Top 10 (Non Pearl-Jam)

[Norah]

You aren't alone, don't worry.

Yeah, and I'm not fond of this whole "if you dont like Tom Waits you are a simpleminded fool" thing either.

Here, play with this ball.

[Scott]

Nearly impossible....but....

The Last Song - Lucero
Powderfinger - Neil Young
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Lines on My Face - Peter Frampton
Last Chance - Shooting Star
Peace Frog - The Doors
Tobin - Ben Nichols
Dreams I'll Never See - Molly Hatchet
Survivor Blues - Cory Branan
Piss and Vinegar - Against Me!

[i got bugs]

off the top of my head, 1 per band

led zep - ten years gone
pink floyd - pigs (three little ones)
csn - southern cross
black crowes - wiser time
aic - nutshell
rolling stones - moonlight mile (or dead flowers, torn n frayed..close call between em)
bob seger - against the wind
nirvana - lounge act
grateful dead - help on the way/slipknot
gnr - patience

[ridleybradout]

In an attempt to get this thread back on track - off the top o' the noggin:

REM - Begin The Begin
Radiohead - Let Down
Mark Lanegan - One Way Street
Crowded House - Distant Sun
Queens of the Stone Age - Regular John
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Live - I Alone
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Powderfinger - DAF

nirvana - lounge act

Dammit - I forgot to include this (along with 'Tom Petty feat. EV - The Waiting') but I can't pick what I'd omit. AND I cheated by having 11 in the first place

[WtOB?]

You aren't alone, don't worry.

Yeah, and I'm not fond of this whole "if you dont like Tom Waits you are a simpleminded fool" thing either.

Here, play with this ball.

[washing machine]

Yeah I hear you. I'm not trying to be a a$$ or saying people are idiots to like him. In fact I can see liking or appreciating him but to LOVE him seems weird. I just don't see that level of appeal. Another example would be Frank Zappa. I can appreciate him especially the musicianship which is off the charts but to LOVE him? When people say they love Tom Waits its almost like I don't believe them. I just don't get it.

Waits is probably my second or third all-time favorite musician. I think I see him the way a lot of people in this forum see Neil Young, as a musical genius and also a personal hero of sorts. Ditto on Frank Zappa, though.

I just realized that I've never read your take on Neil Young. I may have missed it or perhaps it's just never come up. Anyways, what is your take on Neil Young?

[Jorge]

I just realized that I've never read your take on Neil Young. I may have missed it or perhaps it's just never come up. Anyways, what is your take on Neil Young?

I dunno. I like his stuff okay, but I can't get too excited about it. I own "Rust Never Sleeps", "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" and "Harvest". I don't really care to explore further.

[washing machine]

Ah. Not that I really care one way or another, but "Round Round (It Won't Be Long)" sounds pretty damn good on your headphones, amirite?

[Jorge]

Ah. Not that I really care one way or another, but "Round Round (It Won't Be Long)" sounds pretty damn good on your headphones, amirite?

Sure.

[washing machine]

I bet you don't like Neil Young because he's a sloppy musician. Fucking Jerk.

[veddar10]

just off the top of my head and what I'm feeling right now in no real order aside from #1

1. The Black Crowes - My Morning Song (live versions)...forever my #1 even if PJ was included
2. R.E.M. - Electrolite
3. The Hold Steady - How a Resurrection Really Feels
4. The Gaslight Anthem - Meet Me By the River's Edge
5. Stone Temple Pilots - Still Remains
6. Alice in Chains - Don't Follow
7. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Devil's Night Out
8. The Who - Sea and Sand
9. The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
10. The Specials - Ghost Town

I dig this list.

in no particular order off the top of my head.

girl from a pawnshop-black crowes (holds a special place for me even though its admittedly not an all time great. Or is it?)
like suicide-soundgarden
downtown train-tom
call me a dog-chris cornell (acoustic)
Alice in Chains-rotten apple
Going to California-Led Zeppelin
Cursed Diamond-black crowes (acoustic)
High Flying Bird-Elton John
My Shit's Fucked Up-Warren Zevon
Wiser Time-The Black Crowes
like suicide

[liebzz]

Couple of things:

First, I also feel that way about Radiohead. I mean, I own most of their albums, but I just can't last more than 15 minutes with them...I am somehow unwilling to go to their headspace no matter how hard I try.

