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I have to admit anything I know about Joy Division is what I learned in this video and when you have previously talked about them. What a tragedy here. I can tell by these clips how their music was influential on other bands. Great job Jeff.

This was my first new Beach Boys album purchase (Endless Summer doesn’t properly count). Therefore, I sort of have a soft spot for it and actually like some of these songs. “Had to phone ya” is pretty cool with the weird choice for backing vocals. At the fade, you can hear someone say “Hi Brian!” Also enjoy “Once in my Life” as Dennis seemed to put some effort and passion into the middle break. But wow, is the middle section of this album bad. “Talk to me” is a lifeless dirge. “Palisades Park” has zero energy. The production is mostly terrible. The album cover…enough said. I was puzzled as 9 year old why all the vocals sounded so different than old classics, lol. But I still have some fond memories as it was one of the first LP’s I ever bought.

The fact that we didnt hear immediately shows the news is full of Shidddt. All drivel.

Hi Jeff, just a note about record misting. The misting of records may well be caused by the Shrink Wrap. The majority of shrink wrap materials are made from PVC which could well be a major cause of the misting. I had a double album that was in shrink, had HDPE inner and outer sleeves and had misting on both albums on the outer groove sides only. I am removing all of the shrink-wrap from all of my albums that have shrink on them and I suggest everyone does the same. I would also avoid the PVC inner and outer sleeves too, just in case.

Where it all began ❤️🤘

I seriously hate the current model of thin paper envelope cases. It just sucks. With a degree of fall apart. Yuck.

As always great documentary.

You are in a gang and the boys are back in town comes out,omg...than jail break followed by live and dangerous,had to balance it with steeĺy Dan...but what a time in music,what decade.

Does anyone know if that is a guitar synthesizer on Satellite?

The Beachfront Boys.

Prarie Prince was killer on drums.

Colin Moulding is grossly underrated as a bass player.

I played the s*** out of this album as a musician songwriter here in Cincinnati. I was blown away.

I haven't seen some of this footage ever.

Why are you showing footage of the New York Dolls during "Crush With Eyeliner"? I don't get it. Makes no sense at all.

I knew this girl named Renee. It was 1984 or 1985. I was trying in the worst way to get Renee to go out with me. In desperation, to keep the conversation going, I asked her which bands were her favorites. She rattled off a couple of strange names to me, R.E.M. and The Smiths. To have more to talk with Renee about - in the future, I hoped - I checked these out. It was an immediate knock on the head and a wake-up call, in both cases. "Reckoning" was the first R.E.M. album I bought, and it hooked me straightaway. This has always been a personal album for me. I waited for Renee to call, and "So. Central Rain" was the soundtrack, a track on repeat. "Seven Chinese Brothers" struck me then as it strikes me now as an inspired song title, and a great song too. (I know it didn't exactly spring full blown from Michael Stipe, but regardless.) "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" had such a swingin' country vibe. And I liked nearly every track immediately, and the ones that I didn't grew quickly on me. This band had a great sound, part of it rooted in acoustic and electric music of the '60s, part its own unique thing. I could see why Renee liked them so much. Over the years, I've often thought I've owed a huge debt to Renee for turning me on to this band that's brought so much musical pleasure into my life. I've often wished I could tell her "thank you" for this, in a big way. But that was decades ago, memories still fresh, but gone. (PS: Renee did go out with me finally. But only once.) 😀

Hi Jeff!!! Great video and homage to Phil's career and life, had no idea he passed away so young..... Thin Lizzy is another band i need to get into, and not just "Whiskey...." or "Boys are Back.....", right now i only have one Cd, so i have a lot of work to do. cheers and be well

Another phenomenal video Jeff, i really learned a lot on this one, and thank you so much for getting me into this band 👍🤘🤘

This album has a dark vibe, and plays in sequence like a continuous, surreal dream. R.E.M. never did anything like it before or after, so it's unique in the canon. The lyrics offer bizarrely Southern characters like Wendell Gee and Old Man Kensey, and I can get lost in the swampy ambience of this entire LP. I've always loved "Driver 8", which seems to be a favorite of a lot of us and kind of crystallizes the early R.E.M. sound. I also love the Man Ray reference in the awesomely dark opener, "Feeling Gravity's Pull", which is such a strangely creative song. All of R.E.M.'s IRS efforts have the best opening tracks. My son is 17, and he isn't hugely impressed by R.E.M. at this point (for some strange reason). (He does like the Beatles a lot, though.) But even he thinks "Driver 8" and "Wendell Gee" are great songs, and asks to hear them in the car, so at least that's something.

I think Steve summed up his life when he said he got “bored” as so as many talented and gifted people do. So much talent, such a sad end.

I saw Thin Lizzy 3-4 times (the first time with Gary Moore). They always put on a great show. Melodic hard rock at its best.

Excellent job Jeff! Thin Lizzy is one of those bands the I feel I NEED to get into. I had a comp back in the day. But, need to dive in the actual catalog. Thanks for reminding me!

Can't blame Davy for "the Day We Fall In Love". Kirshner cobbled that record together from tracks the band felt were substandard and had been told would only be used for the TV episodes soundtrack. Originally, there were supposed to be new songs in EVERY episode, so a great deal of material would be required. The Monkees were unhappy with much of the material, but were told not to worry because it wasn't going on the record. As we now know, Kirshner lied. Even on later records Screen Gems retained a significant amount of control and often selected songs the group would not have chosen.

