Queen---Hot Space; AC/DC's Flick of the Switch. KISS' Music from the Elder. I have a lot more too. Loved this video Robert. I wore out my Undercover tape back in the 80s. Cheers, Evan
A lot of people hate Black Sabbath’s Born Again ( with Ian Gillan from Deep Purple on vocals), but I love it. It’s one of their most sinister sounding albums.
I had that album on a cassette it's not a bad album just remember he's not Ozzy and he's not Dio but that doesn't mean it was a bad album like you I liked this album
Hi Robert, I love the chemistry of the Vaughan Brothers on Family Style! Their vocals blend well together. Tick Tock is a very positive sentiment about unity. Telephone Line is a fun blues rocker.
I also count Undercover as one of the last great Stones albums and the last time they really lived up to their dangerous reputation. I do like Voodoo Lounge a lot as well and I liked Steel Wheels more when I heard a bootleg of early versions and rough mixes. Also I think they consistently stayed good as far as singles.
Back in the day, I liked "Sylvia's Mother" and "Cover of the Rolling Stone," but basically thought Dr. Hook were just a bunch of stoners. But then, a few of years ago, I discovered their live videos here on TH-cam, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands. Most of the videos showcase their two charismatic front men, but there's some that show the talent of the other band members. They don't take themselves too seriously, and their enthusiasm and enjoyment of performing really shows. There's one video that may not be up anymore, from about 1973, that shows them partaking in a big fad of the time -- streaking. Yes, after the encore, or maybe for the encore, they streaked around the stage.
good call on the scorps and the cure! my favorite albums that people don’t like are ac/dc’s flick of the switch and fly on the wall. heck, i also like blow up your video!
I love when you go against the tide, and most of the time you do 🤘. Good call on Accept (unfocused perhaps means variety), New York Dolls and Grim Reaper. Nick Bowcott is a fantastic guitarist. Thanks for another entertaining video.
I've been a subscriber for quite awhile and enjoy the diverse topics you cover. I have a suggested topic -- How did Robert Fithen get interested in vinyl? Who influenced you, what happened, when and how did you get started; your first lp, first 45, first cassette, first cd, first 8-track, etc. "Inquiring minds want to know."
Another great video Robert. I share your enthusiasm regarding albums that are shunned by the mainstream over the ones that are SO overrated and overplayed
Undercover is a great track! Rates right up there with all their best songs. I must admit to not really getting in to the rest of the album that much. I'm in the "Some Girls was their last great album" camp although Tattoo You and Emotional Rescue also have great songs.
10:17 Shoutout for "Piggy In the Mirror." Although The Top is not in my top 5 Cure albums, I do think it's a great record for the reasons you stated, especially its uniqueness considering it's the sound of the The Cure (more specifically, RS) going through a literal metamorphosis. If memory serves me well, I believe that is the sole Cure album where Simon is absent. Fun, informative and interesting as usual!
Spandau Ballet, True. It’s lightweight New Romantic pop, but they are fully aware of the fact and it’s catchy as hell and fairly consistent. I tried to get a friend into it, and all he said was, “Not my thing.” ‘Nuff said. 😂
As a huge fan of Pink Floyd, I'm kinda discovering Spandau just now. How's that relevant, you might ask -- well, turns out that Spandau's lead guitarist and backing vocalist, Gary Kemp, has recently teamed up with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and formed a band called Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, which has been touring quite a bit the last few years (they exclusively play Floyd songs that are PRE-Dark Side of the Moon). Got to see them live twice, and they are a fantastic live act. Gary is given a LOT of lead vocalist duties in this new band, and he's pulling it off brilliantly.
Holy shit my hearing aids could not cope with your Grim Reaper vocal. I'm gonna check out the scorpions 2nd album again, I own lonesome crow by them but liked them less as each album came out. Also I love the first NY dolls album and never checked out the 2nd because of all the negative comments about it so I will give that a whirl. Thanks Robert
The Grim Reaper album..excellent!! I love the singer announces the song title before the 1st verse(See You in Hell, Never Coming Back, etc)..hysterical!
I don't know Dr. Hook but sounds like they could have written these Spinal Tap lyrics: "the looser the waistband the deeper the quicksand - My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo, I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo - Big bottom drive me out of my mind, How could I leave this behind?"
Entertaining concept and video Robert. I am glad you didn't include Mardi Gras by CCR in there 😉 The odd reference to Steely Dan in some of your videos is classic. Also the highness of your singing voice is intriguing. All the best and keep the videos coming. PS: Would you say the Undercover is better than Emotional Rescue??
Undercover is amazing , it's one of my favorites by the stones, growing up hearing the singles and deep cuts like all the way down. This album was a classic example the stones changing paths and going towards that new wave vibe.
Great to see some love for the first Accept album. I bought this on a whim when it came out and it absolutely floored me at the time, I still think it's one of the bands best - tracks like Sounds of War, Seawinds, Helldriver and the opener Lady Lou - there's no bad songs on this. It's certainly better than I'm a Rebel but then their 3rd Breaker raised the game, I could feel that as soon as I heard it. I wonder if latecomers to the band were just spoilt by the quality of their later material and were quick to just dismiss this album. Absolute classic for me. Oh and a good call on the NY Dolls album too!
