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Post by Hoss Ragen on Jul 11, 2007 23:46:37 GMT -5
Archie Bell & The Drells "Tighten Up": How can such a simple musical concept sound so damn good? Black Sabbath "Iron Man": This one never gets old for me. Anton Karas "(Theme From) The Third Man": Same here. Bob Haggart & Ray Bouduc "Big Noise From Winnetka": I had the title of this song as my phrase under my avatar briefly. This is such a catchy, classic tune. Shellac "The Idea Of North": A nice, serene song by a trio that played like clockwork. From Live At Action ParkThe Birds "Daddy, Daddy": This is the British garage band who appeared in The Deadly Bees (The Skinnies! haha!). Four-chord wonder, post-Invasion fuzz psychedlia at its best. Their entire catalog of recordings is highly rare, as well. Nancy Holloway "Sand And Rain". France's answer to Shirley Bassey belts out an emotional tune that sounds amazing. The lyrics don't get any deeper than simple alegory about heartbreak (in her defense, English was most likely a semi-fluent language for her), but the heavy beat with the big band horn section is excellent. This has been put on a couple CD compilations that feature rare 60s-70s European jazz fusion instrumental recordings and whatnot. The Meters "Here Comes The Meter Man": Essential late 60s New Orleans funk. No MP3, but I found a video of a New York City based jam band who does a Surprisingly true-to-original cover hereWar "Slippin' Into Darkness": One of the best hit songs from the great multiracial soul-funk supergroup from Los Angeles with social conscious lyrics. There were music videos on You Tube featuring pictures of low rider women, hot cars and people with afros, but I chose this one because it's unintentionally funny. Dick Dale & His Deltones "The Wedge": Appropriate for this 100 degree summer weather on its way.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 12, 2007 0:07:48 GMT -5
All by Weird Al Tonight:
You Don't Love Me Anymore Dare to Be Stupid UHF One More Minute This Is The Life Velvet Elvis Mr. Popeil Good Old Days Pancreas Don't Download This Song
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Jul 12, 2007 23:10:13 GMT -5
All by Weird Al Tonight: You Don't Love Me Anymore Dare to Be Stupid UHF One More Minute This Is The Life Velvet Elvis Mr. Popeil Good Old Days Pancreas Don't Download This Song I love "One More Minute" and "Mr. Popeil." Probably my favorite Weird Al song, though, is "Nature Trail to Hell." That one just slays me.
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Post by Don Quixote on Jul 13, 2007 18:31:34 GMT -5
All by Weird Al Tonight: You Don't Love Me Anymore Dare to Be Stupid UHF One More Minute This Is The Life Velvet Elvis Mr. Popeil Good Old Days Pancreas Don't Download This Song I love "One More Minute" and "Mr. Popeil." Probably my favorite Weird Al song, though, is "Nature Trail to Hell." That one just slays me. I like usually prefer some of his original songs to the parodies. 'Nature Trail to Hell in 3-D' is one of my favorite Al songs too. His whole "In 3-D" album is one of his better ones, in my opinion.
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Post by vanhagar3000 on Jul 15, 2007 15:03:14 GMT -5
Metallica's "Ecstacy of Gold": An interesting take on Morricone's classic. I love it probably because when it plays on the radio it reminds me of the classic scene from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.The Doors' "Light My Fire": A classic, you gotta love this song. The Ramones' "SLUG": For the Ramones, I went with a more obscure song that I don't know if everyone's heard. It's a demo from their Rocket to Russia album. It's a little bit more pop than punk which makes you realize why they didn't put it on the album. It appears as an extra on the Rhino version. New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis": Punk before punk. Never a huge fan of Buster Pointdexter, but the rest of the Dolls lineup kicked ass for a while. Richard Hell and The Voidoids' "Blank Generation": Another band from that early 70s NYC punk scene. Great guitar track and a pretty smart and sharp song. Marc Bell (Marky Ramone) plays drums here, but Tommy Ramone played on SLUG so I still didn't go with the same artist! Take THAT Atari!Van Halen's "House of Pain": I was listening to this yesterday, it's the last track on the 1984 album. It's a good tune that gets lost over far more popular ones. Method Man's "Part II": I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop by Wu Tang is cool with me. I think MST3K fans will enjoy this as they make pop culture references going from Clint Eastwood to Bob Backlund. Warning: Naughty language....dickweed.Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire": Another classic song I thought I'd throw on the list. The Who's "Substitute": Just about everything about this song is right, so here it is. And of course, the greatest song of all-time. No explanation needed.
