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May 2021 - Vinyl Spins Challenge Thread
- Thread starter Joe Mac
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Day 1: Worker’s Unite
Green Day - Warning
This album oozes working class. I mean, look at the title song, Warning, which starts with "This is a public service announcement, This is only a test, Emergency evacuation protest, May impair your ability to operate machinery".
Green Day took a different approach on this album compared to Dookie, Insomniac, and Nimrod, for example, which were much more straight forward pop-punk/punk. They incorporated elements of folk-punk into this album, which according to this Louisiana State University doctoral dissertation (Performing folk punk : agonistic performances of intersectionality), possesses a rich history of progressive and leftist political views, involving topics like race, class, feminism, anti fascism, animal rights, queerness and anarchism.
Growing up listening to this album, it felt very...real and relatable and ordinary. I consider myself to be part of the working-class in a way (I work in public school education), and this album, to me, is more relatable than ever. Overall, it's a really under appreciated album in their catalogue and it's one of their best, in my opinion.
Green Day - Warning
This album oozes working class. I mean, look at the title song, Warning, which starts with "This is a public service announcement, This is only a test, Emergency evacuation protest, May impair your ability to operate machinery".
Green Day took a different approach on this album compared to Dookie, Insomniac, and Nimrod, for example, which were much more straight forward pop-punk/punk. They incorporated elements of folk-punk into this album, which according to this Louisiana State University doctoral dissertation (Performing folk punk : agonistic performances of intersectionality), possesses a rich history of progressive and leftist political views, involving topics like race, class, feminism, anti fascism, animal rights, queerness and anarchism.
Growing up listening to this album, it felt very...real and relatable and ordinary. I consider myself to be part of the working-class in a way (I work in public school education), and this album, to me, is more relatable than ever. Overall, it's a really under appreciated album in their catalogue and it's one of their best, in my opinion.
Day 1: Worker’s Unite
So today was set as International Workers Day by the Socialists and Communists of the Second International. Celebrate by playing something by a Socialist or a Communist or about ones or even just something that celebrates the working classes or working class values!
I'll go with the working class angle here. Bob is by all accounts a really down to earth guy and a Michigan gem. And he has employed a few friends of mine over the years as well...so he's made a definite impact made on the working class in my life.
So today was set as International Workers Day by the Socialists and Communists of the Second International. Celebrate by playing something by a Socialist or a Communist or about ones or even just something that celebrates the working classes or working class values!
I'll go with the working class angle here. Bob is by all accounts a really down to earth guy and a Michigan gem. And he has employed a few friends of mine over the years as well...so he's made a definite impact made on the working class in my life.
jamieanderson1968
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Day 1 - Workers of the World
The Clash - s/t (Cdn original with Groovy Times 7in)
Career opportunities, the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunity, the ones that never knock
The Clash - s/t (Cdn original with Groovy Times 7in)
Career opportunities, the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunity, the ones that never knock
Fleetwood-Matt
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Day 1 - Worker's Unite!
U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
"No one needs to make a profit No one needs to get paid If we all agree we don't have to live that way"
I know I just spun this last month but it's too perfect for this theme. The title track specifically where I got that quote alone fits but also songs like "Rage of Plastics" (which I literally just found out is a cover) and its exploration of the health impact of pollution on the working class
U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
"No one needs to make a profit No one needs to get paid If we all agree we don't have to live that way"
I know I just spun this last month but it's too perfect for this theme. The title track specifically where I got that quote alone fits but also songs like "Rage of Plastics" (which I literally just found out is a cover) and its exploration of the health impact of pollution on the working class
Murfocakes
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Day 1 - Worker’s Unite
Steve Earle - Train A Comin
I had this on naturally but it fits the theme of today so I guess I’m in. Steve is a life long Socialist, and it is maybe more pronounced on other albums, but this one I got recently and is a favourite of my dad. Mercenary Song has a bit of his revolutionary zeal.
Steve Earle - Train A Comin
I had this on naturally but it fits the theme of today so I guess I’m in. Steve is a life long Socialist, and it is maybe more pronounced on other albums, but this one I got recently and is a favourite of my dad. Mercenary Song has a bit of his revolutionary zeal.
jamieanderson1968
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A great record
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 2: Difficult Second Album
I'm in the middle of listening to Steve Gorman read his book Hard To Handle: The Life And Death Of The Black Crowes so this one is front of mind.
When The Black Crowes went in to record their second LP, they'd been touring nonstop for a year and a half. The band who could barely play well enough to crank out their debut had become a hotwired beast of a band. Their songwriting had grown leaps and bounds. The music was more complex yet had a deeper, earthier soul.
They couldn't fail. And they didn't.