I'm backwards with Pink Floyd. I don't get Dark Side or The Wall, but my favorite Floyd albums are the ones Gilmour despised, like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. I fu*king love Atom Heart Mother.
I agree that "Undercover" is the last good Stones album. "Too Much Too Soon" is just as good the first Dolls' album, even if it doesn't have as many original songs -- "Human Being" is great and Morrissey's cover of that song is excellent. BTW, I like Steely Dan's "Aja".
Undercover, Fly TT Rainbow and Accept are all solid in my book. Never heard G Reaper but will definitely have to dive into Dr Hook on your recommendation. Great vid as always 👍👍👍
Love the shirt. Fly to the Rainbow is a bizarre album, but love it. I dont know what they were smokin, but they had a dose too many lol. Far Away is classic. This is My Song, They need a Million, I'd rather listen to that stuff, than Hurricane anyday. That 1st Accept album smokes, I think it IS focused, my only problem with it, is the recording. Sounds like a home demo on a tape recorder lol. The 2nd Accept album I'm A Rebel is the opposite - the sound quality is better, but it's unfocused. I Wanna Be No Hero and Save Us wtf? Disco metal? Do It is good, the King is classic, but the rest could be better
Alice Cooper’s DaDa is one of his best in my opinion. I play it once a month at least. Most fans, casual or other, ignore the album because it was made in the early ‘80s when The Coop made a string of albums while being coked up.
I love The Top. First full album I heard from them like 12 years old when I bought the cassette. You sounded less like Robert Smith and more like Morrissey from The Smiths.
I love that Album by Scorpions. My personal favorites on there are “Far Away”, “They Need a Million” & “Fly to the Rainbow”. “Far Away” is within my top 3 favorite Scorpions songs ever. Beautiful intro & outro. It rocks in the middle. Just a good song.
Just watched a forgotten Dustin Hoffman movie from ‘71 called ‘Who is Harry Kellerman…’ that features Dr Hook doing some Silverstein songs over the credits and they appear in the film with Silverstein at the Fillmore East. Hoffman’s character is supposed to be the world’s most famous songwriter and Shel and Dr Hook are playing his music. Trippy relic of a film: dream sequences, flashbacks, self-absorbed lead character having quick-cut fantasies. Only recommended for completists of Dr Hook, Dustin Hoffman, oddball mainstream movies made between ‘68-‘72, and the actress Barbara Harris, who has two scenes and makes you forget how dreary the other 90 minutes are.
I've never heard that Stones album. Their last album that I thought was pretty good was "Bridges to Babylon" - haven't listened to it in quite a while but I remember liking the songs Keith Richards sings... kind of slower and mellow, bluesy. Seem to remember that it closed well. Last few songs were good.
my friends hate Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy album, I liked the album, has hits like dirty women, rock and roll dr and bill wards vocals on its right.... great songs
Some of these albums you talk about I've never heard so I can't comment. But I remember the Vaughan Brothers coming out I remember how they delighted a month because of Stevie's death. At the time it came out I remember everyone saying that Stevie had to tone down a little bit so his brother could keep up with him. That Stones album came out when I was in high school and I was really disappointed I thought it sucked but it has grown on me over the years and I do like it and own it 🎸. Great video
Wow I thought I was alone in loving Dr Hook also agree with you on the Stones and Dolls .My underrated group and albums are all the 70s Black Oak Arkansas albums absolutely love all of them❤
I liked Billy Idol's Cyberpunk album in mid to late 80s. No one gave it a chance. I wonder if I'd still like it. The take on the album back then is that he lost his way and was trying to jump on the electronic bandwagon in a terribly obvious and desperate way. I don't think they bothered to actually hear the songs beyond the ME-TO! production aesthetic.
That Scorpions is solid. My picks: Kiss - Unmasked, and Elder Duran Duran - Big Thing STP - Tiny Music Rush - Caress of Steel Smashing Pumpkins - Adore Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Jethro Tull - Benefit Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
Loved the Undercover review until you said that Pretty Beat Up and Too Tough were somehow excessive. Those are both fun, raw-some tunes that add perfectly to the 'charm' of that album!!
I had a Scorpions 12” 45 rpm ep / single from 1978 or 79 which had a live version of Speedys Coming. it’s ignited by the best revving - up & raw guitar sound before exploding into the song & at the time the most exciting metal tune intro I’d ever heard ( it also had In Trance & more which I don’t recall ) . It was kinda matched by the into to Rockin & Rolling / White Knuckles by Gary Moore a year later although this was a tad polished in comparison to the Scorpions effort of which it’s cover featuring the band looking marginally Glam caused joy for the assembled Mods in the school common room back in 1980. 😁👍
Robert, It's like nails to a blackboard. Keep up antagonizing! That's why you need patience for gems. 'Undercover', great drumming fills, by Charlie. The Cure's 'Head on they Door', could be one of their best instrumental albums. They changed it up with Spanish guitars. 'Push' is a great track! The Smiths released 'How Soon is Now' separate in the U.K. Appeared on 'Meat is Murder', domestically.