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Aug 25, 2007 14:00:34 GMT -5
2. Alan Parsons Project: “Don’t answer me,” from Ammonia Avenue. I don’t know too many songs by this group, but this is a great nod to the Phil Specter “Wall of Sound” approach, complete with clicking castanets through the song. It’s very much unlike any other song I know by the group. I'll have to check that one out. I love their "Games People Play". I like "Don't Answer Me", Captain. And it found a home with the other Alan Parsons Project music on my Windows Media Player. In fact, you got me interested to discover more of the group's music... "Silence and I", "Old and Wise", "Damned If I Do", "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are all favorites of mine, but "Games People Play" is still my #1 fav from them.
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Aug 25, 2007 16:12:51 GMT -5
I hope Mr. Atari won't mind if I bend the rules a bit this time. It's just too hard for me to limit myself to one song per artist, in some cases. So pardon me, won't you?
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]The Beach Boys: "I'll Bet He's Nice" & "Wild Honey"[/glow][/shadow]
I think these two songs are nice examples of some of the diversity in late 60s|70s Beach Boys music. If you're interested in hearing them sound as far from their early surf-music days as possible, I'd recommend "Cool, Cool Water", "Tears in the Morning", "Surf's Up" and "Good Vibrations". And if you're into the classic Beach Boys sound, check out "Darlin'" and "Please Let Me Wonder".
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Bruce Springsteen: "Jungleland" & "New York City Serenade"[/glow][/shadow]
Both of these songs are epics, what more can I say? I like "NYCS" more, but they're both masterpieces (and over 9 minutes long). These are my two most highly-recommended songs on this list.
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]The Eagles: "Wasted Time" & "Wasted Time (Reprise)"[/glow][/shadow]
Another soulful, mellow, beautiful Eagles song from their 'Hotel California' album. The reprise is a short instrumental.
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Oasis: "Champagne Supernova"[/glow][/shadow]
Oasis gets a lot of love in this thread...and for good reason. I think this is one of their more atmospheric songs.
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Santana: "Everybody's Everything"[/glow][/shadow]
A 3 minute long Latin-Rock party!
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Spirit: "Mr. Skin"[/glow][/shadow]
A 4 minute long Jazz-Rock party!
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Steely Dan: "Bad Sneakers"[/glow][/shadow]
Another of my favorite Steely Dan songs.
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Stevie Wonder: "Please Don't Go"[/glow][/shadow]
Even though I'm listing mostly popular artists here, I'm trying to go with some of their lesser known songs. I heard this song for the first time within the past year, and it took 2-3 listens for me to really like it, but "PDG" is classic Stevie Wonder. In fact, it's from the album 'Fulfillingness' First Finale'...which was part of his Classic Period.
[shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Supertramp: "Hide in Your Shell" & "Downstream"[/glow][/shadow]
I wanted to avoid any songs from Supertramp's excellent (and most popular) album, 'Breakfast in America'...as those are among their most well-known songs. "HIYS" is from one of Supertramp's more successful albums ('Crime of the Century') but I don't think it was ever a single. And "Downstream" is a nice piano ballad from the album, 'Even in the Quietest Moments...'. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300]Ten Years After: "I'd Love to Change the World"[/glow][/shadow]
A few years ago, a good friend of mine burned me a CD, introducing me to this song and a few others. So not only does this song take me back to my late teens/pothead days...it's just an all around enthralling piece of Blues-Rock.
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Post by Krista on Aug 30, 2007 12:18:24 GMT -5
Alright, alright.
Here's my list:
1. Sky of Bones - Alice Donut It's hard for me to pick one donut song since they're my absolute favorite. I love the harmoies, different instruments thrown into the mix (such as trombone in some songs, banjo in others) ironic lyrics, genre bending songs. I could go on all day...
