Shuffle Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St. + plenty of othersJohnny Cash - At Folsom Prison, At San QuentinGram Parsons - GP, Grievous AngelBruce Springsteen - Everything between debut and Born in the USABig Star - the first three albumseh...there's too many to mention like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Motorhead - Ace of SpadesI completely agree.I don't think anything is absolutely essential to hear. Telling someone they have to listen to an album makes it feel like the equivalent to forced summer reading that actual enjoyable listening. So, instead, I'll just suggest a few albums I think are worth hearing.Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the DeafEminem - The Marshall Mathers LPFoo Fighters - The Colour and the ShapeSoundgarden - Down on the UpsideEminem??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gods Favourite Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I don't think anything is absolutely essential to hear. Telling someone they have to listen to an album makes it feel like the equivalent to forced summer reading that actual enjoyable listening. So, instead, I'll just suggest a few albums I think are worth hearing.Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the DeafEminem - The Marshall Mathers LPFoo Fighters - The Colour and the ShapeSoundgarden - Down on the UpsideEminem??? Ohh noes, RAP?!! you must be kidding son, rap is not music lololol ROCK N ROLL FOREVER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Definitly Maybe - OasisThe Stone Roses - The Stone RosesWhatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not - Arctic MonkeysNever Mind The Bollocks - The Sex PistolsBlonde On Blonde - Bob DylanLondon Calling - The ClashMagical Mystery Tour - The Beatles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastodonny Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) All of the Hendrix studio albums.Metallica- Master of PuppetsSoundgarden- BadmotorfingerRolling Stones- Beggars Banquet, Exile on Main Street and Sticky FingersPearl jam-first 3 albumsMuddy Waters-Folk SingerAny 60s and early 70s era Bob Dylan. Edited April 1, 2010 by Mastodonny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wando Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The Velvet Underground & Nico.The Stooges, Funhouse.Ramones, selftitled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Idlewild - 100 Broken WindowsGhostface Killah - Supreme ClienteleAnd You Would Know Us By The Trail of Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Nothings essential, there's nothing more boring than an album collection full of 'essentials'. The beatles, the stones, the who, the beatles, the stones, the who, i love a lot of bands that come under that essential banner but at the same time when i look at a record collection i wannabe turned on to something, not just nod in agreement whilst scratching my chin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 You like The beatles, kev?http://www.last.fm/user/kevinbucknerSecond most played artist :< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 This is how I'd word it: Someone who's been deaf their entire life gets surgery and their hearing will be completely normal. Or, someone who was raised by a pack of wolves is being acclimated to modern society, what kind of CD mix would you make for someone who has no idea what music is? Get everything you've enjoyed and grown used to listening to out of your head, and go with what essential music you think they should be exposed to... do you let them hear standard Christmas music, do you send them straight to rock and roll, do you make a mix of the classical music you are familiar with through Bugs Bunny and favorite movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_And_Roll_Over Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Most of it has already been said, but I'd like to add U2's Achtung Baby to the list. That album was their Abbey Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Someone who's been deaf their entire life gets surgery and their hearing will be completely normal. Or, someone who was raised by a pack of wolves is being acclimated to modern society, what kind of CD mix would you make for someone who has no idea what music is? Get everything you've enjoyed and grown used to listening to out of your head, and go with what essential music you think they should be exposed to... do you let them hear standard Christmas music, do you send them straight to rock and roll, do you make a mix of the classical music you are familiar with through Bugs Bunny and favorite movies? I'd do my utmost to not make an "essential list android" out of them, i'd be quite interested to see what they naturally find and respond to rather than doing the whole "once upon a time there was a young man born in Tupelo Mississippi named Elvis Aaron Presley" bit, its occurs to me that a person whoose just heard music for the first time would be free of the cynical little bullshit that clouds my judgement and would perhaps appreciate music on a level that i could never, except from taking his cue.I'm full of all sorts of "ugh, this this and this band suck" crap...a person coming to music for the first time like that will have a much more honest ear than mine and much more heartfelt responses. They wouldn't rip it apart like i do "hmm, this sounds like The Stones only it has a little more etc etc etc".I'd probably learn more from them than they ever could from me.. Edited April 1, 2010 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 For psytrance, Opium of the Masses - The Lost Planet That is the best bar none Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_And_Roll_Over Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy's Gurl Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 My essentials would be:Aerosmith's Greatest HitsAc/Dc's Back in BlackAll four Buckcherry albumsGreat White's Twice ShyCinderella's Still ClimbingPoison's Greatest HitsAll the Motley Crue albumsAll the GnR albums except CDAnd of course, all the Izzy albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtydane Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 alice cooper's hey, stupidbon jovi theese dayskiss hot in the shadeskid row slave to the grindWhat a terrible list. and SunnyDre, dont you think Ironmans better than Supreme Clientele? