Episode 14 & a Half: Stage Banter Radio
The Stage Banter boys all found themselves deeply saddened that personal affairs (i.e. the new Elton John record - Rakim live on stage - making a sandwich) would prohibit them from creating the next episode of 'the Banter'. So they called upon an old friend, DJ Tanner, to spin some tunes and entertain ya in their absence. There's everything from Ska to Folk to Hip Hop to Rock n Roll and so much more in this first edition of Stage Banter Radio. Enjoy!
54 Comments:
Has anyone heard this episode yet? Sean picked an AWESOME song ... see if you can guess which one I'm talking about.
Damn good show. Best radio station in Fort Wayne, but that's not saying much.
I loved the Wrens tune (vocals reminded me of Britt Daniel), and the sweet voice of Tom Waits on HIS song.
Nothing against the banter, but that was a sweet selection of tunes. I envy your neighbors.
RIP Smoky.
I walked into Smoky's record shop on Wells Street last summer with the sole purpose of being able to then say I met the old guy. Plus, it's the only record store around where I might possibly be considered a youngster by the person across the counter. He was 83; I was 51. I grabbed an un-priced copy of Led Zeppelin's debut, handed it to him for appraisement, and was delighted at his focus on the matter. It was obvious he had spent more than a few years staring at LP covers. That was an encounter I suspect he soon forgot, but I never will.
(I got the Led Zeppelin for $2)
I know this has nothing to do with Ep. 14, but I was compelled to honor Smoky somewhere.
HIS song ... thanks for stressing that. I hate the Philadelphia Eagles.
So who do you all think picked what?
Thanks to the SB folks for inspiring (Ep. 5, 11) my road trip to Kalamazoo to get my Elephant 6 on.
Elf Power played a great set at Kraftbrau, ending with John Lennon's "The Ballad of John and Yoko." (there were around 20 people in the crowd by the end of the show)
for Sean: Andrew Rieger wore his Roky Erickson shirt.
so how did it end up going down ... ticket in advance or at the door?
what other venue would you compare it to size wise?
good lookin out on the shirt ... i walked with a zombie last night
Just went. With only about 50 people there, it was hardly an issue.(Kraftbrau show).
My guess is 200-300 capacity.
It's a very cool converted old brick rectangle of a building downtown with easy parking.
Craftbrewed beer, many styles.
Rootbeer also made on premises.
Free popcorn (didn't see any other food).
Small patio.
NO TVs...Yea!!!
I will definitely return.
Sounds very cool. Anyone know if there are any good Firehouse shows in the near future?
Also, Jeremy Gerardot from Sketch Machine kinda challeneged me ... he made a list of his 50 favorite albums ever (ranked!!) and asked me to do the same. "Impossible," I say, but still, I'm compelled to try.
Sean, Matt, R. Mike, Jen, etc. Do any of you have any interest in this? Sounds daunting, but fun.
With extreme, yet agonizing, pleasure. When is the deadline?
You: Tomorrow night
Me: Wednesday
Sean: 2026
(I'm pretty sure Sean isn't a fan of ratings and rankings ... I think it's fun when not taken too seriously.)
other than the lyrics to 'smooth' ... thats the silliest thing ive ever heard
if you are serious, i think i'm up to the challenge. are there any rules such as no doubles from the same artist? it seems these things are typically conditional. is there a deadline...seriously?
also, props to sean for a great show. the wrens are fantastic...they don't tour much but will be in the area early next month at little bros. in columbus. wendy and i are going...y'all are beyond welcome to join.
oh, lastly, greg, i guess TVZ was your fave. i bet you liked the YLT too.
RIP smokey...indeed.
does anyone know what's gonna happen to that place?
my sadness, as of yesterday, is compounded...i just found out that one of my fave record stores anywhere, the hi-fi shop in fairmount, is closing as well. that place is a beautiful timewarp...black and white checker floors with plastic nipper standing guard at the door. promo posters and vintage UNOPENED stuff everywhere. the owners are retiring, the stock will be liquidated, and i will cry as i did yesterday when i left...that was only after spending about $250, knowing it was my last chance. i started shopping there as a young beatles freak around age 10. that's a long time ago, friends. so started my love of vinyl hunting and the beginning of a horrible spending habit. i knew this day was coming, but i didn't know it would come so soon.
so, i guess, RIP hi-fi shop and a bit of my childhood as well.
songs I picked: YLT/Chilton, Wrens, Waits, TVZ, Buck65 ... and 2 more.
