Okay, this is an item that hasnt been done in a while. You are going to be stuck on an unspecified remote island for an unknown length of time. You may bring your stereo and just a few cds. Which ones would you bring?166 responses total.
I'd bring Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" (my favorite cd), REM "Automatic for the People", Vivaldi's Four Seasons, the Springsteen live box set, Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street", Mozart "Amadeus" soundtrack, Willie Nelson "IRS" sessions and last (but not least!) Bach Brandenburg Concertos (never go anywhere without some Bach!)
this mortal coil's boxed set, dead can dance's 'serpent's egg,' 'labyrinth,' and 'a passage in time,' tom paxton's 'politics,' and the indigo girls' self titled cd. maybe. probably a different list next week.
Brian Eno "Another Green World," Throwing Muses "House Tornado," Funkadelic "Magot Brain," John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" Beethoven "Late String Quartets," and finally Bartok "Violin Concerto." Hmmm that's not bad, this island has electricity, where do I sign up? 1/2 :-)
Mozart, "Marriage of Figaro" highlights Mozart, "Don Giovanni" complete Beethoven's 9th Symphony & 5th Violin Concerto Beatles, "Revolver" and "Abbey Road" Steeleye Span, probably the "Spanning The Years" anthology Fairport Convention, "A History Of" Richard & Linda Thompson, "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" a 1940-era Duke Ellington anthology the Easy Club highlights CD, or the English Country Blues Band compilation, or a number of 1985-1990 Oyster Band CDs, or Paul Simon "Graceland," or...
((( spring agora #37 <---> music #38 )))
(How many CDs does a "box set" count as? If one, can I take the "Scott's many favorites" box set and count it as one?)
that's a hard one...I would most likely bring... 1. Dance Addiction vol. 2 (got it in mexico, and it's got some funky ass stuff ;). 2. Erasure: The Innocents 3. Skinny Puppy: The Process. I know there are more.,...and I'll think of those some other time ;)
1: NIN: Pretty Hate Machine 2: NIN: Broken 3: Tool: Undertow 4: XTC: (the one with "Dear God" on it)
Oh my God, what would I take? Hedningarna, Fire Archie Fisher, Sunsets I've Galloped Into James Keelaghan, My Skies Richard Thompson, Watching the Dark Steeleye Span, Spanning the Years OR Original Masters Tansads, Bring Down the Moon Oysterband, Trawler Levellers, Levelling the Land Dougie MacLean, Marching Mystery OR Real Estate Garnet Rogers, Night Ride Weighed heavily to the Brits, I see, so I'd have to take more.
In no particular order, off the top of my head, and subject to change at any moment: Augustus Pablo -- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown King Crimson -- Lizard the Mekons -- Curse of the Mekons any good recording of Beethoven's 5th (and maybe 6th) symphonies any good recording of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto Various Artists -- "The Ska's the Limit" (mid 60's ska compilation) Steely Dan -- "Can't Buy a Thrill" the Beatles -- "Revolver" the Clash -- "London Calling" Talking Heads -- "Remain in Light" note that some of the selections have been chosen for their desert-island appropriateness -- the list would tend to be different if the isolated situation posed by #0 were, say, being stranded alone at an Antarctic research station.
Subject to change for no good reason: Von Karajan <sp?> conducting "Rite of Spring" and "Pictures at an Exhibition" Phish: A Live One The Beatles: Revolver The Beatles: Abbey Road Paul Simon: Graceland Joni Mitchell: Either Hejira or her "Hits and Misses" 2 CD set Blind Melon's first album Any decent recording of string quartets, ideally including both classical and modern ones. Maybe something of Kronos'?
Definitely have to add: A good recording of the Hallelujah Chorus The Rhino 3-cd compilation of Troubadors of British Folk Julia Ecklar -- The Horsetamer's Daughter Blue Oyster Cult -- Workshop of the Telescopes and a few more....
*argh* I forgot to add Beethoven's Ninth Symphony,IMO the single greatest musical work ever written...the last movement is orgasmic!
Mmm, Twila, how could I have forgotten Hedningarna?
The Who- Greatest Hits The Who- Tommy The Who Quadrophenia Beethovan- Pastoral #6 by Von Karijan Beethovan-Eroica #7 by Bernstein Chopin: Complete Nocturnes played by Vladimir Ashkenasy The Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed Bob Dylan- (can't think of the title) My tapes of Dr Demento Stevie Ray Vaughan- In Step " " " - Texas Flood " " " - The Sky is Cryin " " " - Couldn't stand the weather Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Forrest Gump Soundtrack The Mikado The H.M.S. Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance Johann Strauss's Greatest Hits Mozart- Don Giovanni Mozart- The Magic Flute Mozart- The Marraige of Figaro
As many as I could.
