could, and the images of people skating with these songs playing is etched upon my memory for all time.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #221 on: July 18, 2019, 11:24:10 AM »
Don't forget "You Should be Dancing" too, which had the best dance scene in the movie.  Watching John Travolta move like that is just so cool:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUID0jSh2Ic

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« Reply #222 on: July 18, 2019, 03:16:19 PM »
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« Reply #223 on: July 18, 2019, 03:47:06 PM »
Other than Jailbreak and Boys Are Back in Town, did Thin Lizzy ever record anything relevant?

Oh yeah, Metallica covered them once. Decent tune.

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« Reply #224 on: July 18, 2019, 04:31:00 PM »
I think the soundtrack stands the test of time better than the movie does. 
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #225 on: July 18, 2019, 08:36:56 PM »
Don't forget "You Should be Dancing" too, which had the best dance scene in the movie.  Watching John Travolta move like that is just so cool:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUID0jSh2Ic

I don't think I have seen the movie since I was a kid, and watching that scene again just now, it is weird seeing Travolta looking so young and so thin.  Wonder if he can still dance like that...I doubt it. 

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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1977 soundtrack featured)
« Reply #226 on: July 20, 2019, 01:23:41 PM »
King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic



This album is very much loved by music fans in general, and most would call it a classic.  For me, King Crimson is a band that is really hit or miss, and that describes this album in general for me.  I like it, as it has some really great moments, but it has some moments I am not wild about either.  Taking the song The Talking Drum.  That is mostly a cool song, with a great build-up, but the climax with those screeching violins makes me want to pull my ears off with a pair of pliers.  The title track, of which we get two parts, is good. Part 1 is good in a chilling kind of way, while Part 2 rocks your balls off, but neither is one I ever reach for anymore.  Easy Money and Exiles are easily my two favorite songs here.  Good album overall, but like quite a few other King Crimson albums, I don't think it quite lives up to its reputation.

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« Reply #227 on: July 20, 2019, 07:02:52 PM »
King Crimson.... Blah
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« Reply #228 on: July 20, 2019, 07:08:22 PM »
Fist comment is ..

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..6 hours after the original post.

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« Reply #229 on: July 20, 2019, 08:46:33 PM »
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« Reply #230 on: July 20, 2019, 09:53:33 PM »
To be fair I haven't listened to much KC but from what I have checked out I didn't enjoy anything so never delved any deeper.
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« Reply #231 on: July 22, 2019, 04:46:57 AM »
King Crimson.... Blah

Ditto.  The only KC album I own is (naturally) ITCOTCK.  And I think I've listened to it 2 or 3 times.  Meh.  Don't see what the fuss is all about.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (1973 album featured on 7/20/19)
« Reply #232 on: July 22, 2019, 06:38:27 AM »
King Crimson.... Blah

Ditto.  The only KC album I own is (naturally) ITCOTCK.  And I think I've listened to it 2 or 3 times.  Meh.  Don't see what the fuss is all about.

Dude. ITCOTCK is phenomenal!! Almost made my top 50.
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« Reply #233 on: July 22, 2019, 07:04:26 AM »
King Crimson.... Blah

Ditto.  The only KC album I own is (naturally) ITCOTCK.  And I think I've listened to it 2 or 3 times.  Meh.  Don't see what the fuss is all about.

Dude. ITCOTCK is phenomenal!! Almost made my top 50.
could be considered as the first ever prog album in history. I don't listen to it often, but it paved the way for so many other albums I think.
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« Reply #234 on: July 22, 2019, 08:14:56 AM »
It was not the first prog album ever, but it was undoubtedly highly influential.

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« Reply #235 on: July 22, 2019, 08:38:17 AM »
Larks Tongues in Aspic is excellent! At the very top of the KC albums in my opinion, yet I don't know if I would have ever picked it as a "classic" album if I were running this thread. I guess it could be considered a classic on this forum where you're guaranteed to find a significant group who are familiar with it, but to the larger world, it's pretty obscure.

Talking Drums, Easy Money, Exiles, Part 1 and especially Part 2 (I love how evil the guitars feel on this song) are all awesome.
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« Reply #236 on: July 22, 2019, 08:40:18 AM »
Larks Tongues in Aspic is excellent! At the very top of the KC albums in my opinion, yet I don't know if I would have ever picked it as a "classic" album if I were running this thread. I guess it could be considered a classic on this forum where you're guaranteed to find a significant group who are familiar with it, but to the larger world, it's pretty obscure.

Talking Drums, Easy Money, Exiles, Part 1 and especially Part 2 (I love how evil the guitars feel on this song) are all awesome.
I agree, one of my favourites and the start of a great run of KC albums IMHO
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« Reply #237 on: July 22, 2019, 05:27:42 PM »
Okay, we move on...

Kansas - Leftoverture



Recommend by mike099, this was on my list anyway of albums to feature, but I moved it up in the rotation.  This is usually in my all-time top 10.  I got into Kansas through their Best-Of in the early 90's and never really heard anything else, and a few years later, a friend was like, "You need to hear Leftoverture."  I only knew Carry On Wayward Son and The Wall, so he played me Miracles out of Nowhere, and my jaw was on the floor for like days. I couldn't believe how awesome that song was, and I still can't.  Cheyenne Anthem also completely floored me, and on more days than not, I call it my favorite Kansas song.  And the rest of the album is pretty much totally money as well, the only exception being there merely-good What's On My Mind.  But hey, 7 totally awesome songs and 1 good song is something I will take each and every time.  This is Kansas at their best. 

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« Reply #238 on: July 22, 2019, 05:58:26 PM »
Okay, we move on...

Kansas - Leftoverture
 

I didn't buy this until a good 10-15 years after it was released.  When I started getting into Kansas in the late 80s, I started with the 1984 "Best of" package and then moved on to Two for the Show.  The former had two songs from Leftoverture (Wayward Son and The Wall), and the latter had the same two and Magnum Opus (although I'd have sworn that it had a version of Miracles out of Nowhere).  I probably bought Point of Know Return First, but Leftoverture eclipses POKR.  Other than What's on My Mind, all of side 1 is epic, and the same is true of nearly all of side 2.  It's odd that Kansas never got the credit it deserved as a true prog band.  Absolutely great album from a band firing on all cylinders.
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« Reply #239 on: July 22, 2019, 06:30:39 PM »
Top 10 album of all time for me.  Just from top to bottom perfection.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (now featuring: Kansas)
« Reply #240 on: July 22, 2019, 06:59:39 PM »
There's something about Kansas that leaves me with blue balls. To me, they'd be much better a lot heavier.
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« Reply #241 on: July 22, 2019, 07:03:27 PM »
I figured marriage caused that.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (now featuring: Kansas)
« Reply #242 on: July 22, 2019, 07:33:33 PM »
I don't listen to this album enough. I'll rectify that tomorrow.
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (now featuring: Kansas)
« Reply #243 on: July 22, 2019, 07:39:28 PM »
I don't listen to this album enough. I'll rectify that tomorrow.

And then you'll remember why you don't listen to this album enough...
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Re: 70's Classic Albums Discussion (now featuring: Kansas)
« Reply #244 on: July 22, 2019, 08:04:47 PM »
TAC: Never missing an opportunity to take a steaming dump on something most everyone else loves.

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