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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: TwilightOdyssey on March 14, 2007, 02:13:37 PM
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Just what the title says -- help me list the ultimate iPod playlist!
Tell me your essential songs that no iPod will be complete without!
I will need artist and song title. Album title would help, too.
Thanx!
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The Black Crowes - Descending - Amorica
The Beatles - Something - the white album
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer - Slippery when wet
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Medusa Stone - Medusa's Ballad - Medusa Stone
Muse - New Born - (can't remember the album)
Pink Floyd - Dogs - animals
Quireboys - Sweet Mary Ann - A bit of what you fancy
Faces - Stay with me - (again no memory of the album)
Rolling Stones - Can't you hear me knocking - Sticky fingers
Rory Gallagher - All of the irish tour album
Roxette - It must have been love - Tourism (a country version of the song that's just the best)
Ryan Adams - Rescue blues - Gold
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lenny - Texas Flood
loads more, but some there to start off with
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i'd say srv- texas flood, pride and joy (not too sure about the album, I have the best of :oops: )
eric johnson- cliffs of dover, trademark, manhattan
gary moore- parisienne walkways, still got the blues.
and then with the tasteful choices out of the way, I'd go straight into 80's metal- which you know a lot better than me, ben!
:lol:
I'd probably throw some classic rock in there too, again you probably know that better than me.
EDIT: I don't actually have an ipod. :lol:
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I run my iPod with a single playlist, and totally random.
This is the soundtrack for my hellish NYC commute, so I want whatever oddball stuff you can think of: Celtic, English folk, melodic death, whatever.
I didn't think of SRV; good call!
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Flogging Molly - Seven Deadly Sins
Sikth - When will the Forest Speak
The Dresden Dolls - Half Jack
In Flames - Cloud Connected
Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man
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^ hellish commute... grrr. Something like living after midnight by priest would be good for that. heavy, but kinda happy too. stuff along those lines...
I guess it depends what you're like... sadder or heavier stuff when you're annoyed can help you get it out too, I guess.
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Dream theater Metropolis 1 AND 2
Dream theater 6DOIT - 6DOIT
Dream theater Erotomania - Awake
Dream theater Hell's kitchen - FII
Dream theater Puppies on Acid (The Mirror) - Live in Tokyo (Awake)
A few more DT tracks
LTE 1+2
A bit of Opeth
Some Yes
Black Sabbath (Possibly SBS)
Strawbs - Witchwood
Bowie - Hunky Dory
G'n'R - AFD
Bumblefoot - Normal
Mattias IA Eklundh - Freak guitar 1+2
Freak Kitchen
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Paul Gilbert
Buckethead (in moderation)
Frank Zappa (if you are not familiar with his work start with Hot Rats)
And ABBA :lol:
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All great suggestions so far.
dave_mc: Doesn't matter. I hit shuffle, so if I don't feel like I'm in the mood I'll skip a track. I'm all for totally random as I know my albums much too well. (I listen to music 8hrs/day minimum) And I have an INSANE amount of CDs. Like 3,000 last time I counted.
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This is my current at-work playlist:
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Little Feat-album: Waiting For Columbus-tracks: All
B B King -album :Live At The Regal -track: -Every Day I Have The Blues
The Beatles-Album Revolver -track; And Your Bird Can Sing
ditto -album The Beatles(White Album) track While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Steely Dan -album Countdown To Ecstasy-track:Bodhisattva
ditto album Royal Scam-track; Don't Take Me Alive
SRV-album In Step-track: Riviera Paradise
Sting-album Mercury Falling-track :I Hung My Head
Tears For Fears-album Everybody Loves a Happy Ending track: Ladybird
Roy Buchanan - album-any of them but certainly Sweet Dreams
Robben Ford-album Handful of Blues-track Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
I could go on and on
btw , regarding Horsehead's great ideas, The Beatles "Something" is actually on Abbey Road and "Stay With Me" was on The Faces "A Nods as Good as A Wink ..to a blind Horse"-get Ronnie Lane's "Debris" from the same album.
