Your greatest albums

Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Song Of The Marching Children - Earth & Fire
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
A Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Magical Ring - Clannad
Lord Of The Ages - Magna Carta
Concert For The People - Barclay James Harvest
 
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Gaucho - Steely Dan
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
Four for Trane - Archie Shepp
Ballads - John Coltrane
Mr. Gone - Weather Report
Take it Back - Dorinda Clark-Cole
Debussy: Preludes for Piano - Paul Jacobs
Bartok: String Quartets - Tatrai Qt.
Bach: Christmas Oratorio - Rene Jacobs
Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Georg Solti
Wagner: Parsifal - Pierre Boulez
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Bohumil Gregor
Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges - Lorin Maazel
 
Now here is a thread for us geezers! Since I mostly like classic rock and funk (70's) music I'll make two lists:
Rock. Funk
KISS - Dressed to kill. A.W.B. - self titled
Led Zeppelin - LZ II. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Black Sabbath - Sabotage. Tower of Power - Urban Renewal
Rush - Moving Pictures. Parliament - The Motor Booty Affair
Van Halen - Fair Warning. The Meters - Fire On the Bayou
Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone. Stanley Clarke - School Days
Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love. B.T. Express - Do it ‘till your'e Satisfied
April Wine - Harder, Faster. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
AC/DC - Powerage Dyke and the Blazers - anything
Iron Maiden - Powerslave James Brown - anything

Being from the U.S., and in the Mississippi delta area, I grew with the music that influenced the Beatles, the Stones and
every other band that basically ripped off the blues. Also you'll notice no punk rock bands. First of all, I never understood
how punk was considered a ‘category' when it's still the same ripped off blues chords that everybody else played.
Second, not living in the U.K., punk in America,was more or less a trend for suburban middle class white kids who just
got off the disco trend. It didn't really have anything to do with class struggle. Although, we did have musicians that
we're all about social issues and class struggle, we call them hippies. Even though I never liked punk I always loved
Johnny Rotten. He played the role of an impudent schoolboy brilliantly. He had that goofy eye thing down pat.
Plus you have to love his anger, and contrarianism. If you met Johnny, and told him how big of a fan you were, and how much you loved him, he'd look at you as if you had two heads and call you a stupid cunt! And you'd think it was great.
Brilliant! Punk just always sounded immature and childish to me. But I guess when you are a kid it's easier to identify
with rebellion. The problem with that is, you can't be a child forever, and you wind up growing up and selling butter on
television.
 
Almost impossible to pick favourites when it comes to music, my music tastes jump all over the place.

At the moment I generally only listen to ambient, classical and instrumental stuff because I'm spending all my free time studying and lyrics make my mind wander...

Some long time favourites, by no means is this set in stone, favourites come and go.

Radiohead: OK Computer
XTC: Nonsuch
XTC: Skylarking
Rush: Moving Pictures
Morrissey: Vauxhall & I
Billy Bragg: Workers Playtime
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
Steven Wilson: Hand Cannot Erase
Teenage Fanclub: Songs From Northern Britain
Talking Heads: Remain in Light
 
Bowie:The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Clash:Give 'em Enough Rope
Gang of Four:Entertainment
Talking Heads:Fear of Music
Public Image Ltd:2nd Edition (Metal Box)
 
Forgot about this thread, but a few more to add to the list

Blood Stain Child - Epsilon - Just blew my mind. Techno disco meets thrash/Nu/Death (and everything else) metal head on
XTC - English Settlement - Keep forgetting this one but every time I listen to it just reminds me why I ever forgot about it
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman - Because not everything in life is Japanese girly metal/punk, punk or extreme ends of the musical spectrum. Some things are just timeless, talented and just wonderful to listen to.
 
Back
Top Bottom