@Defiance This is THE Daryl Hall record! Recorded with Robert Fripp producing, then shelved by the label for a few years because they worried it would interfere with the rising popularity of Hall and Oates. He's otherwise never done something quite like it. It was a a bit of a holy grail for a long time, though re-released finally a few years ago and available for streaming, too.
@mediageek@Defiance yeah that stuff is really REALLY cool. Daryl Hall is ok by me. I like that Daryl's House series and it's now pretty obvious that everything hip about the early H&O blue eyed soul phase came from him (some of those early tracks bang and the mid seventies live performances are killer). On the big list of "pop cheese in the 80s but amazing in the 70s" acts headlined by Robert Palmer and the Pointer Sisters
@giantspecks@mediageek@Defiance yep. Objectively Genesis is perhaps the apex example but I don't like theatrical prog so for me 70s Genesis sucks too. But that's just me.
The whole Jefferson Airplane to Starship transition is another one...
But the Pointers are my fav. Their first three albums are among the best of the decade and they changed the course of music history by influencing Herbie Hancock to leave the avant garde.
@giantspecks@mediageek@Defiance just start with the self titled first album and think of it in the context of when it came out. It was totally unique - a diverse and interesting blend of then-current and roots styles. If you don't like the first album don't bother with more, but that's a rare reaction.
And they were explosive live performers, super charismatic and talented, check this out
@puffer@mediageek@giantspecks@mrcompletely I can’t tell what’s going on with the album jacket in the corner where the shoe strap looks to actually separate from the rest of the jacket. Is that right?
@giantspecks@icastico@mediageek@Defiance ha I like both! I think they always had a fun sense of humor and almost a kind of redneck campiness to them which made them fun. I got into them as an MTV band in my teens and then heard the early stuff and was like damn this rips. And I'm not sold on everything of either type.
One of my fav punk bands (Meat Puppets) had a sort of retro zz top phase in the mid eighties which helped seal the deal for me
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