I feel like that's been an ongoing debate with Dylan releases, but I actually appreciate getting previously bootlegged stuff in master tape quality. I'm probably in the minority and I realize the one good thing about discovering Dylan late in his career is missing the frustrations people had with bootlegs, from their quality to the expense and unavailability. (The official Bootleg Serieby belfast
I'm much less annoyed by these super deluxe album reissues now because virtually all of them end up on streaming services, and that's a great place to have them. It's even better if you have a library that gets them because that's basically what they are - library references you'd check out once in a while or perhaps study if it's an album you're really interestby belfast
When I first moved to Brooklyn in 2009, it really felt like Talking Heads were at their cultural peak (at least in my lifetime), and they were sort of like the godparents of everything great that was going on locally. LCD Soundsystem was kind of at the forefront of it all and it really felt like they were inspiring everyone from TV on the Radio to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Arcade Fire - their recordby belfast
Thanks for the write-up! I wanted to go to this as well, albeit in Queens, but prices were too steep for me and I didn't want to settle for a seat far from the stage. (If I was able to splurge, I probably would've gone to boygenius simply because I've never seen them before.) I've seen LCD Soundsystem twice: at the farewell show and at one of the first (non-festival) reunioby belfast
"As a tribute to the German saxophonist who has died at the age of 82, we have made David Keenan’s epic two-part 2012 interview, as well as Daniel Spicer’s Primer guide to Brötzmann’s many recordings, free to read in our online library" FYI they display two pages at a time, and if you click on the 'print' icon at the bottom right, it downloads a nice PDF of the two pagby belfast
Looks like they’re looking for Screaming Trees tapes that were once owned by Lanegan - details and contact info here:by belfast
I really wish I caught the reunion when I had the chance. I've been revisiting his catalog and while he has put out commendable records on his own, it's clear that the Rumour really took them to another level. Those four/five years of touring and recording together were pretty amazing and to me sound like the U.K.'s most potent answer at the time to Bruce Springsteen & The E Stby belfast
Hah, that's how I saw Stevie Wonder, the Taste of Chicago. Also, IIRC the Replacements final show (before the reunion decades later) was actually at the Taste of Chicago, which seemed fitting given the desultory nature of their final year together.by belfast
Jagger posted a nice tribute: "I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner. She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her." I imagine Jagger (and maybe the Stones in general) felt they owed it to Tina when they asked them to join theirby belfast
LOL. That reminds me, my first exposure to Blondie was at a rib festival in Illinois. Like my family went specifically for ribs and BBQ, and Blondie was playing there. When I got to know their work years later, I thought my memory was playing tricks on me - maybe it was a cover band? - but I found the proof here.by belfast
City Winery's definitely odd for a rock venue. FWIW, the Chills thought it was really nice and complemented it. It's funny because most of their acts (at least in NYC) seem to be the type of acts that I don't picture playing in front of a seated audience drinking wine and feasting on $30 salads - Los Lobos, Graham Parker, Marshall Crenshaw, Bob Mould, Richard Thompson (to name someby belfast
Hah, I saw the thread title, and that was exactly the one that came to mind. I wonder if he's ever apologized for it?by belfast
I was at the opening NY stop and turnout wasn't great - first show was 75% sold, and second show apparently had the opposite ratio. It was definitely poorly promoted - the only reason I knew about it was because City Winery had a holiday flash sale, which surprised me because I didn't realize venues had flash sales, and when I went scrolling through their picks, I was pleasantly surprisby belfast
I love the Smiths, but my experience would probably back up the argument that they're an acquired taste. There was a little over a CD's worth of music that I thought was truly great - maybe two dozen songs give or take a few? - and as much as I loved those songs, it was all I really enjoyed for a very long time. The rest just didn't seem that interesting; they were only a singles bby belfast
I double-checked and looks like I got it backwards - it was Rundgren who offered to do something remotely, but I guess he was turned down because there doesn't seem to be any footage of that at the ceremony, at least on YouTube. "I don’t know. It’s been up and down and in and out with them. My relationship with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, quite obviously, it’s not copacetic...Iby belfast
