Best Songs Of Each Year (discussing 1974)

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  • Feb 27
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    Elric

    check that song out and tell me youre not a big Neil guy

    I mean to be fair, I Believe In You, See The Sky About To Rain, and Thrasher are all time favorite songs.

  • Feb 27
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    Elric

    I feel bad for Bolan cause Bowie technically followed in his footsteps in alot of ways but always managed to do it bigger and better. female backup singers like this pinched and outmatched on Young Americans for instance.

    Bolan I think wasn’t as interested in change. He knew what he was good at and stuck to it. I think he still made great stuff until the end. The title track on his final album is one of my favorites and a fitting last statement. Also I was just never that big on Young Americans.

  • Feb 27
    Fella

    I mean to be fair, I Believe In You, See The Sky About To Rain, and Thrasher are all time favorite songs.

    Yeah I know that's why it's weird to hear you say that you're not a big Neil guy. Just sounds like you agreed with Neil that he didn't really have to release that album in 1974.

  • Feb 27
    Fella

    Bolan I think wasn’t as interested in change. He knew what he was good at and stuck to it. I think he still made great stuff until the end. The title track on his final album is one of my favorites and a fitting last statement. Also I was just never that big on Young Americans.

    Yeah I respect how Bolan stuck to his guns.

    I'm not crazy about the album Young Americans either but the title track is a contender for Song Of The Life

  • Feb 27
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    psych prog/space rock jam, bass line f***s

  • Feb 27

    always liked this rendition of Hey Joe, that guitar is screaming

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28
    knees
    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Zcula4g9c

    psych prog/space rock jam, bass line f***s

    real

    great album and band

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28
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    Scorpions first great album. also arguably their first in a long tradition of bizarre album covers

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    Feb 28
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    KISS debut is comfy and remained a top 3 album from them at least

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28
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    best Blue Oyster Cult album. Patti Smith wrote lyrics on Career of Evil since she was dating Allen Lanier at the time

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28

    one of my all time secret gem bands, Truth and Janey simply some gnarly heavy psych-leaning underground power trio hard rock. this is only a live archival release from 1974

    wouldnt drop their near-masterpiece studio album til 1976 though

  • Feb 28
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    rvi

    KISS debut is comfy and remained a top 3 album from them at least

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDus_S-Tr4!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f_oVMPv4E

    I think it’s pretty solid, but there’s a lot of fluff in the middle. I was really impressed with Paul Stanley’s solo album, it’s really clear he was the talent. That’s just a really consistent record.

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28
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    Fella

    I think it’s pretty solid, but there’s a lot of fluff in the middle. I was really impressed with Paul Stanley’s solo album, it’s really clear he was the talent. That’s just a really consistent record.

    yeah Kissin Time is horrifying

    Paul Stanley solo album is solid. almost as good as the Ace Frehley one imo but the Ace one doesnt sound as much like Kiss and is kinda just like the lead guitarist happened to make a cool album even though thats clearly not where the catchy songwriting came from

    Paul Stanley as a voice and presence is really important to the direction of hard rock in the 2nd half of the decade and moreso the 80s

  • Feb 28
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    rvi

    yeah Kissin Time is horrifying

    Paul Stanley solo album is solid. almost as good as the Ace Frehley one imo but the Ace one doesnt sound as much like Kiss and is kinda just like the lead guitarist happened to make a cool album even though thats clearly not where the catchy songwriting came from

    Paul Stanley as a voice and presence is really important to the direction of hard rock in the 2nd half of the decade and moreso the 80s

    It’s funny you single that one out, cause I honestly thought that one was pretty alright. It was at least memorable. I was more thinking of the generic “we’re rockin out” songs.

  • rvi 🐸
    Feb 28
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    Fella

    It’s funny you single that one out, cause I honestly thought that one was pretty alright. It was at least memorable. I was more thinking of the generic “we’re rockin out” songs.

    most of the middle songs like Cold Gin are pretty good for me, its just more that they are vastly improved on the 'live' album that came pretty soon after

    sometimes they feel like theyre just a skeleton version thats missing something somehow

  • Feb 28
    rvi

    best Blue Oyster Cult album. Patti Smith wrote lyrics on Career of Evil since she was dating Allen Lanier at the time

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjBFc39xl4!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0t_wb0lUW0

    Yeah Astronomy strong contender for third best Oyster song (after Screams and Beautiful As A Foot)

  • Feb 28
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    rvi

    Scorpions first great album. also arguably their first in a long tradition of bizarre album covers

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt3GVc_U89w

    had such a good drive to this yesterday classic

  • Feb 28
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    eno had a nice run in 74, this def the stand out track of both albums that came out that year

  • Feb 28
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    woof
    !https://youtu.be/2zSrkb5pkrQ?si=aIzLqV5tZMabIWfx

    eno had a nice run in 74, this def the stand out track of both albums that came out that year

    Calm the f*** down

  • Feb 28
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    Elric

    had such a good drive to this yesterday classic

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nOGRLQ0dcI

    This is nice

  • Feb 28
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    Elric

    Calm the f*** down

    Yeah I was gonna say

  • Feb 28
    Fella

    This is nice

    I had a transcendent experience listening to this album once while mowing my lawn on a super windy day

  • Feb 28
    rvi

    most of the middle songs like Cold Gin are pretty good for me, its just more that they are vastly improved on the 'live' album that came pretty soon after

    sometimes they feel like theyre just a skeleton version thats missing something somehow

    I’m gonna try that Frehley album. The opening track is good. I still assume the power pop songwriting style of Stanley’s record will overall be more my speed, but I’m curious about this one.

  • Feb 28
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    Fella

    Yeah I was gonna say

    I guess enough time has passed for me to declare it

    @KNEES this is Eno's opus of the year and probably overall S.O.T.Y.

  • Feb 28
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    Elric

    I guess enough time has passed for me to declare it

    @KNEES this is Eno's opus of the year and probably overall S.O.T.Y.

    !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km_-18Wxxls

    Great choice. I’m pretty sure they play that in Velvet Goldmine too. But On Some Faraway Beach is the one for me. That’s transcendent.