View Full Version : Desert Island Top 10 w/ rules...
PeruvianSkies
04-11-2007, 11:07 AM
Ok, what is everyones 10 albums that they would take if they knew that they were going to be stranded on an Island for a lengthy period of time. The rules are:
You must choose 10 albums from any generation, no compilations (soundtracks are not allowed unless it's a score) or greatest hits albums.
You cannot choose any artists more than once.
Other than that...pick away and provide at least some reasons for your selections....
Here are my choices:
David Bowie: ZIGGY STARDUST - so many great albums to choose from, but this one takes the cake mainly for the songs It Aint' Easy and Lady Stardust
Jocelyn Pook's UNTOLD THINGS - great laid back and mellow for those evenings of contemplation on the island.
Philip Glass THE HOURS soundtrack - superb contemplative recording.
Stevie Wonder's INNERVISIONS - bring some funk and reality into the picture for those ocassions of joy.
Sigur Ros AGAETIS BYRJUN - just something fun to listen to.
Jimi Hendrix BAND OF GYPSIES - one of my favorite guitar-driven recordings.
Alan Parsons Project EYE IN THE SKY - Hmmm. I just like this album for some odd reason.
Nada Surf LET GO - just a cool album with loads of memories.
Elliott FALSE CATHEDRALS - also many memories.
Paloalto SELF TITLED - memories and hope.
GMichael
04-11-2007, 11:24 AM
BOSTON - The first one (one hit after another)
RUSH - Tough call but I'll say Moving Pictures. (it's the one I'm listening to now)
YES - Tomato (blast from the past)
PF- Wish You Were Here. (great tunes)
VH - Women & Children First (love Eddie's work here)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock&Roll. (nuff said)
The Eagles - Hotel California (I was a young teenager in lust)
Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward (So I had to grow a little)
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (Killer CD)
Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
PeruvianSkies
04-11-2007, 11:42 AM
BOSTON - The first one (one hit after another) ABSOLUTELY!
RUSH - Tough call but I'll say Moving Pictures. (it's the one I'm listening to now) GREAT CHOICE.
YES - Tomato (blast from the past) YEP!
PF- Wish You Were Here. (great tunes) SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM MY HEAD HURTS
VH - Women & Children First (love Eddie's work here)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock&Roll. (nuff said)
The Eagles - Hotel California (I was a young teenager in lust) FAVORITE TRACK IS #2
Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward (So I had to grow a little)
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (Killer CD) AGREED
Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
Nice selection...that Island will be rockin'.
ForeverAutumn
04-11-2007, 05:51 PM
Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
I knew there was a reason that I liked you! If you check the archives for similar threads, you'll see that Leftoverture always, always, always is at the top of my Desert Island list.
I'll give you my top five for now, because I don't have time to come up with ten before Lost starts.
Kansas - Leftoverture - the best album ever made IMO. Great music, great lyrics, killer album. And, yeah, I'm sick of Carry On, but it's a solid song that's been ruined by classic rock stations that refuse to recognize the greatness of the other tunes on this album.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Welcome To The Machine. 'nough said.
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - This album changed my life.
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs - This album excited me in a way that music hadn't excited me in years.
Hem - Rabbit Songs - This CD is my favourite stress reliever. The music, the songwriting, and Sally Ellyson's incredible voice all work together to sooth the savage beast within.
Dusty Chalk
04-11-2007, 07:40 PM
Lpppt -- rules are for ...erm... people who follow rules.
unleasHell
04-11-2007, 08:50 PM
Amon Duul II - Wolf City
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Smiths: Greatest Hits (The Austrailian remaster with 20 songs...lol)
Echo & the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (Remaster)
Camel: Mirage
T. Rex: Electric Warrior
Robin Trower: "2-on1 CD" Twice Removed from Yesterday & Bridge of Sighs
Durutti Column: The Return of the Durutti Column
Genesis: Foxtrot
PeruvianSkies
04-12-2007, 07:31 AM
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - This album changed my life.
I gotta hear more about his one...as it is also on my list...
Tool - aenima - my all-time favorite band
Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
Clutch - self titled - one of my fave bands
fu Manchu - action is go - same as above
Pantera - Vulgar display of power - insane disc
Black sabbath - paranoid - gotta have the almighty sabbath with ya!
Metallica - master of puppets - top 5 metal disc of all time
Corrosion of conformity - wiseblood - love em
Down - nola - band made up of pantera and corrosion members, great cd
Pink Floyd - WYWH - duh
Davey
04-12-2007, 09:32 AM
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Pixies - Doolittle
Luna - Bewitched
Laika - Silver Apples of The Moon
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
Mink DeVille - Cabretta
Paul K & The Weathermen - Love Is A Gas
Califone - Roomsound
David Bowie - Low
The Notwist - Neon Golden
And because it's just so new, and just so charmingly good ...
Blonde Redhead - 23
And a special mention for one that's been in very heavy rotation lately ...
Signal To Trust - Golden Armour (I'd say that Sloshy and Mason and Stoney and some of you other mathy but melodic guitar lovers, Crazy Rhythms Feelies meet the Daydream Nation Sonic Youth-type rock fans should hear this, even if it does borrow a little more than it should from Albini's Shellac mold, with a bit of that early Clean sound too, all taking it back in an incestuous path toward the VU, but stopping closer to those Wire heads, but I know that most of you already have heard these guys, and I just need to pay more attention ... http://archive.audioreview.com/10/0EF95646.php ... do a ctrl-A to highlight text for contrast)
GMichael
04-12-2007, 09:41 AM
I knew there was a reason that I liked you! If you check the archives for similar threads, you'll see that Leftoverture always, always, always is at the top of my Desert Island list.
