Shoulda' been in the book part 2
Showing posts with label 100 Best Australian Abums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 Best Australian Abums. Show all posts
Tuesday 31 January 2012
RE: Grr........
* I used to rate Midnight Oil highly. It was to such an extent that it was a battle between 10,9,8... and The Birthday Party's Prayers On Fire for my favourite Australian album of all time. Ever since Peter Garrett joined the Labour party and become quite a shite politician I've lost all my respect for the man. He just seems to be a Muppet. This makes me wonder 'Was he also a Muppet in Midnight Oil?' Anyway I can't bring myself to listen to those albums from the 80s I loved so much back in the day. Should activists become politicians or would they be more effective remaining an agitator/lobbyist ? What does he actually stand for? Hero to Villain! Stll love the sleeves though.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Re: Grrr that book.....
Well here's a fuckn' surprise, not!
The unknown 3rd author of The 100 Best Australian Albums, someone O'Donnell turns out to be a record company exec who signed Silverchair, Something For Kate, Jebidiah, Missy Higgins and Empire Of The Sun. So the other 2 authors didn't see a conflict of interest with this?! Fuck me if they didn't bury their heads in the sand, praying nobody would notice while their $$$ came in. Those aforementioned 5 acts were all included in the list and quite high.
I thought maybe I was being a bit harsh saying 'the book didn't ring true'. How fuckn' wrong I was!
In my You Gotta Be Kiddn' Me Category I listed 12 examples of 'Pure Shite'. Funnily enough this O'Donnell signed at least 4 of the acts included in that category. It's like Eddie commentating on Collingwood games. Not acceptable! It's worse than that. This O'fucknDonnell is just tryin' to boost his reputation by sayin' 'look at these acts I signed, they're in the top 100 of all time.
This is a fuckn' OUTRAGE!
Bon Scott's ACDC records miss out, so this o'donnell's signings get a place in a joke 100 album list.
The unknown 3rd author of The 100 Best Australian Albums, someone O'Donnell turns out to be a record company exec who signed Silverchair, Something For Kate, Jebidiah, Missy Higgins and Empire Of The Sun. So the other 2 authors didn't see a conflict of interest with this?! Fuck me if they didn't bury their heads in the sand, praying nobody would notice while their $$$ came in. Those aforementioned 5 acts were all included in the list and quite high.
I thought maybe I was being a bit harsh saying 'the book didn't ring true'. How fuckn' wrong I was!
In my You Gotta Be Kiddn' Me Category I listed 12 examples of 'Pure Shite'. Funnily enough this O'Donnell signed at least 4 of the acts included in that category. It's like Eddie commentating on Collingwood games. Not acceptable! It's worse than that. This O'fucknDonnell is just tryin' to boost his reputation by sayin' 'look at these acts I signed, they're in the top 100 of all time.
This is a fuckn' OUTRAGE!
Bon Scott's ACDC records miss out, so this o'donnell's signings get a place in a joke 100 album list.
Grrrr..that book
So they released this book a coupla' years ago 100 Best Australian Albums written by 2 old farts and some unknown guy and fuck me if at least 50 % of it wasn't pure shite. So I'm gonna be quick because I don't wanna give these turds (er... authors) too much attention. Let's just start with the 'You Gotta Be Kidding Me' category.
#36 S/T-Savage Garden
#39 Echo wa wa like a fuckn' baby- Something For Kate
#97 Tea & Sympathy-Burn yer Fanny
#96 S/T- Baby fuckn' Animals
#93 Bear Witness- No I'm fuckn' Talking
#91 Awake is The New Sheep- Ben Lee
#89 Get Boon-Jet
#86 The Sound of Shite er...sorry White-Missy Higgins
#78 Highly Shite-The Vines
#74 Suburban Shitebook-Bob Evans
#57 The Living End-Will it Ever End
#25 Neon Bullshit- Silverchair.
There's 12 examples there of pure shite. What no Uncanny X-men? At least they were fuckn' funny.
Next. Can't comment haven't heard them category.
#19 Sarah Blasko-As Day Follows Night, finding it hard to believe that this is a better than The Saints classic debut I'm Stranded.
#30 S/T-Gurrummil ,finding it hard though to think this could be a better record than The Saints classic 3rd LP Prehistoric Sounds.
#47 Augie March-Moo, You Bloody choir, finding it hard to believe that this is a better record than Eternally Yours, the best Saints album (their 2nd) which is not even on this list.
#82 Bliss N Eso -Flying Colours, finding it a little hard to believe this is better than anything by Geisha, Electric Pandas, Cattletruck, 1927, Margaret Urlich or Gian.
#98 Kylie Minogue- Fever, finding it hard to believe this could be better than Collette.
Are you sure you got their best album? category.
#94 X-X-Aspirations, At Home With You is also brilliant.
#87 Go-Betweens-Before Hollywood, I dunno I like Spring Hill Fair better.
#84 Tex, Don & Charlie, over the 1st, 3rd & 4th The Beasts of Bourbon albums. I don't think so. Over Thug, no.
#72 Died Pretty- Doughboy Hollow, over Free Dirt and Lost. Not me.
#66 Paul Kelly-Foggy Highway, over all his 80s output (except Gossip) and Comedy. Wrong.
