Such hard choices.... Too hard, can never decide on a number 1 number 2 etc . The Black & White album by The Stranglers, Hansten Klork by Metabolist, It Takes A Nation by Public Enemy, the Blurt side of that Factory Four album, the first album from The Gang of Four, ah.....
Theres a few albums by Fela Kuti that are in the running too, The Truth by Barrister.... ChAirs Missing by Wire.... Fear of Music by the Talking Heads, Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy, those three horror jazz albums by Kenyon Hopkins, Thirsty Animal by Einsturzende Neubauten with Lydia Lunch
As far as the two most beautiful songs ever made go.... I would have to say Strange Fruits by Billie Holiday and Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington 🙂
Not to forget!!!! Deceit by This Heat, Half Machine Lip Moves by Chrome, Red Attack from the Rondos, Unleashed in the East by Judas Priest, the first Van Halen album, the first album by Zazou Bikaye, Remain In Light by the Talking Heads, My Life in the Bushes of Ghosts by Byrne and Eno.....
Not to forget!!!! Deceit by This Heat, Half Machine Lip Moves by Chrome, Red Attack from the Rondos, Unleashed in the East by Judas Priest, the first Van Halen album, the first album by Zazou Bikaye, Remain In Light by the Talking Heads, My Life in the Bushes of Ghosts by Byrne and Eno.....
And a lot of love for Big Youth, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, and I don't care what anybody says or what that band became later but the very first album by Skrewdriver, All Screwed Up, I bought that one in 78 when I was 13, truly classic first wave punk album that had nothing to do with racism etc. ... I got kicked off facebook permanentle for posting a yt clip of that album 8 years after I posted it 😁
And sometime ago I was listening to some earlier albums by the Scorpions when they were still a heavy metal band, I had forgotten how great those guys were before they became a bloody ballad group.... Already mention an album from This Heat but everything those giys did was golden as was Chrome....
First album from Palais Schaumburg was fantastic too.... Got love for The Slits, Kevin Coyne, Cabaret Voltaire, Pere Ubu, James White/Change & The Contortions, The Speedtwins, Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, The Adverts, Johnny Moped, Weather Report, , Geuppo Sportivo
Seriously? Well... that's just a case of personal taste I guess.... I love Nancy Sit, specially her earlier work.... Nina Hagen made some great, great music and some pretty bad stuff too... But as far as... ability.... Talent.... Nina being Nina, her life, coming from East Germany to the West and how that went, her being the step-daughter from Wolf Biermann and all that.... Her being a classically trained singer with a truly incredible vocal range... Just her rendition of her song Naturtrane.... The one on youtube at that Rockpalast concert is just.... amazing.... (memories of watching Rockpalast concerts on Dutch tv when I was a kid :) ) And she was an original, absolutely an original, the blueprint where the no talent hacks that were only good at self promotion like Madonna took it all from ( in some ways the same could be said of the less talented but still amazing Lydia Lunch). As crazy as she was, as terrible as she could be at times, Nina was, in her prime, in a class all by herself... And I'm not even a super fan of hers or anything, just recognizing her for what she was.... Nancy Sit on the other hand.... Made some very, very cool records but not an incredibly outstanding singer, I think, more a question of having very good backing bands, the same can be said for Doris Ang, Patrina, Sakura and the likes.... Now when it comes to truly GREAT Asian singers.... Ellya Khadam.... Titiek Puspa.... Titim Fatimah.... All from humble beginnings, all in a very heavily male dominated society and all ending up incredibly successful with their own backing bands/groups and in the case of Ellya and Titiek also mostly writing their own music and lyrics..... Then again.... what do I know eh? :) Like I said, in the end it all comes down to personal taste, what moves YOU the most....
Henk, you DO know. You know what you feel & how to express it very succinctly. I agree with many of your explanations. ESPECIALLY the one about "matter of taste". I envy you being able to watch Rockpalast when it was broadcast. I've been to many live shows in my lifetime & appreciate genuine musicianship, as do you. Keep up with all that you do!
Ah Rockpalast.... Late 70's, early 80's.... Some of the best times of my life, a time of constant musical discoveries.... Watching Kevin Coyne's Rockpalast performance for a bit now :)
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ReplyDeleteOK, now wait a minute... THIS could be the 5th. greatest audio record ever made.
ReplyDeleteSuch hard choices.... Too hard, can never decide on a number 1 number 2 etc . The Black & White album by The Stranglers, Hansten Klork by Metabolist, It Takes A Nation by Public Enemy, the Blurt side of that Factory Four album, the first album from The Gang of Four, ah.....
