I think we're pretty sympatico, Tom. I left out the Royal Scam to squeeze in Tom Waits. I should have said only one album per artist, otherwise I'd have had three or four Rush albums in there. So Magazine rounds out your 10!
I left out a lot of stuff that from time to time sneaks back in to my top 10, including ELO, SRV, Van Halen, Toto, Max Webster, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, and on and on. A few 90s bands like RHCP and Collective Soul. And let's not forget folk and country - Van Morrison (Have I Told You Lately was the 1st dance at my wedding reception in 1994, Brown-Eyed Girl was the 2nd dance), Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Leonard Cohen, Dave Alvin - it goes on and on. I wish I could say there are a lot of newer bands I like, but I'd be lying.
I left out Magazine's (Howard DeVoto's) catalogue. Their album, "Magic, Murder, and the Weather" was a little-regarded masterpiece. I wonder how DeVoto (seemed like a lefty) would feel about his own 1980 song, "About the Weather" in 2024? Lyrics - the 2nd line in particular:
The weather's variable so are you changes, changes
But I can't do a thing about the weather
Do you have your ticket?
Can you foresee changes, changes?
Another time when we might be together
You have a broken window
Through which the rain pours in my ear
This week's been all ears and edges, it's getting like a career
A chain of events, a change of heart
A chain of events, a change of heart
I will study your change of heart in depth
The weather's variable so are you changes, changes
But I can't do a thing about the weather
Do you have your ticket?
Can you foresee changes, changes?
Now you're leaning on a fountain
With the sunshine on your shoes
You dislike the climate but you like the place
I hope you learn to live with what you choose
A chain of events, a change of heart
A chain of events, a change of heart
I will study your change of heart in depth
I'm so changeable, it's so frightening
And yes, I know... it's not really about the weather, is it?
Good man, Sean. I was with you until number 2…..
Ah your making me think too much but here goes
1. Bob Segar - Night Moves
2. Springsteen - Born to Run, saw him in 1986 in a rainy Manheim Football Stadium
3. Great Big Sea - Up
4. Billy Connolly- Billy Connolly Live
5. Bob Newhart - Buttoned Up Mind of Bob Newhart
6. U2 - Joshua Tree
7. Proclaimers- Sunshine on Leith
8. Beatles - Revolver
9. John Prine-Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings
10. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love & Hate
Billy Connolly live! Ha. Seen the Big Yin quite a few times. When he goes, it will be bigger than the Queen’s passing in Scotland.
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
The Jam - Setting Sons
The Clash - London Calling
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
The Cars - Candy O
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
That’s ten, but ten only scratches the surface. /Tom
I think we're pretty sympatico, Tom. I left out the Royal Scam to squeeze in Tom Waits. I should have said only one album per artist, otherwise I'd have had three or four Rush albums in there. So Magazine rounds out your 10!
I left out a lot of stuff that from time to time sneaks back in to my top 10, including ELO, SRV, Van Halen, Toto, Max Webster, Psychedelic Furs, Simple Minds, and on and on. A few 90s bands like RHCP and Collective Soul. And let's not forget folk and country - Van Morrison (Have I Told You Lately was the 1st dance at my wedding reception in 1994, Brown-Eyed Girl was the 2nd dance), Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Leonard Cohen, Dave Alvin - it goes on and on. I wish I could say there are a lot of newer bands I like, but I'd be lying.
I left out Magazine's (Howard DeVoto's) catalogue. Their album, "Magic, Murder, and the Weather" was a little-regarded masterpiece. I wonder how DeVoto (seemed like a lefty) would feel about his own 1980 song, "About the Weather" in 2024? Lyrics - the 2nd line in particular:
The weather's variable so are you changes, changes
But I can't do a thing about the weather
Do you have your ticket?
Can you foresee changes, changes?
Another time when we might be together
You have a broken window
Through which the rain pours in my ear
This week's been all ears and edges, it's getting like a career
A chain of events, a change of heart
A chain of events, a change of heart
I will study your change of heart in depth
The weather's variable so are you changes, changes
But I can't do a thing about the weather
Do you have your ticket?
Can you foresee changes, changes?
Now you're leaning on a fountain
With the sunshine on your shoes
You dislike the climate but you like the place
I hope you learn to live with what you choose
A chain of events, a change of heart
A chain of events, a change of heart
I will study your change of heart in depth
I'm so changeable, it's so frightening
And yes, I know... it's not really about the weather, is it?
Ok I'll bite:
Radiohead - OK Computer
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Tool - Lateralus
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
The Cure - Disintegration
Veruca Salt - American Thighs
Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman Ascension/Descension
Chvrches - Screen Violence
Brutus - Unison Life
At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
Could do a hundred more but this is good for now. Cheers.