newbie question: what five discs should I get?

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:54 am

DayStar Wrote:

hmm. off the top of my head:

wilco ~ being there
ani difranco ~ living in clip

Good picks. Almost included the former, prolly should have included the latter... Considering I am the rare straight man to be hit on at an Ani show (Oct '99, Eagles's Ballroom, Milwaukee). Plus, it hits - hard; DiFranco's great (for a Wop).

daystar · **Joined:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:14 pm **Posts:** 3298

since 1995, ani difranco has been my 'soul mate musician'.
i've seen her a bajillion times.
i buy everything she puts out.
i've travelled as far as nashville, tn just for her.
she can do no wrong in my eyes.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:19 pm

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood
The Expolding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness

f4df · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:31 pm

No order, and for no reason other than they should at least be listened to once

Super Furry Animals- Radiator
Decemberists- Castaways and Cutouts
Grandaddy- Sophtware Slump, The
Green Pajamas, - Strung Behind the Sun
PaperChase - Ctrl-Alt-Delete-U

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:36 pm

I can't even begin to comprehend "best of the last 15 years" so I'll go with some of my favorite albums of the year . . . (in no order other than what popped into my head first)

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Dave Douglas - Keystone
Brad Mehldau - Day is Done
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm

You wanted "eclectic," right?

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:42 pm

cemeterypolka Wrote:

How can I answer this without knowing what you listen to already or what you already have?

Get Tom Waits albums if you don't have any already. If you don't your life will be meaningless.

Sorry!

Let me clarify:
I used to be really into music, but life, kids, spouse, jobs, etc got the best of me. Now that I have a life I am getting in to it again.

As for what I listen to. It doesn't matter since I am looking for new(er) music to listen to. Hence the post 1990 req. I want to know what Obnerians are listening to since you folks seem to be knowledgable about what's new AND good.

About being underage, well, I can't speakfor all but...HOW under?[/b]

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Why do they have to be post-1990?

1. The Bluerunners: The Bluerunners (1991)
2. The Wedding Present: Saturnalia (1996)
3. The Chills: Soft Bomb (1992)
4. Morphine: Cure For Pain (1993)
5. The Detroit Cobras: Mink, Rabbit, Or Rat (1998)

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:50 pm

0F05M Wrote:

Why do they have to be post-1990?...

Cuz that's when I drifted away from being so intersted in music. No time to search/listen etc. I had a different life. Beside I have lots of the "classics" pre 90's

Cure, Clash, REM, John Denver' Greatest, etc.

Maybe I should put it another way. What five discs, collections, ablums would I have to pry out of your cold dead hands to get them away from you?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:56 pm

Disregard all the lists above, and just look at mine:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
2. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antartica
3. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight (2003)
4. Interpol - Turn On THe Bright Lights (2002)
5. Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2002)

Other Honoroable mentions:
Nada Surf - Let Go
Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Wrens - Meadowlands
Clinic - Walking With Thee
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Strokes - Is This It?

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

chowgurt Wrote:

Maybe I should put it another way. What five discs, collections, ablums would I have to pry out of your cold dead hands to get them away from you?

That's an entirely different question, but the answer would include nothing post-1990, and probably nothing on disc.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:07 pm

Dalen Voorhees Wrote:

we're all wealthy because we download music.

in fact most of us all live in a mansion together.

Yeah, biggest Obner misconception is that the so-called "Atlanta Crew" actually live in Atlanta or even see each other that often.

Sometimes we get pigeonholed like we're the The Beatles in A Hard Days Night like all sleeping in bunk beds or some such....

Oh, and post 1990?

Buy Frank Black - Teenager of the Year and be happy

andyfest · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:11 pm

timmypie42 Wrote:

Disregard all the lists above, and just look at mine:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Other Honoroable mentions:
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Wow, Arcade Fire gets both, huh? :wink:

You do have a great list, overall.

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:11 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Wait, you're in Madison? Do I know you? Should I?

<-- curiosity = peaked.

uh, I dunno, if you should know me... What do you have in mind?

Yeah, my curiosity peaked a long time ago. But I think the have meds for that.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:14 pm

andyfest Wrote:

timmypie42 Wrote:

Disregard all the lists above, and just look at mine:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Other Honoroable mentions:
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Wow, Arcade Fire gets both, huh? :wink:

You do have a great list, overall.

