Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Listmeister — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:28:26 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 07/31/2014 16:28

The Central Stration demoted to Outer Whistle Stop.

Country Life 13-1 (1-0)

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:31:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/31/2014 14:31

I voted Roxy Music because the other album felt corny.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:32:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/30/2014 00:32

sp4cetiger wrote:

Was this ever considered cool or was it lame back then too? I was too young to know. :lol:

Seriously. It's hard to imagine that this video was ever NOT a spoof on itself. If Weird "Al" has a funnier video than this, I need to see it!

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:33:44 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 07/29/2014 20:33

sp4cetiger wrote:

Was this ever considered cool or was it lame back then too? I was too young to know. :lol:

My father compared Journey to the Jonas Brothers of the time, saying that they were viewed as a "teenage girls" band, a band that a guy was probably kind of embarrassed to like.

How accurate that is, I'm not sure, though I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

mickilennial — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:18:11 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/29/2014 19:18

sp4cetiger wrote:

Was this ever considered cool or was it lame back then too? I was too young to know. :lol:

Well the only people I knew and were into music in the eighties (ie: my sister and brother) aren't what I model off of "hip" even in their prime. 🤣

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:08:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2014 19:08

RepoMan wrote:

Link

Was this ever considered cool or was it lame back then too? I was too young to know. 🤣

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Listmeister — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:03:17 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 07/29/2014 19:03

I enjoyed Graham Central Station, but Country Life blew me away. Vote to Roxy. After four pairs of albums, I haven't heard a bad album yet this tournament.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:51:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/29/2014 13:51

sp4cetiger wrote:

Theme: Separate Ways

Graham Central Station delivers some great funk beats, but Graham's vocals feel uninspired and his lyrics are often too generic to really engage me. It has some strong moments, particularly on the more group-oriented anthems like "People" and "Ghetto", but it's a pretty inconsistent experience overall. I think I'm just not sold on Larry Graham as a leading man. I don't know many of the details of his feud with Sly, but the musical fallout was a bit sad.

It's the opposite story with Roxy Music and Brian Eno. While they did work well together, this album, along with Stranded and Warm Jets, is proof that they were plenty functional separately. I'm not crazy about this one, but the high points on Country Life are more than enough to put it over the top here. I especially like the opening and closing tracks.

Country Life

Link

edit: This video is truly priceless.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

meccalecca — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:23:24 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 07/28/2014 16:23

Graham Central Station sounds like a good 70s funk album without any of the hits.

Country Life may not be my favorite Roxy Music record, but it's still fantastic.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Skinny — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:43:16 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 07/28/2014 15:43

Country Life, though neither particularly float my boat.

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

NickVolos — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:47:18 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 07/28/2014 14:47

The one with the best cover...

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:04:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/28/2014 12:04

Theme: Separate Ways

Graham Central Station delivers some great funk beats, but Graham's vocals feel uninspired and his lyrics are often too generic to really engage me. It has some strong moments, particularly on the more group-oriented anthems like "People" and "Ghetto", but it's a pretty inconsistent experience overall. I think I'm just not sold on Larry Graham as a leading man. I don't know many of the details of his feud with Sly, but the musical fallout was a bit sad.

It's the opposite story with Roxy Music and Brian Eno. While they did work well together, this album, along with Stranded and Warm Jets, is proof that they were plenty functional separately. I'm not crazy about this one, but the high points on Country Life are more than enough to put it over the top here. I especially like the opening and closing tracks.

Country Life

Re: [Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 01:29:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/28/2014 05:29

Can you call a funk album vanilla? Because this is vanilla, by the numbers funk. It is certainly decently played with especially great bass lines, but it does nothing to transcend its genre. Considering its going against one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands, this was no contest.

Country Life

[Closed] B1974 1D: Graham Central Station vs. Country Life

Listmeister — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:55:35 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 07/27/2014 23:55

With our next album, things get a little funky. Larry Graham, bassist for Sly and the Family Stone, has brought together a group of musicians from the Family Stone, Santana, and Hot Tuna to form a band called Graham Central Station.

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Graham Central Station by Graham Central Station

Now, our next album was praised by Rolling Stone, along with 1973's "Stranded", as the "the zenith of contemporary British Art Rock" in 1975. Considered the best by the band that helped the evolution of Glam from Art Rock, talking about Roxy Music, here is Country Life.

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Country Life by Roxy Music