The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

[Nee Lewman]

Like was there a class action suit because audiophiles were like I was lied to, no one told me this was live?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Also, why is Lawyers in Love streaming in cd quality but I can do 24/196 of Run DMC and fucking MC5?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

A visceral gut punch (MC5 not Jackson Browne). 5/5

I think High Time is a better record, but Jams is absolutely intense. It is a manifesto to “f@cking you up and getting high”.

 

[Whiteout75]

Kick Out The Jams by MC5 sounds like it should be one of them 80’s electro hip hop things like Pump Up The Volume.

By some weird coincidence or some kind of unknown binding in cosmos, the Bad Brains cover of "Kick out the jams" actually features in a climactic scene in the high school movie "Pump Up the Volume" with Christian Slater. Don't ask me how I know this.

 

[Nee Lewman]

By some weird coincidence or some kind of unknown binding in cosmos, the Bad Brains cover of "Kick out the jams" actually features in a climactic scene in the high school movie "Pump Up the Volume" with Christian Slater. Don't ask me how I know this.

How do you know this?

 

[Whiteout75]

How do you know this?

Or what the hell....the film is awesome and so is the soundtrack.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

By some weird coincidence or some kind of unknown binding in cosmos, the Bad Brains cover of "Kick out the jams" actually features in a climactic scene in the high school movie "Pump Up the Volume" with Christian Slater. Don't ask me how I know this.

Is that the version with Hank Rollins singing?

Edit: found my earbuds and yes its the Hank version

 

[Whiteout75]

Is that the version with Hank Rollins singing?

Edit: found my earbuds and yes its the Hank version

Hank?

 

[dbarila]

This book loves them some 70's (though I guess this is technically 60's) live albums don't they?

 

[Nee Lewman]

This book loves them some 70's (though I guess this is technically 60's) live albums don't they?

The book loves some 90s BritPop which is the only thing that truly seems a little whacky compared to other lists.

 

[dbarila]

The book loves some 90s BritPop which is the only thing that truly seems a little whacky compared to other lists.

I love me some 90's Brit Pop. Rough sounding live albums are just OK.

 

[Joe Mac]

The book loves some 90s BritPop which is the only thing that truly seems a little whacky compared to other lists.

Honestly I feel it’s kind of refreshing. The pro American bias on here, particularly with trash like grunge and hair metal, is really stark and stifling.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Honestly I feel it’s kind of refreshing. The pro American bias on here, particularly with trash like grunge and hair metal, is really stark and stifling.

Grunge is meaningless, how can it be trash?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Honestly I feel it’s kind of refreshing. The pro American bias on here, particularly with trash like grunge and hair metal, is really stark and stifling.

The American-centric focus of this book is infuriating.

That said, MC5 rages full on!!

 

[Joe Mac]

The American-centric focus of this book is infuriating.

That said, MC5 rages full on!!

I think it does have a British contributing author/editor because it is at least represented.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Honestly I feel it’s kind of refreshing. The pro American bias on here, particularly with trash like grunge and hair metal, is really stark and stifling.

Calm down I think the UK music scene is hardly marginalized here or anywhere else.

 

[Joe Mac]

Calm down I think the UK music scene is hardly marginalized here or anywhere else.

An American would say that. In reality I don’t claim marginalised, more an afterthought or not taken seriously once you drop to the level below the behemoths.

 

[dbarila]

I think it does have a British contributing author/editor because it is at least represented.

Yeah, I doubt we would have seen Doves, Blur and Muse if there wasn't some British representation.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Calm down I think the UK music scene is hardly marginalized here or anywhere else.

I don’t know. I think in current music, unless an act has reached a certain stature they are unknown or little talked of here. Certainly lots of bands have reached a kind of legacy status. But even broader than the UK, nonwestern music, hell nonEuropean music is generally under represented.

I think more people would dig Cumbia and MPB if they were remotely familiar with it. Much less more Eastern music.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Grunge is meaningless, how can it be trash?

Grunge is life.

You just don’t get it old man.