It's early 1980, and I'm a huge Joy Division fan. 'Unknown Pleasures' is constantly on my turntable. When the band's American tour is announced, my friend and I buy our tickets immediately. Then...well, you know the rest.
I cannot tell you what a HUGE disappointment 'Movement' was when it came out - especially when it had been preceded by a very good single, 'Everything's Gone Green'. To this day I cannot remember a single song from the album. Maybe I should play it again to re-experience the let-down.
Went to see them in 1981 when they played the Market Street Cinema in SF with John Cooper Clarke as the opening act. They were bad. He was great (and still is).
I was almost as big a PiL fan as a Joy Division fan in '80, and their debut LP is first rate. Annalisa never gets old!
A friend who'd seen New Order half a dozen times, told me that they're either brilliant or complete rubbish in concert. Nothing in between.
I only got to see them once but it was a last minute gig for charity in a basement club in London. Maybe 400 people in a space for half that. And they were amazing. A brilliant gig. One of the most memorable I've experienced.
The theme of “first album second act” sounds fun but the second acts chosen sound like a workout routine established by a masochist personal trainer. So many better second acts come to my mind, like any members of the Beatles, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Adam Levine, Lou Reed, Ray Davies, Sting, Joe Strummer, and that’s excluding the ones that could be considered “side projects” or “break up, make up for reunion tour money” like Eddie Vedder, members of the Eagles, CSNY, or Stones, Jim James, and Brittany Howard. I admire your diligence giving careful listens to albums you knew advance you wouldn’t like much, saved me some time.
Did Ken enjoy any of these albums?
He hated New Order and loved the Gorillaz. He also didn’t think Kelly Rowland was as bad as I did
That New Order record is a big let down esp because Age of Consent is so good
It's early 1980, and I'm a huge Joy Division fan. 'Unknown Pleasures' is constantly on my turntable. When the band's American tour is announced, my friend and I buy our tickets immediately. Then...well, you know the rest.
I cannot tell you what a HUGE disappointment 'Movement' was when it came out - especially when it had been preceded by a very good single, 'Everything's Gone Green'. To this day I cannot remember a single song from the album. Maybe I should play it again to re-experience the let-down.
Went to see them in 1981 when they played the Market Street Cinema in SF with John Cooper Clarke as the opening act. They were bad. He was great (and still is).
I was almost as big a PiL fan as a Joy Division fan in '80, and their debut LP is first rate. Annalisa never gets old!
A friend who'd seen New Order half a dozen times, told me that they're either brilliant or complete rubbish in concert. Nothing in between.
I only got to see them once but it was a last minute gig for charity in a basement club in London. Maybe 400 people in a space for half that. And they were amazing. A brilliant gig. One of the most memorable I've experienced.
Eat ‘Em and Smile by David Lee Roth comes to mind.
The theme of “first album second act” sounds fun but the second acts chosen sound like a workout routine established by a masochist personal trainer. So many better second acts come to my mind, like any members of the Beatles, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Adam Levine, Lou Reed, Ray Davies, Sting, Joe Strummer, and that’s excluding the ones that could be considered “side projects” or “break up, make up for reunion tour money” like Eddie Vedder, members of the Eagles, CSNY, or Stones, Jim James, and Brittany Howard. I admire your diligence giving careful listens to albums you knew advance you wouldn’t like much, saved me some time.
We’re trying to do things we haven’t heard from a wide array of genres. Gotta keep things fresh.
I guess Dad Rock was the only genre I could think of second acts.
To be clear, May of those would have been wonderful choices. I had no idea Adam Levine had a solo record