#63 The Cruel Sea- Honeymoon is Over, over This is not the way home. No way.
#58 Barnesy-Working Class Man over his duets record. No.
#55 You Am I-Hourly Daily, over a bowl of turds, I doubt it.
#50 ACDC-Highway to Hell, Why aren't all Bon Scott era LPs here. This is as high as Bon gets what a fuckn' outrage!
#45 Eddy Current Suppression Ring-Rush to Relax, over the first 2 records-nay.
#43 Powderfinger-Odyssey No. 5, over squealing possums that wake you up in the night. What?
#33 The Church-Starfish, I also love Of Skins and Heart, Seance and Heyday.
#26 Nick Cave- Boatman's Call, what about Your Funeral, My Trial, Kicking Against The Pricks or Henry's Dream ?
#17 Birthday Party-Junkyard, where's Prayer's On Fire ?
#3 Crowded House-Woodface, their worst album! Where's the debut?
#1 Midnight Oil-Diesel and Dust. What about Place Without a Postcard, 10,9,8.... or Red Sails mate?!
Next.
Category of their own.
#65 Hummingbirds - LoveBuzz. I loved their early singles as well as this albums Blush and Word Gets Around but when I got the LP home I thought What the fuck's happened here?! The production was fucked. It sounded faulty and not in a good way. A lost opportunity!
This book just does not ring true. It's like they've worked out what is going to please the lowest common denominator to get the most sales then chucked in a few cool bands The Drones and Beaches for a bit of cred. I had this idea to do Australia's best rock albums about ten years ago after remembering an excellent list in Edge magazine from maybe 1989-90. I thought if I could get some of the cats who wrote on that article with some younger guys and me, it would be a great book. I like to think it wouldn't have been anywhere near as faulty as this or as cynical. Another lost opportunity!
More on the glaring omissions soon. Most notably 3 artists who didn't make it in at all.
#36 S/T-Savage Garden
#39 Echo wa wa like a fuckn' baby- Something For Kate
#97 Tea & Sympathy-Burn yer Fanny
#96 S/T- Baby fuckn' Animals
#93 Bear Witness- No I'm fuckn' Talking
#91 Awake is The New Sheep- Ben Lee
#89 Get Boon-Jet
#86 The Sound of Shite er...sorry White-Missy Higgins
#78 Highly Shite-The Vines
#74 Suburban Shitebook-Bob Evans
#57 The Living End-Will it Ever End
#25 Neon Bullshit- Silverchair.
There's 12 examples there of pure shite. What no Uncanny X-men? At least they were fuckn' funny.
Next. Can't comment haven't heard them category.
#19 Sarah Blasko-As Day Follows Night, finding it hard to believe that this is a better than The Saints classic debut I'm Stranded.
#30 S/T-Gurrummil ,finding it hard though to think this could be a better record than The Saints classic 3rd LP Prehistoric Sounds.
#47 Augie March-Moo, You Bloody choir, finding it hard to believe that this is a better record than Eternally Yours, the best Saints album (their 2nd) which is not even on this list.
#82 Bliss N Eso -Flying Colours, finding it a little hard to believe this is better than anything by Geisha, Electric Pandas, Cattletruck, 1927, Margaret Urlich or Gian.
#98 Kylie Minogue- Fever, finding it hard to believe this could be better than Collette.
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#94 X-X-Aspirations, At Home With You is also brilliant.
#87 Go-Betweens-Before Hollywood, I dunno I like Spring Hill Fair better.
#84 Tex, Don & Charlie, over the 1st, 3rd & 4th The Beasts of Bourbon albums. I don't think so. Over Thug, no.
#72 Died Pretty- Doughboy Hollow, over Free Dirt and Lost. Not me.
#66 Paul Kelly-Foggy Highway, over all his 80s output (except Gossip) and Comedy. Wrong.
#63 The Cruel Sea- Honeymoon is Over, over This is not the way home. No way.
#58 Barnesy-Working Class Man over his duets record. No.
#55 You Am I-Hourly Daily, over a bowl of turds, I doubt it.
#50 ACDC-Highway to Hell, Why aren't all Bon Scott era LPs here. This is as high as Bon gets what a fuckn' outrage!
#45 Eddy Current Suppression Ring-Rush to Relax, over the first 2 records-nay.
#43 Powderfinger-Odyssey No. 5, over squealing possums that wake you up in the night. What?
#33 The Church-Starfish, I also love Of Skins and Heart, Seance and Heyday.
#26 Nick Cave- Boatman's Call, what about Your Funeral, My Trial, Kicking Against The Pricks or Henry's Dream ?
#17 Birthday Party-Junkyard, where's Prayer's On Fire ?
#3 Crowded House-Woodface, their worst album! Where's the debut?
#1 Midnight Oil-Diesel and Dust. What about Place Without a Postcard, 10,9,8.... or Red Sails mate?!
Next.
Category of their own.
#65 Hummingbirds - LoveBuzz. I loved their early singles as well as this albums Blush and Word Gets Around but when I got the LP home I thought What the fuck's happened here?! The production was fucked. It sounded faulty and not in a good way. A lost opportunity!
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More on the glaring omissions soon. Most notably 3 artists who didn't make it in at all.
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