Your personal music tastes and upbringing..

[Strike 5,566]

1 minute ago, nzoner said:

Wow! That would nice to own.

I can only say I own the Crown Jewels Collection,the box pictured here has the first 8 cd's of the band in sleeves with the original album artwork.

Nice!  I did pull the trigger on that vinyl box set.  I'm really looking forward to listening to all of the albums.  Other than The Game, I've probably not really heard any of Queen's other albums in their entirety.  Maybe "News of the World."  We got a turntable at Xmas and have been building up a record collection since so this will be a great addition.  Queen was so amazing due to their ability to change styles but still make music that is uniquely Queen and enjoyable.  And thanks for starting this thread. 

[DonS 3,292]

6 minutes ago, nzoner said:

I'm aware he did them and no have not listened,I'm assuming I should.

He also remixed a bunch of Yes as well.

Here's an interesting article describing the process:

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steven-wilson-remixing-classic-albums

 

[nzoner 937]

11 minutes ago, Strike said:

Nice!  I did pull the trigger on that vinyl box set.  I'm really looking forward to listening to all of the albums.  Other than The Game, I've probably not really heard any of Queen's other albums in their entirety.  Maybe "News of the World."  We got a turntable at Xmas and have been building up a record collection since so this will be a great addition.  Queen was so amazing due to their ability to change styles but still make music that is uniquely Queen and enjoyable.  And thanks for starting this thread. 

Awesome,you're going to be introduced to some amazing work.

For later Queen(you may have already heard this,I believe it was a single) I love Deacon's bass in this one.If you have time check out the video if you haven't seen it.

 

[DonS 3,292]

22 minutes ago, Strike said:

Nice!  I did pull the trigger on that vinyl box set.  I'm really looking forward to listening to all of the albums.  Other than The Game, I've probably not really heard any of Queen's other albums in their entirety.  Maybe "News of the World."  We got a turntable at Xmas and have been building up a record collection since so this will be a great addition.  Queen was so amazing due to their ability to change styles but still make music that is uniquely Queen and enjoyable.  And thanks for starting this thread. 

I've always liked Queen II

 

[nzoner 937]

22 minutes ago, DonS said:

He also remixed a bunch of Yes as well.

Here's an interesting article describing the process:

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steven-wilson-remixing-classic-albums

 

I love that first line, "The equivalent of polishing the Sistine Chapel, that's what I feel I'm doing sometimes with these classic records."

[nzoner 937]

I went back and forth between two albums by this band on today's addition but Rush-A Farewell To Kings slightly nudges 2112.As a young man I was very much into literature and creative writing so one day in high school English Lit class we had to read a poem called Kubla Kahn by Samuel Taylor Cooleridge,it was then I made the connection with Rush's song Xanadu and I began to read more on Peart and his love for literature as well.I remember our teacher let me bring the album to class to play the song but he took it off before the lyrics even started.

 

[Bier Meister 1,715]

Many others have shaped my musical tastes, but this was my timeline

 

billy joel glass houses

Beatles: 1962-1966

Rolling stones: It's only rock and roll

Ozzy: Blizzard of oz/Diary of a madman

Def Leppard: High n Dry/On through the night

Black Sabbath: heaven and hell

Van Halen

U2: Under a blood red sky

UB40: Labour of love

The untouchables: wild child

Jimmy buffet: Changes in latitudes

 

HM: many mo-town artists and songs;

late grammar school/early high school: Metallica was a little after my introduction to hard rock/heavy metal but became an instant favorite

mid/late hs: english beat/specials/fishbone; new order, etc; beastie boys

College: a lot of reggae and ska a lot of reggae; also many club mixes of new wave.

 

beach boys/eagles/elton john/queen were constants; 

 

 

 

[posty 2,702]

On 4/27/2020 at 1:02 PM, Big Blue 06 said:

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

This first album with Maines as the lead singer and their next two albums were pretty damn good...  Not a fan of country music at all, but went to a concert with my wife who really wanted to see them, it was a damn good show...

