Eric Burdon & the Animals-Every One of Us

I am not lying when I tell you that I recently saw a goat (3rd best animal) being driven around in the back of a pick up truck. But keep in mind I live in West Virginia so bizarre animal occurrences of that nature are not that rare. Nonetheless, it did make me smile (that is a rare thing nowadays). Now that anecdote is only germane to this conversation in that it involves an animal. But what better way to introduce a record that everyone probably already has. No, this isn't the one with "Sky Pilot" (love that song to death) but it's still a really great and under discussed psych rock classic. Burden never really seems to get the due props despite the fact that he recorded some seriously great material. I wonder if the fact that he was popular clouds record geeks minds and doesn't let them see how much amazing material he produced. Fuck them then. It's their loss and our gain.

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Greg Sage-Straight Ahead

The Wipers are, and will always be, one of my favorite bands of all time. Their songs seem to never date and only improve with time. So dark, yet so enthralling. I could listen to any of the first 3 records at anytime and always be satisfied (shit, you could make that any of their records). And while they do receive some recognition (mostly due to Cobain citing them as a primary influence) this album seems to get passes over. That's a shame since this is Greg Sage at his pinnacle. Much more jangly and broody (which is saying a lot), Straight Ahead deserves a re-evaluation and elevation as one of the best 80s rock records. I've played this to long time Wipers fans who never gave this a fair shake; every single one of them was blown away.

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