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Albatross by Fleetwood Mac deserves a mention. --Mike

If you have the hard drive space/blank CD's, these are worth looking into, and I'd say everything from the Rubber Soul sessions on is essential if you're a big fan. The way Apple/Capitol runs things with the Beatles, it may be decades before the CD's are ever re-mastered (how long has the Let it Be DVD been "almost ready for release"), so these are the best bet. The Purple Chick comp of the Beach Boys Smile sessions is also worth tracking down. --Mike

I have found memories of listening to these guys in the mid-to-late nineties when I was just getting into music, I haven't really found anything of theirs post-2000 to be really that worthwhile. Certainly not a band I'd ever imagine getting into cocaine, but as Rick James noted, it is a hell of drug. --Mike

Decent list for Entertainment Weekly, but Infinite Jest is a pretty big omission. --Mike

Yes Al is on Graceland, and was the big single from the album. This is likely in part due to the "Chevy Chase bump" received from You Can Call Me Al music video. --Mike

I'd go with the self-titled or There Goes Rhymin Simon to start out, and then pick up Graceland. --Mike

Linda McCartney! One of my favorite Youtube videos, Jellyfish doing Jet and No Matter What on German TV in the early nineties, great band, anything with a Jon Brion or Faulkner connection is worth checking out. --Mike

I listened to Boxer while driving around in WVa today. It was the first time I'd spun it in a couple of months, excellent album. It inspired me to pick this EP/DVD up at Borders, I'm counting down the hours until I get to go home and watch it. --Mike

I like Shepherd's Dog quite a bit, the songs might not be as strong individually as his earlier works, but I enjoy the album quite a bit as a whole. It's sort of like Graceland meets YHF or later-period Califone. Though not quite on that level. My favorite realease of Sam's might actually be the In the Reins EP, Iron and Wine did with Calexico. --Mike

Beach Boys and Forks in Bags

I love Month of Sundays, it was well worth the effort to track that one down, great record. I certainly hope the Chamber Strings can find a deal and get there new one out.

Paging owl to thread.... I knew they were getting back together for the Sub Pop anniversary show, glad to see it might be more than a one off thing. And I am excited to see Beachwood Sparks back together as well, let's hope that sticks. --Mike

. Yoko is one of my favorite albums of the 00's, actually it's one of my favorite albums regardless of decade. Ladybug Transistor is excellent as well. --Mike

Don't worry about, dude. That's one of the downsides of internet communication, no matter how many emoticons or quirky interwebs lingo people toss in to their posts, it's hard to really control the context by which people take what is typed up there. Anyway, I am a big fan of the '66 tour. This is probably my favorite non-commercial Dylan release worth checking out http://www.bobsboots.com/cds/cd-j03.html. Along with any of the Basement Tape sessions you can find out there. If you can torrent or even have a decent internet connection and don't mind MP3's, you should be able to find quite a

My "annoying" comment was more directed at the tone junkiesmile took his "obsession with the past" comment, which I found clever, yet unnecessarily snarky. Unfortunately, I worded this reply very poorly and it came across as me saying the entire thread was annoying, which I don't find it to be. We do talk a lot about Dylan on this particular board, but after re-reading the original post the primary purpose for this thread seems to be discussing being obsessed with an artists music, with Dylan used as an example, and as someone who once listened to Blonde on Blonde for 14 hours straight, it has

This wouldn't come off quite as annoying if there wasn't another a Dylan thread on the first PAGE of Someone Else's Song at the moment, you know the one that's three threads under this one. Subsequently, if you want to whine about Analogman's dedication to the search function, you can use the search function and I'm sure there's been a thread about that at some point . --Mike

I dig idigworm's list. I had Fear of Music by the Talking Heads on my list, btw. --Mike

No, that's from the show where Tweedy sort of got into it with what he felt was an unresponsive British audience. In response to one of your earlier posts, I also scream along with my Kingpin bootlegs, and then feel quite self-conscious about it. --Mike

I got the impression from the Kot book, that Jay actually wrote the music to Another Man's Done Gone, but Bragg got the solo credit for it. --Mike

The Being There/Summerteeth-era is a pretty well documented rough time in the band. I can tell you if I had thousands of people staring at me for any reason even if I was playing on a stage, I'd be a little testy as well. I am not excusing it, but it can certainly be a mindfuck. --Mike

Ballad of Biblo Baggins: Leonard Nemoy --Mike

Oh yeah, that's right. They did it on the Being There tour too, and then brought it back. In the fall of 2004. Jeff famously got into it with a few crowds particularly the British during some Kingpins. --Mike

Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" "Damn you for picking that, that should have been mine." --Mike

I thought your list was fine. That Shrimp Boat album is damn good, I've only had it for a few weeks so I haven't quite been able to digest it on the same level as my all time favorites. I have a feeling I'm going to be revising mine quite a bit though. Thanks to Gogo for suggesting this . I'm glad I re-read the first post and know now to e-mail instead of just posting it in the thread. Reading comprehension is not one of my stronger points, despite being an English major. --Mike