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[Lemurnator]

Since there doesn't seem to be any DSes within a 500 mile area of where I live, so... I'm asking for 13 CDs, here's what I have picked out so far. Tell me what you think.

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Cloud 9 - George Harrison
Living in the Material World - George Harrison
Mind Games - John Lennon
Empty Glass - Pete Townshend
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
The Joshua Tree - U2
Aja - Steely Dan
The Bends - Radiohead
The Doors - The Doors
Goodbye Yellowbrick Road - Elton John
Disraeli Gears - Cream

 

[SlickWilly223]

That's pretty standard stuff right there, so I guess you can't go wrong. But you're still only 14, you should be listening to that kind of music 2-3 years down the road when you start smoking pot.

Try the complete Stone Temple Pilots discography. You just might love it.

 

[Lemurnator]

Since this is my Christmas gift this year I really have to think hard about what I should get, maybe you could inform me what you think I may or may not like based off of the collection of albums I already have:

The Beatles:

With the Beatles
Please Please Me
A Hard Days Night
Beatles for Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
The White Album
Abbey Road
Yellow Submarine
Let it Be
Let it Be... Naked
Past Masters Volume 1 and 2

The Who:

My Generation (Delux)
A Quick One
Sell Out
Tommy
Who's Next?
Quadrophenia
By Numbers
Who Are You?
Face Dances
It's Hard

Led Zeppelin:

I
II
III
IV
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Presence

Pink Floyd:

Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Obscured by Clouds
Meddle
Dark Side of the Moon
Animals
Wish You Were Here
The Wall
The Final Cut

John Lennon:

Plastic Ono Band
Imagine
Double Fantasy

Bob Dylan:

Blonde on Blonde
Blood on the Tracks
Time out of Mind

Queen:

Day at the Races
Night at the Opera
Sheer Heart Attack

Jimi Hendrix Experiance:

Are you Experianced?
Axis: Bold as Love

Black Sabbath:

Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbaths Greatest Hits

George Harrison:

All Things Must Pass

Ozzy Osbourne:

The Essential
No Rest for the Wicked
Tribute

AC/DC:

Live

You know, I've got quite a few more, but I don't feel like mentioning because they're greatest hits of bands I'm not crazy about.

 

[Eminem]

Based on what you've posted so far, you could also try:

America
Journey
Styx
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Kansas
Chicago
Bruce Springsteen
Boston
Simon & Gafunkel
The Moody Blues
Neil Young
The Doobie Brothers


and definitely get that Doors album

 

[SlickWilly223]

Again, that's some pretty standard stuff, so you could like just about anything. I would throw out suggestions, but I won't because my taste of music is completely different and I'm sure you can figure out what kind of music you like by yourself.

I think you'd like GnR - Appetite for Destruction and GnR - Lies, but their other three albums (Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II, and Spaghetti Incident) are pretty much hit or miss so I'm not going to suggest them.

Anyway, you can probably just go into your local Hot Topic and find just about every band you've listed in this thread. Maybe you should ask them for some assistance or something.

Actually, I do have one suggestion for everyone in the world of music.

Buy one of these. Do it.

 

[nitewulf]

gah, too much classic rock. ironic, as i was listening to all classic rock when i was 14 as well. so in that regard, may be those are good choices.
i'd throw in some 80's pop in there, though may be you're in that "ewww, pop" stage. ionno...

 

[Willco]

LINKIN PARK/JAY-Z: COLLISION COURSE

 

[Leon]

gah, too much classic rock. ironic, as i was listening to all classic rock when i was 14 as well. so in that regard, may be those are good choices.

Floyd/Zep == 14 yo music?

 

[Eminem]

LINKIN PARK/JAY-Z: COLLISION COURSE

:lol this will be in every music thread for the rest of GA's history

 

[Matlock]

Collision Course ain't that bad, but goddamn if I'd feel guilty for paying more than $7 for it.

But I digress--take out Steely Dan and ask for Toshiko at Top of Gate.

 

[nitewulf]

Floyd/Zep == 14 yo music?

sure, i was listening to both since 12.
zep isnt all that hard to understand lyrically, its all sex and rock and roll anyway, and the music is just catchy good stuff.
floyd is deeper lyrically, but i seriously doubt most ppl listen to floyd for the lyrics.

