Your Top 5
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@Stuart-T said in Your Top 5:
Hmm an age old, impossible question.
Nas illmatic
Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Beatdown
Uniform Choice scream for change
Ani Difranco imperfectly
Kate Bush Sensual WorldThey all get weekly play on CD, and I haven't got bored yet. Been listening to all of them since years of release.
Eclectic. Can’t beat a bit of West Coast Straight Edge.
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choose my favorites would be to hard so i'm going with authors, directors, and live bands
authors:
Cormac McCarthy
Chuck Palahniuk
Jack Kerouac (i have a thing for all the beat writers)
Charles Bukowski
Ken Kesey
and an honorable mention to Hunter Thompsondirectors:
The Coen Brothers
Wes Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Quentin Tarantino
Stanley Kubrick
honorable mentions to Jeff Nichols, Savage Steve Holland (better off dead is my number 1 with a bullet all time favorite movie), David Fincherlive bands :
Lucero
Fugazi
Bane
Flag (the black flag band thats not black flag but has more actual past members then black flag, including my 2 favorite black flag singers)
Flogging Molly
honorable mentions Dropkick murphy's, Converge, Hatebreed, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie boys, Terror, American Nightmare, Neil Diamond, Braid, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes -
Great shit; Lucero just dropped a new one this week, great live band! Fugazi was absolutely formative for me. Their shows were so great. I really loved their label in general, lots of great bands on Dischord.
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Guys if we are talking post rock, what about Regulator Watts and Abilene? And Hoover? They are my top 3 noise rock bands.
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@mclaincausey said in Your Top 5:
Great shit; Lucero just dropped a new one this week, great live band! Fugazi was absolutely formative for me. Their shows were so great. I really loved their label in general, lots of great bands on Dischord.
Lucero live used to be an amazing experience, the last few times I seen them was not so great. and the last few albums just don't speak to me.
But that's life.
I got lucky and saw Fugazi at there last show in toronto back in like 99ish? Great show and Grade opened for that. -
Last Lucero I saw was in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock in 2008. Rowdy crowd and they had them in the palm of their hand. I haven’t listened to them much since then but it was a terrific show.
I got to see Fugazi twice up close and personal, 1993, when my friend interviewed Ian before the show while I was in high school:
https://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/jackson-ms-usa-40893And again in 1996:
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yeah the rowdiness is over
they don't play any faster songs back to back
ben even switches to an acoustic guitar for last night in townhttps://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/toronto-on-canada-71998
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@jerkules bonus points for Melancholy. Man was that an album
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@mclaincausey @natehate The "real" show I ever attended was Fugazi in Milwaukee in 93'. Before that it was just local punk rock bands.
I just turned 15 and unwisely "borrowed" my parents car, filled it with friends and saw Fugazi and Lungfish. It truly changed the course of who I was to become. That sounds a bit cheesy, but it is true. I had the fortune of seeing Fugazi a few other times, but nothing ever compared to that first one.
Lucero- I have probably seen Lucero more than any other band. They used to headline or open for what seemed to be every band that I wanted to see throught the early 2000's. I grew to love them. There last time they were at Red Rocks was my welcome back to music from the covid restrictions. It was special, as I forgot how powerful live music was for my soul after going without for sooo long. But it is true, they aren't nearly as rowdy as they were. Grown ups....pfft..
I should probably rank my Top 5 shows at some point. That first Fugazi show would have to be in there, but that is a tough other 4.....
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@Bored-In-Breck said in Your Top 5:
The "real" show I ever attended was Fugazi in Milwaukee in 93'. Before that it was just local punk rock bands.
I just turned 15 and unwisely "borrowed" my parents car, filled it with friends and saw Fugazi and Lungfish. It truly changed the course of who I was to become. That sounds a bit cheesy, but it is true. I had the fortune of seeing Fugazi a few other times, but nothing ever compared to that first one.
I can totally relate to that. Started around the same time and age, and it never really went away.
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Man I love Lungfish @Bored-In-Breck "Talking Songs for Walking" shook me, listened to that one a ton in the day.
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Some great picks here, you all is cultured!
Top 5 albums (in no particular order:)
- Led Zeppelin II
- Supersession - Mike Bloomfield
- Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
- In the jungle groove - James Brown
- Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
More...
Fragile - Yes
2112 - Rush
Frizzle Fry - Primus
Transmutation - Praxis
Paid in full - Eric B and Rakim
Swinging doors and the bottle let me down - Merle Haggard
Double live gonzo! - Ted Nugent
Joe's garage - Frank Zappa
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Chocolate City - Parliament...you said "5," right?
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Joining in the fun, in no particular order.
Radiohead The Bends
Bloc Party A Weekend in The City
Sigur Ros. Takk
Bjork Post/Volta/Debut
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Message -
yet another great thread ive overlooked in this forum. Enjoyed reading through everyone’s lists this lazy Sunday.
In no order:
David Bowie -“Station to Station” and or “Low”
Red Hot Chili Peppers -“Blood Sugar Sex Magic”
Deftones -“White Pony”
Nirvana -“Unplugged”
Arcade Fire -“Everything Now” -
So difficult to pin this down to 5. Like most people, if I got asked this question next week I would have a completely different set of answers:
- Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
- Bob Dylan - Desire.
- David Bowie - Hunky Dory.
- Jason Isbell - Live from Alabama.
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.
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Drop kick Murphy’s - do or die
Offspring - smash
Foo fighters - first album
Beastie boys - hello nasty
Sublime-self title -
Hard to pick 5 books and even harder to pick 5 favourite albums so I’ll post the books and have a good think about the albums…
In no particular order:
The Crossing - Cormac Mcarthy
The old man & the sea - Hemingway
Robin Hobb - the whole Fitz saga
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Hard to pick a favourite Stephen King but I’m guna go with Bag of Bones -
I'll play off @DeeDee85 book post (sorry, I'm a child at heart and mostly enjoy escaping with a fantasy novel):
The Wise Man's Fear -Patrick Ruthfuss
A Storm of Swords -George Martin
The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three -Stephen King
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -JK Rowling
The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance -Brandon Sanderson -
@flannel-slut White Pony deserves a top 5 for sure
