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70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:16 am
by inextrem
Point is...
Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?
And the answer is...
I enjoy listening "Rocka rolla" more than any 80's Priest (as good as it is), but that 70's music had peaks and valleys, lights and shadows and was way richer.
Opinions?
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:19 am
by Jason Jennifer Leigh
No.
1984 was the greatest year for music … All genres.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:27 am
by inextrem
Roland Rockover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:18 am
Priest perhaps isn’t a good example. Their mid 80s stuff is more nuanced than most of the simplistic shit on Unleashed In The East. Yeah they had some more prog stuff as well, but mostly dumb shit like The Ripper and Exciter.
Have you just realized "British Steel" was 8released in the 80's?
Anyways, have you ever really listened to "Rocka Rolla"? The "Winter Suite" for example?
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 5:57 am
by Rocker4Real
Most of 70s Scorpions is a hookless noodling borefest. I tried to give it a chance and only the "In Trance" song sticks out.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:23 am
by DangerZone
No
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:06 am
by Love_Industry
inextrem wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:16 am
Point is...
Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?
Priest dumbed down and became formulaic with Ram It Down. There were songs on Defenders and Turbo but mostly they kept growing and exploring different directions with every album up to that.
Maybe for the best. They tried something new with Demolition and Nostradamus and those are among their very worst albums. They can still do a solid retro metal album though.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:11 am
by Psychobolia.com
Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:19 am
No.
1984 was the greatest year for music … All genres.
I actually came to the same conclusion, 1984 is my favourite year too...with 1983 a very close 2nd.
As for the 70's music being the best shit ever, there's a lot of great stuff from that era... I just watched the Grateful Dead's Sunshine Daydream DVD - a live show from 1972 on some sort of milk farm; that's gotta be my favourite live show ever: tits/boobs/great tunes/no security anywhere!
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:15 am
by Bono Nettencourt
Roland Rockover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:18 am
Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.
Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:09 am
by pieceofme
Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:15 am
Roland Rockover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:18 am
Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.
Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.
Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:42 am
by Tommy2Tone84
inextrem wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:16 am
Point is...
Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?
And the answer is...
I enjoy listening "Rocka rolla" more than any 80's Priest (as good as it is), but that 70's music had peaks and valleys, lights and shadows and was way richer.
Opinions?
I was never a big Priest fan.
Scorpions I am an unwavering Matthias Jabs fan. You can keep Uli
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:12 am
by Love_Industry
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:09 am
Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:15 am
Roland Rockover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:18 am
Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.
Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.
Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive
Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:20 am
by pieceofme
Love priest and their 70s stuff. But that early to mid 80s run had even better stuff!
Also zz tops best album is eliminator
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:26 am
by Bono Nettencourt
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:20 am
Love priest and their 70s stuff. But that early to mid 80s run had even better stuff!
Also zz tops best album is eliminator
Now that's just wrong. Tres Hombres shits all over it.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 11:21 am
by inextrem
Ok, stop the world.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:13 pm
by daveg
70's music is awesome. Just not 70's hard rock music
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:23 pm
by Dyslexicheart
Love_Industry wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:12 am
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:09 am
Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 7:15 am
Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.
Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive
Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.
Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:28 pm
by pieceofme
Dyslexicheart wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:23 pm
Love_Industry wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:12 am
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:09 am
Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive
Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.
Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!
Yeah both brilliant songs. I like Animal Magnetism. That run from lovedrive to love at first sting is great!
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:44 pm
by exitflagger
Roland Rockover wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:18 am
Their mid 80s stuff is more nuanced than most of the simplistic shit on Unleashed In The East.
Dumb.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2024 3:38 pm
by Bono Nettencourt
pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:28 pm
Dyslexicheart wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 2:23 pm
Love_Industry wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 9:12 am
Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.
Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!
Yeah both brilliant songs. I like Animal Magnetism. That run from lovedrive to love at first sting is great!
Make It Real, Falling In Love, Only a Man... good record.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 3:11 am
by Kerry67
The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 4:21 am
by Black Stuff
Yes, without a doubt. Timeless, classic music.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 8:39 am
by inextrem
Queen in the 70's... another good example.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:13 am
by Love_Industry
Kerry67 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 3:11 am
The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.
Yeah. Purple, Sabbath, Rush, Priest, Scorps, Motörhead and VH too. Most of my favorites started and / or had some of their biggest classics in the 70s.
Technically Maiden, Ratt, Dokken and Saxon started in the 70s too even if they didn't make much impact in that decade.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2024 2:12 pm
by Kajsa
Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:19 am
It was mostly shit
1492 was the greatest year for music … All genres.
Re: 70's music ... best shit ever?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 10:53 am
by DemonFilth2001
Love_Industry wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:13 am
Kerry67 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 3:11 am
The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.
Yeah. Purple, Sabbath, Rush, Priest, Scorps, Motörhead and VH too. Most of my favorites started and / or had some of their biggest classics in the 70s.
Technically Maiden, Ratt, Dokken and Saxon started in the 70s too even if they didn't make much impact in that decade.
Remove Scorps (pre Lovedrive) and Motörhead from your list. Add KISS from the list above (none of those other bands) and you have a pretty good 70’s list.