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Sat Sep-20-03 01:01 AM
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Your #1 absolute favorite album of all time? |
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You can only choose one.
My pick is based on the fact that everytime I play it I hear zero flaws, it overwhelms with joy each time I play it, and it sounds fresh with each spin.
My pick is: "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine
What is your pick and the criteria?
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:07 AM
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Sorry: Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation Fugazi: 13 songs Love and Rockets: Earth sun and moon Nick Drake: Pink moon Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary Shit, I don't know, that is what I listened to tonight. My list would change if you asked me tomorrow.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:08 AM
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2. That is incredibly difficult because it varies so much with my mood... |
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Heavy Horses? Up? The Final Cut? Close to the Edge? Lateralus?
My god. What a difficult question.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:09 AM
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3. It's amazingly easy for me to pick one |
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Jello Biafra and NoMeansNo-The Sky Is Falling And I Want My Mommy.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:11 AM
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4. Paranoid by Black Sabbath |
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It has two of my favorite rock songs of all time on it, Paranoid and Iron Man.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:46 AM
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Edited on Sat Sep-20-03 01:48 AM by crimson333
greatest album
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:13 AM
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5. Rancid - "....And Out Come The Wolves" |
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Seriously, the first 10 songs on the disc stand alone. 14 or 15 great tunes on it overall.
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Sat Sep-20-03 08:13 AM
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That CD seriously, seriously rocks. It's fun, and his voice (Tim's?) is adorable. I'm not the greatest fan of that type of music, but I bought it after hearing Time Bomb and Ruby Soho (still one of my favorite tunes) and really liked it.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:16 AM
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:17 AM
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7. "Are You Experienced?" |
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Almost an impossible task, as there have been so many.
"Are You Experienced?" was an album that changed my life and that changed rock and roll forever. "I don't live today" ("ahhhh, there ain't no life nowhere").
I also played Chick Corea's "Light As A Feather" over and over and over again for years.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:25 AM
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10. I must second both 6&7. Jimi & the Stones....perfect. |
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I might on some nights when the moon is out and I'm at a party that reminds me of some of those from long ago where we'd just dance our asses off until it was getting light out, substitute "Exile on Main Street" or "Sticky Fingers." But remember, "Let it Bleed" came out at almost the same time as "Let it Be" and was considered an angry back-of-the-hand toward the Beatles. Never stopped loving the Beatles but there was so fucking much to be angry about at the time (kinda like now.) Not a weak song on the lot of them. and "Electric Ladyland" might stand in for "Experienced." depending on the evening's brain chemistry.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:18 AM
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:43 AM
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:18 AM
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I've been mad for fucking years
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:32 AM
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Songs You Know By Heart.
Some of the best times of my life have happened while listening to Jimmy Buffet music.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:39 AM
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:45 AM
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14. Unforgettable Fire - U2 |
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Yes, it has many flaws but it is still harbors the most beautiful lyrics and chords ever recorded. JMO of course.
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:54 AM
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16. talking heads - "speaking in tongues" |
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I know the words to every song (that's my test).
Got to put in an honorable mention for Joni Mitchell's "Hissing of Summer Lawns", "Blue", "Court and Spark"...
Depending on the day, it's got to be Talking Heads or Joni Mitchell for me.
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Sat Sep-20-03 02:09 AM
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17. Bannanawind / Jimmy Buffett |
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Songs you know by heart is great but since it is a greatest hits type CD it seems unfair in this context.
Bannawind has some of everything political statements, love songs & island music.
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:21 PM
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45. Desdemona's building a rocket ship |
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SHe's got a passion for cookies, a room full of rookies...
I love this album, too! :) The last song, about his father, has some great harmonies with James Taylor.
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Sat Sep-20-03 06:13 AM
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Marquee Moon by Television. Not only one of the most influential guitar albums of all time (The Strokes? Pah! where do you think they got it from?) but one which wears no obvious influences. I just listened to it again and it sounds as if it was recorded yesterday and not in 1977.
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Sat Sep-20-03 06:32 AM
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19. Second Contribution by Shawn Phillips... |
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Sat Sep-20-03 07:28 AM
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~ Dark Side of the Moon ~ :smoke:
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Sat Sep-20-03 01:53 PM
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33. i have one vote in here too |
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love that, but i really like all pin floyd's work
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Sat Sep-20-03 07:28 AM
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21. "A Hard Day's Night" (British Parlophone version) by the Beatles. |
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Sat Sep-20-03 08:08 AM
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22. It depends on my mood... |
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but, I took a little road trip last weekend and reaquainted myself with: Joshua Tree - U2 -It just may be my all time fav.