Someone needs to start setting limits here.
Reflections - Sounds of the Sea, The Nature Company.
#17...yeah guys, this is a deserted island that you are arriving on in a rowboat...you cant take your whole collection and you cant include anthing you dont own because there are no record stores there. Ten CD limit at max...inclusive of box sets..a 3 cd box set is *3* cds
I'm taking a U-Haul trailer on my rowboat.
Poot. I'm not going then. (What about cassettes?)
I can't narrow it down to four...but I'll try... Best of Big Band Enya - The Celts Rush - Chronicles Lords of Acid - Lust My self-made best of the eighties tape. It's not a cd! If there's a space problem, you're forgetting that tapes can fit into pockets. =) =)
I'm with Twila.
The Beatles' White Album Rimsky-Korsakoff: Sheherezade Debussy: Suite Bergemasque(sic) and The Children's Corner Best of Warren Zevon Elton John's Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time Cole Porter's Hit Medley Les Miserables The Who: Who's Next An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer Holst: The Planets Steely Dan: Aja, or Pretzel Logic Rachmaninoff: Concerto #3 Tchaikofsky: Nutracker Suite, Sleeping Beauty, Eugen Oneigen(sp?) Duke Ellington: Duke's Big Four Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers
Riverdance Lord of the Dance Les Miserables Phantom of the Opera Miss Saigon Evita Erasure: Pop! The First 20 Hits Enya: The Memory of Trees Jesus Christ Superstar Drum Corps International 1996 World Champs. I guess if that would be it, if I could only take 10..
my whole meager collection.
Les Miserables Louis Amstrong - greatest hits (wonderful world) Johnny Mathis - greatest hits Eurythmics - greatest hits Wham - make it big (yes! I admit it!) Sade (Love Deluxe, or Smooth Operator) etc.
"Lord of the Dance" already, hematite? It's brand spanking new, isn't it? (( Just a reminder to the folks participating in this item from the Agora conference: we have a recently revitalized music conference, so come and visit! ))
Yup. =) But I got hooked rather quickly, and the stores have the CD..
I'd take Enya's _Shepherd Moons_, Depeche Mode's _Catching Up With Depeche Mode_ and _Violator_, and Jeff Danna's soundtrack to _Kung Fu: The Legend Continues_.
<<ref: lord of the dance ..... stunning!>> i'm surprised that no one wants to take the win95 cd, nor the mac os 7.5.6
In a tribute to teen listening habits: Ten by Pearl Jam Automatic For the People, R.E.M. Superunknown, Soundgarden Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette Foo Fighters Tiny Music..., Stone Temple Pilots Throwing Copper, Live Broken, NIN Odelay, Beck Monster, R.E.M. Sixteen Stone, Bush (for my "fun but dumb" content) Korn
I don't think I'd take any CD's to a desert island. I think if I were going
to a desert island, I'd prefer to go with the flow and listen to the sounds
of surf and wildlife, not to bottled memories of civilization. However, I
suppose that isn't the point of the question. I do bring small collections
of CD's to me when I fly off to some distant city to attend a conference or
something. There I need some strong and familiar sounds to withdraw into and
rebalance myself with.
My CD's are still packed, so this will be the list that comes to mind, not
as thorough as it should be, and quite possibly misspelled.
Miriam Makeba - Sangoma
and perhaps some Ladysmith Black Mambazo. These are traditional
songs sung in Zulu, which has to be one of the most beautiful languages
to sing in. They are done acapella, just beautiful voices in harmony
and maybe a little percussion.
Michelle Shocked - Arkansas Traveller
One of my all time favorite albums. Michelle teams up with various old
time music greats on modern variations of traditional tunes. A nice
fusion of new and old, witty, perceptive lyrics, and plain good music.
Paul Simon - Graceland
Hardly needs description, being so well known, but it's good music with
intriguing lyrics that always seem to speak to you no matter what is
going on in your life, plus we get some Ladysmith Black Mambazo singing
backup.
Balaneski Quartet - <can't remember title>
This is a string quartet, doing covers of pieces composed for electronic
music (eg, Kraftwerk's "Computer Love"). It's fabulous music to work to.
I've done lots of grading and programming with this music on repeat.
Since it is (mostly) just instrumental, it doesn't distract me the way
voices do, but it is so rich in energy that it feeds my brain.
I'll have to do a more complete list as I unpack my CDs.
<birdy is sneaking in two more cd's> Riverdance -- Bill Whelan Birdy's Favorite Peter Gabriel Songs (oops -- that's a tape, not a cd)
(Riverdance-Lord stuff makes my teeth itch. It's Tesh with tap and dry ice.)
