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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 2, 2006 19:35:42 GMT -5
What kind of music do you like, Atari? If you have a wide variety of tastes I have plenty of stuff to recommend. I have a very wide variety of tastes. Right now, I'm listening to a mix that includes Willie Nelson, Yes, INXS, U2, the Beastie Boys, and Anthrax. I already enjoy many of the artists mentioned: The Cure, Weird Al, ELO, Metallica, Jethro Tull, TMBG, et al. My favorite albums I bought in the last year are: "In Your Honor"- Foo Fighters "X & Y"- Coldplay "Rainy Day Music"- The Jayhawks "Ogre Tones"- King's X "Songs for Silverman"- Ben Folds I'm mainly looking for what people consider an indispensible CD. I know for some people that's "Blonde on Blonde", or "Born To Run", or "Abbey Road", or "Dark Side of the Moon", etc.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 2, 2006 19:38:16 GMT -5
Just one? Why? Because it's great! A lot of good stuff on that one, but I think there is too much filler and the beginnings of a slump in quality. How about... instead, one of the most underrated albums of all time IMO. Excellent synth rock if that's your thing.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 2, 2006 19:39:21 GMT -5
I see you already like ELO, I'll leave that up anyway
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Post by Cleolanta on Feb 2, 2006 19:41:33 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I can definitely reccommend "Flood" by They Might Be Giants...I recieved a copy of that album (along with the one before it, "Lincoln") for my birthday back when Flood was more or less new, and I still love it now.
I don't listen to that many normal albums...tend to go for Greatest Hits and/or Various Artists theme collections a lot of the time...but here's an album I generally enjoy: The very first album by Duran Duran. (Yes, I'm a fan of theirs....RUN!! :P)
Most people would say their second album, the vastly more popular "Rio", is where it's at, but I dunno...the very rough, experimental feel of the first one is intriguing to me. (It's more likely than not the same factor that makes the KTMA episodes of MST fascinate me, so keep that in mind.) But it's not just that--much as I like "Rio" (and I do), the first album has this intriguing..._darkness_ to it, that just gets inside my brain in neat ways. I'm not really a goth but I do have a bit of a goth..._streak_, and this album indulges that. I have nothing against black velvet, lace, or "New Romantic" elegance from time to time, and this album proves that dark weirdness has a beat _and_ you can dance to it.
Also along the same lines, I rather like their 1997 album "Medazzaland". I dunno, I'm just in a sort of trippy, "experimental" mood at the moment. If you want the poppier stuff, then definitely go with Rio, but I'm just stating what I'm in the mood for at this exact moment.
I've also been listening to collections, including The Cure's greatest hits (yes....my "goth streak" likes them too, as well as even the occasional Smiths/Morrissey song), The Best of Anime (snicker) and these "Just Can't Get Enough New Wave Hits of the '80s" collection thingies (which are, sadly, out of print.) I'm into New Wave and am on an '80s kick at the moment, heh. There's also a Halloween collection CD with this set, which seems appropriate for MST in some ways--it includes the very-oft-quoted group the B-52's, a revved-up punk versiom of the Munsters theme song, and even a song about the Creature from the Black Lagoon! (It may even be more about the sequel movie, because of the line "strange to see him _back_ so soon".) The song even takes the tack that many of us MSTies take...that he's a sympathetic character who didn't deserve what he got. The whole album just has this lovely celebration-of-B-movie-cheese feel to it...
EDIT: I actually have a pretty wide-ranging taste and like lots of other things....this post is just about what I'm listening to _at the moment_. If I were to reccommend EVERY band, song, album, or collection I've ever truly liked, we'd be here all day. I also like ELO, for just one other example. :)
...Notorious
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Post by Shep on Feb 2, 2006 20:03:12 GMT -5
A few British Alt Rock Classics I love:
The Stone Roses-"The Stone Roses" Joy Division-"Closer" Oasis-"Definitely Maybe" The La's-"The La's" The Smiths-"Strangeways Here We Come" Manic Street Preachers-"This Is My Truth Now Tell Me Yours" The Jam-"Greatest Hits"
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Feb 2, 2006 20:07:14 GMT -5
Live Rust by Neil Young, the best live album ever. Wow, somebody I agree with.
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Post by Chuck on Feb 2, 2006 20:14:29 GMT -5
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Tholonius Monk & John Coltrane Live at Carnegie Hall
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out!
Bryan Ferry - Frantic
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth
June Christy - Something Cool
Ella Fitzgerald - The Songbooks (any of 'em!)
