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07-04-2003, 09:38 AM
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Does Billboard magazine still run their "Desert Island Discs" column? That was always a fun read.
Anyway...
1. Born to Run: Springsteen's very best, when he still believed in complex song structures and winding narrative, before he began to streamline things with Darkness on the Edge of Town. Classic.
2. Fables of the Reconstruction: Perhaps not R.E.M.'s best album, but my personal favorite. It includes their very best song--"Fall on Me"--and some of the best straight-ahead rock they've ever done. I never get tired of this album.
3. Wrecking Ball: Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois were destined to work together, I just know it. He gives her a few great original songs and the covers, including Hendrix's "May This Be Love", ain't so bad either.
4. Abbey Road: Tough, because I really want this and Sgt. Pepper. I just love Side 2 of this record so much that I can't leave it behind.
5. IV: Led Zeppelin. Obligatory.
6. Time Out: I'm tempted to bring Coltrane or Miles, but I spin Dave Brubeck more. Will definitely need some jazz for those starry island nights.
7. American Beauty: The remastered version. The only Dead I'll need, ever.
8. Turandot: The one from the '70s, with Sutherland, Pavarotti, et al and Zubin Mehta. This version of the opera has never been bettered on record.
9. Music from Big Pink: Fanny, Crazy Chester, Carmen and the devil are all coming to the island, courtesy of the Band.
10. Buena Vista Social Club: Naturally. Will be played at all island parties.
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07-04-2003, 11:30 AM
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7. American Beauty: The remastered version. The only Dead I'll need, ever.
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Angelo - do you mean a remastered CD, or do you mean Mickey Hart's 5.1 mix on DVD-Audio?
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07-04-2003, 09:20 PM
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Matts Desert Island discs in no order:
1 Disturbed- Sickness
2 Pink Floyd- The Wall
3 Sarah Mclachlan- Surfacing (It is her most commercial cd but I have a soft spot for it because of Full of Grace and its the first cd I ever heard of hers and Ive been hooked since.)
4 Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime
5 Who- Tommy
6 Deftones- White Pony
7 Tool- Lateralus
8 Dirty Vegas
9 Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
10 Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast (This was a close tie with Brave new World but Childern of the Damned and Hallowed be thy Name locked this one.
Mentions
Alanis Morrisette- Under Rug Swept
Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed
STP- Core
Iron Maiden- Rock N Rio
AC/DC Back in Black
Tool- Aneima
Beatles- Any of em
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07-05-2003, 03:56 PM
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Phil,
I hope you also remembered the power generator for the desert Isle
Re: bass players, don't overlook Victor Wooten, and Edgar Meyer (granted probably not the type of bass player you're thinking of).
In case not mentioned:
Eva Cassidy: Eva by heart, Live at Blues Alley
Fleck,Meyer,& Marshall: Uncommon ritual
The Flecktones: Live Art
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, pretty much all of his last piano concerti
Bach: Well-tempered klavier (Andras Schiff)
Emmy Lou Harris: Red dirt girl; Wrecking ball |
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07-06-2003, 12:18 AM
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1. Beatles: Revolver
2. Beatles: Rubber Soul
3. Grateful Dead: Workingmans Dead
4. Tool: Aenima
5. Pearl Jam: Vs.
6. Soundgarden: Superunknown
7. Steely Dan: Aja
8. Miles Davis: Agharta
9. Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now
10. Stevie Ray Vaughn: Texas Flood
Matt, I remember a song by them that I really liked which was briefly semi-popular on an alternative radio station maybe 5-6 years ago? I think there was a video for it too but I have no idea what it was called, or what album it was on. Any idea?
Carl
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07-06-2003, 10:34 PM
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Ken:
I meant the remastered edition of American Beauty, the one with the bonus tracks. I believe it was released last year.
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07-07-2003, 10:53 AM
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Carl,
ASAIK this is their first album which is out now. Their popular song off the current cd is Days go By. They used the song in a car commercial and you hear ity in clubs often.
