Your favourite albums by decade: the 70s

[lbelle1214]

Carole King is going to be in Houston at The Woodlands

[hayley]

I did this without reading everyone else's responses, so let's hope mine doesn't sound like too many other people's lists. In no particular order:

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Writer and Fantasy are also really great albums by Carole that are ignored in favor of the Supernova that is Tapestry.

Yes they are, but Tapestry is rightly so called such. It is one of my fav's ever. I love her.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Yes they are, but Tapestry is rightly so called such. It is one of my fav's ever. I love her.

And she looks FANTASTIC! You would never look at her and say "She's 63." No bloody way.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

And she looks FANTASTIC! You would never look at her and say "She's 63." No bloody way.

She performed awhile back on the Today Show (I think) in a live morning concert and was FAB. She is one of the greats for sure!!!!!!

[David]

Originally Posted by hayley

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

Did you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?

Why is there no The Jam on your list?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

Did you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?

Why is there no The Jam on your list?

I did not know Petty wrote "Insider" for/about Stevie - WAY COOL!!!!!

[hayley]

Originally Posted by David

Did you know that Tom Petty had "Grievous Angel" in mind when he wrote "Insider" for Stevie?

No, I didn't. That's fantastic.

Why is there no The Jam on your list?

I guess there could've been. Switch out London Calling with Sound Affects, then, since I just read that London Calling wasn't released in the US until 1980. I've always liked Style Council & Paul Weller solo (like "Heliocentric") a tiny bit more than the Jam stuff, though, even though Style Council especially was more flawed.

[David]

Originally Posted by hayley

No, I didn't. That's fantastic.

What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.

I guess there could've been. Switch out London Calling with Sound Affects, then, since I just read that London Calling wasn't released in the US until 1980. I've always liked Style Council & Paul Weller solo (like "Heliocentric") a tiny bit more than the Jam stuff, though, even though Style Council especially was more flawed.

Remember how I always used to sing "My Ever Changing Moods" to you?

Tammy & I talk about that song now. I wish Tammy would post here.

[hayley]

Originally Posted by David

What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.
Remember how I always used to sing "My Ever Changing Moods" to you?

Tammy & I talk about that song now. I wish Tammy would post here.

I don't remember that. Will you sing "Beyond the Sea" for me? That's my favorite song. I'll marry you, clean your house, and make you soy bacon every day if you sing it for me.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by hayley

I did this without reading everyone else's responses, so let's hope mine doesn't sound like too many other people's lists. In no particular order:

1. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
2. David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
3. Gram Parsons- GP/Grievous Angel
4. Patti Smith- Horses
5. Roxy Music- Country Life/Siren
6. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
7. The Clash- London Calling
8. T-Rex- Electric Warrior
9. Big Star- #1 Record/Radio City
10. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

I totally forgot Entertainment! I love that record.
I just missed so many out!

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by David

What I'm hoping is that Sharon or Nancy or someone will post an MP3 of that section of Tom Petty's Innerview with Jim Ladd in which he says how attracted he always was to the type of duet found on "Grievous Angel," & how Stevie's vocal work on 'Insider' reminded him of the Harris-Parsons dynamic.

I don't have that clip, but that doesn't surprise me in the least.
Gram Parsons in turn, was influenced by the harmonies in the duets of George Jones and Melba Montgomery.

[chiliD]

Ahhh..now here we go...

1) Derek & The Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
2) John Lennon - Imagine
3) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
4) Allman Bros Band - Live At The Fillmore
5) ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
6) Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
7) Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
8 ) Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd
9) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
10) Rolling Stones - Some Girls

More-Than-Honorable Mention:

The Who - Quadrophenia, The Who By Numbers, Who Are You
Led Zeppelin - Zoso, Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffitti
ZZ Top - 1st Album, Rio Grande Mud, Fandango, Tejas, Deguello
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes, Feats Don't Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album, Time Loves A Hero
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, It's Only Rock & Roll, Goat's Head Soup
John Lennon - Mind Games, Walls & Bridges
Ringo Starr - Ringo
Eric Clapton - Slowhand
Allman Bros Band - Eat A Peach, Brothers & Sisters, Enlightened Rogues
Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills I, Manassas, (the album with "Turn Back The Pages"...forgot the title)
Marshall Tucker Band - 1st album, New Life, Searching For A Rainbow
Deep Purple - Machine Head, Burn
Pink Floyd - Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here
Santana - Abraxas, Santana III, Caravanserai, Welcome, Borboletta, Amigos, Carnival, Lotus, Moonflower
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Heart - Dreamboat Annie, Magazine, Little Queen, Dog & Butterfly

[Dark Angel]

Blondie - Parallel Lines& Eat To the Beat
Pat Benatar - In The Heat Of The Night
The Beatles - Let It Be
Janis Joplin - Pearl
The Cars - The Cars
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Queen - A Night At The Opera & News Of The World
The Police - Reggatta De Blanc
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
The B-52's - The B-52's
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Heart - Dog And Butterfly & Dreamboat Annie

[CreepingDeath]

Damn. I'm always late to these threads.


Led Zeppelin- III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall

AC/DC- Highway To Hell, Let There Be Rock

Carole King- Tapestry <3

Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic, Rocks

Black Sabbath- Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Deep Purple- Machine Head, Made In Japan

Van Halen- self intitled

Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny

Jethro Tull- Aqualung