Riverdance is okay -- I bought the tape, but I don't listen to it much. It's nice if you want a quick and wall-papery Celtic background. (Wallpaper Celtic is what I call a lot of the new bands. I like the older groups much more.)
(Boy, there's a whole 'nother item, wallpaper Celtic...)
re #33: Not take any CDs to a desert island? But think how useful
those shiny silver discs would be when trying to signal
passing ships and planes!
My sister looooves riverdance, but she *hates* lord of the dance because she despises michael flatley. it drives her nuts. It's rather ironic, really, since flatley co-choreographed riverdance before he was fired.
Hey, for a nice boy from Chicago, he did pretty good!
Flatley is quite an arrogant SOB. But you have to respect how well he has done with Lord of the Dance after leaving Riverdance.
i'd llike to see riverdance now that i've seen lord of the dance, either on tpae or on cd ...(to keept hte item focused) ...
Guvegrra PQ's.
i want WESTBOYS! (good celtic band)
The Chieftains aren't that bad, either.
well, if i wanted to do it really good, i would bring Clannad, Westboys, Cheiftains, and a few others and then i would have to find a good irish laddie to bring along too!
Hm, I'm not sure that everything I'd want to bring is available
on CD. Some of the oldies might be vinyl-only. Some things that
pop to mind:
o Charles Rosen's recording of JS Bach's "Art of the Fugue"
o Bela Bartok, String Quartets.
o A Bessie Smith album or two
o Some "classical" ragtime, not sure what. Maybe Richard
Zimmerman's recording of Scott Joplin's complete works.
o One or two albums by jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and
jazz violinist Stephane Grapelli.
o A Mozart opera - probably "The Magic Flute".
o Dylan Thomas' and Robert Frost's recordings of their own
poetry (I know, not music, but what the hey, I want it
anyway).
That's enough for now...
Music is something I could not get along without. I would bring the following: 1) An anthology of Disco. (one CD) 2) REM - Out of Time 3) U2 - Joshua Tree 4) INXS - Live Baby Live 5) Any Frank Sinatra CD (preferrably with "Strangers in the Night" on it 6) Selena - Dreaming of you 7) 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe 8) Tom Petty - Wildflowers 9) DC Talk - Jesus Freak 10) Snoop Doggy Dog (first album) That's not even a 1/3 of the ones I'd *need* to have with me.
You like Jesus Freak, audrey? didn't know you leaned in that direction. Good album, though. IMHO, Automatic For the People kicks Out of Time backwards and forwards.
<birdy is saying, "Screw this", and bringing her entire cd and tape collection>
<scott forgets his media collection, and desperately tries to decide which instrument to take to the island>
a hatchet!
I have played this game before; and in my incarnation of the rules:
if an album is considered an album as long as it's in it's original
incarnation. That is:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Tommy - The Who
Jesus Christ Superstar - Murray Head / studio version
though issued on two discs (originally vinyl) would still be one
selection. While Time Distance Traveler by The Moody Blues, being
their latest 5 CD set; as a collection from other albums; would be
cheating by rules. So for the Moodys, I would have to pick
2RC3 - The Moody Blues, while their recent classic Moody
Blues hits unplugged album (CD) could come in a
close second.
also:
The Ship - A Contemporary Folk Music Journey by The Ship
(Steve Melshenker, Steve Cowan, Steve Reinwand,
Mark Hamby Todd Bradshaw & Tim Scott); akin to JCS;
a "folk opera" about The Ship being wrecked on an
island and the eventual return home--one of best
albums that sent to a radio station, left with me.
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'War Of The Worlds'
sorry if you didn't hear this in Ann Arbor, WIQB
wouldn't play from it, and it found a home with me.
The Chenille Sisters Go To Fantasy Camp (or as it is titled
Whatcha gonna Swing tonight? w/ James Dapogny's
Chicago Jazz Band
Drunken Angel - Michael Longcor
Divine Intervention - Julia Ecklar
the last selection when filling up the case is the hardest, be it
desert island isolation or road trip.
maybe one of the following:
Between The Wars - Al Stewart
how long has this been going on - Van Morrison w/ Georgie fame
Footsteps in the Dark - Cat Stevens
(only release of the unique songs from "Harold & Maude";
"Don't be Shy" & If you Want to Sing Out, Sing Out")
Peace - Rotary Connection (since about a tenth of my collection
is Christmas music; I would want to bring one)
all of these are albums that I enjoy listening to in their entirety,
start to finsih, not just selected tracks. This would leave behind
a lot of the TOp 40, Country, Folk & comedy music I have.
Now, If I could bring my tapes of Dr. Demento shows, I would have
27 days of music, though a lot of tunes would repeat within it.