That can't be the only reason. :ihih:
Resident Loser
04-12-2007, 10:32 AM
Beach Boys Pet Sounds
Dylan Blonde On Blonde
Beatles Rubber Soul
CSN Crosby, Stills And Nash
Beethoven Piano Concerto #5, "The Emperor" Ozawa & Serkin
Mozart Die Zauberflote
Davis Kind Of Blue
Evans Portrait in Jazz
Byrd The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd
Nakai Canyon Trilogy
jimHJJ(...off the top of my head anyway...Reasons? They're all good...)
-Jar-
04-12-2007, 10:50 AM
Tool - aenima - my all-time favorite band
Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
Clutch - self titled - one of my fave bands
fu Manchu - action is go - same as above
Pantera - Vulgar display of power - insane disc
Black sabbath - paranoid - gotta have the almighty sabbath with ya!
Metallica - master of puppets - top 5 metal disc of all time
Corrosion of conformity - wiseblood - love em
Down - nola - band made up of pantera and corrosion members, great cd
Pink Floyd - WYWH - duh
hopefully you'll be on the other side of the island so I can borrow your stuff..
-jar
-Jar-
04-12-2007, 10:56 AM
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Mahler 9th - Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic
Mahler 6th - Sinopoli/Philharmonia
Hum - Downward is Heavenward
Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
Slint - Spiderland
Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
Bark Psychosis - Hex
The Cure - Disintegration
this isn't easy.
-jar
Stone
04-12-2007, 11:07 AM
I'll try this without giving it much thought:
Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire
Ramones - Leave Home
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Fugazi - Repeater
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
Devo - Freedom of Choice
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Of course, come on down, i'll be roasting a wild boar over an open flame.
hopefully you'll be on the other side of the island so I can borrow your stuff..
-jar
ForeverAutumn
04-12-2007, 12:46 PM
That can't be the only reason. :ihih:
Also, you'll kill spiders for me. :yikes:
I gotta hear more about his one...as it is also on my list...
Ziggy Stardust was my first real rock album. I bought it because I liked the cover and it was on sale. It started a life long love affair with Bowie's music. And it forever changed the way that I listened to music and the type of music that I listened to.
Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
...nice call on the Kyuss.
Slosh
04-12-2007, 12:51 PM
And a special mention for one that's been in very heavy rotation lately ...
Signal To Trust - Golden Armour (I'd say that Sloshy and Mason and Stoney and some of you other mathy but melodic guitar lovers, Crazy Rhythms Feelies meet the Daydream Nation Sonic Youth-type rock fans should hear this, even if it does borrow a little more than it should from Albini's Shellac mold, with a bit of that early Clean sound too, all taking it back in an incestuous path toward the VU, but stopping closer to those Wire heads, but I know that most of you already have heard these guys, and I just need to pay more attention ... http://archive.audioreview.com/10/0EF95646.php ... do a ctrl-A to highlight text for contrast)Funny, but when Rae was street-teaming :p Folklore (no, not the 16 Horsepower album) I happened to get in a conversation with someone at a record store and described it as The Dismemberment Plan mixed with Shellac. And I thought I was the weird one :D
Since I'm here my DIDs (of the moment):
Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Grandaddy - Sumday
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sepultura - Chaos AD (need my metal fix)
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (Yeah, it's new. Yes, it is that good.)
NP: Wilco (live boot)
Thanks FA!
...nice call on the Kyuss.[/QUOTE]
GMichael
04-12-2007, 01:01 PM
Also, you'll kill spiders for me. :yikes:
.
I feel so...
so used.
PeruvianSkies
04-12-2007, 01:19 PM
I always find myself picking different things when it comes to ...let's say a Desert Island than what I listen to on a day-to-day basis. I think that all of us have our 'sacred' stash of albums that we frequently visit and re-visit, but if I know that I only have a few to listen to for quite some time it becomes a whole different beast. I suppose when I think about it I really want to be able to listen to songs that paint vivid pictures for me and things that are reflective and personal for me. Yet at the same time, songs that don't grow tiresome, which even the best ones do at times.
PeruvianSkies
04-12-2007, 01:22 PM
Also, you'll kill spiders for me. :yikes:
Ziggy Stardust was my first real rock album. I bought it because I liked the cover and it was on sale. It started a life long love affair with Bowie's music. And it forever changed the way that I listened to music and the type of music that I listened to.
...nice call on the Kyuss.
Well for me, I guess ZIGGY STARDUST was the first album that when I listened to it, at first, was rather average. I skipped through it a bit and found a few tracks that I could enjoy, but then something magical happened. I found myself craving it. It was a rock album that had this beautiful nature to it that nothing else quite had before. It also is the first and only album that I am aware of where songs like IT AIN'T EASY truly sound more like a whole rock choir vs. just one man singing out. It's just an amazing record with such passion and mystery. I, of course, love just about every other Bowie album, but this one I always come back to and each time fall in love again.
nobody
04-12-2007, 01:36 PM
Haven't done one of these for a long time...but what the hell
and, yeah, it's basically impossible
The Clash: London Calling
Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime
Marvin Gaye: Superhits
The Upsetters: Super Ape
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Blues Summitt
Chuck Berry: Anthology
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Love & Rockets: Express
Massive Attack: Protection
OutKast: ATLiens
or...if we could do box sets (really cheating for this one)
Clash (Singles Box)
Stax Collection Vol. 1
Black Box: Wax Trax Box Set
Hitsville USA Motown Collection
Miles Davis & John Coltrane Columbia Recordings
Beethoven Symphony Box (probably von Karajan's, but not picky)
Lee Perry: Arkology Box
Nuggetts (original 4 disc box)
Massive Attack Singles 90/98 Box
Velvet Underground: Peel Slowly and See Box
No Thanks: The 70s Punk Rebellion Box Set
and, ya know, I'm still missing a bunch of ****.
