ruggedcrane22 said:The Housemartins - "New York 0 Chicago 4"
Honestly, I can't tell if that's an understatement. It feels like people either totally miss the mark—treating it like some bland, nameless record and mislabeling them as just another Smiths wannabe (at least back in the day, speaking as someone who's been around long enough to know they aren't really my cup of tea)—or they see the album as this standalone 😍 masterpiece with a massive cult following that swears by it... kind of like me.
stormyviper11 said:A few of the ones mentioned earlier:
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Here are two from my side: Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - WTF? Everyone trashes this record because it features what they call Dylan's most "commercial" track, totally ignoring that a) it’s actually a great song and b) the rest of the stuff, including the instrumentals, is top-tier. Also, Self Portrait is way too underrated—he took some liberties with covers there, making it more of a solid listen than a masterpiece, but I won't get into it. Neil Young - Dead Man - one of the best soundtracks ever made; I get chills every single time I play it. And Time Fades Away is such an underrated gem compared to the rest of his early seventies stuff.
Yeah, I agree.😁I think that Pat Garrett track is some of the best work Dylan ever did, which you already know, but I honestly had no idea that specific album was considered underrated.😁
Miss L is out on the road again. said:That’s exactly my point. The thread title says "albums considered weaker," but I honestly don't know a single person who thinks *Speak & Spell* is anything less than a classic, you know? 😉
Susan Clark10 said:Look, Speak and Spell is a total masterpiece. Please don't go putting it in the 'weaker albums' category.🙂
Uh, maybe take another look at the thread description? None of the albums listed here are actually "weak." It’s quite the opposite—even if critics usually disagree. And honestly, those early Depeche Mode records are some of my absolute favorites too...
Here are a few of mine. Most people tend to brush these off as the weaker entries in these artists' catalogs, but if you tell me otherwise, you're just wrong
The Pogues - Peace & Love The Rolling Stones - Black & Blue The Clash - Sandinista (though I know they have a huge cult following) Pink Floyd - Animals Santana - Havana Moon Animals - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted U2 - Pop (not my absolute favorite, but solid enough, plus it fits the theme) R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi John Lennon - Rock'n'roll Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (especially with Candy's Room on there)😍 Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
The Idols - Chocolate
I'm sure there are plenty more I can't think of right now
Anyway, no need to trash anyone else's taste—people love to hate on these records—so why don't you guys share one of yours? 😉
Susan Clark10 said:Hey, what does the phrase 'in a heartbeat' actually mean? There’s this song with that title I’ve been listening to for years, but I still can't quite wrap my head around it..
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Think about it like this... Dana Anderson4, remember that Wham! song 'Last Christmas'? It's all about doing things in a heartbeat...😬
It’s like that classic line from Krleža... "In the fog, I saw them, lost in the mist..."
Honestly, it's always a pretty solid excuse if you're young enough to claim you did everything just in a heartbeat.😁
Raymond Barrett12 said:John Doe👍 If you haven't survived the absolute grind of heavy metal or been stuck listening to that bottom-of-the-barrel, cookie-cutter folk rock, you're basically clueless. Get it? 🙂 :2up: 🙂 Forget democracy, forget all that nonsense... 😬
Preach! It’s nothing like that watered-down, soft stuff.😬
It’s already been three years since Joe Strummer passed😢 999 is the gold standard🙂 The Smiths just don't hit the same anymore🙂 Why "glass"? I’d ask why Philip chose that specific vibe😬 Generation X doesn't really belong to any one genre🙂
Alex Scott22 said:So now one of the big trends around here is this whole folk-rock thing... but when you grew up in the USA back in the day, where everything felt like folk-rock, you just can't get into it, even as a joke. It was too much of a struggle for a kid like me—you’d get beat up or looked down on by the folk-rock crowd just because you wore, say, a black band tee, haha, true story 🙂 Or you were just constantly bombarded with that vibe on the radio and TV every single day... man, what a mess.
I feel the exact opposite. I used to think country music was only for people from some weird subculture I didn't even realize existed until I joined the US Army. Honestly, I never paid much attention to country, except for those types like Lepa Bren who somehow made it onto magazine covers and Sunday afternoon specials. Now that it's everywhere, I really don't want to subject myself to more of it. That's also part of why I can't stand bands like Nervous Postman—look, I respect the irony and they're good musicians, but that vibe just isn't for me. I can handle ten minutes of it while having a beer, but after that, it just starts getting on my nerves...
Generational spikes are such a weird phenomenon. Take The Beach Boys, for example—looking back, they’ve somehow turned into this massive cult legend. For me, they felt about as significant as Colonia does today, if you can even make a comparison like that. As time passes, I’m starting to realize I wasn't actually wrong; damn it, they aren't just some elementary school sing-along tunes anymore, though I still have nothing against them. Honestly, I'd take Doris Day over them any day. And why was why glass such a mediocre demo band to me? I never had the energy or interest to go back and dig them up, and honestly, I don't feel much motivation to do so now. You guys should probably just stick to listening to November November instead... ☕
