The 10 CD challenge
 

Ok, here's the deal. Post 10 albums that you really enjoy that are completely different from each other. No crossing of genres. Yes, you must own the full album, regardless of format. And it must be something you really enjoy, not some fluke cd you listened to once and realized was crap.

Yup, this is totally subjective as to what's same and what's different, but it's fun anyway.

Extra points if you can come up with more than 10.

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - Swanky lounge stuff
Shpongle - Are You Shpongled? - Trip-out ambient electronica
James Gang - Greatest Hits - 70's guitar rock
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 - 80's super-hit pop with hard beats
Nirvana - Nevermind - Loud angst-ridden violence
Talking Heads - Little Creatures - thought provoking sillyness
Suburban Legends - Suburban Legends - Straight-up ska
Alanis Morisette - Hands Clean - Chick alternative
Libby Kirkpatrick - Winged - Singer/Songwriter folk guitar
Sean Lennon - Into the Sun - Surrealist bossa nova, among other things

Go!

Do they have to be CDs? Or can I include my cassettes/vinyl?

Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1)
Queen: A Day at the Races (2)
Manhattan Transfer (3)
The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (4)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream and Other Delights (5)
Star Wars, A New Hope: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (6)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (7)
Sondheim - A Celebraton at Carnegie Hall (8)
Judy At Carnegie Hall (9)

and, my favorite of them all,
A Musical History of Disneyland (10)

I do believe you may be my new favorite person on the whole planet.

Now, can you find him a BF? ;)

Hmmm How to say? If Scrooge runs up on any boyfriend material in the forseeable future, he ain't gonna be giving it away.

Think Finding Nemo "MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE"

Geez, I hope I got that quote right!

Ooh, Gn2, I forgot about soundtracks, and I didn't even list my Disney stuff!

I must quibble here though...two Disney related albums? And two orchestral soundtracks, not to mention Sondheim? I know you can do better than that. ;)

Hmm, mental note, must fix up Scrooge and Gn2...:evil:

Gee....

Chicago - (name an album) - Awesome, music that's runs in my veins. Horns.

Somewhere In Time - John Barry/ Rockmoni-howeveryouspellhisname - Part tears/ part joy/ all emotion - amazing soundtrack

George Strait - Pure Country- Well, country. Some moving lyrics and music with the twang.

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper - A Day in the Life. C'mon!

Andrea Bocelli - The voice.

ELO - Turn the stone baby!

Enigma - Cross of Change - Storytelling

Sarafina! - African rhythyms

Andy Williams - Can sing the phone book if he's like. Crooning at its best. Crystal clear.

The Nylons- 4 part harmony with percusion

and for S&G - earth, wind and fire - Soul, rhythm that moves the body and mind.

I'll make a list. But for now, here's "one that got away" from Gn2Dlnd. Hey pal, this one's for you:

Woof!

Okay, I'll switch out The Mission soundtrack for ELO: Out of the Blue, but the Sondheim (not an orchestral concert) stays.

Now I'm ready for the desert island.
With cupcake boy.

Scrooge, if you liked Herb Alpert, you'd love that my collection also includes Flatt & Scruggs, The Black Dyke Band, Santana, Mike Oldfield, a huge amount of Big Band, and far too much music performed on the Mighty Wurlitzer.

I am NOT a roomate one should make resentful.

i could lick the frosting off of each and every inch of those cupcakes.:p

Gloria Estefan - Into The Light

Circuit Party - Spins

Afroman - The Good Times

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Instrumental Collection

Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin

Hillbilly Music - Thank God Volume II

Elvis Gospel - 1957 - 1971

John Williams - American Journey

Bob Marley - Reggae Sensation

Josh Groban - In Concert


for Bonus points:

Guns - N - Roses Appetite For Destruction

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century

Styx - Pieces Of Eight

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

Billy Idol - Vital Idol

Cher - The Farewell Tour

Disneyland Resort - Holiday Magic

The Best Of Scottish Pipes And Drums

These ten aren't much like each other at all, and they are all discs I actually like, but this shouldn't be mistaken for a top ten list.

The Residents - Eskimo (Eskimo stories told in sound)

Anna Russell Sings? - (comedy, featuring a terrific 'analysis' of Wagner's ring)

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (four sides of primitivist avant-garde fun)

Live at CBGB's - (live compilation with The Shirts, Mink deVille, Tuff Darts, Manster)

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me (soulful R&B with new songs by Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, etc.)