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
I'm in the middle of listening to Steve Gorman read his book Hard To Handle: The Life And Death Of The Black Crowes so this one is front of mind.
When The Black Crowes went in to record their second LP, they'd been touring nonstop for a year and a half. The band who could barely play well enough to crank out their debut had become a hotwired beast of a band. Their songwriting had grown leaps and bounds. The music was more complex yet had a deeper, earthier soul.
They couldn't fail. And they didn't.
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
Day 1: Worker’s Unite
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light: Field Recordings from The Great American Railroad
Billy Bragg singing Railroad and Railroad labor songs? Yes.
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light: Field Recordings from The Great American Railroad
Billy Bragg singing Railroad and Railroad labor songs? Yes.
gaporter
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DAY 2
DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM
Radiohead - The Bends
A huge leap in quality from their debut in nearly every way, The Bends is the ultimate "fuck you" to the entire notion of the sophomore slump.
DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM
Radiohead - The Bends
A huge leap in quality from their debut in nearly every way, The Bends is the ultimate "fuck you" to the entire notion of the sophomore slump.
avecigrec
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Day 2: Difficult Second Album
Sons of Kemet - Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do
Stripping back the effects and studio trickery of their acclaimed first album, Sons of Kemet came back even stronger for album number two, honing a far more live and organic sound. This album slaps! Featuring relentless percussion and low end tuba that can rock any party while providing enough unpredictability for the jazzists and the heads, it's really no surprise their star just keeps on rising.
Sons of Kemet - Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do
Stripping back the effects and studio trickery of their acclaimed first album, Sons of Kemet came back even stronger for album number two, honing a far more live and organic sound. This album slaps! Featuring relentless percussion and low end tuba that can rock any party while providing enough unpredictability for the jazzists and the heads, it's really no surprise their star just keeps on rising.
This album is so good.
I put off buying the vinyl. I wonder if it's hard to get now...
ducktree
Member
Day 2: Difficult Second Album
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000, Virgin)
(There was a live album between Brown Sugar and this amazing album, but I'm counting studio only, fair?)
I don't have anything to add to the discussion of this album that hasn't been said better by people more eloquent than I. I do know my religious preference could possibly be listed as "The hi-hat on 'The Line' "
180g Light in the Attic Repress from 2012. I flipped out when I saw this was announced and immediately jumped on it.
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000, Virgin)
(There was a live album between Brown Sugar and this amazing album, but I'm counting studio only, fair?)
I don't have anything to add to the discussion of this album that hasn't been said better by people more eloquent than I. I do know my religious preference could possibly be listed as "The hi-hat on 'The Line' "
180g Light in the Attic Repress from 2012. I flipped out when I saw this was announced and immediately jumped on it.
Bluecloud777
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Day 2: Difficult Second Album
Dua Lipa "Future Nostalgia"
Though her debut album already was pretty good, her second album was really excellent, one of the top records of 2020.
Dua Lipa "Future Nostalgia"
Though her debut album already was pretty good, her second album was really excellent, one of the top records of 2020.
Murfocakes
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Day 2 - Difficult Second Album
Denim - Denim On Ice
Second album by Lawrence of Go Kart Mozart & Felt’s ‘Brit Pop’ originators. The first album was a 70s glancing stab at vindication and push for the big time. This album features songs about glue sniffing, council houses and blow jobs.
Denim - Denim On Ice
Second album by Lawrence of Go Kart Mozart & Felt’s ‘Brit Pop’ originators. The first album was a 70s glancing stab at vindication and push for the big time. This album features songs about glue sniffing, council houses and blow jobs.
Turbo
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Day 2 - Difficult Second Album
Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" (1978 Columbia; 2015 reissue)
Elvis Costello followed-up a superb first record with an even better sophomore album. Highlights include "No Action", "This Year's Girl", "The Beat", "Radio Radio" and of course "Pump It Up".
Elvis Costello "This Year's Model" (1978 Columbia; 2015 reissue)
Elvis Costello followed-up a superb first record with an even better sophomore album. Highlights include "No Action", "This Year's Girl", "The Beat", "Radio Radio" and of course "Pump It Up".
RowBearToe
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Day 2: Difficult Second Album - Pick an album where you think the artist has made light of such notions and absolutely smashed it out of the park.!
Kanye West - Late Registration
The College Dropout was a fantastic debut, but Late Registration topped it in my opinion and is one of my favorite hip-hop albums!
Kanye West - Late Registration
The College Dropout was a fantastic debut, but Late Registration topped it in my opinion and is one of my favorite hip-hop albums!
jamieanderson1968
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Day 2: Difficult Second Album
Big Star - Radio City
I am a huge Chris Bell fan, but Radio City is the best Big Star album
Big Star - Radio City
I am a huge Chris Bell fan, but Radio City is the best Big Star album