Your Random Musical Thoughts

[twosuitsluke]

Rolling Stone have managed to invent their own definition of a Concept album, aka, pretty much any album.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-concept-albums-1234604040/styx-5-1234604537/

That magazine is infuriating.   On what planet is Green Day's American Idiot "better" than The Wall?

I mean, I prefer American Idiot over The Wall. So I guess the answer to your question is planet Earth.

I might even like it better too; it's not about "like".  It's about the broader place in history.

But that's just your perspective and point of view. To some in my generation American Idiot was a huge deal. When it came out literally every one of my friends at the time owned it and loved it. It was played at every house party for at least a year.

I can't speak for everyone of my generation, but for many many people it was more of a landmark than The Wall ever was.

[HOF]

Part of the problem is streaming sites do not make it easy to browse a collection of artists. I can mostly only speak for Amazon Music, but it is incredibly difficult to navigate to artists either through search or through your library. You pull up the artist, and then you have to click around some more to pull up a full set of albums, and then the albums aren't organized in any meaningful way. Whoever designed the interface for Amazon probably has never had to use the app. It's that bad.

[Stadler]

Rolling Stone have managed to invent their own definition of a Concept album, aka, pretty much any album.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-concept-albums-1234604040/styx-5-1234604537/

That magazine is infuriating.   On what planet is Green Day's American Idiot "better" than The Wall?

I mean, I prefer American Idiot over The Wall. So I guess the answer to your question is planet Earth.

I might even like it better too; it's not about "like".  It's about the broader place in history.

But that's just your perspective and point of view. To some in my generation American Idiot was a huge deal. When it came out literally every one of my friends at the time owned it and loved it. It was played at every house party for at least a year.

I can't speak for everyone of my generation, but for many many people it was more of a landmark than The Wall ever was.

Fair enough.

[Dublagent66]

Part of the problem is streaming sites do not make it easy to browse a collection of artists. I can mostly only speak for Amazon Music, but it is incredibly difficult to navigate to artists either through search or through your library. You pull up the artist, and then you have to click around some more to pull up a full set of albums, and then the albums aren't organized in any meaningful way. Whoever designed the interface for Amazon probably has never had to use the app. It's that bad.

I'm pretty happy with YouTube Music.

[JediKnight1969]

Rolling Stone have managed to invent their own definition of a Concept album, aka, pretty much any album.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-concept-albums-1234604040/styx-5-1234604537/

That magazine is infuriating.   On what planet is Green Day's American Idiot "better" than The Wall?

I mean, I prefer American Idiot over The Wall. So I guess the answer to your question is planet Earth.

I might even like it better too; it's not about "like".  It's about the broader place in history.

But that's just your perspective and point of view. To some in my generation American Idiot was a huge deal. When it came out literally every one of my friends at the time owned it and loved it. It was played at every house party for at least a year.

I can't speak for everyone of my generation, but for many many people it was more of a landmark than The Wall ever was.

Fair enough.

Rolling Stone magazine?

[Glasser]

Rolling Stone have managed to invent their own definition of a Concept album, aka, pretty much any album.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-concept-albums-1234604040/styx-5-1234604537/

That magazine is infuriating.   On what planet is Green Day's American Idiot "better" than The Wall?

I mean, I prefer American Idiot over The Wall. So I guess the answer to your question is planet Earth.

I might even like it better too; it's not about "like".  It's about the broader place in history.

But that's just your perspective and point of view. To some in my generation American Idiot was a huge deal. When it came out literally every one of my friends at the time owned it and loved it. It was played at every house party for at least a year.

I can't speak for everyone of my generation, but for many many people it was more of a landmark than The Wall ever was.

Fair enough.

Rolling Stone magazine?

Creem.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

These are sort of extra-musical thoughts, but tangential enough I suppose. 

I'm tempted every now and then to start a meta thread about roulettes.  It's such a fascinating idea that I've never really seen anywhere else, but definitely is fun and promotes camaraderie and friendly competition, that would probably improve a number of other forums I've participated in or observed over the years.  Many others here are familiar with then, even possibly jaded a bit, whereas I didn't start paying attention to them until just a few months ago.