 

[nitewulf]

Collision Course ain't that bad, but goddamn if I'd feel guilty for paying more than $7 for it.

But I digress--take out Steely Dan and ask for Toshiko at Top of Gate.

blasphemy! i dont know what toshiko is but steely dan is fantastic!

 

[Matlock]

blasphemy! i dont know what toshiko is but steely dan is fantastic!

http://www.duke.edu/~amw6/akio.htm

 

[Desperado]

gah, too much classic rock. ironic, as i was listening to all classic rock when i was 14 as well. so in that regard, may be those are good choices.
i'd throw in some 80's pop in there, though may be you're in that "ewww, pop" stage. ionno...

too much classic rock? eh?

I'm 16 and that's all I listen to, basically.

 

[Lemurnator]

sure, i was listening to both since 12.
zep isnt all that hard to understand lyrically, its all sex and rock and roll anyway, and the music is just catchy good stuff.
floyd is deeper lyrically, but i seriously doubt most ppl listen to floyd for the lyrics.

I do.

I'm fully aware of the theme of both Quadrophenia and Tommy by just listening to the albums. Tommy especially. Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, I both understand completely. The Wall I understand, but it doesn't seem to have much of a story besides a character having difficulties being part of a society he sees as imperfect. Second thought, scatch that, I don't know what the fuck The Wall is supposed to be about, I guess it's just Roger Waters social commentary.

 

[AntoneM]

growing up in a small town not near any major city about the only thing I listened to on the radio was classic rock. I've come to realise that I have different tastes than the majority of GAF (at least the majority that posts). Also know you age helps as well. I don;t know how extensive your collection is of early 90's music is but I recommend:

Nirvana
-Nevermind
-Bleach

Stone Temple Pilots
-Core
-Purple

Tripping Daisy
-I am an Elastic Fire Cracker

Juliana Hatfield
-Only Everything

And on a brand new but very obscure note (I can't go a music recomendadtion (did I just type that, that word?? ahem, RECCOMENDATION (probably still mispelled it)) thread without it)

Alva Sta
-Escalator (you'll have to order it online)

 

[Lemurnator]

I won't spend my money on a Nirvana album until Cobains corpse learns how to tune a guitar and release a song that (in my opinion) doesn't suck and blow at the same time.

He could get someone else to sing for him while he's at it too.

I hate Nirvana.

 

[AntoneM]

a simple, "Nirvana's not my thing" would suffice, damned if I'll try to help you ever again

 

[Killkernal]

I won't spend my money on a Nirvana album until Cobains corpse learns how to tune a guitar and release a song that (in my opinion) doesn't suck and blow at the same time.

He could get someone else to sing for him while he's at it too.

I hate Nirvana.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!

 

[enjoy bell woods]

blasphemy! i dont know what toshiko is but steely dan is fantastic!

Yeah! I love Aja!

 

[Dilbert]

Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Cloud 9 - George Harrison
Living in the Material World - George Harrison
Mind Games - John Lennon
Empty Glass - Pete Townshend
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
The Joshua Tree - U2
Aja - Steely Dan
The Bends - Radiohead
The Doors - The Doors
Goodbye Yellowbrick Road - Elton John
Disraeli Gears - Cream

OK, a couple of thoughts. First, I'm not going to recommend anything outside the "classic" realm, since you're strongly in that phase right now.

First of all, you have too much representation from The Beatles (group and solo projects) on your list. A group which I think you'd fall in love with, given your Beatles interest, is Big Star. Their first album, #1 Record, is a jangly, acoustic pop masterpiece. Their second album, Radio City is just as catchy, but is more electric, more disheveled, a bit darker...and one of the finest albums ever recorded. (That is HIGH praise coming from me, by the way.) Fortunately, both of those two records are available on a single CD.

Props for including Steely Dan on your list -- they are one of the best groups in the history of rock and a massively overlooked group today, which makes me sad. As brilliant as Aja is, you should really start with Countdown To Ecstasy, which is the first perfect album they recorded. Instead of the sophisticated jazz of their later-career material, CTE is full of brash guitar lines and cynical vignettes. It's a complete kick in the ass...I think you'd like it a LOT.