Wheels of Confusion, the greatest opening song on any album I've ever heard, period. Having said that, the rest of this album is great, too. My suggestion to the author, you should have opened with that. Why you chose Cornucopia is beyond me. Just thinking out loud.

Such a sad loss, Thunder and Lightning was an amazing album to go out on but it also proved he had so much more in him. Rock casualty indeed, nice tribute Jeff, that interview footage was gold!

My two biggest R&R Casualties are Phil, and Tommy Bolin. Lizzy are a top 10 band for me. Only saw them twice, but those are 2 of the best concerts I have ever seen. First time with Nazareth and Ian Gillan Band, the second time was with Queen. Great front-man, very underrated lyricist, troubled soul. Nice job Jeff! You ended this with the perfect song!

Man this band was so great

Hell yeah bro I got into thin lizzy so late in the game

This was a huge loss at the time and still resonates today. Thin Lizzy is severely underrated!!!!!!

The Beatles song that makes you laugh out loud.

Talent beyond belief. Proof that drugs kill. His mom was his best friend. In a way he was like a Hendrix figure for those who missed Jimi. He was also a black man who was legendary in white Rock like Arthur Lee of LOVE. Thin Lizzy are mainly known for one album and two singles here in the U.S. and that's unfortunate. Where is the expanded CD reissue campaign for them? Before his death he made a solo album and was getting interested in New Wave and Punk Rock. Excellent video Jeff.

RIP Phil Lynott 💔

Too bad that most people only know "Boys Are Back In Town"... they have some really good deep cuts that I think are much better. It's unfortunate he went down the road he did, but it wasn't uncommon, sadly.

Killer video Jeff! Def Leppard took a huge step back after his death, they really missed his songwriting most of all , i don’t own anything they’ve done afterwards, not close to the same level, great job brother 👍🤘🤘

Thank you for putting this together Jeff. I did not know much about them at all and it was so long ago~i definitely needed to be educated. A sad and fitting story for this series. Well done. And it's good to see the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline # posted here.

Jose Feliciano

I didn't realize that the Police were doing so many variants in the day! Nice collection Jeff!

What ever you think you know, you don't know if you don't know this recording stands with any recording ever made,,, pet sounds, astral weeks,,, any record by the fall,,

Sorry, Charlie, I think Paul McCartney kicked the everliving crap out of Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' vocal, just as Lennon did with Chuck Berry's 'Rock and Roll Music'...

All of the original Sabbath albums touch my soul like no one else does, especially Sabotage. This music gave me an awareness of life like nothing else I've ever listened to. Even the mighty Zeppelin can't do that. Because of this, it is my second all-time favorite album, behind only Physical Graffiti. 40+years after I first heard this and it still blows me away. That's what great music does, period!

HEI GUNSNROSES WELCOM TO THE JUNGEL LISTEN TO THE LAST SONG ON NEVER SAY DIE THE END

What a fantastic album! Appraised from the perspectives of both boldness and diversity, "New Adventures In Hifi" is ambitiously impressive enough to be accurately described as R.E.M.'s White Album, with little exaggeration. Deciding to create an album from scratch on the road, in sound checks, and dress rehearsals was a masterstroke of inspiration on the band's part. It enhances the LP's variety further still that this approach was augmented by studio cuts. The result is a work of art where you never quite know what's coming next, and each track is a potential surprise. I like every song. The crunchier compositions are better realized than on "Monster", with more of a sense of play or purpose, without the prior album's coldness. It's always fun when Michael Stipe tackles glam, as on the bitchy "The Wakeup Bomb", and "Leave" is one of the band's masterpieces. "Binky The Doormat" is a wicked thing, and Mike Mills' solo turn on "Be Mine" is a standout on an LP full of standouts. And you've really got to hand it to a band that has the balls to release something like "E-Bow The Letter" as the first single, even if it seems to have been a move towards career suicide in retrospect.

Excellent series...The review here is longer than the album is.

Surfs Up is top 3 IMHO

This is probably my most satisfying R.E.M. listen. There are so many pleasurable aspects to this album, and so many delights here. It's another of their arguable two or three best, and it may be their best (?). Every song belongs, and they all flow seamlessly. I particularly like the powerful opener, "Begin The Begin", the beauty of "Fall On Me" and "Flowers Of Guatemala", and the wackiness of "Underneath The Bunker", for contrast. And that the hidden track is slipped in at the end, and is both a cover and a Mike Mills vocal. This is a real guitar album, and full of anthems!

Never say it's blasphemy when you prefer a CD over a record. I'm always looking for the best sound from an album, and often enough, the compact disc will provide the best sound. This is a good list. My only exception is that I prefer the Japanese Blu-Spec CD version of Dylan's Highway 61. If you haven't heard it, it's worth seeking out. The Blu-Spec CD version of Blood On The Tracks is also the superior version of that album.

This was the first original Monkees album I owned. I liked it initially, and it remains one of my favorites. Many like to pick it apart and over analyze it. I have no such issues. It is one of the most interesting, entertaining, and satisfying pop rock albums of its era. Thanks for giving it a listen.

Hi Jeff!!! this one was a great episode, had no idea about most of band/Ian Curtis story, you can tell he was a broken soul... cheers and be well

Thank you very much! Closer is a very special one for me.

This was an interesting entry in your series - all vid clips, no "Jeff commentary". I was wondering what you were going to say about Steve, bc all I know about the man is his music and his struggles with alcohol. Appears there wasn't much more to tell, so probably best that you just let the music do the talking. Keep up the good work!