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    • goosehdG
      goosehd
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      Top 5 albums is impossible and it’s why I have almost everything on my phone.  It all depends on time, mood, surroundings, people etc.  Music has always been a big part of my life and I normally have something playing in the background most of the day.

      I think the music threads on this forum sum up most of what I listen to.  Things I haven’t seen are some of the old blues Guys (Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lead Belly, etc.) Jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, etc.), Classical, and Bluegrass music that I listen to.

      What is great is you have introduced me to quite a bit of new stuff and I thank you for it.  Example:  Listened to Silent Alarm today and loved it.  Thanks G!  🙂

      Great thread!!

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        Got a lot in common with @goosehd and a lot of y’all’s tastes. Jamming Bear Owsley’s recently released Johnny Cash recording from 1968 in San Francisco.

        Love delta and hill blues and classical as well. Huge Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Beethoven, and Bach fan in particular.

        Think it, be it.

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        • JoberwockyJ
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          @Matt:

          Top 5 albums:

          Kid A
          Kid A
          Kid A
          Kid A
          Kid A

          No love for ok computer or hail to the thief ??  ??? 😃

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          • popvultureP
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            Wow, a LOT to process in this thread — I see so much good shit that I don't even know where to start.

            I can never do a fave albums or bands list, have tried too many times over the years only to fail. I'll be thinking of some other things (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Murakami, William Gibson, Vonnegut for the winnnn) but for now I'll just make the only list I can readily think of.

            Top 5 personal fave guitarists, in no particular order:

            Neil Young
            Prince
            Bill Frisell
            Graham Coxon
            Mike Campbell

            WTB
            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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            • chrisjohnnickC
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              this thread gives me SO MUCH LIFE. I'm gonna take a few and try and put mine together. Top 5 albums is one of my favorite things to discuss with friends. it's a total judgement-free whatever pumps you up or inspires you type thing. I LOVE IT.

              Wants List:
              IHSH-20-Red, XL
              IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
              IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
              IHSW-45 Black, M
              IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
              IH-777S-SB size 32
              IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
              IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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              • chrisjohnnickC
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                @neph93:

                The White Stripes - Elephant
                GZA - Liquid Swords
                Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
                Most Clutch albums

                I SEE you.  😘

                Wants List:
                IHSH-20-Red, XL
                IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
                IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
                IHSW-45 Black, M
                IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
                IH-777S-SB size 32
                IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
                IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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                • S
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                  Ok. Top 5, really hard choices were made here.

                  OutKast - Aquemini
                  Ani Difranco - Out of Range
                  Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
                  Indigo Girls - Nomads, Indians, Saints
                  Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming

                  Aaarggh how did I not get Bjork - Post on here?  Or Paul Simon- Graceland (or Rhythm of the Saints, yeesh). What about Grateful Dead - American Beauty? Obviously this list will never end.

                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                  • chrisjohnnickC
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                    I know it's tough, and I don't really believe in hard rules so here are my top SIX in no particular order:

                    Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
                    Mineral - EndSerenading
                    Saves The Day - Through Being Cool
                    Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down
                    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
                    Jimmy Eat World - Clarity or Bleed American

                    And probably way too many honorable mentions also in no particular order:
                    Brand New - Deja Entendu
                    Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
                    Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
                    Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
                    Danzig - II: Lucifuge, or III: How the Gods Kill
                    Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview, or Losing Streak
                    Green Day – Dookie, or Nimrod
                    Weezer - Blue Album
                    Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, or Dear You
                    Guster - Keep it Together
                    ALL- Breaking Things
                    Elliott Smith - Either/Or

                    Wants List:
                    IHSH-20-Red, XL
                    IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
                    IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
                    IHSW-45 Black, M
                    IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
                    IH-777S-SB size 32
                    IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
                    IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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                    • chrisjohnnickC
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                      I think the main purpose of this exercise is to get you to break apart yourself into compartments. For example, what were you REALLY into at age 15, then 25, then age 40 (give or take a few years. It's crazy to think of how much your younger self plays a roll on what your older self is really into (deep down). Y'all go do you, nobody is judging.  😘