Drop the Cream record (I'm sorry, but they are ultimately disposable) and instead pick up Derek and the Dominoes' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Holy CRAP it's a great blues rock record...totally harrowing. One of these days, someone needs to tie down Eric Clapton and shoot him up full of drugs so he starts making good music again. (The same is true with Elton John, although you've picked an excellent record from him on your list.)

Although there is nothing wrong with The Bends and The Joshua Tree, they are just so...conventional. OK Computer and Achtung Baby are far better albums, although they may push you a bit because they are doing things with sound that are a little beyond "classic" rock. On the other hand, if you don't have anything from those groups yet, they are decent starting points. Buy the ones I suggest ASAP if you like the ones on your list, though.

DEFINITELY get rid of one of those George Harrison records and make room for the most essential Bob Dylan record you don't own already: Highway 61 Revisited. It's still my all-time favorite record from him, and despite his reputation, it ROCKS.

 

[Triumph]

LINKIN PARK/JAY-Z: COLLISION COURSE

I wonder how poor Dangermouse feels now.

On topic, Lemurs you NEED to get the two Shins cds. Trust me.

 

[Mermandala]

Yeah! I love Aja!

You were supposed to say:

Enjoy Steely Dan? Ever wonder how they'd sound on crack? Then look out for the upcoming Super Furry Animals album!

In place of The Beatles... why not The Kinks?

- Village Green Preservation Society

- Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)

- Muswell Hillbillies

 

[Eminem]

I won't spend my money on a Nirvana album until Cobains corpse learns how to tune a guitar and release a song that (in my opinion) doesn't suck and blow at the same time.

He could get someone else to sing for him while he's at it too.

I hate Nirvana.

oh man....well, it could be worse. You could be saying that about Alice in Chains. in which case you'd be on my ignore list forever.

 

[karasu]

There is no such thing as too much Classic Rock. Any other rock just doesn't matter.

 

[El Papa]

If it hasn't been suggested already, get How the West Was Won instead of In through the Out Door. The DVD of HtWWW is pretty awesome, too.

 

[RevenantKioku]

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

 

[Lemurnator]

OK, a couple of thoughts. First, I'm not going to recommend anything outside the "classic" realm, since you're strongly in that phase right now.

First of all, you have too much representation from The Beatles (group and solo projects) on your list. A group which I think you'd fall in love with, given your Beatles interest, is Big Star. Their first album, #1 Record, is a jangly, acoustic pop masterpiece. Their second album, Radio City is just as catchy, but is more electric, more disheveled, a bit darker...and one of the finest albums ever recorded. (That is HIGH praise coming from me, by the way.) Fortunately, both of those two records are available on a single CD.

Props for including Steely Dan on your list -- they are one of the best groups in the history of rock and a massively overlooked group today, which makes me sad. As brilliant as Aja is, you should really start with Countdown To Ecstasy, which is the first perfect album they recorded. Instead of the sophisticated jazz of their later-career material, CTE is full of brash guitar lines and cynical vignettes. It's a complete kick in the ass...I think you'd like it a LOT.

Drop the Cream record (I'm sorry, but they are ultimately disposable) and instead pick up Derek and the Dominoes' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. Holy CRAP it's a great blues rock record...totally harrowing. One of these days, someone needs to tie down Eric Clapton and shoot him up full of drugs so he starts making good music again. (The same is true with Elton John, although you've picked an excellent record from him on your list.)

Although there is nothing wrong with The Bends and The Joshua Tree, they are just so...conventional. OK Computer and Achtung Baby are far better albums, although they may push you a bit because they are doing things with sound that are a little beyond "classic" rock. On the other hand, if you don't have anything from those groups yet, they are decent starting points. Buy the ones I suggest ASAP if you like the ones on your list, though.

DEFINITELY get rid of one of those George Harrison records and make room for the most essential Bob Dylan record you don't own already: Highway 61 Revisited. It's still my all-time favorite record from him, and despite his reputation, it ROCKS.

Not a huge fan of Dylan really. You give good advice though, how is pet sounds? Is it a little more meaty than the bubblegummy beach boys standard? The list isn't final yet, in fact I'm going to ask for money since my mom is too lazy to find all the CDs I would want and is paranoid about buying them online.

Is Empty Glass a good album though?

