*** 1970's Album Draft - Commentary Thread ***

[ManCalledFoot]

Well, I tried to give Big Star a chance. Meh, they're okay I guess.

I've tried several times and it's never worked for me.

[DMT]

And he takes the lead! Even though Station to Station is probably my 4th favorite of his 70s albums, I listen to it regularly.

[Mithrandir]

This all started because of my comment about Welfare Mothers. Apologies.

This is also what happens when there's been no pick for a while. I can never keep track of Johnny's hours, is he asleep now?

All in good fun!!

[TheGaffer]

Well, each person's definition of "notable" is different, but I don't have any pure singles-plus-filler albums on my list, and it still has well more than 25 entries.

Sure, but they could all go in Round 9.

[ManCalledFoot]

Love the Stranglers, I have a different LP on my list.

'The Yes Album' was one of 4 possibilities for them, I can't make up my mind which one I like best. Save the pick for last.

Is that 3 Skynyrds now? Interesting that no other southern rock has been taken (Creedence doesn't count).

[senorsheep]

One time i did gather enough nerve to venture down the street and peek around the corner of a garage and watch a band playing...but i got scared and ran home.....

It was probably Wire.

[DMT]

This one live album rule sucks, we're going to have to allow one more if we go 25.

[Mithrandir]

Listened to the Wire tracks. Like most punk (or whatever genre they are grouped with) it's good, but i just don't agree that it is brilliant. Not taking a shot at it, as i think it is good stuff, but not anything special. Obviously brilliance is in the ear of the beholder.

Maybe there is so much crappy punk out there that this is indeed brilliant in the punk genre?

[swampdragon]

Wire had large loyal UK following - it wasnt as big here - except among critics

[johnnya24]

Wire had large loyal UK following - it wasnt as big here - except among critics

I know about them, know some of their songs, but they were never huge here, well not during the time I was growing up ... not like The Sex Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees. They are a band who seem to have slowly garnered more and more attention for their late 70's work since the 1990's.

[johnnya24]

This one live album rule sucks, we're going to have to allow one more if we go 25.

Maybe we can re-evaluate after 15.

[DMT]

Maybe we can re-evaluate after 15.

I'm just torn between 4 (as of this moment). Go with a band I got shut out on? Or take an artist that hasn't even been selected yet with multiple studio albums on my list?

[revo]

A pretty amazing band that gave birth to power pop and influenced countless number of bands, like R.E.M. and Teenage Fanclub?

The Beatles gave birth to power pop. Other '60s bands like The Zombies, The Turtles, The Animals, the Beach Boys, even Chilton's prior band The Box Tops, and many others, ran with it. Many 1960s Garage Bands are also considered to be power pop. Perhaps Big Star influenced a few later bands with their style of power pop, but even if you look at that period in the early 1970s, groups like Badfinger, the Raspberries, Three Dog Night, it was already rampant.

[senorsheep]

Wire had large loyal UK following - it wasnt as big here - except among critics

I had never heard them until last year. They kept popping up on all kinds "Best Of" lists, so I gave Pink Flag a try, and boy, am I glad I did. It's amazing. They have two more eligible albums that are a bit synth-ier and new-wavey, but just as good, so it's not too late to get on the Wire train!

[DMT]

I had never heard them until last year. They kept popping up on all kinds "Best Of" lists, so I gave Pink Flag a try, and boy, am I glad I did. It's amazing. They have two more eligible albums that are a bit synth-ier and new-wavey, but just as good, so it's not too late to get on the Wire train!

Pick-panderer.