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

Lee Newman said:
4/20/23
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Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water



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Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel released in 1970. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Obviously I know some songs from this but never listened to the full album. It's pretty good. Not sure if I'll go 3 or 4 for rating.

Does it seem kind of odd that there's just a live track thrown in the middle of the album?
 
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My wife and I talked about it recently but Art Garfunkel's is similar to Ben Folds, especially on Bridge Over Troubled Water and So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright. I'd never listened to this album before but it's good. A 3 or 4 for me.

Also, Kishi Bashi did a cover of Only Living Boy a few years ago that I enjoy...

 
This is a tough one, I only recently (in the last two years) started listening to it and have never really spent a lot of time with it. I like it but I don't love it, I guess I could eventually give it a 5, but now its around a 3. I also feel like context would be helpful. Has anyone ever listened to the albums before the name got shortened and they were an acoustic duo? (may see if that stuff is on youtube somewhere since it deosn't seem to be on apple or spotify.) Reading up on it, I'm having a hard time reconciling the two. I'm also conflicted because things like Monolith are absolutely brilliant but then Jeepster feels kitschy and like it belongs to a lesser band. I'm gonna spend some time with it this weekend and report back sunday night.
 
Lee Newman said:
I am 100000% sure you've heard Get It On.
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Everyone has heard that song. And liked it. If not, there's something very, very wrong with them.

My wife (fiancée at the time) and I had a running joke about Bang A Gong. After our wedding ceremony, we hopped in the car to make our getaway and T. Rex 'Bang A Gong' was playing on whatever station we were tuned to when we started the car. I could barely steer as we were laughing so hard.

That day was this day 39 years ago. We're still cognizant enough to laugh at the T. Rex wedding joke.

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Both the album and the wedding rate a strong 5/5.
 
Lee Newman said:
4/21/23
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T. Rex - Electric Warrior



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Electric Warrior by T. Rex released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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My Spotify played Mambo Sun yesterday and then it immediately followed it up with Art Deco Halos, the PM Dawn song that samples it.. it's weird when that happens

 
Yer Ol' Uncle D said:
Everyone has heard that song. And liked it. If not, there's something very, very wrong with them.

My wife (fiancée at the time) and I had a running joke about Bang A Gong. After our wedding ceremony, we hopped in the car to make our getaway and T. Rex 'Bang A Gong' was playing on whatever station we were tuned to when we started the car. I could barely steer as we were laughing so hard.

That day was this day 39 years ago. We're still cognizant enough to laugh at the T. Rex wedding joke.

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Both the album and the wedding rate a strong 5/5.
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I love you so much you are a treasure (work on the other hand, I am becoming increasingly concerned that I am actually working with a bunch of circus clowns.)
 
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