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[u2popmofo]

W3rd.

Gov. Commissions seems to be a good first album, as I've won at least 3 people over to Mogwai with it*. Even though it's not officially one, it essentially works as a default "best of" quite well (especially since they're live versions).




*braggart

[U2inUtah]

Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner

YouTube - gnarls barkley @ hollywood bowl

[phillyfan26]

I added a couple Mogwai albums to my list.

[u2popmofo]

AWESOME

Wow, this might hurt to say, but Cee-Lo's voice is SO much better than Thomy's on that.....

[phillyfan26]

After my first listen:

1. Tumbling Dice
2. Rocks Off
3. All Down the Line
4. Let It Loose
5. Soul Survivor
6. Rip This Joint
7. Happy
8. Shine a Light
9. Ventilator Blues
10. Stop Breaking Down
11. Casino Boogie
12. Sweet Virginia
13. Turd on the Run
14. Loving Cup
15. Torn and Frayer
16. Sweet Black Angel
17. Shake Your Hips
18. I Just Want to See His Face

That album fucked my shit up. Well done, Rolling Stones, well done.

[LemonMelon]

I friggin love I Just Want to See His Face. Not sure why. It's so bizarre and awesome.

[phillyfan26]

That was after one, lengthy listen, though, so I've no idea how it will sort out after a few more.

Glad I heard it, though. Some great shit on there.

Now, on to Led Zeppelin.

[LemonMelon]

I claim to know quite a bit about music, but each day I find that to be more and more of a lie. Today, I took the initiative and made a list of 108 albums that I either need to burn onto disc or haven't heard at all/all the way through that I feel are of interest to me. Here's a highly distilled version:

Daft Punk - Discovery
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Carole King - Tapestry
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Aretha Franklin - Never Loved A Man The Way That I Love You
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City
The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Tool - Ænima
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déja Vu
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Ice Cube - Death Certificate
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Paul Simon - Graceland
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
The United States of America - The United States of America
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Silver Jews - American Water
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
New Order - Substance
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority
Ride - Nowhere
Free - Fire and Water
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Beach Boys - Sunflower/Surf's Up
Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
The Police - Synchronicity
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
The Fall - This Country's Saving Grace
The Postal Service - Give Up
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Slint - Spiderland
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

This...could take a while.

[u2popmofo]

Originally Posted by LemonMelon New Pornographers - Twin Cinema The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children Paul Simon - Graceland Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 Dr. Dre - The Chronic N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People New Order - Substance Ride - Nowhere They Might Be Giants - Lincoln Gang of Four - Entertainment! Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes The Postal Service - Give Up

I will vouch for all of these.

I seem to find that the more and more albums and bands I listen to, the more I realize I've never heard or straight up almost have to ignore as I just don't have the time, concentration, or ability to listen to everything that everyone has ever thought was important. Half the time when people ask me what I'm listening to, I don't know what to respond to as there are so many things it takes me a while to even figure out what I have been listening to. I've slowed down a little (ok, maybe very little) in my buying, as I'd rather get to know things a little better and not feel like I'm in a constant music daze where I can't remember what new albums I've gotten sound like or if I like them or not.

Regardless, I am quite impressed with the musical and movie goals you and Philly seem to create for yourselves. I think there was an old "Music goals" thread a few years back, maybe I'll dig that up some time soon.

[phillyfan26]

Wow. There's an actual album I've heard that LeMel hasn't!

I'll post my list in just a second.

[phillyfan26]

Ataxia - Automatic Writing
Ataxia - AW II
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Blur - Blur
Blur - Parklife
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
The Clash - London Calling
The Cure - Disintegration
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Elton John - Tumbleweed Collection
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
God Is an Astronaut - Far from Refuge
God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen - The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
John Frusciante - Curtains
John Frusciante - Inside of Emptiness
John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer - A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division - Closer
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
Led Zeppelin - Coda
Love - Forever Changes
Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Paul McCartney - McCartney
Paul McCartney - Ram
Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
The Police - Synchronicity
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
Queen - A Day at the Races
Queen - Queen II
Queen - The Game
Queen - A Kind of Magic
Queen - Innuendo
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
REM - Document
REM - Lifes Rich Pageant
REM - Automatic for the People
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground - Nico
The Who - My Generation
The Who - A Quick One
The Who - Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
The Who - Tommy
The Who - Live at Leeds
The Who - Odds & Sods
The Who - The Who by Numbers
The Who - Who Are You
The Who - Face Dances
The Who - It's Hard
The Who - Endless Wire

And yes, that's the full The Who discography, minus what I've already heard.

[LemonMelon]

I forgot to add Ritual De Habitual. That's something I've only heard about 10 minutes of but never gave my full attention to.

BTW, the Big Star record kicks ass so far.

[LemonMelon]

Originally Posted by u2popmofo I seem to find that the more and more albums and bands I listen to, the more I realize I've never heard or straight up almost have to ignore as I just don't have the time, concentration, or ability to listen to everything that everyone has ever thought was important.

This is true. It seems that, for every 10 records I hear, another 100 pop up that I could like. It's maddening, like trying to reach the horizon or something.

Half the time when people ask me what I'm listening to, I don't know what to respond to as there are so many things it takes me a while to even figure out what I have been listening to. I've slowed down a little (ok, maybe very little) in my buying, as I'd rather get to know things a little better and not feel like I'm in a constant music daze where I can't remember what new albums I've gotten sound like or if I like them or not.

Right now, as you can tell from the list, I'm still in my "absorb as much material as you possibly can, with comprehension being a lower priority" phase. Incredibly fun, but arguably not the most productive in the long run.

[Popmartijn]

Originally Posted by u2popmofo Honestly, I think it's just that the front section of the album is so unbelievably money (I'm going to be quoting Swingers here for a while) that it's difficult to not feel like the last half is weaker. In and of themselves, none of those songs are bad, but the first half is just that good, ya know? Like other trip-hop albums, I think it's hard for a lot of people presently to "get" why they were so influential, as a lot of the sounds or styles have made their way into most of the genres (rock, hip hop, electronica, etc). I too have never understood the whole 'Exchange' and '(Exchange)' thing. I'm not sure if the () version is supposed to be a "bonus" track, or what. I agree that Group Four is kind of a bore until the end as well. I actually like Black Milk though, but I'm admittedly a fan boy of Elisabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins, so that might be part of it (she also sings on Teardrop and Group Four on the album). By the way, how cool are the samples on 'Man Next Door'? When the Levee Breaks by Led Zep AND 10:15 on a Saturday Night by The Cure??? NICE.

I still need to buy this one. And Protection too. The only albums I have of them are Blue Lines and No Protection (the dub version of Protection by Mad Professor which is brilliant). Somehow, I'm not really interested in their post-Mezzanine stuff.

[COBL_04]

Well my cousin gave me an mp3 disc with a bunch of albums on it, among them were Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Funeral, Rufus Wainright, Ocean Rain, Transformer...

I've listened to Yoshimi and Funeral. Yoshimi was pretty good, if a bit weird, though there were a bunch of tracks I enjoyed a fair bit. Funeral, however, was quite average. I don't see myself ever liking Arcade Fire.