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Forgive me if some of these have already been mentioned; I think this is a super-neat project, but I decided against reading 7 full pages of lists of albums. Here's some thoughts about albums and artists.
Edit: I left this out of the list, because I thought it was too far removed from your purpose, but I'm bringing it back for the page snype. The single album I've ever owned that I was legit into once upon a time and now think most qualifies as a guilty pleasure / what was I thinking? Debbie Gibson, Electric Blue mdxi fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Mar 27, 2023 |
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Excellent suggestions, thank you! I bought TMBG - Flood for this project, and signed up to their mailing list. Since then, they've given away three albums to their mailing list subscribers, for free. One or two other bands have also given me albums for free after I signed up to receive notices from them. Unlike most email subscriptions, so far the bands I've signed up to have not been bombarding me with useless nonsense; at worst, I get told about concerts coming up nowhere near me. I've been a fan of ZZ Top for a long time, Eliminator is a great idea. The Magnum PI theme brings to mind an idea: an album of TV theme songs. I could probably assemble something myself through iTunes and other sources - what other theme songs deserve a spot on a cobbled-together collection like that?
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ExecuDork posted:The Magnum PI theme brings to mind an idea: an album of TV theme songs. I could probably assemble something myself through iTunes and other sources - what other theme songs deserve a spot on a cobbled-together collection like that? Assuming we restrict ourselves to pre-modern: Miami Vice, Airwolf and Knight Rider instantly come to mind, along with the supercut of the themes for the first twelve Doctors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uF2Y1yIHdc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6Qq3tknXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxhWxv_5bQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFpthAzAtw
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160 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick 230322 https://redhotchilipeppers.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLvohMXgcBo&t=6s Under the Bridge, a love song to Los Angeles. RHCP were specifically requested by my nephew in the skype call when I described this project to him. As you may remember, I asked in this thread and the response was either this album or Californication. I was away last week, so I'm double-posting this week, and it happens to line up with both of these albums. Of course I went with both, instead of trying to choose between these two iconic albums.
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161 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 230329 https://redhotchilipeppers.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk The title track, and one that featured heavily on radio when I was at university. So, here we are, a good start made on RHCP. I'm looking forward to exploring more of their work, but not right away.
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Jedit posted:Assuming we restrict ourselves to pre-modern: Miami Vice, Airwolf and Knight Rider instantly come to mind, along with the supercut of the themes for the first twelve Doctors. I'm not nearly as familiar with the Miami Vice theme, to me it sounds like video game background music. Which is perfect, I've already included two game-music albums in this project. Knight Rider brings back some memories, but the stronger nostalgia hit comes from the Doctor - my father used to watch Dr Who regularly. I never got past the low-quality special effects, but the music is iconic.
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162 Die Mannequin - Neon Zero 230405 https://soundcloud.com/die-mannequin-official - soundcloud link because this band doesn't seem to have their own website, except a FaceBook page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12hLB0Mz2rg Do It or Die - the first track from this album that's a proper video and not an acoustic verson came up on YouTube. I pre-retconned this album into this slot because I only learned of the existence of this punk/hard rock band early this week - because a Canadian-music account I follow on FaceBook announced the death of the lead singer, creative force behind, and only consistent member of the band, Care Failure (born Catherine Kawa). Hearing this music and deciding which album to include in this project (now, more will likely be included in future) made me sad - I really like the sound of her voice, I really like the music, and there will never be any more of this unique sound made. ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 10:54 on Apr 7, 2023 |
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163 Lil Nas X - 7 230412 https://www.lilnasxstore.com/ - I cannot find a website for Lil Nas X but here's the self-proclaimed official store. I bought this album on iTunes so I'm not going to link to where I bought it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ov5jzm3j8 Here, have the official movie, rather than a regular video. It's pretty fantastic, I strongly recommend watching it right now. What could I possibly say about Lil Nas X? My nephew specifically requested him, this is his break-out (to instant super-stardom) EP with his insta-huge hit. Maybe in a few months or a year I'll pick up the newer LP, but for now this marks an early entry into my nephew's tastes. Which is not to say I don't like these tracks. I do like it, and I'm happy my nephew pushed this project in this direction already.