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Blizzard of Ozz and No More Tears are essential Ozzy records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I wonder if Kevin is going to download every single album in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I wonder if Kevin is going to download every single album in this thread.Only the essentials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted_19765 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Just the first that came to mind: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin' Jack Flash Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 ^^^^ That. A million times that.Also,Back in Black-AC/DCNevermind- NirvanaNevermind the Bollocks- Sex PistolsRamones s/tLed Zeppelin s/tDark Side of the Moon- Pink FloydBeggars Banquet- The Rolling StonesWhos Next- The WhoParanoid- Black SabbathMarshall Mathers LP- EminemReady To Die- The Notorious B.I.G.The Doors s/tDoolittle- PixiesHighway 61 Revisited- Bob DylanAre You Experienced?- The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceMaster of Puppets- MetallicaBut as Sugaraylen mentioned, there's nothing more boring than a music collection with just the "essentials"These albums are just to "get you started" The vast majority of these aren't even the artists' best work...just their most accessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Someone who's been deaf their entire life gets surgery and their hearing will be completely normal. Or, someone who was raised by a pack of wolves is being acclimated to modern society, what kind of CD mix would you make for someone who has no idea what music is? Get everything you've enjoyed and grown used to listening to out of your head, and go with what essential music you think they should be exposed to... do you let them hear standard Christmas music, do you send them straight to rock and roll, do you make a mix of the classical music you are familiar with through Bugs Bunny and favorite movies? I'd do my utmost to not make an "essential list android" out of them, i'd be quite interested to see what they naturally find and respond to rather than doing the whole "once upon a time there was a young man born in Tupelo Mississippi named Elvis Aaron Presley" bit, its occurs to me that a person whoose just heard music for the first time would be free of the cynical little bullshit that clouds my judgement and would perhaps appreciate music on a level that i could never, except from taking his cue.I'm full of all sorts of "ugh, this this and this band suck" crap...a person coming to music for the first time like that will have a much more honest ear than mine and much more heartfelt responses. They wouldn't rip it apart like i do "hmm, this sounds like The Stones only it has a little more etc etc etc".I'd probably learn more from them than they ever could from me..There's a lot of music out there - but you're going to wind up looking for a mix of traditional and modern songs. Which is why I'd prob. start with folk music... Pete Seeger's prob. one of the most important of the 20th century, because he ties into working with Alan Lomax, playing with Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, and had his share of controversy, took "We Shall Overcome" from a gospel song into a rallying cry for civil rights, (although Baez gets some credit for that, she's someone you can connect Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Judas Priest... ) but he has this appeal that spans ages. I'd have to go with the basics of music as far as anything related to a music essential goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) Someone who's been deaf their entire life gets surgery and their hearing will be completely normal. Or, someone who was raised by a pack of wolves is being acclimated to modern society, what kind of CD mix would you make for someone who has no idea what music is? Get everything you've enjoyed and grown used to listening to out of your head, and go with what essential music you think they should be exposed to... do you let them hear standard Christmas music, do you send them straight to rock and roll, do you make a mix of the classical music you are familiar with through Bugs Bunny and favorite movies? I'd do my utmost to not make an "essential list android" out of them, i'd be quite interested to see what they naturally find and respond to rather than doing the whole "once upon a time there was a young man born in Tupelo Mississippi named Elvis Aaron Presley" bit, its occurs to me that a person whoose just heard music for the first time would be free of the cynical little bullshit that clouds my judgement and would perhaps appreciate music on a level that i could never, except from taking his cue.I'm full of all sorts of "ugh, this this and this band suck" crap...a person coming to music for the first time like that will have a much more honest ear than mine and much more heartfelt responses. They wouldn't rip it apart like i do "hmm, this sounds like The Stones only it has a little more etc etc etc".I'd probably learn more from them than they ever could from me..There's a lot of music out there - but you're going to wind up looking for a mix of traditional and modern songs. Which is why I'd prob. start with folk music... Pete Seeger's prob. one of the most important of the 20th century, because he ties into working with Alan Lomax, playing with Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, and had his share of controversy, took "We Shall Overcome" from a gospel song into a rallying cry for civil rights, (although Baez gets some credit for that, she's someone you can connect Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Judas Priest... ) but he has this appeal that spans ages. I'd have to go with the basics of music as far as anything related to a music essential goes.Yeah, the anthology of american folk music'd be a good start i guess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoEG8SRiNn8 breathtaking.. Edited April 2, 2010 by sugaraylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) Prince - Purple RainPrince - Sign O The TimesThe Time - What Time Is ItMichael Jackson - HIStoryMichael Jackson - DangerousDavid Bowie - LowKate Bush - Hounds of LoveNeil Young - Rust Never SleepsNeil Young - HarvestTori Amos - From The Choirgirl HotelTori Amos - Scarlet's WalkGNR - Appetite / UYI IIStone Temple Pilots - Shangri-LadedaThe Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Edited April 4, 2010 by Towelie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Wu-Tang - Enter The Wu-TangClutch - Elephant RidersEverything else has been named dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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