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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 28, 2014 10:27:18 GMT -5
Hey troops!
I just came across this TED Talk video of Pamelia Kurstin where she describes the difficulty of playing the Theremin in her typical quirky way, and that also features some amazing performances!
Check it out!
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Post by JediHunter66 on Jan 28, 2014 10:43:29 GMT -5
"Dead", Heck, it should be tough--that's what makes it fun! You have some nice variety going there, too! I'm loving how eclectic these lists are! Our store had a very wide range of customers, and when the Beastie Boys hit, the breadth of people who picked up on them was really a game-changer in a lot of ways! (I've always thought that after Queen's "Night at the Opera" and "Day at the Races" that they should have named their next album "Room Service". The first person who can tell me why gets...a tip of the electronic hat? rrr) My iTunes library is pretty random, it can go from Sinatra to Maiden to Cash to Rage Against the Machine. I like to think it keeps me on my toes since I'll never really know whats coming up next!
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 28, 2014 10:51:38 GMT -5
"Dead", Heck, it should be tough--that's what makes it fun! You have some nice variety going there, too! I'm loving how eclectic these lists are! Our store had a very wide range of customers, and when the Beastie Boys hit, the breadth of people who picked up on them was really a game-changer in a lot of ways! (I've always thought that after Queen's "Night at the Opera" and "Day at the Races" that they should have named their next album "Room Service". The first person who can tell me why gets...a tip of the electronic hat? rrr) My iTunes library is pretty random, it can go from Sinatra to Maiden to Cash to Rage Against the Machine. I like to think it keeps me on my toes since I'll never really know whats coming up next! "Dead", That's great to hear! When you're open about it as you and our respondents so far seem to be, the more genres you can be exposed to, the more interesting your listening experience can be. Someone once asked Duke Ellington what his favorite kind of music was, and he replied (paraphrasing here) "There are only two kinds--good or bad. Find that good in whatever type of music that you're listening to and embrace it." Good words to listen by! Bob
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 28, 2014 12:50:07 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread and lots of great recommendations.
My top five albums are:
5. U2: Achtung Baby
This is the first album I ever bought (with my own money). Initially I bought it just because of the single Mysterious Ways, but little did I know how amazing the whole record would be. I love the mix of rock and electronica music, and hearing how U2 reinvented themselves for the 90s (this was the high point, and although many didn't like the follow-up Zooropa, that album has grown on me over the years).
4. Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
My older sister bought this record when she was in high school and I was in middle school. I felt so cool listening to the music on this record. Lauryn Hill's skills as a singer and MC are pretty hard to beat.
3. Cafe Tacuba: Cafe Tacuba
I studied abroad in Mexico and Cafe Tacuba is one of the founding bands of modern rock en espanol. Their debut album really shines for me because of how many genres it touches on, especially fusing traditional mexican music with rock and reggae sounds.
2. Nebraska: Bruce Springsteen
I love the stripped-down nature of this record. Although there are catchy hooks and tunes, on the whole this is a raw, melancolic record. The title track, based on the murderer Charles Starkweather, signals that this will not be an album of anthems, but rather one of complex narratives. I come back to this album again and again to be reminded that slivers of hope can often be found admist despair.
1. Wilco: A Ghost is Born
This album reached me on an emotional level like few others. In particular, the song Muzzle of Bees continues to move me with the way the music soars. Some may find the focus on more instrumental components self-indulgent, but again, for me the songs on this record just hit me at a deep, emotional place.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 28, 2014 15:40:50 GMT -5
"W"!
Another interestingly varied list; everyone is really shining on this one--thanks!
As much as I love the "big" Bruce Springsteen records, it's the ones that are more "Woody Guthrie" in feeling that touch me! Nebraska nearly made my list, but I opted for Tom Joad on the Steinbeck connection and how the album spoke to that time in American history, and how it seemed to be repeating itself.
Nice to see Lauryn Hill on here; that was an album everyone could embrace!
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Post by skylynx on Jan 28, 2014 16:28:23 GMT -5
Wow this is difficult. Only 5? And no soundtracks! (Sorry Transformers the Movie OST). Here's my 5 albums I couldn't live without:
5: Kate Bush - Kick Inside An album which transports me back to another time and place. I love her voice on this album, and it reminds me of my childhood.
4: Carcass - Heartwork In my opinion the best death metal album of all time. Catchy, melodic and brutal!
