June 16, 2008Question of the week: Your can't-do-without recordHere's a little change of pace from the recent "who's your favorite (band, guitarist, etc.) questions. We had a couple stories recently about a woman whose mother accidentally sold her album collection in a yard sale. Late last week, she got them back. What record, vinyl or CD -- or cassette, for that matter, could you not do without? |
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[June 16, 2008 12:28 PM]
BrooksThis is a hard question. Everything inside me wants to answer Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. It would be the cool record collector guy answer and not altogether untrue. Undoubtedly this record always resides in my top 5 regardless of when the "desert island" question comes up.
In reality, though, the answer is a mix cd of Waxing Poetics songs that I made years ago. Dave and the Poetics personified the meaning of rock and/or roll for me years ago and their records are still far and away my favorite records of all. Nostalgia? Yes, but still damn great after all these years. It is the one disc that gets played at least once a month regardless of what is going on in my life.
[June 16, 2008 12:38 PM]
WendyJust this weekend I was cleaning out my basement. I came across a box of old cassette tapes. I threw them out, except for one. Madonna's "Like a Virgin." I played that thing so many times I'm surprised it's still intact.
[June 16, 2008 1:12 PM]
Jake D.If I had to choose one, it would be A Love Supreme- John Coltrane. I have a bunch of "desert island" music, but that's the one I'd have to have.
[June 16, 2008 1:38 PM]
Brian : →http://myspace.com/midnitefadebrxFrom an overall standpoint, my fave would be DIRT from Alice in Chains. Appetite for Destruction by GnR would follow closely. As for drumming, ..And Justice for All (Metallica) and South of Heaven (Slayer) launched my "career path".
[June 16, 2008 1:40 PM]
John : →http://www.triscaleband.comWell I couldn't narrow it down to one album. I'm not even sure that I can narrow it down to one band. That being said narrowing it down to two doesn't even seem right, but these two albums have an enormous influence on me and my music:
There are obviously more, but you only asked for one and I've already broken that rule, so I'll leave it alone now.
[June 16, 2008 3:18 PM]
TeejFaith No More "Angel Dust"
[June 16, 2008 4:40 PM]
Stevie D : →http://www.myspace.com/illbotzThis question is really hard for a music snob such as myself. I could easily go with The Replacements' "Let It Be" or Husker Du's "New Day Rising" or even Dusty Springfield's "Dusty In Memphis". But by far, the album I cannot live without is:
Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq Fu: Da Return
[June 16, 2008 5:19 PM]
BryceRadiohead - OK Computer. No question. I can listen to pretty much any Radiohead album on repeat ad nauseum, but OK Computer is the best.
[June 17, 2008 9:27 AM]
Matt : →http://www.myspace.com/mattbrowningVan Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" and The Stones "Let it Bleed", both on vinyl, are tied in my book of albums that I can't live without.
[June 17, 2008 1:27 PM]
Brandy DThis question is harder than math but I'm gonna have to go with:
Illbotz - Ringtones For Rotary Phones
[June 17, 2008 2:25 PM]
Chico : →http://www.thepoprivets.comI don't have an answer really, but i wanted to say to Brooks - the poetics were super cool! I still listen to hermitage and manakin moon. Maybe not ever month, but at least every 6 months. I just have beat up recorded copies. One of these days, I will find/get both on CD
[June 17, 2008 4:46 PM]
Rick : →http://www.thekind.orgBlues Brothers-Briefcase Full of Blues. Gone through several copies of this one.
Gov't Mule-Live at the Roseland Ballroom. Jam band at it's best. Allen Woody was a monster on bass!
[June 17, 2008 8:50 PM]
BWRichard and Linda Thompson, "Shoot Out the Lights." I've worn out two cassette copies and still have the third, plus a vinyl copy, now have it on CD and MP3. So hopefully, I'll never have to lose it.
[June 18, 2008 10:38 PM]
MudflapTad, Maybe next week the question should be "Which of your children do you love the most?" That would be easier to answer than this one. I can't even narrow it down to the top ten albums.
[June 19, 2008 4:27 PM]
Tad : →http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/musicA lot of great music on this list. Thanks! BW, I remember hearing Richard Thompson for the first time at your house. It was a live recording, I think, and I was blown away by his guitar playing. Since then, I've listened to more of him, plus Richard and Linda -- I think you made me a copy of "Shoot Out the Lights." Great record.
"A Love Supreme" never fails to kill me. There's always another layer of beauty to find, it seems.
I had never heard of Waxing Poetics before Brooks and Chico brought up the band. Ralph tells me he remembers hearing them live. I'll have to try to find some of their music.
[June 19, 2008 9:08 PM]
RalphThe last time I saw the Waxing Poetics was in 1989 at Sacketts in Radford. They were in drag (It was Halloween).
[June 20, 2008 12:57 AM]
Kent : →http://www.mkmoorephotography.comFor 28 years I've never been without a copy of The Clash's London Calling and I still play it quite frequently. Honorable mentions would go to Tom Waits-Rain Dogs, Prefab Sprout-Two Wheels Good (aka Steve McQueen), and Jesus and Mary Chain-Stoned and Dethroned.
[June 20, 2008 2:34 PM]
Franklin Drakes : →http://www.iwanttoknowyourstory.comWhen I was about 5 years old, after hearing, "Light My Fire" on my old clock radio that woke me up each morning, my grandmother was in town and took me shopping. When she asked what I wanted for a special treat at the department store, I went up to a furry guy (1975) and asked if he could find the record for me and low and behold he pulled out the Doors' 1st album. The cover was dark and freaky, and looked nothing like the Disney or Captain Kangaroo records that I was used to playing. I was so happy when I got home and placed the record on my Mickey Mouse record player, with the gloved hand/arm tonearm get-up cranking out the organ solo. My 5 year old friends didn't get it and thought it was scary music. Thirty two years later, I still have my Doors' 1st album and some of my friends still don't get it. Scary!
[June 25, 2008 1:51 PM]
PaulNever Mind The Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
[June 27, 2008 12:58 PM]
Tad : →http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/musicThe Waxing Poetics, on video:
http://www.veoh.com/channels/WPTV
Good stuff, Brooks.
[August 14, 2008 8:43 PM]
willI remember the Waxing Poetics as two distinct bands. Early on they featured a lot of keyboard and were really good. Later on they dropped the keyboard and (in my opinion) weren't quite as good. I remeber the guitar player telling me that when people asked what they sounded like his stock answeer was "like REM but not as good".
The one album I can't do without is double nickles on the dime by the minutemen. So many great songs!