Thomas Schippers conducts the music of Samuel Barber (a desert island choice - Barber's compositions go beyond the well-known Adagio, and this is the best conductor for his work)

Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill (There are two volumes but the first is the best)

Popol Vuh - Music from the films of Werner Herzog (these guys are pretty much their own genre, though usually placed in the New Age category)

Yello - Stella (Ooooh Yeah!)

Slim Gaillard - Laughing In Rhythm (sly, hip and funny jazzman with his own lingo, "vout")

All Blue - Miles Davis
Abbey Road - Beatles
Godspell - Soundtrack
Live Art - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiraqui
Aja - Steely Dan
Disneyland Soundtrack
Greatest Hits - The Supremes
Switched on Back - Walter Carlos
Tones - Eric Johnson

Bonus Points:
Sheik Yerbutti - Frank Zappa
Esperanto - Shadowfax
Friday Night in San Fransisco - Al DiMeola, Paco Delucia, and John Mclaughlin.

OK, just 'cause I'm lazy, I'm going to limit this to cd box sets that I can see from my desk:

- The Instant Monty Python Collection
- Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack Anthology
- Elvis Presley - Walk A Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters
- The Buck Owens Collection 1959-1990
- The Music Of Disney - A Legacy of Song
- The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection
- Brigitte Bardot - Initiales B.B.
- Songs From the Steet - 35 Years of Music - The Ultimate Sesame Street Music Collection
- The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
- Diamanda Galas - Masque of the Red Death trilogy
...

1) Amadeus: Original Soundtrack Recording -- used to fall asleep to this every night.
2) Queen: Greatest Hits -- an old vinyl version. Argueably in a class by themselves.
3) Georgia Satellites: Georgia Satellites -- also on vinyl. Good ol' southern rock.
4) The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- again, vinyl. Defies description.
5) The Beatles: White Album. Again, solo class. Rocky Raccon, baby.
6) The Posies: Dear 23 -- homegrown happy/angst pop.
7) Queensryche: Operation:Mindcrime -- more homegrown -- operatic metal.
8) Lee Press-on and the Nails: El Bando en Fuego -- wacky latin-flavored swing from kinky goth types. One of the few albums both of us like.
9) Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin: Hush -- Another of the few we both like.
10) Manhattan Transfer: The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland -- yup, me too. Plus I can sing the tenor parts to both "Ray's Rockhouse" and "That Cat is High."
11) Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion -- In college this was the CD of choice for my, um, private time.
12) Red Elvises: I Wanna See You Bellydance -- Russian-flavored rockabilly.
13) They Might Be Giants: Flood -- happy happy happy!
14) Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack -- no way this overlaps Mozart. Well, there are the wigs.
15) Ramones: Mania -- yeah!

Oooh! Have to add another!
16) Kultur Shock: Fucc the INS (that's really how it's spelled.) -- I need to get the new one. Balkan punk? Another local band. Listen to them here.

Ok - this has really been a challenge for Not Afraid and me since we have rather ecclectic tastes in music - so we decided to combine our lists and come up with 20. Well, then we had some more - so those are for the cats:

1. Serge Gainsburg - Comic Strip – French 60’s pop
2. Capsule - NEXUS-2060 – J-Pop
3. Philip Glass – The Photographer – Contemporary classical
4. Eric Satie – Satie: Trois Gymnopedies - Classical
5. Various - Until the End of the World Soundtrack – Contemporary Swank
6. Komeda - Pop På Svenska – Swedish Pop
7. Bally Sagoo – Rising from the East – Bollywood meets Bitish Dance
8. Stephan Grapelli – May Fools Soundtrack – Jazz Violin
9. Ofra Haza – Shadey – Contemporary Israeli
10. John Coltrane – Giant Steps – Classic Jazz
11. Chabba Zahouania – Nights Without Sleeping - Rai
12. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole - Electronica
13. Devo – Pioneers who got Scalped – Classic “New Wave”
14. Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum – Ur-electronica
15. Le Mans - Aquí vivía yo – Spanish pop
16. ABBA – Gold – Classic Disco
17. Caetano Veloso - The Best of Caetano Veloso – Brazil Classics
18. Vartina - Aitria - Finish Folk music
19. Laika and the Cosmonauts – Zero Gravity - Finish Surf Rock
20. Bulgarian Woman’s Choir - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares – Bulgarian peasant music
21. King Sunny Ade – Juju Music – African Juju
22. Oojami – Belly Dancing Breakbeats - Turkish Dance/Pop
23. Esquivil – Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
24. Dimitri from Paris – Sacreblue – (Swank) DJ Remix
25. Zuco 103 – Tales of High Fever - Contemporary Brazilian
26. Madredeus – O epsírito da paz - Fado
27. Ute Lempur – Berlin Cabaret Songs - Berlin Caberet Songs
28. Paris Combo – Living Room – Nouvelle Paris Jazz
29. The Pogues – If I should from Grace with God – Irish Punk
30. Astor Piazola – The New Tango – Tango
31. David Bowie – Stage – Classic Art Rock
32. Sex Pistols – Never mind the Bollocks - Punk
33. Joy Division – Closer – Ur-goth
34. Einstruzende Neubatten – Halber Mensch – Industrial
35. The Knitters – Poor Little Critter on the Road - Folk Punk

