No Nukes [Live]

Editorial Reviews
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In addition to raising public consciousness about the dangers of nuclear power, the 1979 series of star-studded anti-nuclear concerts at Madison Square Garden were a significant event both musically and historically. The shows were immortalized in a feature film and on this 2 CD set. Among those featured on the album are such '70s soft-rock icons as Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Carly Simon, the Doobie Brothers, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, along with Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Ry Cooder, and Gil Scott-Heron for a token dose of grit. Inevitably, Springsteen's "Devil with the Blue Dress Medley" steals the show, but otherwise No Nukes doubles as both a handy '70s-rock sampler and a historical keepsake. --Scott Schinder

Tracks:

Dependin' On You - The Doobie Brothers
Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt
Plutonium Is Forever - John Hall
Power - The Doobie Brothers
The Times They Are A-Changin' - James Taylor
Cathedral - Graham Nash
The Crow On The Cradle - Jackson Browne
Before The Deluge - Jackson Browne
Lotta Love - The Doobie Brothers
Little Sister - Ry Cooder
A Woman - Sweet Honey In The Rock
We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron
Get Together - Jesse Colin Young

Tracks:

You Can't Change That - Raydio
Once You Get Started - Chaka Khan
Captain Jim's Drunken Dream - James Taylor
Honey Don't Leave L.A. - James Taylor
Mockingbird - James Taylor
Heart Of The Night - Poco
Cry To Me - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Stay - Bruce Springsteen
Devil With The Blue Dress Medley - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
You Don't Have To Cry - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Takin' It To The Streets - James Taylor

Amazon.com

In addition to raising public consciousness about the dangers of nuclear power, the 1979 series of star-studded anti-nuclear concerts at Madison Square Garden were a significant event both musically and historically. The shows were immortalized in a feature film and on this 2 CD set. Among those featured on the album are such '70s soft-rock icons as Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Carly Simon, the Doobie Brothers, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, along with Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Ry Cooder, and Gil Scott-Heron for a token dose of grit. Inevitably, Springsteen's "Devil with the Blue Dress Medley" steals the show, but otherwise No Nukes doubles as both a handy '70s-rock sampler and a historical keepsake. --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews:

Words to live by today.......2007-03-09

Given the state of the Earth today, the sentiments of many of these songs are still current. This is an amazing collection of artists and songs - no matter how old you are!

I really wanted to rate it higher.......2006-07-12

I really liked this when it came ut on vinyl, but in retrospect, it was the cause, not the music. B. Raitt is grand, G Nash with an excellant Cathedral, J C Young, and the highlight to me We Almost Lost Detroit by the great Gil Scott-Heron. But the second disc is second rate. Edit the filler and it rates higher.

Heartwarming thoughts of childhood.......2005-09-15

As a child of the 70's who grew up in a very "no nukes" home this album was on the turn table every night. What a great find for me all these years later as I start my own family. "Power" is one of the nicest, smoothest, most heartwarming songs every performed.

The geniune love, care and respect these artists had for each other and mostly the earth and it's future generations pours through on every note.

fighting fission with fusion.......2005-03-23

I suppose just about anyone could find a reason to give a listen to the 'No Nukes' recordings. For many, some of the earliest and most blistering live tracks from Bruce Springsteen, still on his career ascent, which are offered here are reason enough to own these discs, even if he shares CD space with Chaka Khan. Others may find their appeal in the workmanlike presence of Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and The Doobie Brothers, who perform solo and are all over the place singing duets and background for other performers willing to ante-up in the fight against fission. Despite my own appreciation for Crosby, Stills and Nash, what really caught my eye here was what amounts to a cameo appearance by Gil Scott-Heron, offering up one of his finest moments (and as a Detroiter one I can readily identify with) on the ominous yet funkified 'We Almost Lost Detroit'. Next to 'Johannasburg' this is my favorite Gil Scott-Heron composition. Unfortunately, it appears on a wonderful, but unreleased CD Scott-Heron produced in 1977 with Brian Jackson, 'Bridges'. It tells a slightly overblown tale about a malfunction at one of the two Fermi nuclear plants near Detroit. While the mishap could have theoretically progressed into a full-blown meltdown, the generator was quickly shut down and catastrophe was readily averted. So while it didn't come close to producing a Chernobyl, it did produce one funky protest song, and Scott-Heron gives it an inspired treatment on 'No Nukes'

1979 was a strange, transitional year in music. Disco was all but dead, yet it's brief success had ushered in a retreat from the expansive progressive rock that had enshrined the late 1960's and early 1970's. Something new had to be on the horizon, even with Bruce Springsteen assuming the role of heir apparent to those who would proclaim (along with Neil Young) that "rock and roll will never die". No one could have predicted, however, that even for Neil Young, the 1980's would plunge rock and roll even deeper into an abyss of ill-employed synthesizers, and open the door for a reborn Michael Jackson and the birth of a Madonna as the dominant forces on vinyl and cassette.

