What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PATTI SMITH "horses" 1975.....from the Music Head library.


another of the MH albums i listened to whilst in his company, again i mostly picked albums that i hadnt heard, i mean whats the point of having over 3000 albums to choose from only to hear the same music i can listen to at home???

i had previously read how great Patti is/was, and this album always seems to crop up in those "best albums ever" lists etc....and she is highly regarded as pre-punk poet and occasionally draws comparrisons with the great Bob Dylan. unfortunately hyped up artists rarely live up to my expectations but this album is an exception, it is very good and rated a solid 2.0 on a first listen to my ears....and again, its on my purchase list(damn you MH!,you're cost me not only a vacation but also a list of material to purchase!!!). i guess my favourite track here was the first song "gloria" which contains bits of Van The Man's Gloria....guess if it was recorded nowadays it would be called sampling! the worst track for me here was the final track "elegie" which came in at a borderline like/dislike, Music Head rated this album a 2.6 with tracks 1,3,5,6,7 recieving the full *** and the remainder tracks recieving **.

tracks:

1. gloria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMSkcCV790 live
2. redondo beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8rMWYDSaJU audio
3. birdland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IHz25WTwVw audio
4. free money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHf1svbQrA audio
5. kimberly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oV_COYyHKM audio
6. break it up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JktRAQo9wQ audio
7. land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWGk2R2gHEU audio
8. elegie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2jhOoJMrZQ live