6 Artists: Their Best & Worst Albums w Pretty Green Vinyl Guy

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @sspbrazil
    @sspbrazil 3 года назад +2

    “Lodge” is my favorite Bowie album, it was always one of his favorites too and the “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” is probably my second favorite followed by “The Man Who Sold The World”.
    Much of the album “Tonight” are songs he wrote with Iggy and are on “Lust For Life” and “Don’t Look Down” which is on “New Values”, but these versions are tepid as compared to the originals on Iggy’s albums. Iggy also sings with him on “Swinging With The Big Boys” the last song on the album.

  • @michaelpdawson
    @michaelpdawson 4 года назад +3

    Agree with both of you on the best Van: Astral Weeks is my favorite, but St. Dominic is the one I listen to the most. Astral Weeks is too emotionally heavy to play frequently. But you each picked one worst that I think is a terrific album: Soap Opera ("Ducks on the Wall," hell yeah!!!) and The Future (maybe not 100% solid, but "The Future," "Democracy," "Closing Time," and "Light as the Breeze" are all grade-A Cohen). Was a little surprised no one chose Death of a Ladies' Man. Low has always been my favorite Bowie, too. Cheers!

  • @car-or-ock616
    @car-or-ock616 2 года назад

    It's called Nanaimo. It's on Vancouver Island, off Canada's west coast. You have to take a ferry to get there. You can take the ferry in Port Angeles, after driving 14 hours from San Francisco. Then drive an hour and a half north from Victoria. Nanaimo has some great used record stores (so does Victoria). Most of the vinyl will be Canadian presses, but...
    Great job covering Van Morrison. So good to hear the 'inside stories' from people who knew him. Very very safe on Neil Young. The first albums are great. The music is covered in Archives Vol. I: 1963-1972, a CD package that should have come wrapped with a pack of smokes (don't smoke!). Massy is gonna have to pay for selecting 'Closing Time' as his least favorite Cohen record. It rocks! The Mac? I picked them up in 1976 and dropped them after Tusk-which I bough on a trip to NYC along with a 12" single of Miss You/Girl With the Far Away Eyes. I too give TUSK the edge. Rumors is just TOO GOOD! Sorry... You Really Got Me... Not a BIG Kinks kind of guy. LOL-a! Bring on the BLUE JEAN... How do you follow Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar on LETS DANCE? You can't. Ziggy sure. I started listening to Bowie on CHANGES ONE. But I loved Ziggy on the radio. Great Record-LOW-You have to meditate to it. Recorded in France? Didn't know that. Great Show Guys...
    Writing From Vancouver: Do the Canada-US thing. Guess Who, Poppy Family, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni-You don't have to leave the 70s. There are some other good acts... Can't Make No Sense (Out of Loving You) Billy Cowsill joining Blue Northern for a kick a** 12" 4-track single labelled as "new improved living mono" cut on a weighty piece of vinyl. Recorded in November 1979-so it closes out the decade, though with an American lead singer, guitarist, song writer, powering the band. Incredible sound.

  • @stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147
    @stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 4 года назад +2

    The Future was my first Cohen album and is still my favorite lol. That happens with an album that introduces to a group, there was something special on that album that sucked you in. Another enjoyable collaboration Mazzy. Well done

  • @AimsWorld17
    @AimsWorld17 4 года назад +2

    I also saw David Bowie when Duran Duran opened for him. It was'The Glass Spider Tour' in Portland, OR and Peter Frampton played guitar for him then which was awesome!

    • @AimsWorld17
      @AimsWorld17 4 года назад

      @Rachel - TheMusicMAM VC I follow your channel. Thanks for all you do and share with us. Love your videos :)

    • @AimsWorld17
      @AimsWorld17 4 года назад

      @Rachel - TheMusicMAM VC Thank you so much ;) I'm newer to the VC. I use to collect records, gave them away to my nephew when i moved (including all the audio equipment) and now just starting over again for a little less than a year. The VC has been such a valuable place to learn about new music to try out and buy. I'm shy, but I'm sure I will start sooner or later (fingers crossed).

    • @TheVinylGuru
      @TheVinylGuru 4 года назад

      Wow, loving a person who talks bowie and duran duran while having a GM default picture. I love and miss him.

    • @AimsWorld17
      @AimsWorld17 4 года назад

      @@TheVinylGuru George Michael is my all time favorite singer/songwriter and the British invasion of the 80's is really when I started connecting with music. Duran Duran, Wham, Culture Club, Depeche, The Cure, Bananarama along so many was my generation and most are still making music today. Was a great privilege to see many of them live and as I restart record collecting now, that music was the first I looked for when I started rebuilding :)

    • @AimsWorld17
      @AimsWorld17 4 года назад

      I also subscribed to your YT channel. Can't wait to start watching!

