There's a great album in there somewhere, if enough was stripped away. As some listeners have pointed out, the music isn't given a chance to breathe as we're bombarded with lyrics.
I still haven't heard Modern Times and I probably wont ever hear it. The critics have been crying wolf about his albums for years now.
Another one that Scaruffi doesn't have a profile of is Gillian Welch. Her Time (The Revelator) impressed a lot of people. I'm still undecided about it. I doubt Scaruffi would like it much.
That Today is the Day album was upgraded two updates ago
here are some other recent 7.5/10s that aren't on your list
TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes
Orthrelm: OV
Colleen: The Golden Morning Breaks
Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
Liars: Drum's Not Dead
Keith Fullerton Whitman: Lisbon
Xiu Xiu: A Promise
Tool: Lateralus
Stars Of The Lid: The Tired Sounds Of
Some from the 1970s:
Folke Rabe - What
Roy Wood - Boulders
Wizzard - Brew
T2 - It'll All Work Out In Boomland (only mentioned in the old italian history)
A few interesting '70s singer-songwriters not on his site:
Perry Leopold, Simon Finn,
Emitt Rhodes, Meic Stevens.
A few half-decent albums from the '60s that aren't on his site:
Sagittarius - Present Tense
Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream (he has a page about the american kaleidoscope, but not the british one)
Kaleidoscope - Faintly Blowing (same band)
Electric Prunes - Stockholm '67
Goldenrod - Goldenrod Millennium - Begin (is mentioned in the old italian version, but nowhere else)
Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded (ditto) Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran Mighty Baby - self-titled (is listed by Giampiero Fleba on the psychedelic page, but nothing by scaruffi)
Friendsound - Joyride
It is incredible though. It has more jaw-dropping scenes than any film I've seen in a few years, and i've been slogging through lots and lots of the all time greats.
Ha. I actually saw it without any idea what it was about, apart from it being some sort of war movie.
Did you get to see it on a big screen?
I noticed that it's on the 1000 "they shoot pictures" list which you have posted. I'm watching a lot from the "1001 movies you MUST SEE!!" book, which hugely overlaps that other list. I'll be working through that after (or if) i finish the 1001.
What do you think of Rosenbaum's Essential 1000 Films compared to the other lists?
There's a great album in there somewhere, if enough was stripped away. As some listeners have pointed out, the music isn't given a chance to breathe as we're bombarded with lyrics.
I still haven't heard Modern Times and I probably wont ever hear it. The critics have been crying wolf about his albums for years now.
borrowing your format for a minute --
[Hated] Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006): Seriously, every-music-critic-in-the-world. What the hell. I'm bailing.
She never shuts up.
If I was in the studio this would have ended up an instrumental album.
Another one that Scaruffi doesn't have a profile of is Gillian Welch. Her Time (The Revelator) impressed a lot of people. I'm still undecided about it. I doubt Scaruffi would like it much.
That Today is the Day album was upgraded two updates ago
here are some other recent 7.5/10s that aren't on your list
TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes
Orthrelm: OV
Colleen: The Golden Morning Breaks
Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
Liars: Drum's Not Dead
Keith Fullerton Whitman: Lisbon
Xiu Xiu: A Promise
Tool: Lateralus
Stars Of The Lid: The Tired Sounds Of
A snippet of one of your emails has been expanded and tacked onto the preface page of the history of rock.
i've got Lucia on PAL VHS, copied from a borrowed tape.
if you can play this sort of tape, maybe we could do a trade
Do you have daily movie-marathons? That's a huge lot of films!
What's your home cinema setup like?
Some from the 1970s:
Folke Rabe - What
Roy Wood - Boulders
Wizzard - Brew
T2 - It'll All Work Out In Boomland (only mentioned in the old italian history)
A few interesting '70s singer-songwriters not on his site:
Perry Leopold, Simon Finn,
Emitt Rhodes, Meic Stevens.
A few half-decent albums from the '60s that aren't on his site:
Sagittarius - Present Tense
Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream (he has a page about the american kaleidoscope, but not the british one)
Kaleidoscope - Faintly Blowing (same band)
Electric Prunes - Stockholm '67
Goldenrod - Goldenrod
Millennium - Begin (is mentioned in the old italian version, but nowhere else)
Misunderstood - Before The Dream Faded (ditto)
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran
Mighty Baby - self-titled (is listed by Giampiero Fleba on the psychedelic page, but nothing by scaruffi)
Friendsound - Joyride
albums in bold are worth a listen
I'll try to think of a few more. There are probably some on my lists that he doesn't mention
I voted for Nick Cave. He's probably be #1 even if Dylan and Cohen were included.
Others i might have considered if they were on the list: springsteen, randy newman.
Have you looked into home theatre projectors?
It is incredible though. It has more jaw-dropping scenes than any film I've seen in a few years, and i've been slogging through lots and lots of the all time greats.
Ha. I actually saw it without any idea what it was about, apart from it being some sort of war movie.
Did you get to see it on a big screen?
I noticed that it's on the 1000 "they shoot pictures" list which you have posted. I'm watching a lot from the "1001 movies you MUST SEE!!" book, which hugely overlaps that other list. I'll be working through that after (or if) i finish the 1001.
What do you think of Rosenbaum's Essential 1000 Films compared to the other lists?
I didn't recommend it. I said it made a big impression on me :o)