Fudgepacknuts got me thinking... My Top 15 albums. (1197 hits)
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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2005-10-12 16:27:24 EDT
Yeah, I know, I posted 2 things in one day, whatever...
To anyone that cares, My first post of the day was "The Ocen Sighs Regret" - http://www.ubersite.com/m/76921
Inspired by Fudgepacknuts' Top 15 - http://www.ubersite.com/m/76916
I found that post to really get me thinking. Stranded on a desert island, with only 15 albums? Hmmm... That made me look through I-Tunes and my CD collection. Now at 28, I find I listen to all types of music. Granted, I'm really not as diverse as the Fudgeman, but I'll listen to anything that's not country.
I started thinking about albums that changed my life, that represented major times in my life and things that just are plain goddamn good. Cutting out greatest hits albums, (Cause that's cheating) I managed to narrow it down to 15 albums that have really influenced who I am today.
Now, I know, most of you could care less, and the metal heads on Uber are going to flame me for some of my choices. Yeah, yeah, -2DIE. But if I can get even one person to discover one of these albums, and they like it as much as I have, then I feel this post was successful.
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Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-10-13 08:23:09 EDT (#)
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+2 for title that made me laugh. Logged on drinking my coffee, and your post got me thinking: Where else could you see such a title?
I'm a Cure freak from "Wild Mood Swings" days, "Mixed UP" my fave traveling comp., Paris Live good also. Have about 2/3rds of your picks. The Psychedelic Furs should get a mention for how much they (probably influenced) The Cure, so I'll say "Midnight To Midnight" was one of The Furs best.
NIN+++
Must wrestle my Emo inner child back into its cage. Someday.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-10-13 07:18:40 EDT (#)
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Wow. There are a lot of damn fine albums on your list; albums that I would really expect to see on anybody's list.
You just climbed a couple of rungs on my 'cool meter.' You should throw a party to celebrate!
Submitted by Barnymeinhoff (user info) at 2005-10-13 07:18:09 EDT (#)
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+2 for because PJ Harvy smacks it.
Not a huge fan of her music but she's a west country girl and occasionally rocks a decent one piece.
This post needs more Jungle.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-13 02:03:51 EDT (#)
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Oh yea, and let's not forget Frank Zappa.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-13 02:01:58 EDT (#)
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'The Soft Machine' was probably one of the first progressive rock bands.
Submitted by johnhutch (user info) at 2005-10-13 01:42:18 EDT (#)
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Good stuff man. I'm with you on most of these picks.
Though I have a personal vendetta against Bono. ...that fucker.
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-10-12 22:07:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:31:29 (#)
You name a bunch of prog, but you forget KING FUCKING CRIMSON? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. Jesssus this is bad.
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Oh fuck that. Their "Magnum Opus", Lizard, gets shit all over by basically all of Yes' and Genesis' opuses. Anyone who doesn't think Close to the Edge isn't the best prog song ever should re-evaluate things. King Crimson WAS the first too pull off prog (The Moody Blues weren't quite there), but their material is limited to about 3-4 albums. Yes is by far the most succesful prog band ever (let's not even mention anything they did after 1977). Right behind Yes is Gentle Giant who were so brilliant for so long. Their skill and tastful arrangements put them way up there. Nobody did it like them. And Genesis wrote The Cinema Show, which contains 5 of the best minutes of music ever put to tape. KC were bigger pioneers, but they didn't quite follow through after Lake did the bounce.
And Opeth can eat my shit. They haven't released anything very good since Still Life. There's much better metal out there.
Submitted by Whiplash (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:37:35 EDT (#)
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You shoulda just put this in a reply on his post rather than make it a whole new one. :-\
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-10-12 21:25:34 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 Fungah (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:03:50 EDT (#)
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I shat on your porch.
Twelve times.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:02:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:57:46 (#)
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For what a cool writer you are, you have really lousy taste in music.
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-10-12 20:00:36 EDT (#)
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you would have been -2ed out of town if it wasnt for the tool.
and i like peter gabriel, but dont tell anyone!
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:57:46 EDT (#)
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For what a cool writer you are, you have really lousy taste in music.
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:33:19 EDT (#)
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And I forgot to mention Porcupine Tree ??? Holy shit I can't believe I forgot those. Three GOOD prog bands. Opeth, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson. They kick the shit out of Tool, Dream Theatre, Genisis, Yes, or WHATEVER you can think of.