[Big Blue 06 195]

3 hours ago, posty said:

This first album with Maines as the lead singer and their next two albums were pretty damn good...  Not a fan of country music at all, but went to a concert with my wife who really wanted to see them, it was a damn good show...

Wow, you actually did something that someone else posted?

 

i agree, those albums are fantastic.  Actually, after wide open spaces, they haven’t had a bad one.  I saw them a couple of years back and they are still really good live.

[posty 2,702]

4 minutes ago, Big Blue 06 said:

Wow, you actually did something that someone else posted?

 

i agree, those albums are fantastic.  Actually, after wide open spaces, they haven’t had a bad one.  I saw them a couple of years back and they are still really good live.

They have a new album coming out this year sometime...  It is called "Gaslighter" and was to come out May 1, but that has been delayed...

I won't go out of my way to buy their stuff or listen to their stuff, but if it comes on the radio, I usually listen...

[Hardcore troubadour 15,486]

1 minute ago, posty said:

They have a new album coming out this year sometime...  It is called "Gaslighter" and was to come out May 1, but that has been delayed...

I won't go out of my way to buy their stuff or listen to their stuff, but if it comes on the radio, I usually listen...

On your AM/AM radio? 

[Big Guy 1,412]

My Top 10 most influential / favorite albums ( in order )

1)  - David Bowie  ~ "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars"

2) - Queen  ~ "Sheer Heart Attack"

3) - Rush ~ "Rush"

4) - Elton John ~ "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

5) - Rod Stewart ~ "Every Picture Tells a Story"

6) - Yes ~ Fragile

7) - Pink Floyd ~ "Wish You Were Here"

9 ) - The Cars ~ "The Cars"

10) - UFO ~ "Phenomenon" 

[Big Blue 06 195]

1 hour ago, posty said:

They have a new album coming out this year sometime...  It is called "Gaslighter" and was to come out May 1, but that has been delayed...

I won't go out of my way to buy their stuff or listen to their stuff, but if it comes on the radio, I usually listen...

Heard the new single (also called gaslighter) and its pretty solid.  They are one of the few bands for me that i haven’t really heard a bad song.  I will definitely go out of my way to listen to them.

[Big Guy 1,412]

On 4/29/2020 at 2:17 PM, Big Guy said:

My Top 10 most influential / favorite albums ( in order )

1)  - David Bowie  ~ "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars"

2) - Queen  ~ "Sheer Heart Attack"

3) - Rush ~ "Rush"

4) - Elton John ~ "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

5) - Rod Stewart ~ "Every Picture Tells a Story"

6) - Yes ~ Fragile

7) - Pink Floyd ~ "Wish You Were Here"

9 ) - The Cars ~ "The Cars"

10) - UFO ~ "Phenomenon" 

11-20 

11) - Alice Cooper ~ "Billion Dollar Babies"

12 ) - Three Dog Night ~ "It Ain't Easy"

13) - The James Gang ~ "Rides Again"

14) - Styx ~ "Grand Illusion"

15) - Rush ~ "Fly By Night"

16) - Sweet ~ "Desolation Boulevard"

17) - Queen ~ "Night at the Opera"

17) - Robin Trower ~ "Bridge of Sighs"

18) - Kansas ~ "Masque"

19) - Journey ~ "Infinity" 

20) - Roxy Music ~ "Sirens" 

[not titans 14]

Hi guys. I'm new here.

My top ten most influential albums... 

1. Automatic for the people, R.E.M.

I asked for my first CD player back in the Christmas of 1992. My mom grabbed a couple of random cds from the best seller list at the time. Ended up becoming my favorite band for a decade. Bought 14 or so of their albums. Back in those days, you had to find them first, which was part of the fun.