Second, I could never ever make this list. I try once every few years to list my 50 favorite albums and it takes many hours. I don't know that I am even capable of listing 10 favorite songs since there would be hundreds more that could fill the same space - and I don't even listen to that many albums a year.

[Heathen]

Why on Earth would anyone own most of the albums by a band they don't care to listen to?

[liebzz]

Why on Earth would anyone own most of the albums by a band they don't care to listen to?

I own the Bends because I enjoy most of the songs on the album. I actually do really like OK Computer and Kid A. It's after this that I kept getting their albums in the hopes that I could connect with it, and it just didn't work. The King of Limbs was the first Radiohead album that I just didn't bother with. I think my take is that OK Computer was the last album where the electronic blips and bloops accented their sound rather than dominated it. The first time it dominated, I felt like it worked for them (Kid A). Everything that followed just didn't feel the same for me, but I held out hope because everyone seemed to enjoy the next albums (since most of what I hear is from word of mouth, it seemed worth a shot). Does this explain it?

[Heathen]

I guess it does. Your previous post made it look like you didn't enjoy any of their albums and still kept buying them.

[liebzz]

I guess it does. Your previous post made it look like you didn't enjoy any of their albums and still kept buying them.

Yeah, I was a bit vague.

[Brainof23]

There are some bands that seem to suck you in album after album but you never quite embrace it totally. I know for me, there isn't as many albums released each year that I want to buy. Sometimes I am roaming best buy and see the new Collective Soul CD for 9.99 and say, sure why not. I have almost every Collective Soul album. I like the band. I always go back to the well and yet seem to be only moderately impressed with my purchase.

It sounds stupid, I agree. But, does anyone get what I am saying?

[beat]

There are some bands that seem to suck you in album after album but you never quite embrace it totally. I know for me, there isn't as many albums released each year that I want to buy. Sometimes I am roaming best buy and see the new Collective Soul CD for 9.99 and say, sure why not. I have almost every Collective Soul album. I like the band. I always go back to the well and yet seem to be only moderately impressed with my purchase.

It sounds stupid, I agree. But, does anyone get what I am saying?

It's The Mars Volta for me. I like them and am impressed by their music, but I don't love them and haven't really listened to each album more then once.

[beat]

1. America - Yes (arrangement of Paul Simon song on Yesterdays)
2. The Dance of Maya - Mahavishnu Orchestra
3. The Spirit of Radio - Rush
4. Hunting Girl - Jethro Tull
5. Start of Something Beautiful - Porcupine Tree
6. No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun - Steven Wilson
7. Warehouse - Dave Matthews Band
8. In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin
9. Highway Star - Deep Purple
10. Cult of Personality - Living Colour

[southp]

Why on Earth would anyone own most of the albums by a band they don't care to listen to?

I own the Bends because I enjoy most of the songs on the album. I actually do really like OK Computer and Kid A. It's after this that I kept getting their albums in the hopes that I could connect with it, and it just didn't work. The King of Limbs was the first Radiohead album that I just didn't bother with. I think my take is that OK Computer was the last album where the electronic blips and bloops accented their sound rather than dominated it. The first time it dominated, I felt like it worked for them (Kid A). Everything that followed just didn't feel the same for me, but I held out hope because everyone seemed to enjoy the next albums (since most of what I hear is from word of mouth, it seemed worth a shot). Does this explain it?

I mostly feel that way about Radiohead as well... with one glaring exception - In Rainbows. Give that a full dedicated listen and you won't be disappointed.