I Got Two Turntables and a Microphone (1829 hits)
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Submitted by fudgepacknuts (View user info) at 2005-10-12 11:25:43 EDT
I love music. I love it to pieces. I would most likely go insane if it did not exist. Between my full 30 gb ipod that I listen to daily on the subway, my small mp3 player here at my desk at work, and my attic full of cassettes and tape decks, I enjoy music at all times. It relaxes me when I am enraged and it assuages any plights I have when I am miffed.
So that got me thinking. Top ten lists are too commonplace here on Ubersite. It's too easy to just spit out a number of favorites and think that people actually care about what you think. They are too....impersonal. So I tried to think about something else:
Fifteen albums. If I could only listen to fifteen albums for the rest of my life, what would they be? Granted, this took some though on my part as I am a huge fan of all things music. But still, I tried to delve deep into my brain and think about this. Here is what I came up with:
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Submitted by Ejryuu (user info) at 2005-11-28 13:30:17 EST (#)
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Real men floss with spirit and chew souls!
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2005-11-15 17:42:26 EST (#)
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Third Eye Blind? are you serious? They sucked! Usually I can tolerate peoples choices of music but 3EB was shit, hands down.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-11-15 17:33:04 EST (#)
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no Cream?
Submitted by ButtloadOfMystery (user info) at 2005-11-15 17:29:06 EST (#)
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*** Alright - this is gonna get crazy, and many of you may hate me after this. Alas, I digress - it's time for my professional opinions:
First, I like this post - you listed some good stuff for sure, and some stuff I wanna check out that I've never really given a listen - you know, one of those bands that everyone knows but no one really listens to? Yeah - here goes my diatribe/criticism:
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:47:34 (#)
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Another problem with it is that the Peppers were never meant to be old or sober. They have no business trying to write intelligent lyrics. They are stoned monkey morons who just happen to bring the funk like nobody's business. I don't want Anthony Keidis spouting off buddhist philosophy. The man invented wearing a tube sock over his dick on stage. Buddah he ain't.
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*** Ok - now this comment semi-bothers me. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are just as good being the funk machine they were, as being the melody making monster they are now. Their last album, By The Way, was a tremendous record full of sounds they had never made before. Just listening to all the layers song by song (especially John Frusciante's vocal parts - awesome!), gives you an appreciation for what is the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and, in essence, Rick Rubin's pure genius. Now that they're off drugs (hah - for now?!), they can focus better on making the music what it's meant to be. Inspiration. Spiritual. Free-form creativity. But on the same hand, yeah, the lyrics are babble - but fun to sing along to at least. So in conclusion, they are a great band that has staying power - they just keep redefining their sound (yes, albeit somewhat changing), and progressing as individuals to form one group.
Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:23:45 (#)
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And for the record? Sevendust fucking blows. How the hell do you distinguish them from the 40,000 other bands that sound just like them? ASIDE from the fact that they've got a black dude. Seriously. Nothing new. Nothing interesitng. Nothing creative. Nothing difficult. Nothing of value.
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I guess I overrated your knowledge of music. If you can't tell Sevendust apart from the plethora of hard rock bands out there, you don't really have the musical ear I thought you did.
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*** Haha - this all makes me laugh...we're sitting here arguing about whether or not Sevendust sucks - hah! Sevendust DOES sound like a lot of other bands, true. Did they start that sound? Who cares. They suck. You should rethink your position as a occupant of this planet we call Earth.
Continuing...
Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:34:14 (#)
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Any other Power/Death/Prog Metalheads up for making this guys list a bit more manly with me?
No?
Well..
Um.
You didn't ask for mine, but I'm a bastard and I'm going to list mine anyway.
My 15, completely different from yours.. so bite me:
Nevermore- ALL
Dragonlord- Rapture
Children Of Bodom- ALL
Megadeth- Rust In Peace (earlier albums in general)
Dream Theater- Change of Seasons/Images and Words
Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime
Helloween- Keeper of The Seven Keys Parts I and II
Testament- ALL
Pantera- ALL
Alice In Chains- ALL
Symphony X- V: The New Mythology Suite, basically ALL I Guess
That's probably more than fifteen, and I'm way too lazy to look through my CD's to pick my favorites and specifically name them, so chew on this Plus Two and Enjoy.