2. Within One Universe there are Millions- Man or Astro-Man? Off of their most recent album, and not really the surfiest sounding songs, but one of my favorites. I love the robtic voice and the washed out ending.
3. 'Til I Die- NoMeansNo Another band with great use of harmonies. They also, in my opinion, have one of the best drummers I've ever heard, John Wright. I guess if you take credit for being one of the few math rock bands, your drummer ought to be good.
4. Satellite Anthem Icarus- Boards of Canada This is a very ambient daydreamy song. I like to listen to it if I'm trying to fall asleep or I'm in a pensive mood. If you've ever watched David Firth's "Salad Finger" flash videos, this is the same artist used in the background. (Not all songs sound that creepy though, such as Satellite Anthem Icarus.)
5. Disposition/Reflection/Triad- Tool On Lateralus, the album these songs are on, they were divided up into three parts instead of one big song. One of the prettiest songs I've seen, very cool visuals.
6. A Growing Boy Needs his Lunch- Dead Kennedys Probably my all time favorite DK song. I love the use of all the reverb in the guitar (I guess that's what you get if you use a surf guitar) and DK's thought provoking lyrics. Just what I'd expect from probably one of the most political bands of all time.
7. Astrophobia- Turn Me on Dead Man This song also has very cool visuals for me and an extremely tangy taste. Quite a trippy song with heavy use of effects.
8. What's Left of the Flag - Flogging Molly Lots of Irish folk sounding songs with a rock twist. I like the use of the traditional Irish instruments .
9. Deep Blue, Congratulations - Servotron Extremely catchy songs by a band that pretends to be robots. This song is about IBM's chess master computer, Deep Blue, defeating the world champion, Kasperov, at chess. It talks about how machines are much better at everything than humans. 'Nuff said.
10. Super Disco Breaking- Beastie Boys Just because it's my all time favorite Beastie Boys song, and it's ridiculously catchy.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Sept 11, 2007 19:12:24 GMT -5
I'm going to do lists based on different types of music or something. A way of giving myself some rules so I can actually make a list of 10. First up off the back of Krista recommending Boards of Canada bedtime electronica (usually called ambient but most of it's not actually ambient so that's what I call it):
1) Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) Is this the single most beautiful piece of music ever? Achingly sad, yet also full of hope. Eno soundtracked a film about the Apollo moon landings (who cares if they're fake or not, the footage coupled with his ambient music is one of the loveliest things ever put on celluloid!) and this is the centrepiece of that album. The closest to perfect as music can get.
2) Boards of Canada - Kid For Today There was this filmmaker from Scotland called Margeret Tait. She made films about the film form. All of them seemed to be about family holidays or shoes or her travelling around Edinburgh filming what was on display. They were personal snippets of her life, little memories caught on film. Boards of Canada are like the musical equivalent. Also from the Edinburgh area their music sounds like hazy almost forgotten memories from childhood (the best description I ever heard was that they are like kid's TV theme tunes from the 70's through frosted glass). They would make the perfect soundtrack to Tait's little movies. Kid For Today is the most obvious example of this. The beat sounds like a projector flicking through photographs, probably of a family trip to the beach, I always think back to my Mum and Dad taking me to Ayr or Saltcoats. The music suggests that the memories of the actual events are fading. It's a very sad piece of music.
3) Aphex Twin - Untitled (Selected Ambient Works 2 CD1 Track 3 (known to fans as Rhubarb, and not the insane thump-a-thon Donkey Rhubarb which is also great but really doesn't fit on this list)) A tribute to Eno. Sounds alot like An Ending (Ascent). Warm and lovely and one of the nicest things Richard D James made, listen to this next to Come To Daddy to hear the range of this man. The album it's from is an attempt to capture the dreamlike state. If you get every track (25 in all there are problems with different versions of it) it lasts about 2 hours 45 mins and covers nice happy states of mind to absolute nightmares. If you are half asleep while listening to it it alters your mood.
4) Eluvium - Repose In Blue Droning orchestral sounds that are suddenly punctuated by the sound of a fireworks display. The fireworks sound like a timpany drum being hit randomly. One of the finest moments in music this year.