Which brings up a related thought, that I'm in a weird position of being both one of the "oldest" (in forum years) members, lurking in and eventually participating in old DT forums in the 00s, and signed up on this specific board in '07, and yet one of the newest to this particular iteration, not rediscovering it until summer last year, so I have a dozen+ year gap of missing time. 

[SoundscapeMN]

1st The Mars Volta, now Yes.

Prog On Lizzo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qRQUNnm3MM

[EPICVIEW]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Another extra-musical one.  It occurs to me that there are a number of different groups of people who basically never interact, because they rarely if ever go to other sections of the forum from the one they spend the most time in.  Every once in awhile I'll pop into a different sub-forum and glance at a thread, and often there are names I don't recognize. 

[TAC]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

At least Iron Maiden is very vocal about their influence on them, so they do live on with Metal's biggest band, and also in Metallica as well.

[EPICVIEW]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

At least Iron Maiden is very vocal about their influence on them, so they do live on with Metal's biggest band, and also in Metallica as well.

I agree my  brother   I agree

[TAC]

I'd say this is actually a pretty decent list..
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/20-underrated-1970s-bands/ss-AA14beR1?cvid=76be6710453643cf9556be9d83ecbf31#image=21


I must say that I hear Vehicle almost daily on my work intercom music, and I had never even considered it was white guys.

[Samsara]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

Amen.

I was listening to The Beatles Abbey Road this morning. I know they receive a ton of love and credit for helping shape popular music, but man, for a band that has been dissolved for 54 years, it's amazing how influential their work still is.

[EPICVIEW]

 

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

Amen.

I was listening to The Beatles Abbey Road this morning. I know they receive a ton of love and credit for helping shape popular music, but man, for a band that has been dissolved for 54 years, it's amazing how influential their work still is.

[Stadler]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

Amen.

I was listening to The Beatles Abbey Road this morning. I know they receive a ton of love and credit for helping shape popular music, but man, for a band that has been dissolved for 54 years, it's amazing how influential their work still is.

I've been listening to that a lot lately too, having gotten the Deluxe Remix.  That is an almost perfect record.

[EPICVIEW]

Im not sure its possible for Thin Lizzy to get the accolades they truly deserve... it should be infinite

Amen.

I was listening to The Beatles Abbey Road this morning. I know they receive a ton of love and credit for helping shape popular music, but man, for a band that has been dissolved for 54 years, it's amazing how influential their work still is.

I've been listening to that a lot lately too, having gotten the Deluxe Remix.  That is an almost perfect record.

agreed   Abby Road is simply amazing

[TAC]

I have never in my life heard an entire Beatles album. Not knowing the tracklist on Abbey Road, I would assume I've heard most if not all of the songs on the radio though.

[Stadler]

I have never in my life heard an entire Beatles album. Not knowing the tracklist on Abbey Road, I would assume I've heard most if not all of the songs on the radio though.

Hmm.  I only offer this because you are often willing to give things a shot... you should listen to Abbey Road once.  Yeah, you may have heard many (or most) of the songs. Certainly Come Together, Something and Here Comes The Sun.  But even if you don't like it, the album, and especially side two, is an experience, especially when you consider when and how it was done.

[TAC]

I have it up on Spotify. Are there really 17 songs on it? What is the original tracklist?

[Dream Team]

I have it up on Spotify. Are there really 17 songs on it? What is the original tracklist?

Side 2 is a medley of shorter songs, hence the 17.

[TAC]

I have it up on Spotify. Are there really 17 songs on it? What is the original tracklist?

Side 2 is a medley of shorter songs, hence the 17.

What is the first song on Side 2?

[DragonAttack]

'Hello, Siri?'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road

We'd joked that perhaps I'd do a Beatles discography, once my Queen one ends in 2025. (  actually, I'll say 'Thank God It's Christmas' because that's when it will finish barring the unexpected.....)

Just the originals.  One UK album (and one major EP) every 7-10 days (and related nonalbum 45s).  A mention of the Past Masters and Anthology series.  It would take less than four months.

[SoundscapeMN]

I wonder if there's still interest to do a Retro Songs of the Year Topic that was mentioned in the Retro Albums of the Year topic last year.

Suppose bumping that topic might album be worth asking in.