Rules:
-Double up with artists all you want
-No Hits albums
... that's it. R. Mike is due tonight, Jen, you're due on Wed. with me. Everyone else is due by friday.
Or, do it whenever you feel like it. I'll post Jeremy's later on tonight, it's pretty honest/cool.
A few disclaimers before I get this out of my head and hands...
The Rolling Stones' Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) would easily be in my top five. I remember the day I bought it, where I played it, etc. I stared at that gatefold cover and booklet for days. But, rules are rules.
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought, partly due to the fact that most of these records are common top 50 records. The next 50 would probably be more interesting (but more difficult to pick). There are many artists I really love that aren't on this list. I hated that.
I know that I have loved every one of these records for a very long time. The order became too difficult, and I gave up trying to reshuffle after a while. For that reason, I left numbers off (hope there's 50)...
The Beatles Revolver
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Rolling Stones Between the Buttons
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
The Beatles Meet The Beatles
The Beatles (white album)
Neil Young Tonight's The Night
Yes The Yes Album
The Who Tommy
The Byrds Younger Than Yesterday
The Beatles Rubber Soul
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
X Wild Gift
The Ramones Rocket To Russia
Poco
Pink Floyd Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced?
Led Zeppelin III
Neil Young Zuma
The Who Who's Next
Joni Mitchell Court and Spark
Cream Disraeli Gears
Derek and the Dominos Layla
The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
Alice Cooper Love It To Death
The Stooges Fun House
REM Document
REM Lifes Rich Pageant
Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
The Replacements Let It Be
The Grateful Dead Europe '72
Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding
The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
Mudhoney My Brother The Cow
Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Blind Faith
The Rolling Stones Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick
King Crimson In The Court of the Crimson King
Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
Yes Close To The Edge
The Brian Jonestown Massacre Take It From The Man!
Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die
Velvet Underground
Jeff Buckley Grace
Captain Beyond
Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
seeing Pavement right above The Replacements made my night! (JK, Matt.)
Thanks for doing that, R.M., very cool list!
(And you stuck to my deadline. Hilarious.)
Hey all.
Back from Nashvegas. To paraphrase a friend of mine, I love that fuckin' city, and I think that fuckin' city loves me.
But I digress.
Finally got to listen to 14.5 tonight and if the RIAA hadn't already locked up DJ Tanner, I'd give him a big ol' hug. We need to take the night off for obscure music conferences and has-been rappers more often.
Also -- my mom used to take me to Smoky's once a week about 25 years ago. She'd buy the latest Kenny Rogers 45, I'd stare with wonder at the bearded man behind the register.
Also 2 -- Kraftbrau -- probably my favorite venue within 2.5 hours. Kalamazoo is a surprisingly hip city, if any of y'all didn't already know that (though I'm sure you do).
Also 3 -- nice work on the LIST, R. Mike. It's a stunning undertaking, particularly to put the number by the album, which you deftly avoided, and I will too. If I flip back the clock 10 years, I'd feel and say the same things about Pulp as I would yesterday about the Avett Brothers (ie, "The new album is brilliant, but the last one was the diamond!")... But I haven't listened to Pulp in five years...will I listen to the Avetts in five more?
Sometimes I used to go to parties --
MK
Yea, Matt, that was the disappointing result of the list. My favorite records are usually some that I've just purchased. That's why I still buy so many. Otherwise, I could just play those 50 (or less) over and over.
