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Nirvana Bleach

8 sep 06

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Memorable, inspired, accomplished debut. At 22, Cobain already had the maturity to create an album like this. Not as absolute as the unreachable "Nevermind" (for me, the best album of "rock songs" of all time), but very effective. Despite the myriad of references (Stooges, Sabs, Zep, CCR, Young, Huskers, SY, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur, Flipper, Westerberg, Albini, Melvins, Mudhoney and so on...), "Bleach" already shows its own personality and completeness. Cobain already had clear ideas. The noise, the melody, the screams, the obsessive repetitions: all the effectiveness and communicativeness that would make "Nevermind" great are already there.

Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation

8 sep 06

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Ah, one thing: the connection you made with grunge at the end was also suggested by Signorelli, and I believe that if it's true that certain grunge owes something to certain BOC (see the riff of Dominance and Submission, from Secret Treaties), I don't agree that grunge failed to achieve this synthesis between hardness and melody, between the everyday and the metaphysical. With Nirvana's Nevermind, it really succeeded. :-)

Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation

8 sep 06

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Yes! A masterpiece of the fantastic everyday; a rock science fiction essay; a reflection on identity loss. "Hot Rails To Hell" is at least 10 years ahead of its time! Great review! Long? Yes, and so what? ;-) Ah, doom has nothing to do with it, obviously... Those who say that BOC are the "Sabs version yankee" should be put on bread and water for 5 days!!!

King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King

8 sep 06

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Such characteristics are innovation, avant-garde, experimentalism, originality, if it wasn't clear. :-)

King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King

8 sep 06

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Tell me who in 1969 could be compared to the Crimson... No one! A new album!... An album ahead of its time! An album that has nothing taken for granted!... listen to what experimentation meant in '69! <<< Since you insist on 1969, try listening to "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart, released that very year... I can assure you it has nothing to envy from the KC debut; on the contrary... It has all the characteristics you attribute solely to "In the Court..." among the albums of '69, and maybe a little bit more...

King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King

7 sep 06

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Once we've established whether the KC belong to rock or not, what do we do with that? <<< we've had our daily mental wank... ;-D

MDC Millions of Dead Cops

7 sep 06

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I instead devoured a nice beet stuffed with Nutella. :-DDD

June Of '44 Four Great Points

7 sep 06

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I confirm what I wrote days ago. "Of information" borders on perfection; "Dexterity," "Cut your face," and "Slowler" highlight the debts with Albini; "Lifted Bells" could fit in Millions by Tortoise; "Air," finally, is proof that in post-rock, emotions are not lived: they are seen flowing.

Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult

7 sep 06

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@Velluto: Well, Sabs and Priest influenced most of the metal of the '80s and '90s... But the interference of BOC has been more intimate, subliminal, hard to grasp at first glance (in fact, I mentioned Voivod, a rather atypical metal band)... Furthermore, I believe that what I consider the first metal album ever ("Sad Wings of Destiny" by Judas Priest) was heavily influenced by BOC, in the instrumental architectures, in the guitar crossovers, in the epicness, in the symphonic elements, etc... @ Green: for the review of Treaties, we can agree on something... Don't worry, there's no rush and even if we each did one, it wouldn't be a tragedy... ;-)

MDC Millions of Dead Cops

7 sep 06

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But what does it have to do with anything??? If that’s the case, I also did a review of the Germs, the Descendents, the Replacements, Big Black, and so on... Leonid, are you sure you’re feeling okay? And that you didn’t eat something heavy? :-D