Happy Friday Friends,
Here's Linda Ronstadt covering one of our favorite Lowell George/Little Feat tunes, "Willin'"
Enjoy!
Friday, July 14, 2017
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Simple Dreams
Linda Ronstadt - "Simple Dreams" (1977) - Asylum Records
Hello Friends,
Simple Dreams is a pretty good name for this, Linda Ronstadt's eighth record, because we fell asleep three times while listening to it!
Actually, we're being kind of hard on the record, as it was probably the bottle of bourbon we just polished off that made us so tired, but its definitely a mellow 70's affair falling somewhere between saccharine soft rock and very middle-of-the-road country rock.
This is music for white folks, friends.
Things get started with her take on Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy", which along with her Roy Orbison-cover of "Blue Bayou" were two huge hits for her. There's also a hot white girl take on the Rolling Stones' classic, "Tumbling Dice", and a really nice rootsy country song "I Never Will Marry" which features Dolly Parton on background vocals.
By far the album's highlights are the two Warren Zevon covers, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" and the junkie love song, "Carmelita". The latter is no G.G. Allin, but she does a solid version.
Its worth mentioning that this album was the top-selling album of Ronstadt's career. It also has the unique distinction of being the record that unseated Fleetwood Mac's massive success, "Rumours" from the top of the charts.
RATING: 3.5 strung out on heroin on the outskirts of town out of 5
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Night Ranger - "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" (Live) (1983)
Because sometimes you're just in a Night Ranger sort of mood.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Prog Rock Saturday: Szintetizátor-Varázs
Mihaly Tamas - "Szintetizátor-Varázs" (1983) - Start
Hello barátok,
Hungarian synth wizard, Mihaly Tamas, goes full Clockwork Orange on this Import LP from 1983. (Thanks Zsolti!)
Side One is a selection of pieces by Liszt and Side Two is dedicated to pieces by Wagner.
Like a cross between Wendy Carlos & Giorgio Moroder, its proggy and weird with hints of pop and disco. A very fun listen though probably not the best record to put on if you're trying to impress the ladies on a dark & stormy Saturday night. (my bad!)
Not much is known about Mihaly here in the States (we do know he was in an early 80's Hungarian new wave band called "Omega"), but we'd definitely be down to hear some more of his stuff especially if he's done any soundtrack work.
RATING: 4 disappointing sets of blue balls on a Saturday night out of 5
Side One is a selection of pieces by Liszt and Side Two is dedicated to pieces by Wagner.
Like a cross between Wendy Carlos & Giorgio Moroder, its proggy and weird with hints of pop and disco. A very fun listen though probably not the best record to put on if you're trying to impress the ladies on a dark & stormy Saturday night. (my bad!)
Not much is known about Mihaly here in the States (we do know he was in an early 80's Hungarian new wave band called "Omega"), but we'd definitely be down to hear some more of his stuff especially if he's done any soundtrack work.
RATING: 4 disappointing sets of blue balls on a Saturday night out of 5
Friday, July 7, 2017
Marmalade - "Reflections of my Life" (1969)
Happy Friday Friends!
Rainy & mucky today! Here's a pretty depressing song to end your work week on!
From Glasgow's psychedelic-pop masters, The Marmalade.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Right in the Nuts
Aerosmith - "Night in the Ruts" (1979) - Columbia Records
Hello Friends,
An oft-overlooked Aerosmith record from '79 when the band was strung out on pretty much anything and everything. Definitely not as coked-out sounding as their 1977 album, Draw the Line, but definitely not capturing a band at the height of their rock & roll powers. The band basically fell apart in the middle of recording Night in the Ruts with their next LP, A Rock and A Hard Place, missing both Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
That being said, Ruts isn't all that bad. In fact, it has a handful gems that could have been Aerosmith greatest hits, including the hard-rocking opening track, the autobiographical "No Surprize", and the closing track, "Mia"-- a haunting ballad not too far removed from the great "Seasons of Wither" from 1974's Get Your Wings. "Three Mile Smile" and "Chiquita" are pretty great rockers too. Not big fans of the album's lone single, "Remember (Walking In the Sand)" or even their cover of an obscure Yardbyrds' tune, "Think About It".
Musically, the album holds up pretty well, its just that for the most part a lot of the songs sound as if they're being mailed in. (This is also the first album since their debut record without longtime producer, Jack Douglas, so there's that to consider as well.)
We like this record because it does a good job of capturing one of the great acts of the sleazy 70's coming apart at the seams and who doesn't love a good trainwreck? Still I'd take average-sounding late 70's Aerosmith over anything they've done in the decades to follow. And you can quote me on that*!
RATING: 3.5 Coney Island Whitefish out of 5
(* Please don't quote me on that!)
An oft-overlooked Aerosmith record from '79 when the band was strung out on pretty much anything and everything. Definitely not as coked-out sounding as their 1977 album, Draw the Line, but definitely not capturing a band at the height of their rock & roll powers. The band basically fell apart in the middle of recording Night in the Ruts with their next LP, A Rock and A Hard Place, missing both Joe Perry and Brad Whitford.
That being said, Ruts isn't all that bad. In fact, it has a handful gems that could have been Aerosmith greatest hits, including the hard-rocking opening track, the autobiographical "No Surprize", and the closing track, "Mia"-- a haunting ballad not too far removed from the great "Seasons of Wither" from 1974's Get Your Wings. "Three Mile Smile" and "Chiquita" are pretty great rockers too. Not big fans of the album's lone single, "Remember (Walking In the Sand)" or even their cover of an obscure Yardbyrds' tune, "Think About It".
Musically, the album holds up pretty well, its just that for the most part a lot of the songs sound as if they're being mailed in. (This is also the first album since their debut record without longtime producer, Jack Douglas, so there's that to consider as well.)
We like this record because it does a good job of capturing one of the great acts of the sleazy 70's coming apart at the seams and who doesn't love a good trainwreck? Still I'd take average-sounding late 70's Aerosmith over anything they've done in the decades to follow. And you can quote me on that*!
RATING: 3.5 Coney Island Whitefish out of 5
(* Please don't quote me on that!)
Friday, June 30, 2017
Old 97's - “Good With God” (2017)
Happy Friday!
We're kicking off this July 4th (long) weekend with some cool new music by a criminally underrated band, The Old 97's.
Jeez... this is what we wish Wilco still sounded like!
Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Tony Carey - "The First Day Of Summer" (1984)
Holy shit friends!
If this is any indication, its gonna be a great summer!
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