I got this cd as a promo and listened to it never hearing of them. Its a great cd and I spin it frequently.
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07-07-2003, 01:03 PM
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This is very hard to do, especially from work without being able to glance at my collection but here goes...
1) Shawn Colvin - Fat City Sometimes I just sit in a darkened room and listen to "Monopoly" and think of past loves lost and other times I spin "Round of Blues" and immediately get in a good mood. Not many albums can do that to you.
2) Robert Cray - Strong Persuader Mentioned earlier and deserves repeating. Sometimes I get more in the mood for his stuff with the Memphis Horns, but of all his albums this is the most consistently good from start to finish.
3) Dave Brubeck - Time Out My favorite Jazz recording. I can listen to this for hours and not get tired of it.
4) Queensryche - Empire Tough to pick this one over "Operation Mindcrime" but the music on this disc is more diverse and lends itself to more of an extended listening session IMO.
5) Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble - Texas Flood His first and IMO still his best album from start to finish. Not as energized as "Couldn't Stand the Weather" but this is a brooding masterpiece.
6) Dada - American Highway Flower Most people, if they have even heard of this band, know them for the hit "Dizz Knee Land" off their debut "Puzzle". However, I think this album is the best of the band's 4 releases with the best guitar work and an ecclectic mix of songwriting.
7) Kiss - Alive II I know greatest hits and compliations are taboo in this poll, but I cannot be without the live versions of all of Kiss' early material through the "Rock and Roll Over" album.
I'm sure there are more I am missing, but like I said, without seeing my collection in front of me, this is real hard to do.
searching for that elusive, "perfect" sound.
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07-07-2003, 02:23 PM
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ASAIK this is their first album which is out now. Their popular song off the current cd is Days go By. They used the song in a car commercial and you hear ity in clubs often.
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Thanks Matt! I just realized this morning that I was thinking of a song by Death in Vegas, not Dirty Vegas.
...But I'm gonna check out Dirty Vegas anyway, I really need something new to listen to.
Carl
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07-11-2003, 12:23 AM
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Tough:
No certain order, just what pops in my head first:
1)David Gray-White Ladder
2)Ryan Adams-Gold
3)Nick Drake-Pink Moon
4)Eels-Electro Shock Therapy
5)Rubber Soul
6)Between the Buttons
7)Beck-Mutations
8)Who-My Generation (recent remaster)
9)Nuggets II Box set(cheating...)
10)DJ Shadow-Endtroducing...
And I would sneak these on the island by hiding them in body cavities if need be
Radiohead-The Bends
Otis Redding-Otis Blue
Weezer-blue album
Zurdok-Hombre Sintetizador
Man, was that hard!!!!
S&S Greatest Films Club: 14 seen. Last Film(s): Do the Right Thing(A), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(A-), To Kill A Mockingbird(A+)
The HTF 100 Great Films of the 30\'s: 1 seen. Last Film(s): After the Thin Man(A)
The New AFI Challenges:
Movies: 93 to go - Last seen: To Kill A Mockingbird(A+)
Laughs: 98 to go - Last seen: Arthur(A-)
Thrills: 94 to go - Last seen: Close Encounters of a Third Kind(B)
Passions: 96 to go - Last seen: Casablanca (A+)
Heroes/Villains: 95 to go - Last seen: Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird(A+)
Stars: 245 to go - Last seen: Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird(A+)
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07-16-2003, 01:36 PM
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Wow it's been a while since i've chosen ten d.i.d.s
This is tough and constantly changes depending on what music i'm listening to at that particular time.
Well here goes nothing.............................
1) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2) PINK FLOYD - Animals
3) LED ZEPPELIN - III
4) ROLLING STONES - Beggar's Banquet
5) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Zuma
6) PETER GABRIEL - Security
7) SLAYER - Reign In Blood
8) SOUNDGARDEN - Superunknown
9) BEATLES - Magical Mystery Tour
10) MILES DAVIS - Nefertiti
This should be changed to Desert Island Jukeboxes so we can pick 50 albums - it would still be tough - but a lot easier
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