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Post by okeefe on Feb 2, 2006 20:14:38 GMT -5
My favorite albums I bought in the last year are: "In Your Honor"- Foo Fighters "X & Y"- Coldplay "Rainy Day Music"- The Jayhawks "Ogre Tones"- King's X "Songs for Silverman"- Ben Folds I'm mainly looking for what people consider an indispensible CD. Indispensible? imho... Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Lucinda Williams - Essence Ween - White Pepper, The Mollusk, Quebec Big Country - Driving to Damascus (AKA John Wayne's Dream) Wilco - Being There The Gathering - Souvenirs Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit Linda & Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights American Music Club - Mercury, San Fransico, Rise Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man John Hiatt - Slow Turning Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass Son Volt - Trace Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Robbie Robertson - self-titled (1987) The Band - self-titled (1969?) Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running On Empty Joni Mitchell - Blue all Led Zeppelin records all Beatles records Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun, And The Circus Leaves Town REM - Reckoning, Murmur kd lang - Shadowland, Ingenue Roy Harper - Jugula Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Pixies - Surfer Rosa Black Sabbath - self-titled, Paranoid, Master of Reality Deep Purple - Machinehead I know, they're all pretty mainstream... Live Rust by Neil Young, the best live album ever. Wow, somebody I agree with. oh yeah...when Neil is good, he's very very good...
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Post by Chuck on Feb 2, 2006 20:19:09 GMT -5
And if you want to go real retro: The Pentangle - Sweet Child. (Folk/Jazz/Classical from the 60s.)
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 2, 2006 20:57:54 GMT -5
Indispensible? imho... Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Lucinda Williams - Essence Ween - White Pepper, The Mollusk, Quebec Big Country - Driving to Damascus (AKA John Wayne's Dream) Wilco - Being There The Gathering - Souvenirs Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit Linda & Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights American Music Club - Mercury, San Fransico, Rise Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man John Hiatt - Slow Turning Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass Son Volt - Trace Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Robbie Robertson - self-titled (1987) The Band - self-titled (1969?) Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky, The Pretender, Running On Empty Joni Mitchell - Blue all Led Zeppelin records all Beatles records Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun, And The Circus Leaves Town REM - Reckoning, Murmur kd lang - Shadowland, Ingenue Roy Harper - Jugula Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Pixies - Surfer Rosa Black Sabbath - self-titled, Paranoid, Master of Reality Deep Purple - Machinehead I know, they're all pretty mainstream... okeefe, I like the way you think. Not nearly enough people know about Sun Volt, the Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, or Uncle Tupelo. I spent a year touring with a band called "The Urban Hillbilly Quartet", and those artists (and overall genre) were all we listened to in the van. Great, great stuff.
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Post by Sheik Yerbouti on Feb 2, 2006 21:18:19 GMT -5
Since you've already stated you're a Zappa fan, Samptari, I won't go there. Don't know if you enjoy any classical music; if you do, then Richard Strauss (NOT Johann, the waltz king) composed a series of four songs entitled "Vier Letzte Lieder" -- the most eerily beautiful pieces of music ever. Shivers up and down my spine EVERY time, and I've been listening to them for over ten years now. If you're interested, may I suggest the version with Karajan conducting / Gundula Janowitz soprano. Leontine Price does a fantastic job, too... but Janowitz's performance is unique, and Karajan entices a syrupy, billowing performance from his orchestra. Truly indispensable for me. www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1057535/a/Strauss:+Four+Last+Songs,+etc+%2F+Karajan,+Janowitz,+Berlin+PO.htm
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Feb 2, 2006 21:22:05 GMT -5
Strauss's 30 minute "Zarathustra" (not just the well known minute or two) might just be my all time favorite classical music so I would recommend that for classical. I haven't heard the "Vier Lezte Lieder" pieces but I shall attempt to do so.
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Post by Chuck on Feb 2, 2006 21:40:14 GMT -5
Since you've already stated you're a Zappa fan, Samptari, I won't go there. Don't know if you enjoy any classical music; if you do, then Richard Strauss (NOT Johann, the waltz king) composed a series of four songs entitled "Vier Letzte Lieder" -- the most eerily beautiful pieces of music ever. Shivers up and down my spine EVERY time, and I've been listening to them for over ten years now. If you're interested, may I suggest the version with Karajan conducting / Gundula Janowitz soprano. Leontine Price does a fantastic job, too... but Janowitz's performance is unique, and Karajan entices a syrupy, billowing performance from his orchestra. Truly indispensable for me. www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1057535/a/Strauss:+Four+Last+Songs,+etc+%2F+Karajan,+Janowitz,+Berlin+PO.htm I have several recordings of this. Renee Flemming's is my favorite of the week.
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Post by Crapythe on Feb 2, 2006 21:41:21 GMT -5
What did you think about Batlord Atari, others... Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band too! (Mirror man)
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 2, 2006 23:34:47 GMT -5
Since you've already stated you're a Zappa fan, Samptari, I won't go there. "Joe's Garage" changed my life. And in high school, I arranged "St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast" as a jazz quartet for drums, bass, guitar, and vibraphone. It won me an award at a competition (I played the vibes). Frank would have been proud. I'm totally going to check this out. I'm ashamed at how little classical music I have in my collection. Especially after all those years of Music Theory classes I took...
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