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*** Ok whiplash - I'm joining you here now as a fan of most things metal/hardcore/experimental - whatever blending of any and all genres of those you can come up with - to some degree.
of the bands I've heard:
Children of Bodom = badass
Megadeth = badass
Dream Theater = insanely badass
Helloween = sweet haha, I love the "Just a Little Sign" video - it's so cheezy, that song is so catchy
Pantera = one of the best guitarists ever (Darryl Abbot)
Now - my list of noteworthy bands for people into metal and it's subgenres (I've been waiting for this kind of topic for a while now):
Rhapsody (Symphonic Epic Hollywood Metal) - Any album...I just bought "Power of the Dragonflame" and I love it - awesome riffs, sweet triumphant choruses, and lyrics that make you want to become a viking and/or mythical figure.
Ephel Duath (Prog-Jazz-Metal?) - I like "the Painter's Pallette" the best because of all the polyrhythms and bass work, but their first release, "rephormula" is a little edgier, with less experimentation as far as rhythms and structure goes. Good Italian band.
Necrophagist (Technical Brutal Death Metal) - "Onset of Putrefaction" is insane, to say the least - the flailing guitars, impeccable programmed drums, and grotesque vocals make this something you wanna keep away from children...that is, unless you want your children to become serial killers. This is good stuff for when you're pissed off at the world.
Between the Buried and Me (Jazz/Death Metal/Hardcore) - Each and every album put out by this amazing group amazes me again and again. The fluidity of their music is incomprehensible at times - they can go from a death metal romp to a soft, quiet singing part with ease - then back into the death metal with no warning whatsoever. The technical guitar parts laced with some fluttering retro-sounding melodies makes this band stand out amongst all the chug-chug bands of this day. All musicians are way above par in this group.
That's just an inkling of what's been in my CD player lately - if anyone likes what I said, feel free to e-mail me at thepilotepisode.at.yahoo.com for info on my group, which is more of a brutal metal band - but nonetheless, I like conversing with intelligent folk (preferrably with a musical background) about music and it's influences.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2005-10-21 15:21:36 EDT (#)
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I really liked that roots album.
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-13 01:19:08 EDT (#)
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Finally got to see your list, image and all. Good stuff, man. But I gotta say... those 'illadelph jazz bars? They were smokey, sure, but there weren't cramped. They were empty. I used to book this stuff, Dalek, Plastic Little, and a number of Philly underground with some friends in seclusiasis and 215noise and no one ever came out.
Now Philly's all about grime, which is a shame, cause it's an aped scene from London. At least this gritty jazz-hop thing was our own...
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:52:57 EDT (#)
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I can absolutely agree with a few of these.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:47:32 EDT (#)
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Nothing is better than The Beatles. NOTHING!!
Submitted by olivia_tremor_control (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:45:42 EDT (#)
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im so sick of pink floyd, nirvana and sublime. but the beatles is classic, and the roots are a nice change.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:44:20 EDT (#)
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Metal is music? Well, that's the same thing my
son told me. Learn somethin' new every day. . .
Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:34:14 EDT (#)
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Any other Power/Death/Prog Metalheads up for making this guys list a bit more manly with me?
No?
Well..
Um.
You didn't ask for mine, but I'm a bastard and I'm going to list mine anyway.
My 15, completely different from yours.. so bite me:
Nevermore- ALL
Dragonlord- Rapture
Children Of Bodom- ALL
Megadeth- Rust In Peace (earlier albums in general)
Dream Theater- Change of Seasons/Images and Words
Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime
Helloween- Keeper of The Seven Keys Parts I and II
Testament- ALL
Pantera- ALL
Alice In Chains- ALL
Symphony X- V: The New Mythology Suite, basically ALL I Guess
That's probably more than fifteen, and I'm way too lazy to look through my CD's to pick my favorites and specifically name them, so chew on this Plus Two and Enjoy.
Submitted by WellFedEthiopian (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:25:32 EDT (#)
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The Roots auto +2. Although I prefer "Do You Want More" over "Things Fall Apart"
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:23:43 EDT (#)
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Music is like food: Everyone enjoys something different, even
if they do enjoy variety now and then.
Anything by:
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Janis Joplin
Bach
Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Whatshisname
John Hartford
Bob Marley
The Music Machine (ever heard of them?)
