Comments on: Hits From The Original Artists http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The hardest list I ever created - EVER! « rtkmusic - the weblog http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-580 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:17:43 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-580 [...] I was reading this blog post the other day and became obsessed with this meme, and compulsively began the task of adding to the [...]

]]> By: rtkmusic http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-572 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:15:37 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-572 Dude – this is HARD!

Ask me to name my top 50 albums of all time, okay…but to tie only ONE album to a specific year, wow.

I just worked through about 125 albums checking and double-checking release dates and need to whittle a bunch of years down to one, and then find at least ONE tolerable release for a few more.

My level of difficulty is increased due to the fact I have to fill in those extra years during the late ’50s – where all you young whippersnappers don’t have to tread!

But to kick things off:
1957: Elvis’ Christmas Album

One down…

]]> By: Swirly Girl http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-570 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:38:34 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-570 I’m a SKYPE jedi.

]]> By: John Darko http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-564 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:10:28 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-564 If my swanky one room flat caught fire I would take nothing with me but my fire insurance policy and maybe my “introducing The Beatles” record. I was just kidding about the swanky pad, what I meant to say was…skanky.

My favs on your list:
Brian Eno, Here Come The Warm Jets
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
The Clash, London Calling
Run DMC, Raising Hell
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic
Nevermind, Nirvana
Let Love In, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds *
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

* Nick Cave is the man. Good call.

]]> By: leems http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-563 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:35:20 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-563 Nebraska = right on.
Hypothetically it would be on my list as well, except I wasn’t born yet in ’82.

]]> By: betheboy http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-561 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:02:28 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-561 I love, love, love Nebraska.

]]> By: Laurie Ann http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-560 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:56:43 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-560 House fire? I’d grab my purse, which already carries everything I might need, and perhaps a sweater.

The Sneeze–so missed.

“That’s a Dad’s job” is the best sentence ever.

Seriously? Nebraska?? (pause) Okay–I’ll give you that. I just looked at albums from 1982 and Yikes!

]]> By: lvgurl http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-558 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:55:32 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-558 What is there to dispute? This is a great list. Anyone who appreciates Jesus and Mary Chain will get no argument from me…

That said, ‘Disintegration’ by The Cure is pretty close to my heart for 1989. It’s on my short list of “Albums I can actually listen to without pressing *skip*”

REM ‘Document’ is such a fantastic album, the best tracks being those that never made it to radio play.

Rage Against the Machine’s debut changed the way I listened to rock. I’d put that in for 1994, the first time I heard the album… even though it was released in 1992. What can I say, I was in college in Seattle, which was inundated with Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. No complaints here, I’m just stating the facts… ;)

]]> By: betheboy http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-557 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:36:04 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-557 Good Question Joseph. I went with Raisin’ Hell because I find Peter Gabriel to be appallingly boring and Paul Simon while a world class talent is rumored to have…liberally borrowed (stole is too strong a word) many of the songs that became the Graceland album. Besides they would also finish behind the first They Might Be Giants record and XTC’s Skylarking.

]]> By: Joseph J. Finn http://betheboy.com/2008/07/09/hits-from-the-original-artists/#comment-556 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:29:29 +0000 http://betheboyblog.wordpress.com/?p=1593#comment-556 Not to say that you’re wrong about 1986….but c’mon, a year that had both Peter Gabriel’s “So” and Paul Simon’s Graceland and you pick Run DMC?

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