Best Ever Albums

Re: five musicians for the desert island

SquishypuffDave — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:36:13 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/25/2013 08:36

Revised list:

1. Talk Talk
2. Deerhoof
3. Sufjan Stevens
4. Swans
5. Talking Heads

Yes... I could happily survive on this.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Jasonconfused — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:15:49 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/25/2013 02:15

revolver94 wrote:

Although I'm nervous about 3+4, they're more old favorites than current favorites... hmmm...

I constantly find myself having this problem, but the way I think about it is that artists or albums will undoubtedly get old to us but we shouldn't consider them any less our favorites or greats. I rank them by how much they impacted me and how much I enjoyed them at the peak of my liking them.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

revolver94 — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:09:43 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 03/25/2013 02:09

Hmmm....

1. Brian Eno
2. David Bowie
3. Radiohead
4. The Beatles
5. Beach House

Although I'm nervous about 3+4, they're more old favorites than current favorites... hmmm...

Yeah this is fine actually.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

L Lawliet — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:58:38 GMT

Author: L Lawliet

Posted: 03/25/2013 01:58

Fiery Furnaces
Talking Heads
Joy Division
Can
Mazzy Star

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Jasonconfused — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:35:17 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 03/25/2013 01:35

I've done this before but that time I did it with individuals, this time I'm going to do it with bands/artists/musicians.. And I'm only counting musically here, not survival skills or anything.

Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Metallica
Pink Floyd
David Bowie

Bonus: Frank Zappa (Mothers and solo)

These aren't necessarily my favorite artists but I think it would be a nice balance of things I like.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:19:55 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2013 01:19

Led Zeppelin
Meat Loaf
Scorpions
Alice Cooper
Def Leppard

Obvious choices

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:17:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/25/2013 00:17

lethalnezzle wrote:

Wu-Tang (inc. solo members discographies)
Bob Dylan
Pavement
Brian Eno
Miles Davis

Swap one of Miles/Eno/Pavement for The Lips and this is still pretty much how I feel. Not sure who I'd cross off though, I'm leaning towards Pavement because of the relatively small discography, but it'd be hard to part with them. Maybe Eno, although I feel like a discography so wide and varied, with some highlights I adore, would come in handy in such a situation. Fuck knows, but I do know The Flaming Lips should be on this list, probably in place of Pavement, reluctantly.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:59:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:59

1. Vashti Bunyan (duh)
2. Joanna Newsom (duh. Oh, and does this include any albums that are released while I'm on the island? Would any new albums by her be sent to me? XD)
3. Don Van Vliet (he cheers me up. No sad music allowed on desert island! Now, if we were on dessert island, I'd want some sad music to counteract all the joy, hahahaha.)
4. Robert Fripp (King Crimson discography, and other stuff too!)
5. Syd Barrett (including Piper)

Nick Drake would be a good one too. Hm. Maybe Frank Zappa since his discography is huge and diverse.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:58:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:58

420BongRitsu69 wrote:

Are we taking in to account their ability to help you survive?

In that case...

John Power (for procreation and being a scouser he'll know how to nick stuff!)
Kim Deal (because she's hard and I guarantee she knows how to use a machete)
Keith Moon (because he's a mentalist and would know just by looking at them what plants will do what for you!)
Ian McCulloch (for procreation and being a scouser he'll know how to nick stuff!)
Bjork (beacuse I remember reading somewhere that she knows how to hunt and stuff)

There... survival guaranteed!

Re: five musicians for the desert island

MrFrogger — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:29:45 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:29

420BongRitsu69 wrote:

Are we taking in to account their ability to help you survive?

Wow didn't even think about that.
In that case I want Death Grips. Those guys can forage like a motherfucker.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

bongritsu — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:28:22 GMT

Author: bongritsu

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:28

Are we taking in to account their ability to help you survive?

Are we also assuming they are able to play thier full range of music without power for amps/computers/synths and shit?

Re: five musicians for the desert island

MrFrogger — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:27:02 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:27

The Beatles
Animal Collective
Radiohead
Flaming Lips
Pink Floyd

Re: five musicians for the desert island

TrekkiELO — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:22:08 GMT

Author: TrekkiELO

Posted: 03/24/2013 23:22

Electric Light Orchestra
Genesis
Phil Collins
Billy Joel
Buckner & Garcia

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:27:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/16/2012 03:27

Springsteen
U2
Dave Matthews Band
Pearl Jam
Vigilantes of Love

Re: five musicians for the desert island

pearljammer13 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:03:35 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 11/16/2012 02:03

Modest Mouse
Jack White
Pearl Jam
The Shins
Led Zeppelin

Seems that artists with larger discographies would make more sense, gotta take as many albums as possible.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:51:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/16/2012 01:51

Record labels is way easier than artists... (this may be because I am what Purple so lovingly refers to as a 'vinyl head')

Factory
Sarah
Creation
Rough Trade
Beggars Banquet

(with an option on 4AD, XL, Motown, Mute and Cherry Red... if someone has some spare space on the boat!)

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:31:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/16/2012 00:31

Jasonconfused wrote:

Record Labels... that's interesting. I've never followed or paid attention to record labels. Is that something that people normally take note of?

vaguely, but only because I'm a largely digital buyer. if I were a vinyl head, I'd keep stock of all the record labels since they often let out small notifications on vinyl exclusives and rarities (though, there are better outlets for this information). it's almost hard not to notice it really, just like producers and release year, because almost every published list includes year/producer/label with the artist name and album title.

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Jasonconfused — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:54:16 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 11/15/2012 21:54

Record Labels... that's interesting. I've never followed or paid attention to record labels. Is that something that people normally take note of?

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:31 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/15/2012 21:00

oooh, good idea!

record labels:

Warp
Touch & Go
Merge
Drag City
Factory

Re: five musicians for the desert island

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:15:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/15/2012 19:15

Artists...

Plastikman
Aphex Twin
Elliott Smith
Spiritualized
Prince

and record labels...

Warp
Ninja Tune
Motown
Trojan
Mo' Wax