your boomer canon

[luka]

joni mitchell - blue
bob dyland - blood on the tracks
van - morrison - astral weeks
paul simon - graceland

thats my ultimate boomer canon

 

[luka]

craners one is exile on main street which doesnt have a single song on it but does succeed in creating a boozy ramshackle atmosphere

 

[luka]

benny bs one is the worst one. really reprehensible. hes not allowed on this thread. he likes the beatles and so on.

 

[thirdform]

Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
King crimson - Red
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Can - Monster Movie
Gentle Giant - Octopus

 

[thirdform]

obvs if we're going into free jazz the list could be endless, but for now, this'll do.

 

[thirdform]

benny bs one is the worst one. really reprehensible. hes not allowed on this thread. he likes the beatles and so on.

if I become world dictator I will reinstate corporal punishment for this alone.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Only corporal punishment? You're going soft

 

[thirdform]

capital punishment would be too merciful I feel.

 

[Corpsey]

Presumably you don't just mean any album from the 70s

You're talking about music that white middle class boomers like my parents would be into?

 

[0bleak]

It would think it has to be released before the 80s, too, with 80s production like on

Tina Turner - Private Dancer

 

[thirdform]

It would think it has to be released before the 80s, too, with 80s production like on

no tina turner is the only black music boomers like after 1975 so it counts.

 

[thirdform]

Graceland came out in 1986

 

[luka]

Presumably you don't just mean any album from the 70s

You're talking about music that white middle class boomers like my parents would be into?

correct

 

[Corpsey]

I'd add Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

[luka]

Graceland came out in 1986

yes, you got it. all boomer dads had that in the car at all times

 

[luka]

this hangover has a really boomer quality to it. im listening to my new obsession on repeat. thanks version

 

[Corpsey]

Oh yeah the first STEELY DAN album is a boomer staple I'd say

 

[luka]

this hangover has a really boomer quality to it. im listening to my new obsession on repeat. thanks version

i fucking love this so much. well done version.

 

[0bleak]

no tina turner is the only black music boomers like after 1975 so it counts.

Not at all true!
For instance, are you forgetting how insanely popular disco was in the states?
I was practically raised on that.

 

[thirdform]

Not at all true!
For instance, are you forgetting how insanely popular disco was in the states?
I was practically raised on that.

UK boomers only.