Yes, each cat picked 3. ;)

I just grabbed a stack of CD's that I had just transfereed to my iPod. This was just one handful. If I include my Albums in the garage, I could get extra credit for days...


Jerry Springer/The Opera -Original Cast Recording (Opera)
Temple of the Dog-Temple of the Dog ("Grunge")
The Alarm-Declaration (Spiritual Anthem Rock)
Roxy Music-Avalon (Make out mood music extrordinaire)
The Gyoto Monks-Freedom Chants (Meditation)
HFL (Hard Fast and Loud)-Fix (HB Hardcore Punk)
Hawnaytroof-Get Up Resolution:Love (Spastic Beat-Box Rock)
Rock in Company-This is Love (Japanese Karaoke Lounge)
The Beatles-Abbey Road (late 60's rock)
Throwrag-"tee-tot" (Sailor Rock)

Bonus
The Suicide Twins-Silver Missiles and Nightingales (Acoustic folk)
Enya-The Celts (Etheral)
Transport League-Multiple Organ Harvest (Swedish Metal)
Immortal Beloved-Soundtrack (Beethoven)
Ministry-A mind is a terrible thing to waste (Industrial)
Mingus Dynasty-Charles Mingus (Jazz)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Flaunt It (80's Electronic Hype)
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction-Tattooed Beat Messiah (4 count solid Rock n Roll)
Lenny Kravitz- Are you gonna go my way (Dance Soul)
Arc Angels-Arc Angels (Southern Blues Rock)
Public Enemy-Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (Rap)
The Beastie Boys-Pauls Boutique (Hip-Hop)
Gothic Radio-The best of Gothic Radio volume 1 (Goth)

Bulgarian Woman’s Choir - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares – Bulgarian peasant music? :D :D

Abba - Gold?

one of you is correct.



:snap:






must sleep now so i can be perky in the morning at work!

I think all of these are seperate enough of genres to include in one list:

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
The Cure - Disintegration
:Wumpscut: - Embryodead
ACDC - Highway to Hell
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
Dido - No Angel
John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker(3 Cd set)
The Legendary Pink Dots - The Legendary Pink Box
Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way
Nelly Furtado - Folklore
Norah Jones - Feels like Home
Star wars box set
Peter Murphy - Cascade
Pink Floyd - Division Bell
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Robert Miles - Dreamland
U2 - All that you can't leave behind
Mozart - Requiem
Switchblade Symphony - Bread and Jam for Frances
Fiction 8 - Chaotica
Delerium - Karma
David Bowie - Best of Bowie
Das Ich - Feuer
Current 93 - Dog's Blood Rising
Christina Aguilera - Stripped

Oooh! Forgot my grunge entry.

17) Mother Love Bone: Apple -- the only grunge I will presently admit to owning.

This requires thought. Its the weekend. Me no postee

The Doors Box Set
The Best of Bread 2 cd
The Wedding Singer 1 & 2
Midnight in the Garden of Evil soundtrack
Best of Janet Jackson
The Beatles (1962-1966)
Oingo Boingo - Boingo Alive
The Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Frank Sinatra - The Very Good Years
The Best of Blues - Night and Day (I can't really remember the actual title but this is pretty close)

Where can I find their latest cd? Got a clue? I saw them at the Fonda and they were a riot.

Just tried to stay away from the sweat being flung off the spoon...yuck...