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Achtung Baby No Code Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks Miles Davis, Kind of Blue JS Bach, Suites for Solo Cello (preferably on viola) Vienna Philharmonic wth Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, etc.. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 2 And it's cheating, but two "best of" albums: The Best of the Staple Singers, and The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong -- because the Staple Singers are soothing and uplifting, and because Ela Fitzgerald had the voice of an angel.
I think I could spend the rest of my life listening just to the above albums, and I could/ would be content.
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
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Achtung Baby No Code Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks Miles Davis, Kind of Blue JS Bach, Suites for Solo Cello (preferably on viola) Vienna Philharmonic wth Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, etc.. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 2 And it's cheating, but two "best of" albums: The Best of the Staple Singers, and The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong -- because the Staple Singers are soothing and uplifting, and because Ela Fitzgerald had the voice of an angel.
I think I could spend the rest of my life listening just to the above albums, and I could/ would be content.
Loving the selections and range of music styles. Ella is one of my favorites. Beautiful voice. I'd be more inclined to do what you did and pick one for multiple genres.
For almost 20 years now I have always thought "Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty" is amongst the greatest of all time. It really shows off the trios musician ship which sometimes gets lost in hip-hop.
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Achtung Baby No Code Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks Miles Davis, Kind of Blue JS Bach, Suites for Solo Cello (preferably on viola) Vienna Philharmonic wth Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, etc.. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 2 And it's cheating, but two "best of" albums: The Best of the Staple Singers, and The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong -- because the Staple Singers are soothing and uplifting, and because Ela Fitzgerald had the voice of an angel.
I think I could spend the rest of my life listening just to the above albums, and I could/ would be content.
Loving the selections and range of music styles. Ella is one of my favorites. Beautiful voice. I'd be more inclined to do what you did and pick one for multiple genres.
Thanks! The Dylan and Miles Davis albums are top-to-bottom astounding, and the classical works, obviously, have withstood the test of time. Mahler 2 is the "Resurrection" symphony. and Beethoven 9 I assume everyone knows. Both are amazing creations, and both give me goosebumps and elicit tears.
I also like to encourage people to look outside of their preferred genres. Classical music has had a big influence on some rock musicians (Muse!), as has jazz. I've had to do the same, myself. I wrote off the Beastie Boys for years as a lightweight, gimmicky act; much later, I took a listen and was amazed by how good they were.
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
Pearl Jam - Ten The Cult - Love The Smiths - Queen Is Dead P.J.Harvey - To Bring You My Love The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Neil Young - Harvest Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Achtung Baby No Code Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks Miles Davis, Kind of Blue JS Bach, Suites for Solo Cello (preferably on viola) Vienna Philharmonic wth Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, etc.. Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 2 And it's cheating, but two "best of" albums: The Best of the Staple Singers, and The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong -- because the Staple Singers are soothing and uplifting, and because Ela Fitzgerald had the voice of an angel.
I think I could spend the rest of my life listening just to the above albums, and I could/ would be content.
Loving the selections and range of music styles. Ella is one of my favorites. Beautiful voice. I'd be more inclined to do what you did and pick one for multiple genres.
Thanks! The Dylan and Miles Davis albums are top-to-bottom astounding, and the classical works, obviously, have withstood the test of time. Mahler 2 is the "Resurrection" symphony. and Beethoven 9 I assume everyone knows. Both are amazing creations, and both give me goosebumps and elicit tears.
I also like to encourage people to look outside of their preferred genres. Classical music has had a big influence on some rock musicians (Muse!), as has jazz. I've had to do the same, myself. I wrote off the Beastie Boys for years as a lightweight, gimmicky act; much later, I took a listen and was amazed by how good they were.
I love classical music. My absolute favorite is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. It's such a beautiful piece of music. Opera is another one that I find absolutely amazing to listen to. I have to be in the right mood for both, but they transport me when I listen to them. So much deeper meaning there that you can hear.
I grew up on oldies because of my parents, branched out to country and then firmly set myself in the rock genre post 1992. I still listen to everything, but my rotation of music tends to lean towards rock, with new country being my least favorite.
My Top 10: 1) Quadrophenia- The Who 2) Highway 61- Bob Dylan 3) Revolver- The Beatles 4) Astral Weeks- Van Morrison 5) Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys 6) Exile On Main St.- The Rolling Stones 7) OK Computer- Radiohead 8) What's Going On- Marvin Gaye 9) The Joshua Tree- U2 10) Ten- PJ t) Hunky Dory- David Bowie
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I didnt know anything about Rolling Stones but purchased Exile...should I have started somewhere else to appreciate it?
