Desert Island Music Draft Thread *** draft is over ***
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My pick;
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course (2004)
I was never really a fan of mixing songs, and still am not, but this is a really good album. They seem to work really well together and that's good enough for me. Probably wouldn't have been taken any time soon, if at all, but if you like Jay-Z and LP, this is a good value pick.
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course (2004)
I was never really a fan of mixing songs, and still am not, but this is a really good album. They seem to work really well together and that's good enough for me. Probably wouldn't have been taken any time soon, if at all, but if you like Jay-Z and LP, this is a good value pick.
John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960)
I am not really surprised that this hasn't been picked up yet, but I am kind of puzzled that no love is given to the most authentically American art form - jazz. Don't get me wrong, I don't exactly walk around in a black suit and sun-glasses acting cool all the time, but I do like great jazz, and Coltrane's music is great by any definition. He may have created greater individual pieces later in the 60's but for my list Giant Steps is the outstanding album. Actually, I know people who swear that they hate jazz, but will admit to liking to and listening to Giant Steps.
From wikipedia:
"Giant Steps is a 1960 album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released on Atlantic Records. Giant Steps was his second album to be recorded by the Atlantic label, and marked the first time that all of the pieces on a recording had been composed by him. The recording exemplifies Coltrane's melodic phrasing that came to be known as sheets of sound, and features the use of a new harmonic concept later to be known as "Coltrane changes."
The album is also considered to be Coltrane's farewell to the style of music called "bebop". He ventured into the territory known as "modal jazz" shortly afterwards.
Several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards, such as "Naima", "Giant Steps", "Cousin Mary", "Countdown", and "Mr. P.C."
In 2003, the album was ranked number 102 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 1983, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named his autobiography (written with co-author Peter Knobler) after this seminal album."
I am not really surprised that this hasn't been picked up yet, but I am kind of puzzled that no love is given to the most authentically American art form - jazz. Don't get me wrong, I don't exactly walk around in a black suit and sun-glasses acting cool all the time, but I do like great jazz, and Coltrane's music is great by any definition. He may have created greater individual pieces later in the 60's but for my list Giant Steps is the outstanding album. Actually, I know people who swear that they hate jazz, but will admit to liking to and listening to Giant Steps.
From wikipedia:
"Giant Steps is a 1960 album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released on Atlantic Records. Giant Steps was his second album to be recorded by the Atlantic label, and marked the first time that all of the pieces on a recording had been composed by him. The recording exemplifies Coltrane's melodic phrasing that came to be known as sheets of sound, and features the use of a new harmonic concept later to be known as "Coltrane changes."
The album is also considered to be Coltrane's farewell to the style of music called "bebop". He ventured into the territory known as "modal jazz" shortly afterwards.
Several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards, such as "Naima", "Giant Steps", "Cousin Mary", "Countdown", and "Mr. P.C."
In 2003, the album was ranked number 102 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 1983, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named his autobiography (written with co-author Peter Knobler) after this seminal album."
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Josh Groban - NOEL
more later, I'm one tired auntie..
edit: eventually it will be Christmas on my island. I want Christmas music and I want it sung by someone whose voice is just outstanding. If you haven't heard any of his music, I strongly suggest you add him to your list.
more later, I'm one tired auntie..
edit: eventually it will be Christmas on my island. I want Christmas music and I want it sung by someone whose voice is just outstanding. If you haven't heard any of his music, I strongly suggest you add him to your list.
Slim-- how did this get changed to this: Josh Groban - In Between Dreams - 2007?
I've mentioned in the past that at some fundamental level I do not get jazz. Or at least its appeal. It remains perhaps the most opaque form of music I know of to me. I hear it...and its like elevator music. Just background. I don't even dislike it the way I might a particularly grating gangsta rap track or whatever. I just don't know what to do with it.
I am at a dilemma. Pick my remaining favorites or grab up some of the (plentiful) classics that still remain in order to garner up some votes.
I know! I think I'll do both.
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 1988
With most likely my final rap selection of the draft, I pick what is widely regarded as the best rap album ever. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy E all at their best. This album features one of the most controversial tracks of all time "**** tha Police" which (fun fact) was written after Eazy E and Dre were arrested at gun point after shooting a few people at a bustop with a paintball gun.
