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my top 3, in that order!!

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Another great video. My entry point was Pleasant Dreams which weirdly was kind of vilified which I always found confusing. Totally agree on RamonesMania. End to end that is mind blowingly impressive. It’s a rich catalogue. I think The Archivist nailed it with the optics and imagery of the band which acted as both a propellant and deterrent in my opinion. I also think the brilliant simplicity of the band made some miss the point. My hard rock buddies would say “that music is awful” In any event I love your enthusiasm for a deep catalogue dive. 1-2-3-4 indeed!

I understand the disdain for the word “collector”. To me it sounds like the “collection” is more important than the music. Love the John Prine song, Summer’s End. Very moving. I still haven’t been able to truly get into his music. Someone I know I should like more than I have until now. A work in progress for me.

Talking about their crazy lyrics, apparently they had trouble registering their lyrics to I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You. I don't wanna walk around with you I don't wanna walk around with you I don't wanna walk around with you So why you wanna walk around with me? I don't wanna walk around with you I don't wanna walk around with you I heard that they were initially told that they couldn’t claim publishing rights to 2 lines of lyrics. Not sure if that’s true but it always makes me smile.

Great video. Always wonderful to re-visit The Ramones. I remember one journalist “back in the day” reviewing one of their albums and he said that on another planet this record represented yet another “smash” hit and yet another record full of more top 10 singles. That really resonated with me. If ever a band deserved to have a string of chart-topping singles it was the Ramones. The Archivist was right…they didn’t look the part. But for those of us in the know, they had one of the biggest strings of singles with a bullet. I think I’m long overdue to crack open my Ramones records once again. Gabba Gabba Hey!

Growing up, I would see older kids wearing Ramones T-shirts, and I initially assumed they were this really aggressive punk band. And then I listened to "Ramones Mania", and I was like, "These guys are a pop band at their core". Certainly, they played loud and fast, and the lyrics could be considered juvenile, but they had pop melodies and harmonies. I always really loved those rare-ish moments on those early albums when they slowed things down a bit and went into sweet ballad territory. One, it gave you a chance to catch your breath, but two, they were really, really good at those. Songs like 'Questioningly', 'Needles and Pins', and 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend'. There is a specific demo version of 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' that goes right around 3:00 in length that is even better than the one on the album. Joey hangs on the word "Boyfriend" for an extra beat or so, and that subtle alteration just makes the song a little dreamier. ruclips.net/video/0U6oYjPqzJ0/видео.html

Just like Motorhead, The Ramones never put out a bad album, IMO.

I need to revisit Brain Drain. I don't remember it at all. My intro to the band was Mania, also. I actually liked their 90s records with CJ Ramone. Dee Dee still wrote, he was just didn't play with them any longer. He had that rap career to tend to.

Weird coincidence, I just finished listening to End of the Century on vinyl a few minutes ago. I have all their studio albums plus their first live album It’s Alive (they kinda went a little nuts with the live cash-ins in their final days, Its Alive is really all the live Ramones you need). Of their studio albums, there are maybe 2 or 3 that aren’t worth much, all the rest are at the very least pretty good and those first four are all stone cold classics.

Hi,Funny but my favorite ... by far... is 92' '' mondo bizarro ''...at their melodic best...well recorded and produced (Ed Stasium)...not a bad track ...top to bottom on fire...5 stars for me.

Your videos are incredible. You do a really good job.

Neil Young's father Scott was a very good sports writer in Canada.

Walk This Way changed my whole view of music. I was 10 when Raising Hell came out and it was the first rap album I really liked and most of that was Aerosmith opening that door. I also like how you threw that copy of Toys in the Attic. Don’t worry about bending a corner! No mention of Honkin’ On Bobo?

Sooooo happy someone else agrees that Lifes Rich Pageant is awesome. Like you, I listen to albums time and again, one or another moves into another place, but LRP is always, always on top of the list. Also love Reckoning / Harborcoat!