They accommodated Todd Rundgren and had him do his performance remotely. (He was actually in Ohio, a few hours from the venue, but it was for a show he had already booked for a tour and he didn't want to cancel it just to appear at the induction ceremony.) I don't know what the time difference would be, but if it's not too inconvenient, I'd extend that option to Kate Bush too.by belfast
Lucinda Williams would've been a far better pick than Crow. Of course, Williams has never been nominated even though she's been making records much longer. I get Crow gets much more radio play, but her music is so bland and harmless, even at its most influential it simply maintains the status quo among generic pop music devoid of risk or any distinguished personality. It's a differby belfast
Nearly the same fan ballot from me except I voted for the Spinners instead of Zevon.by belfast
I'm kind of surprised he feels that way too - Jesus of Cool and Labour of Lust are two of my very favorite records from that era. (Before Yep Roc reissued them, I treasured the out-of-print imports I tracked down for a good deal of money.) And I love just about any Rockpile recording I've been able to get my hands on. But I do enjoy the later stuff, which clearly have an appeal thatby belfast
Murmur really is amazing, and at least to my ears, completely timeless. I was already an R.E.M. fan early on, one of the first rock groups I really loved as a kid, but it was mostly through their WB albums. Eponymous was the one I.R.S.-era release I had listened to when a friend of mine bought Murmur sometime during the lull between New Adventures and what eventually turned out to be Up, thinkingby belfast
Someone pointed this out elsewhere, but Caryn Rose is really a stickler about Springsteen's shows having a narrative and thematic arc, and she apparently criticized his practice of doing requests on one tour (where he picks them out from the signs held up by his fans) because of how disruptive they are to a setlist's reported narrative arc. To be brutally honest, I think that's anby belfast
Oof, I would go - I've never been to a Peter Gabriel concert and hesitated only because I wasn't sure if he was going to focus on his newer material, which I haven't liked all that much. But the cheapest tickets at MSG are $144. For the absolute worst seats. Regretfully will have to pass.by belfast
I figured I missed my chance to see him live given his health in recent years, but it's still heartbreaking that he's gone now. What an incredible career, it's pretty astonishing what he accomplished and how much ground he covered. The Miles Davis quintet with him, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams will remain my favorite, but his other records with Miles Davis and his tby belfast
Thanks all! Will definitely check out those first three albums - I just streamed the Wonderland EP tracks and it really is great, including "The Crossing"!by belfast
I just discovered Big Country. Never heard of any of their music, not even the great single that made them "one-hit wonders" in the U.S. I was browsing some old Pazz & Jop polls and saw their album sitting at #15 in 1983, right between George Clinton's "Computer Games" and a compilation or possibly a box set of Jerry Lee Lewis's Sun recordings. (Not sure why tby belfast
Forgot one thing - I really like that one track on P.M. Dawn's "The Bliss Album...?" featuring Boy George, it may be my favorite record he's been on.by belfast
I actually gave these guys a good listen this past week, my first time doing so. Can't say I'm a fan, musically speaking I think they had almost an LP's worth of pleasant but lightweight hits (most of which are on the second album). However, in their defense (and I just familiarized myself with their work so I could be wrong about this), they probably hold up as a worthy footnote iby belfast
I didn't know any of De La Soul's music until the '00s - I remember my local library's copy of the 10th anniversary edition of "3 Feet High and Rising" being my introduction - and it's probably for the reasons breno mentioned. The fact that legal and financial reasons made albums like theirs (and "Paul's Boutique," and Public Enemy's with theby belfast
I would've been reluctant to vote for Lauper in the past. It really comes down to one great album she's never come close to matching. But it made an enormous impact, and listening to it now, it's held up really well - and lately the Hall of Fame has inducted quite a few artists who've done much less (especially last year).by belfast
(first time poster, hi everyone!) Surprisingly good list of nominees, except for Sheryl Crow (okay but always left me cold) I think everyone else has a pretty good argument for induction even though I'm not a huge fan of every single one of them. The Spinners should've been in decades ago, and at this point it may be tough. It probably doesn't help that only one of the originby belfast