Hey! Don’t you go throwing broad generalisations in my directions Mr!
I don’t think it helps that the first time I heard it was a god awful cover by Suggs from Madness.
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Hey! Don’t you go throwing broad generalisations in my directions Mr!
I don’t think it helps that the first time I heard it was a god awful cover by Suggs from Madness.
jt4527
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4/20/23
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Allmusic Review:
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel | Album | Al
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel released in 1970. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
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Another artist(s) going forward in time to steal a song to go back and record it first!
Who does it best (Suggs!!)
I feel like I should be in some kind of medieval court dancing round a pole waving a hankie or some shit.
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
Did this song inspire the film, 'Baby Driver'?
It is a toe-tapper though!
Thematically, this record feels all over the place.
Yeah, it's alright, but massively overrated, I feel.
3 / 5 stars.
TenderLovingKiller®
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LOL!
I can’t unsee this but also, I think the funkmeister coulda pulled off a shaggy David Crosby-esque ‘stashe back in the day.
imtheocean
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Behind CSNY, lots of Simon & Garfunkel got played in young ImTheOceans house and the 70's socal hippie church we attended. That being said, I find most of their albums have great singles and some overpretentious filler. While the same can be said here, even the weaker tracks have great moments.
The horn section on Keep The Customer Satisfied, Garfunkels vocals on the title track, The Boxer all make this 5/5.
The horn section on Keep The Customer Satisfied, Garfunkels vocals on the title track, The Boxer all make this 5/5.
dbarila
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4/20/23
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Allmusic Review:
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel | Album | Al
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel released in 1970. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Obviously I know some songs from this but never listened to the full album. It's pretty good. Not sure if I'll go 3 or 4 for rating.
Does it seem kind of odd that there's just a live track thrown in the middle of the album?
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WhiteDahlias
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Speaking of S&G covers. When I was a kid, the first time I heard Bridge Over Troubled Water it was some lady singing it on a christian music compilation tape my grandmother had. The original is much better.
Also, this album is at least a 4.
Also, this album is at least a 4.
Bohnjaggs
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My wife and I talked about it recently but Art Garfunkel's is similar to Ben Folds, especially on Bridge Over Troubled Water and So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright. I'd never listened to this album before but it's good. A 3 or 4 for me.
Also, Kishi Bashi did a cover of Only Living Boy a few years ago that I enjoy...
Also, Kishi Bashi did a cover of Only Living Boy a few years ago that I enjoy...
TrainFan73
Frothy
4/21/23
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
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T. Rex - Electric Warrior
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Electric Warrior by T. Rex released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
Frothy
avecigrec
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4/21/23
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
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Electric Warrior - T. Rex | Album | AllMusic
Electric Warrior by T. Rex released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Ha I mean I don't think I even have one iota of credibility when it comes to schooling anyone on this album. But I definitely like, dig it.
TrainFan73
Frothy
This is a tough one, I only recently (in the last two years) started listening to it and have never really spent a lot of time with it. I like it but I don't love it, I guess I could eventually give it a 5, but now its around a 3. I also feel like context would be helpful. Has anyone ever listened to the albums before the name got shortened and they were an acoustic duo? (may see if that stuff is on youtube somewhere since it deosn't seem to be on apple or spotify.) Reading up on it, I'm having a hard time reconciling the two. I'm also conflicted because things like Monolith are absolutely brilliant but then Jeepster feels kitschy and like it belongs to a lesser band. I'm gonna spend some time with it this weekend and report back sunday night.
TrainFan73
Frothy
Man, I was inviting you to come tell us why you like it, you damned Canuck!
TrainFan73
Frothy
I thought Iggy Pop sounded weird as an influence when I read the write up on T. Rex on Wiki. However, listening to the Stooges' first album immediately following T. Rex, I get it.
Whiteout75
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This will be fun! Can't think of any T-Rex songs I've heard beyond Children of the Revolution and 20th Century Boy, but those are great, so....
TrainFan73
Frothy
I am 100000% sure you've heard Get It On.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Everyone has heard that song. And liked it. If not, there's something very, very wrong with them.
My wife (fiancée at the time) and I had a running joke about Bang A Gong. After our wedding ceremony, we hopped in the car to make our getaway and T. Rex 'Bang A Gong' was playing on whatever station we were tuned to when we started the car. I could barely steer as we were laughing so hard.
That day was this day 39 years ago. We're still cognizant enough to laugh at the T. Rex wedding joke.
Both the album and the wedding rate a strong 5/5.
Whiteout75
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Listening to Jeepster now, and I've heard that one too. I'm sure I've heard plenty before, but I tend to mix up T-Rex with stuff like Mott the Hoople and other glam stuff. Yes, even Bowie. This is not a genre I'm that well oriented in. But I'm really digging this so far!
Bohnjaggs
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4/21/23
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Allmusic Review:
Electric Warrior - T. Rex | Album | AllMusic
Electric Warrior by T. Rex released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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My Spotify played Mambo Sun yesterday and then it immediately followed it up with Art Deco Halos, the PM Dawn song that samples it.. it's weird when that happens
TrainFan73
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I love you so much you are a treasure (work on the other hand, I am becoming increasingly concerned that I am actually working with a bunch of circus clowns.)