2. Crash, Dave Matthews band. Came out the first summer I had a car. I played the ever living hell out of it.

3. Dulcinea, by toad the wet sprocket

4. Stunt, by barenaked ladies. Came out my senior year, good memories.

5. The black album, Metallica. Was never much of a metal head, but dabbles a bit. Loved this one.

6. Nevermind, nirvana. It's cliche now, but when that dropped in 91 (I was 11) it blew us away. Was just so new. And angry. Being spoiled little pre teen focks, we liked angry.

7. White ladder, David Gray

8. August and everything after - counting crows. One of the top 5 albums of the 90s. 

9. Bob marley, legend.

10. Fleetwood Mac, rumors

11. The Beatles anthology. Blew us away in high school. 

(as an aside, I am in no way trying to say these are the best albums. Just ones that hit me in the right place in life. I did not get into the classics much until I was older.)

[MLCKAA 576]

Voivod:  Dimension Hatross

De La Soul:  3 Feet High and Rising 

Public Enemy:  Apocalypse 91

GNR:  Appetite

Toad The Wet Speocket:  Bread And Circus

They Might Be Giants:  Flood

Depeche Mode:  101

Radiohead: all first 3 albums 

The Jayhawks:  pick any album 

Liz Phair:  Exile in Guyville

Pearl Jam:  Ten

Belly:  Star

Veruca Salt:  American Thighs

 

[RLLD 4,247]

Grew up on a small family farm, my grandfather made a radio for me when I was about 5 and I listened to it for hours.....mostly 60's and 70's, later would get a record player and had albums from the Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd, Kizz, Sabbath but also the Bee Gee's, three dog night, sam smith, otis redding, miles davis

Eventually we managed to get above the poverty line through hard ass work, and my parents bought me a "game" called a 2XL which was essentially an 8 track player, so I started getting some of those.....Iron Butterfly, Foghat, Meatloaf, ELO, New York Dolls, Bowie

I stayed pretty close to those old songs through the 80's, was selective about my music through those years but spread it to ever genre from the Cure and Smiths to Black Uru, Picies, Fugazi, Decendents, Marley and on and on

[posty 2,702]

6 hours ago, not titans said:

Hi guys. I'm new here.

My top ten most influential albums... 

1. Automatic for the people, R.E.M.

I asked for my first CD player back in the Christmas of 1992. My mom grabbed a couple of random cds from the best seller list at the time. Ended up becoming my favorite band for a decade. Bought 14 or so of their albums. Back in those days, you had to find them first, which was part of the fun.

2. Crash, Dave Matthews band. Came out the first summer I had a car. I played the ever living hell out of it.

3. Dulcinea, by toad the wet sprocket

4. Stunt, by barenaked ladies. Came out my senior year, good memories.

5. The black album, Metallica. Was never much of a metal head, but dabbles a bit. Loved this one.

6. Nevermind, nirvana. It's cliche now, but when that dropped in 91 (I was 11) it blew us away. Was just so new. And angry. Being spoiled little pre teen focks, we liked angry.

7. White ladder, David Gray

8. August and everything after - counting crows. One of the top 5 albums of the 90s. 

9. Bob marley, legend.

10. Fleetwood Mac, rumors

11. The Beatles anthology. Blew us away in high school. 

(as an aside, I am in no way trying to say these are the best albums. Just ones that hit me in the right place in life. I did not get into the classics much until I was older.)

Top 10 and you list eleven?  Your math sucks...

[Alias Detective 1,406]

Maneater

Hall & Oates

She'll only come out at night
The lean and hungry type
Nothing is new, I've seen her here before
Watching and waiting
Ooh, she's sitting with you but her eyes are on the door
So many have paid to see
What you think you're getting for free
The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
Money's the matter
If you're in it for love
You ain't gonna get too far

Watch out boy she'll chew you up
(Oh here she comes)
She's a maneater
(Oh here she comes)
Watch out boy she'll chew you up
(Oh here she comes)
She's a maneater

I wouldn't if I were you
I know what she can do
She's deadly man, she could really rip your world apart
Mind over matter
Ooh, the beauty is there but a beast is in the heart

Watch out boy she'll chew you up
(Oh here she comes)
She's a maneater…