DariusNYC
04-12-2007, 02:09 PM
Let me pretend I had to run to this desert island quickly and didn't have too much time to analyze this or make it perfect; here' an off-the-top-of-my-head list:
The Smiths -- Louder than Bombs
Velvet Underground & Nico (s/t)
Jay-Z -- The Blueprint
Miles Davis -- *****es Brew
Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main Street
Talking Heads -- More Songs About Buildings and Food
David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (I'm sure it was the power of suggestion, but that is an excellent choice)
Billie Holiday -- Love Songs compilation or any other disc of hers I could find from the late 30s or early 40s
Louvin Brothers -- When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers
Daft Punk -- Discovery
PeruvianSkies
04-12-2007, 02:12 PM
Can't help but notice that this one keeps coming up. I wonder if Bowie and Islands is just a natural thing. Hmmm. Anyway, I am listening to the SACD of ZIGGY STARDUST now because it's been on my brain with this thread. Lovin' the sax....wooot.
DariusNYC
04-12-2007, 02:13 PM
Let me pretend I had to run to this desert island quickly and didn't have too much time to analyze this or make it perfect; here' an off-the-top-of-my-head list:
The Smiths -- Louder than Bombs
Velvet Underground & Nico (s/t)
Jay-Z -- The Blueprint
Miles Davis -- *****es Brew
Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main Street
Talking Heads -- More Songs About Buildings and Food
David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (I'm sure it was the power of suggestion, but that is an excellent choice)
Billie Holiday -- Love Songs compilation or any other disc of hers I could find from the late 30s or early 40s
Louvin Brothers -- When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers
Daft Punk -- Discovery
Oops, you said no compilations or greatest hits in your "rules". Sorry. Only problem is, when you're picking albums from the "pre-album" era, it is impossible. Louder than Bombs was sort of like its own album. Anyhow, the rules kinda suck for me, but thanks for starting the thread.
Oh, okay, I'll participate off the cuff too in the spirit of not overanalyzing.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Replacements - Hootenanny
Mission of Burma - Vs
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Roky Erickson - I Think of Demons
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
7 Year ***** - Viva Zapata
Tortoise - TNT
and oh, let's say Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream
I will look at this list in one hour and be angry about 80% of the things I chose.
~Rae
PeruvianSkies
04-12-2007, 02:28 PM
Oh, okay, I'll participate off the cuff too in the spirit of not overanalyzing.
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Replacements - Hootenanny
Mission of Burma - Vs
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Roky Erickson - I Think of Demons
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
7 Year ***** - Viva Zapata
Tortoise - TNT
and oh, let's say Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Scream
I will look at this list in one hour and be angry about 80% of the things I chose.
~Rae
I think that's a good list. Just out of curiosity are you M or F? This is not a post meant to test people...there are no right or wrong selections and I am sure once you got on the Island with that 'perfect 10' that you would be like...'why the heck did I bring this?" and end up using it to chop up fish that you caught with your bare hands.
And a special mention for one that's been in very heavy rotation lately ...
Signal To Trust - Golden Armour (I'd say that Sloshy and Mason and Stoney and some of you other mathy but melodic guitar lovers, Crazy Rhythms Feelies meet the Daydream Nation Sonic Youth-type rock fans should hear this, even if it does borrow a little more than it should from Albini's Shellac mold, with a bit of that early Clean sound too, all taking it back in an incestuous path toward the VU, but stopping closer to those Wire heads, but I know that most of you already have heard these guys, and I just need to pay more attention ... http://archive.audioreview.com/10/0EF95646.php ... do a ctrl-A to highlight text for contrast)
Aww, I'm blushing. I should say that this new record is some distance ahead of their last full-length and even the 7" between in terms of accomplishment. The first two you could appreciate while secretly knowing you enjoyed their live shows more, passing them on to friends with apologies for the production values and general amateurness... but this one I feel confident passing around with no reservations whatsoever. It's a great record. Slosh, if you won't let me send you this, then please buy it yrself... modern-radio.com (http://www.modern-radio.com).
~Rae
Luvin Da Blues
04-12-2007, 06:31 PM
Keep adding to the list and taking away but always revert to the classic albums when I short list, tho this didn't help cause there is SO much.
These albums are some I still listen to so they have stood the test of time and can't see their appeal to me diminishing any time soon. I know some of you are thinking that my list was too easy but if I still listen to them I can listen a bit more till Gilligan brings Ginger to brighten things up.
1) ZZ Top-Rio Grande Mud
2) Alvin Lee -Pure Blues
3) Supertramp-Crime Of The Century
4) Stones-Sticky Fingers
5) Queen-A Night At The Opera
6) Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
7) Omar & the Howlers-Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty
8) Lynyrd Skynyrd-Second Helping
9) Zep III
10) Beatles-Abby Road
MindGoneHaywire
04-12-2007, 08:19 PM
Beck--Mutations
Rolling Stones--Exile On Main St.
Green Day--American Idiot
Beatles--White Album
Heartbreakers--L.A.M.F.
Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Get Happy!!!
Beach Boys--SMiLE
The Who--Quadrophenia
Ramones--Road To Ruin
Miles Davis--Kind Of Blue
Too many artists that didn't record during the album era skews this list somewhat, but what can you do.
2nd 10 today:
The Replacements--Let It Be
Nirvana--Unplugged
John Coltrane--Blue Train
Iggy & the Stooges--Raw Power
Etta James Rocks The House
The Clash--London Calling
Billie Holiday--Lady In Satin
Public Enemy--It Takes A Nation Of Millions
The Misfits--Walk Among Us
Big Star--#1 Record
Gee, I don't even listen to albums anymore . . . Can't I just bring my iPod with 3500 songs in it? It'll take up less room.