When you started singing like the Cure I started laughing so hard I almost lost it! I'd watch your channel just for that even if I didn't like the other stuff, but it's all good! Cheers from NC.🥂
Good picks! Personally LOVE “Baboom”/“Mama Said” off the Vaughan brothers “Family Style” but get what you mean about it being repetitious. Really dig “Tik-Tok” too. Its no game changer, but it’s a fun album by two extremely (one-otherworldly) talented brothers. Also “undercover”, especially the title track is underrated and a bunch of it has gotten better w/age. Thx Robert!
Yo hold on that guy had a F.T.T.R. shirt on ...Rewind! let's watch....OMG!...Accept, scorps, dolls, grim reaper, dr.hook ....wait! what? There is intelligent life on earth! this made my day seeing someone recognizes the brilliance of those albums.
The Knack’s second album, “But the Little Girls Understand”, was trashed left and right in 1980 when it came out. I like it much more than the overhyped “Get The Knack”, which “My Sharona’d” us to death.
Undercover and Sloppy Seconds I are two great albums I think. The one I do have that everybody seems to hate is 'The Kinks present a Soap Opera.' Side A is to me awesome, side B is crap tho to be honest. Cheers.
I actually have a few of those. I like Too Much Too Soon better than the Dolls debut. I always thought the cheese in that album was intentional and many didn't get the joke.
I like Undercover as well. I think it's fun. She Was Hot is one of my absolute favorite Rolling Stones songs. And who knows, their newest album might be great as well. It could be their literal last great album lol.
"Seven Guys in a band and three of them at any given time had Gonorrhea." Lol. I met them back in 1975 and you are so right. All they talked about were hooking up with mothers, sisters and daughters. Very accomplished musicians though. But they did have a taste for the uh, unconventional one might say.
Fly To The Rainbow is superb and a transitional album to Virgin Killer. Their first album is more bizarre and psychedelic. Undercover is great for the tracks Undercover and Too Much Blood. I tried, but didnt get the rest of the album. For me, Steel Wheels is far superior. Love the T Shirt and also the Brain Record Label one you had in your previous video. Nice to see someone know what they are talking about and do so in a great fashion too.
I would say I'm pretty much in line with you, if I didn't disagree with most of the albums you didn't like. I love every album you showed except the Vaughn Brothers. Don't know that Dr Hook, so can't comment there. The Scorps, Accept, and See You In Hell are both favorites though.
An album I genuinely love that most people hate with a passion is Metallica’s St. Anger. For me, there’s not a bad song on the album. It’s raw, heavy and angry, everything you’d want in a metal album! And yes, I even love the snare drum sound. I really appreciate when a band experiments with their sound and tries something different. It’s the only Metallica album I liked enough to buy when it was a new release. A local radio station played a clip of Frantic during a promotional spot and I just had to go buy the album based on that alone. I play it regularly and was actually listening to it earlier today.
Man I really agree with you on Undercover also think Emotional Rescue and Goats Head Soup are better than most people think. Love the Dolls album too. I do disagree with later Dr.Hook the last album I liked by them was Bankrupt. A group I always loved and still do is Black Oak Arkansas first band I ever saw in concert, they were great! Anybody that saw them knows where David Lee Roth stole his act.
I agree with you about The Rolling Stones’ album, “Undercover of the Night”. I like the late 80’s dance pop albums of The Jets’ self titled album, Paula Abdul’s “Forever Your Girl”, and Madonna’s “True Blue”. I also like Pink Floyd’s “Division Bell”, Aerosmith’s “Pump”, and Aerosmith’s “Get A Grip”.
I will still listen to Dr. Hook before a lot of other 70’s music. Even Sharing the Night Together. 😂 And I don’t know how many of your subscribers got your Mary Woronov reference, but I appreciated it. Eating Raoul is still a favorite of mine.
I'd buy the debut Accept record on the cover alone. Did the Scorpions put out a bad record? Probably their worst but still a good record. Did you just say, "Let's peel these stickers off and see some plossy?" So right my friend! Both New York Dolls records are great! "See You In Hell" is a must-have in the world of metal. Did a video on that one, check it out! Also showcased a band called The Beyond who cover "See You In Hell". Effing classic! I'm still a fan of "Generation Swine" if you'd like to poke fun at me 😅. Good show!
I featured "Generation Swine" in a video, some of the tracks are awful, but there are some good ones too. I still have a bottle of the beer they had to promote it.
Yeah, I like the early Accept. They definitely got better, but the early stuff is interesting. And that Grim Reaper album is kinda silly but I have some fondness for it. Back in the days when I was pioneering and trying to find anything that was "real" metal in my small Southern home town, I got some mileage out of that one. Two albums I love that most people seem to dismiss are the first two Alice Cooper albums, Pretties For You and Easy Action. Definitely different than the brilliant stuff that they'd do later, but wow, those two albums can grow on you. Nothing else sounds like those two. They're underrated.
I know and like most of those. Particularly I like Undercover a lot, and really love The Top. Can't see what could be wrong about Family Style. Follow the Rainbow is a good album (I only don't like its sound) as well as Too Much Too Soon. I've never listened to Dr Hook nor that particular Accept album.
Well, as the saying goes, there's no accounting for taste! I do agree with you on the New York Dolls. While both albums are flawed from a production standpoint, the 1st album plays like a greatest hits album even though it is their debut. Almost zero chance the follow-up could compete with that, hence the inevitable backlash.
