Wednesday, May 28 2008: Desert Island Playlist
My newest myspace buddy posted a bloggy about that old cliche "the desert island playlist". This get a lot of play in the movie "High Fidelity" with the top 5 lists, the one on myspace was a top 10 list, and since this is my blog I'm doing a top 15 list.
It was surprisingly hard to whittle down my 33.6 GB (16 days, 2 hours, 42 min, 45 sec) of MP3s to this list. In fact, I'm already looking at this list with some disdain because there's no Tool, no Bill Hicks (not technically music, but he did put out albums), and no electronica (Future Sound of London, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, or Logic Trance compliations) at all. Also conspicuous in its absence is U2 (Zooropa if I had to pick just one). As I look at it, this list is rubbish.
My list is mainly interesting to me by way of contrast with the lists that other people were posting on BLA's blog comments. The posters were older and their selections were older. I was prepared to draw some grand truth from that observation, namely, that we tend to fixate on music later in life that we enjoyed at the height of our youth, but at least half the albums on my list were unknown to me before the age of 25. My list from high school would include Led Zeppelin 4, Dark Side of the Moon, Van Halen, The Who, and U2 (both old and new). A list from college would surely have included Galactic Cowboys, Collective Soul, and STP on it along with U2 (new only). My list today should include at least some U2 (new, maybe some old, but definitely no new old), but it doesn't. Maybe my rubbish list does no more than highlight that there is very little of lasting value to be gleaned from such lists. I present it to you anyway (as is customary) in no particular order.
15. Gaza Strippers - Laced Candy (1999)
14. Fatso Jetson - Flames For All (1999)
13. Desert Sessions - Vol 1 & 2 (1997)
12. Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
11. Dig - Dig (1993)
10. Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
09. Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
08. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1969?)
07. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings released in 1996 recorded 1936 (two discs)
05. Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)
04. Earthlings? - Earthlings (1998)
03. Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
02. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985)
01. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
It was surprisingly hard to whittle down my 33.6 GB (16 days, 2 hours, 42 min, 45 sec) of MP3s to this list. In fact, I'm already looking at this list with some disdain because there's no Tool, no Bill Hicks (not technically music, but he did put out albums), and no electronica (Future Sound of London, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, or Logic Trance compliations) at all. Also conspicuous in its absence is U2 (Zooropa if I had to pick just one). As I look at it, this list is rubbish.
My list is mainly interesting to me by way of contrast with the lists that other people were posting on BLA's blog comments. The posters were older and their selections were older. I was prepared to draw some grand truth from that observation, namely, that we tend to fixate on music later in life that we enjoyed at the height of our youth, but at least half the albums on my list were unknown to me before the age of 25. My list from high school would include Led Zeppelin 4, Dark Side of the Moon, Van Halen, The Who, and U2 (both old and new). A list from college would surely have included Galactic Cowboys, Collective Soul, and STP on it along with U2 (new only). My list today should include at least some U2 (new, maybe some old, but definitely no new old), but it doesn't. Maybe my rubbish list does no more than highlight that there is very little of lasting value to be gleaned from such lists. I present it to you anyway (as is customary) in no particular order.
15. Gaza Strippers - Laced Candy (1999)
14. Fatso Jetson - Flames For All (1999)
13. Desert Sessions - Vol 1 & 2 (1997)
12. Ministry - Psalm 69 (1992)
11. Dig - Dig (1993)
10. Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (1996)
09. Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)
08. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1969?)
07. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings released in 1996 recorded 1936 (two discs)
05. Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)
04. Earthlings? - Earthlings (1998)
03. Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
02. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985)
01. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
mustafa wrote:
And why do your artists switch back and forth from being left or hyphen and right of hyphen?
Meddle's my fav PF, too. Re: Ministry... I had that album when I was at CVLLE. Got rid of it since then... must've been a disdain for the word "ministry."
Have you heard any of the other Desert Sessions? I haven't heard any, but am looking to see what they're all aboot. I know they're QOTSA-related. I think 9 & 10 are on Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings/
Tan - Demmesfeld