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The Royal Court of China

I fell in love all over again with this album just the other night..

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They got back together in 2006 for a one-off gig in Nashville at Exit/Inn, and while a little balder, a little fatter, they still had it.

Great band that just never broke thru.

And the vinyl copy sounds really good.
 
ScramMan2 said:
Have you seen Dylan live in the last year or so? They are howling about it. Personally I like his new sound, more like Phil & Friends, with Dylan lyrics.
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No. The last time I saw him was 2008. He was changing things up quite a bit during that show, too. There was an "expert" in front of me that said something like, "Oh my God! This is a new song. He never does new songs!" towards his wife/girlfriend. I forget the tune, but it wasn't new, it was one of his old hits.:D

I have been digging some of his Bootleg series CDs lately. No Direction Home, Tell Tale Signs, and the new one. Good stuff.
 
I don't know about the critics,but the only Lynyrd Skynyrd record that didn't go Platinum is "Gimme Me Back My Bullets". There's no accounting for taste-but to my way of thinking "GMBMB" is probably the most honest sounding album they made-what the band was all about-even without the third guitar,as Ed King had left the band by then,and Steve Gaines had yet to join.
 
ScramMan2 said:
Have you seen Dylan live in the last year or so? They are howling about it. Personally I like his new sound, more like Phil & Friends, with Dylan lyrics.
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Saw him twice last october, once in Calgary then in Portland. Calgary show was one of my top 10, Portland was one of my bottom 5. Venues make a huge difference. He played a total of zero songs off Tempest which I was a bit disappointed about. His MO is to play 95-100% of same songs as the previous show, all in the same order. His repertoire changes very slowly and basically contains only about 50 songs. Over the last year he's introduced 2-3 Tempest songs but only plays them occasionally.
 
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Raynie said:
Saw him twice last october, once in Calgary then in Portland. Calgary show was one of my top 10, Portland was one of my bottom 5. Venues make a huge difference. He played a total of zero songs off Tempest which I was a bit disappointed at. He usually plays 95% same songs at the previous show, all in the same order. His repertoire changes very slowly.
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The show I saw was in Edmonton. Decent show, but the sound was pretty bad.
 
Europe '72 Vol. 2. Def a 5-star record. Allmusic gave it 3.5. IMO it's considerably better than the original they give 4.5 stars, which I feel is a bit flattering.
 
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Satanic by the Stones is a stand alone record. It sounded nothing like they had done before and nothing like anything after it. The cover with its Sgt Peppers inspired take off complete with Lennon and Harrison head shots with bullet holes in their faces didn't help matters much with critics. The Stones were a rock and roll band and when they tried to pull off the flower power pop rock, it was too much of a flip for critics. That's why they followed it up with the 'back to basics' Jumpin' Jack Flash. Musically it has some good tracks. The 3D cover was cool for its time. Not my favorite Stones album, but better than a lot of their releases IMO.

It's sorta like "Soft Parade" by the Doors. Nothing before or after sounded anything like it. It had a big hit with "Touch Me" but fans and critics didn't like it so much. It happens to be my favorite Doors album along with Other Voices.
 
From the 90's...

R.E.M.'s Monster is my favorite R.E.M. album (warm fuzzy guitar distortion + Michael Stipe's voice = happiness) but a lot of fans and critics really loathe it.

And Blind Melon. How the critics were not kind to Blind Melon, but there's something more there if you just go a little deeper--past the "No Rain," the flannel, and the bee girl, ya know?
 
Bob Dylan- S/T from 1973
I'd like to defend it, but it really is bad. Wait - "Big Yellow Taxi", and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" made me laugh, so that's something.
Joni Mitchell did an impression of Bob doing "Big Yellow Taxi" that brought things full- circle. Humour does belong in music, Mr. Zappa.
 
Panorama / The Cars

This album followed Candy O and the album before that their debut was probably one of the greatest debut albums of that decade. The critics hated this,but I loved it. The reason is it didn't get much air play so I didn't get burned out on the songs as I did from the first two albums. I also liked the music, it was less melodic than their first two albums more energetic,raw and well different.
 
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