Right this second, no thought, here's 10.
XTC- English Settlement
Stan Ridgway- Mosquitoes
Mike Keneally- Dancing
Pink Floyd- WYWH
Zappa- Sheik Yerbouti
Genesis- Wind and Wuthering
Estradasphere- Palace of Mirrors
Beatles- Revolver
Porcupine Tree- The Sky Moves Sideways
Mr. Bungle- California
2nd 10 today:
Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Consonant - Consonant
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Rapider than Horsepower - Stage Fright, Stage Fright
Jack Logan & Liquor Cabinet - Mood Elevator
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Honestly, these could change from day to day... although I can't believe I forgot Nebraska the first time around...
~Rae
GMichael
04-13-2007, 05:05 AM
Gee, I don't even listen to albums anymore . . . Can't I just bring my iPod with 3500 songs in it? It'll take up less room.
iPod's don't work on this island. I think it's Sawyer's fault.
Slosh
04-13-2007, 05:06 AM
I'll have to bring In The Aeroplane Over The Sea to the island with me as well since I'll need something to chop up fish I caught with my bare hands (and everything else). Kinda crude and uncivilized trying to chop fish with an mp3 player, nude. But I'm not telling you if I'm M or F.
Stone
04-13-2007, 05:14 AM
Consonant - Consonant
~Rae
Wow, great choice (not that the rest of your choices aren't), and a somewhat surprising one. That's an album I haven't listened to in far too long, and I need to get it out this weekend.
GMichael
04-13-2007, 05:18 AM
I'll have to bring In The Aeroplane Over The Sea to the island with me as well since I'll need something to chop up fish I caught with my bare hands (and everything else). Kinda crude and uncivilized trying to chop fish with an mp3 player, nude. But I'm not telling you if I'm M or F.
There goes breakfast.
Slosh
04-13-2007, 05:22 AM
There goes breakfast.Want me to catch you a fish? :D
GMichael
04-13-2007, 05:51 AM
Want me to catch you a fish? :D
Can I have the fish heads? The eyes are my favorite. How about a little rice to go with that? But please, put something on first.
Slosh
04-13-2007, 06:05 AM
But please, put something on first.Okay, I'll put on this:
GMichael
04-13-2007, 06:22 AM
Okay, I'll put on this:
OK fine. But at least turn it up. Maybe if it's loud enough I'll loose my sight.
nobody
04-13-2007, 07:22 AM
Every time I see these threads I always wanna trade lists with someone about 10 seconds after I post. RAE's is lookin' damn good to me right now.
Ex Lion Tamer
04-13-2007, 08:54 AM
The Clash - London Calling
Wire - Chairs Missing
VU w/Nico
Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
E. Costello - Get Happy
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Glands - s/t
Bob Dylan - Highway 61, Revisited
English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It.
Davey
04-13-2007, 09:31 AM
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Pixies - Doolittle
Luna - Bewitched
Laika - Silver Apples of The Moon
Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
Mink DeVille - Cabretta
Paul K & The Weathermen - Love Is A Gas
Califone - Roomsound
David Bowie - Low
The Notwist - Neon Golden
<s>Luna - Bewitched</s>
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers (forgot how much I love to listen to this sucker)
<s>Califone - Roomsound</s>
Red Red Meat - There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight (still much left to explore on this cacophonic blend of dusty old deconstructed blues and fragmented ambient trips only hinted at in Keith Richards younger daze at Nellcôte - one of the gems still left shining as the 90s luster continues to fade)
Davey
04-13-2007, 09:39 AM
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Yea, that turned into one of my favorites too, especially when considered along with the next one. Be hard to hit that peak again ...
I know that serpents will cross universes to circle around our necks
I know that hounds will cross a universe to circle around our feet
They're always close
Always so close
Step by step, one's beside me, to kill me or to guide me
Why wouldn't I be trying to figure which one out
Why wouldn't I be trying to figure which one out
3-LockBox
04-13-2007, 10:30 AM
In no particular order:
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Rush - Moving Pictures
XTC - Skylarking
ELO - New World Record
Kansas - Masque
Beatles - White Album
Smashing Pumkins - Melloncollie & The Infinite Sadness
David & David - Welcome To The Boomtown
Yes - Going For The One
Of course, this list is subject to change without further notice.
honorable mention going to:
Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds
Flower Kings - Paradise Hotel
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Gerry Rafferty - City To City
GMichael
04-13-2007, 10:38 AM
In no particular order:
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Rush - Moving Pictures
XTC - Skylarking
ELO - New World Record
Kansas - Masque
Beatles - White Album
Smashing Pumkins - Melloncollie & The Infinite Sadness
David & David - Welcome To The Boomtown
Yes - Going For The One
Of course, this list is subject to change without further notice.
honorable mention going to:
Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
Andreas Vollenweider - White Winds
Flower Kings - Paradise Hotel
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Gerry Rafferty - City To City
Can I pitch my tent near yours?
3-LockBox
04-13-2007, 11:22 AM
Can I pitch my tent near yours?
Depends on what you mean by "pitching a tent" pal...
oh what the hell, sure...
;)
Rich-n-Texas
04-13-2007, 12:13 PM
Depends on what you mean by "pitching a tent" pal...
oh what the hell, sure...
;)
Can we start a commune near yours? :23:
GMichael
04-13-2007, 12:20 PM
Can we start a commune near yours? :23:
I found 3 cases of Darma beer. That should get us through the first hour.
