I'm all for revisionist history -- wiping out all the embarrassing stuff. Pitchfork's recent Top 100 Albums of the 1970s feature is a prime example. With a few crusty exceptions like the Bee Gees and too much Pink Floyd, it's all pretty edgy, adventurous stuff that still sounds fresh today.

Over the three days Pitchfork was rolling out the list, Fastnbulbous, I was loading every one of the albums listed I had access to into a playlist on my PC and listening on random play. I have to confess, I've been hyper-critical of the 70s as a decade in the past, but it's amazing how by limiting yourself to 100 selections for the decade and then being VERY selective how edgy, adventurous and fresh it sounds indeed.

And play nice with the Bee Gees. They may have lost their way in the 70s, but they were a sweet, sweet band once upon a time.

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Originally posted by LinnTate:
And play nice with the Bee Gees. They may have lost their way in the 70s, but they were a sweet, sweet band once upon a time.

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True dat, LT!!! Some of the best pop songwriting of the late 60's and early 70's was done by the Bros. Gibb. "Odessa" is a great album. And say what you want about the later stuff, but who among us can resist the combination of those unearthly falsettos and that disco groove...

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Originally posted by Monheim:
Oh. I was getting confused.

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Actually, they're just covering for the fact that they've been victims of a collective hallucination

I actually got Odessa because of other hype I'd heard, and was unimpressed. Much better is Euphoria * A Gift From Euphoria, also from '69. They were supposedly influenced by the Bee Gees, but kicked their musical butts.

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Originally posted by Fastnbulbous:
I actually got Odessa because of other hype I'd heard, and was unimpressed. Much better is Euphoria * A Gift From Euphoria, also from '69. They were supposedly influenced by the Bee Gees, but kicked their musical butts.

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I don't know that one, Cap'n, but I'll check it out. Sounds cool...

Here's what I wrote on it:

Brilliant, weird, beautiful, sad and mysterious. I love it. First cut was totally over-the-top symphonic -- Spiritualized's Jason Pierce has this album I'm sure. Teh second cut sounded like Flying Burrito Brothers. The rest is an eclectic mix of psychedelia (the duo used to play with 13th Floor Elevators and Sir Douglas Quintet in Austin, and all the San Francisco bands. Despite the quirky sound affects, the album has a melancholy feel similar to Astral Weeks, with many references to death and suicide. But it's real purty! No one knows what came of William D. Lincoln and Hamilton Wesley Watt, Jr. since, though there is rumor that one went through a sex change operation...

Sorry this is getting off topic. I guess we're supposed to pick artists from the last few years who will stand the test of time, or actually be more popular than they are now. Anyone groundbreaking I'd hope, like Amon Tobin, Four Tet, Prefuse 73, M83, DJ /rupture. Junior Boys might have a pretty pervasive influence, though I see the rip-offs being mainly dreck.

Damn! I generally take All Music with a grain of salt, but their review makes it sound tres cool, indeed, Fastnbulbous. Thanks for the tip.

Oh, and I appreciate the link to your Web site. Good stuff!

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