We all have varied tastes in music, so I thought it might be a neat idea to post a track listing for a theoretical compilation album of all the music you love and enjoy.

Keep it down to between 12-15 tracks, total playtime no more than say, 1 hr 15 mins.

List the tracks in play order (be sure to make sure the tracks are ordered in such a way that one flows onto to another).

List the:

1) Track Number
2) Song Title
3) Artist/Band
4) Album & Release date

Perhaps some people will go for a "themed" compilation, others will just go for "Greatest Hits". Your choice - let your mind wander ...

Who knows - maybe we can "press" the best compilation and distribute via CD-R (snailmail) to anyone interested?? ;)

I was planning on actually DOING this this weekend, so I'll be back (as Arnold would say)
cheers,
angela

Here's a "not so mainstream" Tull package that might be enjoyed by some.

1. Cats Squirrel..........from the album "This Was" 1968
2. We Used To Know........from the album "Stand Up" 1969
3. Nothing To Say...........from the album "Benefit" 1970
4. Dr. Bogenbroom...........from the album "Living In The Past" 1972
5. Sea Lion.................from the album "Warchild" 1974
6. Crazed Institution..........from the album "Too Old To Rock, Too Young To Die" 1976
7. Cup Of Wonder..........from the album "Songs From The Wood" 1977
8. One Brown Mouse.........from the album "Heavy Horses" 1978
9. Somethings On The Move.......from the album "Stormwatch" 1979
10. Flyingdale Flyer.........from the album "A" 1980
11. Fallen On Hard Times.........from the album "Broadsword and the Beast" 1982
12. Budapest...........from the album "Crest of a Knave" 1987
13. Kissing Willie.......from the album "Rock Island" 1989
14. This Is Not Love.......from the album "Catfish Rising" 1991
15. Lick Your Fingers Clean......previouly unreleased but can be found on the "Aqualung" remaster

Total running time.......about 64 minutes.

Like I said. Not your ordinary mainstream Tull but great music nonetheless. Listed in chronological order of release. I could make alot of these just using Tull. So many great songs.

I will do a "Songs to party to" alblum when I gets the time :D

BTW I saw a kegerator for sale today for $150 :eek: I hope it is still there in two weeks *crosses fingers*

OK due to the lukewarm response (or is it that people are waiting for the w/e when they have more time?), I will suggest something ...

An old idea, but there are a myriad of different combinations ...

5 Compilations ...

Music of the 1950's

Music of the 1960's

Music of the 1970's

Music of the 1980's

Music of the 1990's

14 Tracks per album ... you want to aim to capture all the themes, strains, and threads in the music world that were around during the decade.

A different person to do each decade ... so who wants to volunteer to pick one, (or shall I allocate?).

Come on gentlemen and gentlelasses ...

Super Hits of the 70's from the Have A Nice Day series. See if you like.

1. John Stewart - Gold
2. Sniff 'n' The Tears - Drivers Seat
3. Ram Jam - Black Betty
4. Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
5. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
6. The Sanford/Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire
7. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
8. Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)
9. Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy
10. The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child
11. Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
12. Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
13. Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
14. Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over The Line

It has no Glam, nor Punk ... we want full representation of every musical influence of the decade.

And since you're the only one who has responded Drybasement, you get to have a go at 1970's.

I will do the 1980's.

Thor, how about you do the 1990's?

Anyone interested in the 1960's? Pete? Tom?

And the oldest fella around here has to do the boppin' 50's. That would be bigmacc if I'm not mistaken. So how about that? You guys up for it?

Aim to post the listing after the weekend (so give it some thought) ...

Originally posted by Walt
It has no Glam, nor Punk ... we want full representation of every musical influence of the decade.

And since you're the only one who has responded Drybasement, you get to have a go at 1970's.

Ok. Well, I'll have to throw in some 70's metal also. I misunderstood the scope of the project. Man, only 14 songs with a decade of great music to choose from. This may take awhile.

Yes it's a tall order, that's why I said give it some thought over the weekend.

Yep, metal needs to be there as well ...

Some songs just have to be there - don't worry about putting the anthems in - if they demand to be there, put them in.

I'll do the 90's, prolly tommorow night ;)

OK so,

1950's - bigmacc, but he hasn't consented yet ...

1960's - open, any takers?

1970's - Drybasement

1980's - me (Walt)

1990's - Thor

So, anyone want to volunteer for 1960's? Great era, lots of new influences, and some memorable bands ...

Originally posted by Walt
Yes it's a tall order, that's why I said give it some thought over the weekend.