Other classic tracks on this album include "Straight Outta Compton" and "Dopeman" and my favorite off the whole thing "Express Yourself." The latter being an extremely optomistic track amongst the overwhlemingly angry tone of the album. It comes off as such a change while listening to the album that it the song itself becomes very memorable.
Great album, I love it. If you like rap and haven't heard this thing, please go end yourself behind the nearest shed while listening to your Soulja Boy garbage. God really! How can anyone like Soulja Boy, just listen to seroiusly 20 seconds of this album for the love of god and it is infintely better than all of his crap put together. Okay, I'll stop here. Thank God no one has drafted any of his stuff.
I know! I think I'll do both.
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 1988
With most likely my final rap selection of the draft, I pick what is widely regarded as the best rap album ever. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy E all at their best. This album features one of the most controversial tracks of all time "**** tha Police" which (fun fact) was written after Eazy E and Dre were arrested at gun point after shooting a few people at a bustop with a paintball gun.
Other classic tracks on this album include "Straight Outta Compton" and "Dopeman" and my favorite off the whole thing "Express Yourself." The latter being an extremely optomistic track amongst the overwhlemingly angry tone of the album. It comes off as such a change while listening to the album that it the song itself becomes very memorable.
Great album, I love it. If you like rap and haven't heard this thing, please go end yourself behind the nearest shed while listening to your Soulja Boy garbage. God really! How can anyone like Soulja Boy, just listen to seroiusly 20 seconds of this album for the love of god and it is infintely better than all of his crap put together. Okay, I'll stop here. Thank God no one has drafted any of his stuff.
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I'm at a loss for words. This is record breaking stuff. Funny thing is I'm not even lying. I almost picked that and thought it would be around for my next pick. That's 3 times today. 3 damn times!
Its almost too good to be true
I lie to myself whenever I say "no more punk/hardcore" but so much of the other music I listen to was from the golden age of singles vs. albums I don't have much choice... therefore:
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
DK's debut is also their best album, though their follow up EP In God We Trust, Inc. gives it a run for its money. The album is strong start to finish, kicking off with "Kill the Poor", closing Side A with "Chemical Warfare", opening the second side with "California Uber Alles" and closing with a cover of "Viva Las Vegas". It also features "Holiday in Cambodia", perhaps their best known song.
DK lead the way in politically charged American hardcore, and while the issues may change the themes often remain relevant today. Certainly not for everybody, but it is for me.
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
DK's debut is also their best album, though their follow up EP In God We Trust, Inc. gives it a run for its money. The album is strong start to finish, kicking off with "Kill the Poor", closing Side A with "Chemical Warfare", opening the second side with "California Uber Alles" and closing with a cover of "Viva Las Vegas". It also features "Holiday in Cambodia", perhaps their best known song.
DK lead the way in politically charged American hardcore, and while the issues may change the themes often remain relevant today. Certainly not for everybody, but it is for me.
Taking one of my favorites here. Good stuff and I can sing like every word to every song. Maybe because I've heard them 4590 times each from 1994-1998, but whatever. I still turn it up everytime it comes on the radio. It sold like a bajillion records. Most of you probably bought it.
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 1994
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 1994
While not minding Hootie, I never never never could understand how they became so freakin' huge. They sounded, and looked, like a simple college rock band, and yet that first album sold 16 million albums!
I lie to myself whenever I say "no more punk/hardcore" but so much of the other music I listen to was from the golden age of singles vs. albums I don't have much choice... therefore:
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
DK's debut is also their best album, though their follow up EP In God We Trust, Inc. gives it a run for its money. The album is strong start to finish, kicking off with "Kill the Poor", closing Side A with "Chemical Warfare", opening the second side with "California Uber Alles" and closing with a cover of "Viva Las Vegas". It also features "Holiday in Cambodia", perhaps their best known song.
DK lead the way in politically charged American hardcore, and while the issues may change the themes often remain relevant today. Certainly not for everybody, but it is for me.