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164 Cloning - Pillars of Salt; Wounded Healers; Rarities, Singularities & B-Sides (all EPs) 230419 https://www.cloningmusic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXXwvumvzs8&t=1s Past In Our Pockets, from Wounded Healers. I stumbled across Cloning on Instagram. They had an ad that stated "Don't Stream This Music!" - which is a good way to grab my attention. Smaller text said "Free CD, pay only shipping", so I followed the link. Their marketting is unusual. After I put in my address for the free CD (Wounded Healers), a message pops up that asks if I'd like to buy another EP for $5 (Pillars of Salt) and the cost of shipping will be the same. OK, yes, sounds good. At that point, another message appears that asks if I'd like their third album for only $10 and again, shipping cost is unchanged. I said yes to that as well and ended up with all three CDs for about $22. During the week or two it took for the disks to get to me, I avoided listening to anything by Cloning - the ad kept appearing on Instagram and Facebook but I kept it muted and scrolled past. The album titles raised some warning flags in my mind, "Pillars of Salt" being a phrase that could easily be strongly biblical in their use. I had gambled on some music, and if it turned out to be lame Christian rock I could simply donate or throw away the disks. Happily, there's no sign of any religious leanings on any of these shorter-than-an-LP albums, and I'm quite happy with this band. Cloning is based in Western Australia, so the cost of shipping was the cost of domestic mail in Australia. Since I bought Cloning I have been presented with at least three other very similar ads on Instagram, but none of these other bands have been in Australia and as a result, the cost of shipping even a single CD is much more than I am willing to pay for a band unknown to me and without any other reason to explore them. But their marketting works the same way - free CD + shipping, then offers to pay normal-ish prices for additional CDs. I don't really have any objection to this tactic, but it is a bit odd and smells faintly dishonest, even though I was happy enough to follow the breadcrumbs in the case of Cloning. ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 09:23 on Apr 20, 2023 |
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ExecuDork posted:164 Cloning - Pillars of Salt; Wounded Healers; Rarities, Singularities & B-Sides (all EPs) 230419 Maybe you could make this a theme and send him some KTEL records. He might be a big Boxcar Willie fan.
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Remember, 50 Golden Grindcore Melodies is not available in stores!
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165 Sampa The Great - The Return 230426 https://sampathegreat.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdF2wXc3LuM&t=2s OMG I like all of the tracks on this album, but I went with OMG for this entry's video because it contains a true international, cross-cultural, universal: hooning around in an old e30 M3 BMW. I heard about Sampe the Great from a review of not just this album but her career to date in, of all places, The Economist. I have a subscription, I've had one for many years, and their Culture section has become my favourite part of each week's issue. Finding great music in unexpected places is a ke benefit to me of this project.
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166 Alice Cooper - the Definitive Alice Cooper 230503 https://alicecooper.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oo8QzDHimQ School's Out (of course I chose this one.) When I bought Sampa The Great - The Return, Amazon was running a (rather small) promotion, two albums from a list for a combo price of just under $40 AUD. I scrolled down, and down, and down and eventually settled on this greatest-hits compilation from a muscian I hadn't even thought about for decades.
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My coworker has a late teenage aged daughter who loves Alice Cooper. She’s seen him in concert and everything. I also have a greatest hits album by him, and I guess it’s pretty telling that half of the tracks are live performances. He’s not bad, he just was maybe a niche artist.
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IUG posted:My coworker has a late teenage aged daughter who loves Alice Cooper. She’s seen him in concert and everything. He had 3 terrific albums in 71 and 72 and then a bunch of hit or miss stuff after that. That’s still better than a lot of rock bands.
