Note: In an effort to continually shake things up and to use less brain cells, I've arranged this group by decade. TaDa. Plus, I don't know that much about any of these albums to adequately separate them any other way. I kind of doubt I'll get to this next week, so you ought to make this last in case you get some sort of fix from my ramblings.
1950s
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) by Ray Charles
Charles continued to demonstrate that his music could not fit into a label or category. He wavers around R&B, Big Band, classic standards and host of other sounds and influences.
1960s
Getz/Gilberto (1963) by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
Stan Getz was the gringo in this Latin American dance group. I guess it worked out OK.
A Girl Called Dusty (1964) by Dusty Springfield
Springfield belts out her range hitting a lot of Motown tunes like “Do Re Mi,” “You Don’t Own Me,” and mixing that with stuff like “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”
The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969) by Flying Burrito Brothers
These guys win the prize for best album title and best band name for the week. This is the rebound band for Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman after the breakup of The Byrds.
1970s
Gasoline Alley (1970) by Rod Stewart
This is a rock’n’roll based album made prior to “Every Picture Tells A Story.” Ron Wood steps in and guides Stewart through this early solo project.
Go Girl Crazy! (1975) by The Dictators
This was a forerunner to punk but bad management, band bickering and the label pulling support cost The Dictators. By the time, The Ramones hit and punk became cool, these guys were past their prime.
Germ Free Adolescents (1978) by X-Ray Spex
A female led punk band cut short by the lead singer turning toward religion. Maybe this would be cool to hear.
(GI) (1979) by The Germs
More punk fun. Darby Crash a mixture of every member of The Sex Pistols cultivated hard-hitting punk before dying of a drug overdose.
1990s
Goo (1990) by Sonic Youth
I guess to continue the punkish vibes of this group. We’ll skip the 80s and get so more Sonic Youth. This band had several albums and this is one of them.
Gentlemen (1993) by The Afghan Whigs
These guys were cult and college favorites on both sides of the Atlantic. They based there music around a mixture of rock and soul.
Giant Steps (1993) by The Boo Radleys
This is another 90s underground trippy, group that never hit it big. This is a theme for the week.
G. Love And Special Sauce (1994) by G.Love and Special Sauce
Warning white rap spanning the period between Vanilla Ice and Eminem. You judge what this is probably like.
2000s
Gold (2001) by Ryan Adams
A couple bad breakups fueled this album as Adams spun out 16 tunes in the matter of days. “New York, New York,” got a lot of love on MTV. Snake has some of this guys, I don’t know if he has this album though.
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2003) by 50 Cent
It was hard to avoid 50 Cent when this album hit. Although I am not sure how much it had to do with the music as it did with people just like saying this guys name correctly.
Get Behind Me Satan (2005) by The White Stripes.
FYI: This is the last album in the book. That gives everyone a time frame when they stopped taking new albums. Here’s the one band that seems destined to make a career of exploring music instead of simply making money, doing drugs and burning out.
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I enjoy the last sentence bash at Sonic Youth. That made me chuckle and could tide me over for a few weeks. Good thing I knew who put out "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" too. This was one of the oddest groups we have ever had. Lots of crazy names.
Yeah, I got that line from some old comedy bit that I am drawing a blank on where at the moment. It's great delivered in a dead-pan voice.
I don't know what to make of this group. It had a lot of punk, kind of underground indie type stuff. I thought it built nicely to the best band of the bunch in the White Stripes, who are artistic, yet still have albums that sell really well.
I feel like an Encore would be going backwards on this, plus I dont have much to say. The only album I have is 'Get Behind Me Satan' and I remember it being kinda disappointing when I first heard it but it has grown on me. I imagine this is what Zep fans felt like when LZ III came out. It is kinda like that, alot of piano and a little light on the fuzzy guitar blues.
Here's a quick list of some decent albums in this Alpha range:
Get a Grip - Aerosmith (their rebirth in the early 90's)
Get Born - JET ( A nice debut with probably one of the catchiest songs of my college years)
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out - Rolling Stones (the definitive live Stones album. You can feel the raw power through the speakers and you can literally hear MSG shaking during Jumpin Jack Flash)
Godsmack - Godsmack (another nice debut)
Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (just guessing the alpha would fit between lists. Red got a taste of this album. Electic music and a pretty good title)
Get Born is a really good album. I didn't even notice that we had zoomed past where it would be.
I must admit I didn't mind having a bit of a vacation from this. I need to check out what the next group is looking like.
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