Albums that still sound good today ... from way back when

With God on Our Side(1964)
Bob Dylan

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.

Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.

Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.

Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.

When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.

I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.

So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.

 

Sammy Davis Jr. and Buddy Rich "Sounds Of 66"

It's live tracks from the Sands at a 4am show with the audience consisting of other entertainers from the strip. Amazing energy.

 

Well that is my guess on why bama said that too, but I have seen previous posts of his on what he likes musically, and outside of good taste in jazz, his other stuff he likes, is, um, not good.

However, you got to consider what grunge was going up against back then...hair metal bands like Poison, Warrant, Skid Row, etc. Now I know TheFreak will beg to differ with me, but he is in the minority, however, those bands are the ONES that have not aged well over time. Not Nirvana, STP, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins.

 

This should've never sounded good.

I'll add a couple that haven't been mentioned (I think):

Neil Diamond-Hot August Night
U2-The Joshua Tree
Marvin Gaye-What's Goin On

 

Go ahead and add this to complete the triumvirate...

 

Marvin Gaye - almost all his albums
Bob Marley - Legend
Most old school Micheal Jackson

 

You are going to go with that instead of this?



Boooooooooo!! Hisssssssssss!!

 

I've never been much of a Sonic Temple fan ~ they lost me after Electric.

 

Of course, this one is better than both of them.

 

Steely Dan - Aja

 

Yeah Jackyl has aged much better than Nevermind.



Albums that have aged well:

Every David Bowie album from "Hunky Dory," to "Scary Monsters." The best and most innovative sustained body of work since the Beatles. Nobody has touched him since. Except for Jackyl.

 

You own this album?

 

I'm only going pre-1980 and I'm judging on both quality of songs and production value...

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Steely Dan - Aja (I know engineers who still analyze their studios to this disc)
Van Halen I

btw...some of the records chosen are less than 10 years old...they BETTER hold up today or they are just lame.

 

Aja is a great album that still sounds good. I named a dog Aja 'cause of that disc.
You're right about these "new" records... hell, they ought to hold up after a few years!

 

Barry Manilow-Ultimate Manilow
Ratt-Out of the Cellar
Soundtrack-Pete's Dragon

 

I said it before :
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
The Misfits - Walk among us.

If any of you have never listened to Mingus , I highly recommend giving him a try. His music is truly awesome.

 

Just listened to for the first time today, "On the Corner" by Miles Davis. This album was one of the most, maybe THE most, controversial album he ever did. It is a fusion album that is very funky and is heavily influenced by James Brown and Sly Stone, but it also has some avant-garde influences in it like Karlheinz Stockhausen.

It was vilified at the time of its release, but I think it is an album that as time has gone by has been appreciated more and more. Not for everyone, though - however, if you are interested in Miles or fusion jazz, I would start with "In a Silent Way" and "b****es Brew" first and maybe pick up "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" before getting this album.

 

yeah, I have that album, Manny, very funky.


my question to you :

is John McLaughlin featured in "On the Corner" as well as "b****es Brew" and In a "Silent Way"?

 

smashing pumpkins - gish and siamese dream
erasure - erasure
depeche mode - violator
omd - best of omd, sugartax
10,000 maniacs - campfire songs