I now I left off a Beatles album so add
Abby Road - The Beatles
to my maybe list.
I can take 10 minutes to pack clothes for a trip, but 30 minutes to
pick out the music for that trip.
You bring up a good point, tpryan, regarding whether a box set counts as one CD or several.
Ooh, I dunno. Some things I'd bring are Khatchaturian's ballets "Gayane" and "Spartacus". I think I'd also bring the H.M.S. Pinafore soundtrack, and the one from Jesus Christ Superstar. Hmm, anything else? Maybe a couple of Ed Van Fleet's things, to help me get to sleep at night. Are you sure we can't bring a few books, too? :P
Re #52: Molly hatchet?
Ah, listening to selected tracks, one truly poignant example of the dumbing of american society. I listen to alumbs to listen to the *whole album* the radio only plays select singles... There are plenty of unheard jems that you can find on albums, and that's what really makes them worth buying. Besides, the radio doesn't alwasy play the best songs.
Of course, the other side of the argument is that the 78 minute playing time of the compact disc has led an awful lot of artists to pad out perfectly good 40 minute albums with 20-30 minutes of filler.
Right, we have been hard to hear a radio station, that upon receiving a new album, will play four or five tracks in equal rotation from the begining of the life of the album on the charts to the album falling from the charts. Even for album rock stations, it usually takes an issued single to get airplay.
I never understood the description "album rock stations" The big thing in rock radio is to try to get the next big single "first." This is the forte of 89X, but in the process they expose the listeners to countless "future singles" that pan out into nothing and claim to have played songs first that they didn't. It gets annoying after a while.
how about bringing a suitable power source for al those electonic gadgets?
Solar power? Nuclear? :-) Oh, I forgot War of the Worlds, which has my absolute favorite two songs on it -- Forever Autumn by Justin Haywrward and ThunderChilde. And I'd also need *erm mumble snrof* Caswell Carnahan's Borderland, Fire of Unknown Orknown Origin by Boc. And a few more.
yeah, steve, also, 102.9 has a lot of new stuff that 89x misses, but it's slightly of a different genre i'd say... it doesn't concentrate as much on the new "alternative" stuff, and that's just how i like it thankyouverymuch.
Re 49: I don't usually. A good friend gave it to me for my birthday last year, and I really like the album. My favorite on the CD is "What if I stumble?" In regards to your uninformed remark: Them's fighting words. In fact, "Country Feedback" and "Me in Honey" are probably in the top 5 of all-time favorite REM songs. Automatic has "Everybody Hurts", but not much else.. :) It's nice to meet a fellow fan though.
I much prefer "Out of Time" to "Automatic for the People." I seriously doubt, though, that I'm ever going to enjoy another R.E.M. album as much as I once enjoyed "Life's Rich Pageant" and "Murmur" -- which is more a reflection on having eventually heard "enough" R.E.M. than it is a comparison of their newer material to the albums I chose when I first started listening..
audrey, that's uninformed as well.. Everybody Hurts is an alltime favorite, but so are Nightswimming and find the River... People love those songs, myself included.
Yes, but I was referring to my own personal likes and dislikes. Nightswimming is nice, but not one of my favorites. I agree with mcnally that murmur is wonderful. I'll often listen to that when I'm not in the mood for Monster. I don't think I have Life's Rich Pageant. Oh no... I must go out and buy it now. Maybe I should join the music conference. I'm enjoying this. And I haven't gotten to the point of "enough" REM yet. Hope I never do.
Neither have I, assuming that the quality of their music steps up again... new Adventures didn't do it for me at all. None of the good songs even got radio airplay. I have Lifes Rich Pageant (spelled without apostrophe) but I rarely if ever listen to it. Mostly I spin Document and later.
Interesting, interesting. Generally I consider RECKONING to be the best overall R.E.M. album, but FABLES has my favorite songs on it: "Maps & Legends," "Driver 8," "Can't Get There From Here." But I've also had lots of recent interest in PAGEANT. The recent stuff interests me less and less, to the point where (as discussed in music cf item #6) I've had no willingless left to listen to NEW ADVENTURES. There is, however, a greatdriving tape to be made from the best tracks on GREEN and OUT OF TIME.
You know, I just realized that I'd probably take the soundtrack to Pippin, and possibly to Evita with me also.
Green is an album that will tkae me a long time to get, if ever.. I have frightful memories of that album :)
it's probably the only R.E.M. album (to date) that I have *no* interest in owning..
likewise.
I'm gonna bring Tori Amos' "Little Earthquakes", "Under the Pink" and "Boys for Pele". Then there's Luis Miguel's "Nada es Igual" (it's really good). Hmmm.... what else ? TLC, Gloria Estefan, and I guess that would be enough. It would also be better if I could bring an instrument.
