Jim was a great fan of 50s rocker Gene Vincent. Jim called him,"a REAL, rock star.".Gene was known for his leather pants & jacket. He was called,"the black leather rebel". Jim later became friends with Gene, & I'm sure as a young rocker, he was influenced by him.

I feel like East Side Story by Squeeze fits in this category as well.

Maybe one reason is cause he magenta

Definitely raw power. So sad that the new version of the record dulled the compression and loudness and you can’t find the “original” 97 mix anymore

Nick Drake - what a great choice - Pink Moon - magic

Big Star mention is always welcome

I think they both suck. Zappa was an amazing guitarist but the music? Ugh. Lou Reed had one song that was ok; especially when covered by others. Both are over hyped.

They were good but they didn’t grow.

Reed is just jealous.

VU is garbage.

I can imagine this being a long gag they talked about

Shaine on!

my favorite beatle

it feels wrong being georgeharrisondupe considering rubber soul is probably my least favourite album

This is why pub rock survived and punk came in kicking teeth.

If they were two cliques in an American high school, the Mothers would the picked on glee club dorks and jazz band nerds and drama f-gs whilst the Velvets would be the edgy stoner truants smoking on the bridge outside before homeroom.

The Kinks had a better garage rock sound on their guitars than the Beatles. It was more powerful and raw.

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Zappa was correct. Velvet sucked.

I think keith thought of herion 😂

Close to the Edge

Some of my personal favorites that weren’t mentioned were Selling England by the Pound, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Brain Salad Surgery, and Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (MDK)

One of the greatest tunes written! Jessie Jackson's still mad about "Some Girl!" Sticky Fingers best Stones album of all times!

mick jagger played this to ike and Tina turner before he released it in 1969 there's a video of it and they are not offended at all

freak out was not bad but zappa's jazz efforts is not good, rather listen to real jazz musicians

ofcourse he liked the Rubber Soul the most since it's the last Beatles album

The beatles were crap pop music for little girls the kinks were much better

Zappa sure did not like drugs. Guess who’s is rather jam to tho? I’m not saying the drugs help but they sure don’t make heroin like that did twenty years ago… it was banger. Then 9/11. wtf did we go to Afghanistan for? Anyway. Lou lived longer so don’t knock it.

Definitely a stripped back version of the Velvets that takes out John Cale and his avant garde soundscapes for Doug Yule and more acoustic guitar Self titled is a stepping stone to Loaded with the more commercial tracks while still being the Velvets mostly because of some experimentation and some dark lyrics from Reed plus What Goes On feels like a Cale track

Cale and Reed definitely had a dynamic that complemented each other’s style of music well until it clashed in the next record White Light White Heat But on VU and Nico Reed’s lyrics and vision was brought out by Cale’s avant garde soundscapes that were brought to life by a drone from a voila

Cale and Reed definitely had a dynamic that complemented each other’s style of music well until it clashed in the next record White Light White Heat But on VU and Nico Reed’s

Lou Reed wrote some of the greatest rock songs ever. On the other hand, I never heard a Frank Zappa song I wanted to hear again.

Beggars Banquet Cream - wheels of fire

We got it from here thank you 4 your service - ATCQ

Tina Turner came back with Tiny Dancer in 1984. Mega hit was What’s love got to do with it.

I think this harsh critique was a result of the album being relatively new and the ongoing competition between the British Invasion bands of the time. But there was jealousy for sure. Pete Townshend said the only good song on Revolver is Taxman, and the rest is rubbish. It’s obvious he (and Ray Davies) knew Revolver is an extraordinary album.

Captivating!

Ray Davies wrote songs across the spectrum of life like the fab four, great timeless songs, love their music.

EGO

May be Alexander the Great?

I love how Pink Floyd fans all love atom heart mother and think it's awesome even though the band all despise it

Based George

I love them both. Zappa was a musical genius 1967-1976..including Läther album. Lou Reed was a musical genius 1965-1970 Velvet Years..then sporadic with superb songs on different albums..solo years. Zappa made Extremely Beautiful Instrumental Music those years...Zappa was a 100% Nicotin-Cigarette/Coffein-Coffee Man. Reed was a Poet

Such a slap in the face to Frank to have that puke induct him. And They Knew it and did it to give Frank one last big middle finger.

Sabbath bloody Sabbath

He's entitled to hate them and they are entitled to hate him... but im siding with Zappa on this one

There is a special ring in Hell for the perpetrator of "Metal Machine Music".

These youtube channels that feed off of supposed vitriol between different artists, much of which is just nonsense, are polluting the Internet. A big THUMBS DOWN on this post.

I love Neil Young, but it sounds like he can be a right miserable git sometimes. Woodstock was a monumental event that gave and continues to give great joy to millions.

Stevie Wonder's Innervisions does it for me ❤