5) Global Goon - Long Whiney It's like taking a bubblebath then being wrapped in a big fluffy towel that was sitting on a radiator on a cold day. Just wonderful, one of my favourite electronic songs. Like Boards of Canada it seems to be one that people who aren't that into electronic music love.
6) Proem - Place Gun To Head The title hides the nature of the song. Some beautiful synth sounds that build and build until a big loopy bassline kicks in. Brilliant stuff.
7) U-Ziq - Ethereal Murmurings Does what it says on the tin. Long, sprawling and upbeat. Sounds a bit like Aphex at his most playful and that's not a surprise as this guy (Mike Paradinas) is his mate.
8) Seefeel - Spangle An incredible band who were only together for about three years but their music has a quality that places it in a place that has to be heard. Kind of like a cross between Cocteau Twins and early Autechre. It's all about repetition and the hypnotic qualities that it can have, at least their early stuff is, taking the ideas of dance, repetition and gradual building up, and applying it to a basic rock setup of guitars, bass, drums, voice and drums. They also made sounds quite unlike anything else thanks to Mark Clifford's experimentation with the sort of equipment being used by the electronic artists of the time. Spangle is their finest moment. Cyclical guitar/synth (no one's quite sure which) sounds with some wonderful Liz Fraser like vocals. Simply gorgeous. 9) Stars Of The Lid - Even If You've Never Been Awake (Deuxième) Pitched somewhere between music and droning noise. Beautiful dreamlike piece that unfolds slowly. It's all about layers of sound moving over and through one another. The moment that the piano appears in the right channel nearly knocked me out my seat. Stars of the Lid's music is maybe the most perfect for drifting off to sleep ever made and the album this is from (And the Refinement of the Decline) is one of the year's best.
10) Helios - Velius One for the fans of Boards of Canada. There's a bit of a hip-hop influence to this. Obviously it only sounds like hip-hop that designed to relax you. Helios has made a bit of a name for hisself and while his music is nothing new it is fantastic. The sound of Helios' music has verged more into live instrumentation in recent releases. Also worth checking out is his album under the alias Goldmund that's entirely piano pieces.
Bang these ten on a CD and relax into a dreamlike state. If you're having trouble sleeping then these ten are for you.
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Sept 18, 2007 2:07:54 GMT -5
TrumpysMagic and Krista: I don't recognize any of the songs on your lists, so I'll have to check some of them out tomorrow. I'd like to post another list, but it'll have to be a quick one (without explanations) this time. I'm gettin' pretty tired. [shadow=maroon,left,300] The Beatles: "Your Mother Should Know"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Bruce Springsteen: "Backstreets"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Chicago Transit Authority: "I'm a Man"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] The Eagles: "You Never Cry Like a Lover"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Janis Joplin: "Summertime"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] John Lennon: "I'm Losing You"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Pink: "Trouble"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Santana: "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Skylark: "Wildflower"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Yes: "It Can Happen"[/shadow] I ♥ sharing music with friends.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Sept 18, 2007 10:15:20 GMT -5
TrumpysMagic and Krista: I don't recognize any of the songs on your lists, so I'll have to check some of them out tomorrow. I'd like to post another list, but it'll have to be a quick one (without explanations) this time. I'm gettin' pretty tired. [shadow=maroon,left,300] The Beatles: "Your Mother Should Know"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Bruce Springsteen: "Backstreets"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Chicago Transit Authority: "I'm a Man"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] The Eagles: "You Never Cry Like a Lover"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Janis Joplin: "Summertime"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] John Lennon: "I'm Losing You"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Pink: "Trouble"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Santana: "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Skylark: "Wildflower"[/shadow] [shadow=maroon,left,300] Yes: "It Can Happen"[/shadow] I ♥ sharing music with friends. Well my list will help with the falling asleep, lots of ethereal sounds. I'm going to start working my way through this thread and try to listen to everything I haven't heard. Wish me luck. i'll also pop up another themed list when I can think of one!