Yep, metal needs to be there as well ...

Some songs just have to be there - don't worry about putting the anthems in - if they demand to be there, put them in.

I have seven categories of rock music, all important.

Punk
Glam
Prog/Art
Metal
Southern
Rock
Rock (individual artist)

I can only pick two songs for each category.Yikes!!! :eek:

Excellent choices!! NOt that the mainstream Tull is bad or too well worn, but there is nothing like the road less travelled.



Originally posted by Drybasement
Here's a "not so mainstream" Tull package that might be enjoyed by some.

1. Cats Squirrel..........from the album "This Was" 1968
2. We Used To Know........from the album "Stand Up" 1969
3. Nothing To Say...........from the album "Benefit" 1970
4. Dr. Bogenbroom...........from the album "Living In The Past" 1972
5. Sea Lion.................from the album "Warchild" 1974
6. Crazed Institution..........from the album "Too Old To Rock, Too Young To Die" 1976
7. Cup Of Wonder..........from the album "Songs From The Wood" 1977
8. One Brown Mouse.........from the album "Heavy Horses" 1978
9. Somethings On The Move.......from the album "Stormwatch" 1979
10. Flyingdale Flyer.........from the album "A" 1980
11. Fallen On Hard Times.........from the album "Broadsword and the Beast" 1982
12. Budapest...........from the album "Crest of a Knave" 1987
13. Kissing Willie.......from the album "Rock Island" 1989
14. This Is Not Love.......from the album "Catfish Rising" 1991
15. Lick Your Fingers Clean......previouly unreleased but can be found on the "Aqualung" remaster

Total running time.......about 64 minutes.

Like I said. Not your ordinary mainstream Tull but great music nonetheless. Listed in chronological order of release. I could make alot of these just using Tull. So many great songs.

No objections l'd like 60's my teenage years but l'd like to take a shot at the 50's l was born in 1949 so age 1 to 10 during 50's but heck that was the decade birth of rock and roll.

Well no time tonight and I worx tommorow during the day and going on a romantic getaway for the weekend so I won't be able to give it a shot till Sunday night :(

Thor why the sad face :( romantic weekend; son l've been married for 29 years ,trust me on this ;go for the romatic weekend.

It's simple math a little of this :smsex: equals a lot of these :D .

Good advice from big "The Doctor of Love" macc ;)

Mac he just sad cause the little misses wont let him bring his CV's with :boink:

Not sad about the weekend just sad I couldn't get my list done ;)

Romantic weekends include fishing right??

Depends...On the type of pole used.....:boink:

Dammit I only got an ultralight pole! She probably wants to do some deep sea fishing huh??

First let me say that this is an extraordinarily difficult task – there are literally hundreds of songs that demand inclusion, but at the end of the day I found it easiest to identify some musical sub-catagories first, and then identify the songs which were most representative of those categories.

There are sure to be songs which you feel were a must, and have been left out (perhaps you would like to post your alternative compilation of the 1980’s). I identified 100 songs initially, and had to chop it to 14, so you can see it wasn’t easy … anyway,

Strap yourselves in, children of the baby-boomers, get ready for a ride down memory lane:

Guide to Catagories:

New Wave (NW)
Pop (P)
Rock (R)
Synth (S)
Dance (D)
Pop-Metal (M)

Track Listing:

1. Tainted Love - Soft Cell– Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) – NW
2. Town Called Malice – The Jam – The Gift (1982) – NW
3. Money for Nothing – Dire Straits – Money for Nothing (1985) – R
4. Pride – U2 – The Unforgettable Fire (1984) – R
5. Jump – Van Halen – 1984 (1984) - M
6. Patience – Guns N Roses – G N’R Lies (1988) – M
7. Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (1983) – P
8. Love Shack – B52’s – Cosmic Thing (1989) – P
9. 1999 – Prince – 1999 (1984) – P
10. Like a Virgin – Madonna – Like a Virgin (1984) - P
11. Beat it – Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) – D
12. Opportunities (Lets make lots of Money) – Pet Shop Boys – Please (1986) – S
13. Hungry like a Wolf – Duran Duran – Rio (1982) – S
14. Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen – single (1984) - R

So there it is.

Note that it doesn’t reflect all my musical tastes, but I tried to keep it as honest to the 1980’s as possible.

Comments?