So 'No Nukes' offers one last gasp for the faithful few from the golden age of rock and roll who had somehow weathered the disco storm. Virtually all of the performers are in their prime, and some, such as Nicolete Larson, Raydio, Tom Petty, and even Bonnie Raitt, are able to truck in some pretty recent hit material. The Doobie Brothers, who open and close the set presented here, are in top form as well. The Crosby, Stills and Nash tracks sound a bit dated, even though they are preceded by Springsteen's covers of four songs that pre-date anything CSN offer up. There is more crowd noise on the softer tracks than one would wish (why would anyone even want to unleash a two-fingered whistle in the middle of a song like 'You Don't Have To Cry' anyway?). But the boys do serve up an edgy 'Long Time Gone', whose lyrics settle well with the MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) theme. Some of the tracks, such as CSN's closer, 'Teach Your Children', and Jesse Colin Young's Youngblood's classic 'Get Together' are marred by the dreaded audience sing-a-long... a nice one-time experience for the audience, but torture for the owner of the recording who must listen to a mass of amateurs singing like a tone-deaf choir over and over and over...

While everyone can find something to like on 'No Nukes', it's also likely that it's wide range of artists and genre's will guarantee there is something you won't like. While most of the tracks were either hits (consider James Taylor and Carly Simon belting out a live version of 'Mockingbird') or the main attraction on studio LP's (Jackson Browne's 'Before the Deluge'), some out-of-the-mainstream material also appears, such as John Hall's 'Plutonium Is Forever', which lends a sarcastic twist of the knife into the nuclear power industry's back. Predictably some tracks that look good on paper come across uninspired, such as the James Taylor-Carly Simon-Graham Nash take on Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin' and Ry Cooder's 'Little Sister', which you keep waiting to take off but just keeps circling the tarmac.

The liner notes are extensive, but oriented toward an indoctrination for the 'No Nukes' agenda rather than commentary and anecdotes surrounding these Madison Garden concerts. If this was all the information you had, you would undoubtedly conclude Jimmy Carter was a fool for not installing a line of windmills along the Continental Divide, and a massive array of solar panels covering the southwestern U.S. Oh, well, at least it gave some of these soon-to-be-out-of-work artists one last excuse to fuse their talents before they turned out the lights on the 70's (pun intended). Four stars 'cause Stephen plays some wicked guitar, but I may be straining my credibility.

Worth it for "Power" alone.......2004-01-10

The other reviewers are right...but, the best tune on this set is "Power" a collaboration of friends making great music. I had the original lp and now am getting the cd... I just love the harmonies here... don't miss this.

Average customer rating:

Produce No Fruit: Produces.

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Nukes
Manufacturer: Popsmear Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000BKEA
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

Pollen
Lyin' Sack
Stress Magnet
Community College Fight Song
Falling Place
Eventually
Great War Of 2001
Steal The Sun
Stillwater
Worried
Couples Skate Only
Sophomore Jinx
Real Life
Rusted

Customer Reviews:

Produce No Fruit: Produces........1999-02-16

This CD contains 14 songs and a good variety to boot. sounds range from distorted pop songs with punk undertones, to acoustic numbers. Good riffs, good melodies. Effectiveness increases upon multiple listens. Comparable (in different ways) to Helmet, Foo Fighters, Fluid etc. Good song writing.

-Liz "Turnabout ATL"

Nukes Produce No Fruit
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Nukes Produce No Fruit
Nukes
Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DEQSX
Release Date: 2001-07-27

Tracks:

Pollen
Lyin' Sack
Stress Magnet
Community College Fight Song
Falling Place
Eventually
Great War Of 2001
Steal The Sun
Stillwater
Worried
Couples Skate Only
Sophomore Jinx
Real Life
Rusted

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