I´m 54 more of metal and hard rock , what got me to Aerosmith was the music video Rag Dol since then I have all the albums

In retrospect, Done with Mirrors is a much better record than Permanent Vacation. The real difference is drugs. Aerosmith got sober between records. Made a difference. Outside songwriters, too. Pump was the end for me. But love all of them up to there. Even PV. I like Draw the Line! It’s kinda weird, but I always thought “Kings and Queens” was among their best.

Excellent video. I grew up in the 70s in Boston and it’s hard to describe the excitement of watching them explode and move to bigger forums. When Toys was released it was electric. Then Rock bested that. I always loved the quote that goes “The Stones and Zeppelin weren’t coming to your hometown every year. Aerosmith was”. Kinda gets to Peter Bucks quote. Sad ending for them but Father Time remains undefeated. You always post excellent and thoughtful content. Thanks for taking the time.

KOL is a good record by Dylan :)

Kraftwerk!

Phish is on the nerd list for sure.

Gentle Giant would be one I would include. I've been getting into prog rock recently and gave these guys a listen. Very talented, but they give off that LARPer vibe with their sound. Really geeky, but good.

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If I heard Zeppelin regularly played at an ice cream place in the 80's or 90's, I wouldn't never leave it!!!

Great list! I would add Danny Elfman or Oingo Boingo (and their fans are very nerdy). I would add Yes... Pretty much any prog band would fit the bill. I think Barenaked Ladies is a bit on the nerdy side (the members of the band). Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, an obscure band (just look at the titles of their songs, very nerdy and pretentious). Animals as Leaders are nerdy. I think Sting is a bit nerdy as well! I can go on and on with examples... I'm a nerdy musician!

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You missed Gentle Giant. Unbelievable musicians and definitely nerdy

I am a weird and demented Englishman who openly adores Frank Zappa. I have never thought of Frank as being a nerd, however. To me he is a musical wizard. A long hairy psychedelic Harry Potter, with a guitar in place of a wand 🎸

2112, Master of Reality, Grand Funk Live, The White Album, Sergeant Peppers, Tres Hombres, Are You Experienced, Disraeli Gears, Sticky Fingers, Dark side of the moon. This list dates me.

I hate to say this because I was very close their dad There is the band AJR You may not know them because man are they nerds

Odes to Ayn Rand. Yet another reason to dislike Rush.

Super fun video Im not going to pick on Prog their have enough to deal with Dream-theater , Coheed and Cambria , jeez But its not just limited to US , how about Muse , yikes And not just modern days were tons of nerds in British Invasion Herman and the Hermits Freddy and the Dreamers Peter and Gordon And their us counterpart The Turtles The Vogues Loving spoonful , always came off as nerdy Girls can be nerds too Harp really ? : Joanna Newsom Enya : she has her own secret language ! Nerd Lisa Loeb or Jewel : who will save those poor nerdy souls And now to address my hero Frank Zappa there is nothing nerdy about the Inca Roads , Dental Floss or Eskimos or working with Orchestral and having instrumental albums with horns or synclavier I sure hope being that you are such a big fan that you are familiar with Genius in France : Weird Al’s songs about Zappa if not please listen it is hilarious My kids did go through a nerd phase and one time when going to Albuquerque they managed to memorize all the words and drive me and my wife crazy So from one YT nerd to another “ live long and prosper “

Good list, overall. Ha ha ha. I love a bunch of the ones you mentioned. They Might Be Giants is always the first one I think of. They might be the kings of the nerdy bands. What's great about them though is they also have that quirky, almost self-deprecating, just short of full-on joking vibe about them which makes them fun. I think, especially when you consider the period that they came up, Kraftwerk should be considered. Also, for contemporary bands, what about the Decemberists? Some might even call them pretentious in their nerdiness. Steve Malkmus and Pavement are pretty nerdy. Radiohead is kind of nerdy in its artiness.

A nerd espouses on nerdy bands/artist … lol

Regarding Rush: Those guys are great players and I do like some of their stuff here and there but I do believe that it is the nerdism that keeps be me from being a Rush fan boy. Between the over cooked lyrics and Geddy Lee's voice, it is just too much. Is there something wrong with me?

