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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 29, 2017 2:07:22 GMT
By that I mean when you play one you reach for the other.
For example, for me, The Damned "Machine Gun Etiquette", The Jam's "Sound Affects" and The Clash's "London Calling" were all released within a year of each other in 79/80, are among the best music of their era...........far more diverse and ambitious than the bands had managed to release prior........their artistic peaks imo and all were somewhat of a surprise after some people doubted them coming off 2nd albums that didn't perform as well as their debuts (or in the case of The Jam people thought they weren't gong to top All Mod Cons, their 3rd album).
But more than that they feel like you are completely capturing London in 79/80 and reaching outside of it, like all 3 bands had the same ideas and things on their minds without sounding alike. Even songs in some ways intersect too, The Jam and The Clash with memorable songs about supermarkets as vapid consumerism and all 3 records with overt pop radio friendly love songs which would have been unthinkable prior in their releases (The Damned "Love Song", The Clash "Train in Vain", etc)
What are some records like this for you and what is the reason for the "connection"?
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Post by countjohn on Jul 29, 2017 20:12:20 GMT
Never Mind the Bollocks and Ramones self titled debut. They've been endlessly compared and are still probably the two best punk albums after all these years. Maybe throw in The Damned's debut too.
You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr and Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. Primo noise rock from the late 80's.
Revolver/Sgt Pepepr and Pet Sounds/The Smile Sessions. Super ambitious often orchestrated rock music from the late 60's where it really felt like they were setting out to make the best albums of all time.
Bitches Brew and Head Hunters. Two great jazz fusion albums from the early 70's.
Ok Computer by Radiohead and Blur's self titled album. Both in 97, both previously fun rock bands reinventing themselves, both with a somewhat austere mood. The two best rock albums of the late 90's, IMO.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2017 22:15:40 GMT
Never Mind the Bollocks and Ramones self titled debut. They've been endlessly compared and are still probably the two best punk albums after all these years. Maybe throw in The Damned's debut too. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr and Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. Primo noise rock from the late 80's. Yeah the Pistols and Ramones surprises me personally because I think of them as diametrically opposed - US vs. UK and representing all that goes along with all that but I agree a lot of people think they go together too..........endlessly compared. My favorite Ramones is Rocket to Russia but really on any given day it could any of the first 3, and the first carries a lot of historical weight. Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. definitely for me too and weirdly so does My Bloody Valentine's Loveless which is later but seems to grow out of that same thing like a kind of beautiful noise coming out of chaos. One more for me came up today 2000s one album power pop punk wonder the Exploding Hearts and 1979's The Undertones - almost to the extent that the Exploding Hearts loved that Undertones album so much they decided to use as a template (but not a copy) |
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Post by countjohn on Jul 30, 2017 22:34:02 GMT
Never Mind the Bollocks and Ramones self titled debut. They've been endlessly compared and are still probably the two best punk albums after all these years. Maybe throw in The Damned's debut too. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr and Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. Primo noise rock from the late 80's. Yeah the Pistols and Ramones surprises me personally because I think of them as diametrically opposed - US vs. UK and representing all that goes along with all that A lot of famous comparisons are of things that are opposites in some respects but also can be categorized together in some ways, like the classic Beatles vs Stones debate. |
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Post by wendy on Jul 31, 2017 17:46:38 GMT
Lil' Kim's 'Hard Core' and Foxy Brown's 'Il Na Na'. For obvious reasons (mostly competition/similarity).
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 15, 2017 13:45:20 GMT
Ok Computer by Radiohead and Blur's self titled album. Both in 97, both previously fun rock bands reinventing themselves, both with a somewhat austere mood. The two best rock albums of the late 90's, IMO. Yes indeed! I'd never really thought about that before. |
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Post by pacinoyes on May 18, 2022 17:33:33 GMT
Kate Clover (Bleed Your Heart Out) and Wet Leg - I play back to back almost every time I play either. Both came out around the same time, buoyant and play loud in your car type records - that breeze by. Wherever they finish in my "Best of Year" list ..........they should end up in a tie tbh. 
The Beatles Abbey Road & The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come - I like 'em plenty but neither are quite all timers for me - but the latter mimics the former's "perfect" qualities.......... in (a bit too) clean production and the tightness of the tracklist and were endings.
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band and Nirvana In Utero - Both are so personal you almost feel like you are eavesdropping on their private lives. The Velvet Underground White Light / White Heat and Joy Division Closer - Both 2nd albums where the band goes way darker than their already dark debuts and created the ideas of the "difficult 2nd albums" and divides the fanbase .
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