  • @broke.on.records
    @broke.on.records 4 года назад +2

    Other than the Come Dancing best of, I don’t own a single album by any of these artists. Whoops. Love Bowie and Young particularly just haven’t gotten around to figuring out which albums / pressings to get first.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  4 года назад +1

      There’s plenty of time. Bowie and the Kinks and the rest of them have many incarnations

  • @TheDigitalGramophone
    @TheDigitalGramophone 4 года назад +4

    This was great. Your personal reasons for each pick were well thought out. I think Fleetwood Mac, though, is a bad choice for this exercise. All the different eras, and they were so different. I objectively think that Astral Weeks is Van’s finest work of art, but I love at least three other albums more than that one. St. Dominic’s being one. Great team-up! Cheers, guys! ✌🏻

  • @miketomlin6040
    @miketomlin6040 4 года назад +2

    Popular Problems may have Cohen's strongest song on ''Almost like the blues''.

  • @ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed
    @ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed 4 года назад +2

    I love that first Leonard Cohen album. It reminds me of the first Janis Ian album. Landing On Water is definitely not a classic, but it does have a certain charm. Great video!

  • @christopherkibler511
    @christopherkibler511 4 года назад +1

    Good to see you and Edwin, along with your best and worst. My favorites do not necessarily agree with the best: Bowie - Man Who Sold the World, Leonard Cohen - Various Positions The other artists I do not have strong opinions on. Thanks, Chris

  • @hulud99
    @hulud99 4 года назад +2

    Edwin is a Dutch name. Not surprising, since a lot of Dutch folks, including family of mine, immigrated to Canada.

  • @oppothumbs1
    @oppothumbs1 2 года назад +3

    Yeah Walking on Water is really bad. The Best of Van Morrison are Astral Weeks and Moondance. The best of Fleetwood Mac is Rumor, next the White Album. I don't Like Leonard Cohen at all. I like the Kinks but don't have their records but the two best are Waterloo Sunset and So Tired of Waiting. Neil Young in my favorite songwriter and I really couldn't pick one that stands out. David Bowie.. it would be Honky Dorky and Ziggy Stardust. My forever albums of all time are
    1Love Forever Changes and the Replacements TIM
    1 Neil Young _ harvest
    2. The Replacements - let it be or Tim
    3. Bob Dylan ?
    4. Graham Parker and the Rumor ?
    5. The Smiths (well the best I and II are great)
    6. Lloyd Cole - His first two solo records are so underrated by everyone and with the Commotions he was good. Don't Get Weird on me Babe
    7. Beatles *but I dislike the white album and abbey road and so does George Martin
    8. Love forever changes (Arthur Lee and MacClean)
    9. Marshall Crenshaw
    10. Rolling Stones . So many good songs, so many songs I never want to hear after 1972.
    11. Velvet Underground and Nico
    12. The early Impressions.
    Worst and most overrated:
    1. Radiohead
    2. Pink Floyd
    3. L. Skinner
    4. Foo Fighters (1 good song each record)
    5. Bon Jovi

  • @filled_soda
    @filled_soda 3 года назад

    I did not expect Pretty Green Vinyl Guy to say he was born in Belfast! I was too and in my early 20s I was in a band that practiced in an old building directly across from Hyndford Street, on the Beersbridge Road. We often got something to eat from Davy's Chipper (although it had possibly changed its name by the late 90s).
    Enjoying the video so far. I stopped it immediately upon hearing this revelation 😂
    I shall now continue

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon880 3 года назад

    I recently delved into the Mac records post Green, pre Nicks…70-75 and they are all surprisingly solid…very pleasant surprises, all are 3.5 to 4 stars out of 5. Then Play On is fantastic and very underrated and have loved it for years. All Mac are great but 75-77 Mac are 5 stars undeniably. Kinks hold the record for the longest string of masterpieces (except maybe Beatles) at 5 records from Face to Face through Arthur.

  • @rocky-o
    @rocky-o 4 года назад +2

    hey mazz...what a great video....as you know, my holy trinity of music is dylan, leonard cohen, and van morrison, so i really enjoyed pretty green vinyl being here with you...interesting choices, but i agree with you...i love leonard's later years...be well my friend...stay strong...peace always...rocky

    • @TheVinylGuru
      @TheVinylGuru 4 года назад +1

      rocky-o a KILLER holy trinity. My gosh.