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167 Eminem - Curtain Call 230510 https://www.eminem.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNPnbI1arSE My Name Is - from the Slim Shady LP. This is supposedly the official video, for, apparently, the de-languaged version. Kool-Aid instead of vodka, etc. Eminem is by any measure an influential and important artist, and the various controversies he was the centre of 20 years ago are all now ancient history and irrelevent (as far as I'm concerned). My nephew asked for Eminem specifically and mentioned a few of his songs, all from the earlier years of his work. I already owned this greatest-hits album, and I couldn't find any other albums or compilations that included the handful of songs I felt really represented Mr. Mather's best work from pre-2005. Rather than simply give my nephew a no-cost-to-me "legacy" album, I decided to pair this one with next week's, also from Eminem.
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168 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 230517 https://www.eminem.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypodj98NDYw River featuring Ed Sheeran - chosen for this post because searching for "Eminem" in Google and selecting News fills up the page with assertions from Mr Sheeran that his stutter was cured by singing along to Eminem's earlier work. This is the version without the intercut dramatic scenes, matching the audio on the album. I listened to this double-disk compilation, covering roughly the second half of Eminem's output to date, almost straight through yesterday morning while I was doing some boring, low-attention-needed work. I'm impressed, Eminem really can put together some amazing rhymes and double (sometimes triple) entendres. Between the two Curtain Call compilations, I think we've achieved a great overview of this remarkably influential musician. The collaborations here are also very interesting. Besides Ed Sheeran, Eminem has worked with Rhianna, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Yelawolf, Gwen Stefani, Lil Wayne, Nate Ruess, and CeeLo Green - just on the second disk. Obviously, I've heard of Ed Sheeran and presumably, heard his voice at times, too. But I had not yet deliberately listened to him. And I'd never heard of several of the people whose voices are featured on these songs, so as a vehicle for exploring some new avenues this compilation is a corridor of doors to open.
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ExecuDork posted:The Magnum PI theme brings to mind an idea: an album of TV theme songs. I could probably assemble something myself through iTunes and other sources - what other theme songs deserve a spot on a cobbled-together collection like that? If you're still looking for TV themes, I'd suggest a few others: Lost in Space (by 'Johnny' Williams) - I prefer the first one, but both are good. The Streets of San Francisco (Patrick Williams) The Prisoner (Ron Grainer, who also did Dr. Who) Twin Peaks ("Falling") (Angelo Badalamenti) Hill Street Blues (Mike Post) The X Files (Mark Snow) edit: I realized I'm recommending some of these songs twice, since I think I mentioned Pure Moods a while back, which has some TV theme remixes on it. Kangra fucked around with this message at 05:57 on May 21, 2023 |
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Excellent suggestions, thank you! I've been on a bit of a buying spree lately so I need to slow down and think about the next few albums to purchase / assemble. TV themes is still a great idea.
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169 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 230524 https://www.blacksabbath.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo Paranoid - one of the most early-70's music videos I've ever seen. One of my favourite albums of all time, and a classic by any measure. I was first introduced to Black Sabbath by a new friend, the class skid, in English class in grade 10. He had a probably-not-quite-original Sony Walkman, the yellow one, and a bunch of tapes. Between Paranoid and NIB, I was hooked. I've had this CD since sometime around christmas of 1996 - boxing day sales at the local mega-music store (A&B Sound) were locally very well known and I know I went on a shopping spree for CDs. I think this one was in that collection, but I'm certain there was at least one Black Sabbath album in there. My nephew specified War Pigs, which is here. I went with this "CD Legacy" for this week because I'll pair it with a new one, also from Black Sabbath, next week. Also, this marks the start of Black Band Names Month, with the next four albums all from bands with the word "black" in their names. Not the most original idea, but it started to fall together this way and I only had to add one more album to round it out to a solid 5 weeks.
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Looking forward to seeing what you picked for Frank Black and the Catholics. 