                      Wants List:
                      IHSH-20-Red, XL
                      IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
                      IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
                      IHSW-45 Black, M
                      IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
                      IH-777S-SB size 32
                      IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
                      IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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                      • S
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                        @mclaincausey:

                        Can get down with Kurt, Marquez, Stephenson, and especially William Fucking Gibson. I still have a cool Porter bag signed by him courtesy of @Snowy (thank you again my friend) and he is a big fan of Iron Heart and Acronym (just like me–couldn't be much more different brands but somehow we share a love for them)

                        ❤ Love you still have that bag. I still think about it quite a bit TBH. It's a really unique bag and perfectly sized. Cyberpunk, classic Japanese, military accented.

                        A bit more 'pop' on the book side, I enjoy reading the Takeshi Kovacs novels (the TV series is fairly decent too). Still can't get past the original Blade Runner for OG visuals tho.

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                        • steelworkerS
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                          John Banville
                          Snow
                          Eclipse
                          The Untouchable
                          Bingeing a little

                          Pictures at an Exhibition -Mark Harris
                          The Devil's Candy-Julie Salamon
                          the last 2 are movie books.
                          I can't pick top 5. But since you name Leigh-Fermor yeah, that could be one. I remember those books.

                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

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                          • JoberwockyJ
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                            @chrisjohnnick "keep it together" is a great album  ;D. I come back to it every now and again like a real broken in pair of shoes, "backyard" is a jam

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                            • GilesG
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                              Thanks G!  🙂

                              👍

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • jerkulesJ
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                                @neph93 glad to see Kate Bush being represented here. My favourite flits between The Dreaming & HOL, depends on the day.  Great to see Jeff Vandermeer on your list too, The Southern Reach trilogy is a modern masterpiece and is the eeriest stuff I’ve read in a while. I remember enjoying Vurt many years ago when I was reading as much weird Sci-Fi as possible.

                                @Nkwkfld how could I forget Knausgaard?! The My Struggle series is really important to me.

                                It’s cool to see so many crossovers in taste, and also to receive recommendations of things that have flown under my radar. It’s interesting to me how much crossover there actually is, and that the tastes don’t only align in terms of music, but books as well. This is a very enjoyable thread and I’m surprised one didn’t already exist!

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                                • Alex_24A
                                  Alex_24
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                                  @neph93:

                                  @Alex_24:

                                  Bukowski was one of the Greatest [emoji119]

                                  I found him to be a miserable hack.

                                  …and a degenerate, drunken alcoholic[emoji3516]Don’t sell him short [emoji6]

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                                  • ARNCA
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                                    I just can’t get there with books. There are many I’ve enjoyed over the years but only one stands out for constant revisiting. A slight cheat as it’s a collected works, but for me it’s The Complete Saki.

                                    “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      Interpol - Antics

                                      Thanks for the reminder….

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                        Top Five Cringiest songs that have not aged very well 😬

                                        I am not going to post these for obvious reasons. But feel free to look them up for yourself 😉 I can actually think if way worse songs but they are completely in poor taste. The list escalates quickly…

                                        1. I was made for lovin' you -Kiss
                                        2. I can dream about you- Dan Hartman
                                        3. Are you ready for the sex girls? -Gleaming Spires
                                        4. Gunpoint Affection- Black Market Baby
                                        5. Little Girls- Oingo Boingo

                                        Honorable mentions:

                                        Anything by GG Allin
                                        Turn Japanese- the Vapors

                                        I had a larger list compiled in my mind earlier but I can't remember now. I know there's another one great one I'm forgetting.

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                                        • JoberwockyJ
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                                          @Filthy you've got some brutal songs there, bud  😃

                                          Pity on the person who uses that list to make a playlist

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                                          • MattM
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                                            This one should def make that list…

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