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All time favorite albums (Read 577 times)

Looking gooooood ;p
Ok...One from each decade that I've buying music.....

1970s - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

1980s - So - Peter Gabriel

1990s - OK Computer - Radiohead

2000s - Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction Disc 2 - UNKLE

...and a wildcard all time favourite..

Girls, Girls, Girls - Elvis Costello's Greatest Hits
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Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 7/30/2008 at 10:01 PM:
Nice selections! Smile



Big grin I think so, but to each his own huh????


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Quote from pRED on 7/30/2008 at 1:20 AM:
Pretty sure you dissed Prince there, so I found this for ya in Wikipedia:

The 1000th issue of Entertainment Weekly dated July 4, 2008 listed Purple Rain at number one on the Top 100 Best albums of the past 25 years.[2]


Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

"I Would Die 4 U" is one of the greatest songs of the late 20th. The whole album is almost perfect. No child of the '80s could fail to love Purple Rain, since it was almost always the longest slow song played at every high school dance. And the debates over what exactly Darling Nikki was doing with that magazine still rage.

You chose ... poorly.

Out of curiosity, if "Entertainment Weekly" didn't include Purple Rain on their list, could it still be on mine? Ask Trent why that's funny. He'll get it.

Nirvana is over-rated. The only thing that saves their place in musical history is a 12-gauge.

Quote from PowerOfQ on 7/30/2008 at 1:39 AM:
Prince Rules. Of this, there is no debate. I'm in pRED's corner on this one.



I'd repeat the maxim about assuming making an ass out of you and me ... but in your case, it's way, way too late.
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Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 7/30/2008 at 10:01 PM:
Nice selections! Smile


Dude.

Even in Ann Arbor they'd be slapping you.

Duran Duran? Seriously?
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Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:28 PM:
Duran Duran? Seriously?


Duran Duran's Greatest Hits is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. I would think that a guys who screams from the rooftops treetops that Bat Out of Hell is the greatest album ever would understand that.

Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise


That is good stuff right there.
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Oswald acted alone.
Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:27 PM:
Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Nirvana is over-rated. The only thing that saves their place in musical history is a 12-gauge.



I'd have to agree. I like some of their stuff, but it gets old fast. I used to like it a lot more. They're not as great as they're made out to be.

I like the Foo Fighters better.

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Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:27 PM:
No child of the '80s could fail to love Purple Rain, since it was almost always the longest slow song played at every high school dance


Well, if you were standing off to the side instead of dancing, you might think that song is the crappiest one on the album. Hypothetically, of course.

It is a fantastic album. For me, especially the bass-free "When Doves Cry." I love good bass-playing, but this is one song were the complete absence of a bass part is both shocking and perfect.
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59

21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00

"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
Steve Allen

Oswald acted alone.
Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:27 PM:
Nirvana is over-rated. The only thing that saves their place in musical history is a 12-gauge.


Agreed, and um wow. That's one way to put it.

I think they get, and deserve a ton of credit for changing the course of things and brining, with one single guitar riff, the sound that was the '90s alternative rock scene to the forefront. That may not be a plus in everyone's book, but much of what made me really pay attention to music came from that scene.

To me, a virtual disciple of that era, that first album was great, but doesn't rank up there with my other favorites from that era alone. I can't remember the last time I played a Nirvana record.
Duran Duran's Greatest Hits is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. I would think that a guys who screams from the rooftops treetops that Bat Out of Hell is the greatest album ever would understand that.




Logical fallacy.

Pointing out that my favorite sucks - or that millions might agree - does not make Duran Duran any less mock-worthy.

Dude. They were the N'Sync of the 80's. But not as manly.
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Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:48 PM:
Lance Bass rocks my world.


AND

And for the record, I'd be a hot chick.


Is there something you need to get off your chest?
Quote from Mishka on 7/31/2008 at 2:50 PM:
AND



Is there something you need to get off your chest?


Or on.
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Quote from JakeKnight on 7/31/2008 at 2:43 PM:
Logical fallacy.

Pointing out that my favorite sucks - or that millions might agree - does not make Duran Duran any less mock-worthy.


I don't think your favorite sucks. In fact, I think it's fantastic. ("Paradise" is in my karaoke playlist, and I belt this one out regularly during my commute.) But it is a mock-worthy guilty pleasure, nevertheless.
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59

21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00

"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
Steve Allen

Oswald acted alone.
Paradise is arguably the greatest Karaoke song ever. At least for a duo. Especially if you've got the Phil Rizzuto bit memorized. And can find a partner to make out with you while you sing it.

Not that I would.
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