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Jedit posted:Looking forward to seeing what you picked for Frank Black and the Catholics. There are only 2 choices. Its either Show Me Your Tears or Black Letter Days. The rest aren’t as good. But if you’re picking a Black Francis album, The Golem is nice.
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BigFactory posted:There are only 2 choices. Its either Show Me Your Tears or Black Letter Days. The rest aren’t as good. But if you’re picking a Black Francis album, The Golem is nice. That was by way of being a joke. It's probably the Black Crowes, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Black Flag and the Black Keys. (ExecuDork, do not read the spoiler - I want to see how right my guesses were in a month's time.)
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Jedit posted:That was by way of being a joke. It's probably the Black Crowes, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Black Flag and the Black Keys. (ExecuDork, do not read the spoiler - I want to see how right my guesses were in a month's time.) No terrible music like Black Label Society or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club?
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I've already bought, ripped, listened-to and made decisions about how much I like the upcoming set of albums. But don't let that stop you from guessing!
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170 Black Sabbath - Never Say Die 230531 https://www.blacksabbath.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q6gPouusHs Never Say Die - live on Top of the Pops in 1978. I couldn't find any other actual videos but this works. TV in the 70's was weird. I love the album cover for this one. The pair of airmen wearing really odd helmets (the hoses go to their noses) just grab my attention every time. This is an odd one for me. I know I've never had this album before, but I know all of the songs very well. When I was about 20 I had a bunch of Black Sabbath albums, including several greatest-hits type compilations. Somehow, I must have listened to every song on this album repeatedly, 20-something years ago. But I'm very happy to have it.
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171 The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie 230607 https://theblackkeys.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKSmHOUaqaQ Wild Child seems to be the only song on this most recent album to have a video. I've been a fan of The Black Keys for years, and part of this project is catching up with old favourites.
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BigFactory posted:terrible music like [...]Black Rebel Motorcycle Club? Their first album was good!  (they fell off hard after that tho, so yeah, much more bad than good)
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172 Black Flag - Damaged 230614 https://www.blackflagband.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNEBc2H4FbA TV Party - a track I knew (vaguely) but hadn't realized was from Black Flag. Week 4 of Black-named bands. I've been meaning to give Henry Rollins et al. a serious listen for ages. I've known about Mr. Rollins for a long time: his writing and TV appearances always, ALWAYS include the description "former Black Flag singer". I really like what he's written that I've read, and some of the videos of him are really excellent - he's a very intelligent and thoughtful person. He also, y'know, looks like that - like he could break me in half and toss the parts over his shoulder.
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Time for a mea culpa, my friends. I said 5 weeks of Black-named bands, but forgot to buy a fifth. Instead of jumping ahead to next week's entry (not a band with "Black" anywhere in their name), I invite the Goons to tell me what to buy! I have looked under the spoiler tags, so I don't trust myself to choose from what has been suggested. I had already bought the albums by the Black Keys and Black Flag, don't worry that post didn't sway me.
Vote by posting your suggestion - band and an album if you like to get that specific. I'll buy the majority opinion. I reserve the right to choose a different album by the chosen artist if I cannot find the specific album for a non-money-laundering price. My upper limit on price is, well, I'm not gonna tell you reprobates because you'll conspire to max out my budget here. Next week, when I post next week's entry, I will tally up the votes and spend some money.
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Count my vote for Black Grape's It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah. I suspect your purchases will be lacking Britpop, so digging into Shaun Ryder's side project might open an eye.
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Jedit posted:Count my vote for Black Grape's It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah. I suspect your purchases will be lacking Britpop, so digging into Shaun Ryder's side project might open an eye. Jesus was a Black man!
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Jedit posted:Count my vote for Black Grape's It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah. I suspect your purchases will be lacking Britpop, so digging into Shaun Ryder's side project might open an eye. Venomous posted:Jesus was a Black man! Excellent, and done! I'm at work and my iTunes account is only on my home desktop where I usually post these things from, so I'll buy the deluxe 3-CD edition tonight when I get home.
