Another List Thread (Discourse = One Paddlin')

[LemonMelon]

Have you not heard The Man Who Sold The World? Top 5 Bowie album for me.

I agree with your Station To Station ranking almost exactly. Obviously don't agree fully with most others, it's just not possible.

 

[bono_212]

Now with where he ranked all the ambient songs from Heroes and Low :killintheface:

 

[cobl04]

Have you not heard The Man Who Sold The World? Top 5 Bowie album for me.

I agree with your Station To Station ranking almost exactly. Obviously don't agree fully with most others, it's just not possible.

You know what? I actually have, but only once, and it's not on my itunes. Forgot I owned it. I'll import it now...

Wild is the Wind over Word on a Wing? And yeah, true. But that's the great thing about Bowie. His catalogue is so varied everyone has a different opinion.

 

[LemonMelon]

You know what? I actually have, but only once, and it's not on my itunes. Forgot I owned it. I'll import it now...

Wild is the Wind over Word on a Wing? And yeah, true. But that's the great thing about Bowie. His catalogue is so varied everyone has a different opinion.

It's his most underrated, I'd say, although I haven't really dug into the shitty portion of his discography yet. Overlooked is probably the better term anyway; most people that have heard it enjoy it.

I would shift Station To Station down one or two, I think. TVC15 is in the right place, WITW vs WOAW is a toss-up. Above all, Stay kicks ass.

 

[cobl04]

Stay kicks all kinds of ass. What next? Scary Monsters?

 

[iron yuppie]

What next? Scary Monsters?

I would say so. Young Americans is also a lot of fun, if a bit frivolous. The two singles are bloody sublime.

 

[Lancemc]

Scary Monsters favorite Bowie. Teenage Wildlife favorite song of all time.

 

[Reggo]

Lance loves it so much he can't even form a complete sentence.

I say I love Bowie (and I do), but I've never really delved too far into his discography. I should really correct that, especially since I have, like, five of his albums and various other tracks from DI and such.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Yeah, still haven't spent enough time with Bowie's catalogue, but right now this is my definite top two:

1. Ziggy
2. Hunky Dory

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

lance favourite bowie very, very much.

i don't even know what to say my favourite bowie album is. his albums are all so different. my top two are probably young americans and station to station.

 

[LemonMelon]

Top 15 of 2011, as of now:

1. Destroyer - Kaputt
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
4. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
5. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
6. The Dodos - No Color
7. Washed Out - Within And Without
8. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
9. White Denim - D
10. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
11. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
12. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
13. Pains of Being Pure At Heart
14. Wilco - The Whole Love
15. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

Last second re-listens will shuffle this around significantly. I wouldn't be surprised if The Whole Love cracks the top 10, and there are some killer hip-hop artists out there (Curren$y, Action Bronson) that need more love. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out, because I haven't listened to as much new shit as I did last year, making this list far less steady.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Nice to see the Monkeys crack your top 15. Easily my #1 this year.

 

[cobl04]

There's an album that I haven't listened to nearly enough.

 

[LemonMelon]

I've listened to it more than most, it's a very addicting record. Great hooks all over the fucking place.

Hellcat Spangled Shalalala is one of my favorite songs of the year.

 

[bono_212]

There's an album that I haven't listened to

Not sure what I'm waiting for.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Hellcat Spangled Shalalala is one of my favorite songs of the year.

Awesome one, but for my money the thing really earns it with that four song stretch late in the album. Reckless Serenade -> Piledriver Waltz -> Laserquest -> title track.

TUNES. Fucking tunes, man.

The best stretch of pure pop songwriting Turner's given us yet. If I had to choose a favorite on the album it would be the title track. So glad they picked it as a single, and the music video for it also kicks ass and has a hot naked chick in it. The only version of the video on YouTube is the "clean edit" though. Damn.

 

[cobl04]

I went to buy it earlier in the year, but there didn't appear to be a booklet with the CD. I was pretty bummed.

 

[LemonMelon]

Fuck yes, the ending is great. It's such a great ROCK album up to that point, but then he pulls out some really sublime pop hooks out of nowhere to fuel those songs. They're hardly gentle (listen to Submarine EP if you want those), but they show great range.

 

[IWasBored]

3 reasons the new tom waits album is excellent:
get lost
face to the highway
hell broke luce

and 2 more:
raised right men
new year's eve

 

[LemonMelon]

Bad As Me is one more reason why Tom Waits is the most awesome old man in rock.

 

[iron yuppie]

Top 15 of 2011, as of now:

1. Destroyer - Kaputt
2. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
3. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
4. CunninLynguists - Oneirology
5. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
6. The Dodos - No Color
7. Washed Out - Within And Without
8. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
9. White Denim - D
10. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
11. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
12. The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
13. Pains of Being Pure At Heart
14. Wilco - The Whole Love
15. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

My top five of the year so far:

1. Radiohead: The King of Limbs
2. Destroyer: Kaputt
3. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
4. Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972
5. The Antlers: Burst Apart

...and five other great ones:

Bon Iver: Bon Iver
The Horrors: Skying
James Blake: James Blake
Wild Beasts: Smother
Zola Jesus: Conatus

 

[cobl04]

The word "conatus" sounds extremely sexual.

 

[Dfit00]

My top five of the year so far:

1. Radiohead: The King of Limbs

Separator as your favorite from it too?

 

[iron yuppie]

Separator as your favorite from it too?

I love the whole second half, but I would rank Lotus Flower and Codex above Separator, personally.

 

[intedomine]

1. Slave Ambient - War On Drugs
2. Pala - Friendly Fires
3. Zonoscope - Cut Copy
4. Suck It and See - Arctic Monkeys
5. King of Limbs - Radiohead

Though I anticipate that a certain Mylo Xyloto could make an appearance in these final months. We'll (suck it and) see.

 

[cobl04]

1. Kaputt
andromeda galaxy
2. Watch the Throne

 

[LemonMelon]

Shit I bump in my ride, from staple to occasional spin:

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City
3. Cut Copy -In Ghost Colours
4. Outkast - Aquemini
5. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
6. U2 - No Line On The Horizon
7. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
8. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
10. Radiohead - The Bends

 

[BlueSilkenSky]

Favorite songs of mine in random order

1. One Tree Hill- U2
2. The Stairs- INXS
3. Dog Days Are Over- Florence and the Machine
4. Clocks- Coldplay
5. With or Without You- U2
6. Lake of Silver Bells- Carbon Leaf
7. Space Oddity- David Bowie
8. Never Tear Us Apart- INXS
9. Moonlight- Thriving Ivory
10. Staring At The Sun- U2
11. The Dark of the Matinee- Franz Ferdinand
12. The Great Beyond- R.E.M.
13. City of Blinding Lights- U2
14. Bring On The Night- The Police
15. Solsbury Hill- Peter Gabriel

 

[AnCatKatie]

Stuff I've heard on the radio that made me happy:

1. Maggie's Farm—U2
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Live)—Joy Division
3. Fools Gold—The Stone Roses
4. True Faith—New Order
5. Stranger In A Strange Land—U2
6. Guns Of Brixton—The Clash
7. Ever Fallen In Love?—The Buzzcocks
8. Don't Look Back In Anger—Oasis
9. Waitress In The Sky—The Replacements
10. Can't Stand Losing You—The Police

 

[nielsgov]

Bands I've been listening a lot to recently.

R.E.M
dEUS
U2
Coldplay
Mogwai
Porcupine Tree