Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson Band - 'Welcome to the Club' (1980)
One of the best live albums ever? Recorded over a seven night stand at the Roxy in LA, it almost sounds like an excellent audience recording at times - so engaged with the audience the band is and vice versa. I saw them on this tour in fall of '79 at Northrup Auditorium on the U of M campus; don't know how I survived the gig - security taking my bottle of rum when I went outside to look for some mates (and still letting me back in even though I was clearly blasted, and 16 as well); the show ending with Ian and Ronno both egging peeps from the front rows (the orchestra pit) on stage, mayhem ensuing. I managed to swipe one of Ronson's guitar picks from his mic stand as the lights came up, still have it (heavy gauge Fender, white).
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This is a great album. I saw Ian Hunter a few times - great shows! I believe he still tours occasionally.
Like being 14 again listening to this. Still hate the title track, the rest is a lot better than I thought, really solid album, not just for nostalgia but there's some perfection in there. Holiday and Whatssername prime examples.
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I haven't really listened to them before, other than Whole of the Moon due to its popularity. Is this their usual sound? Not played it all yet, but the bits that I have I have enjoyed too.
I haven't really listened to them before, other than Whole of the Moon due to its popularity. Is this their usual sound? Not played it all yet, but the bits that I have I have enjoyed too.
This album is not like the celtic rock of earlier records. It has more of a 70s Stones vibe.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
I haven't really listened to them before, other than Whole of the Moon due to its popularity. Is this their usual sound? Not played it all yet, but the bits that I have I have enjoyed too.
This album is not like the celtic rock of earlier records. It has more of a 70s Stones vibe.
Cheers Marky! I am really digging this! I tend to not really pay attention to them but this is real rock an roll
I haven't really listened to them before, other than Whole of the Moon due to its popularity. Is this their usual sound? Not played it all yet, but the bits that I have I have enjoyed too.
This album is not like the celtic rock of earlier records. It has more of a 70s Stones vibe.
Cheers Marky! I am really digging this! I tend to not really pay attention to them but this is real rock an roll
Some top stuff for sure.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Somehow I'd never heard this Jello-related album. I'm mostly lukewarm to it, tho, as his voice is too low in the mix and I'm having a hard time understanding what he's ranting about.
"Ain't no party like an S Club party!'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
The Black Keys - Let's Rock. From a pop perspective, it's really good pop. From a Black Keys perspective, it's a bit too polished. This is one of the harder songs.
A truly underrated album, chilling out in the garden with a beer, this blaring in my ears, happy days.
I've been on a massive ac/DC kick lately. Powerage kicks all kind of butt.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Somehow I'd never heard this Jello-related album. I'm mostly lukewarm to it, tho, as his voice is too low in the mix and I'm having a hard time understanding what he's ranting about.
Yeah I should love this the way I love all Jello collaborations but it fell flat the first time I listened and never gave it much of a chance again.
