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Friday, 18 January 2008 |
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Dan:
• Metallica
• Steely Dan/Donald Fagen
• Stevie Wonder
• Iron Maiden
• Earth, Wind and Fire
• Dream Theater
• Jamiroquai - My favorite guilty pleasure. I really love this guy even
though he gets raked over the coals all the time by critics (probably
deservedly).
• Tchaikovsky
• Motley Crue
• Miles Davis
Just missed the cut:
Beethoven
Maynard Ferguson
John Coltrane
Chicago (the early years)
Pearl Jam
Megadeth
Brand New Heavies
AC/DC
Helloween
Def Leppard
Sarah McLachlan
Kiss
Just missed the just missed the cut:
Too many to mention here.
Jared:
Without much thought ... despite a ton of other things I should be doing ...
Top 10
* Metallica
* Triumph
* AC/DC
* Jimmy Buffet
* Van Halen
* The Eagles/Joe Walsh solo stuff
* Sting/The Police
* Frank Sinatra
* Bob Marley & Peter Tosh (I know I'm cheating but I don't care ... and Tosh was an original Wailer so it counts)
* Billy Joel
Others
* Motley Crue
* Garth Brooks
* Kiss
* INXS (this is not just to piss Dan off)
* Iron Maiden
* Hank Williams Jr.
* Def Leppard
* Judas Priest
* The Beach Boys
* Guns N Roses
* Lyn Skyn
* Queensryche
Dan:
See this is fun. I would not, in a million years, have guessed Bob Marley
from you. Not in a trillion years. Really? Sinatra is a surprise to me too
although he does indeed rock. And seeing Garth and Hank Williams surprises
me too even if it isn't top 10. And I thought for sure Kiss would be in your
top 10. Billy Joel is one of those artists that you truly don't appreciate
until you hear his killer earlier stuff, kind of like Stevie Wonder. I've
come to appreciate the police and Sting later in my years, much like U2.
And you list a few bands that didn't make the list just because they really
only released one killer album, i.e. Guns and Roses. Appetite would probably
make my top 25 list of albums of all time and definitely top 5 debuts, maybe
even number 1. But the rest of the band's work doesn't match up. I forgot
about Priest, great choice. Queensryche was close but only released two
great albums, even though other songs were great from the other albums.
Jared:
I had a hard time with Marley/Tosh. I actually like Tosh's stuff more, but
Marley was so ground-breaking that I couldn't ignore him. I'm a big reggae
freak. Started in high school. I still remember the day Tosh died. I was in
college.
Sinatra is a recent thing for me. Got hooked a few years ago and I love
listening to his stuff on my morning walks.
Garth was in my top 10 until I thought of Sting/Police. Garth is an
incredible musician and performer. He has more variety than most mainstream
acts. He gets trumped in the country stuff but he's WAY more than that. I've
been a huge Hank fan since high school. A friend of mine was into him. I
agreed to see a Hank show if he would go to Van Halen. He became a huge VH
fan and I was hooked on Hank. He's just awesome.
Kiss was hard not to have in the top 10. I love 'em. But compared to the
others on the list, I had to boot 'em.
Billy Joel is much like Garth to me. He transcends the medium with his
variety and depth. His early stuff is amazing and even later stuff like
River of Dreams is damn near perfection. It's a shame the dude has basically
hung it up.
U2 was hard not to have on my list. Figured they'd be No. 1 on Dono's. Most
of their stuff is awesome and Joshua Tree is a great album. I never liked
the techno stuff (except Vertigo and some others off the last album).
GNR made my list because even their worst stuff is better than most bands.
Their greatest hits album is spectacular. Even the spaghetti songs on it are
great.
Priest was hard to leave off the main list. Except for Turbo, I loved every
album they did.
Queensryche has many great albums: the EP, mindcrime, Empire and Promised
Land. They really haven't done anything I didn't think was brilliant.
I also would probably add Squeeze to the "other" list because I listen to
them all the time.
As for your list...
I was surprised Steely Dan was on there. And Tchaikovsky is actually my
favorite classical composer, but -- being honest with myself -- I couldn't
put him over AC/DC.
And I have no idea who Brand New Heavies are.
Dan:
Steely is easily one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Perhaps the
most accomplished in terms of music theory. Jazz musicians play their songs
because the changes tend to be more complex than even many jazz combo songs.
And yet many are catchy. I still don't know how they do it. Just amazing.
Fagen's recent solo album was great as well. And on top of all that, the
band has it's own unique sound, and that's truly saying something.
But then again, this group is right up my alley. I can see why others might
not like them.
I do enjoy some classical music, and that's why I included Tchaikovsky.
Ironically, AC/DC mentions him in "Let There Be Rock." I'm pretty sure many
metal bands were influenced by him, and for one person to write three of
the most amazing, powerful and "catchy" classical pieces of all time - 1812
overture, Swan Lake and Nutcracker - is simply amazing. He wasn't as
prolific as Mozart or as accomplished as Beethoven (the 9th is the best
piece of music ever) but he's more fun to listen to than both.
Brand New Heavies is a killer funk and horn band with a great female lead
singer. Therefore I am sold. Only two great albums, though, and their recent
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