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Author: zepfloyes
Date: Mar 30, 2008 11:37

On Mar 29, 8:44 pm, poisoned rose rmb.com> wrote:
> zepflo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> What about you?
>
>> You are 1000 years old, I am much younger. Give me more time, I will
>> get there.
>
> You don't have the tiniest chance of "getting there," as long as all
> your musical energy is poured into firming up your rigid preferences for
> such a tiny set of acts. You're already far behind what even someone
> your own age might know. I'm still astonished to belatedly learn that
> you're 30, because your ignorance and brash overconfidence always made
> me picture someone in the 23-24 range.

LOL... I have many many albums. But I talk about the ones I like the
most over here.
>
> And you didn't answer my question. Since you've heard a lot less albums
> than me, then it should be really easy to rattle off some unheard albums
> from the list which you're curious about. Especially since you're so
> eager to "get there."

No so eager. I will take my time.
>
>>> On the other hand, you once again take the wrong message from the list.
>
>> I didnt take any message from the list. I merely posted. I personally
>> think the list is not a good list.
>
> Then why the heck did you think it was worth aggressively crossposting
> to multiple newsgroups?

As I said, there is no reason.
>
> Actually, the list was better than most of the others you've forwarded.
> Presumably, you don't like it just because it wasn't as classic-rock
> slanted as your usual fodder.

No I didnt like it because they screwed up on several thing.
Metallica's S&M is a piece of shit album but they excluded Ride The
Lightning (which is either their best or second best album).

I HATE many many classic rock bands. I dont have a specific taste.
>
> Since you're mostly blind 'n' deef when it comes to post-70s music, here
> are some top personal recommendations taken from that list.
>
> 80s
> Gabriel, Peter - Peter Gabriel (III)
> Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
> Talking Heads - Remain in Light

SUCKED ASS.
> Undertones - Hypnotised
> Waits, Tom - Heartattack & Vine
> Pretenders - Pretenders (1st Album)
> Eno, Brian & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
> X - Wild Gift
> Costello, Elvis - Imperial Bedroom
> Bush, Kate - Dreaming, the
> Birthday Party - Junkyard
> Springsteen, Bruce - Nebraska
> REM - Murmur
BORING
> Waits, Tom - Swordfishtrombones
> Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
> Cocteau Twins - Treasure

The singer is good, but overall a boring band.
> Replacements - Let it Be
> Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
> Vega, Suzanne - Suzanne Vega (1st Album)
> Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
> Bush, Kate - Hounds of Love
> Waits, Tom - Rain Dogs
> Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy

I havent heard this. But Darklands is pretty good/
> Costello, Elvis - Blood & Chocolate
> Bragg, Billy - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
> Sonic Youth - Evol
I hate them
> Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986)
> Simon, Paul - Graceland
> XTC - Skylarking
Boring overrated indie nonsense.
> Gabriel, Peter - So
> REM - Document
> Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
> Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs & Stories
> Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
> Sonic Youth - Sister
> Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
> My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Too noisy and annoying.
> Pixies - Surfer Rosa
> Dinosaur Jr - Bug
> Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
> Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
> Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
> Zorn, John - Spy vs Spy: Music of Ornette Coleman
> Pixies - Doolittle
>
> 90s
> Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Has some good songs but overall boring.
> Pixies - Bossanova
> Young, Neil - Ragged Glory
> Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
> Sonic Youth - Goo
> My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
> Nirvana - Nevermind
One dimensional and idiotic. But songs are very catchy. Its good he
put an end to his misery.
> Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91Å  Enemy Strikes Back
> Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
> Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
> Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
> REM - Automatic for the People
Boring SHIT. Everybody Hurts... PUKE!
> Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
> Sugar - Copper Blue
> Waits, Tom - Bone Machine
> Sonic Youth - Dirty
> Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
> Harvey, P.J. - Dry
> Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Boring
> Phair, Liz - Exile in Guyville
> Nirvana - In Utero
Overrated.
> Harvey, P.J. - Rid of Me
> Björk - Debut
> Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape
> Black, Frank - Teenager of the Year
> Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
> Portishead - Dummy
> Costello, Elvis - Brutal Youth
> Oasis - Definitely Maybe
One of the shittiest bands I have ever heard
> Soundgarden - Superunknown
Thanks, but Badmotorfinger is much better.
> Blur - Parklife
> Hole - Live Through This
> Buckley, Jeff - Grace
> Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
> Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
> Tricky - Maxinquaye
> Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
They should seriously kill themselves.
> Elastica - Elastica (1st Album)
> Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
> Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Worst band ever.
> Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
> Beck - Odelay
> Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
> Wyatt, Robert - Shleep
> Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
> Supergrass - In it for the Money
> Dylan, Bob - Time Out of Mind
> Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
> Dylan, Bob - Bootleg Series Vol 4: Live 1966
> Bragg, Billy & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
> Hole - Celebrity Skin
Very bad.
> Air - Moon Safari
Very interesting electronic stuff. But not my type. I need more
energy.
> XTC - Apple Venus: Volume 1
> Orton, Beth - Central Reservation
> Moby - Play
> Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
>
> 00s
> Smith, Elliott - Figure 8
> Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of Bewilderbeast
> Harvey, P.J. - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
> Lambchop - Nixon
> Björk - Vespertine
> Strokes - Is This It
Overrated VU rip offs and a bad one at that. Some songs are catchy.
> Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
> Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
> Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
> Beck - Sea Change
> Thrills - So Much for the City
> Wainwright, Rufus - Want One
> Björk - Medúlla
> Wilson, Brian - SMiLE
> Cave, Nick & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
> Wainwright, Rufus - Want Two

Nice try, most of your recommendations are shit. Try listening to some
of those underrated albums.
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