George Thorogood

Do I need some?

You need a greatest hits collection and perhaps the George Thorogood Live album. That's about it.

Sloppo beat me to it. I have a greatest hits and that's plenty. But you definitely need a copy of the song One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer. George's take on that one is classic.

I smurfing HATE George Thorogood.

ick.

So I say no.

Thorogood is good music to listen to if you're chewin' Beechnut an' fishin'.......or working on a roof.

I was a huge fan back in the day. He was one of the first live shows I went to see without "adult supervision". Went with a coupla buddies and his older sister who supplied us with booze. He was very popular in my area back in the 80's.

Unfortunately, massive burn-out has turned me away from ol' Lonesome George. If I ever hear 'Bad to the Bone' again, it'll be too soon.

As far as recommendations go, I'd agree with the others here. Start off with a good comp or anthology album and work your way back from there. Like Motorhead and AC/DC, you pretty much know what you're in for with a Thorogood album. No real surprises with his music. You like the hits, you'll like the deep cuts. It's all pretty much the same (not always a bad thing). He does lotsa covers too. Old blues stuff, mostly.

Never liked his music, but if you are going give him a shot go with Snoppy's suggestion.

In the right mood I like him. My favorite is Born To Be Bad.

This is the collection I have. Check out that used price. Less than $4 ppd.

http://www.amazon.com/Baddest-George-Thorogood-Destroyers/dp/B000002UZM/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1305670718&sr=8-10

I kind of hate "Bad to the Bone," but was checking out some stuff on YouTube and I was wondering if I'd dig full albums.

I'll look into the greatest hits/collections. Seems he's primarily a cover artist, which I never knew.

Eyesore wrote:

I kind of hate "Bad to the Bone," but was checking out some stuff on YouTube and I was wondering if I'd dig full albums.

I'll look into the greatest hits/collections. Seems he's primarily a cover artist, which I never knew.

Yea, allot of his material is old blues stuff that he amps up. The nice thing about that is it introduced me to allot of blues artists when I was a teen. I didn't have the benefit of older siblings, so I had to research and learn about all these artists on my own. In those dark days before the internet!

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This is the collection I have. Check out that used price. Less than $4 ppd.

http://www.amazon.com/Baddest-George-Thorogood-Destroyers/dp/B000002UZM/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1305670718&sr=8-10

That's the only one I had on cd. I owned a coupla of tapes and dubbed stuff from vinyl that I got from a friend too. All this talk is making me nostalgic to hear some Thorogood again. Curse you!!

"He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know?"

"I said, 'I know. Evabuddy funnah....now you funnah too.'"

We used to try and keep up with a swig of beer, (or a shot if we were feeling adverturous) everytime he sang "One bourbon, one scotch and one beer". Ugh, I can't imagine doing that now.

I remember my parents not being too thrilled about him either. "All of his songs are about DRINKING!". Ha, I guess George was my first experience with teenage rebellion!

Eyesore wrote:

Do I need some?

Yup you do early George is best. Not sure what album it is but look for the song "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.

Wargod52

Wargod48 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Do I need some?

Yup you do early George is best. Not sure what album it is but look for the song "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.

Wargod52

That's on the comp I mentioned.

My favorite GT song.

"I drink alone, Yeaaaaaaahhhh, with nobody else"

I think I mentioned here before about how great it is to shoot pool
to Thorogood, this guy deserves to be in every jukebox in America!

especially if there are pool tables present

His music is good in moderation. (Like Brian Setzer)

Greatest Hits, a live album, one of the early albums from the late 1970s, but most rockers I know usually had the "Maverick" LP, biggest hit on it was Gear Jammer I guess. Probably because it was used on a Miami Vice episode

I bought this cd from Ebay…from a motorcycle couple.
How do I know that - she couldn’t ship the cd right away.
They went “ Sturgous “ ? 100,000 riders go there each year.
So there’s a few standouts - love that guitar crunch that’s uniquely his.
In fact, he was the last concert I attended….a hard guy for sure.
Fun cd to pop in your car and cruise to.

I decided I didn't need any George Thorogood.