ReplyDeleteTheres a few albums by Fela Kuti that are in the running too, The Truth by Barrister.... ChAirs Missing by Wire.... Fear of Music by the Talking Heads, Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy, those three horror jazz albums by Kenyon Hopkins, Thirsty Animal by Einsturzende Neubauten with Lydia Lunch
ReplyDeleteAs far as the two most beautiful songs ever made go.... I would have to say Strange Fruits by Billie Holiday and Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington 🙂
ReplyDeleteNot to forget!!!! Deceit by This Heat, Half Machine Lip Moves by Chrome, Red Attack from the Rondos, Unleashed in the East by Judas Priest, the first Van Halen album, the first album by Zazou Bikaye, Remain In Light by the Talking Heads, My Life in the Bushes of Ghosts by Byrne and Eno.....
ReplyDeleteNot to forget!!!! Deceit by This Heat, Half Machine Lip Moves by Chrome, Red Attack from the Rondos, Unleashed in the East by Judas Priest, the first Van Halen album, the first album by Zazou Bikaye, Remain In Light by the Talking Heads, My Life in the Bushes of Ghosts by Byrne and Eno.....
ReplyDeleteAnd a lot of love for Big Youth, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, and I don't care what anybody says or what that band became later but the very first album by Skrewdriver, All Screwed Up, I bought that one in 78 when I was 13, truly classic first wave punk album that had nothing to do with racism etc. ... I got kicked off facebook permanentle for posting a yt clip of that album 8 years after I posted it 😁
ReplyDeleteAnd sometime ago I was listening to some earlier albums by the Scorpions when they were still a heavy metal band, I had forgotten how great those guys were before they became a bloody ballad group.... Already mention an album from This Heat but everything those giys did was golden as was Chrome....
ReplyDeleteFirst album from Palais Schaumburg was fantastic too.... Got love for The Slits, Kevin Coyne, Cabaret Voltaire, Pere Ubu, James White/Change & The Contortions, The Speedtwins, Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, The Adverts, Johnny Moped, Weather Report, , Geuppo Sportivo
ReplyDeleteNot to mention D.A.F. and Tuxedomoon, The Executive Slags, Snakefinger, Holger Czukay, Nieuw Hip Stilen,......
ReplyDeleteSurely you admit that Nancy Sit is way better than Nina Hagen...
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Well... that's just a case of personal taste I guess.... I love Nancy Sit, specially her earlier work.... Nina Hagen made some great, great music and some pretty bad stuff too... But as far as... ability.... Talent.... Nina being Nina, her life, coming from East Germany to the West and how that went, her being the step-daughter from Wolf Biermann and all that.... Her being a classically trained singer with a truly incredible vocal range... Just her rendition of her song Naturtrane.... The one on youtube at that Rockpalast concert is just.... amazing.... (memories of watching Rockpalast concerts on Dutch tv when I was a kid :) ) And she was an original, absolutely an original, the blueprint where the no talent hacks that were only good at self promotion like Madonna took it all from ( in some ways the same could be said of the less talented but still amazing Lydia Lunch). As crazy as she was, as terrible as she could be at times, Nina was, in her prime, in a class all by herself... And I'm not even a super fan of hers or anything, just recognizing her for what she was.... Nancy Sit on the other hand.... Made some very, very cool records but not an incredibly outstanding singer, I think, more a question of having very good backing bands, the same can be said for Doris Ang, Patrina, Sakura and the likes.... Now when it comes to truly GREAT Asian singers.... Ellya Khadam.... Titiek Puspa.... Titim Fatimah.... All from humble beginnings, all in a very heavily male dominated society and all ending up incredibly successful with their own backing bands/groups and in the case of Ellya and Titiek also mostly writing their own music and lyrics..... Then again.... what do I know eh? :) Like I said, in the end it all comes down to personal taste, what moves YOU the most....
ReplyDeleteHenk, you DO know. You know what you feel & how to express it very succinctly. I agree with many of your explanations. ESPECIALLY the one about "matter of taste". I envy you being able to watch Rockpalast when it was broadcast. I've been to many live shows in my lifetime & appreciate genuine musicianship, as do you. Keep up with all that you do!
ReplyDeleteAh Rockpalast.... Late 70's, early 80's.... Some of the best times of my life, a time of constant musical discoveries.... Watching Kevin Coyne's Rockpalast performance for a bit now :)
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