Moby Grape
John Prine
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:59:31 EDT (#)
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I saw Sublime in concert. 40 oz. is one of the best CD's ever. Listened to it on the drive back from work today. Just awesome.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:07:26 EDT (#)
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5.5 out of 15. The first three, and the last three. Minus half a point for including GreenDay.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:03:25 EDT (#)
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THATS WHAT IM FYUCKIN TALKING ABOUT/
Submitted by missflibble (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:38:12 EDT (#)
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+2 purely for beethoven.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:33:28 EDT (#)
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those first two albums would make my top ten.
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:16:28 EDT (#)
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That's just no good. Calling Tommy a "quintessential concept album" is lewd. There is much for you to discover.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:46:17 EDT (#)
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Decent list. Not my faves but not all shitty. I do think that the Beatles are the most overrated bunch of Brit-pop asswipes ever, and that Sublime is overplayed, but at least you've got a decent theme going.
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:37:32 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/73215
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:32:28 EDT (#)
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Hey Fudge, thanks for the inspiration to do one of my own. Excellent post.
Now for a linkwhore - http://www.ubersite.com/m/76942
Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:23:45 EDT (#)
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And for the record? Sevendust fucking blows. How the hell do you distinguish them from the 40,000 other bands that sound just like them? ASIDE from the fact that they've got a black dude. Seriously. Nothing new. Nothing interesitng. Nothing creative. Nothing difficult. Nothing of value.
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I guess I overrated your knowledge of music. If you can't tell Sevendust apart from the plethora of hard rock bands out there, you don't really have the musical ear I thought you did.
Submitted by Droz (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:58:04 EDT (#)
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2 points for Floyd
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:47:34 EDT (#)
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Fudge - One Hot Minute is okay. The problem is, (or at least ONE of the problems) that One Hot Minute is NOT a Red Hot Chili Peppers album. It is the fourth and last Jane's Addiction album. (Pretending that Kettle Whistle and Strays never happened.) If you ever had any doubt how much influence Dave Navarro had on Jane's sound, listen to OHM. I always thought Jane's was all (and only) about Perry, but then I heard Porno for Pyros.
Another problem with it is that the Peppers were never meant to be old or sober. They have no business trying to write intelligent lyrics. They are stoned monkey morons who just happen to bring the funk like nobody's business. I don't want Anthony Keidis spouting off buddhist philosophy. The man invented wearing a tube sock over his dick on stage. Buddah he ain't.
Submitted by Ejryuu (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:39:47 EDT (#)
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I liked this post. A bit above your average "top 10" crap with nice explanations, pictures and track recommendations. Kudos!
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:25:30 EDT (#)
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An entire post about music and not one mention of Opeth. Shame on all of you.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:24:44 EDT (#)
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sweet....enjoy the show. it sucks that concert season is almost over. i caught 15 shows over the past few months. the best being (obviously) the white stripes in coney island. the worst (unfortunately) being jack johnson at PNC Arts Center in Jersey. he really disappointed me. it would've been even worse if i wasn't stoned out of my skull.
I also caught Green Day at Giants Stadium. Aside from the 15 year old crowd, those fuckers know how to put together a live show.
dave matthews at randalls island was strictly for the girlfriend. luckily, i was stoned there as well.......ok, that was harsh, dave is OK...just not my favorite.
OHHHH....and if you get a chance, go see Matisyahu (orthodox jewish guy doing reggae). He's been touring with Trey Anastasio for a while now and is actually quite good.
my last concert will be next week when i see franz ferdinand at MSG. i'm REALLY looking forward to that one. i saw them last year at roseland and they kicked ass.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:17:39 EDT (#)
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Well then I suggest you don't buy the new CKY cd...very produced if you know what I mean.
I miss the rawness of the first cd.
But I am seeing them (for free I might add) on Halloween at the Electric Factory in PHilly...followed closely but the COC/ Clutch show.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:14:23 EDT (#)
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Badass --- true....but i am addicted to ball & biscuit. i could not go without hearing that every now and again. then again, hello operator is one damn kickass tune. as i said, every album he produces (including loretta lynns's latest) is pure gold. it was a tough choice.
and yes, i do listen to cky. they're pretty solid in my book. i just hope they don't go too mainstream on the coattails of Bam Margera.
john --- yep, there's a list there. check it out when you get home and let me know what you think.
