In the main, we have not selected easy targets for removal -- we know that you know that the Milli Vanilli album you've got stashed away in a shoebox isn't exactly kosher. Nope, we chose critical darlings and must-have releases from the past and present. Some will bristle at our audacity for questioning the worth of any Beatles release or blithely pissing on Jane's Addiction's "masterpiece." Some will maintain that we're not qualified or that we'll never make an album as great as Dark Side of the Moon and accordingly should shut our traps. The approval an artist seeks by releasing an album is not guaranteed, even if music moguls, "tastemakers," and critics agree that it is merited. As music listeners, we've taken on the very modest project of flipping through our collections, listening to them, and separating the good stuff from the bad. If the creators of the "greats," the "classics," and the "hits" want to ensure that their efforts get the praise they deserve forevermore, they should take care that they are only accessible to sympathetic critics and fans. [Reply]
I currently own ONE of the listed albums. At one point I think I had two others on tape. I've never heard of a quarter of the artists, and couldn't connect songs to half the ones I have heard of.
Either I'm not even remotely with it, or I just have really good taste. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by frazod:
I just read through this list carefully.
I currently own ONE of the listed albums. At one point I think I had two others on tape. I've never heard of a quarter of the artists, and couldn't connect songs to half the ones I have heard of.
Either I'm not even remotely with it, or I just have really good taste. :-)
The only thing I noticed is that you didn't list the ONE :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by frazod:
I just read through this list carefully.
I currently own ONE of the listed albums. At one point I think I had two others on tape. I've never heard of a quarter of the artists, and couldn't connect songs to half the ones I have heard of.
Either I'm not even remotely with it, or I just have really good taste. :-)
The one you own is the INXS album isnt it? :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Nzoner 338:
The only thing I noticed is that you didn't list the ONE :-)
Synchronicity. I had Dark Side of the Moon on tape years ago, but never replaced it. All my cassettes have gotten into the wind in one way or another. I think I had that Doors album on tape, too. That's pretty much it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by frazod:
Synchronicity. I had Dark Side of the Moon on tape years ago, but never replaced it. All my cassettes have gotten into the wind in one way or another. I think I had that Doors album on tape, too. That's pretty much it.
I actually had a dozen on the list at one time,however,as mentioned above,a fire wiped out a collection of 786 albums. :-) I priced one on the net last night called Cal Jam 2 and shit you not it was showing a price tag of $400.If that was right it makes me sick to wonder what my collection would've been worth today. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Nzoner 338:
I actually had a dozen on the list at one time,however,as mentioned above,a fire wiped out a collection of 786 albums. :-) I priced one on the net last night called Cal Jam 2 and shit you not it was showing a price tag of $400.If that was right it makes me sick to wonder what my collection would've been worth today.
My big thing is movies - I have about 300 DVDs and dozens of VHS tapes (used to be hundreds of them, but as I upgrade to DVD I generally give the tapes away).
Conversely, I probably own about 70 music CDs. [Reply]
Albums I have out of that list.
Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication
Pink Floyd:-)ark Side of the Moon
R.H.C.P.: Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Love&Rockets:Earth,Sun and Moon
Mogwai:Come on Die Young
The Beatles:Sgt.Pepper's
NIN:Pretty Hate Machine(atleast I think I own it)
Jane's Addiction:Nothing Shocking
Guess what, I'm keeping them all so he can go f*ck himself. Any rock album can look childish , pretentious and especially out of fashion from a certain cynical point of view. But if you buy music because you care about what other people think, you're just a lemming who needs to be put out of your misery anyways.
Man, I'm suprised The Cure's Disintegration didn't make the list....he must secretly have a soft spot for that album. [Reply]
U2 - War
"We do make, and we will continue to make, soul music. Soul music is when you
bring what's on the inside to the outside." (Bono, 1983) --Actually, defecating is when you bring what's on the inside to the outside, Mr. MacPhisto. Well done with 1983's War.
