Friday OT #1 - Never Gonna Get It

[Angie]

I'd like to get into Tribe Called Quest, early Tupac, Beastie Boyz and Lauren Hill.

Not that I wasn't into it...just didn't happen.

I totally skipped your other acts. Low End Theory is my favorite of Tribe, and the only one I have listened to at length. I know a lot of Tupac but am much more into Snoop and Dre from the West Coast rappers in that era, so my advice wouldn’t be very helpful.

I really only know Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, but love it. I will say that one of the most disconcerting lyrics I have ever heard in an R&B song was her in “Ready or Not” with the Fugees when she says she’ll be Nina Simone, “defecating on your microphone.”

 

[BoxsterCy]

Neil Young - Harvest. I love all the CSNY stuff to include Neil Young stuff. I've heard several tracks from the LP but never owned the record or even listened to it all the way through such as on YouTube.

Next time you are in the Twin Cities stop in and we'll spin it. CWW#2 left her copy here. I think by now it's officially my album.

 

[matclone]

Going back a-ways, to the days where I might have bought an album (or other media) because of its reputation or extensive play by others, but didn't:

Beatles Red and Blue or One (greatest hits collections). Had most of their original stuff at that point, and knew this would not add anything to to what I had.

Boston (that first album): heard a lot of it, but never cared for anything I heard.
Ted Nugent-Cat Scratch Fever: same
Eagles--Hotel California: same
Pink Floyd--Another Brick in the Wohl: same

I've never owned any music by Queen, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, or Styx (all 70', 80's stalwarts). That won't change.

Neil Young-Harvest: I'm not sure I ever had this one. I already had, and loved, its predecessor, After the Gold Rush, and maybe was already tired of hearing Old Man and Heart of Gold on the radio.

Every Picture Tells a Story--Rod Stewart was a rocker before he went disco, and this is a great one. Ron Wood is on the record.

 

[cyclones500]

Eagles--Hotel California: same

Hotel California: Known mainly for the title track and “Life in the Fast Lane,” you probably aren’t missing much, but if you want to go a little deeper, it has a few additional tracks that make it worth a listen, notably “Victim of Love” and the environmental-themed closer, “The Last Resort.” Also gives a showcase on B-side for Joe Walsh (Pretty Maids All in a Row) and (better) Randy Meisner (Try And Love Again). They’re more like solo songs with Eagles as backing. Neither song is essential, but adds variety. One of the first LPs I purchased with my own $$.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Sampler of albums/artists I feel compelled to explore in-depth, either because of common acclaim or personal curiosity (or both), buy haven’t. I’ve heard tracks from a majority of these, but haven’t indulged repeated, beginning-to-end listens.

The Byrds, “Sweetheart of the Rodeo”
Funkadelic, “Maggot Brain”
Kraftwerk, “Trans-Europe Express”
Outkast, “Stankonia”
Liz Phair, “Exile in Guyville”
Bob Dylan, “Time Out of Mind”
Dusty Springfield, “Dusty in Memphis” (referenced above by @MeanDean)
Dr. Dre, “The Chronic”
Various post-1980s Neil Young
Lana Del Ray
Roxy Music

I really enjoy Roxy Music but it isn't for most people.
This is a live performance of the first song off the first album. It really lets you know this is no ordinary music, it's Roxy Music



Have to add Ladytron off that first album as well.