Ten most essential basic rock and roll albums game.
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brianlux
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The object of the game: Name what you believe are ten of the most essential rock and roll albums.
The rules:
Your ten albums (no more, no less) must be records that were released as a whole unique album, not a collection, anthology, or "best of".
These albums should be as close to straight up rock and roll albums as possible- not prog, not metal, not psychedelia, not punk, not pop... rock and roll albums.
Don't just list your favorite albums. Make you choice about the subject, not you personal preferences.
You may challenge another persons choice but be nice. Yeah, OK, you can poke fun at me. We'll allow that.
The winner is you, if you really try hard and come up with a good list.
Sometimes rules are dumb and rock and roll is about rebellion and breaking the rules. Except here, sometimes.
Bonus points given for good explanations as to why you include each of your choices.
Your ten albums (no more, no less) must be records that were released as a whole unique album, not a collection, anthology, or "best of".
These albums should be as close to straight up rock and roll albums as possible- not prog, not metal, not psychedelia, not punk, not pop... rock and roll albums.
Don't just list your favorite albums. Make you choice about the subject, not you personal preferences.
You may challenge another persons choice but be nice. Yeah, OK, you can poke fun at me. We'll allow that.
The winner is you, if you really try hard and come up with a good list.
Sometimes rules are dumb and rock and roll is about rebellion and breaking the rules. Except here, sometimes.
Bonus points given for good explanations as to why you include each of your choices.
OK, easy game? Not as easy as you might think. I started off with a long list that I came up with that was more than ten. A lot of great early rock and rollers were singles artists who only had albums pressed later as collections, so I had none by them. Chuck Berry, Little Richard are good examples. And I had eliminate some others because they were not really basic rock and roll. For example:
-All Beach Boys records. They are surf/pop, not basic rock and roll.
-All Beatles records: They are pop, psychedelia. None of their albums are primarily basic/ essential rock and roll.
-Jimi Hendrix: Blues, psychedelia.
-All Beach Boys records. They are surf/pop, not basic rock and roll.
-All Beatles records: They are pop, psychedelia. None of their albums are primarily basic/ essential rock and roll.
-Jimi Hendrix: Blues, psychedelia.
-Fleetwood Mac, Rumours Great album, not basic rock and roll.
OK here's mine:
AC/DC Back in Black: Honestly, my least favorite on my list, but I had to eliminate Who's Next to keep within my one boundaries set here.
Bad Company:, Bad Company: With this album, these Brits brought solid rock and roll back into the mainstream.
Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley: One of the earliest straight up rock and roll albums that was not merely a collection.
Buddy Holiday and
the Crickets: The Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly. Need I say more?
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River Simple, direct, get up and move rock and roll.
Led Zeppelin:
untitled (aka Led Zeppelin IV): Almost too close to metal or hard rock but hey, one of the songs is "Rock and Roll" Who's gonna argue that?
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes: Tom blew the doors open here with this great rock and roll LP.
Elvis Presley:
Elvis Presley (1956 debut): Dubious choice because it is also rockabilly, blues, country and pop, but we needed to have Elvis in the house, right?
Ramones, Ramones: Call it punk, it's still rock and roll to me. The covers sure are!
The Rolling Stones:
Sticky Fingers : Well alllllllllright. I had to include something from "the greatest rock and roll band in the world". Pick one.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni
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Can't You Hear Me Knockin kills me everytime.0
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This requires too much thinking and too many rules Brian, lol. And for that reason...
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haha!tempo_n_groove said:This requires too much thinking and too many rules Brian, lol. And for that reason...I LOVE MUSIC.
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tempo_n_groove said:This requires too much thinking and too many rules Brian, lol. And for that reason...LOLBut wait! I did say this: "Sometimes rules are dumb and rock and roll is about rebellion and breaking the rules."You are right though, it sounds easy, but it does take a bit of thinking.
