February 16, 201016 yr ^i hate to be obnoxious. i'm enjoying reading your countdown, but when you're done can you just post a list in one post? yeah i was always going to post the list just after i post my no.1 i couldnt help but be a little self indulgent with this list
February 16, 201016 yr I think it would have been best to leave the reviewing and album covers and stuff on a blog (if you have one?)
February 16, 201016 yr Here is my list. Its not very good but I dont really have time to put effort into it. I enjoy reading these countdowns more than making them. I only really know the last 3 years of the decade anyway. 1. Funeral - Arcade Fire 2. A rush of blood - Coldplay 3. Neon Bible- Arcade Fire 4. Viva La Vida - Coldplay 5. veckatimest - grizzly bear 6. For emma, forever ago - bon iver 7. BHAR - muse 8. How to dismantle an atomic bomb - u2 9. Perfect symmetry - keane 10. hot fuss- the killers 11. only by the night - kings of leon 12. the xx - the xx 13. vampire weekend - S/T 14. Im wide awake, its morning - bright eyes 15. parachutes - coldplay 16. OoS - muse 17. x & y - coldplay 18. wolfgang amadeus phoenix - phoenix 19. whatever people say I am - artic monkeys 20. no line on the horizon - u2
February 16, 201016 yr I'll try to do it tonight. Can't make any promises. Big assignment and quiz on Thursday. I'll try my best though!
February 17, 201016 yr ok i promise this will be my final post on this thread. but there is a method to my madness. i wanted to use this opportunity to express a few things. First of all I really want to thank everyone on this forum in particular the regulars on World of Music. I've been a member of countless music forums all over the web but none have matched my taste in music and personality as much as this place has. I've had the pleasure of becoming good friends with alot of you. But above all my love and appreciation has increased ten fold since I first joined CPing, I love the energy and passion all of you have for music and that has most certainly rubbed off on me. I don't want to dwell on any negatives but I know for a fact that many of you don't quite agree with me on many things and that we've come into conflict on several occasions. But I hope in the future they become a rarity and that we can accept our differences and move on like mature intelligent people. Well now to my top 2. I really wanted to post these two separately because they are most probably the two most important albums I own. I've spent countless late nights drifting off to sleep with one of them playing gently in the background. At more emotional times in my life they've reduced me to tears involuntarily. I won't say anymore here as I won't have anything left to say below. 2. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay (2002) The thrashing drums that introduce this record elevate you to another stratosphere, to a different world, a world of insecurities, heartbreak, anxiety and lost love but interspersed amongst great beauty and hope. Listening to this masterpiece I get the feeling that Chris & Co were in a special place (no, not in my place) when they wrote this album, it sounds to me like the music of a group with a burning desire in their hearts to create something spectacular yet moving. It also sounds like a band who are still learning their trade, they've taken everything they learnt making their debut and put it to good use. Something many of the young hyped up indie acts can take inspiration from before they go ahead and make a sophomore record. I cannot finish this piece without mentioning the incredible melodies that feature throughout Rush of Blood, each has its own intentions and none fail to deliver, there is little or no doubt that Chris is the greatest melodist since John & Paul. A special mention has to be given to The Scientist, the song that turned me from being a Coldplay hater to being a massive fan. Lyrically, musically and vocally this song cannot be better, it truly transcends art. Put simply, A Rush of Blood To The Head is one big long warm hug that you wish never ended. 1. In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007) It was a Monday night in mid-October 2007, I was 4 days from my first End of School exam, I had just endured what is still the most difficult year of my life, out of boredom I thought I would scan the radio to see if there was any decent music on. Mid-way through my search I hear the searing falsetto of a familiar voice, after 30seconds of jaw-droppingly beautiful vocals I realise it is the band that did Creep. Aware of the highly publicised unorthodox release of their latest record I decide to keep listening. Half an hour later I turn off the radio, and I think to myself "now that's music". That was my first In Rainbows experience, albeit starting from track 3. I kept away from the album until the end of the exam period then for the remainder of my summer holidays I immersed myself in the incomparable music of Radiohead. By the end of it my entire view of the music world had changed. Gone were my days of scrolling through the charts in search of my next favourite hit track, no longer did I find satisfaction in listening to individual tracks and I started to question my taste in music. I sit here now with an album collection besides me 50 times the size it was when I first sat here listening to House of Cards. Every week I discover a band I had never even heard of before I heard All I Need. I'm not entirely sure if this is one of the best albums I own but it is the one I am the most grateful for having heard. That's that. Forgive me for my self-indulgence. But I will warn you, it will happen again in February 2020.