Man, I love all three Grim Reaper albums as well as the more recent Steve Grimmet's Grim Reaper stuff...... Man... Steve legit played right up to the end. What a legend. The Onslaught album he sang on is an album I dig as well that's not super well loved. ROCK YOU TO HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL! But sorry bro.... Dr. Hook was legit in that PEEEEEDOF..... realm man.
Well, I have a lot of albums I like that other people don't but to trim down the listI, I would say "Satanic Majesties Request", "Rattle & Hum" and erh... Neil Diamond's "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight" (which opens with a song from Pet Sounds, so I guess that this one's a real nightmare for you ^^)
I got 8 you did here but I might have missed one of yours. I really like the Accept and Rolling Stones and Scorpions albums. I have had those since the 80s. Those are great albums in my eyes. I really like the Grim Reaper album and the NY Dolls albums both are OK albums. Not great but very good, they are definitely good albums though. I never got the first GR album but I had the second one and probably just never got the chance to buy the first. I love the title track from that GR, its my favorite song by them. I like the GR record better than the Dolls album but both are good. Dr Hook is OK at the right time and I dont even mind the sappy Dr Hook but its probably a album I wouldn't buy I have no Dr Hook albums in my collection but I like them. They are a radio band for me. The Vaughn Brothers album I was never a fan of. Its OK and I could probably listen to it but I wouldn't buy it. I am a big fan of SRV he is a great guitarist and makes great music. But I have never been a fan of Jimmie. I hated the Fabulous Thunderbird's and his solo stuff never spoke to me. So that's a album I always avoided and I guess as you say others did too. I have never liked the Cure and I wouldn't buy or listen to anything they do. They are just one of those bands to me.
Someone else's muck is someone else's gold. For example I'm not a big Abba, fan but I recognise their music quality.
Queen---Hot Space; AC/DC's Flick of the Switch. KISS' Music from the Elder. I have a lot more too.
Loved this video Robert. I wore out my Undercover tape back in the 80s.
Cheers, Evan
A lot of people hate Black Sabbath’s Born Again ( with Ian Gillan from Deep Purple on vocals), but I love it. It’s one of their most sinister sounding albums.
Oh wow! I forgot to include that one. I really like the cover art too.
I had that album on a cassette it's not a bad album just remember he's not Ozzy and he's not Dio but that doesn't mean it was a bad album like you I liked this album
@@georgehuffert1800he's better
Hi Robert, I love the chemistry of the Vaughan Brothers on Family Style! Their vocals blend well together. Tick Tock is a very positive sentiment about unity. Telephone Line is a fun blues rocker.
Glad you’re posting on a more regular basis, keep up the good work 🤘🏼
I also count Undercover as one of the last great Stones albums and the last time they really lived up to their dangerous reputation. I do like Voodoo Lounge a lot as well and I liked Steel Wheels more when I heard a bootleg of early versions and rough mixes. Also I think they consistently stayed good as far as singles.
Back in the day, I liked "Sylvia's Mother" and "Cover of the Rolling Stone," but basically thought Dr. Hook were just a bunch of stoners. But then, a few of years ago, I discovered their live videos here on TH-cam, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands. Most of the videos showcase their two charismatic front men, but there's some that show the talent of the other band members. They don't take themselves too seriously, and their enthusiasm and enjoyment of performing really shows. There's one video that may not be up anymore, from about 1973, that shows them partaking in a big fad of the time -- streaking. Yes, after the encore, or maybe for the encore, they streaked around the stage.
Alice Cooper 'Easy Action' & 'Pretties For You' are great albums many couldn't care less about.
I agree.
Alice Cooper has not put out a good album in 45 years
pretties for you great acid psych!
I absolutely love Easy Action. Great songs and jams as well as production form Neil Young's right hand man David Briggs.
As someone who owns 45 copies of Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door, i salute you sir. Very good picks. That Stones record rocks!
so i take it, you have all the variants?
Fool In the Rain has Page's best solo on record.
good call on the scorps and the cure! my favorite albums that people don’t like are ac/dc’s flick of the switch and fly on the wall. heck, i also like blow up your video!
I love when you go against the tide, and most of the time you do 🤘. Good call on Accept (unfocused perhaps means variety), New York Dolls and Grim Reaper. Nick Bowcott is a fantastic guitarist. Thanks for another entertaining video.
I agree unfocused to me is exciting and interesting. I'd take that over well polished and boring
I've been a subscriber for quite awhile and enjoy the diverse topics you cover. I have a suggested topic -- How did Robert Fithen get interested in vinyl? Who influenced you, what happened, when and how did you get started; your first lp, first 45, first cassette, first cd, first 8-track, etc. "Inquiring minds want to know."
I talked about some of it in various videos, but haven't done a video dedicated to that. Nice idea.
Absolutely love early Dr. Hook when they were recording Shel Silverstein stuff. Another good video.
Love Undercover. Bought it when it came out. So many great tunes on it. I think it’s their last great album and their last with Stu before he died. ✌️
I listened to it 20 years ago and hated it. Three good songs. The rest were annoying. I'll have to give it another listen if Fithen says it's a given.