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All great suggestions so far.
dave_mc: Doesn't matter. I hit shuffle, so if I don't feel like I'm in the mood I'll skip a track. I'm all for totally random as I know my albums much too well. (I listen to music 8hrs/day minimum) And I have an INSANE amount of CDs. Like 3,000 last time I counted.
heh, you know a lot more albums than I do, lol (as I pretty much already figured). How long will it take you to ipod-ise all those? :o
Cool pirates background on your pc, by the way. :lol:
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ok gonna try to hit you with some new stuff..MAYBE you havent heard...
Alabama Thunderpussy(sounds like the title..sort of stoner stuff..)
Sass Jordan-cool chick...big 80's geetar
North Mississippi All Stars jammy blues/killa slide..Luther D. has coool hair and plexi's
Drive By Truckers-my homeboys..
Coney Hatch...FAstway-betcha remember these...
Black Keys-unique band...big reverb...big drums..no bass
...I was digging some Badlands myself today, so here's to some Jake E Lee
cheers!
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UFO - Strangers in the Night! I have this in my car all the time, I never get bored of it. Most other cd's I get bored of after a few drives, but SITN is a keeper for the car.
I dont have much of it, but Marty Friedmans solo albums seem pretty good, I've only heard the 2 songs 'Fuel Injection Stingray' and 'Gimme a Dose' though.
Also, some Thin Lizzy is required, though I dont know which albums to suggest.
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I used to listen to punk on my commute, but it made me want to punch everyone.
So I tried Sisters of mercy and Fields of the Nephilim, which made was nice but ultimately made me depressed in the morning.
What I have discovered recently - and is certainly different - is that listening to Mozart turns a crowded commuter train into the beautiful world that advertising would have us believe it is. Plus he was a musical genius, so you get all sorts of ideas for tunes whilst listening :)
So for starters I'd add:
Mozart - Piano concerto no9 in E flat major.
But every so often, its back to the punching:
I Am a Revanant - Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Anything from ... And out come the Wolves - Rancid
Sound System - Operation Ivy
Kained but Able - Civil Disobediants - Capdown
And the depression:
Lucretia - Floodland - Sisters of Mercy
Dr Jeep / Vision Thing - Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy
and on a kind of English Folk theme:
Liberty Song - Levelling the Land - The Levellers.
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Apart from the more obvious I'd have to have some ;
King Crimson, something from the Bruford era like Discipline, Beat or Three of a perfect pair
Steve Hillage, oh yes ready for some glisssando guitar listen to Green or Motivation radio for some of the best fuzz tones ever
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Hey 38th, thanks for setting that straight for me...how could I forget/get it wrong!
Led Zeppelin - Black dog - IV
Cry Of Love - Peace pipe - Brother (one of the best bands ever)
Gram Parsons - Cash on the barrelhead - grevious angel
Reef - Weird - Together the best of
Lenny Kravitz - Are you gonna go my way? - Are you gonna go my way
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City - Nebraska
Free - Mr Big - any live version...if you haven't a copy let me know!
enjoy...more to come!
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the Frank Zappa discography.
:twisted:
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I run my iPod with a single playlist, and totally random.
This is the soundtrack for my hellish NYC commute, so I want whatever oddball stuff... English folk...
Right then. Can't think of individual tracks off the top of my head, so will focus on albums. Will go back to my cd collection and sort out track suggestions over the weekend:
* Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers - "Rough Music" lp. Dark brooding english folk played by one of the true royalty of the folk scene. Cracking fiddle playing and vocal harmonies. "Turpin Hero" is an outstanding track.
* Bellowhead - "EP Onymous" e.p and "Burlesque" lp. Funny, clever and terribly inventive folk. With full brass section including sousaphone. "Copshawholme Fair" off the former, and "London Town" off the latter would be my two essential tracks.
* Waterson:Carthy - "A Dark Light" lp. Folk music so dark even the devil himself would shy away from it. Yet with great humour.