Walt, the list sounds pretty good, just for fun, here's another 80's list :

To keep it down to 14 songs is TOUGH. Why not keep it up to 74 minutes and whatever fits in that time?
[list=1]
U2 - Sunday, bloody Sunday
Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Depeche Mode - People are people
The Police - Every Breath you Take
Prince - Purple Rain
Van Halen - Jump
West end Girl - Pet Shop Boys
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Madonna - Material Girl
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
Tears for Fears - Shout
Styx - Mr Robato
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Girls - Beastie Boys
[/list=1]

This music brings me back to high school :D :beer: :smsex:

Chris

Well, here's the list. I hope most of you find it pallatable. So many damn songs to choose from and I had a difficult time choosing. The combinations are endless.

One word about punk. I never was much of a fan so my knowledge is limited. You won't find the New York Dolls or the Sex Pistols on this list. I wouldn't know any of thier songs anyway.

1. Young Americans - David Bowie......from the album "Young Americans" 1975 (Glam)
2. Domino - Van Morrison.....from the album "His Band and the Choir" 1971 (Rock Individual)
3. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits.....from thier s/t debut 1978 (Rock)
4. Roundabout - Yes.......from the album "Fragile" 1972 (prog/art)
5. Too Hot To Handle - UFO..... from the album "Lights Out" 1977 (Metal)
6. Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet.....from the album "Flirtin' With Disaster" 1979 (Southern)
7. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello......from the album "This Years Model" 1978 (Punk)
8. Bang a Gong - T-Rex.....from the album "Electric Warrior" 1971 (Glam)
9. Wild World - Cat Stevens.....from the album "Tea For The Tillerman" 1970 (Rock Individual)
10. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin....from the album "IV or Zoso" 1971 (Rock)
11. One Of These Days - Pink Floyd.....from the album "Meddle" 1971 (Prog/art)
12. Don't Fear (the reaper) - Blue Oyster Cult....from the album "Agents of Fortune" 1976 (Metal)
13. Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band.....from the s/t debut 1973 (Southern)
14. Take Me To The River - The Talking Heads......from the album "More Songs About Buildings" 1978 (Punk)

Some will argue on my choices but I feel this is an adequate representation of the music of the 70's. Like Walt said, let's see your list.

Here's a few off the top of my head. I may have to fire the CD burner up now.

Hendrix... If six was nine
Lenny Kravitz... Always on the run
Monter Magnet... Teenage warhead
Tracy Bonham... Mother Mother
Hank William Jr... A country boy can survive
Billy Thorpe...East of edens gate
Tool...Aenema
Lyrnyrd Skynyrd...Simple man
Black Sabbath... Electric Funeral
Kid Rock... You never met another mother F***** like me
Robin Trower...Victims of the fury
Korn...Shoots and ladders
Infectious groove...Slow motion slam
Silver Chair...Pure Massacre


Grumpy

From the 60's l've left off the Beatles because hell they are in a separate class by themselves. Also no more than one sound per artist

1. Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
2. Light My Fire - The Doors
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
5. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
6. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
7.Pretty Woman - Roy Orbinson
8. My Generation - The Who
9. Gloria - Van Morrison
10. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
11. I Feel Good - James Brown
12.The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
13. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater
14. Gimme Me Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group

The above represents my musical taste l could have listed a 100 more now on to the 50's great ideal Walt this is fun.
:)

Originally posted by bigmacc
From the 60's l've left off the Beatles because hell they are in a separate class by themselves. Also no more than one sound per artist

1. Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
2. Light My Fire - The Doors
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
5. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
6. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
7.Pretty Woman - Roy Orbinson
8. My Generation - The Who
9. Gloria - Van Morrison
10. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
11. I Feel Good - James Brown
12.The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
13. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater
14. Gimme Me Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group

The above represents my musical taste l could have listed a 100 more now on to the 50's great ideal Walt this is fun.
:)

Great list Bigmacc. Just to let you know, Gloria was performed by the group The Them. Van Morrison later left them for a solo career. I see you also included a little Motown. That is a must.

Take care.

Walt, I am having a blast today previewing all the music for the REAL CD I am going to make. Right now I am listening to Stephan Grappelli :pity: and Jean-Luc Ponty:pity:.

stay "tuned" (pun indeed intended)

angela

Violin an often forgotten instrument in rock - Angela l have an excellent CD only played it once your post reminded me of it are you familiar- with jesus bad memory - a someone Carter female violinists very nice CD l 'm going to find it .

Bigmacc,my Canadian friend, while you're looking for the other CD, do you remember Frazier and Debolt? If so, where can I get any of their stuff? I used to listen to them in the early/mid 70's.

-angela

Before l begin l was sort of luke warm about the 50's as the late 60's was my time to howl "Still is". But by getting into this l realize how much good stuff there was and how important these artist were.