Another great video Robert. I share your enthusiasm regarding albums that are shunned by the mainstream over the ones that are SO overrated and overplayed
Hall & Oates' folksy 'Whole Oats' is one of my favs of theirs. I think most people prefer their more rocking soul output though.
Undercover is a great track! Rates right up there with all their best songs. I must admit to not really getting in to the rest of the album that much. I'm in the "Some Girls was their last great album" camp although Tattoo You and Emotional Rescue also have great songs.
"She's So cold" from Emotional rescue is my all time favorite Stones song. Not a great album but title track and She's So cold are great.
I didn't know Fly to the Rainbow was a bit ill-regarded. Speedy's Coming is incredible and the title track is nicely epic.
10:17 Shoutout for "Piggy In the Mirror." Although The Top is not in my top 5 Cure albums, I do think it's a great record for the reasons you stated, especially its uniqueness considering it's the sound of the The Cure (more specifically, RS) going through a literal metamorphosis. If memory serves me well, I believe that is the sole Cure album where Simon is absent. Fun, informative and interesting as usual!
I think his absence is why a lot of people don't like it.
@@RobertFithen I see that. Folks often listen with their eyes.
You've have enlightened me yet again Robert; I will be checking out that Grim Reaper and Accept debut at the conclusion of this video
Spandau Ballet, True. It’s lightweight New Romantic pop, but they are fully aware of the fact and it’s catchy as hell and fairly consistent. I tried to get a friend into it, and all he said was, “Not my thing.” ‘Nuff said. 😂
"Pleasure" is easily best song on that album -- the only time Spandau Ballet equalled their heroes Roxy Music.
@@lysanderofsparta3708 I like "Communication". But yeah, they're definitely influenced by RM.
As a huge fan of Pink Floyd, I'm kinda discovering Spandau just now. How's that relevant, you might ask -- well, turns out that Spandau's lead guitarist and backing vocalist, Gary Kemp, has recently teamed up with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and formed a band called Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, which has been touring quite a bit the last few years (they exclusively play Floyd songs that are PRE-Dark Side of the Moon). Got to see them live twice, and they are a fantastic live act. Gary is given a LOT of lead vocalist duties in this new band, and he's pulling it off brilliantly.
@@MrDuneedon That is bizarre. Never would expect that combination of musicians to play together.
Fun video Robert, you state your ''case'' like a top- shelf lawyer. I love Pink Floyd's ''Ummagumma'', all four sides.
Dr. Hook are one of my favourite 70's groups thanks to my Dad listening to them all the time
Holy shit my hearing aids could not cope with your Grim Reaper vocal. I'm gonna check out the scorpions 2nd album again, I own lonesome crow by them but liked them less as each album came out. Also I love the first NY dolls album and never checked out the 2nd because of all the negative comments about it so I will give that a whirl. Thanks Robert
The Grim Reaper album..excellent!! I love the singer announces the song title before the 1st verse(See You in Hell, Never Coming Back, etc)..hysterical!
This is your best video yet! I don’t agree with all of it but so what. I love your passion.
I don't know Dr. Hook but sounds like they could have written these Spinal Tap lyrics: "the looser the waistband the deeper the quicksand - My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo, I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo - Big bottom drive me out of my mind, How could I leave this behind?"
Kind of like that, but more country rock instead of metal.
Undercover is great 👍 Definitely the best era of music videos for The Stones 🎉
Entertaining concept and video Robert. I am glad you didn't include Mardi Gras by CCR in there 😉 The odd reference to Steely Dan in some of your videos is classic. Also the highness of your singing voice is intriguing. All the best and keep the videos coming. PS: Would you say the Undercover is better than Emotional Rescue??
Yes, I like "Undercover" more than "Emotional Rescue". I was going to mention that I prefer "She Was Hot" to "She's So Cold".
Undercover is amazing , it's one of my favorites by the stones, growing up hearing the singles and deep cuts like all the way down. This album was a classic example the stones changing paths and going towards that new wave vibe.
cold turkey?
Great to see some love for the first Accept album. I bought this on a whim when it came out and it absolutely floored me at the time, I still think it's one of the bands best - tracks like Sounds of War, Seawinds, Helldriver and the opener Lady Lou - there's no bad songs on this. It's certainly better than I'm a Rebel but then their 3rd Breaker raised the game, I could feel that as soon as I heard it. I wonder if latecomers to the band were just spoilt by the quality of their later material and were quick to just dismiss this album. Absolute classic for me. Oh and a good call on the NY Dolls album too!
I'm backwards with Pink Floyd. I don't get Dark Side or The Wall, but my favorite Floyd albums are the ones Gilmour despised, like Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. I fu*king love Atom Heart Mother.
I agree that "Undercover" is the last good Stones album. "Too Much Too Soon" is just as good the first Dolls' album, even if it doesn't have as many original songs -- "Human Being" is great and Morrissey's cover of that song is excellent. BTW, I like Steely Dan's "Aja".
"Hackney Diamonds" might blow "Undercover" out of the water! I just heard the Stones' new single, "Angry". It rocks!
There's one album I like that a VC channel I watch hates, aja.
