Top 10 progressive rock albums, max. one per act - not necessarily in order: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Yes - Going For the One Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed Pink Floyd - the Dark Side of the Moon Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson - SMiLE (yes! its' progressive!) Mike Oldfield - Incantations Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet Anathema - Weather Systems Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
If "forest" is acceptable, then Home from the Forest by Ronnie Hawkins would be at the top of my list:
My top ten guitar driven songs (not just solos) Islands - Swans (Life After Death) Sonic Youth - Rain on Tin Sonic Youth - Stones (I'll give them a second one) Wilco - At Least That's What You Said Son Volt - Drown Yes - Yours is no Disgrace King Crimson - Red The Grateful Dead - The Eleven Jam Whiskeytown - Wither I'm a Flower Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
Top Ten Janis Joplin Songs 1. Piece of my heart 2. Get it while you can 3. Me & Bobby McGee 4. Kozmic blues 5. Call on Me 6. Summertime 7. Coo Coo 8. Maybe 9. Move Over 10. I Need A Man To Love
Top Ten Most Played Lindsey Buckingham solo songs: 1. Go Insane 2. Countdown 3. Holiday Road 4. Rock Away Blind 5. Don't Look Down 6. End Of Time 7. Trouble 8. Treason 9. Dancin' Across The USA 10. One Take
Top 10 Guitarist Who Famously/ Distinctively Play(ed) Top 10 Electric Guitars Albert King - Gibson Flying V Neil Young - Gretch White Falcon James Burton - Fender Telecaster Elvis Costello - Fender Jazz Jimi Hendrix - Fender Stratocaster Chuck Berry - Gibson ES335 Paul McCarney - 500/1 Violin Hofner Duane Allman - Gibson Les Paul Robbie Kreiger - Gibson SG Chet Atkins - Gretch G6120 Bonus: Jimmy Page - Double Neck 6-12 Gibson SG John Lennon - Ricknebacker 325
Bruce Springsteen and his... Fender Esquire also must get a mention. The only other guys I'm familiar with who used one are: Syd Barrett and Jeff Beck in his early Yardbird days.
I'm loving to listen to 'I've Had Enough' as a segue to Sparks (its Live at Leeds performance). It's like going from Tommy to Quadrophenia at the highest style, just perfect!
Top 10 Audiophile reissue labels (in order of most titles owned): 1. Analogue Productions 2. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 3. Speakers Corner 4. Classic Records 5. Music Matters 6. Pure Pleasure 7. Original Recordings Group 8. ORG Music 9, Impex Records 10 Audio Fidelity bubbling under.... 11. Cisco 12. Sam Records 13. Intervention Records 14. Analog Spark 15. DCC
Top 10 Songs About Cutlery Howlin' Wolf & Co. - "Spoonful" Motorhead - "Knife" Soundgarden - "Spoonman" Smokey Robinson - "A Fork in the Road" Ella Fitzgerald - "Mack the Knife" Flotsam and Jetsam - "Forkboy" Lunachicks - "Spork" 2 Chainz - "Fork" Bryan Adams - "Cuts Like a Knife" Lillix - "Fork in the Road"
Top 10 Replacements songs Takin' A Ride Careless Bastards Of Young Left of The Dial Answering Machine Unsatisfied Can't Hardly Wait Seen Your Video Gimme Noise Don't Ask Why More 'cause 10 won't do: Color Me Impressed I'm In Trouble Kids Don't Follow Rattlesnake Favorite Thing
10 Songs From The 60's That Could All Be Said To Be "The Most Significant Of The Decade", And You Wouldn't Be Wrong About Any Of The Ten Selections: 1. Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys 2. Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles 3. I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Beatles 4. Strawberry Fields Forever: The Beatles 5. Hey Jude: The Beatles 6. Eleanor Rigby: The Beatles 7. Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan 8. Purple Haze: Jimi Hendrix 9. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones 10. Be My Baby: The Ronettes
10 Poor Excuses For Passing Up The Recent "Their Satanic Majesties Request" Deluxe Set (You Should Know Better Than To Try And Use These): 1. I don't like the album. 2. I already have an original copy. 3. I spent all my money on the Pepper 50th instead! 4. It doesn't sound that "good". 5. It's just a "gimmick package". 6. I don't like the Stones! 7. I have no space on my record shelves for it. 8. I don't buy "numbered edition" products. 9. I'm not on what the Stones were on. 10. I blew all my dough on every one of those damn "From The Vault" releases.The Stones attempt at Psych will have to wait!