3: Exodus - Fabulous Disaster My favourite thrash album. Toxic Waltz is THE definitive thrash song!
2: Faith no More - Angel Dust The most varied, yet strangely coherent collection of songs ever. True genius.
1: Rush - Hold Your Fire It's been criticised for its dated 80's production, but that's one of the reasons I love it so much. A perfect bunch of songs. Emotive and well crafted. Absolute musical brilliance!
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Post by xtjmac510x on Jan 28, 2014 16:33:36 GMT -5
Wow this is difficult. Only 5? And no soundtracks! (Sorry Transformers the Movie OST). Here's my 5 albums I couldn't live without: 5: Kate Bush - Kick Inside An album which transports me back to another time and place. I love her voice on this album, and it reminds me of my childhood. 4: Carcass - Heartwork In my opinion the best death metal album of all time. Catchy, melodic and brutal! 3: Exodus - Fabulous Disaster My favourite thrash album. Toxic Waltz is THE definitive thrash song! 2: Faith no More - Angel Dust The most varied, yet strangely coherent collection of songs ever. True genius. 1: Rush - Hold Your Fire It's been criticised for its dated 80's production, but that's one of the reasons I love it so much. A perfect bunch of songs. Emotive and well crafted. Absolute musical brilliance! A fellow Rush fan! Always happy to see more. I personally DO enjoy Hold Your Fire (I get the critiques but its still a great album) and seriously considered it making my list, but in the end I had to go with Moving Pictures since it was the first Rush album I heard and still holds a place in my heart. Same with 2112.
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Post by skylynx on Jan 28, 2014 16:40:09 GMT -5
Cool!!! I got into Rush with Roll The Bones, and ive managed to see them a couple of times. The quality of their back catalogue is amazing! Choosing a favourite Rush album is difficult. It could've been Clockwork Angels - an album which just gets better with repeated listens, and I love Fly By Night and Signals too, but HYF is definitely the one I spin the most.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 28, 2014 17:01:20 GMT -5
Wow this is difficult. Only 5? And no soundtracks! (Sorry Transformers the Movie OST). Here's my 5 albums I couldn't live without: 5: Kate Bush - Kick Inside An album which transports me back to another time and place. I love her voice on this album, and it reminds me of my childhood. 4: Carcass - Heartwork In my opinion the best death metal album of all time. Catchy, melodic and brutal! 3: Exodus - Fabulous Disaster My favourite thrash album. Toxic Waltz is THE definitive thrash song! 2: Faith no More - Angel Dust The most varied, yet strangely coherent collection of songs ever. True genius. 1: Rush - Hold Your Fire It's been criticised for its dated 80's production, but that's one of the reasons I love it so much. A perfect bunch of songs. Emotive and well crafted. Absolute musical brilliance! Sky, Lots of musicianship in your picks, as well as a nice sense of adventure in the breadth of them! I thought that we'd see more Rush, but they're starting to make their presence felt on the charts!
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Post by skylynx on Jan 28, 2014 17:42:14 GMT -5
Cheers Bob I've been packing my stuff this week for a house move. Got boxes and boxes of CDs (and just 2 boxes of comics - hehe). I tend to like artists that evolve over their careers, like Rush, Depeche Mode, Porcupine Tree, Tori Amos... It keeps me interested.
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Post by Don Garvey on Jan 28, 2014 23:31:09 GMT -5
I'd probably have a aneyurism if I really tried to narrow down top five albums, what with all the categorizing and subcategorizing and my age and whatnot.
So I'll just list five albums that are or were really important to me at different times in my life:
Anthrax: Among the Living - Yeah, Metallica would come to me shortly after I got into this and ultimately I probably wouldn't even rank Anthrax among my top 10 favorite bands but this album introduced me to metal - to being into music as an identity. I mean, the album had a song about Judge Dredd on it! And a song about Stephen King's The Stand and Apt Pupil. The lead guitarist had a ninja turtle on his guitar (this was before TMNT was a kid thing)! It was like my worlds collided in an amazing parentally disapproving way and I loved it.
Ministry: The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste - A friend of mine stole this and Ministry's prior album Land of Rape and Honey out of someone's car (so it was born in illicitness). When I heard Thieves for the first time... that sound, whatever it was - just tore my brain apart. Track after track I was blown away - it was hard... and metal... but... electronic? A decade long obsession with industrial music would follow. Of course NIN but KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Chemlab, Nitzer Ebb, Foetus, Front Line Assembly, on and on and on. To this day I still buy Al Jourgensen's crappy albums just because.