Undercover, Fly TT Rainbow and Accept are all solid in my book. Never heard G Reaper but will definitely have to dive into Dr Hook on your recommendation. Great vid as always 👍👍👍
Love the shirt. Fly to the Rainbow is a bizarre album, but love it. I dont know what they were smokin, but they had a dose too many lol. Far Away is classic. This is My Song, They need a Million, I'd rather listen to that stuff, than Hurricane anyday. That 1st Accept album smokes, I think it IS focused, my only problem with it, is the recording. Sounds like a home demo on a tape recorder lol. The 2nd Accept album I'm A Rebel is the opposite - the sound quality is better, but it's unfocused. I Wanna Be No Hero and Save Us wtf? Disco metal? Do It is good, the King is classic, but the rest could be better
Alice Cooper’s DaDa is one of his best in my opinion. I play it once a month at least. Most fans, casual or other, ignore the album because it was made in the early ‘80s when The Coop made a string of albums while being coked up.
I don't think I've heard that one.
Pass the gun around great track he got sober after that,you can tell in the lyrics he'd had enough 😊
‘Enough is Enough’, ‘Dyslexia’, the awesomely produced ‘Fresh Blood’ and ‘I Love America’ which is hilarious, a must play song on the 4th of July.
@@michaelslowack903 former lee warmer creepy.
I love The Top. First full album I heard from them like 12 years old when I bought the cassette. You sounded less like Robert Smith and more like Morrissey from The Smiths.
I love that Album by Scorpions. My personal favorites on there are “Far Away”, “They Need a Million” & “Fly to the Rainbow”. “Far Away” is within my top 3 favorite Scorpions songs ever. Beautiful intro & outro. It rocks in the middle. Just a good song.
Just watched a forgotten Dustin Hoffman movie from ‘71 called ‘Who is Harry Kellerman…’ that features Dr Hook doing some Silverstein songs over the credits and they appear in the film with Silverstein at the Fillmore East. Hoffman’s character is supposed to be the world’s most famous songwriter and Shel and Dr Hook are playing his music. Trippy relic of a film: dream sequences, flashbacks, self-absorbed lead character having quick-cut fantasies. Only recommended for completists of Dr Hook, Dustin Hoffman, oddball mainstream movies made between ‘68-‘72, and the actress Barbara Harris, who has two scenes and makes you forget how dreary the other 90 minutes are.
I have Harry Kellerman on DVD and the soundtrack on vinyl! 😂👍
I saw that movie back in the 90's and remember it exactly how you described it.
Lol on Dr. Hook, and being Canadian they were always on AM radio from the time I was 8 or 9 so I guess you could say I got a 'dose' of them in the 70s
I've never heard that Stones album. Their last album that I thought was pretty good was "Bridges to Babylon" - haven't listened to it in quite a while but I remember liking the songs Keith Richards sings... kind of slower and mellow, bluesy. Seem to remember that it closed well. Last few songs were good.
"Bridges to Babylon" is the one where they weren't with popular club DJ's and incorporated sampling, drum loops, etc. Definitely not for me.
my friends hate Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy album, I liked the album, has hits like dirty women, rock and roll dr and bill wards vocals on its right.... great songs
Never Say Die is also underrated!
I love The Top! Shake Dog Shake, The Caterpillar, Give Me It, Dressing Up…all classics to me
The debut and fourth album of new york dolls were two i liked. May have to listen to second one again
Some of these albums you talk about I've never heard so I can't comment. But I remember the Vaughan Brothers coming out I remember how they delighted a month because of Stevie's death. At the time it came out I remember everyone saying that Stevie had to tone down a little bit so his brother could keep up with him. That Stones album came out when I was in high school and I was really disappointed I thought it sucked but it has grown on me over the years and I do like it and own it 🎸. Great video
The best of Don Williams VOLUME THREE -- a Fithen gem
Wow I thought I was alone in loving Dr Hook also agree with you on the Stones and Dolls .My underrated group and albums are all the 70s Black Oak Arkansas albums absolutely love all of them❤
I really only know a couple of BOA albums. I really like the first one.
I love "Family Style." Such a great album!!! Jimmie signed my CD a few years ago.
I liked Billy Idol's Cyberpunk album in mid to late 80s. No one gave it a chance. I wonder if I'd still like it. The take on the album back then is that he lost his way and was trying to jump on the electronic bandwagon in a terribly obvious and desperate way. I don't think they bothered to actually hear the songs beyond the ME-TO! production aesthetic.
That Scorpions is solid.
My picks:
Kiss - Unmasked, and Elder
Duran Duran - Big Thing
STP - Tiny Music
Rush - Caress of Steel
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
I just heard "Unmasked" for the first time last year. I was pleasantly surprised.
Good call on Big Thing 👍
Undercover is great, my second most played Stones album behind Goats. Still sounds fresh today.
Loved the Undercover review until you said that Pretty Beat Up and Too Tough were somehow excessive. Those are both fun, raw-some tunes that add perfectly to the 'charm' of that album!!