ETS --- I know Opus 80 and agree that it is absolutely breathtaking. I just chose from the gut on that one. It's too damn hard to choose when you're dealing with probably the greatest musical mind of all time.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:12:38 EDT (#)
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Oh, smoke_in_my_lungs, if you like John Frusciante and lo-fi shit, you'd like my friend John's music: http://brownstuff.biz/
You can download a lot of his shit. Scroll down and check out the 'works in progress'. It's good.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:07:35 EDT (#)
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oh, and for the dude who said JOHN FRUCIANTE:
"Your pussy is glued to a building on FIIIIIIIRE!"
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:05:41 EDT (#)
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If you like Betthoven's 9th, you'll LOVE this: 'Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chrous and Orchestra, Op. 80'. It's his best IMO. Glorious.
The more I see what the people of uber listen to, the more I think that I'd really get along with a lot of you.
I saw S.C.I.E.N.C.E., Aeroplane Over the Sea, Aenima, Bridge Over Troubled Water. A lot of albums I love have been cited here.
Makes me want to record.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:04:20 EDT (#)
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see that's what I though De Stijl would have been my choice just because it's got a little more kickass to it.
Ever listen to any CKY?
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-12 15:04:10 EDT (#)
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I had no idea you had even posted a list, Fudge. I can't view images here at work, so I thought you were just requesting others. I can only guess at what's on it based on what others are saying, but if you're really into the white stripes, yo u should check out Skip James and Mississippi Fred McDowell. They covered a few of their songs and much of their roots comes from them.
Also: other great two person bands: Death from Above 1979, Lightning Bolt
I was gonna rant about the whole bends radiohead fans vs. kid a radiohead fans, but that might be a whole post in and of itself.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:58:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:52:40 (#)
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Good list fudgy, I'm surprised you went with Elephant though.
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was a toss-up between that and De Stijl
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:53:43 EDT (#)
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-2 Third Eye Blind
+1,000,000,000 Miles Davis
If you haven't already heard it, go listen to Miles' best, "Bitches Brew."
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:52:40 EDT (#)
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Good list fudgy, I'm surprised you went with Elephant though.
Teephphah you deserve a firm yet affectionate slap on the ass for Blister in the Sun.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:27:19 EDT (#)
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Submitted by smoke_in_my_lungs (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:16:12 (#)
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Ok, I KNEW the mars volta was going to brought up at some point. I have very mixed feelings about them/omar rodriguez-lopez. On one hand, I love them for their flat-out originality and eccentricity. On another, they are just very, very, very, very weird. I just don't get what they're trying to accomplish. And while I love trying to figure out their albums, they really seem different live (I saw them last year at Roseland in NYC)...their live show was lacking something contained in the albums.
Take 'Frances the Mute,' for example. An excellent follow up to 'De-loused.' Half the album is not music. It is just 'sound.' White noise. Spooky at times, actually. I feel as though they are trying to break into another realm of music which is as of yet undiscovered. Which I love. But I just don't fully understand it yet. Does that make sense? Are you picking up what I'm putting down here?
And I agree that Lou Reed is awesome. 'Perfect Day' is one of my all time favorite songs. Same goes with Velvet underground...awesome band.
Submitted by smoke_in_my_lungs (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:16:12 EDT (#)
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Tool
John Frusciante
Nirvana
The Beatles
Black Sabbath with Ozzy
Fugazi
Deftones
System of a Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
The Mars Volta
Damien Rice
A Perfect Circle
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground
Van Der Graaf Generator
The Melvins
Fantomas
Anything by any of these bands really. Tool, Frusciante, Beatles, Nirvana, and System of a Down are absolute musts though.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-10-12 14:12:39 EDT (#)
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I can't disagree with your feelings on Jack but every now and then I need something mellow and groovy and he does it for me, I guess the other reason I stick him in there is that it's one of those comprimise albumns my wife and i can enjoy together instead of fighting to put Tori Amos and Bad religion into the same mix up. I can appreciate what Tori does and some of it is beuatiful but I just can't listen to it all that often. damn my spelling is atrocious today. nurrr.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:53:45 EDT (#)
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brdn_nkd...while i do enjoy jack johnson, it came to a point where every single album (and songs, for that matter) just started to sound the same to me. granted, he's not trying to be flashy, but after having gone to a jack show in new jersey, i can honestly say that he started to bore me a little.
violent femmes kick all kinds of ass.
and you know what? i completely left out clapton. totally skipped my mind. wow. good call. i'd put in a cream or derek and the dominos album.
teeph....i honestly never got into counting crows. too college radio for me.
and an iteresting choice for RHCP. My personal favorite of theirs is 'One Hot Minute.' It's their darkest and, I feel, most introspective album.