This CD era list ideal is so good l'm sure l was the one who came up with it :eek: ; l must of told told Walt then forgot ;) :D

With no further interuption l present the 50's; limit of one selection per artist.

1. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets
2. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
3. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
4. Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
5. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner
6. Do You Love Me - The Contours
7. Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
8. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
9. What 'd I Say - Ray Charles
10. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
11. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
12. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
13. Yakety Yak - The Coasters
14. The Great Pretender - The Platters

Fantastic lists guys ...

As I said it was only when I sat down and tried to draw up the list that I realised what a difficult terms of reference we set ourselves.

Having said that I think we did pretty well. :)

The funny thing I realised when I was doing my list of the 80's was that the music from that decade hasn't aged as well as the music from say, the 60's or 70's. I think it's because they all went off in a different direction after the catharsis of the punk experience and we sure got some different sounds - sounds for that era, which probably haven't aged too well. Too much synthesized music for my liking and not enough guitar.

One catagory I suppose both Drybasement and I omitted (as it straddled the decade) was disco. Well you can't get them all!

Now if Thor will just do the 1990's we will be brought right up to date.

Great work guys ... :)

Alright Thor,

You owe us a compilation for the 1990's.

Get to work partner ... :)

Ok, my turn..... no particular decade, just music that I feel really shows off ribbons and ESL's-

lot's of detail and separation, with strong mid range (guitar and vocals - male and female) and bass.


1) "Adagio for Theresa" by Al Dimeola (1:21)
2) "On my own" by Al Dimeola (3:21)
3) "Nadia" by Jeff Beck (3:50)
4) "Wichita Lineman" by Johnny A (4:01)
5) "Dance me to the end of Love" by Leonard Cohen (6:10)
6) "Thru these walls" by Phil Collins (5:06)
7) "When we Dance" by Sting (5:59)
8) "The Prophet" by Al Dimeola (1: 18)
9) "Don't Know why" by Norah Jones (3:06)
10) "Give it up" by Sade (3:52)
11) "Mr Levon" by Shawn Colvin (4:08)
12) "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega (2:40)
13) "Little earthquakes" by Tori Amos (6:51)
14) "One Small Year" by Shawn Colvin (4:08)
15) "They Dance Alone" by Sting (7:10)
16) "Ballad" by Al Dimeola (6: 15)

It's a real CD. I got finished burning it


:boink: :grnbounce

angela

Compilation for the '90's Thor??

I'll start with a '90s List, these are not all my personal taste, but here's a list to start:

[list=1]
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Rolling Stones - Love is Strange
Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit
U2 - One
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Massive Attack - Protection
Portishead - Sour Times
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Radiohead - Creep
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Vogue - Madonna
Oasis - Wonderwall
Blur - Song 2
[/list=1]

Chris

Nice compilation Chris ...

Maybe throw a hip-hop/rap track in there just so its fully representative and I think you got it. Say ditch the Stones track (they've always been 60's/70's in my mind) ...

Thor? Where are you buddy?

Chris,

Excellent compilation which defines the nineties for me. Yesterday when I looked at you list and it was still in progress, I was thinking the smashing pumpkins song should be there but damn if i could remember the title. You must be telepathic!:)

cheers
Jack

Probably need some girl-group or boy-group track in there just to round it out too ... remember the objective was not to reflect our own personal tastes, but to reflect the decade in music ...

I'd keep that Stones song, their video is WAY cool... where they are "bigger than NYC"....

I added the track in bold:

[list=1]
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Rolling Stones - Love is Strange
Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
U2 - One
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Massive Attack - Protection
Portishead - Sour Times
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Radiohead - Creep
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Vogue - Madonna
Oasis - Wonderwall
Blur - Song 2
[/list=1]

Chris

Fred Eaglesmith - Rodeo Boy
BB King / Willie Nelson - Night Life
Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go
Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler - Guitar Rhumba
Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville cats
Bob Dylan Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
Shawn Colvin - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Outlaws - Hurry Sundown
Subdudes - You'll be Satisfied
Jayhawks - Blue
Keb' Mo' - Come On In My Kitchen
John Fogarty - Almost Saturday Night
Eagles - Take it to the Limit
Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain

Playing now...

Tom,

Chet Atkins / Mark Knopfler - Guitar Rhumba

that I gotta hear! it must be wonderful... Is Guitar Rhumba the title of the album?

angela

It's NOT on their album "Neck and Neck" - I'm not sure WHERE it came from. But I have the MP3...