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173 Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (Deluxe Edition) 230621 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Grape - the band's wikipedia page because I don't want to link to a Facebook page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGTRKy--Iyk Kelly's Heroes, including the line "Jesus was a black man" I don't need to explain here why I bought this album - the posts immediately above this one have the story. Thanks to Jedit and Venomous for the unanimous votes. Britpop at its finest. Excellent. My only gripe is that the auto-captions mistook "serf" for "surf" for the video.
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174 Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection 230628 https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs West End Girls, one of their iconic hits. More britpop! I was in England from 1988 to 1990, when I was the age as my nephew is now. I remember Pet Shop Boys songs were regularly played on the radio stations we listened to in the car as my mom drove my sisters and me to school in the mornings. I found this CD at the Tip Shop and grabbed it. Undamaged and it ripped nicely to my computer.
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ExecuDork posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGTRKy--Iyk you were supposed to say 'Jesus was Batman', smdh
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175 Anthony Gomez - Peace, Love & Loud Guitars and High Voltage Blues 230705 https://www.anthonygomes.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0TfZnx1P_w I Believe - from the most recent album, High Voltage Blues Another one from ads on Instagram. Unlike most US-based bands (Anthony is Canadian but has lived stateside for most of his career), shipping for a couple of CDs was quite reasonable. After I left a thank-you note for this unexpected discount - this was another "free CD plus my next one for a good price! and another!" (I declined the third offering) - Anthony or someone working for him sent me a brief email note explaining they lost money on every such international shipment but want to keep their international fans happy. Good enough for me! Now I get weekly emails from Anthony, trying to get me buy merch and telling me stories about his life. Apparently, he met BB King way back when. Often, he loudly insists that blues rock is clearly not dead. Do music genres ever really die? Besides the long-term storage of recordings, I'm pretty sure that every form of music that rose to the level of "genre" in the 20th or 21st centure - when recording was possible - has at least some fans and at least a few musicians keeping it alive, even at an amateur level.
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176 Big League - I Thought Thunderbolt 230712 https://www.bigleagueband.net/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-pHGom5ACM Feel Good Peace The third and, for now, final example of music sold to me via Instagram ads pushing free CDs "just pay shipping". These guys are Australian so the shipping was reasonable. As usual, once you've put the free CD in your cart, it shows you another album for a reasonable price. However, this time, when I chose two albums, the shipping price quadrupled, from about $4 to more than $16. Editing my cart took more effort than it should have, but I'm fundamentally against unexplained jumps in prices.
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177 Will Smith - Will Smith: Greatest Hits 230719 I can't find a website for Mr. Smith that's anything like a website a musician or band uses, so here's his wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcmQONgXJM Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - for that nostalgia hit My nephew specifically requested Will Smith and I found this 15-track career survey on iTunes. Some of my choices in this project, when I decide to buy an album from an artist who is A) very famous and B) clearly influential and C) has put out several albums that each sold very well, have been to find the most comprehensive single "album" with the maximum song-count. Any double-album labelled "The Essential [Arist]" seems to qualify, hence I have The Essential Britney Spears, The Essential Bruce Springsteen, The Essential Simon & Garfunkel, and several others (yes, I did just mention Britney, Bruce, and S&G in the same breath as equals). But I did not find an album, "The Essential Will Smith". I speculate that this fact, plus the lack of a Will Smith Music dot com (there is this other person with the same name) is due to his fame being more associated with his acting than his singing, at least at this point in 2023.
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178 The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die 230726 I can't find a website for Mr Smalls, so here's his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Y4HfDfdIA Ready to Die, the title track My nephew specifically requested The Notorious B.I.G. and I decided to pick up the two albums that bracket his fame and death. The name of his first album was, as everyone has already pointed out, prophetic. RIP BIG.
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