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I started racking my brain and saying well these guys are considered hard rock but it's definitely rock so I can add them and started to think of another that wasn't too metal or southern or bluesy and I gave up, lol...brianlux said:LOLBut wait! I did say this: "Sometimes rules are dumb and rock and roll is about rebellion and breaking the rules."You are right though, it sounds easy, but it does take a bit of thinking.
It's a really great question though as I think there is much to be discussed about the bands.0 -
tempo_n_groove said:I started racking my brain and saying well these guys are considered hard rock but it's definitely rock so I can add them and started to think of another that wasn't too metal or southern or bluesy and I gave up, lol...
It's a really great question though as I think there is much to be discussed about the bands.
What got me started with all this was reading the Allmusic review of Bad Company's first release- the self-titled Bad Company. The review talks about that album as being an essential rock and roll record. I have it, but hadn't heard it in a long time so I sat down and listened to the whole thing and thought, "Wow, yeah, that is a classic rock and roll album." That led me to thinking, What are some others? So I made this long list and pretty soon I was scratching off names left and right.
If you look at other list of "greatest rock and roll albums" you always see things like Sgt Peppers and Pet Sounds on them. But those are really not rock and roll records in the classic sense. They are great, for sure, but they really are not rock and roll. So it took me a surprisingly long time to come up with ten essential rock and roll albums. And my list could using refining, of that there is no doubt!
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Van Halen I has to be one. If it wasn't for eruption there would be no AC/DC. Plus it's just a good album.
ZZ Top Eliminator. You have the masters of the power chords on full display.
Led Zep 2. Sooooo many great rock songs on here.
Queen A night At The Opera. Bohemin-friggin-rhapsody.
Boston. Self Titled
Pearl Jam Ten. it ain't grunge, it's a damn rock band.
I'll come up w more soon I promise. I changed my mind and accepted the challenge.
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tempo_n_groove said:Van Halen I has to be one. If it wasn't for eruption there would be no AC/DC. Plus it's just a good album.
ZZ Top Eliminator. You have the masters of the power chords on full display.
Led Zep 2. Sooooo many great rock songs on here.
Queen A night At The Opera. Bohemin-friggin-rhapsody.
Boston. Self Titled
Pearl Jam Ten. it ain't grunge, it's a damn rock band.
I'll come up w more soon I promise. I changed my mind and accepted the challenge.You already came up with some good one. Good show!Yes about PJ being a rock band, not grunge (was it Eddie or Stone who said they hate that term?), but I don't think of them as rock and roll.Could be my original post definition was not as well stated as could be. By "rock and roll". I mean albums that are tied closely to the roots- people like Elvis, Bo Diddly, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran, and that are also rooted in blues (no blues = no rock and roll). Classic Rolling Stones albums are obvious examples of classic rock and roll.
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Well considering AC/DC predates Eruption by several years, gonna have to disagree with that premise.tempo_n_groove said:Van Halen I has to be one. If it wasn't for eruption there would be no AC/DC.This weekend we rock Portland0 -
Angus Young was not finger tapping like on Who made Who until after Eruption came out. Yes every guitar player did a tap here and there but nothing like what EVH did. EVERY guitarist changed their style after that song.Poncier said:Well considering AC/DC predates Eruption by several years, gonna have to disagree with that premise.0 -
Angus= OG headbanger. Non-stop flight to a sore neck.0
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True. Still wearing that same outfit too, lol.Loujoe said:Angus= OG headbanger. Non-stop flight to a sore neck.
For real though if you ever did see AC/DC live you got one hell of a show.0 -
Saw them couple times. My first concert. Maybe fly on the wall? They had those cannons on the stage and i thrashed along the whole show. My bro took me with his friends and i was wondering about that cig they were passing. What a life!
Will try to think up some essential rock albums later, not wanting to derail Mr. Lux's thoughtful thread.0 -
killer rock record.
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I kid.
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She's hot! The back cover is bad.0
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I love me some hardcore!0
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