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 12:27 PM
I found 3 cases of Darma beer. That should get us through the first hour.
Are the cases bottles or cans? Either way we can use both. If it's cans we can use the aluminum for cooking things in later as well as making a sharp edge for cutting and perhaps killing wild animals. Likewise if they are bottles we can use that for boiling water to drink, use the glass for cutting and perhaps (if we get a fire going) we could make molotov cocktails and throw it at any perpetrator within a arms-throw distance.
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 12:41 PM
Just out of curiosity are you M or F? This is not a post meant to test people
I should hope that most of us know whether we are male or female and wouldn't consider this a test! :yikes:
:lol:
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 12:44 PM
I should hope that most of us know whether we are male or female and wouldn't consider this a test! :yikes:
:lol:
everyone quick deflate your tents...ForeverAutumn is here.
You read my post as one continuous thought....those were actually two different questions.
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 12:44 PM
Can I pitch my tent near yours?
Between your tent and Slosh's spear fishing...I want off this crazy island! This is no place for a lady (don't even think about saying it!).
GMichael
04-13-2007, 12:45 PM
I should hope that most of us know whether we are male or female and wouldn't consider this a test! :yikes:
:lol:
If I'm not sure, would someone help me check? But I think they are cans.
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 12:46 PM
everyone quick deflate your tents...ForeverAutumn is here.
You read my post as one continuous thought....those were actually two different questions.
I know. But when you read it the way I posted it, it's funny. No?
GMichael
04-13-2007, 12:50 PM
Between your tent and Slosh's spear fishing...I want off this crazy island! This is no place for a lady (don't even think about saying it!).
I do think that you are a lady, even though I don't always act that way. It's all in fun as you know. Pitch your tent over here and we'll crank the Rush I snuck in all day. Here's a beer. Got any snacks?
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 12:52 PM
I know. But when you read it the way I posted it, it's funny. No?
Oh quite funny. In fact after I posted it I realized that I was essentially having two completely different thoughts at the same time and so that's how I typed it out. My brain functions a billion times faster than I can type (and I type 70wpm), so YES....this was indeed funny to me too. I'm glad it got a chuckle out of you too. BTW. Check out the thread in the off-topic section that I posted called "FUNNIEST THING EVER".
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 01:33 PM
I do think that you are a lady, even though I don't always act that way. It's all in fun as you know. Pitch your tent over here and we'll crank the Rush I snuck in all day. Here's a beer. Got any snacks?
Um, yeah, about pitching my tent next to yours... As tempting as that sounds, I'm just a little worried about those blisters of yours. Where, exactly, are they again?
Oh, what the hell, you've got the Rush CD and the beer. I'll be right here next to you. I found a box of Apollo bars. Some of them are a little squished, but they'll still taste good. :cornut:
Check out the thread in the off-topic section that I posted called "FUNNIEST THING EVER".
I'm not sure that it was the funniest thing EVER. But it was good. I think that your signature is pretty funny too. Here, have an Apollo bar.
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 01:37 PM
Um, yeah, about pitching my tent next to yours... As tempting as that sounds, I'm just a little worried about those blisters of yours. Where, exactly, are they again?
Oh, what the hell, you've got the Rush CD and the beer. I'll be right here next to you. I found a box of Apollo bars. Some of them are a little squished, but they'll still taste good. :cornut:
I'm not sure that it was the funniest thing EVER. But it was good. I think that your signature is pretty funny too. Here, have an Apollo bar.
Ok, maybe not the FUNNIEST THING EVER, but certainly made me laugh as the guys at Google obviously have a sense of humor too. I'll take the beer if it's a dark beer. Otherwise I'll just drink some saltwater. So how many of us are on the island at this point???
GMichael
04-13-2007, 01:38 PM
Um, yeah, about pitching my tent next to yours... As tempting as that sounds, I'm just a little worried about those blisters of yours. Where, exactly, are they again?
Oh, what the hell, you've got the Rush CD and the beer. I'll be right here next to you. I found a box of Apollo bars. Some of them are a little squished, but they'll still taste good. :cornut:
I'm not sure that it was the funniest thing EVER. But it was good. I think that your signature is pretty funny too. Here, have an Apollo bar.
"I have blisters on my fingers" Haven't you ever heard that? Where did you think I had them? What part of my body do you think I play guitar with?
Apollo bars? Not sure what those are, but if they include chocolate then you're my new hero.
Dusty Chalk
04-13-2007, 02:35 PM
Actually, I think it was the drummer who said that.
GMichael
04-13-2007, 03:10 PM
Actually, I think it was the drummer who said that.
The base drum?
THUMP THUMP THUMP.....
Rich-n-Texas
04-13-2007, 04:44 PM
Okay, so how did this thread turn into a Survivor episode. :ciappa:
I guess if I posted my top ten now, it would kill the thread.
BTW leg humpers, FA's MAAAAARRRRRRIIIIIEEEEEDDDDD!!!
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 04:46 PM
BTW leg humpers, FA's MAAAAARRRRRRIIIIIEEEEEDDDDD!!!
What happens on the Island...stays on the Island....right?
Rich-n-Texas
04-13-2007, 04:57 PM
What happens on the Island...stays on the Island....right?
Wasn't there an episode a couple of seasons ago where all the players got neked? :ciappa:
Thanks,
Rich
PeruvianSkies
04-13-2007, 05:01 PM
Wasn't there an episode a couple of seasons ago where all the players got neked? :ciappa:
Thanks,
Rich
I dunno...I'm probably too young for FA anyway. lol.
3-LockBox
04-13-2007, 05:47 PM
Porcupine Tree- The Sky Moves Sideways
I can't believe I forgot a PT album...yeesh! I guess if I could go back and amend my list, I'd have to pick Signify.