Bad Religion is also the tits.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:52:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:00:55 (#)
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Thanks for the kind words about my picks. It always irks me when I see a list of albums that are all in just one or two genres. THERE'S SO MUCH MUSIC out there. The last time there was one of these things, about top 5 or top 10 albums, eveyrone was listing nothing but metal. I LOVE metal. Slayer's Reign in Blood would be 19 or 20 on that list. But how can people listening to nothing but? The same applies to any genre... I used to chastize my orchestra-mates for listening to nothing but classical. how boring!
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The Hutch-man is right. I know a number of people who listen to nothing but one genre of music. It's really sad. Anyhow, you have some awesome picks and I like the way you formatted this. I just may have to do one myself. I'll make sure to link you if I do...
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:52:27 EDT (#)
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Damnit that wasn't sposed to happen
Anyway...
The Dead Milkmen
Sublime
Pennywise (a must before snowboarding)
Fugazi - 13 songs
The Specials
Operation Ivy
Pink Floyd (I have a disc of the Wall being performed by the london Philharmonic, very cool)
Tom Waits
Alright, I'll stop now. I know I butchered some spelling, sorry. I too have very broad tastes and will listen to nearly anything that is not country or bubblegum bullshit.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:45:39 EDT (#)
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This would be hard for me too as I am all over the place. A few artists or particular albumns:
Violent Fems
Jack Johnson
Bad Religion - Against the Grain, Suffer... ooh that's good stuff
Lord's of Acid
Eric Clapton
Ben Folds - His recordings are somewhat meh but I saw him live at a very small venue and was astounded to enjoy an incredible show put on by one man with a piano. Fantastic.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:36:30 EDT (#)
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i love music
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:21:02 EDT (#)
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+ infinity
You didn't ask for people to put their own down, but I'm going to anyway. And yes, I know most of these are trash (or not "sophisticated" enough) but fuck you. Each of these albums goes into a large portion of the person I am. Whether that is because the music has influenced ME in that direction or whether it is merely a reflection of something already there, I don't know. All I know is that each one speaks to and for a part of me.
Jane's Addiction - "Jane's Addiction," "Nothing's Shocking," and the first half of "Ritual de lo Habitual." (If you've put these away, pull them back out - particularly the first two. I did recently and they are as relevant as ever. Thanks fathead.)
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
Decendents - Livage
Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun
Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Backyard
House of Pain - Fine Malt Lyrics
Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction (yeah there are other great ones, but I like this one best)
Counting Crows - August and Everything After (Yeah, well fuck you too.)
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile, Broken, Downward Spiral
Crystal Method - Vegas
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk, Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog - The Home Recordings
Submitted by nya_nyo (user info) at 2005-10-12 13:07:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:28:16 (#)
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as far as radiohead go, 'the bends' is their best album. 'ok computer' close second.
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I second that
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:32:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:34:26 (#)
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Neutral Milk Hotel - The Aeroplane over the sea
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
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Two of the all-time greatest. Particularly NMH.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:28:16 EDT (#)
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as far as radiohead go, 'the bends' is their best album. 'ok computer' close second.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:17:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HighFructoseCornSyrup (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:07:17 (#)
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A 4th-grader could've looked up summaries on Amazon and done this.
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4th garders could also write half the crap on this site. Including most of the shite put out by you.
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:14:27 EDT (#)
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this title and no beck? wtf?
good list anyway though.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:08:48 EDT (#)
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John...I mean, you can't say enough about Radiohead. Thom Yorke is some kind of sorcerer when it comes to putting music down on paper. I'd give the edge to 'Ok Computer,' though. but then again, it's just an opinion. Everyone has different tastes.
Talking heads were awesome.
Arcade Fire....ah yes, the odd bunch from Montreal. I saw them on Conan and bought funeral the next day. I DID like it....but it felt too...I don't know....short or curt or truncated....it lacked oomph.
Brian Wilson.....I wanted to put Pet Sounds up there, but I had too much to choose from and opted against it. He is amazing, though. And if you can believe it, I havent heard 'Smile' yet. I need to get on that.