(Those Bartok quartets wear thin real fast, Remmers. No arguing about taste, I guess.) Anyway, here's my list of faves: The Arrhythmics -- BaDaBing Bjork -- 2 Creepy 2 Shag Bony Lass -- Tyranorexia Drilled Privates -- Guess I'm Gonna Say You Raped Me Richard Goldin -- Dance Like A Somebody Hole -- Cover It With Leaves And Hope Somebody Falls In Junky Humpers -- AIDS SchmAIDS Lamerthal -- Chat This Octogenarian Denture -- Too Straight, Too White, And Way Too Many The Skin Tags -- Burn It Off Zeitwad -- All Over You
Hmmm. Now, why did that come out double spaced like that? So much for the new computera and terminal software.
And why is BackTalk moving along so quickly this afternoon? (I usually give up and go away.) I should come around more often.
(Those Bartok quartets wear thin real fast, Remmers. No arguing about taste, I guess.) Anyway, here's my list of faves: The Arrhythmics -- BaDaBing Bjork -- 2 Creepy 2 Shag Bony Lass -- Tyranorexia Drilled Privates -- Guess I'm Gonna Say You Raped Me Richard Goldin -- Dance Like A Somebody Hole -- Cover It With Leaves And Hope Somebody Falls In Junky Humpers -- AIDS SchmAIDS Lamerthal -- Chat This Octogenarian Denture -- Too Straight, Too White, And Way Too Many The Skin Tags -- Burn It Off Zeitwad -- All Over You
COOL!! I just read, copied, pasted, edited and uploaded, and it only took me a minute or two. I take back every mean thought I ever thought about BackTalk, and I apologize for using this as a test conference.
<orinoco laughs hilariously, after about five minutes of not getting it and wondering why he hasn't heard of any of these>
(77 and 78 suggest a new item: the weirdest album titles/artist names ever seen)
Thanks, Michael. That reminds me of one of the best items of all time, the one you started in the M-Net Music Conference titled "Alternative to What?"
<birdy joins orinoco in a laughing fit>
(remmers suspects that md's opinion of Bartok's quartets is about as real as his album titles...)
Alternative to what.. a question I myself have asked many a time. Alternative *is* mainstream.
(Sort of like "paid volunteer"?)
something like that
hmmm.. Lemme see. I guess I'd bring: Enya - Watermark Bare Naked Ladies - Gordon Enigma - The Cross of Changes Eric Serra - The Fifth Element soundtrack (I just picked it up yesterday, and I love it already) J.S. Bach - Toccata in Fugue in D minor Jewel - Pieces of You (I can't help it. I've been listening to Jewel long before she was overplayed on the radio. I suppose it helps that I don't listen to the radio very often.:) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (No pun intended) Pink Floyd - Meddle Tchaikovski - The Nutcracker Suite Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits Van Morrison - Greatest Hits Thats about All I can think of right now. RE somebody way at the beginning: Dear God by XTC is on Skylarking.
It's also on a compilation called "Best of Mtv's 120 Minutes: Never Mind the Mainstream Vol. 1". I love those tapes!
Sarah-lady!
Hey baby. =) I saw your fiancee at the Book Buy-Back about two weeks ago. Cool ring!
ex-fiance *sigh*..long story
Ack! <birdy sticks her foot in her mouth, where it feels at home> ;-) Mike, I'm sorry. E-mail me if time and emotions permit. <hug>
re #58: It's because the smaller CD (what is it, 3"?) has never really got on, Ken. European recording labels have sometimes used them, but it's extremely uncommon. Last time I saw one was for a Republica single.
I've often wondered why they use full-sized CD's for singles, but never realized that they sometimes don't
Materials cost is miniscule for pressing a CD. For the 3" CDs, any savings in the raw materials was more than made up for by difficulty in handling -- you had to mount them in adapters unless you had a top-loading player -- storage, etc. And then there was the overhead in making a CD of a different physical size. 3" CD singles are thoroughly dead in the USA. I think a few still pop up in Japan, and maybe in Europe.
I see them once in a while at Tower as a single. They're usually mounted on long cards, way bigger than pocket size. I wonder why?
I bought a 3" CD EP by a group that I never heard of at the time, They Might Be Giants, because of the irony of giants being in such a tiny package. Is it a high price collector item yet?
<g> I dunno, but judging by the band it's probably some cool music...might as well hang onto it for awhile
That's it exactly, Ken-- the 3" CD is no longer pressed in the U.S. I also now remember Pepsi had a promo 3" CD, but that was a few years ago. I get the feeling they will be dead in Europe and Japan sometime soon as well.