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
DK's debut is also their best album, though their follow up EP In God We Trust, Inc. gives it a run for its money. The album is strong start to finish, kicking off with "Kill the Poor", closing Side A with "Chemical Warfare", opening the second side with "California Uber Alles" and closing with a cover of "Viva Las Vegas". It also features "Holiday in Cambodia", perhaps their best known song.
DK lead the way in politically charged American hardcore, and while the issues may change the themes often remain relevant today. Certainly not for everybody, but it is for me.
Norah Jones - Come away with me
Come Away with Me is the debut album by pianist and singer Norah Jones, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).
This album's unique combination of jazz, folk, and soul, as well as Jones's fresh voice, caught the attention of consumers and critics alike. Come Away with Me sold approximately twenty million copies worldwide and won five awards at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", and "Song of the Year" for "Don't Know Why".
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While I enjoy Don't Know Why, I prefer these 4 tracks overall:
“Cold Cold Heart"
"Feelin' the Same Way
"Come Away with Me"
"Turn Me On"
Come Away with Me is the debut album by pianist and singer Norah Jones, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).
This album's unique combination of jazz, folk, and soul, as well as Jones's fresh voice, caught the attention of consumers and critics alike. Come Away with Me sold approximately twenty million copies worldwide and won five awards at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", and "Song of the Year" for "Don't Know Why".
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While I enjoy Don't Know Why, I prefer these 4 tracks overall:
“Cold Cold Heart"
"Feelin' the Same Way
"Come Away with Me"
"Turn Me On"
Probably because I was 11(!) when I first started listening to them, they are one of the bands that I appreciate more and more every time I dust off the album. With all of the members still alive and still active I wish they could put aside their differences, their lyrics would practically write themselves these days.
OK, I am to the point that I have lots of groups to choose from and not sure which to take and which to leave. So I am going with an older favorite with a British rock band named after a Vulcan Star Trek character:
T'Pau - T'Pau (1987)
This album (AKA: Bridge of Spies) is good from beginning to end, but their only US hit was "Heart and Soul". I think Monkey House is the only song here I really just don't care for much, but Sex Talk, China in your Hand, Valentine, Thank You for Goodbye - all good stuff.
T'Pau - T'Pau (1987)
This album (AKA: Bridge of Spies) is good from beginning to end, but their only US hit was "Heart and Soul". I think Monkey House is the only song here I really just don't care for much, but Sex Talk, China in your Hand, Valentine, Thank You for Goodbye - all good stuff.
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gotta have elvis on the island somewhere; the songs remind me of dad. =)
elvis - back from memphis (1969)
if this album had "if i can dream," i think it'd be perfect. it's hard to pick an elvis album that has the best list of songs since we can't do compilations, but this one has a lot of good ones. "in the ghetto" is probably the best of this bunch.
from wiki:
From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis is the thirty-fifth album, not counting budget compilations on the RCA Camden subsidiary, by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records, LSP 6020, in November of 1969. The set was issued to capitalize upon the success of Presley's previous album, From Elvis in Memphis, and also to tie-in with his newfound success as a headliner in Las Vegas. It is Presley's first double album, and it peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200.
elvis - back from memphis (1969)
if this album had "if i can dream," i think it'd be perfect. it's hard to pick an elvis album that has the best list of songs since we can't do compilations, but this one has a lot of good ones. "in the ghetto" is probably the best of this bunch.
from wiki:
From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis is the thirty-fifth album, not counting budget compilations on the RCA Camden subsidiary, by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records, LSP 6020, in November of 1969. The set was issued to capitalize upon the success of Presley's previous album, From Elvis in Memphis, and also to tie-in with his newfound success as a headliner in Las Vegas. It is Presley's first double album, and it peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200.
My next pick is a silly little thing, but I dig it:
Deee-Lite -- World Clique (1990) -- In general, I am not a fan of dance music. Nor do I typically go nuts over the idea of DJs who become famous for simply being DJs. However, the trio of Super DJ Dmitri, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, and Lady Miss Kier have kept my booty shakin' since I first heard "Groove is in the Heart" almost 20 years ago (have I mentioned yet that this thread makes me feel old?). Catchy, kitschy, poppy... de-gorgeous, de-with it, de-groovy, delight! Hell, if it's good enough for both Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins, it's good enough for me.