    • @TheVinylGuru
      @TheVinylGuru 4 года назад +1

      Yes, cohen got better with agr.

  • @elliottcrews4997
    @elliottcrews4997 4 года назад +2

    You two work very well together. I enjoyed it and St. Dom. is my favorite Van as well! Everybody Knows this is Nowhere if my fav. NY. Eventually I am going to have to jump down the Lenard Cohan rabbit hole. take care, Elliott

  • @KneeAches
    @KneeAches 2 года назад

    Norman scores points with me: St Dominic’s Preview is so underrated. Love it and Tupelo Honey as much as the more renown LPs.

  • @staffinomclaughlin543
    @staffinomclaughlin543 4 года назад +1

    Mazzy, thanx for introducing me to all these new cool final community members! Subscribed!
    I’m glad you finally got your twin brother on the channel! 😆

  • @BD_MEDIA.
    @BD_MEDIA. 4 года назад +2

    Hey guys, great presentation!

  • @baggyhi-fi8628
    @baggyhi-fi8628 4 года назад +1

    These twin videos are great fun to watch. I’ve got to get Then Play On. I remember I once had that 45 with Oh Well parts one and two. Wonderful. I used to be snooty about Rumours and still haven’t got over that. More fool me (probably).

  • @nealwarner1127
    @nealwarner1127 Год назад

    I was at that Ziggy Stardust show at the Santa Monica Civic. I had bought four tickets thinking my friends would want to go but none had heard of him. One went with me for the hell of it and I sold the other two out front. I was surprised how many people not only showed up but came in costume and makeup. I think LA had more fans because KLOS (may have still been KABC) ran radio commercials for Hunky Dory that had snippets of the songs and quips of Bowie talking about the songs. I thought his voice, especially on songs like Changes and Kooks sounded real Bubblegum and was not for me. One of his quotes was “I write songs for the space between waking and dreaming” which I found irritatingly pretentious and annoying. Until I fell asleep listening to KLOS with headphones on and after a ten song set I was startled awake by the last song which I wasn’t sure if I actually heard or had just dreamed it. It was “The Bewley Brothers” from Hunky Dory. I bought the show tickets the next day.

  • @GlenKellawayfromthebasement
    @GlenKellawayfromthebasement 4 года назад +1

    Great Van story From Edwin !!! I just subscribed to his channel. Being another proud Canadian makes it even better.Astral Weeks is a top ten album of all time..awesome video..Glen kellaway

  • @tonycairns6728
    @tonycairns6728 Год назад

    Good choice with 'Saint Dominic's'.My No 1 VM album. 'Astral Weeks' would be No 2.

  • @ronaldschuurman81
    @ronaldschuurman81 2 года назад

    I find the comment about popular issues funny. It is of course an opinion. But the backing singers are balanced here on my audio set. I think they strike a good balance between Cohen and their voices.

  • @mikel5582
    @mikel5582 4 года назад +1

    At first I thought giving your worst picks would be a waste of video time. I mean, who cares about an artist's worst albums. Turns out that was short-sighted given the disagreement you two had over those picks. I guess "One man's junk really might be another man's treasure." Or, as Mr. Hunter put it, "One man gathers what another man spills." I think an artist that would generate some interesting best/worst opinions is Frank Zappa.
    Enjoying the channel. I kept hearing on other vinyl channels "Mazzy said this..." or "Mazzy said that..." Being a big fan of Bay Area music/vibe I'm glad I finally found out who they're referring to.

  • @bradbull3926
    @bradbull3926 2 года назад

    Good video guys. Agree with Edwin that the second Tin Machine album is better than the first. That doesn’t seem to be the popular view.

  • @JNebs
    @JNebs 4 года назад +1

    On Hyndford Street... now I have to spin Hymns To The Silence. Not a bad thing.

  • @tinostabile3256
    @tinostabile3256 4 года назад +1

    Hi guys,
    Loved this video. Love all the music featured. Will need to subscribe to Pretty Green Vinyl Guy because he seems iike a sweet hearted guy passionate about music as yourself.
    Love Bowie Ziggy, Station to Station. Love most of his phases and yes, that Blue Jean album (Tonight) is his worst. Love Aladdin Sane. Love the Kinks Arthur and Preservation Society.. they have too many great albums. Love the Mac... most of their phases and I too love Tusk. Will need to explore more of the Green and Bob phases.
    Thank you and be well,
    Tino

    • @TheVinylGuru
      @TheVinylGuru 4 года назад +1

      Tino Stabile i agree with alot of what you said, very very true,

    • @tinostabile3256
      @tinostabile3256 4 года назад

      @@TheVinylGuru Thank you.

