May 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge - A Crash Course for the Ravers

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I don't remember the reviews being that bad for Pinkerton back then but, then again, I didn't really follow the music press in those days.
Even now, I tend to read reviews only after listening to an album.

I was a freshman in High School when Pinkerton dropped Rolling Stone and Spin were my bibles at the time, I found this write in Rolling Stone to shed some light on the critic review at the time.

How Weezer's 'Pinkerton' Went From Embarrassing to Essential

Read how Weezer's 'Pinkerton,' an album Rivers Cuomo once dismissed as "diseased," gradually attained classic status.

www.google.com

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Pinkerton had some good company…

10 Classic Albums Rolling Stone Originally Panned

From Led Zeppelin’s debut to Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ look back at 10 times our critics’ takes didn’t quite line up with history

www.rollingstone.com

 

[avecigrec]

I remember a lot of people being pissy about Pinkerton and I never understood it. I was never even a huge Weezer fan to begin with and I could see they were wrong.

 

[gafacaode]

Day 7 - I’m Waiting for the Man
Feel sick and dirty / more dead than alive
David recorded many covers over the years. Some to help a friend (Iggy Pop) and some because he loved the songs (Velvet Underground)
Play a cover

The Pixies covering The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Head On"

Pixies - Trompe Le Monde

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I remember a lot of people being pissy about Pinkerton and I never understood it. I was never even a huge Weezer fan to begin with and I could see they were wrong.

The Blue album was a big record for me and my friends in Junior High and eagerly anticipated their follow up. We all immediately loved Pinkerton and thought the critics were way off base.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 15 - Brian Eno birthday May 15
Along with the Berlin trilogy, Eno helped produce 1. Outside. A cyber noir concept album with a government official investigating if a murder is an “art crime”.
Play something criminal



Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Friday 15 November 2002, Acton Town Hall, London

 

[Hemotep]

Day 14 - The Jean Genie
New York's a go-go and everything tastes right
Play something that is about New York or related to it

Like @tvham Simon and Garfunkel popped into my head, but specifically one of the greatest live albums of all time. This was one of the first three CDs I got.

 

[jfitzy]

Day 14 - The Jean Genie
New York's a go-go and everything tastes right

Miles Davis - On the Corner

Recorded in New York. The music is chaotic, dense, rhythmic and at times abrasive. I’ve never been to NYC, but I imagine that this record captures what it feels like to be there on the busy streets.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 14 - The Jean Genie
New York's a go-go and everything tastes right

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

 

[gafacaode]

Day 8 - Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol looks a scream / Hang him on my wall
Play a namedropping song

Bela Lugosi is dead!
Undead
Undead
Undead!

Bauhaus - The Bela Session

 

[Potato-Socks]

Day 14 - The Jean Genie
New York's a go-go and everything tastes right
Play something that is about New York or related to it

Like @tvham Simon and Garfunkel popped into my head, but specifically one of the greatest live albums of all time. This was one of the first three CDs I got.
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what were the other 2?

 

[gafacaode]

Day 9 - Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit / I asked for an autograph
Play an album that is connected to Detroit or is signed

One the few signed albums I own.
Underrated too, it's pretty solid

Echo & The Bunnymen - Meteorites

 

[Hemotep]

what were the other 2?

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Greatest Hits
and
Oliver! The Original Broadway Cast Recording

Oliver was one of maybe a dozen VHS you could check out at our library and I decided I wanted to be a pickpocket orphan after watching it.

 

[Hemotep]

Day 9 - Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit / I asked for an autograph
Play an album that is connected to Detroit or is signed

King Buffalo - Dead Star

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 15 - Brian Eno birthday May 15

Big Thief - Capacity




(Big thefts)

 

[gafacaode]

Day 10 - Red Sails
Red sails / Thunder Ocean
Play something ‘red’

Cherry red vinyl!
This guy is so freaking good.

Neal Francis - In Plain Sight

 

[jfitzy]

Day 15 - Brian Eno birthday May 15

Merle Haggard & The Strangers - I’m A Lonesome Fugitive

 

[Hemotep]

Day 13 - Absolute Beginners
I'm an absolute beginner / And I'm absolutely sane
Play a debut record

Cinderella - Night Songs

Little known fact for younger folks, this debut was named Night Songs because in the 80s people only had sex at night, so it's an innuendo that really means Sex Songs.

 

[avecigrec]

Day 15 - Brian Eno birthday May 15
Along with the Berlin trilogy, Eno helped produce 1. Outside. A cyber noir concept album with a government official investigating if a murder is an “art crime”.
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata '74


Lots of criminal activity throughout this album that was originally set to be called Cocaine Piñata!

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Day 15 - Brian Eno birthday May 15
Play something criminal

Afghan Whigs - Black Love
Been in a Whigs frame of mind this month. Most of their albums feel very noir-ish. Black Love includes the amazing opener of Crime Scene Part 1