Greatest Side A, Track 1 on a 1969 Rock Album
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
This may be the hardest year of all time for Old Yellar.
I've got like 6 first place votes here, but my inner anglophile nostalgia carries the day with Victoria. It's on the Mt Rushmore of history nerd rock songs rather easily.
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Born on Bayou - CCR (Bayou Country)
Born On The Bayou is a tremendous part of the soundtrack for The Waterboy. Easy win here.
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Who Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II
Gimme Shelter and Cinnamon Girl close
You had to be there for WLL and the relatively new stereo
I flipped burgers to buy mine
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Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin I
That’s a murderers row of options.
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
Born on the Bayou is probably Fogerty's greatest song, and it wasn't even a single. They had better overall albums than Bayou County, but this one set the tone (Proud Mary was on Side 2) and was the greatest run of 5 albums in under two years in rock history. No one has ever come close to CCR's productivity from 1969- 70.
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
WLL was the first time I heard "heavy" music. It was on my old man's hi fi rig in circa 1985 or so. I still am running those same speakers today.
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Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin I
Those offbeat sextuplets on the bass drum with the single pedal. I had never heard anything like that.
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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
Teq's Definitive List
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
- Whole Lotta Love - Zeppelin
- Gimme Shelter - Stones
- Come Together - Beatles
- Green River - CCR
- Born on the Bayou - CCR
- Good Times Bad Times - Zeppelin
- Victoria - Kinks
- Cinnamon Girl - Young
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
Don't forget about the cowbell, pal!
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
I can make skrong arguments for 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 all being in the #1 spot. A true murderers row @CFetters_Nacho_Lover
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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
The 2 CCR songs basically sound the same to me … well really all CCR songs to a varying degree do
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
They provided the template for AC DC and all other one trick pony bands that followed.
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Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin I
AC/DC is who I always think of regarding bands whose songs all sound the same.
I guess part of that is sticking with what you’re good at.
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Come Together - The Beatles (Abby Road)
Track one of the best album ever has to win.
Honestly I could've picked any song on the list. I'm a big CCR guy and almost picked Green River.
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Just had that thought listening to a Def Lepard song tonight.
Bands whose songs all sound the same might be a good thread
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Who Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II
Bands who were produced by Mutt Lange
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Im going downtown with PinBall Wizard by the Who… [covered later by Elton John and his take on this song was fabulous as well…]
Hard to argue against Led Z tho, introducing LZ 1 & 2 in 1969 was blockbuster and made them the hottest thing on the planet.
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
Bruh! Overture is Side A, Track 1 on Tommy.
Pinball Wizard the 3rd song on Side C
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F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
Ahhahaha wha? There are a lot of technical details there to follow the bouncing ball
im Loving your precision in the execution of this fine concept
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Who Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II
Pete's rock opera phase. Tommy was two years before Who's Next which was the remnants of another rock opera followed by Quadraphenia, another rock opera
The movie rocketed Tommy to greater heights than the original release. The Quad movie bombed but it's a cool album
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Ann-Margaret left a mark on young Throbber
So hot
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Victoria - The Kinks (Arthur, or the Decline of the British Empire)
Tommy (studio LP) doesn't hold up well at all these days. It's lacks the energy and power of their live performances. The Live at Leeds extended version with Tommy tracks kicks ass.
Who's Next and Quad still sound great and not dated at all.