But it would be surreal to lay on your back, in the sand, listening to TSMS. I go to Hawaii next December...maybe I'll do just that.
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 06:56 PM
BTW leg humpers, FA's MAAAAARRRRRRIIIIIEEEEEDDDDD!!!
LOL. Yes. Happily. Thank you very much. :yesnod:
Although...exactly how rich are you, Texas? ;)
"I have blisters on my fingers" Haven't you ever heard that? Where did you think I had them?
Well, if you read the line below it....
Apollo bars? Not sure what those are, but if they include chocolate then you're my new hero.
That's it! You poser. Your Lost Obsessor Cred had been revoked. :eek:
ForeverAutumn
04-13-2007, 07:02 PM
I guess if I posted my top ten now, it would kill the thread.
Please post your top ten and end this silliness.
Stone
04-14-2007, 05:58 AM
I'm pitching a tent too, but that often happens when I'm around good lookin' babes.
Wow, great choice (not that the rest of your choices aren't), and a somewhat surprising one. That's an album I haven't listened to in far too long, and I need to get it out this weekend.
Yeah, you know, I think that you turned me on to that album when it was new but I didn't really fall hard for it until I had had it for a few years. Normally the high-concept side project thing makes for novel but forgettable work by everybody involved, but this really works for me for whatever reason. It seems to bear more fruit with every listening, so I guess it would be kinda ideal for this desert island thing.
I'm pitching a tent too, but that often happens when I'm around good lookin' babes.
You camp out near them?
~Rae
Davey
04-19-2007, 11:20 AM
Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
Yes you was, but that is a fine pick that just gets better with age. had it spinning a couple times lately myself, because you know it's way too short so you have to sppin it at least twice, and it quickly gets me into a biorhythmic groove cycle that's pretty hard to quit. Coconut juice, cool tradewinds, mostly naked island girls, and some Summer in Abaddon .. ah, angel of the abyss, could do much worse :)
GMichael
04-19-2007, 11:30 AM
LOL. Yes. Happily. Thank you very much. :yesnod:
Although...exactly how rich are you, Texas? ;)
Me too. Can you say 4some? :ihih:
Well, if you read the line below it....
That's it! You poser. Your Lost Obsessor Cred had been revoked. :eek:
You took away my membership card?! That's it, no sugar for you sugar.
Hey, did anyone remember to bring a CD player?
nobody
04-19-2007, 11:40 AM
All I brought was a turntable...hope y'all pervs brung the vinyl versions.
GMichael
04-19-2007, 11:46 AM
All I brought was a turntable...hope y'all pervs brung the vinyl versions.
DANG IT!
Who was it that brought the IPOD? Do we at least have a receiver and a generator?
Dusty Chalk
04-19-2007, 01:13 PM
I emptied the fuel tank because it was too heavy to lug full -- anyone bring any fuel for the generator?
GMichael
04-19-2007, 01:20 PM
I've got a battery powered PV amp. Think we can rig it?
Dusty Chalk
04-19-2007, 01:22 PM
Argh! You mean I should have left the generator behind and brought a liferaft full of batteries?
GMichael
04-19-2007, 01:44 PM
This island sucks!
Davey
04-20-2007, 08:46 AM
Yes you was, but that is a fine pick that just gets better with age. had it spinning a couple times lately myself, because you know it's way too short so you have to sppin it at least twice, and it quickly gets me into a biorhythmic groove cycle that's pretty hard to quit. Coconut juice, cool tradewinds, mostly naked island girls, and some Summer in Abaddon .. ah, angel of the abyss, could do much worse :)
Just to reiterate, what a great record. Listened again this morning, and it sounded better than ever. And not just musically, it is a pretty nice sounding disc too. Not nearly as heavily compressed as most modern stuff, and a good foundation.
The final track comes from out of nowhere, and is a sharp contrast against the more somber and contemplative tracks before it. It couldn't have been a more perfect ending. A steady rock n' roll drum figure breaks into action. Guitars pound alongside it. Confidence and activity is at its apex. There is one last moment of reluctance ("Too scared to look at what I hear outside") and then the screamed-out chorus puts everything to rest: "Protect. Embrace. Engulf./Remember the summer in Abaddon." Prompting us to remember our times of darkness so as to never revisit them. A call to "Release the riggings" is sounded, and the journey into (and out of) Abaddon is over.
When you turn the page after the lyrics for "AFK", you are met with the photo I mentioned at the beginning of this review. However, instead of a staircase leading down into a dark underground, the staircase is leading up into the open, and a promising blue sky hangs overhead. What Pinback have created here is an album to fight off that lack of motivation that sometimes curses us all. They've created music to soothe those moments of disappointment in our lives, and something to calm the restlessness of that hour before your shift at work. Looking back at what I've written, I realize I've done a hell of a lot more than I originally intended. But then, I suppose that's the point of Summer In Abaddon.
9.0 / 10
http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/355
This island sucks!
That would've been a far superior anthology title to Legend.
~Rae
[i]The final track comes from out of nowhere, and is a sharp contrast against the more somber and contemplative tracks before it. It couldn't have been a more perfect ending. A steady rock n' roll drum figure breaks into action. Guitars pound alongside it. Confidence and activity is at its apex. There is one last moment of reluctance ("Too scared to look at what I hear outside") and then the screamed-out chorus puts everything to rest: "Protect. Embrace. Engulf./Remember the summer in Abaddon." Prompting us to remember our times of darkness so as to never revisit them. A call to "Release the riggings" is sounded, and the journey into (and out of) Abaddon is over.