I had a Scorpions 12” 45 rpm ep / single from 1978 or 79 which had a live version of Speedys Coming. it’s ignited by the best revving - up & raw guitar sound before exploding into the song & at the time the most exciting metal tune intro I’d ever heard ( it also had In Trance & more which I don’t recall ) . It was kinda matched by the into to Rockin & Rolling / White Knuckles by Gary Moore a year later although this was a tad polished in comparison to the Scorpions effort of which it’s cover featuring the band looking marginally Glam caused joy for the assembled Mods in the school common room back in 1980. 😁👍
I'll be seeking that out.
Robert, It's like nails to a blackboard. Keep up antagonizing! That's why
you need patience for gems.
'Undercover', great drumming fills, by Charlie. The Cure's 'Head on they Door', could be one of their best instrumental albums. They changed it up with Spanish guitars. 'Push' is a great track!
The Smiths released 'How Soon is Now' separate in the U.K. Appeared on 'Meat is Murder', domestically.
When you started singing like the Cure I started laughing so hard I almost lost it! I'd watch your channel just for that even if I didn't like the other stuff, but it's all good! Cheers from NC.🥂
Good picks! Personally LOVE “Baboom”/“Mama Said” off the Vaughan brothers “Family Style” but get what you mean about it being repetitious. Really dig “Tik-Tok” too. Its no game changer, but it’s a fun album by two extremely (one-otherworldly) talented brothers. Also “undercover”, especially the title track is underrated and a bunch of it has gotten better w/age. Thx Robert!
Yo hold on that guy had a F.T.T.R. shirt on ...Rewind! let's watch....OMG!...Accept, scorps, dolls, grim reaper, dr.hook ....wait! what? There is intelligent life on earth! this made my day seeing someone recognizes the brilliance of those albums.
The Knack’s second album, “But the Little Girls Understand”, was trashed left and right in 1980 when it came out. I like it much more than the overhyped “Get The Knack”, which “My Sharona’d” us to death.
This was an entertaining video that had me laughing more than once. Great stuff!
Thanks!!
Undercover and Sloppy Seconds I are two great albums I think. The one I do have that everybody seems to hate is 'The Kinks present a Soap Opera.' Side A is to me awesome, side B is crap tho to be honest. Cheers.
Everybody hates the Kinks’ concept albums but I really enjoy them, especially School Boys in Disgrace
Robert Christgau ("Dean of American Rock Critics") gave 'Too Much Too Soon' a rare A+ (as he also did the debut). So not everyone hates it.
I actually have a few of those. I like Too Much Too Soon better than the Dolls debut. I always thought the cheese in that album was intentional and many didn't get the joke.
I like all those albums you showed!!!! I even like the scorpions lonesome crow .. and undercover is great! I like the dolls second one too alot .
Undercover is awseome
You always tell it like it is, Robert. No sugarcoating. Cheers!
I like Undercover as well. I think it's fun. She Was Hot is one of my absolute favorite Rolling Stones songs. And who knows, their newest album might be great as well. It could be their literal last great album lol.
We'll see. If would be great for them to go out with an excellent album.
"Seven Guys in a band and three of them at any given time had Gonorrhea." Lol. I met them back in 1975 and you are so right. All they talked about were hooking up with mothers, sisters and daughters. Very accomplished musicians though. But they did have a taste for the uh, unconventional one might say.
That's great! I've never met any of them but I can imagine. Lol
Fly To The Rainbow is superb and a transitional album to Virgin Killer. Their first album is more bizarre and psychedelic.
Undercover is great for the tracks Undercover and Too Much Blood. I tried, but didnt get the rest of the album. For me, Steel Wheels is far superior.
Love the T Shirt and also the Brain Record Label one you had in your previous video.
Nice to see someone know what they are talking about and do so in a great fashion too.
Steel Wheels is amazing.
Love the t shirt - best Scorpions album by miles!
Wow, you know About Eloy! Would be great if you share your thoughts about them in separate video!
Dr hook is the most under rated band ever. Love them.
Hey man, it's great to hear about some records that are a little off the beaten path 🤘 manythnx. Edit: off to check out Grim Reaper
I would say I'm pretty much in line with you, if I didn't disagree with most of the albums you didn't like. I love every album you showed except the Vaughn Brothers. Don't know that Dr Hook, so can't comment there. The Scorps, Accept, and See You In Hell are both favorites though.
I love this video. I like a WHOLE LOT of albums that other people don't (I do love Aja, though!)
I didn't know Too Much, Too Soon was disliked. I actually prefer it to the debut. Both great early glam rock albums.
An album I genuinely love that most people hate with a passion is Metallica’s St. Anger. For me, there’s not a bad song on the album. It’s raw, heavy and angry, everything you’d want in a metal album! And yes, I even love the snare drum sound. I really appreciate when a band experiments with their sound and tries something different. It’s the only Metallica album I liked enough to buy when it was a new release. A local radio station played a clip of Frantic during a promotional spot and I just had to go buy the album based on that alone. I play it regularly and was actually listening to it earlier today.
I don't think it's as bad as some people make it out to be.
Man I really agree with you on Undercover also think Emotional Rescue and Goats Head Soup are better than most people think. Love the Dolls album too. I do disagree with later Dr.Hook the last album I liked by them was Bankrupt. A group I always loved and still do is Black Oak Arkansas first band I ever saw in concert, they were great! Anybody that saw them knows where David Lee Roth stole his act.