Deee-Lite -- World Clique (1990) -- In general, I am not a fan of dance music. Nor do I typically go nuts over the idea of DJs who become famous for simply being DJs. However, the trio of Super DJ Dmitri, Jungle DJ Towa Towa, and Lady Miss Kier have kept my booty shakin' since I first heard "Groove is in the Heart" almost 20 years ago (have I mentioned yet that this thread makes me feel old?). Catchy, kitschy, poppy... de-gorgeous, de-with it, de-groovy, delight! Hell, if it's good enough for both Q-Tip and Bootsy Collins, it's good enough for me.
Good pick, GGG...I liked that album. And I think you'll like this one:
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1957)
It's tough to find a Louis Prima album that is NOT a compilation, but this one has just about all of his big hits (Buona Sera, Just a Gigolo, The Lip, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, etc.). If you're not familiar with his him, Louis Prima was the voice of King Louie, the orangutan in Disney's The Jungle Book. Prima, his wife Keely Smith, and saxophonist Sam Butera, were as much a great comedy act as they were incredible musicians. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm sure that seeing them live was quite an experience.
From wikipedia: "The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, 'this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible.'"
I got into Louis Prima through my wife's VERY Italian family...I'm pretty sure that their acceptance of me was based somewhat on the fact that I took a liking to his music. There isn't a family event or get-together that doesn't involve his music, either directly from his albums or through my father-in-law's accordian. Italians know how to eat, party, and enjoy life...and Louis Prima is a BIG part of the fun.
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1957)
It's tough to find a Louis Prima album that is NOT a compilation, but this one has just about all of his big hits (Buona Sera, Just a Gigolo, The Lip, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, etc.). If you're not familiar with his him, Louis Prima was the voice of King Louie, the orangutan in Disney's The Jungle Book. Prima, his wife Keely Smith, and saxophonist Sam Butera, were as much a great comedy act as they were incredible musicians. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm sure that seeing them live was quite an experience.
From wikipedia: "The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, 'this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible.'"
I got into Louis Prima through my wife's VERY Italian family...I'm pretty sure that their acceptance of me was based somewhat on the fact that I took a liking to his music. There isn't a family event or get-together that doesn't involve his music, either directly from his albums or through my father-in-law's accordian. Italians know how to eat, party, and enjoy life...and Louis Prima is a BIG part of the fun.
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Good pick, GGG...I liked that album. And I think you'll like this one:
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1957)
It's tough to find a Louis Prima album that is NOT a compilation, but this one has just about all of his big hits (Buona Sera, Just a Gigolo, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, etc.). Prima, his wife Keely Smith, and saxophonist Sam Butera, were as much a great comedy act as they were incredible musicians. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm sure that seeing them live was quite an experience.
From wikipedia: "The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, 'this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible.'"
I got into Louis Prima through my wife's VERY Italian family...I'm pretty sure that their acceptance of me was based somewhat on the fact that I took a liking to his music. There isn't a family event or get-together that doesn't involve his music, either directly from his albums or through my father-in-law's accordian. Italians know how to eat, party, and enjoy life...and Louis Prima is a BIG part of the fun.
Louis Prima - The Wildest! (1957)
It's tough to find a Louis Prima album that is NOT a compilation, but this one has just about all of his big hits (Buona Sera, Just a Gigolo, Oh Marie, Jump Jive an' Wail, etc.). Prima, his wife Keely Smith, and saxophonist Sam Butera, were as much a great comedy act as they were incredible musicians. I wasn't around at the time, but I'm sure that seeing them live was quite an experience.
From wikipedia: "The Wildest! is noted in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In it, critic Will Fulford-Jones states, 'this is simply irrepressible music that more than matches its cover shot. Prima is joyous, rumbustious, and irresistible.'"
I got into Louis Prima through my wife's VERY Italian family...I'm pretty sure that their acceptance of me was based somewhat on the fact that I took a liking to his music. There isn't a family event or get-together that doesn't involve his music, either directly from his albums or through my father-in-law's accordian. Italians know how to eat, party, and enjoy life...and Louis Prima is a BIG part of the fun.
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