25 Albums That Should Not Have Been Recorded

Originally posted by Bagster:
That's very funny….I like this:

Record Geeks:
Know the Stooges as Iggy, Ron, Scott and Dave

Other People:
Know the Stooges as Moe, Larry and Curly

Again Shemp is left out…

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
I have had three different CDs of MMM (early 90s import with different cover, later import with original cover, Buddha 2000 reissue).

This comment reminds me of another list:

24 Ways Record Geeks are Different from Other People

That list is okay but much of it, like a broken slurpee machine, belongs on the Lame List.

But I did meet David Thomas after a Pere Ubu gig years ago on F St and he wasn't scary at all, he's just the least pretentious weirdo I've ever met. But, then again, there was the relish tray backstage that had what seemed like 10 pounds of carrots. "No one leaves until all the carrots are finished", said David.

my dad whould disagree with the list….but i think all of that stuff sucks martha stewerts dick…..

At least local legends Rites of Spring get a mention.

i like the tin machine record…

Originally posted by Skeeter:
At least local legends Rites of Spring get a mention.

ummm - that would be in the 24 Ways Record Geeks are Different from Other People

list

Originally posted by Bagster:
Nothingman, Corduroy and Better Man are all excellent "Vitalogy" songs. How is this album different from other Pearl Jam albums? Maybe the ratio of good to not good is a little worse, but not much.

Better Man was a song from way back in the day of the solo Eddie Vedder days…long before they sent him the tape to try out as the singer for Pearl Jam :) Sounded the same back then as it did when "Vitalogy" got released

I'm surprised that Led Zeppelin's "Coda" wasn't listed on there. That album should have never been released.

MindCage
Mindless Faith
Deep6 Productions

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Originally posted by Bagster:
That's very funny….I like this:

Record Geeks:
Know the Stooges as Iggy, Ron, Scott and Dave

Other People:
Know the Stooges as Moe, Larry and Curly

Again Shemp is left out…

So is Curly Joe

Sooo true…


Dream about making love to the sounds of Spiritualized and Sigur Rós…..
Have actually had sex

Consider Rites of Spring's End on End to be the first worthwhile "emo" record…..
Consider Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American to be the first worthwhile "emo" record

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
TARKUS also kicks ass!

Though I've never been an ELP fan, I too thought that was an odd inclusion.

What is it with record stores and Pearl Jam? There's always about 1 copy of anything else and 50,000 copies of Pearl Jam discs in the display racks. They are like Tribles. Have never been a Pearl Jam fan so I've never owned a thing by them and have no plans to.

Bunnyman, I LOVE Ride's Carnival Of Light. Tarantula is the one that I'm not as fond of but still would never think of putting it on that list.

Tin Machine is far from stellar for Bowie but not all that bad. Good enough to hear once in awhile if someone else puts it on but nothing to really bother with.

Mankie owns two from the list.

Tin Machine
Be Hear Now

Not sorry I bought either, but may never play them again. Just didn't have staying power but I do agree that "Don't go away" is a great song.

Jaguar, I think the thing that upset me the most about "Carnival of Light" was that it seemed like a huge step away from all of the things that made Ride such a great band. I loved all their stuff…"Today Forever" was a great EP, even "Going Blank Again" had some great tunes…and "Nowhere" was just brilliant. Check out their box set (with the Reading 1992 live CD). But then the hippy stuff on "Carnival of Light" to me just sounded like they hit a major brick wall. The heavy 60's sound was something I never warmed up to with Ride…it just didn't sound like them anymore. I guess I was one of those fans that didn't want to hear them experiment…I just wanted them to ROCK and sound like Ride, which is why I thought "Tarantula" was a step back in the right direction…but by then it was way way way too late. Really sad how they all turned on each other, and "Carnival of Light" is where that happened. And also, I think grunge destroyed any possibility for bands like the Boo Radleys, Ride, Lush, etc. etc. Ultimately, a lot of those bands just were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Not that I don't appreciate "Nevermind", but give me "Loveless" by MBV any day.

Now that you put it that way Bunnyman, I dislike Grunge now more than ever!!! I've never looked at it that way before but you are right. Never was much of a Grunge fan myself.

With Ride, it was the 60s sound that I loved the most. Either way, Ride were a great band.

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Jaguar, I think the thing that upset me the most about "Carnival of Light" was that it seemed like a huge step away from all of the things that made Ride such a great band. I loved all their stuff…"Today Forever" was a great EP, even "Going Blank Again" had some great tunes…and "Nowhere" was just brilliant. Check out their box set (with the Reading 1992 live CD). But then the hippy stuff on "Carnival of Light" to me just sounded like they hit a major brick wall. The heavy 60's sound was something I never warmed up to with Ride…it just didn't sound like them anymore. I guess I was one of those fans that didn't want to hear them experiment…I just wanted them to ROCK and sound like Ride, which is why I thought "Tarantula" was a step back in the right direction…but by then it was way way way too late. Really sad how they all turned on each other, and "Carnival of Light" is where that happened. And also, I think grunge destroyed any possibility for bands like the Boo Radleys, Ride, Lush, etc. etc. Ultimately, a lot of those bands just were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Not that I don't appreciate "Nevermind", but give me "Loveless" by MBV any day.

I agree with you about Ride…one of my favorite bands, but only when they were noisy. That being said, a couple of the 60's-psych tracks are worthwhile…for my money, OX4 (the best of) has just the right balance. Plus, having Leave Them All Behind alongside Nowhere tracks is perfect. It even throws in Black Night Crash off of Tarantula, maybe the best tune Noel Gallagher wishes he wrote. But Nowhere is still the only album that does it for me straight through. (Dreams Burn Down…jesus!)