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:31:29 EDT (#)
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So many comments of people throwing around names and terms but seriously, Noone fucking mentions Opeth? Jesus christ.
and what the hell is this::
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:24:35 (#)
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I like the slipping in of Sigur Ros. Very nice way to get all those loser post-rock kids on your side. Even the PJ Harvey was off...not that I like her stuff. Never was a Depech Mode fan. Fabian did loads of heroin. NIN sucks. Tool and U2 are my least favourite bands in the world. The, and Led Zepplin. The rest is so-so. I like the Peter Gabriel...like 30 years ago. Pick up some of his work with Genesis (Selling England by the Pound).
If you like the expansiveness of Sigur Ros and the "technical ability" Tool passes off as complex inteagues you, then you'd like some prog rock. And I don't mean crap like Pink Floyd. Bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, Grobbschnitt, PFM and my big fave, Gentle Giant, take conventional rock and knock it on its ass.
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You name a bunch of prog, but you forget KING FUCKING CRIMSON? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU. Jesssus this is bad.
Submitted by HighFructoseCornSyrup (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:11:41 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 19:09:03 EDT (#)
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Ally, I did not know that. Interesting. One more reason to like that movie.
Submitted by AllyJeans (user info) at 2005-10-12 18:42:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 18:12:00 (#)
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Submitted by stardamage (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:36:33 (#)
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...check out...
Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! I can't believe you mentioned Penguin Cafe Orchestra! My friend had a tape of them back in the day...like 8 years ago or something...it was entirely instrumental. All of the stuff sounded like little pieces of a movie score. It was good. Thanks for reminding me of that.
It was this one: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1153772/a/Penguin+Cafe+Orchestra.htm
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Well that makes sense, ETS. "Music for a found harmonium" is played at the end of Napoleon Dynamite, and I swear I have a memory of that same song during an ad for "she's having a baby."
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 18:12:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by stardamage (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:36:33 (#)
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+2 for Sigur Ros. Have you heard their new album yet? Gorgeous as usual.
I agree also with whoever said Yes.
Also: check out Marsen Jules, since your favorite Sigur Ros album is ( ). His CD Herbstlaub is fantastic, and I know you can download all of Lazy Sunday Funerals from his website.
Also Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD! I can't believe you mentioned Penguin Cafe Orchestra! My friend had a tape of them back in the day...like 8 years ago or something...it was entirely instrumental. All of the stuff sounded like little pieces of a movie score. It was good. Thanks for reminding me of that.
It was this one: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1153772/a/Penguin+Cafe+Orchestra.htm
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 18:00:56 EDT (#)
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Watching this argument is funny.
In my time so far on this planet I've managed to like a little bit of just about every style of music in existence. It wasn't always so. When I was first learning to play guitar, all I ever wanted to hear was stuff that sounded like it was the hardest shit to play. That pretty much meant either metal or classical. In a lot of ways I'm glad I did that because it made me improve on my instrument. Hearing Yngwie Malmsteen, Kirk Hammett, Paul Gilbert, Andres Segovia, and all the speed and progressive metal guitarists play made me strive to push as far as I could.
I've since learned that the most important aspect of any musical composition is its emotion. If there is no emotion, it cannot conjure up all the things that make good songs great songs.
Music lives inside us because at some point it defines who we are, becomes part of who we are. They are no longer just songs, but pieces of ourselves. The wider your spectrum of musical enjoyment, the more well-rounded of an individual you'll become.
Submitted by AllyJeans (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:57:13 EDT (#)
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"Fudgepacknuts got me thinking..."
That title is one of the five most ridiculous things I've ever read on Uber.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:50:59 EDT (#)
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You listen to some real shit.
Nothing personal.
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:46:33 EDT (#)
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for VAST. I still can't understand why hardly anyone has ever heard of this band. The new album Nude is probably one of my favorite pop/rock cd's in recent times. Not a bad line-up. More into the underground space rock/atmospheric post-metal movement myself.
Submitted by stardamage (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:36:33 EDT (#)
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+2 for Sigur Ros. Have you heard their new album yet? Gorgeous as usual.
I agree also with whoever said Yes.
Also: check out Marsen Jules, since your favorite Sigur Ros album is ( ). His CD Herbstlaub is fantastic, and I know you can download all of Lazy Sunday Funerals from his website.
Also Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:26:36 EDT (#)
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Oh, I'm also a HUGE metalhead.
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:24:35 EDT (#)
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I like the slipping in of Sigur Ros. Very nice way to get all those loser post-rock kids on your side. Even the PJ Harvey was off...not that I like her stuff. Never was a Depech Mode fan. Fabian did loads of heroin. NIN sucks. Tool and U2 are my least favourite bands in the world. The, and Led Zepplin. The rest is so-so. I like the Peter Gabriel...like 30 years ago. Pick up some of his work with Genesis (Selling England by the Pound).