White Album...honestly, it was a toos up between this and Abbey Road. The deciding factor for me was the fluidity of AR versus the choppiness of White Album. (which was supposed to be two albums anyway). Still both were insanely amazing.
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity....I've heard good things but have yet to listen to it.
and Bruce is awesome.
Submitted by HighFructoseCornSyrup (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:07:17 EDT (#)
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A 4th-grader could've looked up summaries on Amazon and done this. It'll get a ton of hits and positive reviews, though. Have a nice day!
Submitted by Faithless_Whisper (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:03:25 EDT (#)
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I'm not giving you a plus two for your choices, per se...I don't believe in rewarding your opinions (Even though they coincide with mine 85%) But I liked how mixed your list was...beatles and White Stripes...and Greenday's Insomniac...Good job not picking the more mainstream Dookie. w00t.
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-12 12:00:55 EDT (#)
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Thanks for the kind words about my picks. It always irks me when I see a list of albums that are all in just one or two genres. THERE'S SO MUCH MUSIC out there. The last time there was one of these things, about top 5 or top 10 albums, eveyrone was listing nothing but metal. I LOVE metal. Slayer's Reign in Blood would be 19 or 20 on that list. But how can people listening to nothing but? The same applies to any genre... I used to chastize my orchestra-mates for listening to nothing but classical. how boring!
Anyway, sorry to rant. Look forward to seeing other lists.
And for the record? Sevendust fucking blows. How the hell do you distinguish them from the 40,000 other bands that sound just like them? ASIDE from the fact that they've got a black dude. Seriously. Nothing new. Nothing interesitng. Nothing creative. Nothing difficult. Nothing of value.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:56:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:42:49 (#)
Ranking: 2
Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
Was a good album, but was played way too much and I grew tired of it. After the album was 2 or 3 years old, everyone else discovered Smoke 2 Joints and it became the stoners anthem, although few stoners know it was originally a Bob Marley song.
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That is my least favorite song by them on that album, but it was my favorite album, until like you said it got way over played.
I saw them play in Philly in a pretty small venue before brad died, and it fucking rocked.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:49:06 EDT (#)
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FATMAN...yeah, it kills me when I hear Brainstew on the radio and they cut off Jaded. They are meant to go together. Ah well, so it goes.
Other albums that cam close were: Handsome Boy Modeling School "White People," Janis Joplin "Pearl," The Beatnuts "A Musical Massacre," Oasis "What's the Story (morning glory)," and David Bowie "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust."
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:42:49 EDT (#)
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Green Day - Brain Stew/Jaded
I remember hearing those played together, almost as if they were one song. After the album was no longer considered "New", they cut Jaded off and I was left with an empty feeling
Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
Was a good album, but was played way too much and I grew tired of it. After the album was 2 or 3 years old, everyone else discovered Smoke 2 Joints and it became the stoners anthem, although few stoners know it was originally a Bob Marley song.
I still enjoy Badfish though.
Submitted by Totally_useless (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:41:08 EDT (#)
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Prison Break will have new episodes starting in November. You haven't missed anything if you saw the governor's daughter sitting on the ambulance wondering about mold spraying...
This list of albums is very interesting. It's good to see someone who has such varied tastes.
One addition I would make: S.C.I.E.N.C.E. by Incubus
Check it out. From one music lover to another.
FYI - SEVENDUST'S NEW ALBUM, NEXT, WAS RELEASED ON 10/11/05
GOOD. SHIT.
Submitted by Spacey (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:40:45 EDT (#)
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I have all those albums, you have a very good taste in music even if I do say so myself!
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:38:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:27:44 (#)
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yeah, I've got DJ equipment as well, do you enjoy being gay as much as I do
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Obviously not a Beck fan.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:35:38 EDT (#)
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anyone in the US want to explain to me what happened to prison break this week. I download the episodes and they are up to the hour every week, it appears it wasn't aired this week.
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:34:26 EDT (#)
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Radiohead - Kid A
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
The Beatles - White Album
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Tool - Aenima
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Neutral Milk Hotel - The Aeroplane over the sea
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift your Skinny Fists
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:28:30 EDT (#)
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music is my life, as well.
CANNOT GRADUATE!
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2005-10-12 11:27:44 EDT (#)
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yeah, I've got DJ equipment as well, do you enjoy being gay as much as I do