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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

1321.0. "Desert island disc" by YUPPY::PANES (Another summer of hate) Fri Aug 04 1995 18:49


Following on from the "Your all time favourite of all time " ( which some 
chose to just write a list ), what is your "all time favourite of
all time" album and ..er.. why?

Stuart
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1321.1Why whats yours then Mr PanesCHEFS::STRATFORDSDisconnect brain from mouthFri Aug 04 1995 18:5310
    All Mod Cons - The Jam
    
    A perfect pop album.
    
    Fine rhythms and great tunes. A perfect snapshot of Britain at that time.
    Something that the Fred Perry wearing wannabes of the current new wave 
    should go home and listen to, and then come back when they can create
    something as cohesive.
    
    Stuart
1321.2PENUTS::LEVINEFri Aug 04 1995 19:014
    Kink Kronicles - The Kinks
    
    
    Peter
1321.3What is a hairshirt anyway ???CHEFS::RUTHERFORDIA)bort R)etry F)*** It !!Fri Aug 04 1995 19:1518
    
    
    Green - REM
    
    Just a superbly constructed album, and some nice little ditties too !!
    
    Also, because of its faults. I don't know if anyone else has noticed on
    a number of copies (on the tape this is ) the track-listings apply to
    the wrong sides, ie. Pop Song 89 is on side 2 etc. And instead of track
    4 it says track R !! You would never know that I'd listened to thia
    album a lot would you.
    
    Now then, all together, Stand in the place where you live..........
    
    Love it !!
    
    
    Ian.
1321.4YUPPY::PANESAnother summer of hateFri Aug 04 1995 19:3710

  King of America - Elvis Costello.

  I'm not sure exactly why this would be the one for me - but it would be.
  It has the ability to make me wistful, melancholic and happy.

  Stuart

  
1321.5CHEFS::STRATFORDSDisconnect brain from mouthFri Aug 04 1995 19:425
    >   It has the ability to make me wistful, melancholic and happy
    
    as does alcohol....
    
    Stuart
1321.6WOTVAX::STONEGTemperature Drop in Downtime Winterland....Fri Aug 04 1995 20:487
    
    HeyDay - The Church
    
    anone who's listened to it will surely know why, and anyone who hasn't
    doesn't know what they've missed %^)
    
    G.
1321.7Dartford's finest...VARESE::SACHA::IDC_BSTROh no! NOT Milan Kundera again!Fri Aug 04 1995 21:1717
    >Kink Kronicles - The Kinks
    
     That one's pretty close to my own heart too.
    
    Ackshirley, it's a mighty difficult choice, and I'll probably have
    changed my mind by this time tomorrow For the moment, I'll plump for:
    
    
    
    "Out Of Our Heads" - The Rolling Stones
    
    Only 30 years old this one, and almost totally derivative. But if you want 
    a good knees-up, it beats any 70s punk band hollow. And any white
    singer with the courage to cover Otis Redding, Larry Williams, Sam Cooke,
    Don Covay and Marvin Gaye on one LP deserves *something*!
    
    Dom
1321.8For today anywayCHEFS::DIVERLFri Aug 04 1995 21:1738
    
    Mike(F) and I tried doing this back in '89 and managed to narrow
    it down to a top ten - and that caused enough controversy!
    
    My top ten then was:
    Smiths - 'Queen is Dead'
    Lloyd Cole - 'Rattlesnakes'
    Waterboys - 'This is the Sea'
    REM - 'Document'
    New Order - 'Brotherhood'
    U2 - 'War'
    Jesus & Mary Chain - 'Darklands'
    Prefab Sprout - 'Steve McQueen'
    Billy Bragg - 'Talking with the Taxman about poetry'
    The The - 'Uncertain Smile'
    
    Mike's list (I can put this in as he's in Munich and can't defend
    himself!) was:
    Prince - 'Sign of the Times'
    Tom Waits 'Swordfish Trombone'
    Joy Division - 'Closer'
    U2 - 'Unforgettable Fire'
    New Order - 'Power, corruption & lies'
    Lloyd Cole - 'Rattlesnakes'
    Billy Bragg - 'Talking with the taxman...'
    REM - 'Document'
    Smith - 'Queen is Dead'
    Miles Davis - 'Kind of Blue'.
    
    I think the lists will have changed alot since then, but if pushed
    I'd probably plump for Darklands, because I just love it - love the
    songs, love their voices, love the lyrics, etc.
    
    Honourable mentions would also go to 'Bizzaro' (Wedding Present) for
    thrashing guitars and 'Candleland' (Ian McCulloch) because it's just
    sooo beautiful.
    
    Leonie.
1321.9CBHVAX::CBHLager LoutFri Aug 04 1995 21:5917
Well, if lists are now allowed...

Hawkwind - er, um (there's so many of the buggers!) "Stasis", probably.
Black Sabbath - "Never Say Die"
Lush - "Gala"
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Toyah - "The Changeling"
Cocteau Twins - "Heaven or Las Vegas"
The Macc Lads - "From Beer to Eternity"
Ultravox - "Quartet"
Motorhead - "Bomber"
King Crimson - "Sleepless"

That's today's choice anyway, it'll probably be different tomorrow, and
the day after, etc...

Chris.
1321.10CHEFS::BARKERNThis town needs an enemaMon Aug 07 1995 17:429
    No,  No lists allowed.
    
    Fave of all time.
    
    Aladin Sane  Bowie.
    
    Unsurpassed.
    
    Nigel 
1321.11WIMPEY::CROSSAMon Aug 07 1995 17:5826
    Contenders.....
    
    Old School Stuff
    
    Back In Black - AC/DC
    
    Never Mind The B*ll*cks - The Sex Pistols
    
    Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars - Bowie
    
    
    Newer up and coming types
    
    Music For The Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
    
    Definately Maybe - Oasis
    
    Elastica - Elastica
    
    Bossanova - The Pixies(perhaps this is old school)
    
    Trouble is so many albums have one blinding side and a duff flipside.
    Can we have combiantions ???
    
    		Stretch.
    
1321.12It's a tough decision..in a town calledYUPPY::OHAGANBMon Aug 07 1995 18:048
    None of yer rock milestones for me. Quite simply some of the exquisite
    pop music ever recorded.......Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout.
    
    
    
    Or perhaps The Flat Earth by Thomas Dolby.
    
    Barry.