I seem to be on a roll

[ericcoleman]

IYNSHO, what is your favorite album. The first thing you think of, and only one per customer. Duplicate orders will be mocked mercilessly.

Mine, it's easy. Quadrophenia. Townsend is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock era, and this is his masterpiece. The Who at their best outstrip pretty much everyone. It's powerful, brutal, touching, lovely. I think I'll listen to it right now.

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[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Do I get suck up points for saying Some See the Glass Half Empty?

By the way, I found a recording of what I was asking you about the other day.

[ericcoleman]

Oooh, send to me !!!

[ericcoleman]

And no, but I would question your taste in music.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

The Beatles- "Rubber Soul". But "Revolver" is right up there, too. Mid-period 1965-66 Beatles- getting thoughtful, experimenting with folk and the more exotic, plus the harmony work- there's pretty much nothing I like listening to more.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

The first thing in my mind? Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. There is just so much attention to detail on that record that I hear something new every time I listen to it.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

It appears as part of the documentary The Unknown Marx Brothers. delkytar found it on-line and I've embedded it on my LJ entry about it.

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." So sue me, I don't care. :-) "Dark Side of the Moon" is up there, too.

[coat-of-brown.livejournal.com]

oh, I'll just got total groupie and say the new release from Toyboat!

(I'm so shameless!)

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

I feel so common and so predictable with this one, but: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon.

I bought 2 copies on vinyl because I really did wear out one, and it was the first non-classical music I bought after getting my first CD-player. (...classical being the only DDD productions in those days.)

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

Some See The Glass Half Empty? I bet that was done by some hack with a guitar. Oh, wait, was that the same guy who wants to make us suffer for his art? Yeah, I know about him. I hear he's part of some half-baked hard rock band now, torturing some poor, innocent woman by practicing in her living room WAY too freaking often. They scare the cats, too. At least that's what I've heard...

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

nonononononono... those guys don't need groupies. They'll be totally *ruined* if people actually like them, much less go all fanboy/girl on them! They thrive on abuse, trust me. ;-)

[ericcoleman]

HEY !!!

Speaking as the only single guy in the group ... I NEED GROUPIES !!!

[born-to-me.livejournal.com]

I still maintain that you thrive on abuse. Of course, there's probably a groupie for -that-...

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Favourite album?

Only one?

Sheesh, you ask the tough stuff.

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours. Every last one a gem.

As a follow up - albums with no dud tracks? Floyd, Wish You Were Here is high on my list for that.

Favorite album

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

The first Left Banke album, with Walk Away, Renee, and Pretty Ballerina. There are numerous other cuts that are worth the cost by themselves -- "Let Go of You Girl," "Something On My Mind," "She May Call You Up Tonight." There are two that are just a bit behind the rest of the album, "Evening Gown" (which nonetheless contains one of the best screams in rock'n'roll history) and "What Do You Know" (an attempt at going country). There is a Left Banke compilation album; I think it's called "There's Gonna Be a Storm," but it also includes the second album, which is as bad as the first one is good.

Nate

[ericcoleman]

Math is hard, isn't it?

[ericcoleman]

Ya know, I have a lot of geek friends, I thought that math would be easier for them.

Re: Favorite album

[ericcoleman]

That first Left Banke album is astounding. I need to pull it out and give it a listen again.

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

I refer the hon gentleman to the text of my reply. In which I said 'as a follow up'. Implying a side topic to the present one. Set of 'albums with no dud tracks' can and may intersect with 'set with one member of Mike's favourite album'.

I have a lot of geek friends too, I kind of hoped English and set theory wouldn't be beyond them, either.

[ericcoleman]

Dude, no matter how hard you try to spin it, you picked two.

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

No. I:

1) picked a favourite album.
2) noted a property of it (that it has no dud tracks I skip over)
3) suggested this was in and of itself an interesting category
4) offered a candidate for that category.

Dark Side Of The Moon isn't even in my top ten favourite albums. But I would not dream of skipping over any tracks on it.

That mind-reading thing of yours? needs a service.

[ericcoleman]

Before it was Wish You Were here, now it's Dark Side Of The Moon ... so you're up to THREE albums now.

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Ok, now THAT time I screwed up. Replace DSOTM with Wish You Were Here in previous post, because I actually could live without DSOTM entirely :D

That aside, point remains.

[ericcoleman]

Anything you say Mike, anything you say

wondering what album # 4 will be

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Can I interest sir in the last word in this thread?