One too many Young Dudes = 51
The wonderful Jeremy Gerardot's list:
I did this with this criteria in mind:
1. IMPACT (did it change my life / did it change the way I look at music)
2. FRESHNESS (does the it sound as good (or better) as the day I first hear it)
3. I tried to stay away from G.Hits collections and live albums, but I made a few exceptions.
1. Grace - Jeff Buckley
2. OK Computer - Radiohead
3. Legend - Bob Marley
4. IV - Led Zeppelin
5. Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
6. Living In Clip - Ani DiFranco
7. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
8. Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumkins
9. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
10. Moondance - Van Morrison
11. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
12. Aenima - Tool
13. ( ) - Sigur Ros
14. After The Goldrush - Neil Young
15. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
16. Dummy - Portishead
17. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
18. August & Everything After - Counting Crows
19. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
20. Ruby Vroom - Soul Coughing
21. Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
22. Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine
23. Sublime - Sublime
24. Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
25. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
26. This Desert Life - Counting Crows
27. Vs. - Pearl Jam
28. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
29. Stay What You Are - Saves the Day
30. Lost Songs 95-98 - David Gray
31. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
32. The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner - Ben Folds Five
33. Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
34. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
35. Recovering The Satellites - Counting Crows
36. So Jealous - Tegan & Sara
37. Plans - Death Cab For Cutie
38. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
39. Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In
40. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
41. Kid A - Radiohead
42. The Ugly Organ - Cursive
43. El Oso - Soul Coughing
44. Reveling & Reckoning - Ani DiFranco
45. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
46. Hard Candy - Counting Crows
47. X & Y - Coldplay
48. Lost & Gone Forever - Guster
49. Either/Or - Elliott Smith
50. Mass Suicide Occult Figurines - John Vanderslice
Hey Jen - who's next:
;)
Couldn't resist, although these sorts of lists change over time...I love the Zep.
1. Radiohead- The Bends
2. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin 3
3. White Stripes- De Stijl
4. Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles...
5. Iron and Wine- Creek Drank the Cradle
6. Radiohead- OK Computer
7. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
8. Beta Band- Hot Shots 2
9. Rolling Stones- Beggar's Banquet
10. The Clash- London Calling
11. Rolling Stones- Flowers
12. David Bowie- Hunky Dory
13. Beta Band- 3 EP's
14. Beck- Odelay
15. Beck- Sea Change
16. David Bowie- Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
17. Joni Mitchell- Blue
18. Neil Young- Harvest
19. Iron and Wine- Woman King
20. Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home
21. Nick Drake- Pink Moon
22. Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
23. Modest Mouse- Moon & Antarctica
24. Sigur Ros- ()
25. Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
26. TV on the Radio- Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
27. Arcade Fire- Funeral
28. The Clash- Combat Rock
29. Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
30. Beta Band- Heroes to Zeros
31. Lauryn Hill- Miseducation of L. Hill
32. Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
33. The Strokes- Is this It
34. New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
35. Olivia Tremor Control- Music from an Unrealized Script
36. New Pornographers- Mass Romantic
37. Radiohead- Kid A
38. White Stripes- Elephant
39. Wilco- Summerteeth
40. Guided by Voices- Bee Thousand
41. Mose Allison- Seventh Son
42. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
43. My Morning Jacket- Tennessee Fire
44. Bob Dylan- Nashville Skyline
45. Velvet Underground- Loaded
46. The Shins- Oh Inverted World
47. Jeff Buckley- Grace
48. Fiery Furnaces- Blueberry Boat
49. Weezer- Pinkerton
50. Led Zeppelin- Presence
killer list, Sara.
I'll probably post mine tonight ... but only if Jen does.
DISCLAIMER:
This is like walking around Soldier Field nude. I won't admit to ever making this list, nor will I respond to anyone citing it as evidence of my inadequacy as a Bealtes, Zepplin, Doors, Kinks, Costello, Skynyrd, Cash, Williams, Cohen, Beach Boys, Nirvana, etc. fan. I've heard all that shit - most of it I like quite a bit - but these are my personal favorite albums.