I have nothing really to add except that I concur with the assessment of that last track as ass-kicking. Best out-of-nowhere rocker since Bedhead's "Psychosomatica".
~Rae
Rich-n-Texas
04-20-2007, 10:04 AM
LOL. Yes. Happily. Thank you very much. :yesnod:
Although...exactly how rich are you, Texas? ;)
I'd be richer if someone would just buy the pool table that's smack dab in the middle of my HT room! :incazzato:
Top Ten:
Patti Smith: Horses, easter, wave because it flooded my brain with memories of my teen years when I played it last year. A true poet, which is an essential element of any song as far as I'm concerned.
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Lady Land because there has never been or will be a guitarist of his magnitude. The influence for all who followed.
The Beatles: Meet The Beatles, because that was my first taste of Rock-n-Roll when I was about 9 or 10.
The Beatles: The White album. Bizarre, but rocks like a mother!
Led Zeppelin: 4th album, but I enjoy every one I own (mostly on vinyl) because that band has kept me sane. And Jimmy Page ranks right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton...etc.
Yes: Close to the Edge. Is there such a category as Mystical Rock? Great lyrics, great musical quality.
Genesis: Tough one but I'll have to go with Wind & Wuthering, great story telling (i.e. One For The Vine)
Jethro Tull: Warchild, because not only is it distinctly English, but I saw them at the Spectrum in Philly when they were touring in support of the album in '74. An amazing theatrical performance. Aqualung runs a very close second.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. I liked some of their earlier stuff and centainly more after, but I think this is their defining release. Plus, I saw their performance of it on the "Pulse" DVD, and it was mind blowing.
Allman Brothers Band: Eat a Peach, because of my favorite track: Melissa. Beatiful song, and would be the name of my daughter if I was married and had kids.Not on the list but very much ingrained in my library is Rush (many tracks from many titles), which viloates the rules of the game. Fun thread nonetheless. :thumbsup:
SlumpBuster
04-20-2007, 11:57 AM
So I'll throw up my list (which is subject to change of course), since it doesn't have too much crossover with what was already thrown up. I limited my selections to records I have on CD. It would be a different list if I included my LPs, which would include many more classics like Boston, Bob Seger, and ELO.
These are all records that have never fallen out of heavy rotation since entering the collection. Many have been repurchased and replaced as tapes and CDs wore out.
1. Green Day - Dookie: American Idiot runs a close second, but Dookie has stood the test of time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/GreenDayDookie.jpg
2. Oasis - Definately Maybe: If the Beatles are bigger than Jesus, and Oasis is bigger than the Beatles, then Oasis is...?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/OasisDefinitelyMaybealbumcover.jpg
3. Social Distortion - Social Distortion: Listening to this record will turn you into Fonzie. Aehhhh!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Social_Distortion_Self-Titled.jpg
4. The Gadjits - At Ease: Little indie punk/ska/lo-fi band out of Kansas City that just happened to make two of the greatest unknown rock records of all time.
http://www.hell-cat.com/dispatch/_depot/title/thumb/e2358c12140a5076d48e1038fab4e617.jpg
5. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman: Simply the greatest techno/dance record.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Underworld.dubnobasswithmyheadman.jpg
6. Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How To Operate With a Blown Mind: Just fuggetaboutit. This is album is just ill. Anyone with access to a television in the late 90's will recognize the song Battleflag off this record, but the remainder of the album was forgetten and ignored.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/How_To_Operate_With_A_Blown_Mind_album_cover.JPG
7. Dandy Warhols - The Dandy Warhols Come Down: Again lots of songs off this record were licensed to movies and commercials, but few actual buyers for the album (at least in America).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Dandycomedown.jpg
8. Cornershop - Handcream for a Generation: Not just a wierd record, but like a Frank Zappa wierd record. But also highly listenable.
9. Ash - Meltdown: Straight ahead Rock Music the way it was meant to be.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/MeltdownAlbumCover.jpg
10. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes: Because high school wouldn't have been the same without it and Good Feelings is the greatest album "closer" of all time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Violent_Femmes.jpg
ForeverAutumn
04-23-2007, 07:10 AM
Nice call on Dookie. Excellent disk and one of my all-time faves. If I'd bothered to list 10 disks, instead of only 5, Dookie would have probably made the list.
bobsticks
04-25-2007, 04:34 PM
Every time I see these threads I always wanna trade lists with someone about 10 seconds after I post. RAE's is lookin' damn good to me right now.
Yeah. I just can't do it.
I've tried to narrow it down several times over the lat few days and can't. I can't even figure out who's list I like best. I'm just stayin' off the damn plane in the first place.
Mr MidFi
04-26-2007, 06:01 AM
OK, I'll take a swing at this...
In no real order:
REM - Reckoning
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
The Who - Who's Next
U2 - Achtung Baby
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Green Day - American Idiot
The Pretenders - s/t
David Bowie - Alladin Sane
For every one of these selections, an equally good choice exists from the very same band/artist (with the possible exception of the Pretenders). In some cases, 2 or 3 equally good choices. So I guess you could say I awarded bonus points for consistency of output.
Stone
04-26-2007, 06:42 AM
Why am I limited to 10?
ForeverAutumn
04-26-2007, 06:45 AM
Why am I limited to 10?
Because we've seen your collection and weight restrictions would keep you from taking the whole collection on the plane.
GMichael
04-26-2007, 07:09 AM
Because we've seen your collection and weight restrictions would keep you from taking the whole collection on the plane.
