Completely Conspicuous 536: Kicking It Off

Completely Conspicuous

English - June 23, 2020 22:13 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite albums of 1970.

Show notes:

- Recorded via Zoom

- Phil's got some quality hockey hair going

- Going to go through our favorite albums of each year from 1970-2020, starting with '70

- We were both under the age of 3

- Pretty varied list of favorites from that year

- Popular music was splintering into many different genres

- FM radio was pretty freeform

- Radio was the main way to discover music back then

- Some interesting tour pairings

- Altamont was an abrupt end to the hippie era

- Big deaths in 1970: Hendrix and Joplin

- Phil's favorites (except #1): The Who, CSNY, Neil Young, Led Zep, Van Morrison, Derek & the Dominoes

- Jay: Not a Clapton fan

- Phil: Kinks, Beatles, George Harrison, McCartney, Miles Davis, Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Chicago, James Taylor, Elton, Stones

- Phil's #1

- The Dead's best studio album

- Jay: Deep Purple, Hendrix, Funkadelic, Black Sabbath, Stooges

- Some bands were releasing two studio albums a year

- Jay's #1

- The best live album ever

- The Who at their best

- In the midst of a great string of albums

- Favorite song from favorite album: "Candyman" (Phil) and "Young Man's Blues" (Jay)

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.