  • @Appelman_1
    @Appelman_1 4 года назад +1

    This seems like real fun, discussing good and bad music etc, my fav kinks album is preservation act 2 and village green preservation society, can’t decide. If someone wants to make a video like this, hit me up

  • @narnalentraffarsparet9482
    @narnalentraffarsparet9482 4 года назад +1

    Yeah this was a great idea, I really enjoyed this :) 👍🇸🇪

  • @francispoivre8903
    @francispoivre8903 4 года назад +5

    Excellent ! Do more videos together.

  • @slumdogjay
    @slumdogjay 2 года назад

    I thought it was The Proclaimers at first 😁 Great video.

  • @cosmicvinyl2937
    @cosmicvinyl2937 4 года назад +1

    Oh Mazzy I love Tim Machine and would love to have both on Vinyl I don’t know that I liked it at first I think Bowie had sold the rights to his songs around that time and that’s one of the reasons he embarked on Tin Machine O b live I could be wrong If you guys would’ve pulled Low as the worst I’d have been bummed cuz that’s my fave Bowie record and I do also like that Tonight album The cover is gorgeous and Blue Jean is a killer single and the video at the time was like a mini. movie (the long version) he plays the awkward first date as well as the stage persona Great stuff Peace ☮️ Brian

  • @raymondaufiero5040
    @raymondaufiero5040 Год назад

    Mazzy Love Watching Your Vids and Just Came Across This One. I Never Email or Text People on You Tube But had to get you on this one. "Period Of Transition" might Not be A Great Van Album But YOU NEED TO..... REALLY NEED TO go back and listen to "Cold Wind In August" It's a Chilling Song.... I think Your thoughts on Records are on the Money (same age as you) especially your recent David Crosby, Loved it...Totally wrong on that Van one though....Revisit when you get a chance My Friend!

  • @CookieMusic43
    @CookieMusic43 4 года назад +3

    Bowie
    Best: Diamond Dogs
    Worst: Earthling
    Kinks
    Best: Village Green
    Worst: Phobia
    Leonard Cohen
    Best: Songs From A Room
    Worst: Various Positions
    Fleetwood Mac
    Best: Rumours
    Worst: Behind The Mask
    Bob Walker after being fired went out on the road as Fleetwood Mac so for a short period there were two versions of the band.
    Neil Young
    I can’t stand his voice but I do like Trans since his voice is put through a vocoder.

    • @brucybabyy7355
      @brucybabyy7355 4 года назад +1

      favorite, lodger, least fave, midnight.

    • @cosmicvinyl2937
      @cosmicvinyl2937 4 года назад +1

      Richard McCook That Neil Young Trans is actually the only album I’m interested in picking up and maybe the Pink one where he looks like Elvis or Rockabilly Haha Peace ☮️ Cosmic Brian

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp Год назад +1

    Interesting stuff - very fun!
    Astral Weeks is, to me, a top 10 all time record. Just perfect.
    But St. Dominics Preview is my go to Van. That's the one I reach for the most but Moondance and No Guru, No Method, No Teacher are always on rotation.
    I kinda like Trans🤷
    And the Kinks are tough...I'm a HUGE fan. Have every record!
    But I also don't think they ever had their Sgt. Pepper's. Never had their Tommy or that 4-5 album run like the Stones despite being a Mt. Rushmore British band.
    Village Green seems to have garnered a spot of that esteem but that was a long time coming.
    So, Face to Face or Something Else but Misfits gets played a lot. And I'm in the minority but I even like Phobia and Word of Mouth. All of it.,all the eras and lineups. We need more Ray at the very least.
    Can't touch Rumours. A perfect record - GOD it sounds great!
    Really fun you guys.

    • @maxthepupp
      @maxthepupp Год назад

      Hang on. Muswell Hillbillies is my go to fave Kinks record. Just remembered!
      Aslo, Sight is a top 10 record to me. Maybe top 3. The instructions are clear: play it loud.
      Then and now
      Mick Ronson is an absolute genius who just now seems to be getting the credit he deserves.

  • @PrettyGreenVinylGuy
    @PrettyGreenVinylGuy 4 года назад +3

    Mazzy it was an honour to be able to share filming this video with you. Such a great experience, great company and most of all great fun. Cheers Edwin

  • @robwalkerletthemusicplay
    @robwalkerletthemusicplay 4 года назад +2

    Hi guys nice idea for a video .. Hats off to you ... 👍

  • @patcurran2403
    @patcurran2403 2 года назад

    Just came across this .... no mention of Let the Slave one of Van's best songs ever.

