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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on July 19, 2019, 10:27:24 AM

Title: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: ELA on July 19, 2019, 10:27:24 AM

50s & 60s

#1 The Beatles (White Album)

#5 Are You Experienced?

#6 Let It Bleed

#7 Led Zeppelin

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70s

#1 Rumours

#2 Exile on Main Street

#5 Dark Side of the Moon

#6 Born to Run

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80s

#1 Thriller

#2 The Joshua Tree

#3 London Calling

#5 Appetite for Destruction

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90s to today

#1 Nevermind

#2 Achtung Baby

#3 OK Computer

#5 (What's the Story) Morning Glory

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: FearlessF on July 19, 2019, 10:32:10 AM

I may just abstain

not a fan of either

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: ELA on July 19, 2019, 10:35:49 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/iMUHBM0.jpg)

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: MarqHusker on July 19, 2019, 11:08:00 AM

I'm the opposite, this is a final four type matchup for me. 

It also has me thinking about how huge Michael Jackson was.  This came up when a youngin was trying to convince me Lady Gaga was so much more influential than Madonna.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: MrNubbz on July 19, 2019, 11:11:03 AM

Ha!Good one Adam

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: FearlessF on July 19, 2019, 11:12:51 AM

If I need to break a tie, I'll go with the guitars.

Michael was very talented and put out a ton of very popular music,  but  it was POP

I do like Eddie's solo on "beat it"

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: MarqHusker on July 19, 2019, 12:11:28 PM

I personally prefer the GNR album but voted Thriller.   It may be pop, but it is genius.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: Kris60 on July 19, 2019, 12:31:45 PM

Quote from: MarqHusker on July 19, 2019, 12:11:28 PM

I personally prefer the GNR album but voted Thriller.  It may be pop, but it is genius.

What makes an album genius?  I was a kid when Thriller came out (and liked it) so I’m well aware of the awards and notoriety and the impact it had.  I’m not a music guy though.  I know when I hear a song if I like it or not and that’s about as deep as I think about it.

How was something like Thriller so much better than other pop albums out at that time?

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: MarqHusker on July 19, 2019, 12:38:35 PM

I think he, and Quincy Jones, the producer, managed to combine elements of funk, soul, r&r, in a way that was far ahead of the time.  His vocal range on this album was also quite broad relative to what MJ had previously done.  His videos, and I know this is an album tourney were groundbreaking. 

No weak tracks.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: ELA on July 19, 2019, 12:56:04 PM

Quote from: MarqHusker on July 19, 2019, 12:38:35 PM

I think he, and Quincy Jones, the producer, managed to combine elements of funk, soul, r&r, in a way that was far ahead of the time.  His vocal range on this album was also quite broad relative to what MJ had previously done.  His videos, and I know this is an album tourney were groundbreaking.

No weak tracks.

Yeah, it's hard to recognize how different an album or a movie or a show was years later, when so many people have copied it.  I think I read something once about the Beatles that they may be the only band to be the first, best, and most popular at what they were doing simultaneously, which is why maybe they get more credit.  I think MJ is similar, that in terms of pop, not only was he the most popular, best he was the best, and the first, to fully incorporate a lot of that, depending on how you consider late 70s mainstream funk and disco.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: CWSooner on July 20, 2019, 12:54:08 AM

Quote from: FearlessF on July 19, 2019, 10:32:10 AM

I may just abstain

not a fan of either

Agree.

ELA's super cartoon notwithstanding.

Title: Re: OT Tourney (Sweet 16) - #1 Thriller vs. #5 Appetite for Destruction
Post by: FearlessF on July 20, 2019, 08:32:59 AM

let me know if y'all need a tie breaker

can't see status until ya vote