Top ten coloured artists or bands: 1. Black 2. Blue 3. Cyan 4. Deep purple 5. Green Day 6. Indigo Girls 7. Magenta 8. Pink 9. Simply Red 10. Yello
1 and 6 were good enough for me. Since I don't like the Stones, I didn't even know about it, so that's number 11. 7 applies too.
80s bands I did not see live until the 10's because 80's music sucked (and I more or less stopped paying attention): U2 X Blasters Pixies Willie Nile Los Lobos Shonen Knife Pretenders Red Hot Chili Peppers Metallica (later this year)
10 "Underrated" Years From Pop Music's Golden Age (At Least In My Experience or Observation): 1. 1963 2. 1981 3. 1977 4. 1978 5. 1960 6. 1958 7. 1980 8. 1976 9. 1980 10. 1975
10 Great Albums Prior To "Meet The Beatles!" in 1964. Shocking, I Know: 1. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 1956 2. Loving You - Elvis Presley 1957 3. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley 1961 4. Fun In Acapulco - Elvis Presley 1963 5. Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis 1960 6. Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra 1958 7. Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys 1963 8. A Winter Romance - Dean Martin 1958 9. Love Is The Thing - Nat King Cole 1957 10. Chet Baker & Strings - Chet Baker 1953
Top 10 Shoegaze from the original wave 1. Slowdive - Souvlaki 2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 3. Verve - Storm in Heaven 4. Pail Saints - In Ribbons 5. Flying Saucer Attack - S/T (Rural Psychedelia) 6. Loop - A Glided Eternity 7. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Susurrate 8. Chapterhouse - Whirlpool 9. Secert Shine - Untouched 10. Ride - Nowhere
10 Elvis Presley Songs Very High On My Personal List Despite Not Hearing Too Much Mention Of Them In General: 1. It's Impossible 2. I Need Somebody To Lean On 3. Lover Doll 4. Come What May 5. Wonderful World 6. The Next Step Is Love 7. The Meanest Girl In Town 8. Ain't That Loving You Baby 9. Let's Forget About The Stars 10. You Can't Say No In Acapulco
10 90's acts I did not see live until the '10s because I had my head stuck up classic rock: Alice and Chains Foo Fighters The Offspring Green Day Pearl Jam Weezer Sleater Kinney Primus PJ Harvey Nick Cave (later this year)
10 songs greater than 15 minutes in length that don’t occupy an entire album side (plus the other songs and approximate times) Genesis - Supper’s Ready 23:06/ Horizons 1:43 Mothers Of Invention - Little House I Used To Live In 21:32/Valarie 3:15 Man - The Alchemist 20:42/Daughter Of the Fireplace 5:18 Utopia - Singring and the Glass Guitar 18:24/ Hiroshima 7:16 Miles Davis -Spanish Key 17:32/ John McLaughlin 4:22 Procol Harum In Held ‘Twas I 17:31/Magdelene (My Regal Zonephone) 2:50 Pink Floyd -Dogs 17:08/ Pigs On the Wing (Part 1) 1:25 Velvet Underground-Sister Ray 17:00/I Heard Her Call My Name 4:05 Far East Family Band -Nipponjin 16:51/ The Cave 8:32 Yes - Awaken 15:38/Wonderous Stories 3:45
