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Originally posted by Talulah
My personal list, not being a Tom Waits fan thereby freeing up some slots (!), is

1. Stone Roses (self titled first album)
2. Talulah Gosh - Rock Legends Vol 59
3. Primal Scream (self titled second album)
4. The Brilliant Corners - Hooked
5. The Smiths - Strangeways here we come
6. Radiohead - the bends
7. Birdland (white album)
8. The Adventure Ba ...[text shortened]... lly matter if you aren't a virtuoso on your instrument? Course not, it's the songs that count!
radiohead = British indie music?

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Gee,you make it tough,only 10,but here goes(no particular order): 1.Sgt.Peppers LHCB-the Beatles;2.Can't Buy A Thrill-Steely Dan;3.Countdown To Ecstasy-Steely Dan;4.Tres Hombres-ZZ Top;5. The Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore;6.Before the Flood-Bob Dylan;7.Hittin'the Road Live!-The Outlaws;8.Greatest Hits-Seals and Crofts;9.Robert Johnson Boxed Set;10.Me and Mr.Johnson-Eric Clapton.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
radiohead = British indie music?

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Yes. They come from Oxford. I remember back in about 1990 living in a bedsit in Cardiff and reading in the NME a review of their first single, Creep. It got a good one so I went and bought the 12" (vinyl of course). I really liked it, so when I saw they were playing in Cardiff in a couple of weeks I went along. £3.50 entry and £1 a pint!

It was in a dingy night-club with a dance floor that could fit about 50 people. There were two support bands which I didn't know there would be, and when the second came on we all assumed it was Radiohead, since no-one knew what they looked like. We shouted for them to play Creep but they didn't 😕. Then of course Radiohead came on and we bopped all night! There were 5 of them in the band and they barely fitted on the stage! A very memorable night. I haven't seen them live since (probably couldn't afford to these days, and don't particularly like their new stuff) but I bought the first three albums.

Ahhh memories!

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Originally posted by Talulah
Yes. They come from Oxford. I remember back in about 1990 living in a bedsit in Cardiff and reading in the NME a review of their first single, Creep. It got a good one so I went and bought the 12" (vinyl of course). I really liked it, so when I saw they were playing in Cardiff in a couple of weeks I went along. £3.50 entry and £1 a pint!

It was in a ding ...[text shortened]... don't particularly like their new stuff) but I bought the first three albums.

Ahhh memories!
Well, shove a stick up my arse and calle me a kebab....I thought Radiohead was American!

Learn something new every day. Every bloody day...

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Originally posted by player420
That's a good question. I'd die if I could only pick ten.

Derek and the Dominos: "Layla and other Assorted Love Songs"
Pink Floyd: "Animals"
Pink Floyd: "Atom Heart Mother"
Phish: "Rift"
Rush: "Presto"
Blind Melon: "Nico"
moe.: "dither"
The Alman Brothers Band: "Hittin' the Note"
Gov't Mule: "Dose"
Steely Dan: "The Royal Scam"
30 years of great Rush music and you pick "Presto"? Well, to each his own, I suppose.

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Originally posted by Natural Science
30 years of great Rush music
The first ten produced a lot better stuff than the last twenty. They completely lost it from Signals onwards I reckon.

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Originally posted by Talulah
The first ten produced a lot better stuff than the last twenty. They completely lost it from Signals onwards I reckon.
Obviously, you haven't ever heard 'Counterparts' or 'Vapor Trails.'

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Originally posted by player420
Obviously, you haven't ever heard 'Counterparts' or 'Vapor Trails.'
Talulah, if you haven't already heard them I highly recommend you listen to these albums. Also check out the recent "Rush in Rio" concert on DVD. This band still has it, despite all three of them being over 50.

And the "synth" era did produce a few gems. For me, it's The Weapon, Middletown Dreams, Marathon, Second Nature, and Under Lock and Key.

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in no order
1 pink floyd dark side of the moon
2 steve miller band g.h. 74-78
3 eric clapton unplugged
4 jimi hendrix all along the watch tower
5 metallica master of puppets
6 jonny cash folsom prison blues
7 ac/dc highway to hell
8 led zep II
9 linkin park meteora
10 grateful dead skeletons in the closet

honorable mention bands... bob seger, nirvana, rolling stones, the beatles, allman bros, bob dylan

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Originally posted by Natural Science
And the "synth" era did produce a few gems. For me, it's The Weapon, Middletown Dreams, Marathon, Second Nature, and Under Lock and Key.
Hmmm...
'synth era' favorites: The Enemy Within, Emotion Detector, High Water.

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Originally posted by player420
Obviously, you haven't ever heard 'Counterparts' or 'Vapor Trails.'
No, I haven't heard them. I bought Signals, Grace under pressure and power windows, but didn't like any of them really, so gave up on the band.

I have 2112, Hemispheres, Farewell to kings, Caress of steel, Permanent waves, Fly by night, Moving pictures, and the Exit stage left live LPs, so compared with them, Signals and those other ones were extremely poor.

I've since got into independent/alternative music now so I'm not really interested in buying the more recent stuff. When I pick up my guitar and feel like playing something nice though, I always start with Broon's Bane!

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I think we could speak volumes of debate over whether the "hair era" Rush was any good, but I don't think the power of Vapor Trails can be disputed. They're back.

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10 cds ? wow, I wouldn't like to end my life on a desert island with only 10 cds... anyway :

1. Kenji Kawaai _ Avalon Soundtrack
2. Noir Désir _ 666667 Club
3. Janis Joplin _ Cheap Thrills
4. Death in Vegas _ Continuo Sessions
5. Heretik Sound System
6. Toy Dolls _ Orcastred
7. Dexter Gordon
8. Jurassik '5' _ Power in Numbers
9. Mad Professor _ Schizophrenic Dub
10. Devo _ Devo

and a swiss knife.

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Originally posted by Natural Science
My bad...I should have posted my list in the "desert island tracks" thread....
Let's see your album list...

Here's my guesses for your favorites:

Beatles: Abbey Road
Yes: Fragile
Floyd: Dark Side
Rush: Hemispheres, Permenant Waves, or Fly By Night, or all three.
Dream Theatre: Awake

And I'll go out on a limb with these:
The Police: Zenyatta Montana (or whatever that album is called; you know which one I mean)
Extreme: 3 Sides to every story
Joe Satriani: The Extremist
Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese or Tales from the Punchbowl


Am I close?

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INXS - Elegantly Wasted
Pearl Jam - 'Vs'
Tool - Lateralus
Smashing Pumpkins - Melancholly and The Infinite Sadness
Live - Throwing Copper
REM - Automatic For The People
Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy
Radiohead - The Bends
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College
Counting Crows - Recovering The Sattelites