The Difficult Third Album..
Which for some bands may constitute sacking a couple of members and/or a complete overhaul of their original trademark sound. I'm gonna go with The Human League's 'Dare' for this one, what are your selections?
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Which for some bands may constitute sacking a couple of members and/or a complete overhaul of their original trademark sound. I'm gonna go with The Human League's 'Dare' for this one, what are your selections?
Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney is testament to what a difference a really great drummer can make to a band
Whilst the self titled first album is by no means dire and they showed promise that they had a bit more to them than your average punk rock band, it was still pretty much just paint by numbers Riot Grrl. The sophomore effort Call The Doctor was a considerable improvement and had some great songs (such as the title track and Good Things) but it was still patchy- IMO.
Dig Me Out, though is just such a major leap beyond those first two albums and that's all down to Janet Weiss given them the powerful rhythm section that their earlier work was missing.
Of course, now we have all come to realise that third albums are a piece of piss, if you know what you're doing!
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
So now I give you, Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties, one of the great rock albums of the 70's (or any decade for that matter)
As I said before, third albums are a piece of piss, if you know what you're doing!
And following BTO 1 and BTO 2 we have the third album - Not Fragile, let's rock...
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
To follow up on the back of 'Are You Experienced' and 'Axis: Bold As Love' with this album was an extraordinary achievement.
Electric Ladyland was one of the first double lp's, four sides with no filler, every song is a winner. lt stands as a monumental piece, filled with better than just classic songs; sublime songs, beyond sublime songs ; check 1983: A Merman l Shall Turn To Be, check Voodoo Chile (extended Version), check Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, check House Burning Down.
And then of course there's some of the lesser songs like All Along The Watchtower, Crosstown Traffic, Rainy Day, Dream Away, oh, and Voodoo Chile(Slight Return).
One only has to watch his performance at Berkeley in 1970, when he plays Voodoo Chile(Slight Return), he sinks to his knees at the start of that amazing solo, and there is a young girl right in front of him, she is transfixed, she is trying to remain coy as she buries her head in her friend's shoulder, but there is no denying the effect Hendrix is having on her, electricity is in the air, there is a definite connection, Jimi was an amazing conductor.
sure it could, and it will.
everyone from every other country who relies on the U.S. for all the tacky shit they buy, that they don't need, is in for a big surprise.
if you accept that Amorica's demise is surely coming, and add in the fact that the world will soon be forced to live without any and all products made from oil, i would say that by around the year 2100 (if there is still a human population, by that time) humanity will likely be back to scraping by in a new stone age.
maybe it's just my stupid American egocentric-ism talking, here, but if/when the U.S. does go the way of the Roman Empire, a lot of other first-world countries are soon going to follow. because from where i'm sitting, i see a fucking load of angry guys with gun collections and minds drilled full of "patriotism". i don't see the U.S. going down without a fight. a 'big fucking explosions all over the world' kind of fight...
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