Hey you music-lovers!

Vanimal46 · March 25, 2016

4 albums you'd want if you were stranded on a deserted island.........................go!

Edit, I said it anyway Craig, Ha!

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf

Incubus - Morning View

Queen - Greatest Hits (if they have a greatest hits album)

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

Queen greatest is a great album. Truly.

stringer bell · March 25, 2016

I like Fleetwood's Bare Trees from way back. Love Van the Man and Hotel California.

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf
Incubus - Morning View
Queen - Greatest Hits (if they have a greatest hits album)

Aren't you a bit young for this to be your list?

Vanimal46 · March 25, 2016

Aren't you a bit young for this to be your list?

Haha I get that a lot.. Co-workers are stunned that I know a lot of artists before my time. Albums today aren't like what they used to be. They're mostly 1-2 singles that get worn out on the radio and the rest is forgettable...

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

Sorry we stole the focus from classical music everyone.

Craig Arko · March 25, 2016

Sorry we stole the focus from classical music everyone.

I don't think any genre is off-limits here. I like bagpipes, for Pete's sake.

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

I don't think any genre is off-limits here. I like bagpipes, for Pete's sake.

I love bagpipes. I still tear up when I think about the send off of Payne Stewart.

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

I don't think any genre is off-limits here. I like bagpipes, for Pete's sake.

Heh ... I have bagpipes as my ring tone ... the unofficial Scottish National Anthem.

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf
Incubus - Morning View
Queen - Greatest Hits (if they have a greatest hits album)

Just go with Queen - The Platinum Collection ... it's a 3-CD set ... I think ... or 4.

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

Also, I could not pick a jazz album by name.....so no jazz made it.

My two 'go to' jazz albums are Miles Davis: Kind of Blue and John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Studio Album. Both I'd put in the 'soft and dreamy' category, and both are ... easily accessible. In fact, I might have to edit my four above. Sigh.

formerly33 · March 25, 2016

Aren't you a bit young for this to be your list?

Wait a minute, aren't you too old for Arctic Monkeys to be on yours?

I used to listen to a bunch of AM, but I'm bored with that now. I actually don't really care for my generation of music ... I know I'm just being a stick in the mud, but everything's gotten too poppy. I know a lot of people accuse Nirvana of being the same, but I LOVE Nirvana. They're the bestest. I almost think I like Nirvana better than most people who lived through that era - I don't have any negative memories about it such as safety pins in the ears and whatnot. Yep, I've had people complain to me about that.

I haven't listened to enough full albums to actually do a non-classical list - when I first got into rock eight months ago (before that I didn't know of anyone besides The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and the only reason I knew about The Rolling Stones was because I randomly ran into a history of their logo a year or two beforehand), I listened to some full albums by Arctic Monkeys, Muse, The Fratellis, etc., but that's not really my style anymore. Other than Nevermind (which I've listened to 10,000 times in the last month), I mostly just listen to artists' top songs on Spotify, so yeah, Queen's Platinum Collection sounds great ... 3 or 4 CD's? That sounds almost like cheating, but I'll take it!

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

Beatles Anothology complete
Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 with Bashkirova, Vengerov and Pergamenschikow
The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites (Yo Yo Ma)

The 4th ... either 11 Classic Albums Collection (Doris Day) or The Queen Platinum Collection

Okay ... removing the Brahms and adding John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman studio album. Then my fourth is Queen - Platinum Collection.

It'd be easier if I could make a 'mixed CD' for that last one. So my four now are:

Beatles Anthology complete

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman studio album

Queen - Platinum Collection

Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites with Yo Yo Ma.

And I'd listen to Bach in the mornings, Coltrane/Hartman at night and the other two mixed all throughout the day.

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

A good friend listed both those jazz albums on his top 10.....I guess I'll have to re-listen to them.

Let's just say the two times I've seen Arctic Monkeys, I was on the older side of the crowd. Unlike many of my friends, I love new music. I also love new beer. I think I just love experiencing new things. There are SO MANY!

Eating my own dogfood, I have my office door closed, and London Calling on my phone right now. I don't think the other people around me can hear it. Thank goodness I have an office now....

