OT: ♫ The Music Thread ♫

[Ben Grimm]

Here's 5 more for the Eagles:

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[Machinehead]

I mean, c'mon...

These guys are practically senior citizens.

 

[eco's bones]

Here's 5 more for the Eagles:

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Peter Shelley and Howard Devoto were two Manchester kids who reading through the music papers way back in 1975/76 came upon stories about the fledgling Sex Pistols. I think it was Shelley but maybe Devoto--a friend of his had gone on a trip and left him the keys to his car. So these two knuckleheads made a trip to London to see the band and got in a conversation with Malcolm McLaren who told them if they could rent out a venue and find a support band or two he'd be glad to come up to Manchester since the Pistols were being banned from venues all over London anyway. So Shelley and Devoto--two musical novices decided to form a band they called the Buzzcocks and they rented out the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester and there were two shows about two/three months apart. The first attended by about 50 people including Steve Diggle who soon after joined the Buzzcocks, Mark E. Smith original member of the Fall, both Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner--who form Joy Division, Morrissey and several others who went on to form other bands. I think Ian Curtis showed up for the second show. About 50 people and about 8 bands came out of that first concert. Anyway there's a book on that.

Anyway I have that record too. I don't know what happened to Black Flag's Damaged. That one disappeared on me along with a couple others. I have the first Minutemen lp.....not that one. That would be a nice one to have though.

 

[Ben Grimm]

@eco's bones These 5 ain't too shabby.

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[nyrmetros]

Any word on a new Sabaton album?

 

[eco's bones]

@eco's bones These 5 ain't too shabby.

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The first Clash album is their best. It is the rawest and has the best songs they ever did--Janie Jones, White man in Hammersmith Palais, London's burning, Career Opportunities etc. Most people like London's Calling better but I'm not most people. One of my favorite records. DK's first album...their best too.

 

[Ben Grimm]

My last 3 punk albums and then I'm switching to post-punk albums.

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[Machinehead]

Ok, f*** it, I don't care who listens or knows what I'm talking about, I have to get this off my chest. My DT album rankings of today, subject to change:

#15 - The Astonishing

f*** this thing. It has like four good songs on it, and on better records, those songs wouldn't stand out. It feels like they did this epic story thing and forgot to write music for it.

#14 - When Dream and Day Unite

Unlike the f***ing Astonishing, I can listen to this. It's fine. People who say it's a demo are correct. It's not fully Dream Theater.

#13 - Falling Into Infinity

Trial of Tears is a classic and Peruvian Skies bangs. Nothing else here is memorable. Firmly in "fine."

#12 - Self-titled

This was the album where people would have it here, and I would be like "how???" but I get it now. Once you're in the top-12, they're all good. Something has to be here. The Enemy Inside rips so hard and I absolutely love Illumination Theory. Everything in between is just there.

#11 - A View From the Top of the World

Same thing as the self-titled. The Alien is one of my all-time favorites and I love the long closer. Everything in between is just regular old Dream Theater. The middle part is a bit better than the self-titled for me.

#10 - Awake

I know. I know. It jumps again once you get into the top 10. This band has ten phenomenal albums. Something has to be 10th. Nothing is wrong with Awake. It's just none of the songs are in my top 10-15 favorites.

#9 - Distance Over Time

Awake is probably a better lineup top to bottom but the only reason I put DoT above Awake is because At Wit's End is in my top 15 and it contains my all-time favorite Petrucci solo.

#8 - Six Degrees

Probably low for most people. First half is wall to wall bangers. Don't really care about the second half tbh. And it drives me up the wall when people call it a "song." It's not a song. The tracks very little connection outside of some "same album" motifs. The 12-Step Suite is a more cohesive singular piece and it spans five albums. Octavarium, this thing is not.

#7 - A Dramatic Turn of Events

Not much to say. It's an amazing collection of songs and also a good whole album experience. It has a couple of my top 15.

#6 - Images and Words

No, it's not in my top 5. Sue me. This album is basically perfect and every song is good, but none of them are my top, top songs. That's the only reason.

#5 - Black Clouds and Silver Linings

It has three bonafide classics (Nightmare, Shattered Fortress, the Count) and 5/6 songs are bangers. It's almost flawless.

#4 - Train of Thought

See above. Six-track album with nothing but face-melters. I put it above Black Clouds because Endless Sacrifice is probably in my top 10.

#3 - Systematic Chaos

I probably have this too high. But I don't know where else to put. As a whole-album listen, it's a bit exhausting. And also, I know they wanted to do this Pink Floyd thing, but I would never, ever voluntarily listen to In the Presence of Enemies in two parts. It's should have been one track. As one track, it's a top 5 DT song. Splitting it up was a flaw with this album. That being said, the lineup is absolutely f***ing STACKED. In the Presence of Enemies, Constant Motion, The Dark Eternal Night, The Ministry of Lost Souls. Four stone cold classics.

#2 - Scenes From a Memory

It's Scenes From a f***ing Memory. There's not a fan I've ever encountered that has this outside their top 3.

#1 - Octavarium

So much on this album is overlooked. People say "oh it's just Panic Attack and and the title track," and partially, yes. Those are two top-5 DT songs IMO. But the other six tracks are super underrated. They all hold up. Not a bad song on the record. It's also overlooked as a whole-album listen. The transitions between songs are brilliant. Each song does the theme of mental health, and I think this album accomplishes that better than Six Degrees does, as I alluded to. This is what people think Six Degrees is. I could be here for two hours giving you all the easter eggs in this album. And then the f***ing title track. I've heard people call the title track overrated. I guess get an ear transplant. I don't know what else to say.

Update: The Astonishing is still a piece of shit

 

[Takeahnase]

Out of all the incredible early 90’s DM releases, I revisit this album maybe the most. Death’s Human and Carcass’ Necroticism are better, but this is probably #3 for me behind those two.

 

[Ben Grimm]

... I'm switching to post-punk albums.

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