Reviews by bob

WTF?

I don't even know where to start... what the hell is Post-Rock? And, if that is a musical genre, what kind of genre is it? Google has only managed to confuse me more...

Does "being experimental" mean that you are included in this musical journey? I thought the idea of having something that is good to listen to would be the main criteria...

So, for now, having to sit through a 20+-minute intro song, which goes so far as making me wonder if my sound-system is broken around minute 14:04, really makes me dislike Tortoise.

Maybe my second listening of the album will make me change my mind...

Okay, second listening, and my thought has now shifted to "okay, so it's several styles of music being created by instruments that aren't standard for those styles.
Still not liking it.

Never heard of them... was dreading to have to sit through an EDM or techno album, and my first listen was anything but joyful.

Then I gave the album a second "spin"... and I find it infectiously fun!

Though I wouldn't go so far as to call this Rock, or whatever, but I can see why there are so many people more than happy to see this album on the list, and to think I was convinced that nothing noteworthy has been created since the '90s ;-)

4****

What's there to say? It's EDM... from 1978...

People were trying to be like John Travolta when this came out, in their white leasure suit, pointing fingers in the air, which makes it amazing.

Also, anytime you can hear a thick German accent, it's worth a listen... Metropolis!

Starts of dyno-mite!

Not the biggest Doors fan in the world, and though the album is better than several others ones' I've had the displeasure of having to listen to, I know 100s that are better...

But that's my opinion...

First time I heard of Moby, probably 1995, it was not my thing.

By the time Play came out, I guess my musical taste had evolved to one accepting more modern music.
I bought the CD, I played the CD, I loved the CD.

Giving this 4**** as I was unable to fully enjoy the album--there are a couple of tunes skip-worthy for sure.

Fuck Da Police...

How about Fuck This Shit?

Top-20 album, in my opinion.

What's not to love about a little swing every now and again? And, only today realized that "Night Train" is the song being played in Back to the Future right before Marty digs into "Johnny B Good"!

Buona sera, good night!

Shall I be the skipping record and repeat all that others have said before me?

Dylan might be an auteur, and technically speaking a chansonnier, but his delivery shouldn't be something applauded...

And then, while I am typing this, "Just Like a Woman" plays, and you forget about the fact that Dylan doesn't have a pretty voice, and you lose yourself in the magic that can be music.

So, 3 1/2 ***

The Good: the musicians know what they are doing

The Bad: only 6 songs last less than 2 minutes...

The Ugly: the singing

Honestly, why is this album on the list? It influenced west coast bands in the '80s? The female singer tries to sing like Blondie, and fails miserably.
Maybe they were a wonderful to see live? Maybe...

2** because musically it would be unfair to dish out only 1... but I am writing this upon my first listening, which means I can still change my mind.

You guessed it... changed my nind

I am a huge fan of Pink Floyd, but no fan of Genesis.
I really like Marillion, but hardly know Yes's repertoire...

Back in the middle '90s I tagged along to a Rush concert, and when I say tagged, I mean we first killed a case of beer amongst 5 of us, then we hit a tailgate, then a couple more pints... and the entire concert was a rush to many, but a total blur to me. If only I could go back in time...

Obviously, I am familiar with "Tom Sawyer", mean, mean pride teh-de-deh-de-deh-de, and now I am familiar with 2112, and I must admit that I will be playing this album a couple more times the coming weeks.
That and I fear that I have just added a 20-minute-long song to my 1001 play list
:-0

Never heard of this band before, at least, not that I can recall hearing of them before... and that kind of settles that.

Not that the album is bad, it has it's merits, and I'm sure that there are plenty of people who will place this album in their top 10 all time, but those persons probably were born after 1999...

There's no point in dragging most of these songs out for so damn long.
And the singer has nothing to do with Dylan.
And stop comparing this with '80s music, the only '80s relation is the sound of the snare drum, and at times a slight The Waterboys vibe, however, just by mentioning this, I feel like I've blasphemed as The Waterboys are sooooooooooo much better than this.

2 ** for the effort

The link to the album on Spotify showed me that which frustrates me about that platform at times, which is that, in the case of for this specific album, most of the songs were greyed out.
However, searching for the song "Into You" took me to an album called "Under a Groove CD1"...

What is there to say about the album? Some of the stuff is excellent, other stuff even more so, and then some more less... However, why why why do these funk albums all have to have tracks that go on for ever and ever and ever?

For me, it is impossible to pick a favorite song from the album, however, the most memorable one, and probably my pick for my "1001 Album play list" will be "P.E. Squad" as I could have sworn that I was listening to the soundtrack of almost any '70s porn flick!

Depending on one's state-of-mind while listening to this album, one might wish to light up a joint, nurse the hangover, or bang year head against a wall till you stop hearing anything but your heart-thumping in your ear.

Somewhere, they will use this album as torture techniques to get the hardest bastards to start talking.

And in any hostal, or backpacker inn, all across the world, this album is staple of the daily playlist...

2 ** because I will respect the effort... but Jezus H Christ, this gets old fast.

Wow,

What's not to like?

And to think that, for all these years, I wasn't aware that one of my favorite Jeff Buckley songs happens to be a Nina Simone cover: Lilac Wine.

Saw a documentary on Netflix about Nina her life, and now listening to this album, I feel her pain, her anger, her sadness, her love.

And then there's the cover art! 5*****

BRNG

In their defense, I don't believe I heard a lot of their stuff back in the '00s
Then again, very little good stuff was coming out in the '00s

So, yeah, not for me. Amazed at how many listens their songs get, 1 tune at 425 million, another at 768 million, and a third showing off at 807 million

If only Mink DeVille would get that kind of attention... but no, because that is not what makes the young kids happy...

I actually enjoyed this much more than I thought I was going to.

Though frequently at a loss as to what the gentlemen are trying to tell me, the flow of the rhymes, the beats, and the way that Kung Fu movies are intermixed, make the entire thing soooooo much better than similar innercity rap albums.

... and I learned how to properly pronounce GZA and RZA... Fo-SHZA!

Before autotune we had "Talk Box" technology!

What a gem of an album! What a treat to pretend that you are somewhere in the audience, throwing back a beer, hitting the bong, or just passing along the beach ball, and being lucky to have had good sound engineers tape this show!

Sure, not all songs are 5 stars, but taken as a whole, if you like electric guitar driven music, this is a must listen!

Yeah, nah.

Floppy fish! I guess that's how many of us will always remember FNM... that, or their nod to the Commodores!

Rating this album isn't as easy though.

I guess there's a love-hate thing going on, and it's something that I've been noticing on one too many albums since starting this journey, and that is that there are too many songs that last just 30 seconds too long... even Epic

So, 3 stars... but I enjoyed the listen... but 3 stars...

Also, as a last thought, I was reading how many people seem to compare FNM to RHCP... and I don't get it. They have in common that both bands were around at the same time, and that neither bands was making the kind of music popular at that moment. RHCP, in the end, were more commercially successful, but I'd say that this has to do with better publicist most likely. John Frusciante is an amazing guitarist, but brother Martin sounds better, at least on this album, and in my humblest of opinions...

Undeniable is the fact that, for most of the songs on this album, one gets a Party vibe... freak out!

Undeniable is the fact that the groove is Tight!

Undeniable is the fact that, from a musician standpoint, they knew what they were doing!

Undeniable is the fact that ALL songs last TOO long... which is a shame!