The format deserved to die -- it was inconvenient and didn't really offer any real benefits over CD5s.
Yeah, they're not real practical, but they're kinda' cute! I have one anime 3", and it just looks so cute among everything else.
Okay. My taste in music has evolved over the years, and I suspect it will evolve further, but here are 10 of my favorite albums that I'm listening to these days: 1) Frank Zappa _We're Only In It For The Money_ 2) Herbie Hancock _Mwandishi_ 3) Stevie Wonder _Innervisions_ 4) Steely Dan _Pretzel Logic_ 5) Tribe Called Quest _Low End Theory_ 6) Bob Marley and the Wailers _Catch a Fire_ 7) Miles Davis _Kind of Blue_ 8) The Byrds _Sweetheart of the Rodeo_ 9) Mahvishnu Orchestra _Inner Mounting Flame_ 10) The Beastie Boys _Paul's Boutique_ But if I couldn't bring these (or any albums), I be happy as long as I could bring my recorder and guitar.
Wow, here's an item I haven't seen in a while :)
Yeah, Steve, I'm not too good with this bbs thing. I'm too busy to really keep up with it, so I casually browse through it once in a blue moon (I forgot to put Elvis on my list). ;->
Refreshing. I'm one of those compulsive read command folks.
re 103. I'm surprised not to see any Bob Dylan on that list.
Dave:" you live in Florida and yhou don't have Tom Petty on that list!?! Shame! that Man is like awesome!
Jim, please don't get me wrong. I *love* Bob Dylan. His first album, _Blonde on Blonde_, or _Blood on the Tracks_ could *easily* replace *any* of the albums on my list. Also missing are plenty of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Steely Dan, Allman Brothers, Traffic, Grateful Dead, Simon and Garfunkel, Peete Seeger, Yes, Chicago(pre 1975), De La Soul, EPMD, James Brown, Stevie Wonder(pre 1980), Phish, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Mann, Dave Brubeck, Gary Mulligan, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Montgomery, and Bee Gees albums. Ummm, I just realized that some might interpret my third sentence as labling Bob Dylan's first album as _Blond on Blonde_. Sorry, bad grammar, nothing more. ;-> Jen, sorry...I like a few Tom Petty songs, but I would never buy one of his albums, much less choose it as one of "the ten". If its any consolation to you, Jen, I shop regularly at the music store where he used to work as a teenager. It's right in the heart of Gainesville, and as a matter of fact I was just in there last week buying a tenor recorder, and I took a glance at the picture they have of him, working in that store, at age 15 or 16.
I take it you're not fond of 80's slickness. Pre-1975 Chicago? Not sure if I've heard any of their work in that period..what does it sound like? I'm hoping it's as fusion as their work afterwards (y'know, jazzy).
Jon, Jon, Jon, Jon, JON!!!! Stop what you are doing right now, and go to the best music store in your area and buy (or order) Chicago I, II, and III. Actually, the first album they are called Chicago Transit Authority, and that's the title of the album as well. They are FUNKY, with a capitol Funk!! The horn section is tight as hell, pardon my french. Peter Cetera plays an awesome bass. In the beginning, before Peter started swaying them towards crap like _Baby What a Big Surprise_, they were really a (in my humble opinion) quality band. And no, I'm not at all fond of the 80's approach to music. I think the 80's was the worst decade to ever happen to music. I blame Reagan. ;-> Which fusion work of theirs (Chicago's) are you referring to?
Curiously, I've never heard Chicago III. The I & II albums were childhood favorites; for some reason I gave those vinyl LPs to my sister, and she lost them. A couple of years back Leslie & I picked them up on CD, and we find that they have held up very well. Leslie comes at them from an interest in post-swing-era big band sounds, Maynard Ferguson in particular. I'm surprised that, from the rock side, the horn-based band never seemed to get beyond Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, and the mostly-forgotten Chase.
I have an especially pristine copy of Chicago III, as well as I, II... up to 13, (there was no IV). I tolerated Chicago just long enough to get to 13. I lost interest after that. It might have had something to do with Terry Kath blowing his brains out in a most stupid and heinous manner. My favorite albums are 7, and 11.
Gotta agree with Dave that the 80's were the worst decade of music. Don't know about his reasoning, but you never know :)
I disagree-- but I pick it in eclectic pieces. I liked the New Wave music (it's half nostalgia/half discovery for me), esp. synthpop, no matter how faggy it might have been! I nonetheless like my folks taste in music, so I'll look into getting those Chicago albums. I think that the 90's has got some great gems, but I am so tired of this freeking garage band crap and all the influences it is wreaking. I hate 90's distorted guitar, and I'm not entirely fond of 90's folk. 80's folk wasn't too bad. Think 80's sub-pop, and perhaps you'll catch my drift. I hope everyone understands my preferences here.