 

[Fresh Prince]

Broaden you horizons- what about some Jazz, Soul, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Trance etc

 

[hXc_thugg]

I wonder how poor Dangermouse feels now.

On topic, Lemurs you NEED to get the two Shins cds. Trust me.

Just get "Oh, Inverted World". Chutes Too Narrow is kind of boring.

 

[Jim Bowie]

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

This thread is unpleasantly devoid of Rush.
And I recommend 2112.

LISTEN TO THIS MAN.

LEMURS, LISTEN TO THIS MAN.

 

[Kobun Heat]

One of these days, someone needs to tie down Eric Clapton and shoot him up full of drugs so he starts making good music again.

They totally did! Check out "Me and Mr. Johnson" and the followup CD/DVD set, "Sessions for Robert J." I mean, seriously, check it out.

(The same is true with Elton John, although you've picked an excellent record from him on your list.)

Also very true. 11-17-70 and his first self-titled album are also great, though not as epic as Goodbye. The dual-CD live set Here and There is a good value as well; two full (and nearly entirely different) concerts from his musical peak.

 

[Kobun Heat]

By the way, if I wasn't broke I'd be considering buying the whole damned set of Beatles CDs. Not all the random stuff like Anthology, just the original albums and the Past Masters...

 

[DJ_Tet]

I won't spend my money on a Nirvana album until Cobains corpse learns how to tune a guitar and release a song that (in my opinion) doesn't suck and blow at the same time.

You buy your own christmas gifts? Poor flips.


*please go light on my ban, she was begging for it*

 

[karasu]

That is not cool.

 

[hXc_thugg]

That is not cool.

You are not cool.

 

[DJ_Tet]

That is not cool.

If you don't see the irony of her asking for christmas gifts then proclaiming that she wouldn't spend her cash on Nirvana, I can't help you.

A senseless Nirvana blast (which I called in my head, cause I knew she didn't like Nirvana) deserves a senseless and baseless blast on her heritage. Maybe she should think before she posts. This isn't Romper Room.

 

[karasu]

I'm not even gonna argue, but that logic is retarded. If you talk shit about a band, you deserve racist insults? What the shit :lol

 

[Dilbert]

A senseless Nirvana blast (which I called in my head, cause I knew she didn't like Nirvana) deserves a senseless and baseless blast on her heritage. Maybe she should think before she posts. This isn't Romper Room.

You're goddamn right -- this isn't Romper Room. Someone teeing off on a band you like isn't an excuse to start making racial comments...and the fact that you even MENTION that you know you're going to get banned is a sign that you know you're over the line.

I have NO idea what the fuck you were thinking.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Thanks for ruining a good music thread. :_:

But seriously everybody, buy Me and Mr. Johnson or I will cut you

 

[Meatpuppet]

I won't spend my money on a Nirvana album until Cobains corpse learns how to tune a guitar and release a song that (in my opinion) doesn't suck and blow at the same time.

He could get someone else to sing for him while he's at it too.

I hate Nirvana.

There are no words...

EDIT: But to get on topic, most of the albums you've proposed are great, and if you've never heard them before, they'll probably be great purchases for you. Wouldn't hurt to have something a little less mainstream in there, just for kicks.

Also bear in mind that getting a shitload of music in one session can be a recipe for disaster, in that you might not give each album the time it deservews before forming an opinion on it.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

You were supposed to say:



In place of The Beatles... why not The Kinks?

- Village Green Preservation Society

- Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)

- Muswell Hillbillies

I can honestly say I should have expected that.

 

[drohne]

definitely agree with jinx's big star recommendation. and mermandala's kinks recommendations.

i notice you have no bowie. this is an alarming lapse. i think his berlin period stuff and the records immediately before and after it are his best, but hunky dory or ziggy stardust would probably be more to your taste.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

 

[Lemurnator]

I'm putting Kinks and Big Star on my list of things to check out. Thanks you guys.

 

[Manics]

Black Sabbath:

Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbaths Greatest Hits

Greatest hits collections are for housewives and little girls. You go out and get the rest of the Ozzy-Black Sabbath CD's namely:

Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
Vol 4
Sabotage
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die

Also while you're at it pick up the Dio albums:
Heaven & Hell
Mob Rules
Dehumanizer

And while you're at it pick up the lone Gillan-Sabbath:
Born Again

That about covers it.