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John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (1980)īelieve it or not, Lennon's final album - the one that gave us jewels like "(Just Like) Starting Over," "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" and "Watching the Wheels" - earned scathing reviews upon its release. So let's examine 10 excellent albums by artists most associated with the '60s who put out great work in the '80s. Paul McCartney's film and soundtrack Give My Regards to Broad Street didn't quite make it out of the era the now-prolific David Crosby only released one album, Oh Yes I Can so on and so forth.īut does this hold true for George Harrison, who rejoined the music industry with a blazing smile on Cloud Nine? What about the Kinks, who handled the curves of the arena-rock and punk eras then hit a grand slam with State of Confusion? Or Jethro Tull, whose Crest of a Knave earned them their first GRAMMY (to the chagrin of Metallica fans)?Ĭlearly, there's a larger disconnect at play. Sure, some '60s artists hit creative snags in big ways, and admit as much. So, Dylan has been handed a liferaft from the '80s, a decade thought too often as a sinking ship for him and his contemporaries. Springtime in New York, a five-disc smorgasbord that arrived in September, strips away the sometimes-overbearing production of albums like Empire Burlesque, revealing their core components: Dylan in the midst of a spiritual awakening, backed by killer accompanists like the Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler. This suspicion - or conviction - that true Dylan heads have always had is now Gospel truth. “There is an immediate need for global citizens to urge their respective governments to not only condemn the actions of these crooked dictators, but to also insist world leaders act with urgency to bring peace to the region and rightfully recognize Artsakh as the independent nation it is.Read More: Here's What Went Down At Bob Dylan's Mysterious "Shadow Kingdom" Livestream Concert​ Their attackers have set their forests and endangered wildlife ablaze using white phosphorus, another banned weapon. “They’ve had to find sanctuary in makeshift shelters, trying to avoid the fallout of outlawed cluster bombs raining down on their streets and homes, hospitals and places of worship.

“For over the past month, civilians young and old have been awakened day and night by the frightful sights and sounds of rocket attacks, falling bombs, missiles, drones and terrorist attacks,” SOAD’s statement reads. System Of A Down (Picture: Clemente Ruiz / Press) The band say in their statement that the Aliyev and Erdogan regimes in Azerbaijan and Turkey are “committing genocidal acts with impunity” in the region at a time when the coronavirus pandemic, elections and civil unrest distract the rest of the world. In September, war broke out in the region again after attacks by Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey. While internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, it has since been mostly governed by Armenia, retaining control and maintaining their independence up to this day. In a lengthy statement accompanying the songs, the band detailed the conflict taking place between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region with a large ethnic-Armenian population that Armenians refer to as Artsakh.Ī previous war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory ended in a ceasefire in 1994. What we need right now is for the world to put politics aside and support Armenia by sanctioning Turkey and Azerbaijan and recognizing Artsakh”. “All of us in System realise this is an existential battle for our people, so this is very personal for us. Frontman Serj Tankian added: “The aggression and injustice being perpetrated against the Armenian people in Artsakh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey is a human rights violation and a war crime.