No checking your iPod for reference, no taking more than 5 minutes on this exercise. Name the top 15 most influential cds in your life. “If you were stuck on a desert island… blah blah blah” NOTE: I’m only sending this to YOU because I actually want to hear what you think is essential listening. You can write a note of your own and then TAG me back along with people you would like to know more about, musically. That’s it. Rock On!
1. U2 – Boy
2. Led Zepplin 2 (Whole Lotta Love)
3. Coldplay X and Y
4. Radiohead – Ok Computer
5. ACDC – Back in Black
6. The Guess Who – Best of
7. OK Go – Oh No!
8. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
9. The Who – Quadraphenia
10. Led Zepplin – Houses of the Holy
11. Collective Soul – Collective Soul
12. The Beatles – Revolver
13. Mr. Mister – Go On
14. Level 42 – World Machine
15. Eric Johnson – Tones
I’m watching Collective Soul playing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. WOW.
Hits like GEL and SHINE are pretty stunning. The city of Atlanta is proud of their hometown boys. So what an amazing adventure to imagine. Getting big enough to play with the big band behind you. A frackin conductor!
The video looks kinda like something my son shot. See BUZZIE video below, but the ever hot Juliana Hatfield does justice to a great song from her latest album. “This Lonely Love” is one of a handful of standout tunes on her How to Walk Away disc. [Ah, now the video makes more sense, echoing the title of the cd rather than the song.] And does she look a lot like Kirsten Dunst or is it just me? She has a hell of a lot to say on her records, that’s for sure.
If you like that, there’s a blog where Juliana has posted about the music process and has given away more free downloadables.