Craig Arko · March 25, 2016

I'd have a hard time passing on The Great Summit.

formerly33 · March 25, 2016

Okay ... I actually don't have a decisive answer to the question I'm about to present (it's Hrb's idea, but I'm curious to know what other people have to say), but if you could be considered the best performer of any three pieces of music on your own instrument, what would they be?

I'm tempted to go with overplayed pieces, but I have a feeling people would be emotionally attached to other recordings of those, so I don't know ... it'd be nice to bring up some underrated solos. The bummer thing is, for as much hype as the flute gets, it has a pretty minimal repertoire. Three is a hard number to go with unless you're doing concertos, too - I can't imagine people going, "Oh yeah, Always is the best at the Sonata no. 5 in E minor." I'd prefer "Always is the best at the Bach flute sonatas."

But my current (and very flexible) list is:

Concerto in D minor - Bernhard Molique

Concierto pastoral - Joaquín Rodrigo

Carnevale di Venezia - Giulio Briccialdi

I wanted to go with conducted pieces, but according to Hrb, that's not an option. Sigh ...

Oh, and speaking of jazz, I'm a big fan of Pink Martini.

Willihammer · March 25, 2016

I've been in a bubble gum pop phase so Grimes is my go-to right now. Came out last fall.

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

A good friend listed both those jazz albums on his top 10.....I guess I'll have to re-listen to them.

Let's just say the two times I've seen Arctic Monkeys, I was on the older side of the crowd. Unlike many of my friends, I love new music. I also love new beer. I think I just love experiencing new things. There are SO MANY!

Eating my own dogfood, I have my office door closed, and London Calling on my phone right now. I don't think the other people around me can hear it. Thank goodness I have an office now....

If you listen to and like a lot of jazz, those probably wouldn't be the best albums for you. But those two are ones I tell people who don't really know jazz and haven't listened to a lot to start there. Both are truly timeless, imo.

Willihammer · March 25, 2016

We have some crossover there Mike. Weezer Blue album is the correct answer. Though the green album comes in a close second.

The Weezer Blue album has a special place for me, it was my 2nd CD purchase back 20+ years ago (first was Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt). In the past year or so it has had a renaissance on the local radio waves which has made me happy.

Never got into the Green one personally.

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

Okay ... I actually don't have a decisive answer to the question I'm about to present (it's Hrb's idea, but I'm curious to know what other people have to say), but if you could be considered the best performer of any three pieces of music on your own instrument, what would they be?

I'm tempted to go with overplayed pieces, but I have a feeling people would be emotionally attached to other recordings of those, so I don't know ... it'd be nice to bring up some underrated solos. The bummer thing is, for as much hype as the flute gets, it has a pretty minimal repertoire. Three is a hard number to go with unless you're doing concertos, too - I can't imagine people going, "Oh yeah, Always is the best at the Sonata no. 5 in E minor." I'd prefer "Always is the best at the Bach flute sonatas."

But my current (and very flexible) list is:

Concerto in D minor - Bernhard Molique
Concierto pastoral - Joaquín Rodrigo
Carnevale di Venezia - Giulio Briccialdi

I wanted to go with conducted pieces, but according to Hrb, that's not an option. Sigh ...

Oh, and speaking of jazz, I'm a big fan of Pink Martini.

My wife loves pink martini. I'm a fan of postmodern jukebox right now, but I think I've watched all of their stuff.

formerly33 · March 25, 2016

My wife loves pink martini. I'm a fan of postmodern jukebox right now, but I think I've watched all of their stuff.

I really like Von Smith's cover of Postmodern Jukebox's version of Macklemore's "Thrift Shop":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdG8znVcfdc&feature=youtu.be

biggentleben · March 25, 2016

Being a vocalist of a wide range (and varying weird abilities to do with my vocal chords - not like that, you sickos!), I'm a big fan of vocal arranged music. My big kick has been Home Free.

I'm also a fan of so many varying genres that identifying the rest of the list would be rough.

