Superunknown was a great Grunge album, probably a top 5 for me, but I gotta say the best Grunge album is "Core" by Stone Temple Pilots. That one is just so amazingly good to me. "Nevermind" is close to it. Ha, I figured you'd ask that question to me about Zep sooner or later, Manny. My dad has always had Led's "II" and "IV" in his car (he never listens to it, that I know of), but one time he played Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid for me when I was little and I was hooked ever since. I'd crank up the volume, bang my head, and just take in the timeless sounds of those songs and Whole Lotta Love. This was when I was 7 or 8! I'm a big believer of what you're experienced to when your a kid greatly affects what type of music you'll like later. I'm just very grateful he played it for me then. And, I have been trying to get into Pink Floyd (success), The Who (work in progress), and the Rolling Stones (got the 40 Licks CD's). I like Floyd the best out of the 3 since I have more stuff by them at this point, but none of them will ever come close to Zep for me. My taste in music is so wierd because it's so broad and varied. 1. Mainstream Rap 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Grunge 4. 90's/Early 00's Rock (Green Day, 311, etc.) 5. Classic Rock (AC/DC, CCR, etc.) 6. Country (Straight, Brooks, etc.)
I was just previewing some of their stuff on iTunes, and it all sounds so badly recorded. It didn't sound live either. Were they signed with some lower budget, smaller, cheaper recording company? I bet their stuff would sound a lot better if it didn't have so much of an air guitar sound to it.
hahaha, you have a lot to learn, friend. small budget? Try NO budget. Anyway, songs matter, not recordings. The Brentwoods and Mummies rule, though their records are nearly unlistenable. It's all about the songs.
Yeah, I agree, but that logic is a bit flawed. I mean, the songs aren't gonna sound good (least to me) if they're bad quality and the guitar isn't present enough to be heard the way it's meant to. I know you think they sound good the way they are, but think how much better they'd be if they were given quality treatment. For example, Green Day's "Welcome To Paradise" was originally released on the "Kerplunk" CD, and I didn't like the sound at all. Then, they had a newer version of the song that was recorded with a bigger label on "Dookie" and it sounded awesome - one of their best songs.
You're right, DHB, Mudhoney is not obscure. But unless I am a diehard fan of them or Ms. Cleo, it is hard, next to impossible, for me to know who you are talking about (in the first post) without mentioning their name.
man, The Way and Torn. they're part of this weird group of songs that, even though they came out over the course of a few years, all remind me of my freshman year of high school, which was 1997. a lot of songs where the accompaniment doesn't have a great beat or aren't really super catchy, but for some reason i really like. few of them are among my favorite songs ever but for some reason the nostalgia factor is off the charts so i always have to listen to them when i hear them on. i went through my mp3's one day and picked out all the ones that fit this category and actually came up with 54 of them and managed to burn 3 cd's from them. my favorites and the ones i remember hearing the most would have to be: Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (maybe my favorite of the bunch) I Just Wanna Fly - Sugar Ray The Way - Fastball Real World - Matchbox 20 Like the Deserts Miss the Rain - Everything but the Girl Crush - Jennifer Paige Too Close - Next Show Me Love - Robyn Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve The Freshmen - Verve Pipe Closing Time - Semisonic Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind I Need You - Savage Garden Dreaming of You - Selena One Headlight - The Wallflowers Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground I Don't Wanna Wait - Paula Cole then there's Crash by DMB, How Bizarre, Don't Speak by No Doubt, Do You Miss Me by Jocelyn Enriquez, Set U Free by Planet Soul, Chumbawumba, Silent all these Years by Tori Amos, and then a lot of others that have already been mentioned. 80's music still kicks the crap out of 90's music but this was a damn good group of songs.
I will disagree and say Kerplunk sounds way better than Dookie (it's a better record too, btw) and is the way Green Day was meant to sound. Production is overrated. I'm a firm believer that bands should be recorded live in the studio, with little to no overdubs. Hell, some of the greatest records of all time were recorded on 4-tracks and cassette recorders. "Nebraska" anyone?
