Monkeypunch
08-04-13, 03:58 AM
I am, it must be said, a music nerd. I get so much out of listening to a favorite cd, it's like visiting an old friend.
Sadly, my hearing is deteriorating. I've lost 90% of my hearing in my right ear (due to an accident while serving my country), so using headphones is pretty much not happening anymore. But before I eventually lose the ability to hear entirely, I decided to make a list of my favorite 100 albums, and I decided to share it with you fine people. Maybe you'll enjoy it, maybe you won't. Oh well. :D
(These are in no specific order but I'll do five at a go.)
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/TomWaitsRainDogs.jpg/220px-TomWaitsRainDogs.jpg
Tom Waits is an acquired taste, I know, but this is one of those CD's I go back to fairly often. It's loud, raucous, quiet and moving all at the same time. It fits pretty much all my moods. The first time I heard it, I had no idea what I was listening to, the second time, I was listening to a new favorite.
-The Mothers of Invention, We're Only In It For The Money
http://home.online.no/~trohen-b/Zappa121.jpg
It's tempting to make this list all Frank Zappa cd's, but I won't. He will be well represented, however. This album blew my fragile little mind when I was about 17 or so. It's...challenging. I mean there's good songs, and I often find myself singing along, but it's also a concept album based on a short story by Franz Kafka, it spews contempt for everyone in all directions, and often degenerates into noise and weird sound effects. Man, I love Zappa.
-Alice Cooper, Killer
http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/albums/page_images/a-killer1.jpg
Alice Cooper...This album is probably Alice at his most aggressive. Loud, fast Detroit garage rock nastiness right from the get go, as well as sinister slower songs, dripping with menace. Even if this only had one song, the savagely funny "Dead Babies," this would still be on my list. But this whole album is all killer no filler.
-David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/ZiggyStardust.jpg/220px-ZiggyStardust.jpg
Okay, everybody loves this CD, but if I'm being honest, it's one of the most played selections in my entire library. I don't even remember why I picked it up, other than I felt like it was something I should know about, and then it just struck a chord in me, and I connected with it. That's when you know something's good art. Put this on, turn off the lights in your room, plug in a string of Christmas lights, and float away to the world of the album.
-Pink Floyd, The Wall
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/PinkFloydWallCoverOriginalNoText.jpg/220px-PinkFloydWallCoverOriginalNoText.jpg
The CD that made me like Pink Floyd. It's the musical equivalent of losing your mind, I'd imagine. The quiet songs are covered in dread, the loud songs are sonic hammers, and even the "singles" like "Young Lust" and "Another Brick in the Wall" ooze nastiness and anger. It's an experience. I have heard people say you should be high during it, but I don't believe that. I do think we should all be afraid of Roger Waters just a tiny bit for creating this though...:D
And that will do it for tonight. More to come...
Sadly, my hearing is deteriorating. I've lost 90% of my hearing in my right ear (due to an accident while serving my country), so using headphones is pretty much not happening anymore. But before I eventually lose the ability to hear entirely, I decided to make a list of my favorite 100 albums, and I decided to share it with you fine people. Maybe you'll enjoy it, maybe you won't. Oh well. :D
(These are in no specific order but I'll do five at a go.)
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/46/TomWaitsRainDogs.jpg/220px-TomWaitsRainDogs.jpg
Tom Waits is an acquired taste, I know, but this is one of those CD's I go back to fairly often. It's loud, raucous, quiet and moving all at the same time. It fits pretty much all my moods. The first time I heard it, I had no idea what I was listening to, the second time, I was listening to a new favorite.
-The Mothers of Invention, We're Only In It For The Money
http://home.online.no/~trohen-b/Zappa121.jpg
It's tempting to make this list all Frank Zappa cd's, but I won't. He will be well represented, however. This album blew my fragile little mind when I was about 17 or so. It's...challenging. I mean there's good songs, and I often find myself singing along, but it's also a concept album based on a short story by Franz Kafka, it spews contempt for everyone in all directions, and often degenerates into noise and weird sound effects. Man, I love Zappa.
-Alice Cooper, Killer
http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/albums/page_images/a-killer1.jpg
Alice Cooper...This album is probably Alice at his most aggressive. Loud, fast Detroit garage rock nastiness right from the get go, as well as sinister slower songs, dripping with menace. Even if this only had one song, the savagely funny "Dead Babies," this would still be on my list. But this whole album is all killer no filler.
-David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/ZiggyStardust.jpg/220px-ZiggyStardust.jpg
Okay, everybody loves this CD, but if I'm being honest, it's one of the most played selections in my entire library. I don't even remember why I picked it up, other than I felt like it was something I should know about, and then it just struck a chord in me, and I connected with it. That's when you know something's good art. Put this on, turn off the lights in your room, plug in a string of Christmas lights, and float away to the world of the album.
-Pink Floyd, The Wall
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/PinkFloydWallCoverOriginalNoText.jpg/220px-PinkFloydWallCoverOriginalNoText.jpg
The CD that made me like Pink Floyd. It's the musical equivalent of losing your mind, I'd imagine. The quiet songs are covered in dread, the loud songs are sonic hammers, and even the "singles" like "Young Lust" and "Another Brick in the Wall" ooze nastiness and anger. It's an experience. I have heard people say you should be high during it, but I don't believe that. I do think we should all be afraid of Roger Waters just a tiny bit for creating this though...:D
And that will do it for tonight. More to come...