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Free Music Review: Howlin' At The Moon ... AAAAAAAAWOOOOOOOOO!
Hit: 5 Stars
I've never understood why this band of original glam punks never got the respect from their critics that they so richly deserved. The New York Dolls had vision, chops, and a makeup rich snear that comes out like a mascara tornado on every track from this disc. Whether performing their musical H-Bomb "Personality Crisis" or the swoon of "Lonely Planet Boy", the Dolls had a chemistry that countless bands still try to emulate nearly thirty years after this release... incredible!The common comparisons made to The Rolling Stones are unfair to The Dolls. Johanson, Thunders, Sylvain, Kane and Nolan owe more of their sound to 50's R&B frenzy than to "Honky Tonk Woman" or even "Brown Sugar". Granted, Johanson at the time resembled Jagger and Thunders was his Keith Richard, but this is where the similarities end. The Dolls truly had the danger that The Stones claimed to possess but didn't. They were a quick burning fire that consumed everything in it's path including themselves. They couldn't help their self destruction because they thrived on it and were damned from the start if they tried to change their ways.
This self destructive quality is the catalyst for this CD and it's companion piece the following year, "The New York Dolls In Too Much Too Soon"... it is the secret ingredient to what made The Dolls superb. The urgency barely contained within these discs is nothing short of amazing and without a doubt addictive.
Just buy them both and thank me later!
Free Music Review: New York Dolls
Hit: 5 Stars
I discovered the New York Dolls in a rather strange way. I work at a store in the mall that played cheesy Halloween songs during the Halloween season. I never really paid any mind to any of them, but one in particular stood out, and that was the song Frankenstein by the New York Dolls. I loved David Johansen's lyrics and the way he excuted his vocals, especially at the end of the song. I didn't know too much about the Dolls, other than the fact that Johnny Thunders did lead guitar for them, but this song really helped spark an interest. I ended up checking them out right here on amazon.com, and I'm very glad that I did so. This is a wonderful album from a wonderful band. At some points, these guys were extremely ahead of their time. I really like the feel of the production. I guess the actual production quality is somewhere in the middle, but it suites the music, along with the monstrous vocals of Mr. Johansen perfectly. This is really more of a rock release, but it still caters some of the earliest of punk elements. Not only does this album offer some great originality in music, it also bears one of the greatest album covers in music history! I'm only 19 years old, so I guess I hold this release on much higher pedestal because I may have gone through life without even knowing of it's existance. To sum this all up, I'm very glad I was lucky enough to discover the Dolls and encourage anyone interested in them to give this album a chance.Free Music Review: One of the few punk albums that I actually love - this has some great appeal!
Hit: 5 Stars
I usually don't like punk albums (well, it's proto-punk), but this one, along with The Clash's "London Calling", is always fun to listen to. It actually sounds a lot like an early Rolling Stones album in most places to be honest with you (it's like a mix between rock & roll, hard rock and punk music). What's great about this album is not only how great all the songs are, but how accessible it is. This is definitely one of the few albums you should show people who don't usually think much of the genre. Singer David Johansen has a great voice which is eerily similar to Mick Jagger, but this only makes everything better (considering Mick's a good singer anyway)! Every song here is great, and the musicianship and lyrics are equally as good. The lyrics tend to be pretty funny and pointless, but you'll love listening to them anyway (they aren't deep necessarily, but they're fun). The musicianship is excellent and pretty unique for an album that came out in 1973 - you can tell why this is such a widely-acclaimed album. It's basically THE definitive proto-punk album. The only complaint I could make here is that it needs a really good remastering, but that's essentially a small-time issue. Chances are, if you like proto-punk, rock & roll or, I guess, rock in general, chances are that you'll love this! Absolutely recommended!
Highlights include:
the entire album!
Free Music Review: Holy toledo
Hit: 5 Stars
Why oh why was it ever so difficult for someone born in the late seventies (1977, namely) to find out about the New York Dolls. Maybe it's my fault for not digging deeper into the music scene but either way I'm glad I found out about 'em. For years I was buying all these Rolling Stones cd's (of which many of them past 1973 aren't that great) because I didn't think any other band was out there who sounded near as good as them.
Well, I've had to recheck that theory upon my new discovery. And I came about them through hearing about Johnny Thunders (via Martin Scorsese's usage of 'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory in Bringing out the Dead). This album is simply delicious rock n' roll and, because I've listened to so much of the Stones, I unfortunately feel obliged to compare the two bands, and the New York Dolls, dare I say, are better. This stuff is great. Can't wait to check out 'Too Much Too Soon.' Looks like I may have to pay an arm and a leg for it though because they're all outta print. The Dolls came out with only two studio albums? How does that happen? I'll have to read that book by Nina something and find out what in the world happened. They even covered 'Somethin' Else' on a live album, 'Red Patent Leather' (I think that's what it's called). So tasteful.
Free Music Review: Out of the bowels of the subway
Hit: 5 Stars
I first saw the NY Dolls on a Tuesday night in the Oscar Wilde room of the Mercer Art Center. NY Daily News columist Lillian Roxon ran their photo, and called for a boycott of the Rolling Stones playing MSG. The Dolls are the future of rock & roll she claimed. She was right, but it took 30 years for people to realize it. Their first album is a classic. The songs still breath fire - Personality Crisis, Looking for a Kiss, Jet Boy... Only a true N'Yawker can rhyme "happened" with "Manhattan" like David Jo in Frankenstein. There was a dead zone in music - the Velvets were gone, the Stooges on hiatus, corporations were churning out bilge with "singer songwriters" and "easy listening" bands like the Eagles. Up from the bowels of the subway, and out of the boroughs, the NY Dolls came to stir things up. Going to the clubs at the time I saw all the bands that followed in their wake at their first gigs - the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, and dozens that fell by the wayside. There would have been no Sex Pistols, no UK punk, without them. If you don't own this, there's a big gapping hole in your collection. RIP Johnny, Jerry, Arthur & Billy. Rock forever, David & Syl!