mad rhetorik
06-30-2004, 11:54 AM
Wow, I leave for a day and this place becomes as quiet as a cementary at midnight (in January). Only 8 responses to the obligatory Tuesday thread!
Here's a challenge for ya: How about making 158-minute (2-CD) comps of our favorite songs of all time? A few rules to this:
1. Only one track per artist/band
2. All the songs have to fit on 2 CD's (proggers may have a problem here)
3. Covers are acceptable
You don't actually have to make a comp; just a playlist so we can see what a comp of your personal faves would be like. I realize that most of you have probably a lot more music than what can fit inside of 158 minutes; however, this means that only the absolute freakin' best stuff makes it--the music you could spin over and over and over again, and never get tired of.
Let's see (opening up the calculator function--runtimes on all music is estimated to the closest 0:15):
<b>Disc 1</b>
1. At The Drive-In: "Arcanarsenal" (3:00)
2. Rolling Stones: "Gimme Shelter" (4:30)
3. Black Sabbath: "Children Of The Grave" (6:30)
4. Jimi Hendrix: "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" (5:15)
5. The Clash: "What's My Name" (2:00)
6. Joy Division: "Shadowplay" (4:00)
7. The Pixies: "The Happening" (4:30)
8. The Jam: "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" (4:30)
9. Ramones: "Rockaway Beach" (<b>It's Alive</b>) (2:30)
10. Dillinger Escape Plan: "4th Grade Dropout" (3:30)
11. Metallica: "Battery" (5:15)
12. Megadeth: "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" (6:30)
13. Husker Du: "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" (3:30)
14. Led Zeppelin: "No Quarter" (7:30)
15. Johnny Cash: "Hurt" (3:30)
16. Wire: "Ex-Lion Tamer" (2:15)
17. Motorhead: "Ace Of Spades" (2:30)
<b>Disc 2</b>
18. Bob Dylan: "Visions Of Johanna" (7:30)
19. Alice In Chains: "Nutshell" (4:00)
20. Neil Young: "Ambulance Blues" (9:00)
21. Opeth: "The Night And The Silent Water" (10:30)
22. Pink Floyd: "Pigs (3 Different Ones)" (12:45)
23. King Crimson: "Starless" (12:00)
24. Slint: "Good Morning Captain" (6:00)
25. Temple Of The Dog: "Hunger Strike" (4:15)
26. The Allman Brothers: "Whipping Post" (original) (5:15)
27. David Bowie: "Station To Station" (10:15)
Each disc has roughly 79-80 minutes of music on it, and is in no particular order. Man, this was <i>tough</i>. I had about 45 tracks originally, and had to cull them down to 27 total to fit the time limits. There are a bunch of other tracks I could have put in here, no problem. My biggest problem was deciding which Hendrix/Joy Division/Bob Dylan/Pixies tracks to put in--I had about 5 potential songs for each artist. For Bob Dylan, it was a three-way tossup between "Visions Of Johanna," "Subterranean Homesick Blues," and "Desolation Row" (though I was also pondering "Tombstone Blues" and "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"). With Joy Division, I had a helluva time picking between "Shadowplay," "Novelty," "Decades," and "Love Will Tear Us Apart." For Jimi, it was "Are You Experienced?," "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," and "Machine Gun." The Pixies...whoo boy.
So, what does yours look like?
Here's a challenge for ya: How about making 158-minute (2-CD) comps of our favorite songs of all time? A few rules to this:
1. Only one track per artist/band
2. All the songs have to fit on 2 CD's (proggers may have a problem here)
3. Covers are acceptable
You don't actually have to make a comp; just a playlist so we can see what a comp of your personal faves would be like. I realize that most of you have probably a lot more music than what can fit inside of 158 minutes; however, this means that only the absolute freakin' best stuff makes it--the music you could spin over and over and over again, and never get tired of.
Let's see (opening up the calculator function--runtimes on all music is estimated to the closest 0:15):
<b>Disc 1</b>
1. At The Drive-In: "Arcanarsenal" (3:00)
2. Rolling Stones: "Gimme Shelter" (4:30)
3. Black Sabbath: "Children Of The Grave" (6:30)
4. Jimi Hendrix: "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" (5:15)
5. The Clash: "What's My Name" (2:00)
6. Joy Division: "Shadowplay" (4:00)
7. The Pixies: "The Happening" (4:30)
8. The Jam: "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" (4:30)
9. Ramones: "Rockaway Beach" (<b>It's Alive</b>) (2:30)
10. Dillinger Escape Plan: "4th Grade Dropout" (3:30)
11. Metallica: "Battery" (5:15)
12. Megadeth: "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" (6:30)
13. Husker Du: "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" (3:30)
14. Led Zeppelin: "No Quarter" (7:30)
15. Johnny Cash: "Hurt" (3:30)
16. Wire: "Ex-Lion Tamer" (2:15)
17. Motorhead: "Ace Of Spades" (2:30)
<b>Disc 2</b>
18. Bob Dylan: "Visions Of Johanna" (7:30)
19. Alice In Chains: "Nutshell" (4:00)
20. Neil Young: "Ambulance Blues" (9:00)
21. Opeth: "The Night And The Silent Water" (10:30)
22. Pink Floyd: "Pigs (3 Different Ones)" (12:45)
23. King Crimson: "Starless" (12:00)
24. Slint: "Good Morning Captain" (6:00)
25. Temple Of The Dog: "Hunger Strike" (4:15)
26. The Allman Brothers: "Whipping Post" (original) (5:15)
27. David Bowie: "Station To Station" (10:15)
Each disc has roughly 79-80 minutes of music on it, and is in no particular order. Man, this was <i>tough</i>. I had about 45 tracks originally, and had to cull them down to 27 total to fit the time limits. There are a bunch of other tracks I could have put in here, no problem. My biggest problem was deciding which Hendrix/Joy Division/Bob Dylan/Pixies tracks to put in--I had about 5 potential songs for each artist. For Bob Dylan, it was a three-way tossup between "Visions Of Johanna," "Subterranean Homesick Blues," and "Desolation Row" (though I was also pondering "Tombstone Blues" and "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"). With Joy Division, I had a helluva time picking between "Shadowplay," "Novelty," "Decades," and "Love Will Tear Us Apart." For Jimi, it was "Are You Experienced?," "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," and "Machine Gun." The Pixies...whoo boy.
So, what does yours look like?