If you like the expansiveness of Sigur Ros and the "technical ability" Tool passes off as complex inteagues you, then you'd like some prog rock. And I don't mean crap like Pink Floyd. Bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, Grobbschnitt, PFM and my big fave, Gentle Giant, take conventional rock and knock it on its ass.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:05:53 EDT (#)
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AUTO +2 - Sigur Ros ( ). It's my favorite album by the band who music I've only known for about a year, but feel like I've loved forever. I just saw them play live last month. Just..WOW.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:04:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:59:42 (#)
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and my favorite...Mazzy Star.
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Check out a group called "Denali." They sound a lot like Mazzt Star, but a little more upbeat.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:01:23 EDT (#)
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Ok wait, that was gay....you suck, your musical diversity is for homos...you shouldn't listen to that gilry crap...jeez i thought you were cool -2getaids
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:01:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:48:52 (#)
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I was listening to Tool wat before it was popular. I saw them Live years ago when the Deftones opened for them.
Sorry if you're too busy jacking off to Death Metal to appreciate something different. And I've seen Ani live twice. People can have a wide range of musical tastes...
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I didn't flame you, you sanctimonious prick. I did, however, give MY OPINION of your musical "tastes". And I rated your post accordingly 0-"worth reading". Sorry if you're too busy jacking off to some dyke saying the word "cunt" in her songs to appreciate someone else's view of your music collection.
And Death Metal blows you fucking goon. Nice try, though.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2005-10-12 17:00:57 EDT (#)
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HAHAHAHAHA, the cure
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:59:42 EDT (#)
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Don't sweat the haters that try to compensate for small pricks by listening to nothing but fucking death metal.
Tracy Chapman is one chick I dig. ALong with;
Natalie Merchant
Eddie Brickel
and my favorite...Mazzy Star.
OMG!! LLLOOOKK AATTAT THE HOMEOZ!!!
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:54:04 EDT (#)
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My sister loves Ani. From what I've heard, she's pretty expressive in her songwriting. Very distinct and moody...almost like she's constantly on the edge of laughing hysterically and crying and pulling her hair out screaming. It's a very nervous and jolting concoction. Good guitar work from what I've heard.
I can't rag you for liking her...I like Jewel's early stuff.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:50:28 EDT (#)
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Good choices, particularly Disentigration.
I still can't get enough of that album.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:48:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:40:55 (#)
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Meh. This seems like one of those lists designed to impress the ladies whilst still seeming cool and edgy and a bit hardcore by throwing Tool into the list. Never again soil Tool by putting it near a whiny faux-weepy cunt like Ani Difranco.
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I was listening to Tool wat before it was popular. I saw them Live years ago when the Deftones opened for them.
Sorry if you're too busy jacking off to Death Metal to appreciate something different. And I've seen Ani live twice. People can have a wide range of musical tastes...
Submitted by turbo3000 (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:44:32 EDT (#)
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I say him live 2 years ago,
I say he's still a live today?
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:40:55 EDT (#)
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Meh. This seems like one of those lists designed to impress the ladies whilst still seeming cool and edgy and a bit hardcore by throwing Tool into the list. Never again soil Tool by putting it near a whiny faux-weepy cunt like Ani Difranco.
Submitted by WildcatMcGee (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:38:41 EDT (#)
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Needs more good music.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:38:29 EDT (#)
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#1 on my list.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/44243
Submitted by BrittInToledo (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:37:05 EDT (#)
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+2 because you chose U2's Achtung Baby - which contains my favorite song of all time "One"
Damn, I really wish I was seeing them on tour...
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:37:04 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/73215
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:36:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:32:42 (#)
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you're gonna get -2nami'ed for all this emo crap - if you want good Peter Gabriel, try 'Melting Face'.
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Yeah, I know. TBS was the only emop band I put up there, but it won't matter...
"Melting Face" I think was his 3rd album. Hell, he fucking self titled the first four! Bastard. Anyhow, I love all of PG's work. I say him live 2 years ago, 17th row. Absolutely amazing.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:32:42 EDT (#)
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you're gonna get -2nami'ed for all this emo crap - if you want good Peter Gabriel, try 'Melting Face'.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-10-12 16:30:00 EDT (#)
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you're a touch...overrated
you're a lush...and i hate it
needs more Weezer - Blue Album