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Post by wilson on Sept 20, 2007 7:33:20 GMT -5
I hope Mr. Atari won't mind if I bend the rules a bit this time. It's just too hard for me to limit myself to one song per artist, in some cases. So pardon me, won't you? [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] The Beach Boys: "I'll Bet He's Nice" & "Wild Honey"[/glow][/shadow] I think these two songs are nice examples of some of the diversity in late 60s|70s Beach Boys music. If you're interested in hearing them sound as far from their early surf-music days as possible, I'd recommend "Cool, Cool Water", "Tears in the Morning", "Cabin Essence", "Surf's Up" and "Good Vibrations" as well. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Bruce Springsteen: "Jungleland" & "New York City Serenade"[/glow][/shadow] Both of these songs are epics, what more can I say? I like "NYCS" slightly better, but they're both masterpieces (and over 9 minutes long). These are two of my most highly-recommended songs on this list. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] The Eagles: "Wasted Time"[/glow][/shadow] Another soulful, mellow, beautiful Eagles song from their 'Hotel California' album. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Oasis: "Champagne Supernova"[/glow][/shadow] Oasis gets a lot of love in this thread...and for good reason. I think this is one of their more atmospheric songs. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Santana: "Everybody's Everything"[/glow][/shadow] A 3 minute long Latin-Rock party! [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Spirit: "Mr. Skin"[/glow][/shadow] A 4 minute long Jazz-Rock party! [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Steely Dan: "Bad Sneakers"[/glow][/shadow] Another of my favorite Steely Dan songs. This is a more mellow form of Jazz-Rock than the previous song...or is it Jazz-Pop-Rock? Hey, I may not know the specific genre and I may not understand all the lyrics...but that doesn't get in the way of my enjoyment of a song as well-crafted as this. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Stevie Wonder: "Please Don't Go"[/glow][/shadow] Even though I'm listing mostly popular artists here, I'm trying to go with some of their great, lesser known songs. I heard this song for the first time within the past year, and it took 2-3 listens for me to really love it, but "PDG" is classic Stevie Wonder. In fact, it's from the album 'Fulfillingness' First Finale'...which was part of his Classic Period. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Supertramp: "Hide in Your Shell" & "Brother Where You Bound"[/glow][/shadow] I wanted to avoid any songs from Supertramp's excellent (and most popular) album, 'Breakfast in America'...as those are among their most well-known songs. "HIYS" is from one of Supertramp's more successful albums ('Crime of the Century'), but I don't think it was ever a single. And "BWYB" is over 16 minutes of Progressive-Rock! It's well-worth a listen for fans of the genre. [shadow=maroon,left,300][glow=maroon,2,300] Ten Years After: "I'd Love to Change the World"[/glow][/shadow] A few years ago, a good friend of mine burned me a CD, introducing me to this song and several others. So not only does this song take me back to my late teens/pothead days...it's just an all around enthralling piece of Blues-Rock. wow !, Hide In Your Shell AND Mr. Skin ! just a quick "hats off !" I could do 2 from each group 20 times over !
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Nov 13, 2007 1:21:26 GMT -5
wow !, Hide In Your Shell AND Mr. Skin ! just a quick "hats off !" I could do 2 from each group 20 times over ! Thanks, Stoopid! Hehe. Or should I call you 'Big'? This will definitely be my final list of recommendations...of 2007. [shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Aerosmith: "Ain't That a Bitch"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Boston: "A Man I'll Never Be"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Bruce Springsteen: "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Elton John: "Indian Sunset"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Spirits in the Night"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Paul McCartney & Wings: "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Paul Revere & the Raiders: "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Queen: "Dragon Attack"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]The Rolling Stones: "Slave"[/glow][/shadow][shadow=brown,left,300][glow=brown,2,300]Styx: "Renegade"[/glow][/shadow]
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Post by hopesfall on Nov 13, 2007 4:42:19 GMT -5
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Nov 13, 2007 17:47:49 GMT -5
I think "Same Ol' Road" is pretty good, but my favorite Dredg song (of the five that I've heard ) is still "Bug Eyes". And I like "F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.". I only the guitar solo were longer! I'll check out more of the songs from your list later.
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