My 10 Favorite Weird Al Originals (no polka medleys): Your Horoscope for Today Frank's 2000" TV Albuquerque The Night Santa Went Crazy Hardware Store Everything You Know is Wrong My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder Dare to Be Stupid Bob Talk Soup
1. Kitka singing "A Forest Bursts into Bloom" at my second wedding. 2. Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas. Fall, 1998 Davies Hall. 3. Gustav Mahler: "Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen" Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter Vienna Philharmonic. 4. Beethoven's 15th String Quartet. 5. Olivier Messiaen - Éclairs sur l'au-delà, West coast première, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano.* 6. Piéces de Luth du Vieux Gaultier - Hopkinson Smith, Astree 7. Playing old timey music with Kenny Hall, rip [1923-2013] 8. Annie Fischer—Complete Beethoven piano sonatas. Hungaraton 9. Phil Lesh conducting the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in works by Stravinsky and Eliot Carter.* 10. Ten years of on-air DJ at KPFA, Berkeley. * present as recording engineer
I used to have A Day in the Life on a "sleepy" Beatles compilation I made, but the final chord at the end would wake me up with a start, so I removed it from the compilation!
Top 10 Favourite Canadian Albums: (just off the top of my head) NY - Massey Hall NY - Harvest The Band - Music from Big Pink Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother Harmonium - Si On Avait Une Cinquime Saison Fiori-Seguin - Deux Cents Nuits a l'heure BTO - BTO II Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing Amanda Marshall - S/T Debut
Top 10 Roots Reggae LPs [Limited to one per artist] Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear Uprising - Bob Marley Africa Must be Free by 1983 - Hugh Mundell Jesus Dread - Yabby You Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo Black Sounds of Freedom - Black Uhuru Super Ape - Lee Perry Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians Heart of the Congos - Congos Free Africa - Twinkle Brothers
Top 10 Wax Trax! Records Tracks 01) Clock DVA - Sound Mirror 02) Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween 03) Front 242 - Headhunter 04) My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Cuz It's Hot 05) 1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut 06) KMFDM - Godlike 07) Pailhead - Man Should Surrender 08) A Split Second - Rigor Mortis 09) Foetus - Butterfly Potion 10) Acid Horse - No Name, No Slogan
Ten Favorite Classical Composers Haydn Mozart Schubert Stravinsky Beethoven Bartok Delius Schumann Ravel Debussy
Top 10 Brian Eno Vocal Tracks 01) Spider And I 02) Taking Tiger Mountain 03) The Fat Lady Of Limbourg 04) Backwater 05) Third Uncle 06) By This River 07) Burning Airlines Give You So Much More 08) Baby's On Fire 09) Back In Judy's Jungle 10) St. Elmo's Fire
10 favourite songwriters (male) 1. Todd Rundgren 2. Randy Newman 3. Becker/Fagen 4. Brian Wilson 5. Paddy McAloon 6. Morrissey/Marr 7. Neil Young 8. Lennon/McCartney 9. Jimmy Webb 10. Paul Simon 10 favourite songwriters (female) 1. Laura Nyro 2. Joni Mitchell 3. Rickie Lee Jones 4. Aimee Mann 5. Tori Amos 6. Kate Bush 7. Bjork 8. Lisa Loeb 9. Sarah McLachlan 10. Jonatha Brooke
10 favourite songs by bands/artists I only like one song by... Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill Rocky Mountain High - John Denver Child in Time - Deep Purple This City Never Sleeps - Eurythmics Love You More - Buzzcocks Could You Put Your Light on Please? - Harry Chapin Save a Prayer - Duran Duran Has It Come to This? - The Streets Half the World Away - Oasis
Top 10 Good Old Fashioned Killin' Songs: Little Sadie (Doc Watson) Tin Angel (Bob Dylan) Pretty Polly (Dock Boggs) Stagger Lee (Mississippi John Hurt) Buffalo Skinners (Woody Guthrie) Caleb Meyer (Gillian Welch) Delia's Gone (Bob Dylan) Little Glass Of Wine (Stanley Brothers) Banks Of The Ohio (Doc Watson) Blood On The Saddle (Tex Ritter) Down In The Willow Garden (Charlie Monroe)
Top 10 drummers I love to listen to. (no order, OK maybe the first one). Keith Moon Tony Williams Mitch Mitchell Ginger Baker Ian Paice Billy Cobham Aynsley Dunbar Micky Waller John Bonham Elvin Jones
