Ranking the Albums: Nazz
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Join Pete Pardo as he ranks the albums of late '60s psychedelic/garage rock act Nazz, featuring Todd Rundgren. #nazz #toddrundgren
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Open My Eyes was the first 45 I ever bought. I was 13 in 1968. Been a Todd fan ever since.
Todd had once said that the Nazz were supposed to be a combination of The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and The Who. So it's not a coincidence that you mentioned all three in this video. And yes, I always thought Thom MOONey was doing his best Keith Moon impression on the song "Under The Ice". 😀
Yeah, it's funny, I came to the same conclusion about Thom Mooney on the song "Under the ice." I've long felt he was a better Keith Moon than Keith Moon because he was anything but a one-trick pony. He could belt the shit out of the drums at high speed with ridiculously lightning fills and patterns.....but he was also a very varied drummer which Keith never was.
Mooney is also a very interesting latterday spokesman about Nazz. There's an interesting interview with him and Stewkey at ruclips.net/video/b23JwnL4-7c/видео.html&ab_channel=RundgrenRadio - definitely worth a listen. Some interesting info about the third album is in the interview.
Thanks for this, Pete. Nazz are one of my favourite bands, and it’s a shame they’re rarely talked about.
I requested Nazz when he made the Todd Rundgren's Utopia ranking. It was disappointing that group only lasted a couple of years. I like the hard rocker songs like "under the ice", "open my eyes". But by the end Todd wrote too many ballads inspired by Laura Nyro and that's what made the rest of the band upset.
I read that the bass player became a cartoonist for Walt Disney.
Played these 3. Like 4x each. I definitely heard the name NAZZ prior, but never played a song prior to Pete mentioning the ranking. That’s , why I like these rankings, makes me dig in “. I’m going in order. 1-the first ( debut). 2- NAZZ Nazz -3- 111. ( third album). Thanks again. Pete for Your time 👍💯
alright principal..
@@gregoryg3256 / enjoy day. But, make sure to have the properly named APPLE 🍎 for the AM 👍💯
My mom's cousin has been with Thom Mooney for years! I'll have my mom send this to her so Thom can watch!!
Rick Nielsen took Rundgren's place when he split to finish out some contracted gigs. They eventually went on to morph into Sickman of Europe and then Cheap Trick.
alright cheffy...
Under the Ice is heavy, listen to the drumming in that song, its Killer!
The Nazz is a great psychedelic and garage band.By their time you can remember psychedelic bands like :The Blue Magoos;The Electric Prunes,The Left Banke,that are contemporary with this band in the mid/late 60's.
The song Kicks from the third album is a cover that was initially recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders.
They made a fillm video for the song Open my eyes.
I do like the Reveres version more
thx man, always loved NAZZ.
Amazing that Todd was this good so young.
i still have my OG copy of nazz nazz on orange vinyl.
What a great surprise to see Nazz come up in the Ranking The Album shows. Been looking forward to this - as well as the upcoming solo Todd album ranking. Agreed that Nazz III is the bottom of the three but the first two generally hold a close race for the 1 and 2 positions depending on the day. Today it's the first album as top keeping them favorites in the order the were released. There a 'box' set of the Complete Nazz released in 2019 for anyone looking to expand their Nazz collection. Thanks for this ranking, Pete. These short catalogues still make for great Ranking The Albums episodes.
The first Nazz album is one of my all time favorites
Speaking of beefy fuzzy guitar riffs! Would you rank the albums of Fever Tree? That band only lasted briefly but had a agreat guitar player on Mike Knust
The 1st one is a true classic. " San Francisco Girls " is a long lost gem. We saw them open for the Jeff Beck Group in late 1968 , Chicago/ USA.
I have quite a bit from them: s/t, Another Time Another Place, Creation, For Sale & Live At Lake Charles. I'd say that for me Creation was their high water mark. I also have Filigree And Shadow which is the 1st album plus rare live & singles tracks - the sound isn't totally horrible (and better than many boots). A nice collection for the FT fan, along with their 'best of' San Francisco Girls
Hey Pete, long tome viewer here, first I wanna thank you for this channel, you basically introduced me into the magical world of prog, and I am forever grateful that you did. I recently thought of a neat topic for you to discuss: musicians who has some sort of a golden touch, musicians that were on a few different albums with different bands or made appearance on some solo album and just because they were there the album has some sort of magic to it. Like in my opinion Bill Buford or Richard Sinclair, John wetton. Hope you consider this topic if you didn't already cover it, thank you!
Never heard of these guys thanks Pete
Great review Pete! Thanks!
🌠 Alright Pete ...Good Video ...ima Huge Todd Fan ..seen him around 10 x . I only knew open your eyes & the early hello its me..but both of those I like a lot...cool video 4 open your eyes ..pyhadelic...spelling ? I used 2 see it on mtv closet classics in the 80's with Dweezil as the vj..thats what got me into it..
Agree with you Pete. The 2nd album is my favorite as well. Forget All About It and Under The Ice are my the best tracks on the LP. Todd's guitar playing is amazing on both. Plus, Thom Mooney's drumming on Under The Ice is very reminiscent of Keith Moon. Forget All About It is a power pop classic.