Got both Chase albums. I remember them.
RE #116 The band "Chase" was famous for the horn-driven 1971 hit "Get It On." Four members of the band were killed in a plane crash in 1974.
Amazing that one so experiemental could be afraid of something because it happens to sound different :) The distorted guitar, in my mind, was a terrific developement and achieved plateaus that just coulnd't be reached otherwise. I dont' care what other "purists" think about it.
hmmm....I've never heard of Chase. I wonder if any of you know about the availability of their albums. Steve, I was just kidding about Reagan. I mean watch the '84 debate with Mondale! The guy was already deep into Alzheimers (sp?) disease. I blame Bush, actually.
Chase's vinyl album went out of print by the mid-70's; by 1983 I was helping a friend search for copies, to no avail. I'm unaware of any CD issues, but I haven't checked any European catalogs yet.
I woudn't know about that, either :) I actually blame the repressive gas prices in the late seventies for creating the economic background to squelch the innovators and free thinkers and force the record companies to produce horrible, horrible music. Nobody had a major release that had any quality until 1987. It was like the dark ages :)
Will wonders never cease! Somehow my brain, which can't remember where I set the book I was reading yesterday, recalled that the leader of the band Chase was named Bill Chase. An AltaVista search on "Bill Chase" turned up a couple of web pages. It is reported that the first album, CHASE, is available on CD on the One Way imprint. Two more albums, ENNEA and PURE MUSIC, are set for release in October, it says. There's a bio discussing Bill Chase's apprenticeship with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman.
Cool, Ken! Thanks....I'll check it out.
I bought the CHASE cd today. It's closer to Blood Sweat and Tears than Chicago, stylistically, and some of the guitar and organ riffs are very much of its day... You can also see the clear descent from Maynard Ferguson.
re: 80's music, again-- I hope you're referring to the American scene? I liked the second British Invasion..
Both. British Music never does anything for me.
Well it does for me, so nyah, nyah. I do not like garage guitar and spam..I do not like them, Sam-I-Am!
Steve, you're telling me that not even ONE Beatles album moved you at all?
Moved me? nope. I give props to the Beatles, but I'm not particularly a huge fan. It's not the type of thing I go for. (Besides, they aren't britpop. They transcend normal designations). I go for the aw emotion stuff and atmosphere the alt bands give me like nothing else :)
I don't like the Beatles because they move me-- iI like 'em because they're fun. Besides, Paul McCartney is still doing good stuff. Raw makes me puke, dammit. I've got to have a little taste that's refined. TThere must be something wrong with me because I don't listen to the typical testerone-charged bar chord crap today's trendmeisters are. I usually find myself with synthpop that girls and gays listen to :P Then I'll listen to New Age if I don't feel like retching inside.
Ah, but nowadays raw *is* refined. It's an art form, and the distinction between the refined versions and the "get the guitar and attack the strings" version is fairly apparent to me.
Then I'll have to have someone learn me :P But for the most part, it just doesn't suit my mood.
I agree that there is art to rawness, and certainly, Jon, you wouldn't call badly played but refined music 'good' just becuase it is refined. There are, in _any_ style, better and worse examples. As an extreme example, take Harry Partch's music - extremely different from other music, and very formalized. At first, I couldn't stand it, but after enough listening I found I could pick out the 'artful' qualities in it.
Acknowledged. But as anyone else will attest to, if I respond to a certain kind of music in a way that I don't like, I'll generally try to avoid it.
If I have a pretty bad reaction to some music, I usually try and give it a second chance at some point. For me mood has a lot to do with what I like when listening to new stuff.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any music that I chose to force myself to listen to, on the chance that I might eventually enjoy. On the other hand, I've been put in situations (close quarters in the Navy) where I was forced to listen to music I didn't initially enjoy, but later grew to like. This was just a very small percentage of the stuff that I didn't like and was forced to listen to, though. For example, I had the fortune (mis?) to live next to a Neil Diamond freak. I now enthusiastically sing along with any Neil Diamond tune I hear. ;->
Neil Diamond will eventually go down in history as one of the greatest folk singers of the late 70's (although he started much earlier than that). He isn't a great singer, and he is more pop than pure folk (but then this was during the folk rock era, that is, this being when he was famous). But I'll bet he'll be noted, especially for his song "Going to America." A little bit in the same kind of vein that Bruce Springsteen is (now I hope I didn't piss anyone off).