  • @JimMorrisonslizard
    @JimMorrisonslizard 4 года назад +1

    Soap Opera? Are you fooking kidding me? That album rocks, and has great songs. I’d put in UK Jive or Phobia as worst. Best, Arthur for me too.
    Van - best, Hymns to the Silence. Worst - that Duets album from a couple years ago. Not the Linda Lewis one. I like that one.
    Norman, you’re not a Neil completist if you don’t have them all, especially the last few.
    Bowie’s best, to me, Blackstar.

  • @RandyforRoyals
    @RandyforRoyals 4 года назад +2

    Astral Weeks is my favorite album of all-time. I know you didn't include his recent releases but the worst is probably in there somewhere. Lately he seems to think he is Mose Allison.

  • @lawrencejhutchinson
    @lawrencejhutchinson Год назад

    Astral Weeks is the greatest album ever made. I've felt that way for 50 years now.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Год назад +1

      Yeah it’s pretty great

    • @lawrencejhutchinson
      @lawrencejhutchinson Год назад

      @@mazzysmusic by the way, I love your show! I have consumed music as voraciously as you since 72. Your Van choice is my 3rd favourite, with Enlightenment 2nd.

  • @cosmicvinyl2937
    @cosmicvinyl2937 4 года назад +1

    I love the Pretty Green Vinyl Guys channel I’ve been watching Edwin since I can remember He has an amazing collection and a killer taste in music So I am fans of both of these VC Titans! Oh and I love that you both are wearing the same outfits How clever Haha Peace ☮️ Cosmic Brian

  • @djvinylvertigo
    @djvinylvertigo 3 года назад

    I happen to like that rockabilly Neil Young record. No apologies.

  • @lawrencejhutchinson
    @lawrencejhutchinson Год назад

    Days Like This is my least favourite of the 40 Van albums I have

  • @matts9064
    @matts9064 2 года назад

    I’m seeing double here lol You guys must have decided to dress alike right? Great video!

  • @grandcosmo
    @grandcosmo 2 года назад

    Good video. Btw, Yeats' name is pronounced Yates.

  • @edalberts3306
    @edalberts3306 3 года назад

    Great content

  • @TRamone01
    @TRamone01 2 года назад

    Geffen telling Neil what to do. That even irritates me. Best NY record Everybody Knows.

  • @cantsay8894
    @cantsay8894 3 года назад

    Totally disagree with Everybody’s Rockin. Liked it then and i like it now. Agreed Landing on Water is bad.
    Disagreed on Soap Opera. That at least had a few good tunes.I would go with Preservation being the worst. To this day haven’t made it through it!
    The Kinks made a bunch of great lps too hard for me to choose but i want to give Sleepwalker a shout out! An extremely underrated Kinks lp.
    Bowie I actually think Aladdin Sane edges out Ziggy although those two and Low are all amazing lps. I also think Station to Station is fantastic as well.
    Take care. Stay safe.
    PS: Tin Machine was a god awful mistake and the less said the better.
    Fun video.

  • @iconicon5642
    @iconicon5642 Год назад

    No Guru no Method no Teacher is a great post Warners Van record as is The Common One

  • @bertbecker7532
    @bertbecker7532 2 года назад

    Harvest is hurt by the orchestral meandering songs. ATGR has no such filler.

  • @vinylrichie007
    @vinylrichie007 4 года назад

    Did your mom mention if Van Morrison was a cranky fuck when he was young. St Dominics Revue is one of my favorite Van Morrison albums. After The Gold Rush is my favorite Neil Young. Rumors is a great album and I think their best. I think Low is overrated.
    I enjoyed this video. I would like to do one of these but I got rid of most of my albums that I don’t like. I could do The Beatles and Captain Beefheart.

  • @TheVinylGuru
    @TheVinylGuru 4 года назад +1

    You are so fabulous, sugar.

  • @dennisbrumbles8286
    @dennisbrumbles8286 2 года назад

    Wait wait am I seeing double?

  • @lawrencejhutchinson
    @lawrencejhutchinson Год назад

    Please pronounce Yeats as Yates!

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Год назад

      Ok 😎

    • @lawrencejhutchinson
      @lawrencejhutchinson Год назад

      @@mazzysmusic your Canadian friend talked about Van Morrison singing about W. B. Yeats, but he pronounced it yeets

  • @m62band72
    @m62band72 2 года назад

    Separated at birth?