Haha, I took the Wrens off the top 5, and when I was typing it below, I for some reason thought I moved Arcade Fire out of the list.

I was going to put Interpol - Antics, and Strokes - Room On Fire, because I like those better than the debut discs, but I am inthe minority.

I was also thinking of putting Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West on, but I think Moon and Antartica is a nice medium between that and their latest.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

Richard Buckner - Devotion and Doubt
Sparklehorse - Its a Wonderful Life
Lucinda Williams - Essence
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Jeff Buckley - Grace

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:55 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

Dalen Voorhees Wrote:

in fact most of us all live in a mansion together.

Don't bogart my nachos, bro.

gettin' you back for stealing my six pack of Schlitz.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

My pick of the the last five years or so

1. Lift to Experience - The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
4. Devendra Banhart - Black Babies (UK)
5. RJD2 - Deadringer

Borg166 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:06 pm

chowgurt Wrote:

Now I'm in the market for some new music but am in a quandry. What five discs do I absolutley have to have?

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Talking Heads - Remain in Light

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:08 pm

Seconded:
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane... (would have made my list if I had thought of it)
Super Furry Animals -Radiator

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:29 pm

andyfest Wrote:

...If I were trying to be completely objective, this would be much more difficult. The above are just personal choices.

Personal is good.
Objectivity is really not possible is it since it has to be based on your preferences anyway.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:39 pm

Last 15 years only, sorta eclectic:

Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Slint - Spiderland
Boredoms - Super æ
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album

My real top 5 (all pre-1990):

Can - Ege Bamyasi
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Neil Young - On the Beach
The Kinks - Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Wire - Pink Flag

KPH · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:49 pm

chowgurt Wrote:

What five discs, collections, ablums would I have to pry out of your cold dead hands to get them away from you?

I like the question that way...

Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999)
Bedhead - Transaction de Novo (1998)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)
Wilco - any of their records after AM (1996-present)

Most of these would make my real top 5.

And of course anything from the Wrens, but esp. their post-Secaucus, pre-Abbott 1135 "Overnight Success" tape, most of which Charles says will be released next year sometime...so long as he finishes the mixdowns.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:01 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

Only 5? Post-1990?

Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman
(RIYL: Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC)

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
(RIYL: Nick Drake, The Smiths)

"Ditto on those two above," says MiceElf enthusiastically.

I have a hard time making lists because I could never just bring it down to 5 must haves--it would be more like 50 must haves. Having said that, I'll complete an impromptu list of numbers 3, 4, and 5, to compliment the two above, as:

Elliott Smith - Self-titled (or really, any of his 'catalogue' are must haves)
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Supergrass - In it for the Money

(also agree w/ Radiohead - Ok Computer, Shins - Oh, Inverted World, Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea, Jeff Buckley - Grace...and so on and so on and so on....)

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

chowgurt Wrote:

cemeterypolka Wrote:

How can I answer this without knowing what you listen to already or what you already have?

Get Tom Waits albums if you don't have any already. If you don't your life will be meaningless.

Sorry!

Let me clarify:
I used to be really into music, but life, kids, spouse, jobs, etc got the best of me. Now that I have a life I am getting in to it again.

As for what I listen to. It doesn't matter since I am looking for new(er) music to listen to. Hence the post 1990 req. I want to know what Obnerians are listening to since you folks seem to be knowledgable about what's new AND good.

About being underage, well, I can't speakfor all but...HOW under?[/b]

I have 7 months until im 18. thank god

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:20 pm

Here are a few of my favorites from the past several years:

The Notwist---Neon Golden
Neutral Milk Hotel---In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Flaming Lips---The Soft Bulletin
McLusky--McLusky Do Dallas
Modest Mouse---The Lonesome Crowded West
Wilco---Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Magnetic Fields---69 Love Songs
Delgados---The Great Eastern
Microphones---The Glow Pt. 2
Neko Case---Blacklisted
Eels---Electro-Shock Blues
Badly Drawn Boy---The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Spoon---A Series of Sneaks
Ted Leo---The Tyranny of Distance
The White Stripes---De Stijl
Doves---Lost Souls
Radiohead---The Bends
Sebadoh---Bakesale

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