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OffSheGoes35
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In the interest of expanding musical horizons, I thought it might be nice to share a few selections from Henry Rollins' 20 Favorite Punk Albums...
http://www.laweekly.com/music/henry-rollins-20-favorite-punk-albums-4166724
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea(1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7sNu1D9Us
X Ray Spex
Germ Free Adolescents(1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujrva0tiTqc
Generation X
Generation X(1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjMqecTnoo
http://www.laweekly.com/music/henry-rollins-20-favorite-punk-albums-4166724
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea(1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7sNu1D9UsX Ray Spex
Germ Free Adolescents(1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujrva0tiTqcGeneration X
Generation X(1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjMqecTnoo 0
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http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/patti-smiths-ultimate-playlist
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Walk Like A Giant
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua
If I Can't Have You
And Patti Smith is pure awesomeness. Cool to see her list here- thanks!
http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/stewart-copeland-picks-16-fun-drum-albums-578893
Jeff Beck
Spanish Boots
Dave Brubeck
Take Five
Blondie
Parallel Lines(full album)
Joe Morello on "Take Five"- OH YEAH! But there are other versions that feature Morello even better. Check out Joe's solo here starting at about 1:45:
or here at around 4:40
And my favorite starting here at about 2:20 (sorry for iffy sound quality. I have this on video tape but not transferred to digital). This one is the SO COOL!:
And what added even more to the performances was seeing how much they appreciate each other's musicianship.
I'm so glad you posted those videos! I don't know if I would've discovered what a badass Joe Morello was otherwise.
http://thequietus.com/articles/15620-anton-newcombe-the-brian-jonestown-massacre-favourite-tracks-interview?page=2
Popera Cosmic
Philadelphie Story
Jackie Mittoo
Ghetto Organ
If you watch this closely you can see me shapeshift at about 1:50.
Allen Toussaint
http://thequietus.com/articles/15059-allen-toussaint-interview
Aaron Neville
Hercules
The Rolling Stones
Fortune Teller
Devo
Working in a Coalmine
I couldn't get this one to play but that just gives me an excuse to play the even better version by The Who from Live at Leeds:
Jack Johnson's favorite songs
http://radioalice.cbslocal.com/2010/06/04/jack-johnsons-favorite-songs-and-current-records/
Fugazi
Waiting Room
Taj Mahal
Corrina
Mason Jennings
Tourist
Bob Marley
Trenchtown Rock
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/pop/11888/
Charlie Parker
Funky Blues
Herbie Hancock featuring Joni Mitchell
River
From the interview:
Q. But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even name-checking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?
A.Prince. Prince attended one of my concerts in Minnesota. I remember seeing him sitting in the front row when he was very young. He must have been about 15. He was in an aisle seat and he had unusually big eyes. He watched the whole show with his collar up, looking side to side. You couldn’t miss him—he was a little Prince-ling. [Laughs.] Prince used to write me fan mail with all of the U’s and hearts that way that he writes. And the office took it as mail from the lunatic fringe and just tossed it! [Laughs.]
Prince
A Case of You
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6723-pj-harvey/
Pitchfork: Jim White of the Dirty Three plays drums on the new record. How did you two decide to collaborate?
Harvey: I first saw him play in 1995. The Dirty Three were supporting my band on part of a world tour we were doing. I remember just watching him, night after night, being completely mesmerized by his fluidity and also that he was like a voice, or a dancer, or a painter. He wasn't anything to do with what I thought of drummers before that. I think it was at that point that I thought, "I want to work with this person, I have to." And I kept waiting for the right material, because I wanted to present or make material with him that would bring out his qualities, and this was the first time that I felt I had the songs that were right-- that I had the songs that were able to breathe and flow with the ways that he plays.
Pitchfork: He's a really arresting musician to watch. His arms...
Harvey: When I watch him, he seems to transform into the most beautiful dancer! He becomes like a ballerina. It's incredibly graceful. It's so exciting to watch because everything he does seems to be a response to that millisecond that he's in.
Venom P Stinger
Precious Little Time
Dirty Three
Some Summers They Drop Like Flys
Nina Nastasia & Jim White
Odd Said The Doe
Xylouris White
Old School Sousta
Blur
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a639215/blur-name-their-all-time-favorite-albums-bowie-chic-ellie-goulding.html#~pkd3mwj1TtWzcQ
William Onyeabor
Fantastic Man
David Bowie
The Speed of Life
Chic
Le Freak
An interesting book (kind of a companion book to this thread even!) is called Listen to This!; Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Artists and Recordings by Alan Reader & John Baxter (Hyperion, 1999, ISBN 0786882603). I wish there was a more updated version of this book but as it is, it's interesting a fun to thumb through and generally inexpensive to buy used.
Guest DJ: All Songs Considered: Leon Bridges
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/07/28/425395147/guest-dj-leon-bridges
Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home To Me
Roy C.
Shotgun Wedding
White Denim
At Night in Dreams
Ani DiFranco
Tom Waits-Nighthawks at the Diner
Billy Bragg-Back to Basics
John Martyn-Solid Air
Dan Bern-Fifty Eggs
Ali Farka Toure-The Source
Curtis Mayfield-There's No Place Like America Today
Talk Talk-Spirit of Eden
Maceo Parker-Life on the Planet Groove
I'm sure I mentioned these elsewhere but I really really really also like the three volume Henry Rollins FANATIC! series. Chock full of great tidbits of info on an wide variety of music. Much of course covers punk and other rock but Henry digs jazz, music from various cultures and the way out. Definitely great to have these!
Another fine collection focused primarily on punk (as the title makes obvious) is George Gimarc's Punk Diary. If you find a copy with the accompanying CD you may have to shell out a lot of bucks and even though it interesting, I didn't find the CD essential. The book alone holds up great and though (I believe) it's out of print, good used copies are out there for a decent to great price.
Also from the Listen To This! book...
David Hidalgo(Los Lobos)
Thee Midniters
Stevie Wonder-Music of My Mind
Happier Than the Morning Sun
Albert King-Live Wire/Blues Power
Night Stomp
Marvin Gaye-What's Going On
Mercy Mercy Me(The Ecology)
Some great picks from Mr Hidalgo! Nice to see a Los Lobos reference here, OffSheGoes!