Posted on 05/01/2013 4:06:21 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
What about "Kill the Poor" by The Dead Kennedys.
They meant it as a satirical swipe at the neutron bomb, but every listener is welcome to his own interpretation ... at least that's what the literary critics claim.
There was more going on with Melanie than that one obnoxious novelty hit. “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)” was one of the more powerful songs of the very early seventies, owing a lot to the gospel harmonies of the Edwin Hawkins singers backing her up, true, but it’s a great period piece that has aged well. She was quite a beautiful girl, too, with a unique voice and a style of her own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOExGVgQzRg
“Rush is probably presently the greatest collection of rock musicians and musicianship. All time greatest rock musicians???..... Emerson Lake, and Palmer.”
Bah! Steely Dan is tops.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Meat could ROCK OUT something fierce. I couldn't stand his work with Jim Steinman. OTOH, his work with Ted Nugent on "Free for All" was awesome!
Mark
Steely Dan was basically Becker/Fagen and a bunch of studio musicians.
Both DF and WB are musicians on thier own.
It could be either. But does it really matter? Dylan left it up to the listener to unravel the mystery, and that's just fine with me. A lot of his best songs were that way.
I love the Byrds' version of the song, but it's a shame they never (to the best of my knowledge) recorded the complete version as Dylan wrote it.
But it’s a good concept.
Let me cover my head first, OK......Bob Dylan. Never understood the magic, never will.
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As others have mentioned, if you focus on his voice, yea, it can be offputting (to some, not me, though).
Do you like bluegrassy music by any chance? Have iTunes? Check out a guy named Tim OBrien (please don’t vet his politics first) and a record called Red on Blonde - a joke only a Dylan fan would appreciate. Anyway, it’s an entire record of him covering Dylan tunes. Just about entirely acoustic, great singing and fine playing. So much so that if you don’t know Dylan’s catalog, you’d have no earthly idea he wrote the songs.
And yes, I have a similar answer for those who will put the Grateful Dead in the top 5.
Springsteen - I probably know all the lyrics to ten songs (grew up in the 80s) but I won't sing along to any of them, even in the car alone at night.
The Doors - I don't know what their “classical organist” got but he should have gotten 20 to life.
Grateful Dead - They were annoying and their followers smell. I was glad when it ended so I didn't have to listen to people gush about them any more.
Nirvana - I get what they did for music. Really. This is right in my wheelhouse and my generation. But I don't care. They are obnoxious.
Rolling Stones - I like some of their songs so I almost didn't add them to the list but I was probably four the last time they made a legitimate hit and people still fawn all over them. For the last quarter century plus the only thing they've done is decompose. Way overrated.
I forgot to add Dylan. I’ve tried singing through my nose. It hurts.
XTC was way underrated, but "Skylarking" was masterful, BTW, produced by Todd Rundgren.
Mark
That is awesome...
Best version of Mr. Tambourine Man is from the Concert for Bangaladesh. HUGE!
I always said that the party was over when someone put on Pink Floyd or The Doors. As for the Stones, few bands, if any, had as impressive a run of albums as they did from 68 to 75.
A good friend is a big Moodies fan. Long ago I told him that Moodies songs are like original Star Trek episodes. The good ones are really really good; the bad ones are just gawdawful. Exhibit A: Tuesday Afternoon. Exhibit B: Melancholy Man.
I actually liked "Lay Down" when it was a hit in 1970, even though it was a tune from "the other side." It seems to have been inspired by the "Moratorium" anti-Vietnam War protests of October, 1969.
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One in every crowd.
To the naysayers, I play Reckoning. An acoustic set. I can think of a handul I’ve known who’ve gone out and bought it after saying the same as you. Not that they’d admit it.
Steely Dan is really just 2 guys, Becker and Fagen (and a lot of the time, Skunk Baxter). However, they used some of the top studio musicians around for their albums and tours. But they really weren't a band with a static membership.
Mark
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