* Kate Rusby - "The Girl Who Couldn't Fly" lp. Much prettier lighter folk than my previous suggestions. "Jack Frost" is my standout track.
* Seth Lakeman - "Freedom Fields" lp. The current darling of the english folk scene. Awsome driving fiddle playing that really propells songs along. "Lady of the Sea", "Setting of the Sun", "1643", "Take No Rogues", "Riflemen of War" are worth a listen. Definatly proof that folk isn't for wimps.
There's also a new folk influenced band about to make it's debut release that I could recommend too ;)
Other non folky stuff:
* Tom Waits - "Raindogs", "Swordfishtrombones", and "Real Gone" lp's. Essential listening and utterly bonkers.
* Neko Case - "Furnace Room Lullaby". Gorgeous country noir, and a phenomenally powerful voice. Lazy critics have compared her to the ghost of Billie Holliday and Patsy Cline. But thats just lazy journalism :)
* Gillian Welch - "Revival" lp. Bluegrass music played with absolute commitment. Sounds like it's fallen through a timewarp from 1943.
That should keep you going mate ;)
*Rahnooo*
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the Frank Zappa discography.
:twisted:
Only about 60 albums...
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the Frank Zappa discography.
:twisted:
Only about 60 albums...
Yeah that buckethead is such a lazy poser!
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Thanks for all the suggestions thus far.
Right now my playlist is very heavy on old school, melodic, and NWOBHM metal (suprise, suprise).
I feel a major CD shopping excursion coming on, so keep up the suggestions!
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Rahnoo, is the gillian Welch album THAT good? If so I'll have to get it
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In the spirit of iPod, I got mine to make a random playlist. Here's what it did. Its all good, too. But then I would like it I suppose :) And it didn't even select anything embarrassing! Not that I would have Dolly Parton on my iPod ... :oops:
The Great Paraguayan - John Williams (quality classical guitar)
Ride it on - She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star (mellow indie)
The Gift - A Live Album - The Velvet Underground (superb track for the story, go listen now)
He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss) - Unplugged - Hole (ahhhh, Courtney :) )
Drop Dead Legs - 1984 - Van Halen
Shot Down in Flames - Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Going Underground - The Jam
Train in Vain - London Calling - The Clash
Saeglopur - Takk - Sigur Ros (relaxing and atmospheric Icelandic outfit)
Christams Song - Shot Forth Self Living - Medicine ("sounds like someone drilling in the road")
10:15 on a Saturday Night - Boys don't Cry - The Cure
Chick on my Tip - Second Hand Smoke - Sublime (shame he died ...)
Garden of Love - From Paris with Love - The Skatalites
Sweet Song - Think Tank - Blur (indie music's leading light IMO)
Officially Dead - Resolver - Veruca Salt (heavy but mellow indie)
Alice Whats the Matter - How to make Friends ... - Terrorvision (90's Brit-rock, good debut album)
The Bold Knight - Kitty Jay - Seth Lakeman (I think some one mentioned him already. Very good.)
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Right now my playlist is very heavy on old school, melodic, and NWOBHM metal (suprise, suprise).
That's pretty much all I had on the lengthy list I started, so I thought it might be surplus to requirements. :wink:
Cry Of Love - Peace pipe - Brother (one of the best bands ever)
Love that album. I wish Audley Freed hadn't gone and joined the Black Crowes.
Which reminds me of Marc Ford's excellent pre-Crowes band, Burning Tree.
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i'd like to suggest some witchfynde tracks. i always find the guitar work pretty inspiring, and they have some de-stressing ballads like 'leaving nadir' for example, which might be nice to hear, winding down on the way home.
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For the English Folk section I'd suggest
Liege & Lief : Fairport Convention (the whole album)
a selevtion of Pentangle tracks would be a good idea (or atleast some Bert Janch)
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+1 Audley Freed...saw him with Govt Mule recently-awesome player-love his big bends and vibrato "Peace Pipe" smokes!!(pardon the pun...)