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother's Milk - Sex on a cassette tape. Perfect from beginning to end.
Monster Magnet: Dopes to Infinity - Probably the best album from a band who has a lot of best albums. This is just perfect, I can never tire of this album. Monster Magnet is probably my all time favorite band.
Soundgarden: Superunknown - Another perfect album from beginning to end. I had Soundgarden's prior albums but none really stuck with me - there was somethign about Superunknown.... weird fact, this album came out on the same day as The Downward Spiral by NIN. I was working third shift at the time and stayed up so I could pick up one of them. To the last minute I didn't know which to buy (I had already learned that if I buy more than one album at a time both lose) and decided on NIN. It was months later before I picked up Superunknown and probably another year or two before it really clicked.
Hon Mention: Everything by The Misfits, The White Album, The Wall
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Post by joestate on Jan 29, 2014 1:23:51 GMT -5
I'd probably have a aneyurism if I really tried to narrow down top five albums, what with all the categorizing and subcategorizing and my age and whatnot. So I'll just list five albums that are or were really important to me at different times in my life: Anthrax: Among the Living - Yeah, Metallica would come to me shortly after I got into this and ultimately I probably wouldn't even rank Anthrax among my top 10 favorite bands but this album introduced me to metal - to being into music as an identity. I mean, the album had a song about Judge Dredd on it! And a song about Stephen King's The Stand and Apt Pupil. The lead guitarist had a ninja turtle on his guitar (this was before TMNT was a kid thing)! It was like my worlds collided in an amazing parentally disapproving way and I loved it. Ministry: The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste - A friend of mine stole this and Ministry's prior album Land of Rape and Honey out of someone's car (so it was born in illicitness). When I heard Thieves for the first time... that sound, whatever it was - just tore my brain apart. Track after track I was blown away - it was hard... and metal... but... electronic? A decade long obsession with industrial music would follow. Of course NIN but KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Chemlab, Nitzer Ebb, Foetus, Front Line Assembly, on and on and on. To this day I still buy Al Jourgensen's crappy albums just because. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother's Milk - Sex on a cassette tape. Perfect from beginning to end. Monster Magnet: Dopes to Infinity - Probably the best album from a band who has a lot of best albums. This is just perfect, I can never tire of this album. Monster Magnet is probably my all time favorite band. Soundgarden: Superunknown - Another perfect album from beginning to end. I had Soundgarden's prior albums but none really stuck with me - there was somethign about Superunknown.... weird fact, this album came out on the same day as The Downward Spiral by NIN. I was working third shift at the time and stayed up so I could pick up one of them. To the last minute I didn't know which to buy (I had already learned that if I buy more than one album at a time both lose) and decided on NIN. It was months later before I picked up Superunknown and probably another year or two before it really clicked. Hon Mention: Everything by The Misfits, The White Album, The Wall Among the living is hands down my favorite metal album ever. I have just been so distant from metal lately I didn't even think about adding it on my list. I'm so bummed I missed their recent tour where they played that album in its entirety.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 29, 2014 8:16:26 GMT -5
Don,
I'm not sure what the Statute of Limitations is for swiping someone's Ministry album, but we'll try and keep the story here between us friends!
You mention parental disapproval; with so many parents these days looking to be "cool" (or being cool, because a lot are!) and sharing the same musical tastes as their kids, it's taken some of the fun out of "I'm gonna buy this 'cause it'll drive Mom crazy!ly chosen list!
Nicely chosen list, with some great stories!
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 29, 2014 8:27:23 GMT -5
Hey kids, it's a messy morning drive-time here in the New York area, so here's something to get you going; to help get your mind over the slush, snow and traffic jams, here's Junior Walker and his All-Stars with one of their big hits, "I'm a Road Runner":
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Post by thephantomwelshman on Jan 29, 2014 11:39:27 GMT -5
Difficult to pin down 5 albums, but here goes.
1) Music for a Jilted Generation - The Prodigy. 2) End Hits - Fugazi 3) Ill Communication - The Beastie Boys 4) The boy with the Arab strap - Belle and Sebastian 5) Timeless - Goldie
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