Plane? I thought this was a cruse. I've had enough flying for one life.
basite
04-26-2007, 07:31 AM
the island seems to be pretty crowded already :)
Miles davis - Kind of blue
pink floyd - Dark side of the moon
Orlando Cachaito Lopez
Zero 7 - The garden
George benson - Give me the night
Shirley Horn - May the music never end
Jef Neve trio - nobody is illegal
Dee dee bridgewater - Keeping tradition
Donald Fegen - The nightfly
Grant green - Idle moments
And guys, we still don't have a real system for on the Island :)
Stone
04-26-2007, 07:32 AM
Because we've seen your collection and weight restrictions would keep you from taking the whole collection on the plane.
But I bet I could fit a 100 or so in my arms, no problem.
GMichael
04-26-2007, 07:48 AM
How many copies of PF - DSOTM does this make for the island now?
nobody
04-26-2007, 08:49 AM
If I were ambitious, I'd compile all these lists into a nonduplicative master list. I'm thinking most of us could get along pretty nicely with the results.
Since I'm not ambitious, I'll just make the unbacked assumption.
Rich-n-Texas
04-26-2007, 10:05 AM
How many copies of PF - DSOTM does this make for the island now?
Don't know, but I think we're going to wear out a few phono cartridges. BTW, where are we going to plug the record player in? Did I miss the part where somebody offered up a generator?
GMichael
04-26-2007, 10:08 AM
Don't know, but I think we're going to wear out a few phono cartridges. BTW, where are we going to plug the record player in? Did I miss the part where somebody offered up a generator?
I think Dusty offered up a generator, but with no gas.
basite
04-26-2007, 10:22 AM
other way of getting power:
leaving the island, and conquer the world using Flo's killing cavia's... (where is he actually???)
then send the other people to the island, that way we have more room for stereos, records of PF, and other records :cornut:
question,
If I bring my cat, can I bring 20 albums then?
Keep on rocking,
Bert.
GMichael
04-26-2007, 10:27 AM
We could always get the Professor to make up a man powered generator for us. Or at least make us some batteries out of coconuts and palm leaves. I think he may have been the inspiration for MacGyver.
Too bad he could never fix that d'm boat. I guess there was no wood on that island.
ForeverAutumn
04-26-2007, 10:33 AM
question,
If I bring my cat, can I bring 20 albums then?
Keep on rocking,
Bert.
As long as you don't bring the Pussycat Dolls. If you bring your cat, at least we'll have something to eat!
I can't believe I said that! Shame on me.
basite
04-26-2007, 10:33 AM
as long as I have copper I could make a battery out of lemons...
now that would be alot of lemons to make a system work...
GMichael
04-26-2007, 10:34 AM
As long as you don't bring the Pussycat Dolls. If you bring your cat, at least we'll have something to eat!
I can't believe I said that! Shame on me.
I don't like Chinese food. Oops, did I say that out loud?
basite
04-26-2007, 10:35 AM
As long as you don't bring the Pussycat Dolls. If you bring your cat, at least we'll have something to eat!
I can't believe I said that! Shame on me.
now you scared my cat :cornut:
no pussycat dolls FOR SURE!
GMichael
04-26-2007, 10:38 AM
now you scared my cat :cornut:
no pussycat dolls FOR SURE!
Don't worry, no one eats parsley.
SlumpBuster
04-26-2007, 10:59 AM
Donald Fegen - The nightfly
Man, if I described a record as sounding "just clean" and someone asked me what I meant, that record would be the perfect example.
I just listened to it this weekend on vinyl and that is what I just kept thinking, "Man, that sounds clean."
basite
04-26-2007, 11:14 AM
I also get that feeling when listening to that album (I have it on CD, not on the black shiny discs, I do want it on vinyl though...)
GMichael
04-26-2007, 11:32 AM
I also get that feeling when listening to that album (I have it on CD, not on the black shiny discs, I do want it on vinyl though...)
You do know that "album" is another word for LP (AKA - black shiny discs - vinyl)?
Rich-n-Texas
04-26-2007, 12:11 PM
I have nothing left to add to this discussion...
nobody
04-26-2007, 01:52 PM
You do know that "album" is another word for LP (AKA - black shiny discs - vinyl)?
Actually album was originally a reference to the way 78s would come packaged with 4-6 records in a hardcovered booklet which was very much an album. Here's an example...
<img src="http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/9b/37/e39e_1.JPG">
I've got a set like this one, along with a few others, that is great fun...
<img src="http://i15.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/99/d4/99ad_1_b.JPG">
basite
04-27-2007, 06:20 AM
You do know that "album" is another word for LP (AKA - black shiny discs - vinyl)?
kindof (now I know it for sure), but I just don't know another word for "album" which refers to "A CD" so...
but thanks for the explanation :ihih:
Keep them spinning,
Bert.
GMichael
04-27-2007, 09:07 AM
kindof (now I know it for sure), but I just don't know another word for "album" which refers to "A CD" so...
but thanks for the explanation :ihih:
Keep them spinning,
Bert.
Just poke'n at ya. I still call them records. Just like I say "I'm gonna TAPE a show" even though there's no tape involved.
kexodusc
04-27-2007, 10:05 AM
Hmmm, missed this thread....oh well, here's my 10:
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Tori Amos - Under the Pink
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Beethoven 5th Symphony
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Gorecki - #3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
B.B. King - Live at the Regal
Damn...there's a ton I'm gonna miss...
basite
04-27-2007, 10:24 AM
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
maybe we should also start to count those records/albums/whatever you call them
Damn...there's a ton I'm gonna miss...
yep, do like me, bring your pet, it allows you to bring 10 more cd's :cornut:
and everybody, don't forget your system, so we can switch from day to day :)
GMichael
04-27-2007, 10:33 AM
Hmmm, missed this thread....oh well, here's my 10:
Damn...there's a ton I'm gonna miss...
Sneek in an IPOD and a set of headphones.
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