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Rahnoo, is the gillian Welch album THAT good? If so I'll have to get it
It really is that good. Time (The Revelator) is also very good, but much more dense. I'm just waiting for my copy of "Hell Amongst The Yearlings" to arrive now.
More suggestions to come later :)
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+1 Audley Freed...saw him with Govt Mule recently-awesome player-love his big bends and vibrato "Peace Pipe" smokes!!(pardon the pun...)
You are a person of great taste, Audley is one of my heroes. Lovely bloke as well...
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many thanks, horse....you, as well..welcome to bkp's-a wonderfully messed up bunch here!
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i'd like to suggest some witchfynde tracks. i always find the guitar work pretty inspiring, and they have some de-stressing ballads like 'leaving nadir' for example, which might be nice to hear, winding down on the way home.
I'm already familiar with the bands from the New Wave. Witchfynde was a good band, their singer reminds me a lot of Halford. I don't like Witchfynde as much as some other bands from the New Wave, but I have a couple of their CDs.
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i'd like to suggest some witchfynde tracks. i always find the guitar work pretty inspiring, and they have some de-stressing ballads like 'leaving nadir' for example, which might be nice to hear, winding down on the way home.
I'm already familiar with the bands from the New Wave. Witchfynde was a good band, their singer reminds me a lot of Halford. I don't like Witchfynde as much as some other bands from the New Wave, but I have a couple of their CDs.
i already knew you were a man of good taste lol ;) witchfynde are very much my cup of tea, as i like hard rock/metal crossover in general. i agree that the singer(s?) sound like Halford. this morning i was also thinking that the guitar work is somewhat like a fast eddie/pete townshend cross over.
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if I don't feel like I'm in the mood I'll skip a track. I'm all for totally random as I know my albums much too well.
Know the feeling although my collection is paltry... about 1500 songs
I have 6 discs of beethoven on mine, which are too often skipped but sometimes its nice to hear the pastoral symphony then the opening riff to walk.
Id reccommend Duke Special if you're looking for something different. Irish Folk I forst heard on Jools holland.
My perfect playlist has
one of the AC/DC greats - albums high voltage -> back in black
Today it was the version of whole lotta rosie from if you want blood, but it will be something else tommorrow.
Lets build a home (live) - The White Stripes - this one i stole from a youtube vid of them on some chat show
You really got me - the kinks - the kinks
I wanna be your dog - The Stooges - The Stooges
Thriller - MJ - Thriller, I have the no 1s album
Help! - The Beatles - I got it on the best of 62-66 double album
Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars - David Bowie - The rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars
All these things that I've Done - The killers - Hot Fuss
Citizen erased - Muse - The origin of Symmetry
Because I want you to - Placebo
And some smiths to finish - what difference does it make, although I'd have the queen is dead over their debut any day.
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Big Head Todd & the Monsters ~ Midnight Radio
Candlebox ~Candlebox
Dio ~ Holy Diver
Torque ~ 103103
Kings X ~ Ear Candy
Guthrie Govan ~ Erotic Cakes
Johnny A ~ Get Inside / Sometime Tuesday Morning
Thin Lizzy ~ Johnny the Fox
Joe Bonamassa ~ Blues Deluxe
Richie Scarlet ~ Revelation Supreme / Wise Guy from NY (if you can find it)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela ~ Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Must Have)
Hope this helps
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I gotta get me some Johnny A. I've been putting it off for too long!
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If you havent allready got it, I recommend 'Electric' by The Cult. I got it today and its got some great songs on it :)
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^ LOL
That's old hat, man.
Don't forget, _tom_ I'm ancient!!!
You're right, though; good album!
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I gotta get me some Johnny A. I've been putting it off for too long!
hahaha, ditto!
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Johnny A is Playing in Piermont NY at the Turning Point on Wednesday night if you can drag Phil King out it'll be quite a show. I saw him there last month. Johnny can tear it up, he is a great player. I would go see J A again but I am seeing Smokin Joe Kubek on Thursday night there.