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Sat Sep-20-03 08:34 AM
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24. One that never fails to please is Capt Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy |
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and I am a straight female. Just good tunage to sing along to.
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Sat Sep-20-03 09:18 AM
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25. "Clear Spot" - Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band |
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from '73 it was producer Ted Templemanns (Van Halen) production and it is flawless. And Beefhearts lyrics are his finest- and the band is at thier pinnicle of performance... Beefheart called it "the woman album" cuz he wanted to attract women to his audience by making it "sexy"... but in the process he made music that was accessable to everyone yet held true to the Beefheart sound. The album is pure joy.
being such a difficult task- honing down to one- aww, fuggit- here's a short list of my others....
"Larks Tongues In Aspic" and "Red" King Crimson "Hounds Of Love" Kate Bush "Who's Next" Duh! "Mister Heartbreak" Laurie Anderson "Birds Of Fire" Mahavishnu Orchestra "Before And After Science" Brian Eno ........
jeez- the list goes on ad nauseum!
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Sat Sep-20-03 10:49 AM
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29. Congrats stlsaxman!! 400 posts |
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Sat Sep-20-03 03:57 PM
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As far as Beefheart, "Lick My decals Off Baby" also a fav..
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:18 PM
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44. Certainly high on Best Album Title of All Time |
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...if nothing else. But again, much as I love the lesser known Van Vliet, objectively speaking it's obvious which is the unbelievable, unprecedented work of genius.
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:06 PM
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41. Well, it would have to be Troutmask for me |
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...if I was going to pick a Beefheart, which I'm strongly inclined to do, as my sig line indicates. I liked a lot of Clear Spot, but Troutmask is the masterwork. I don't really like his attempts at being "accessible," though Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles is the best of that kind of thing.
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Sat Sep-20-03 09:34 AM
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26. Too hard to pick one. |
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If you held a gun to my head I would probably say
Beastie Boys-"Paul's Boutique"
but I dunno how you can choose just one.....
can I include the other 400 or so if I can say them all in one breath?
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Sat Sep-20-03 09:38 AM
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by the Pixies. Hands down.
Filling out the top 10: Gibson Bros. - Dedicated Fool Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Wire - Pink Flag Love - Forever Changes Prince - Purple Rain Bassholes - Blue Roots Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:21 PM
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46. Glad to see someone put Pixies #1 |
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I was sore tempted--my fave is also Surfer Rosa, though Doolittle is a close 2nd. But I had to be ruthlessly honest and go with the Kinks.
Nice to see Gil Scott-Heron on your list, too. For a while I was using a play on his great signature line as my own DU sig--though no one seemed particularly impresed:
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
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Sat Sep-20-03 09:42 AM
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Sat Sep-20-03 11:19 AM
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30. Stan Ridgway Mosquitos |
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Sat Sep-20-03 11:35 AM
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31. I have 2--Layla and Allman's Live at Fillmore East |
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Never get tired of those two.
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Sat Sep-20-03 02:00 PM
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34. "Unknown Pleasures" or "Closer" or "Unknown Pleasures" or.... |
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Sat Sep-20-03 02:15 PM
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35. Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
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Sat Sep-20-03 02:30 PM
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Roger Waters took his medications and was able to spit out what he was trying to say when he wrote The Wall.
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Sat Sep-20-03 03:32 PM
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38. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP |
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Probably the best all around CD I have ever bought.
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Sat Sep-20-03 03:53 PM
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39. RUNES~Led Zeppelin..... |
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:15 PM
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by Carole King. Probably my all-time favorite. Today.
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:15 PM
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Hands down. Which is above, in no particular order
Troutmask Replica (Beefheart) Surfer Rosa (Pixies) Doolittle (Pixies) Bossa Nova (Pixies--did I mention I love the Pixies?) Hot Rats (Frank Zappa) Cry of Love (Jimi Hendrix) More Songs About Buildings and Food (T Heads) Easter Everywhere (13th Floor Elevators) Arthur (Kinks) Percy (Kinks) Lola Versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round (Kinks) Muswell Hillbillies (Kinks--did I mention I worship Ray Davies?) Axis Bold As Love Band of Gypsies
and and andandandandandandandandand......
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Sat Sep-20-03 04:26 PM
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47. And now I dare to announce the #1 absolute best rock SONG of all time |
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Which of course is "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks. I know that others will disagree and propose other things, even some other songs by Ray Davies. Sadly, they are wrong. It's "Waterloo Sunset."
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