1. Radiohead – OK Computer
2. Silver Jews – American Water
3. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
4. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
5. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
7. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
8. Beatles – White Album
9. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
10. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
11. Wilco – Summerteeth
12. Built to Spill – Keep it Like a Secret
13. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
14. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
15. Radiohead – The Bends
16. The Clash – London Calling
17. Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
18. R.E.M. – Automatic For the People
19. Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus
20. Sole – Bottle of Humans
21. Neil Young – After the Goldrush
22. Radiohead – Kid A
23. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See a Darkness
24. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
25. Ryan Adams – Gold
26. Silver Jews – Bright Flights
27. The Microphones – Mount Eerie
28. Beatles – Revolver
29. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
30. Tom Waits – Raindogs
31. Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
32. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
33. Silver Jews – Natural Bridge
34. Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt
35. Old 97’s – Too Far To Care
36. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
37. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
38. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
39. Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
40. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
41. Whiskeytown – Strangers Almanac
42. Built To Spill – There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
43. Sonic Youth
44. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
45. Drive-by Truckers – The Dirty South
46. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
47. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
48. Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline
49. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
50. Neil Young – Harvest
Now ... Jen? MK? Zachra?
should've read
43. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
also, take off Bitches Brew and replace with
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
rmike, you listed mott the hoople's all the young dudes twice...just wanted to prove to you that i read and digested it.
my list is done, and coming up within the hours. i'm prepared for the rotten tomatoes, so lay 'em on me.
here it is...sorry for the delay.
1. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
2. The Beatles- Revolver
3. The Beatles- Rubber Soul
4. Wilco- Summerteeth
5. Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Get Happy!
6. The Kinks- The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
7. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
8. The Beatles- Abbey Road
9. The Clash- London Calling
10. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
11. Counting Crows- August and Everything After
12. Paul McCartney- Ram
13. Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Imperial Bedroom
14. The Zombies- Odessey and Oracle
15. Wilco- Being There
16. Sam Cooke- Live at Harlem Square
17. Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home
18. Marshall Crenshaw- Marshall Crenshaw
19. Elvis Costello and the Attractions- This Year’s Model
20. Rockpile- Seconds of Pleasure
21. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico
22. John Lennon- Imagine
23. Fruit Bats- Spelled in Bones
24. Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
25. The Kinks- Muswell Hillbillies
26. Neutral Milk Hotel- In An Aeroplane Over the Sea
27. CSNY- Déjà Vu
28. Wings- Band on the Run
29. The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo
30. The Monkees- Headquarters
31. Marvin Gaye- What’s Goin’ On
32. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
33. Ryan Adams- Gold
34. Big Star- #1 Record
35. Elliott Smith- Either/Or
36. Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends
37. Beulah- The Coast is Never Clear
38. Counting Crows- This Desert Life
39. Elvis Costello and the Imposters- The Delivery Man
40. Stevie Wonder- Songs In the Key of Life
41. Gram Parsons- GP
42. The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
43. Townes Van Zandt- Townes Van Zandt
44. The Rolling Stones- Aftermath
45. Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Trust
46. The Strokes- Is This It?
47. The Specials- The Specials
48. Dusty Springfield- Dusty in Memphis
49. The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
50. Johnny Cash- Johnny Cash at Folsum Prison
*Disclaimer: My list judges albums on their merit as collective units of songs, not on influential nature over music in general.
That is a great list, Jen.
Muswell is a jewel.
I am still kicking myself for leaving GP and Elliott Smith off my 50. Never again. Next time I'll drop a couple Young Dudes.
greg:
please pay special attention to #37 on jen's list. now, go ask your girlfriend if you can borrow it and tell her you're sorry for ever doubting her opinion.
Jen ... I like your list more than mine. Very well done. Now we just need the MK master list and something from either of the Smith boys ... hopefully both. Probably neither.
"Carly" ... I used to listen to Beulah all the time. You know that. I've even seen them live. :)
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yay, carly! another beulah fan in town! you've seen "a good band is easy to kill" probably, but if not, i think a movie night might be in order...everyone should see that and 'dig' if for no other reason than to see how the average joe band makes and breaks on the road.
rmike: sorry, dude. i have been redundant all day! i see you corrected your own mott double. did you hear that tweedy supposedly did some stuff with mr. mott himself? i got that from an insider source that heard it straight from jeff...
sara and jeremy: stellar lists as well.
in carly's defense, greg, you only saw beulah because they opened for wilco. still, glad to know that you like them. i thought you did...you mentioned them on the e6 episode, right? i love 'when your heartstrings break' as well, but it's not as strong album-wise.
i figured beulah would be one i'd get dogged for.
http://www.unogateway.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/09/19/450f842d3fded
this is the u of nebraska student newspaper site. they reviewed the best and worst covers ever.
anyone up for another challenge? i can't call it, boys, so it's up to you if you want to start something...
if you copy and paste that link in a new window, it'll work.
it doesn't look like it, but it will.
