Littlebear

I must have hundreds of records I love equally as much as others, and it changes at every listen! But here are 50 picks - in chronological order. 1. The Boswell Sisters

You forgot Bilco.

Not sure it's my favorite song in the genre, but do you know that song called Kirsten Dunst by Ezra Furman & the Harpoons? http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZJMZ3ZI0Y Ezra Furman & the Harpoons are from Chicago, they released an excellent album last year, and a new one is on the way... And Kirsten Dunst is certainly one of the most charming actresses of the world

Thanks a lot for the new topic and your answers! I'll forward them to my friend.

Don't know if it's the right topic, but I'm forwarding the question of a friend: So. I don't know is anyone can help me with this but I am trying to get myself a rather large sized picture of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover. I was wondering if anyone know where (like do regular printing places do this sort of thing?) I could get something like this done? thx. Anyone knows?

Great thread. My first passion in music was Jacques Brel (I'm French). I was 13 years old when I was caught and fascinated by his songs. Still today, I think he's the best performer that ever lived. http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ_ihsn404 http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HEHxAREUVdg He was a real poet, and many songs of him still make me cry.

Oh, and it's not a book, but just an article. Oh well. Let's swing.

Still from the link above, here's a list of 20 items by LouieB: 1. King Oliver - Off The Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings (Archeophone, $30.49, 2CD) 2. Louis Armstrong - 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens ($11.98) 3. Jelly Roll Morton - Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions 1926-27 (RCA, $11.98) 4. Bix Biederbecke - Volume 1: Singin' the Blues (Columbia, $6.97) 5. Artie Shaw - Personal Best: The Bluebird / Victor Years (1938-45) (out of print, available used from $9.12) 6. Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (Columbia, $15.97, 2CD)

I didn't realize LouieB wrote that book! Sorry for having sounded tough, I was just expressing a personal feeling I had while reading some stuff I quoted from the link. Readings are important, it's useful to learn a lot of things. Still, I think my question is interesting, about being influenced, etc...

That was a part of what I was saying, yes -- in my second language (I'm French), so sometime it's hard for me to put my thoughts and feelings clearly. There are so much things to hear beside the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan. And when we have heard many other things, we often observe the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan don't deserve to be more praised than the others. And those who say the opposite have just read lots of books about Dylan, the Beatles and the Stones. I can listen to many different records of many different artists in a row, and I hardly hear any clear superiority, at l

I paste some stuff I read from your link: Unlike rock where you can pinpoint certain albums as important, jazz predates the LP era, but there are influential sides which constitute the first 50 years of its history. (History lesson: all music used to come as singles with one three-minute song on each side of a 78 RPM record.) There are certainly albums to mention, and even the most unaware rock fan knows at least two albums that are great by any standard: Kind of Blue by the Miles Davis Quintet and A Love Supreme by the John Coltrane Quartet. Both of these albums are must haves. There seems

For me, it's Joni Mitchell's music that made me want to get into jazz. A few years ago, all I've ever loved was Billie Holiday. So I needed to know more, and purchased a lots of classics recommended by the specialists. Today I can make a Top 10. Concerning instrumental jazz, I was especially impressed by Charlie Parker. I got my hands on the Rhino 2CDs compilation, Yardbird Suite, which is hard to find (but I was lucky to find it used, at reasonable price). The Dial and Savoy recordings are certainly recommended, if you don't find Yardbird Suite. Other instrumental stuff I love: Louis Arms

I'd rather pick "To Ramona" and "It Ain't Me, Babe". Their sound alone is 100% affecting.

Totally disagree. Actually there's something more soulful and moving from these vocals than on most of his other 60s albums.

Where is the emoticon smoking pot?

I never miss any of his record, I'm a fan since Whereabouts in 1999. Actually, four records made my joy in 1999: Whereabouts, Summerteeth, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road and Homeless House (John Cunningham, UK). I saw him in concert in Paris. It's a treat, he's gifted and more up-lifting than on his records. Some people find him too mellow, and I can understand that. But his melodies are always the winners to me. Give me good melodies and I'm happy!

I just can't believe it, people. I have read the six pages and all the lists, and apart from Analogman who lists the whole discography, nobody mentionned Another Side of Bob Dylan, which is far better than the Freewheelin' one.

Right away: Dylan now Elvis Costello in the past Damon Albarn Ben Lee Lou Reed now Jules Shear Madonna Celine Dion Yoko Ono at Toronto in 69 Thom Yorke I could add twenty others I guess... oh yeah: Conor Oberst

I voted for Tweedy. I don't care if he's better than Dylan or not, he's my favourite, and that I'm totally sure of. Tweedy didn't forget music and vocals.

Well, we obviously disagree. Jim Morrison was self-destructive, to me it was obvious he couldn't live long. He died with the illusions of his time. He was an extremist. Honestly, we feel it in every album of the Doors. He never ceased to talk about death, about end, about something to reach ultimately, to "the other side". Everyone is free to think what he wants to think about that, but he definitely prepared himself to die, in my opinion. A few others could have died, too. Lou Reed, Nick Cave. They weren't really far from it.

No, no, I disagree completely. Morrison's performances were fitting with everything about his music and his band. Suffice to see how he was moving on stage, in pure anarchy, like a lost dog. It meant something, really. Who's doing the same kind of thing today more pathetically? Pete Doherty. Or Ryan Adams a few years ago.

But I don't see any romanticism about this... The guy was desperate, and his view of rock'n'roll was certainly not a peaceful one. I always felt despair, tragedy, anger, and crisis in Morrison's attitude. Oh, and joy and infinity, too. After all, he was smiling when we found him dead in his bath.

To imagine what would Jim Morrison do today is a nonsense: during his short life (he died at 27, people...), he prepared himself to die, at least as early as he fronted the Doors. You know, if you ever pay a bit of attention to the lyrics...