Ten Reasonably Well-Known Songs with Different Cities in Texas in the Title [listed alphabetically by city] 1. "Abilene" - George Hamilton IV 2. "Amarillo by Morning" - George Strait 3. "Austin" - Blake Shelton 4. "Dallas" - Steely Dan 5. "El Paso" - Marty Robbins 6. "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" - George Strait 7. "Galveston" - Glen Campbell 8. "Houston" - Dean Martin 9. "Streets of Laredo" - traditional 10. "Is Anybody Going to San Antone" - Charley Pride
Top Ten Tom Petty Non-Single Tracks 1. Crawling Back To You - Wildflowers 2. Insider - Hard Promises 3. Something Good Coming - Mojo 4. One More Day, One More Night - Echo 5. Last Night - Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 6. Runaway Trains - Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) 7. Only A Broken Heart - Wildflowers 8. Letting You Go - Hard Promises 9. Louisiana Rain - Damn The Torpedoes 10. Down South - Highway Companion
Top 10 Power-Trio Songs Cream - "Sunshine Of Your Love" Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Purple Haze" James Gang - "Funk 48" West Bruce & Laing - "The Doctor" Grand Funk Railroad - "Mr. Limousine Driver" Blue Cheer - "Summertime Blues" Robin Trower - "Shame the Devil" ZZ Top - "Vincent Price Blues" Johnny Winter (1974 version) - "Self-Destructive Blues" Beck Bogert & Appice - "Black Cat Moan" (live - Beckology box)
10 Bands Named After One-word Locations 1. Alabama 2. America 3. Asia 4. Berlin 5. Boston 6. Chicago 7. Europe 8. Idaho 9. Japan 10. Kansas
Top 10 Beach Music songs: Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy -- The Tams Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) -- Swingin' Medallions Searchin' For My Baby -- Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book -- Drifters Rainy Day Bells -- Harlem Globetrotters Stay -- Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs Hey, Baby -- Bruce Channel / Swingin' Medallions May I -- Bill Deal and The Rhondels / Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs Girl Watcher -- O'Kaysions If I Didn't Have A Dime -- Ron Moody and The Centaurs
Top 10 New Orleans songs not by Fats Domino or Little Richard or Lloyd Price Sea Of Love -- Phil Phillips Wanted $10,000 Reward -- Ernie K-Doe Time Is On My Side -- Irma Thomas Lipstick Traces -- Benny Spellman Sea Cruise -- Frankie Ford Don't You Just Know It -- Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns Last Chance -- Collay and The Satellites Ooh Poo Pah Doo -- Jesse Hill I Don't Know Why I Love You, But I Do -- Clarence "Frogman" Henry One Night -- Smiley Lewis
Top 10 Guitar Combo Amps Ever Heard By Me Mesa Boogie - Mk IV Ampeg - ReverbRocket Vox AC 30 ( 1961 and mine) Fender Twin - silver faced, 70s Mesa Boogie - Studio 22 Vox AC15 - real one Fender Champ Fender Super 60 Fender Bassman Gallien Kruger - weird 80s solid state thing
Top ten extended versions (i.e. extended remixes, not radical reinventions): a-ha-The Sun Always Shines on TV (Extended Version) Depeche Mode-Enjoy the Silence (Hands and Feet Mix) U2-Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix) Seal-Crazy (Krazy) Ian McCulloch-Proud to Fall (Long Night's Journey Mix) New Order-True Faith (The Morning Sun Extended Remix) Midnight Oil-Beds are Burning (Tamarama Mix) Icehouse-No Promises (US Club Mix) Simple Minds-See the Lights (12" Version) Electronic-Get the Message (12" Version)
My Top Ten Snare Drums Ludwig Brass 400 5" Gretsch Broadcaster 1950s 5" Ludwig Brass Black Beauty 6" Ludwig 60s Jazz Festival 5" Rogers Dynasonic Brass 5.5" Gretsch New Classic Maple 6.5" Premier 2000 6.5" Yahama 9000 maple 7" Slingerland Copper Snare 6.5" Gretsch Chrome on Brass - Square Badge 5.5"
Ten Recordings That Made the U.S. Top 40 in Two Separate Chart Runs [not including Christmas songs] 1. "The Twist," Chubby Checker (1960, 1961-62) - the only song to hit #1 in two separate chart runs 2. "Monster Mash," Bobby (Boris) Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers (1962, 1973) 3. "Stand By Me," Ben E. King (1961, 1986) 4. "Wipe Out," The Surfaris (1963, 1966) 5. "Surfin' U.S.A.," The Beach Boys (1963, 1974) 6. "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock," Bill Haley & His Comets (1955, 1974) 7. "Into the Night," Benny Mardones (1980, 1989) 8. "Red Red Wine," UB40 (1984, 1988) 9. "I'm So Excited," The Pointer Sisters (1982, 1984) 10. "Unchained Melody," The Righteous Brothers (1965, 1990) In all these cases, the same recording charted both times, though with #8, the original 45 was edited from the LP version, which appeared on the reissue 45, and with #9, the reissue 45 received a remix but is similar nonetheless.
