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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Listening to Cheap Trick in 1978 MIGHT be forgivable, as some sorry bad slide one might have been on as a child. But mentioning it 40 years later, and as “the best live album ever?” You’re beginning to sound like a Penske replacement for PPNYC. And almost every other band mentioned was either a short term novelty (devo?) or proof that Cannibis is very very bad ( the Doobie Brothers?) and Give em enough rope was at best the third best record from a band that made 4? And Some Girls? Some Girls? Nwtaf?
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AC/DC put out
Powerage in '78. One is typically flayed for professing love of that band (largely by the sorts of people who think the
New Yorker is high brow). But that record is different from all of their others. It sounds like a Stones' record on steroids (which is why Keith himself has professed love for it).
The lyrics can of course be childish (its AC/DC), but in terms of sleaze rock, and sleaze rock that swings, it is an underrated gem. If "Rock N' Roll Damnation" isn't catchy to you, check your pulse.
And where are the Cars and the Talking Heads in this list?
ETA: This Talking Heads live record (1978-1982) is phenomenal:
https://www.amazon.com/Name-This-Ban.../dp/B0002IQML6
ETA2: Now having, uh, gone thru the Spotify list, I, um, see the cars and Talking Heads are represented. Nevertheless, my uninformed exhortation stands. They should be referenced more prominently. (And re: Gerry Rafferty, I still have a copy of
City to City on vinyl. Why, I have no idea.)