Best covers is a good challenge, but please...not 50!
ok...mike, if no one else wants to do it, i would love to, but let's wait and see if the SB boys want to start something formally first.
if not, we take it underground!
I actually prefer "favorite" to "best". Like the previous list.
We'll give the others a day or so to get it started.
I'm all for the favorite cover topic ... yes.
This is the hardest thing I've ever done, other than watch my wife give birth to our two beautiful children, both of which will hopefully love these albums.
Thanks for the idea, Jeremy.
I went no greatest hits, max 3 per artist, no compilations, no bootlegs, and other than one Unplugged that made me fall in love with a man named Bucky Baxter, no live albums.
My favorite records, for various reasons:
1. Grandpaboy - Mono
2. Tim Rogers & The Twin Set - What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
3. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
5. Pulp - Different Class
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
7. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
8. Wilco - Summerteeth
9. Bob Dylan - Unplugged
10. You Am I - Hourly, Daily
11. Marah - If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry
12. Bruce Springsteen – Lucky Town
13. Lloyd Cole - Don't Get Weird on Me, Babe
14. Avett Brothers - Mignonette
15. Billy Bragg - Workers Playtime
16. Wilco - Being There
17. Ryan Adams - Gold
18. Old 97's - Fight Songs
19. Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline
20. Steve Forbert - Mission of the Crossroad Palms
21. Mark Eitzel - 60 Watt Silver Lining
22. Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill - Smoke
23. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
24. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
25. Ike Reilly Assassination - Junkie Faithful
26. Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
27. Tom Waits - Small Change
28. Kathleen Edwards - Failer
29. The Apartments - A Life Full of Farewells
30. Sarah Harmer - You Were Here
31. Lloyd Cole - Etc.
32. Pulp - His n Hers
33. Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble
34. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
35. Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment
36. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
37. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
38. Leonard Cohen - The Future
39. Luna - Pup Tent
40. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
41. Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
42. Blur - The Great Escape
43. Lindsey Buckingham - Out of the Cradle
44. Counting Crows - August & Everything After
45. Frames - For the Birds
46. J Mascis - Martin & Me
47. Go Betweens - The Friends of Rachel Worth
48. Peter Bruntnell - Normal for Bridgewater
49. Cerys Matthews - Cockahoop
50. Dan Zanes - Rocket Ship Beach
Everyone gets a correction, right?
Damn interns.
5. Born to Run
6. Blood on the Tracks
7. Different Class
Seems like there should be more Dylan and Springsteen. I'm not so sure about that "max of 3 per" rule :)
Very cool, I guess I'll have to order MONO asap.
Now let's just hope there's a Smith willing to throw us a bone.
I've got another friends that's gonna do a list, anyone else know someone that would be into this?
ok, matt. your list is much more interesting than mine. i like your three album rule. now, i have to go back and see if i broke that.
i was shocked to see 'gold' up so high on the list, seeing that you made the comment that it was flawed on the double album SB episode. (that was you, right?)
funny story: wendy and i were in wooden nickel on NA tonight, and we were flipping through CD's...came upon a CD. wendy said, "oh, grandaddy!" i then noticed that it was not grandaddy but grandpaboy, a group i'd never heard of until tonight. now, you call it your #1? looks like i have some friday night recreational research to do!
totally unrelated: greg, what are our ground rules for our covers lists? i don't know about everyone else, but i'll need at least a week (maybe two, even) to let that one sit.
greg, i'm gonna get wendy in on this...deadline for her?
I hear a man named Jason Roemer is gonna chime in with his top 50.
I started with a list of 100. Of note, even with a hundred albums, The Beatles and Radiohead never showed up.
My criteria was simply -- if I got locked up, or put on the proverbial desert island, what 50 albums would I take with me that would remind me of my life? There are a surprising number of albums on here that I haven't spun in 3, 4, 5 years, but they certainly spoke to me at some point.
Strangers Almanac was 51.
If I allowed bootlegs, then Bruce and Bob boots would occupy at least 6 of the top 10 spots.