Here's a few you can try:
Sticky Fingers Let It Bleed Black And Blue Beggar's Banquet It's Only Rock & Roll Some Girls
Best ALL TIME Album? That's a tough one. Impossible almost. But here's a few of mine (off the top of my head):
Band Of Gypsys-Jimi Hendrix Electric ladyland-Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin-3 Led Zeppelin-1 Physical Grafitti-Led Zeppelin Quadrophenia-The Who Who's Next-the Who Live At Leeds-The Who Animals-Pink Floyd Close To The Edge-Yes Bridge Of Sigh's-Robin Trower
I just bought Pet Sounds on vinyl...I don't think I've heard any music from it before knowingly so no idea what to expect...but it's been considered best all time so let me find out what the fuss is all about.
PJ-10 PJ-No Code King's X-Gretchen goes to Nebraska Gangstarr-Full Clip Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet Rival Schools-United by Fate Afghan Whigs-Black Love Bon Iver-Bon Iver The Tragically Hip-Day for Night Kent-Hagnesta Hill
92 Roskilde
96 Cork, Dublin, London x 2
00 Barcelona, Stockholm
03 Uniondale
06 Verona, Milan
07 London, Copenhagen
09 Berlin
10 Dublin, Belfast
11 Alpine Valley x 2
12 Amsterdam x 2, Stockholm, Oslo
13 Brooklyn x 2
14 Amsterdam x 2, Berlin, Stockholm 16 MSG x 2 18 Prague, Krakow, Berlin 22 Stockholm, Copenhagen
+1 Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Yes, I preorder the deluxe version! Can't wait to hear it too. I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything. IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ... I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
+1 Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Yes, I preorder the deluxe version! Can't wait to hear it too. I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything. IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ... I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
The thing that's "special" to me about Pearl Jam and Radiohead is that I too was there when they began and have experienced all of their albums in order of release, around the time they were released (i.e., Ten in 1992, Vs in 1993, Vitalogy in 1994,... and Pablo Honey in 1994, The Bends in 1995, OKC in 1997, ...) - yes, I was a little late in hearing the debut albums.
+1 Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Yes, I preorder the deluxe version! Can't wait to hear it too. I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything. IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ... I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
Also, Friday night's Glastonbury show has the potential to be very OK Computer heavy. I doubt they'll play the entire album in order (they don't seem to be very keen on Electioneering - and Fitter, Happier might not work mid-show) but I'm hoping the scatter the majority of the other ten tracks throughout the set list. There's usually an excellent audio source that surfaces from these shows.
+1 Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Yes, I preorder the deluxe version! Can't wait to hear it too. I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything. IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ... I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
Also, Friday night's Glastonbury show has the potential to be very OK Computer heavy. I doubt they'll play the entire album in order (they don't seem to be very keen on Electioneering - and Fitter, Happier might not work mid-show) but I'm hoping the scatter the majority of the other ten tracks throughout the set list. There's usually an excellent audio source that surfaces from these shows.
last time I saw "Electioneering" live was in ATL 1997.
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
Rolling Stones- Exile On Main St. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti Pearl Jam- Vitalogy Soundgarden- Superunknown Rush- Moving Pictures Metallica- Master Of Puppets RHCP- BloodSugarSexMagik Jane's Addiction- Ritual De Lo Habitual R.E.M.- Automatic For The People Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
Top 10, which is subject to change. I've got great expectations for the next PJ record. A double would be nice...
"It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014
+1 Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Yes, I preorder the deluxe version! Can't wait to hear it too. I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything. IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ... I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
Also, Friday night's Glastonbury show has the potential to be very OK Computer heavy. I doubt they'll play the entire album in order (they don't seem to be very keen on Electioneering - and Fitter, Happier might not work mid-show) but I'm hoping the scatter the majority of the other ten tracks throughout the set list. There's usually an excellent audio source that surfaces from these shows.
last time I saw "Electioneering" live was in ATL 1997.
Thom smashed his guitar.
must be a tough song to play live.
Got my hands on a copy of the three new tracks. They're quite good!
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Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
JS Bach, Suites for Solo Cello (preferably on viola)
Vienna Philharmonic wth Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, etc.. Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Vienna Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 2
And it's cheating, but two "best of" albums:
The Best of the Staple Singers, and
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong -- because the Staple Singers are soothing and uplifting, and because Ela Fitzgerald had the voice of an angel.
