Favorite/Most influential albums

[deepthroat]

13-15

[deepthroat]

The last two....

[deepthroat]

And one final image.

This is hanging behind me on the wall in my office as I type, it's an original (super rare) promotional poster for the Pink Floyd "The Wall" concerts in Los Angeles. I drove from Seattle to Los Angeles for the first show - Feb. 7 1980 - and it's still one of the greatest memories of my life.

They played 6 shows in LA, then 6 in New York, then London, Dusseldorf Germany, then London again a year later.

Other than Live Eight, these were the final live performances with Roger Waters, and one of the most spectacular concerts of all time.

[Napalm]

(Snick @ Feb. 22 2010,07:30) "I Was Punk Once"

Yea we knew him well but he was more of a performer/artist than a muso even thought his brother keeps his legacy alvie

[PigDogg]

(Snick @ Feb. 21 2010,17:27) I remember the floor being so sticky

Show World?

[El_hefe]

I'm impressed by the Astral Weeks & Armatrading mentions.....

[El_hefe]

And......

[Napalm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcfUjIguSs

[katoeylover]

(JaiDee @ Feb. 22 2010,03:01)

(Bumpa STIKKA @ Feb. 22 2010,08:15)

very dark, loud, smelly bathrooms, unwashed and tattooed patrons, cheap beer, graffitti, no attitude or trendiness;

Damn... where do I find this nirvana?  

In Montreal ......not that you would ever go inside, you wise-arse!!

I am having serious giggles thinking of Jaidee and Tomcat hitting a hard rock biker bar in Montreal....

Time to dust down those leather pants, boys...

[pacman]

(deepthroat @ Feb. 22 2010,10:41) 4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.
         ....Perhaps my favorite album of all time.

I think on balance, I would have to agree with you.

I have loved 1000's of artists & their albums but I can't think of any that come closer to the sustained perfection Pink Floyd managed with Dark Side of the Moon. A local poll a few years back gave the prize to Sergeant Peppers Lonely Heart Club, just ridiculous IMO.

I saw Roger Waters in concert 2 years ago (with the giant floating pig) & he played the entire album from start to finish. Note perfect, it was quite surreal how close it was to the studio version. Their David Gilmour stand-in could well have been David, that's how good he was.

[mirimark]

Time Is On My Side Ruby Tuesday
Heart Of Stone P Let's Spend The Night Together
lay With Fire Jumpin' Flash
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Street Fighting Man
As Tears Go Sympathy For The Devil (my personal favorite.)
By Get Off Of My Cloud Paint It, Black
Mother's Little Helper Under My Thumb
19th Nervous Breakdown Honky Tonk Women
Gimme Shelter Midnight Rambler (Live)
You Can't Always Get What You Want Brown Sugar Wild Horses

[mirimark]

[guydesavoy]

Aint it funny how the kids these days seem to think the 70's was all about disco ?

We could start another thread on how many great albums came out in '76... What a year.

Here's a trip down the West Coast sound of the time...

[Bobcat]

Punk was best, God I worked as a tape op on this album & had the great privilage of working with Steve Lilywhite. It was my first LP credit. Never forget mixing the album down at the end and going to a Pizza House in Hampstead for a meal getting them to put the cassette on the in house muzak system. Hearing it for the first time in public. Fu#k me I thought I was famous at 22.

Remember "The sound of the Suburbs". Best white Punk Reggae, Offshore banking business which was a piss take on one of the lads dads.

[guydesavoy]

Sorry this airport wi-fi is shite   West Coast Pt 2