I had to limit it to three max, otherwise the whole list would have been Bruce, Bob, Paul, Jeff, Tim, Lloyd, Marah and Ryan.
Gold gets the nod -- I love imperfect things -- because it perfectly reminds me of a season or two of my life. There are definitely better Ryan Adams or Whiskeytown records, but that's my favorite.
So what's the BEST album ever made?
Born to Run.
Perfect distillation of the magic and magesty, the catharsis and passion, the poetry and soul of rock n roll.
Well, to me anyway.
ah, yes, matt. westerberg. gotcha.
didn't know anything about grandpaboy before tonight. just like my grandpa (ha) said all the time, "you learn something new everyday, jeni."
too true, dearest grampy.
Matt,
I used to claim that Beatles lovers/non-lovers was my first division of society. I'll make an exception for you. At least you noted that omitting them was significant. Your criteria was exactly what it should be. Nice job.
Semi-related: Did you enjoy Chris Mars' first solo ( Horseshoes and Hand Grenades)?
Can't wait to see Wendy and Jason's top 50. Tell Wendy that her deadline is Sunday. (But make sure she knows that I only give deadlines because I think it's funny. There are no deadlines in rock n' roll. Just ask Zach De La Rocha.)
I think a good friend of mine will do a list as well, which will be awesome. And Carly.
Carly's Top 50
1. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Jeff Buckley – Grace
3. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
4. Wilco – Summerteeth
5. Built to Spill – Keep It Like a Secret
6. Radiohead – OK Computer
7. Beulah – The Coast is Never Clear
8. Weezer – Pinkerton
9. Ryan Adams – Gold
10. Radiohead – The Bends
11. Fiona Apple – When the Pawn
12. Counting Crows – August and Everything After
13. Songs: Ohia – Magnolia Electric Co.
14. Built to Spill – There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
15. Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac
16. Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen
17. Weezer – Blue
18. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
19. Wilco – Being There
20. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
21. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
22. Alanis Morrisette – Jagged Little Pill
23. Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs
24. Ben Harper – Burn to Shine
25. Old 97’s – Fight Songs
26. Buffalo Tom – Let Me Come Over
27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
28. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
29. Wilco – A Ghost is Born
30. Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus
31. Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
32. Buffalo Tom – Big Red Letter Day
33. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
34. Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline
35. Buffalo Tom – Smitten
36. Pavement – Terror Twilight
37. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
38. Lemonheads – Come on Feel the Lemonheads
39. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
40. Ben Harper – Fight for Your Mind
41. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
42. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
43. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones
44. The Strokes – Is This It
45. R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
46. Silver Jews – American Water
47. Death Cab for Cutie – Translantacism
48. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
49. Ryan Adams – 29
50. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Disclaimer: The above list is Greg's estimation of what Carly's top 50 would be. It is "Carly's unauthorized top 50," if you will. I am not really good at the whole ranking thing. It is too hard and I don't have enough music to make a well rounded list, but he wanted to post one for me anyway.
For the record, she did edit it quite a bit. So as it stands, it's pretty accurate, although probably 10% wishful thinking on my part.
"I like HEARTBREAKER a lot more than GRACE." - Carly.
Good job, Carly.
i agree, carly. while i've known 'grace' longer, i LOVE 'heartbreaker' with every ounce of my soul.
btw, greg, wendy and i worked on her list last night. we'll try to finish it in the car on the way to see the strokes tomorrow night!
I really wish I was going to that Strokes show ... I love that band. Look for R. Mike.
Can't wait for Wendy's list! My friend Jason will probably be up soon. I'm tempted to take all these lists and come up with a Accumulative Top 50. But only because I love numbers. And albums.
But really, if I did that, we would all be assigned a few albums to write a paragraph or so about ... then, maybe do a show about it?
Big ideas at 3 a.m. when I should be working ... or sleeping.
Eagerly awaiting the covers list kick-off.
I'm gonna mostly stay out of the best album covers discussion, BUT -- I will say that Chris Thile's two most recent albums are AMAZINGLY beautiful. The music's not bad, either, but I go from 3 banters each to 4 or 5 just because the album artwork makes me like them that much more.
I long to do work that good.
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