I think I could spend the rest of my life listening just to the above albums, and I could/ would be content.
R.E.M.
Thanks! The Dylan and Miles Davis albums are top-to-bottom astounding, and the classical works, obviously, have withstood the test of time. Mahler 2 is the "Resurrection" symphony. and Beethoven 9 I assume everyone knows. Both are amazing creations, and both give me goosebumps and elicit tears.
I also like to encourage people to look outside of their preferred genres. Classical music has had a big influence on some rock musicians (Muse!), as has jazz. I've had to do the same, myself. I wrote off the Beastie Boys for years as a lightweight, gimmicky act; much later, I took a listen and was amazed by how good they were.
The Cult - Love
The Smiths - Queen Is Dead
P.J.Harvey - To Bring You My Love
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Neil Young - Harvest
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
I grew up on oldies because of my parents, branched out to country and then firmly set myself in the rock genre post 1992. I still listen to everything, but my rotation of music tends to lean towards rock, with new country being my least favorite.
1) Quadrophenia- The Who
2) Highway 61- Bob Dylan
3) Revolver- The Beatles
4) Astral Weeks- Van Morrison
5) Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
6) Exile On Main St.- The Rolling Stones
7) OK Computer- Radiohead
8) What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
9) The Joshua Tree- U2
10) Ten- PJ
t) Hunky Dory- David Bowie
SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008
Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Black And Blue
Beggar's Banquet
It's Only Rock & Roll
Some Girls
Best ALL TIME Album? That's a tough one. Impossible almost. But here's a few of mine (off the top of my head):
Band Of Gypsys-Jimi Hendrix
Electric ladyland-Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin-3
Led Zeppelin-1
Physical Grafitti-Led Zeppelin
Quadrophenia-The Who
Who's Next-the Who
Live At Leeds-The Who
Animals-Pink Floyd
Close To The Edge-Yes
Bridge Of Sigh's-Robin Trower
The Rolling Stones albums i named above
Oh, and the FIRST 8 PEARL JAM albums.
I'm sure i'm missing some more.
Talk talk.
Vitoligy
Thunder and consolation
To many to think of.. Off tbed
Jimi hendrix. Live
Jimi hendrix
Also, Pet Sounds
Bruce Springsteen
PJ-10
PJ-No Code
King's X-Gretchen goes to Nebraska
Gangstarr-Full Clip
Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet
Rival Schools-United by Fate
Afghan Whigs-Black Love
Bon Iver-Bon Iver
The Tragically Hip-Day for Night
Kent-Hagnesta Hill
96 Cork, Dublin, London x 2
00 Barcelona, Stockholm
03 Uniondale
06 Verona, Milan
07 London, Copenhagen
09 Berlin
10 Dublin, Belfast
11 Alpine Valley x 2
12 Amsterdam x 2, Stockholm, Oslo
13 Brooklyn x 2
14 Amsterdam x 2, Berlin, Stockholm
16 MSG x 2
18 Prague, Krakow, Berlin
22 Stockholm, Copenhagen
2014 : Amsterdam 1&2, Milan, Berlin, Werchter
2018 : Amsterdam 1&2, Pinkpop, London 1, Berlin, Werchter, London 2
2020 : ?
Are you getting the 20th anniversary reissue? Can't wait to hear studio versions of Lift and Big Boots.
Can't wait to hear it too.
I was a Radiohead fan before OK Computer but this album just changed everything.
IMO, everything is just perfect, the music, the lyrics, the artwork, ...
I am amazed at how it sounds ageless.
2014 : Amsterdam 1&2, Milan, Berlin, Werchter
2018 : Amsterdam 1&2, Pinkpop, London 1, Berlin, Werchter, London 2
2020 : ?
last time I saw "Electioneering" live was in ATL 1997.
Thom smashed his guitar.
must be a tough song to play live.
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1995- New Orleans, LA : New Orleans, LA
1996- Charleston, SC
1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY
2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2
2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
2023- Austin, TX x2
2024- Baltimore
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
Pearl Jam- Vitalogy
Soundgarden- Superunknown
Rush- Moving Pictures
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
RHCP- BloodSugarSexMagik
Jane's Addiction- Ritual De Lo Habitual
R.E.M.- Automatic For The People
Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
Top 10, which is subject to change. I've got great expectations for the next PJ record. A double would be nice...
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