Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:01:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/12/2014 09:01

Norman Bates wrote:

And Posies.

In a perfect world. 😁

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Norman Bates — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:51:07 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 08/12/2014 07:51

Skinny wrote:

Because Teenage Fanclub.

And Posies.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Hayden — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:42:03 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/11/2014 20:42

Wah.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Listmeister — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:51:29 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/11/2014 19:51

Batsumi sleeps tonight.

Radio City 7-6 (1-1)

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Listmeister — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:15:04 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/11/2014 19:15

Shamelessly soliciting a tie-breaker vote.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 05:26:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/09/2014 09:26

meccalecca wrote:

... Radio City is just part of my DNA at this point.

Like most 90s kids, I know this as part of one of the greatest double albums of all time: #1/RadioCity. Back then, my friends and I all had the musical equivalent of ADHD (So much has changed. LOL). Especially at small parties, & bbqs where we’d jockey with each other for what album to throw on next in order to impress each other with our sublime taste. (God knows we weren't impressing the girls.) Unless this was dropped on. Then somehow we’d all sort of forget for the next hour how we really wanted to turn Kid A onto Archers of Loaf while Kid B forgot all about wanting to turn Kid C onto The Grifters. Big Star united all of us in the present. And if you can make a handful of hipsters content all at the same time, well that’s… saying something. In other words, Deepak Chopra & that dude who wrote Where Ever You Go, There You Are can’t touch this shit. LOL.

What’s Going Ahn may be my favorite Big Star song. Unless it’s Morpha Too. Or, I’m in Love with a Girl. Or, .. well you get the point.

O My Soul, Back of a Car, Life is White, Way Out West, She’s A Mover, & September Girls are all pitch perfect power pop. Essential is thrown around way too much. Not here. Easily one of the most essential power pop recordings of all time.

Damn though if Batsumi doesn’t make me want to break some Islamic law and track down some ganja! That’s some fine laid back afro-jazz.

Radio City

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Skinny — Fri, 8 Aug 2014 10:11:02 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/08/2014 14:11

You can put a horizontal line through those four little vertical ones next to Batsumi.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Anonymous — Fri, 8 Aug 2014 10:05:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/08/2014 14:05

Radio City has a few killer tracks, but overall has never impressed me as much as the other two Big Star classics. I loved Batsumi, though, a great discovery.

Batsumi

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

mickilennial — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 20:09:41 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 08/08/2014 00:09

Batsumi is great, but Big Star created some of the most transcendent power pop records of all time including Radio City... so I'm not sure how to vote here.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Hayden — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 16:51:17 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/07/2014 20:51

meccalecca wrote:

Because they were ahead of their time.

True.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Jimmy Dread — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:58:52 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/07/2014 19:58

As someone who doesn't appreciate jazz in the slightest there's something to be said for the Batsumi LP - however, it's up against Radio City which I adore.

December boys got it bad. Vote to Big Star.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

NickVolos — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 15:32:58 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 08/07/2014 19:32

Voted for both. I was not familiar with Batsumi. An exceptional record. �'�

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

meccalecca — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:15:44 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/07/2014 17:15

Hayden wrote:

I don't know why, but I never place Big Star as a band from the early 70's. I always think of them as late 80's early 90's... No clue why though.

Because they were ahead of their time.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Skinny — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:14:04 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/07/2014 17:14

Hayden wrote:

I don't know why, but I never place Big Star as a band from the early 70's. I always think of them as late 80's early 90's... No clue why though.

Because Teenage Fanclub.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Hayden — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 13:09:49 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/07/2014 17:09

Batsumi 😎

I don't know why, but I never place Big Star as a band from the early 70's. I always think of them as late 80's early 90's... No clue why though.

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

meccalecca — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:23:31 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/07/2014 15:23

Batsumi is quite incredible, but Radio City is just part of my DNA at this point.

Link

Re: [Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Anonymous — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 10:38:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/07/2014 14:38

Batsumi is 100% one of the best albums of the 70's.

[Closed] Best of 1974 1O: Batsumi v. Radio City.

Listmeister — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 10:22:54 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/07/2014 14:22

Batsumi was an Afro-Jazz group from South Africa, with a self-titled album recorded in Soweto and led by a blind guitarist named Johnny Mothopeng. I'm afraid I couldn't really find out much else about them, but I'm looking forwarded to hearing the African sounds from the country that gave us Mbube.

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Batsumi by Batsumi, nominated by Hayden

In the late sixties, a band called the Box Tops had a couple of hits with songs like "The Letter" and "Cry Like a Baby". The band's leader, Alex Chilton, went on to found another group called Big Star, which itself was a landmark Power Pop band. Their 1974 album is called Radio City.

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Radio City by Big Star, nominated by BEA.