The only vinyl channel that i watch. Cause he interested in music not just media with color pictures that music recorded on
Hi Robert. nothing wrong with under cover. unless you are looking for ballads it doesn't have any. it is the best of the later ones.
I agree with you about The Rolling Stones’ album, “Undercover of the Night”. I like the late 80’s dance pop albums of The Jets’ self titled album, Paula Abdul’s “Forever Your Girl”, and Madonna’s “True Blue”. I also like Pink Floyd’s “Division Bell”, Aerosmith’s “Pump”, and Aerosmith’s “Get A Grip”.
Definitely agree on the Aerosmith. I should have included those.
I will still listen to Dr. Hook before a lot of other 70’s music. Even Sharing the Night Together. 😂 And I don’t know how many of your subscribers got your Mary Woronov reference, but I appreciated it. Eating Raoul is still a favorite of mine.
❤ Dr. Hook 💙 Fun and smooth for my ears 🥰
I am with you for sure on Scorpions, Cure, New York Dolls and the Vaughn Brothers. Love them!
Kiss Unmasked, I love it, will always bring me back to summer 1980...
Love it man. Hilarious and informative. You got the formula down 🤘🏼
I'd buy the debut Accept record on the cover alone. Did the Scorpions put out a bad record? Probably their worst but still a good record. Did you just say, "Let's peel these stickers off and see some plossy?" So right my friend! Both New York Dolls records are great! "See You In Hell" is a must-have in the world of metal. Did a video on that one, check it out! Also showcased a band called The Beyond who cover "See You In Hell". Effing classic! I'm still a fan of "Generation Swine" if you'd like to poke fun at me 😅. Good show!
I featured "Generation Swine" in a video, some of the tracks are awful, but there are some good ones too. I still have a bottle of the beer they had to promote it.
Kiss - Music From The Elder. Far from quintessential Kiss, but it’s a lot heavier than people give it credit for.
Yeah, I like the early Accept. They definitely got better, but the early stuff is interesting. And that Grim Reaper album is kinda silly but I have some fondness for it. Back in the days when I was pioneering and trying to find anything that was "real" metal in my small Southern home town, I got some mileage out of that one.
Two albums I love that most people seem to dismiss are the first two Alice Cooper albums, Pretties For You and Easy Action. Definitely different than the brilliant stuff that they'd do later, but wow, those two albums can grow on you. Nothing else sounds like those two. They're underrated.
I know and like most of those. Particularly I like Undercover a lot, and really love The Top. Can't see what could be wrong about Family Style. Follow the Rainbow is a good album (I only don't like its sound) as well as Too Much Too Soon. I've never listened to Dr Hook nor that particular Accept album.
Well, as the saying goes, there's no accounting for taste! I do agree with you on the New York Dolls. While both albums are flawed from a production standpoint, the 1st album plays like a greatest hits album even though it is their debut. Almost zero chance the follow-up could compete with that, hence the inevitable backlash.
Man, I love all three Grim Reaper albums as well as the more recent Steve Grimmet's Grim Reaper stuff...... Man... Steve legit played right up to the end. What a legend. The Onslaught album he sang on is an album I dig as well that's not super well loved.
ROCK YOU TO HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL!
But sorry bro.... Dr. Hook was legit in that PEEEEEDOF..... realm man.
Great video! I totally agree on the Dolls too much to soon I grab that one more than the first one!
Well, I have a lot of albums I like that other people don't but to trim down the listI, I would say "Satanic Majesties Request", "Rattle & Hum" and erh... Neil Diamond's "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight" (which opens with a song from Pet Sounds, so I guess that this one's a real nightmare for you ^^)
Dr. Hook is great! Saw them in their Hay Day (on the cover of The Rolling Stone) fun band!
"Lady Lou" is a real killer! One of my favorite Accept songs. I think it sounds a bit like early Judas Priest too.
I got 8 you did here but I might have missed one of yours. I really like the Accept and Rolling Stones and Scorpions albums. I have had those since the 80s. Those are great albums in my eyes. I really like the Grim Reaper album and the NY Dolls albums both are OK albums. Not great but very good, they are definitely good albums though. I never got the first GR album but I had the second one and probably just never got the chance to buy the first. I love the title track from that GR, its my favorite song by them. I like the GR record better than the Dolls album but both are good. Dr Hook is OK at the right time and I dont even mind the sappy Dr Hook but its probably a album I wouldn't buy I have no Dr Hook albums in my collection but I like them. They are a radio band for me. The Vaughn Brothers album I was never a fan of. Its OK and I could probably listen to it but I wouldn't buy it. I am a big fan of SRV he is a great guitarist and makes great music. But I have never been a fan of Jimmie. I hated the Fabulous Thunderbird's and his solo stuff never spoke to me. So that's a album I always avoided and I guess as you say others did too. I have never liked the Cure and I wouldn't buy or listen to anything they do. They are just one of those bands to me.
Had a sloppy seconds 8 track. Loved it
Finally, I had to fib about disliking Stones Undercover to others. It’s a Rockin fun listen. Not the best but it was the early 80’s.
The Top is one of my top 5 Cure albums too!
Mirrors by Blue Oyster Cult is the one that comes to mind when I try to think of albums that I love that aren't popular.