Your Top 5 Songs/Albums of All Time

[SdK]

#TheWesIsTheFuture

[Institutional Control]

Sublime  - 40oz to Freedom
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

[SkinnyBenny]

favorite album is a tie between gnr appetite and ice cube amerikkkas most with gin blossoms new miserable being a not too distant second/third.

Gin Blossoms. Interesting. What should I really keep an ear out for when I listen to this album. Is this a lyrics thing? Sweet guitar solos? Overall vibe?

lyrics. The guy that started that band and wrote most of that album was an alcoholic that was kicked out of the band right before all the songs he wrote and band he started got big. Then he shot and killed himself when they made it. It's mostly about him knowingly drinking too much and stalking an ex girlfriend. Basically stuff that makes decent music. All the gin blossoms songs after he was removed were/are obviously dogshit but I'm guessing you already knew all of this.

That's really interesting. I didn't know much of any of that, actually. I always knew the gin blossoms' singles but they never really resonated a ton with me. Didn't hate 'em, didn't love 'em. But I always liked that the GBs were part of that Tempe, Ariz. scene and are always mentioned in the same breath as The Refreshments. So last night I kinda went down the rabbit hole with those groups and related acts. Let me just say that the gin blossoms may have more enough former members to fill in all the holes from oscar's upcoming mass player exodus.

[DQ12]

favorite album is a tie between gnr appetite and ice cube amerikkkas most with gin blossoms new miserable being a not too distant second/third.

Gin Blossoms. Interesting. What should I really keep an ear out for when I listen to this album. Is this a lyrics thing? Sweet guitar solos? Overall vibe?

lyrics. The guy that started that band and wrote most of that album was an alcoholic that was kicked out of the band right before all the songs he wrote and band he started got big. Then he shot and killed himself when they made it. It's mostly about him knowingly drinking too much and stalking an ex girlfriend. Basically stuff that makes decent music. All the gin blossoms songs after he was removed were/are obviously dogshit but I'm guessing you already knew all of this.

I almost went to a gin blossoms concert in KC last summer (I think it was in leawood or something weird).  Would've been my third GB concert in three summers.

Oh well.  Maybe this summer!

Tell me more about Guster, Dlew. I don't think I've ever heard of them before. I youtube'd them just now and I liked what I heard.

ok, you know vampire weekend? now imagine they are 45 years old.

I can see some similarities.

[Johnny Wichita]

man, 40 oz to freedom is really good.

It's our generation's Pet Sounds

nah. god only knows what you're talking about

 

[pissclams]

favorite album is a tie between gnr appetite and ice cube amerikkkas most with gin blossoms new miserable being a not too distant second/third.

Gin Blossoms. Interesting. What should I really keep an ear out for when I listen to this album. Is this a lyrics thing? Sweet guitar solos? Overall vibe?

lyrics. The guy that started that band and wrote most of that album was an alcoholic that was kicked out of the band right before all the songs he wrote and band he started got big. Then he shot and killed himself when they made it. It's mostly about him knowingly drinking too much and stalking an ex girlfriend. Basically stuff that makes decent music. All the gin blossoms songs after he was removed were/are obviously dogshit but I'm guessing you already knew all of this.

I almost went to a gin blossoms concert in KC last summer (I think it was in leawood or something weird).  Would've been my third GB concert in three summers.

Oh well.  Maybe this summer!

Tell me more about Guster, Dlew. I don't think I've ever heard of them before. I youtube'd them just now and I liked what I heard.

ok, you know vampire weekend? now imagine they are 45 years old.

I can see some similarities.

i think they played at town center

[DQ12]

I almost went to a gin blossoms concert in KC last summer (I think it was in leawood or something weird).  Would've been my third GB concert in three summers.

Oh well.  Maybe this summer!

i think they played at town center

That's right.  Instead, I went to Hot Country Nights and got bombed.  Really a no lose sitch right there.

[The Big Train]

favorite album is a tie between gnr appetite and ice cube amerikkkas most with gin blossoms new miserable being a not too distant second/third.

Gin Blossoms. Interesting. What should I really keep an ear out for when I listen to this album. Is this a lyrics thing? Sweet guitar solos? Overall vibe?

lyrics. The guy that started that band and wrote most of that album was an alcoholic that was kicked out of the band right before all the songs he wrote and band he started got big. Then he shot and killed himself when they made it. It's mostly about him knowingly drinking too much and stalking an ex girlfriend. Basically stuff that makes decent music. All the gin blossoms songs after he was removed were/are obviously dogshit but I'm guessing you already knew all of this.

I almost went to a gin blossoms concert in KC last summer (I think it was in leawood or something weird).  Would've been my third GB concert in three summers.

Oh well.  Maybe this summer!

I saw them at a casino in OKC once, don't remember much of it tho

[SdK]

So, in honor of it being leap day, Target had certain items at 29% off. Beats Solo 2 were among the items. The only color available was pink. I took this as a sign. Given the option I almost always choose pink colored items. I was just laying here, lights off, super hit burning, listening to Clair de Lune. Tears began streaming down my face. So beautiful. So disarming a song to be taken in so intimately. While this is not a new phenomena for me,  being moved to tears, it was still amazing. Music moves me and I love it so. I hope everyone has songs they love as much i.

[Panjandrum]

Probably will change in six months, but my best guess as of today:

Higher Love - Steve Winwood
In My Place - Coldplay
Sure Shot - Beastie Boys
Twitch & Tug - Hugo
Supersonic - Oasis

Albums?  Best guess...

Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Old Tyme Religion - Hugo
Blue Album - Weezer

Honorable mention:

Bush - Sixteen Stone
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[wabash909]

The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Homework - Daft Punk
Achtung Baby
Joshua Tree
Thriller

[Tobias]

couldn't quite whittle it down to five

Beck - Sea Change
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Pt I
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things Take Offs and Landings The Execution of All Things (wait i was right the first time )
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Radiohead - Kid A

[SkinnyBenny]

daris did you ever see g 'n' f'n r live?

[DQ12]

daris did you ever see g 'n' f'n r live?

Speaking of g 'n f'n r, it occurred to me that I'd never listened to Chinese Democracy, so I did that this week.  Very much enjoyed "Catcher in the Rye."

[star seed 7]

What's so civil about war anyway?