Ooooo. Look fwd to your Guess Who rankings… another quality band who flies under the radar and often gets overlooked. I love their stuff. Wheat field soul, share the land, bannatyne and canned wheat all frickin’ gems
I also like American Woman (1970) a lot plus Rockin', Artificial Paradise, #10, Flavors & Road Food. Live At Paramount (1972) & Live Vancouver Bc, 1983-05-27 are also quite good...The two newest records are good but not exactly "Guess Who" - I have 'em labeled under "The (NEW) Guess Who" in my database to differentiate it from the 'real'/earlier band
@@wolf1977 yeah American woman is good. The live albums also give a different take on the songs as they really improv/ extend the jams on some songs!
I used to have a compilation album of sixties psychedelic rock gems, which had like Strawberry Alarm Clock, Amboy Dukes , and “Open My Eyes” by Nazz. Wish I still had that album because I think it’s fairly collectible now. Never heard any more Nazz but I really played that one song a lot back in the day. Great guitar hook by Todd!
Sounds like the Nuggets compilation (I don't have it either, but it's certainly a classic collection).
@@askoholli9306 I bought it in the seventies and of all the albums I’ve lost over the years, it’s one of the ones I regret most. I do think it was called Nuggets, or gems or something. It was pretty interesting that Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes were labeled psychedelic rock. I think it had Baby Please Don’t Go, and Journey to the Center of the Mind on it. I was sixteen when I bought it and didn’t know a lot of the other songs on the compilation. Definitely wish I still had the album
@@askoholli9306 Yeah I used to have that one on vinyl (before going all digital/mp3). When I was in college one of the students who hosted a late night music show on the college station would borrow that album to play select tracks on his show
Nazz 2 originally came out on red vinyl. Later pressings are on black vinyl, those are harder to find and more collectable.
Nazz had a lot of cool psychedelic tracks.
Thom Mooney later ended up in Bob Welch's post Fleetwood Mac band Paris' debut.
Paris' Big Towne 2061 & the s/t album are good
Absolutely love the Nazz! The red vinyl for Nazz 2 is sweet!
@shanestanfield79
Believe it or not, the band weren't called "the" Nazz, just Nazz.
And before they were called Alice Cooper, that band were called the Nazz. It was the release of Nazz's first album that necessitated a name change for Alice Cooper, via calling themselves the Earwigs.
Yep that’s right!👍
I agree with you Pete. He fully had guitar hero moments on these albums!
@shanestanfield79
"He fully had guitar hero moments on these albums!"
I think one of the major problems one finds in looking at Nazz is that they are looked at so retrospectively which means that they are looked at as Todd Rundgren's outfit before the Todd we all came to know.
But the reality is that Nazz were a band. Stewkey was a really good vocalist and useful keyboardist, Carson was a complimentary bassist and wrote some good songs and Thom Mooney was a drummer that many bands would have loved to have had {and contributed to a song or two}. Todd wrote great songs and played a mean guitar, but it should also be noted that it was his songs, his Laura Nyro influenced songs, that went a long way towards breaking up Nazz and it was them being left of that second album that makes it so strong and the third one relatively weak....
Rundgren was a pretty versatile person in Nazz and the band couldn't have been what it was without him - but the band was much more than Todd Rundgren and his guitar playing is what it was because of the dynamics of the entire band.
Many countless thanks for this one Pete. Long overdue. Wasnt sure if you were a fan because I rarely hear you talk of them and I didn't want to request it. I know your probably annoyed when you get these rank requests especially when its a band you already did one on.We recently lost Stewkey met him 2×. I know you'll get to the other band album rank im craving for . I'll just sit back and be patient.
Nice ranking. Yeah, they could be surprisingly hard and heavy. Definitely brought the fuzz.
Your ranking matches mine. I think Nazz Nazz is a fantastic album, an overlooked ‘60s classic.
I’d love to see you rank Todd’s solo records
I have had the same exact ranking for years. "When they rock, they rock hard" is an understatement.
The promo clip for Open my eyes is prob the best 60s film clip .
I watched a Kinks bio the other day (on TUBI) that showed the video for "Dead End Street" (1966 & which I didn't realized got banned at the time for being deemed ‘offensive’). I thought that was really cool, one of the most interesting music 'film clips' I can remember seeing
I had the first Nazz on 8 track.
Nice
I never really dug heavily into the Nazz other than their first album with the classic open my eyes and then I really didn't look into Todd until something/anything and then onto Utopia etc
My ranking is chronological. First is the best and the last one the worst. I bought all 3 of these on reissued vinyl back in the 80s.
Bmb / same order as me. Enjoy day 👍💯
@@garyjoyce2160 your taste is impeccable.
@@bmboldt / 👍💯lol
Pete, I can't wait any longer. When will we hear anything about the Krokus band on your channel?
Not really a fan, sorry.
@@seaoftranquilityprogone of those greatest hits all ya need🙂
So ya get Screaming in the night and long stick goes boom maybe another song or two. But like you I don't need whole catalog
Not that much to discuss here: The debut & III are about at the same level for me with Nazz Nazz just a shade behind. That's it...
Did they take their name from the Yardbird's song " The NAZZ Are Blue"?
Yes, another big influence on these guys!
@@jimzezza6915 Thanks
Yep
I rate the third (Nazz III) as the best as it most closely mirrors the pop of what would follow in Todd’s solo material. That said, I understand how somebody like yourself who’s not a fan of sophisticated melodic pop (which was Todd’s forte) would find it mediocre.
Tomorrow is Keith Richards 80th birthday!
Impossible!
@@wolf1977 I know!