<Dave shudders with nausea at the mere *mention* of Bruce Springsteen>
Poot. I don't like Bruce's tendency to bombast, but he's been quite a good writer over the years, and in his stripped-down mode (NEBRASKA) he's quite the folkie. "Atlantic City" is a great song -- note the recent cover by The Band -- and so is "Because the Night" (Patti Smith). And "Born in the USA" deserves a special spot in the history books if only for its wildly inappropriate appropriation by conservative politicians who didn't listen closely to the lyrics. I can't see lumen's filing of Neil Diamond as a folk singer, though.
Well, a whole lot of his songs are singer-songwirter-y. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. Riof arrived at my office today. I am geeked!
I was talking to someone a while ago who hated that song for being 'blindly patriotic'. <mutter>
No offense to any Bruce fans.....his music simply stirs *no* emotion in me. And I have tried to listen to his pre _Born to Run_ stuff, but to no avail. I guess I don't actually dislike the guy.....I just have no interest in him.
He seems to be just an average working class guy who came along at the right time, and sang all the right songs. I've heard people say he has been massively popular because he's been singing the song of middle class America, especially the working class. His songs grew and changed right along with his audience. I don't think he really intended to be a great musician-- he said he worked really hard just to learn how to play (A&E's Biography of Rock 'n Roll). Just an average Joe wanting to express himself. High-brow musicians might take a few lessons from him and remember to be normal people every once in a while.
I *have* heard that when he played smaller venues, there was nobody better live. Unfortunately, (what am I saying!) I've never seen him live.
Wow, I'm surprised how many of these items have lain dormant for over a year. Hmm... If I were to bring 10 CDs to a desert island, they would be: 1. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy 2. Sarah McLachlan - Live 3. the Please Save My Earth soundtrack 4. Poignant Plecostomas - "touch the cow" (whatever that is in French) 5. Celtic Zen 6. Delerium - Semantic Spaces 7. Delerium - Karma 8. Kate Bush - The Sensual World 9. Beneath the Icy Floe: Projekt sampler v.5 10. a tape of female singer/songwriters I made This is my list of the moment.
(It's "Touchez la Vache")
Thanks. I never have the CD on me when I write about it.
Grin. Otaking, Rhiannon would agree with you on the Please Save My Earth, and the Sarah McLaughlin. (Rhiannon being my daughter, who's into anime soundtracks big time -- I even have a good ten or so now that she's introduced me to them. My newest and most fascinating is the Gundam Wing music.)
I love the Gundam Wing soundtrack. What do you think of the Macross Plus CDs?
Don't think I've heard them... I have the Robotech CD, which is getting old now, since Rhiannon played it to DEATH while she was deprived of other anime music, but I havne't heared Macross Plus....
Give th Macross Plus CD a try. You can find them at Borders or Tower. Wiziwyg (sp?) also has a few Japanese releases.
Wizzywig, ah yes.... My daughter has nearly bought out their stock. :-) She goes there far too frequently. Smile.
does anyone else have the memories soundtrack? they played memories at animania prolly a year and a half ago now. I was fortunate enough to recieve the CD as a gift from someone who knew that I really really wanted it, if it even existed. I love that CD, but it's not something I listen to all the time... have to be in the mood for it.
I wish I had that CD. I found a copy in London 2 years ago, but I didn't buy it. If I knew it would be so hard to find in the states, I would've bought it on the spot. I'm still kicking myself for that.
Which CD is this?
The Memories soundtrack mentioned in #153
And which memories is that? Rhiannon might be interested.... Now if I could only keep her from putting the Bubblegum Crisis songs in my CD player so I get surprised when I put the headphones on....
Memories is an anthology movie by Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of Akira.
The reason I was asking what CD this was, is because it should not be hard to get, here in the US, most CDs sold in Britain. I was going to offer to sniff around for this one, but perhaps Twila has better sources for Anime stuff.
holy fragmented sentence, Batman!
nnnnooooo, not really, since most of the anime stuff i get is from one place, and it's really spotty.
Well, it was interesting to re-read my list from '97 and see how my taste's changed. Most of the stuff there I still at least like (with the exception of Phish, who started getting on my nerves a good while ago), but there's very little I'd consider essential. Abbey Road, maybe.
I just looked at my list (which is only from March). The only change I would make is a copy of a friend's unique CD compilation made of songs under 90 seconds. It's a great mix of music including The Residents, They Might Be Giants, The Beatles, and Shel Silverstein. I just heard it recently and I love it.
It that Paul Estin's Eclectica 16: Attention Deficit Disorder? I just got a copy of that last night. Eclecitica #11 is on now.
Yes! How did you get a copy? I would love to get a copy!
Paul stopped by last night. I've been helping Paul with material for the series, including more Big Daddy and Rerun Rock (George of the Junkgle done like Led Zepplin. That and making sure he has blanks to get these copied onto.
You have several choices: