2008-10-14
1977 Rules! and I can prove it!!
by Uziel
Unlike some other make believe people we know, I like to sort my music by year. This leads to a lot of debate over which year is the best and it really depends on what you're into as far as music goes. If you ask rache, it's 1979 without a doubt, but only because she's so completely addicted to the Clash. And I admit, it wasn't bad. London Calling, The Wall, Regatta de Blanc, Communique...Sure, they all kick ass. It was a great year for the sophomores, but! I'm of the opinion that 1977 was better and to make my point I'm listing my top 11 albums of that glorious year. Half a decade before I blasted out of the womb and screamed bloody murder, this was tits...
10 - Little Queen by Heart The original Rock Chicks were the best and when this album came out Ann was still skinny and Nancy looked like she could fuck half of Seattle dry and that's where they recorded it, so maybe...I can't find that Rockstar Supernova guy on the album at all though! What a poseur (but he was hot!)
09 - Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf Before Bob got Bitch Tits, he was singing about life, love, and bustin' his girlfriend's cherry by the dashboard light. Paradise is a soundtrack for porn, it's mainstream erotica like we find on SOL every single day with all the cliches, stereotypes, and hooks we could ask for...The rest of the album rocks too!
08 - Let There Be Rock by AC/DC So what if they only know three chords? So what if they have all the lyricism of a 15 year old boy peeping on his sister in the shower? When it comes to classic rock in the fashion disaster of 1977 Angus Young and company don't need a lot of fancy shmancy bullshit to have a good time. An old schoolboy uniform, a Gibson GS and a big fuckin' amplifier will kick you in the cunt and leave you crawling to the bar asking for another pint!
07 - Running On Empty by Jackson Brown Here's a guy who knows what the '70's was all about! Drugs, Sex, and Rock 'n Roll. Of course when JB wants sex, he uses his hand and that's why he's on this list! This album defines life on tour. Recorded in anonymous hotel rooms across the country, it's a lonely, desperate trip in search of love...This is what would have happened to John Keats, I think, if he'd been, you know, born in 1955 or whatever.
06 - News of the World by Queen Think about it, before 1977 nobody ever clapped and stomped and screamed to the national anthem of rock...We Will Rock You! I mean really, what else is there to say? Except Sheer Heart Attack is a big shot of adrenaline...Christ, when I need a cardiac needle to get the juices flowing? I hit that button hard!
05 - A Farewell to Kings by Rush Okay, let's face it. Geddy Lee is one ugly bastard and Alex Lifeson looks like the girl next door (the hot one!) and Neil Peart is the best drummer ever to strap on a drum kit (Keith Moon and his dynamite notwithstanding) ...The only thing better than listening to Xanadu at six times full volume is watching the live video from Exit Stage Left. Fuck! These guys are good!!!
04 - Rumours by Fleetwood Mac It won a Grammy and the band thanked their drug dealer for making it happen! How cool is that? What's the secret of their success in a year loaded with real contenders for Best Rock Album?? Get two couples who are breaking up (Lindsay Buckingham/Stevie Nicks and Christine/John Mcvie) the drummer who snorted half of Peru up his nose (Mick Fleetwood) lock them in a studio with nothing but musical instruments to kill each other with and watch the magic happen...An album loaded with anger, frustration, revenge, jealousy, and rage! And we just think it sounds pretty! Heh!
03 - Heroes by David Bowie It's mandatory that David Bowie be on every greatest rock list made. He's fuckin' David Bowie, rache! The inspiration for my own schizophrenia, in 1977 the man was shooting heroin in Berlin with Brian Eno, coming down from the Ziggy high and transformed into the ultra-smooth Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes. This is classic and one of the reasons David Bowie so freakin' cool :) besides his own eyes, I mean. Perhaps not the most familiar Bowie album, and not the most accessible by any stretch, but it's down to earth, polluted and industrial; and cold but for the warmth within ourselves.
02 - Animals by Pink Floyd My favorite Floyd album is this one and not only because it has dogs, but because I am so into George Orwell. Nah, just kidding. It's the dogs. This album is about anger management. Roger Waters was more than a little pissed and so he grabbed Animal Farm and used it as an excuse to rant against friends, family, and fans. If you think he's talking about society as a whole, you missed the boat. It's a lot more personal than that, sunshine, he's talking about you! PS - Yes, David Gilmour is the bestest guitarist in the land, followed closely by two dead guys named Randy and Stevie of all things. It's not a question of skill...It's style!
01 - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols! Number one?? Oh yeah and I'm gonna tell you! When disco was just hitting it's stride, when Led Zeppelin was watching the comet fall, when the world was just thinking that maybe, just maybe it would survive...Here comes the Sex Pistols. Musical terrorists without par, they scared the shit out of a lot of people. And the best part? They didn't care! Without the Sex Pistols, take half your music collection after 1977 (the good half) and throw it away...What's left is where we'd be without them. That's why they're number one. That and God Save the Queen just cheers the hell out of me everytime I hear it.
So that's my list and I'll be making these albums available so you can listen and decide for myself are you crazy or what???
Uzi
When I get them all uploaded in a day or two I'll post the link here...it's the same as the other links anyway.