Love the guy, but you can't get more nerdy than the great Joe Jackson. He would probably agree. Also, REM are pretty nerdy.

Great picks in this video. I like all of those quite a bit. As far as albums for quick reviews...what about Nick Lowe's "The Impossible Bird"? That one came out in 1994, the same year as Johnny Cash's first "American Recordings" set, and both feature Lowe's 'The Beast In Me'. Very different listening experiences though. "The Impossible Bird" is one of my favorite albums of the 90s. Lowe's voice sounds amazing drenched in reverb.

I just listened to In Color last night. I still listen to the first 3 CT albums on a semi regular basis. I saw them in 1998 in South Bend, Indiana. Wish I would have seen what you saw a year later

Hot take: Love and Rockets is better than Bauhaus. Haven’t really gotten into Angel Olsen. I think she had a track with Sharon Van Etten that I like. Cheap Trick never disappoints. Love In Color. Downed is incredible.

Didn’t Wang Chung start in the 80s😆😵‍💫😜😇😎

Im the same, im all about the "feels" i don't care about technical virtuosity or how fast someone can play or what vocal gymnastics they can do, most jazz to me just sounds the same, i could live with 10 jazz albums and id have the gist of the entire genre, i don't need 200 jazz albums that all offer the same feeling

The first solo Crazy Horse record is great! On Tonight's The Night, the gatefold photo is a picture of the band on stage. Under every player is his name, Danny Whitten's name is there under an empty spot on stage.

Todd, Sorry for the response to an old video. Love your channel and most of your musical tastes mirror mine. Your Eric Clapton distaste I completely understand, with his crazy anti-vax stand and posing with the friggen Governor of Texas, Greg Abbot after a show that didn’t require vaccination verification. He was a real shit, not to mention his little known drunken rant in the 70’s where he was using racist epithets against immigrants. It spurred the e Rock against Racism movement in the UK by bands like the Clash and the English Beat. Robert Cray told him he would no longer be associated with. However, his stuff with the Yardbirds, especially John Mayall, is a Guitar aficionados dream that created the Clapton is God in London. If you haven’t head that LP, at least stream it, amazing guitar playing. Of course Cream is an essential 60’s band. The one Blind Faith LP is great, and his first solo LP, which he was backed with Delaney and Bonnie & Friends. I know you didn’t care for Layla, but man, again, it was with the core of Delaney $ Bonnie friends and of course, Duane Allman on guitar. I think I have to give him his due, his playing is fantastic up through that period. He’s turned into a strange guy since then. Everything after that is AOR crap. Anyway, love your channel, wanted to put my two cents in. Please listen to John Mayall featuring Eric Clapton, also known as the “Beno” cover. Best wishes Bruce

Just did my list as per now, having listened to your videos, thanks.. Will anger many I think but it's how I would rank today. 15 Collapse 14 Around 13 Accelerate 12 Adventures 11 Pageant (I know, sorry..) 10 Document (again, sorry..) 9 Reveal 8 Time 7 Reckoning 6 Monster 5 Up 4 Automatic 3 Murmur 2 Green 1 FABLES

I liked Before These Crowded Streets by Dave Matthew's band when it came out. Songs like The Stone and The Dreaming Tree are great, but I've since added 4 more albums by them and were left unimpressed. As for the others, I very much agree!

Read the Bible. Good God. What is wrong with you???

Wow, if there are more Danny Whitten demos out there, they really need to be released somehow. I only discovered who danny whitten was about a month ago and It hit me like a lightening bolt. He truly was an amazing artist and singer. Some of the harmonies he sings with neil are phenomenal too. ❤

Cowgirl was never the same without Danny.

Interesting. I knew something about the origins of "The Needle and the Damage Done," but didn't really know much about the specifics. I'd like to hear some of this stuff with Danny in the band.

This is a tragic and fascinating story RIP to all the tragic victims of the scourge of addiction There is nothing glamorous about it and i think Neil told it as it was He lost a great friend he just couldn’t save.