Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-fremen!ryan From: ryan@fremen.DEC Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Best albums/worst lyrics Message-ID: <3835@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 10:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3835 Posted: Thu Oct 4 10:28:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:16:55 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 16 Best album nominees I haven't seen mentioned yet: Joe Jackson's "Beat Crazy" (if you like your reggae on the dark side) Talking Head's "Remain in Light" (and "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" and the new "Stop Making Sense" are, for my money, among the best live albums ever made) Worst lyrics: There's a European jazz/rock group named Gong (who've worked with Mike Oldfield) that did a lot of excellent instrumental work, but on their "Downwind" album they tried some vocals - an example: When you know that you don't know Then you know what is so So what, you say? I still don't know One of me has got to go (I won't inflict the verses on you - fortunately, many lines are not clear)