Album of the week

Charles Ramos4 said:I saw him perform live in St. Louis about 15 or 20 years ago, and man, I can just tell he had this incredible, raw power. Half the crowd looked like they walked straight out of a heavy metal show... 😁

I didn't get a chance to check in here yesterday to do my usual rounds, but there’s absolutely no debate here—Elvis Presley definitely has my vote (alongside The Byrds, Sade, and maybe a few others on that list). It’s one thing when some legend like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, or The Doors doesn't snag Album of the Week, but when a true icon of this magnitude gets overlooked, it honestly feels like a failure of our entire culture... ☕

Dammit, way too many people voted for stuff that just doesn't move the needle at all. ☕

Mark Cruz15 said:Man, honestly... way too many people voted for stuff that just doesn't move the needle at all. ☕

Oh, right... that's just that high-octane, brain-dead kind of humor. I mean, who actually finds this funny? Who thinks this is actually good?...

Amanda Lopez50 said:*I'm just messing around, really... though I agree, Elvis Presley is a total disaster of an icon. But honestly, the older I get, the more Zen I become about it all. Just live and let people listen to whatever they want... even if some of my absolute favorite artists from back in the day turned out to be complete idiots later on. 🙂

I generally tend to agree, but if something looks and smells like garbage, I'm definitely going to call it garbage.

Casey Flores said:Look, I get that a concept like this eventually becomes necessary, but I didn't even get a chance to vote, let alone suggest an album. The Byrds would’ve definitely taken the win—maybe along with Glass Bead Game. Thank God that primitive hack Elvis Presley didn't make the cut. Are there actually people here who can stomach his brainless humor, or even worse, that trash rock? 🤮

I mean, if the average age here was around 16, I might actually get some of this...

Americans—acting like the perfect little obedient servants they are—always brag about being so sophisticated, but we all know they're just a bunch of hicks, even more than any other group out there. I'd bet anything that 80% of them are out there cutting their wrists to some cheap, newly-minted country garbage.

The only decent thing coming out lately is that country music from the Ozarks.😁

Album of the week from 1967? Look, I love The Doors, and I really respect the hustle here, but man... that one...

Starting the bidding. This is easily one of my top 5 albums from all of 2020.—no contest.

Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud (2020)

ALBUM

OP here!
First off, it’s a woman! And she's new! 🙂
(I honestly, I was hooked from the first second...)

I'm going to skip making any suggestions this round—I think I did enough preaching last week, so I'll just sit this one out and listen. Still, I'm looking forward to seeing what we end up playing. 🙂

Amanda Lopez50 said:Booyah!
Women first this time! And fresh too! 🙂
(Honestly, they're winning me over instantly...)

I'm gonna skip the suggestion round this time—I did enough preaching last week, so I'll just stay quiet for a bit. But I'm definitely stoked to see what we end up playing. 🙂

Looking back at my absolute favorites from this past year—mostly 80% Americana, country-rock, and singer-songwriters—nearly half of that comes from female songwriters. Once I get settled, maybe in a few days, I'll drop my lists of the best songs and albums from 2020.

I’ve probably been spinning Waxahatchee, Phoebe Bridgers, and Jason Isbell more than anything else.

Giving a huge shoutout to my buddy Quarter, The Sound has been such a massive discovery for me lately. I've spun the whole album a few times this week already—it's just incredibly well put together.

Quote: Weekend Warrior

Gerald Jackson48 said:I’ve gotta give a quick shout-out to my friend analogbear40. The Sound It was a bit of a slow burn discovery for me, but I’ve found myself spinning this album several times already this week. Honestly? The sequencing is spot on. It flows perfectly.

To be perfectly honest... since I’ve always leaned more toward that polished, pure pop sound, I think I might actually prefer the mini-LP Shock of Daylight from '84. It just hits differently. Plus, it features my absolute favorite track, A New Way of Life.

Anyway... I'm just genuinely happy about it. Truly.😉

Black Sabbath - Heaven and hell tracklist



A1 Neon Knights
A2 Children Of The Sea
A3 Lady Evil
A4 Heaven And Hell
B1 Wishing Well
B2 Die Young
B3 Walk Away
B4 Lonely Is The Word

Zoran Zoko kulin - mega Gara (1998)



1. nov Gara + zbogom (26:51)
2. Garo, garo + Opet gara (24:48)

Kamasi Washington ‎– The Velvet Underground (2019)



Paradise vibes:

1 The Velvet Underground
2 Public Enemy
3 New York City
4 New York City, Los Angeles
5 Whales
6 Simple Silver Surfer
7 The Velvet Underground
8 Nuevo Roquero Estéreo
9 Kendrick Lamar

Public Enemy

"...white sheet robes at night and black and blue robes during the day
daytime providing cover for night
strange fruit hanging from the trees..."

SZA - Woman (2013)

Tracklist:

Open - 3:37
The Beatles - 3:45
Last Dance - 3:27
Verse - 2:52
Nirvana - 3:21
3 Days - 4:16
One Of Those Summer Days - 4:33
Major Minor Love - 3:56
Nirvana - 3:30
Woman - 2:40

Just a side note, those damn Armenians have suffered so much as a people it’s actually tragic. Generally speaking, Christians in modern-day Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and those kinds of places have been absolutely screwed, both now and throughout history.

p.s. I was thinking about suggesting Rage Against the Machine today since we were talking about Armenians.

p.p.s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRnX...el=MrBeast

Jason Mraz – My Mother, High School Yearbook (1979)

album

Bon Iver - Blossom (2017)

redbear12 said:Yo-Yo Ma-Armenian Spirit (2012)

Honestly, this isn't just beautiful—it feels like I'm listening to a soundtrack for an early Denis Villeneuve film (just way more traditional, obviously)😍

The Wire case in point: my favorite from The Godfather, his absolute favorite movie 🙂
Denis Villeneuve is Armenian, of course, but he was born in Egypt and raised in Canada.