And on the Woodstock album - Ten Years After had one of the highlights with the classic Going Home.

Posted by dino27 on 4/7/2021 11:38:00 AM (view original):
Talking about popularity in England during the new wave explosion The Jam were even more popular then the Police but were unknown to the American public...they never broke through here and got very little airplay.

Yeah they were far too political for the US airwaves too bad they had some great tunes

Thanks Combalt. I’m glad I’m not the only one around here who knows the Jam. I rank Setting Suns somewhere in the top 7 albums of 1979.
Start! reworked the taxman riff. The Jam who honored their predecessors as royalty sought and got approval from George Harrison. He loved the song.
Going Underground - one of the most powerful singles ever.
the jam were one of the originators of a new mod movement in England in the 1976 to 1980 period.
think early Who and Kinks.

Posted by dino27 on 4/7/2021 11:38:00 AM (view original):
Talking about popularity in England during the new wave explosion The Jam were even more popular then the Police but were unknown to the American public...they never broke through here and got very little airplay.

That's exactly what happened to Stereophonics which is really irritating. One of my top 5 all-time favorite bands!

I would definitely agree. The Jam and Stereophonics while not similar musically recorded wild success in Britain with crickets in USA.
In England Stereophonics have a humongous series of number one albums.
they are a modern pop band of Welsh extract.
and are so accessible they are considered classic rock.
they are incredibly popular over the pond and should be here too. Inexplicable.
sometimes they remind me of Kings Of Leon.

I'm just glad you know Stereophonics and how great of a band they are!

Posted by Got_Worms on 4/7/2021 5:27:00 PM (view original):
I'm just glad you know who Stereophonics and how great of a band they are!

The Stereophonics kick serious ***! Absolutely love them....

Tom Jones 2021 has the talkin blues.
He is channeling Willam Shatner and Leonard Cohen.
Tom Jones is the new Gil Scott Heron.
Video killed the radio star.
Reality was killed by a reality star.
Tom Jones has the talkin blues.

I did not include this album in my 2020 list only because it wasn’t a new studio album but otherwise the lost album of Neil Young - Homegrown would absolutely be on it. It is a virtuoso major Neil album recorded end of 74 and early 75. In not sure why it was shelved but it was. It was recorded during the dissolution of his relationship with Carrie Snodgrass.

This is fascinating. Sylvester Stallone originally begged Carrie Snodgrass to play Adrian but she refused over money or lack therof as it was a shoestring production. She would have been Irish and get this - Harvey Keitel would have been Paulie.

Chrissy Hynde is an unparalleled talent. If I had to choose 2 women’s albums in the rock genre for the desert island it would be Janis Joplin and her. And
lest anyone have any doubt that she is a brilliant vocalist who could excel in any genre give a gander at her 1994 duet with the greatest singer of recorded history Mr. Frank Sinatra as they sing Luck Be A Lady.
You will find an even greater admiration for her talent and the beauty and sexiness of her voice.
If you want to hear her sing a Pretenders song of incredible emotion and tension and despair listen to I Hate Myself off of the album - Alone released in 2016.
Only a gifted and mature artist could have created such a work of art and drama in a song.
It is a song that John Lennon or Elvis Costello would have been very proud to have written and sang.

Arbitron ratings are tanking and cancellation by producer seems impending.

Either everyone on this thread has amazing taste or my own taste isn't very discriminating (or both), because I like nearly everything mentioned so far. Here are some other songs I like a lot, a few of which I've alluded to before. A lot of them are a little off the beaten path, but they're all worth a listen. In no particular order --

50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain (Ten Years After)
You're Gonna Miss Me (13th Floor Elevators)
Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)
Nothing But A Heartache (Flirtations)
Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Ian Hunter)
Los Angeles (X)
Burning My Fingers (Shakespeares)
One of These Days (The Roosters)
Tin Soldier (Small Faces)
See Emily Play (Pink Floyd)
Dime A Dozen Romance (Steve Miller Band)
Blues Jumped The Rabbit (Karen Dalton)
I Can Only Give You Everything (Them)
Something in the Air (Thunderclap Newman)
I Can't Stand The Rain (Ann Peebles)
Vietnamese Baby (New York Dolls)
You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory (Johnny Thunders)
All Tomorrow's Parties (Nico)
Wheel's On Fire (Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger)
Sunshine Girl (The Parade)
Tiny Tears (Tindersticks)
Look On Down from the Bridge (Mazzy Star)
Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)
I Never Loved Her (The Starfires)
Teenage Moondream (David Bowie)
Down to the River to Pray (Alison Krause)
Lights Out (UFO)
Too Far Out (The Impac)
Hey Joe (Patti Smith)
Sour Milk Sea (Jackie Lomax)
On Top of the World (John Mayall)
Waiting on the Wind (Spooky Tooth)
I Can Take You to the Sun (The Misunderstood)
Mistreated (The Groundhogs)
Sweet Jane (Cowboy Junkies)
Sad Dark Eyes (The Loved Ones)
Shine On (Humble Pie)
Ain't It Hard (The Gypsy Trips)
Amazing Grace (Blind Boys of Alabama)
Elemental Child (Tyrannosaurus Rex)
Heartbreak Hotel (Dax Riggs)
Two Headed Dog (Roky Erickson)
Train to Nowhere (Savoy Brown)
Dogs Are Talking (The Angels)
Thoughts And Words (The Byrds)
Take Me For A Little While (Evie Sands)
Feels Alright (Black Lips)
Have Love Will Travel (The Sonics)
Four in the Morning (The Sunshine Company)
Wars or Hands of Time (The Masters Apprentices)
Snakedriver (Jesus & Mary Chain)
Lost Johnny (Hawkwind)
There Must Be Thousands (The Quads)
Hurry Up John (Idle Race)
Are You Ready (Pacific Gas & Electric)

Very diverse list. I like the Sweet Jane version on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack!

Every Tuesday night I play trivia at a local watering hole. To display my diverse array of musical aptitude wanted to share my playlist from the jukebox that night, in no particular order:

Beck - Scarecrow
Banks - Beggin' For Thread
Alice In Chains - What the Hell Have I
Wolf Alice - Giant Peach
Beastie Boys - Alive
Bob Moses - Tearing Me Up
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
311 - Stealing Happy Hours
Eminem - Cum On Everybody
U2 - Desire/God Part II
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
Echo and the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
Big Data - Dangerous
Soundgarden - Room A Thousand Years Wide
Oasis - Acquiesce
Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat
Nirvana - Stay Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
Outkast - The Way You Move
Citizen Cope - Hurricane Waters
Weird Al Yankovic - Word Crimes

Money well spent!!

Fantastic songs in the above 2 posts.
could one expect less?

re - the great Los Angeles album my favorite is Johnny Hit and Run Pauline.
im sure Thunder knows this re the Jackie Lomax hit - Milk Sea Blues - it was written for him by George Harrison and it is George on guitar you hear on that song.