[KevShmev]

Abbey Road is incredible.  One of the best albums ever by anyone.  I love a lot of music by the Beatles, but it doesn't get any better than Abbey Road.

[Stadler]

I have it up on Spotify. Are there really 17 songs on it? What is the original tracklist?

Side 2 is a medley of shorter songs, hence the 17.

What is the first song on Side 2?

The entire side is NOT a medley.  Side 2 starts with "Here Comes The Sun", by George Harrison, then has "Because" by John.  THEN the medley starts.  And for those that care, there is a snippet at the end - "Her Majesty" - that was originally in the middle of the medley - between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam - but McCartney didn't like it there and asked for it to be cut.  Everyone around the Beatles was always instructed by George Martin to NEVER throw anything away, so one of the engineers tacked it on the end of the tape for safekeeping, except that it went to mastering that way.  Paul liked the oddness of it, and so it stayed from that point on.

The deluxe version has a version of the medley with Her Majesty in it's original place (my opinion: the edit was the right thing to do).   

[KevShmev]

The entire side is NOT a medley.  Side 2 starts with "Here Comes The Sun", by George Harrison, then has "Because" by John.  THEN the medley starts.  And for those that care, there is a snippet at the end - "Her Majesty" - that was originally in the middle of the medley - between Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam - but McCartney didn't like it there and asked for it to be cut.  Everyone around the Beatles was always instructed by George Martin to NEVER throw anything away, so one of the engineers tacked it on the end of the tape for safekeeping, except that it went to mastering that way.  Paul liked the oddness of it, and so it stayed from that point on.

The deluxe version has a version of the medley with Her Majesty in it's original place (my opinion: the edit was the right thing to do).

Agreed.  Maybe I am just used to the medley with it tacked on at the end, but Her Majesty doesn't sound right throw in between MMM and PP. 

I didn't know it until reading it online a few years ago, but apparently a lot of Beatles fans hate Maxwell's Silver Hammer.  Fools. That song is all kinds of fun.

[Stadler]

Well, I think JOHN hated it, so what he says goes! 

One thing I learned is that you can interpret the medley to be about the conflict between "selfishness" and "generosity", and that the "selfish" parts are in the key of A and the "generous" parts are in the key of C.  Or something along those lines.

I get it, tastes, but in this humble man's opinion, there will never be another Beatles in their truest form.

[HOF]

Just listened to Abbey Road again and remembered why I don’t own it. While side 2 is excellent, side 1 has a bunch of the more annoying Beatles songs, some of which have become kind of cliche at this point. Come Together, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh Darling, Octopus’s Garden, I Want You (She’s So Heavy) all miss me pretty badly. Something is good though. Here Comes The Sun is brilliant, and the medley is a lot of fun. But it’s at best one half great and one half not great (IMO).

[Glasser]

Help? Has anyone bought and band tees from Amazon Merch on demand? I didn't want to start a thread so I'm asking here. They have the rights to big name bands and I ordered a Thin Lizzy "Black Rose" shirt and I'm hoping its not a cheap ass tee shirt transfer.

[TAC]

Help? Has anyone bought and band tees from Amazon Merch on demand? I didn't want to start a thread so I'm asking here. They have the rights to big name bands and I ordered a Thin Lizzy "Black Rose" shirt and I'm hoping its not a cheap ass tee shirt transfer.

I bought these and they're excellent quality..

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DQ7DO4M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1







They both seem to be unavailable, but were both sold by Bathroom Wall, and they are excellent quality.
Maybe see what else they have.

[Glasser]

That's real nice! But are they in the fabric or a transfer that feels like soft plastic?

[Glasser]

Oh I see, its sold on Amazon but not Amazon merch on demand. I can't find any Lizzy shirts from that seller.

[Glasser]

Tim, check this out. This is what I ordered.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09X89FHLY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&customId=B07535YF3H&psc=1

[TAC]

I'm not sure what Merch On Demand is.

As far as the shirts go, it's not in the fabric. It's a transfer of some type, and perhaps they may flake over time. They are not cheap ass iron on things though.
I've washed the Lynott shirt at least a dozen times, and it's no worse for wear. The Gary short is newer and I've probably washed that one 4 or 5 times. I'm very happy with both.