agentorange
Refugee
if i go crazy then will you still call me superman
Wrong Kryptonite, bro.
if i go crazy then will you still call me superman
Missed a few
For better or worse, this marked the start of gangsta rap descending into self-parody. This album is still great and production-wise, Dre really makes leaps and bounds, pretty much laying the blueprint for The Chronic a year later. Not epoch-making like Straight Outta Compton, and the loss of Ice Cube hurts, but still hard-hitting and awesome.
I don't think he fully delivered on that initial promise, but aside from drumming with a reunited Led Zeppelin I'm not sure what else he can do now.
Drain You FTW.
It was actually late 1990, but how great is this?:
I'm partial to Breed myself.
September marks the 20th Anniversary of the Guns N Roses albums Use Your Illusion I and II. Many said it was overrated. Many said it was underrated. Many loved it just the way that it was. (That's me! ) A damn shame they weren't able to follow it up with a new album of original material in a timely fashion. Curious to see if they'll get in Jann Wenner's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now that they've been nominated for 2012.
Loving it just the way it was = you think there's no filler?
Too much good material for one album, but it should had been two shorter albums à la Being There.
Kurt even hated the production back in the day. Not surprising that people are picking on Nevermind for sounding dated and crappy now. He would probably agree. Nobody should feel embarrassed for hyping Nirvana, ever, they're a good band, but I don't care that they saved the universe or whatever. A lot of great music and a lot of shitty music was apparently made because of Nirvana, so why crown them for it? Right place, right time, right Boston riff. I live today, and today Nevermind don't sound so good. In Utero still sounds fresh and aggressive to me though (God bless you, Albini), so I listen to that one far more often.
But anyhow, name an influential band/artist that wasn't responsible for a lot of shitty music being spawned by moronic clones and people that didn't understand the message or true spirit of the original. Ever heard of The Beatles? or Led Zeppelin? Or The Ramones? Why "crown them for it"?
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Who - Who's Next
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Can - Tago Mago
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Miles Davis - Tribute to Jack Johnson
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Yes - Fragile
Yes - The Yes Album
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On
The Doors - LA Woman
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (what a great year for John McLaughlin!)
Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Paul McCartney - Ram
John Lennon - Imagine
Alice Cooper - Killer
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Carole King - Tapestry
John Prine - John Prine
Gene Clark - White Light
Santana - III
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
Elton John - Madman Across The Water
Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse
Van Morrissey - Tupelo Honey
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Badfinger - Straight Up
Todd Rundgren - The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Sorry, other years. You lose.
From a purely objective standpoint, I realize that Nirvana was a very important band, but that hasn't convinced me to love them. All too often people bring up influence in otherwise subjective arguments, and it's always a waste of time.
Naw, Locomotive and Breakdown are overlong messes that go nowhere. This is coming from someone who loves Coma.
So Fine out shmaltzes even Patience to take the crown of cheesiest GNR ballad. Axl made a tactical blunder in relaxing his dictatorial grip to let Duff sing one. Almost as bad as that shitty song on Mellon Collie with the James Iha vocals.
Naw, Locomotive and Breakdown are overlong messes that go nowhere. This is coming from someone who loves Coma.
So Fine out shmaltzes even Patience to take the crown of cheesiest GNR ballad. Axl made a tactical blunder in relaxing his dictatorial grip to let Duff sing one. Almost as bad as that shitty song on Mellon Collie with the James Iha vocals.