lil'kim wrote:the cure: wild mood swings

I was going to say the same thing.Funny...

Here's some goodies but baddies: first Slint album (sorry Steve), Joni Mitchell's " Hejira", SST albums in general, ZZ Top's Six Pack remix , and finally , most big budget albums from the 1980's.

All the early Lou Barlow / Sentridoh stuff sounds pretty terrible. Some fantastic songs, musings, ramblings, however. I couldn't imagine that stuff sounding polished. The boombox sound is part of the charm for me.

Not 'awful' production, but distracting . . .

Shudder to Think, Get Your Goat

Agree w/ the first Slint record, btw

I'd say all three of the MC5's records fall into this category. Especially "High Times," which has some of their best stuff, which sounds like it was recorded underwater.

A record that I hesitate to say is great, but definitely good, is Bleach by Nirvana. Sounds like Dick.

And Justice for All by Metallica was great and sounds like Balls.

As long as we are bashing bands we like, The Jesus Lizard's Head is great in spite of sounding like Cocks rubbing against Cocks.

steve wrote:

zom-zom wrote:Suicide Commandos Make a Record.

I think I disagree. I like that record, and I can't imagine it sounding any different.

I agree with Steve on this one. That whole record sounds pretty damn good, including the drums. Even if it did sound like shit, the energy would have still shone through.

I played it at work once, and a co-worker of mine who is into "house/DJ/techno" music was floored by the drumming on that record. He said "Holy shit, that was pretty cool!" Even people with shitty taste in music can dig that record!

I'm going to go crucify a mosquito now!

Redline wrote:The ROIR Bad Brains tape.

Really? I guess that when it came out, I only heard it on shitty stereos, so maybe I didn't notice. It was our soundtrack of the summer of 1982. I'm going to have to investigate this further.

I can't think of an album that was obsessively played over and over more than this one by me and my pals. When they came to town, we scored some weed for them, and were granted an audience with them.

In reality, the only "recordings" I find "terrible" are crappy records made by shitty bands I don't like. "Audio fidelity" doesn't mean that much to me. Sure, I wanna hear what's going on, but I don't need every last decibel delivered to my doorstep wrapped in ribbons and flowers.

Then again, my ears are made of tin.

I mean, the Electric Eels are about 1,000 times better than Kansas (the band... and the state, too, while we're at it).

Burn It Down!

Directed by Chuck Stadler, who did all those great Devo videos!

It's all great!