Metallica - Black Album was my pre-game music for athletics

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue is one of those I can let run on the player over and over and never stop

Jussi Bjorling recordings are amazing (my vocal performance instructor at the U compared me to him vocally in my high range and really got me into his vocal stylings)

Garth Brooks - No Fences was played very frequently in tractor cabs as I worked on the farm, and it definitely changed some of my opinion on country

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

I'll also agree on Nirvana - Nevermind.

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

My wife sang in a great choir....I don't need to hear more religious choir music for the rest of my life.....

I really liked Pentatonix for a long time, now I'm bored with them.

Have a set of vocal arrangements of some dude singing LOTR music I am supposed to listen to this weekend.

biggentleben · March 25, 2016

My wife sang in a great choir....I don't need to hear more religious choir music for the rest of my life.....

I really liked Pentatonix for a long time, now I'm bored with them.

Have a set of vocal arrangements of some dude singing LOTR music I am supposed to listen to this weekend.

Give Home Free a try. They are country, I'll warn you of that. The better way to consume them, however, is to watch their videos, because frankly, those guys have FUN making music, which is how it should be!

Mike Sixel · March 25, 2016

Give Home Free a try. They are country, I'll warn you of that. The better way to consume them, however, is to watch their videos, because frankly, those guys have FUN making music, which is how it should be!

I think I've seen them, from MN? Winners of the same competition as Pentatonix? Not bad.

twinsnorth49 · March 25, 2016

Btw, I did the Current's 10 essential albums list thingy.....it is really hard to say only 10 albums. I did not pick the most important, or the best, but ones I come back to over and over. I would have put Beethoven's 9th on there, but that seemed silly given it was the Current. Also, I could not pick a jazz album by name.....so no jazz made it. This list is just the music I put on the most often, by far. I feel like the Beastie boys should replace the Clash, given that i listen to them more, or maybe Peter Gabriel's So, or American Idiot......

Stupid work is blocking the ability for me to do this easily....guess I'll type it (these are not in order):

XTC - Oranges and Lemons (could be skylarking, but whatever)
Dee Lite - World Clique (one hit wonder, but 4 great songs on here)
Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (this is the one that got me to them)
Arctic Monkeys - AM (the only current album on the list, but the Black Keys or Jack White would be on a longer list)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (unreal, so good still)
Weezer - Weezer (blue)
Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss
Devo - Freedom of Choice (almost went with the first one instead)
The Clash - London Calling
Nirvana - Nevermind

Really wish there was room for classic rock, like Zepelin on there.....

I said 4, not 10, quit copping out.

twinsnorth49 · March 25, 2016

Being a vocalist of a wide range (and varying weird abilities to do with my vocal chords - not like that, you sickos!), I'm a big fan of vocal arranged music. My big kick has been Home Free.

I'm also a fan of so many varying genres that identifying the rest of the list would be rough.

Metallica - Black Album was my pre-game music for athletics
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue is one of those I can let run on the player over and over and never stop
Jussi Bjorling recordings are amazing (my vocal performance instructor at the U compared me to him vocally in my high range and really got me into his vocal stylings)
Garth Brooks - No Fences was played very frequently in tractor cabs as I worked on the farm, and it definitely changed some of my opinion on country
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

I'll also agree on Nirvana - Nevermind.

That's 5, or 6.

formerly33 · March 25, 2016

Okay ... top ten songs of all time. Or it could be your top ten favorite songs. Four just isn't any easy number to deal with, especially on a desert island.

twinsnorth49 · March 25, 2016

Van Morrison- Moondance

Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street

Best of Little Walter, 50th Anniversary Chess Collection

Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays- As Falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls.

Squirrel · March 25, 2016

Okay ... top ten songs of all time. Or it could be your top ten favorite songs. Four just isn't any easy number to deal with, especially on a desert island.

I think we've done a top 10 or top 5 song thing before. Maybe it was in a game thread, though.

I'd have to think on that though ... but off the top of my head I'd go with these to start:

Over the Rainbow or this or this or even this

La Vie en Rose or this one or the original

Imagine (there is only one)

Boheman Rhapsody

O mio babbino caro (only with Callas, I mean ... sigh)