Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
1975
Tracks
1. Custard Pie
2. The Rover
3. In My Time Of Dying
4. Houses Of The Holy
5. Trampled Underfoot
6. Kashmir
7. In The Light
8. Bron-Yr-Aur
9. Down By The Seaside
10. Ten Years Gone
11. Night Flight
12. Wanton Song
13. Boogie With Stu
14. Black Country Woman
15. Sick Again
I am currently lying in bed and recovering from collarbone surgery. Although it is quite painful, it will give me a chance to listen to some more albums and watch great movies. So let's get cracking!
By now I am quite familiar with Led Zeppelin, having listening to at least five of their albums. While I always enjoy the ride, Led has never made it on to my iPod, nor has there been a single song that has ever really jumped out at me. This album was no exception.
My biggest complaint with this album was the sheer length of it. Throughout the album, I felt like they were just trying to kill some time by adding in filler tracks.
It seems like I am bashing the album. I really did like it; the songs were catchy and well done. Still, no song stood out for me and the whole album was just way too long. Possibly I am being hard on the album because I am cranky and in pain. But it's my blog so I can do what I want.
RATING: 4/5
Neu! '75
Neu
1975
Tracks
1. Isi
2. See Land
3. Leb' Wohl
4. Hero
5. E-Musik
6. After Eight
I am currently trying to write a short story. I sat down to write today and I thought "maybe some great music will get the juices flowing." Flash forward forty five minutes and I still haven't written a word. However, the music was okay so I suppose this hasn't been a complete loss.
If I had stopped listening to the album halfway through, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. The first half of the album had some great beats. However, then we move into the second half, which not only has horrible vocals but just plain bad songs. It sounded like they were half heartedly trying to create an album of soothing sounds to play when people are trying to meditate.
However, I hesitate to give this album a low rating because the first twenty minutes were fantastic, with "Isi" standing out. Unfortunately, Neu just couldn't keep it up. Oh well, maybe I will try to be inspired to write by a movie now.
RATING: 3/5
Go Girl Crazy!
The Dictators
1975
Tracks
1. Next Big Thing
2. I Got You Babe
3. Back to Africa
4. Master Race Rock
5. Teengenerate
6. California Sun
7. Two Tub Man
8. Weekend
9. (I Live for) Cars and Girls
I came to the sad realization awhile ago that sooner or later, I am going to have to face punk music. Today, that distant dread became a reality. And while the worst is yet to come, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with this album.
All right, so the band is made up entirely by douches. I mean, the main singer's nickname is "Handsome Dick". And the album cover is..well…
While I am not that fond of Handsome Dick's voice (which seems to alternate between singing and talking), some of the songs were actually really catchy. "Teengenerate" had a great instrumental beginning and everybody has heard "I Got You Babe."
I was expecting to be hit with both racism and sexism. "Back to Africa" I imagined would make me cringe. However, pretty much all they say is that they want to go to Africa, so it actually wasn't too bad. As far as sexism goes, the songs are all pretty much about drinking and girls. My, how man has evolved.
So I survived my first punk album (although I guess The New York Dolls could have been considered punk). Not a bad album, though not especially intelligent (i.e. "what I want to do , I do/Who I want to screw, I screw").
RATING: 3/5
