Classic Rock Bottom

After the runaway success of last weeks post, I've been asked by just about everyone I meet when I will post the remaining 5 albums that influenced my musical life. Have to admit, I was sooooo inundated with inquiries about this that the idea kinda started to lose it's luster. But as the old saying goes, fans are always right, and I'm all about my fans - or something like that...


So here's the remaining 5, and as a reminder these are not ranked in any way, in fact as time goes on the list would like change. For example, Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree could easily have been added to this list as a couple of their albums have really changed the shape of music for me, but alas, I'm sticking with the core 10...


I'll lighten it for the first two tracks and then we'll get back to the heavier side things...


Enjoy!


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Pablo Cruise
A Place In The Sun
First Heard: 1977

1 - A Place In The Sun

This band was the first live rock concert I ever seen, and though my brother had this album and I listened to it enough to know I liked, it wasn't until I seen them that it took a foothold. California beach music, soft rock, whatever you wanna call it, its catchy, fun and not like anyone else. I still get a lot of enjoyment out of this bands whole catalog some of my favorite songs come from them. Plus they have one of the coolest logos ever IMO.

Poco
Legend
First Heard: 1978

2 - Heart of the Night

I know its not a deep cut, but the album gets lost because the band didn't take off like they should have. This album is just top to bottom goll-darn-great Country Rock. And I loved Paul Cottons voice and guitar work, no he's not a shredder, but he knows what works for him and its unique to the band. It simply worked to perfection well in this band and peaked on this album. Still have a thing for this band. I'd rank it above some of the Eagles pre-Hotel California albums easily and second to none against any other Country Rock bands not named Eagles.

Triumph
Just A Game
First Heard: 1979

3 - Lay It On The Line

Heard Triumph a year or two earlier than 1979 when Rock and Roll Machine was their current album, really liked that one too. But then this came out, it had a gate-fold that when opened was a fully functioning game board. Truth be told the game sucked, but the album knocked my socks off. Movin' On's riff hit perfectly but Lay It On The Line floored me. Moore hit sounded like he was hitting those drums so hard they were going to knock the speaker over. Hold On even hit the top 40 for all to brief time. Top to bottom a stellar album, and for fans who know Emmett's new album, this album introduced us to Johnny Walker.

April Wine
First Glance
First Heard: 1979

4 - Get Ready For Love

This is where it gets hard because I really wanted to include Van Halen's debut on here but truth be told this one worked just as well for me. Apparently I have thing for Canadian bands, I don't know why, they just resonate. But my friends older brothers friend brought this album over to their house one day and the needle hit the opening track and I heard the guitar pick scrape the strings like nothing I'd ever heard before, don'd recall if it stopped me in my tracks but it seemed like it did. Still does...

The Who
Who's Next
First Heard: 1976-7ish

5 - Gettin' In Tune

Here's the biggest non-surprise on here. My absolute favorite album of all time containing the absolute best classic rock song, Baba O Riley. Undisputed! But... it wasn't Baba O Riley that got me into it, it was the song featured here. Til the day I die, I will own and play this on whatever media is the best of the day, so far I've owned vinyl, CD, remastered CD and Deluxe Edition CD, whatever's next it's on my wish list. I don't know what else can be said for such a complete package, simply the best...

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I wonder why "they" haven't made a Super-Deluxe package of "Who's Next" yet? The Quadrophenia is AWESOME!! The Tommy is just okay. I haven't bought "My Generation" which was released recently.

I have to hope, that WN will get the super deluxe-treatment before long. Next Christmas?

"They" should definitley do the ultimate Lifehouse-package, you know: all the tracks, that was intended on that double-album, but also alternative versions, and a 100+ page book and stuff. Just do the same thing, that was done to Quadrophenia. Before I got that Super Deluxe version a couple of years ago, Q was not as big an album in my mind, as WN or Tommy. Now it certainly is.

I'm surprised, they haven't done it yet? Just as I'm surprised "they" haven't released a Blueray of "Let It Be"-the movie, but that's another story. Or a Super Deluxe verison of "A Night At The Opera". I guess, they don't need my money.

You have fans????

Tens and tens!!!!

I had that Poco album on 8 Track. I thought it was just ok. But I did have it.

First time I ever heard of Pablo Cruise was a couple of years ago when Will Ferrell wore a PC shirt in one of his movies. Before that. I thought it was a video game where you cruised around San Pablo. No, wait....I'm thinking of Outrun. My bad. Think you've featured this song before.

Still have that Who album on cassette which you did not mention. So I'm guessing you do NOT have it on all media. Tiffany does not like liars.

Triumph is, well, Triumph. Never bothered to get this album but have this song on something. Maybe you can have a series on song titles featuring the word "line". Just another one of my brilliant thoughts. You're welcome.

The pick scrape did not make me "take notice" or anything like that. But I do speed up when I hear them there sirens in that one song because I think the coppers are after me. When I'm safely hidden away, I laugh at my silliness.

Back to Poco.....that horse would have been easy to draw for a kid. Just a bunch of squiggly lines.

Ok, none of these albums had an affect on me except for maybe the one by The Who. That made me want to pee on stone monoliths. It also gives me the urge to pee on any rectangular monolith whenever I watch that space movie that takes place in a certain year (or two) and features an odyssey or something like that.

PC - Yep, nothing wrong with this type of soft rock.  I remember the song quite well, but I did not remember that Pablo Cruise performed it.  It was quite nice to hear it again.  Wait a minute, that's Poco.  Somethin's screwy here.  Okay, I see, the first two tracks are reversed on the player.  I've never heard the actual Pablo Cruise tune, though I do think I now have A Place In The Sun on vinyl.  No, wait, I have heard it. What was their big hit?  What You Gonna Do or something like that.  That was a great song.  Makes me think of an album I really liked as a young teenager.  It was by Wild Cherry, but it wasn't the one with Play That Funky Music.  It had a great cover of It's The Same Old Song and it had a great cover:

Right?  Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's long out of print and very likely never available on CD.

Triumph - Amazing tune.  Such a moodiness at the beginning of the track.  Probably my favorite Triumph song.

April Wine - Here's a band that I never really listened to back then.  I do remember their big hit or two, but that's it. This isn't a bad tune at all.  Pretty aggressive guitar playing.  I'd like to pick up more of this band's catalog.  I have two albums, but this isn't one of them.  You know, the singer sounds just a bit like John Waite here.  Nice track.

The Who - Not familiar with this band.  Who are they?  Seriously, the album that I owned (or it found it's way into my stash without me owning it, not sure) was Who Are You.  And that title track would have my vote for greatest rock song ever written.  But this album, top to bottom, is amazing.  

Nice work Scott.  I enjoyed this two-parter.  

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