February 17, 201016 yr ok this is the last one but for the benefit of the people making the list. 1. In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007) 2. A Rush of Blood To The Head (2002) 3. Elephant - The White Stripes (2003) 4. S/T - Wolfmother (2005) 5. Late Registration - Kanye West (2005) 6. Is This It? - The Strokes (2001) 7. Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not - Arctic Monkeys (2006) 8. Parachutes - Coldplay (2000) 9. Kid A - Radiohead (2000) 10.S/T - Franz Ferdinand (2004) 11. S/T - Fleet Foxes (2008) 12. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire (2007) 13. Hot Fuss - The Killers (2004) 14. Diorama - Silverchair (2002) 15. Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem (2007) 16. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (2001) 17. Cruel Guards - The Panics (2007) 18. Antics - Interpol (2004) 19. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park (2000) 20. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age (2002) WOO ALL DONE!
February 17, 201016 yr Snow Day! My first one of university! So I have more time to study and procrastinate. So I'll do this update, it should be up sometime before 3:00 EST
February 17, 201016 yr ^ I had my first snow day ever Friday. 'Twas rather exciting. :wacky: Enjoy it. :nice: 3 EST? Cool! That's 2 CST. That means I can go to Horn Studio, then come back and find it waiting for me. :cheesy:
February 17, 201016 yr ^ i was hoping ur top 2 would go the other way.... regardless, good list!!!! I'm surprised funeral isn't ther! it was a really really tough choice but i'm happy with my choice. funeral would be somewhere in between 20 and 25. i strongly considered putting it in the top 20 but i realised that i would be including it just because it is so critically acclaimed and not because it means much to me personally.
February 18, 201016 yr If I posted a list soon, would I be able to edit said list in the future, or would I have to stick with what I initially put down? That's the only reason I haven't made a list yet; I don't know if my decision is final.
February 18, 201016 yr Yeah, just click this button: ... (but seriously, the question isn't whether you can edit your post, but when your list will count)
February 18, 201016 yr 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois 2. Bob Dylan, Modern Times 3. Kate Bush, Aerial 4. Tori Amos, Scarlet's Walk 5. Radiohead, Kid A 6. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine 7. Pink Martini, Hey Eugene! 8. Ariana Gillis, To Make it Make Sense 9. The Fiery Furnaces, Widow City 10. Goldfrapp, Felt Mountain 11. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black 12. Beck, Sea Change 13. The Clientele, Strange Geometry 14. Clare and the Reasons, The Movie 15. Sarah Slean, Night Bugs 16. Nicole Atkins, Neptune City 17. Anjani, Blue Alert 18. Regina Spektor, Begin to Hope 19. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head 20. Nelly Furtado, Folklore
February 19, 201016 yr 1. The Colour of Snow - Polarkreis 18 2. Polarkreis 18 - Polarkreis 18 3. So sehr dabei - Clueso 4. Viva la Vida - Coldplay 5. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay 6. Shoegazing Kids - Stuck in the Sound 7. Nevermind the Living Dead - Stuck in the Sound 8. Und endlich unendlich - Selig 9. A Weekend in the City - Bloc Party 10. X and Y - Coldplay 11. The Boy with no Name - Travis 12. Billy Talent II - BT 13. Meterora - Linkin Park 14. Parachutes - Coldplay 15. Under the Iron Sea - Keane 16. How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 17. The Man Who - Travis 18. Day and Age - The Killers 19. Eyes open - Snow Patrol 20. Back to Bedlam - James Blunt 21. Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit 22. How to Save a Life - The Fray 23. Enter Metropolis - Dúné 24. Out of Ashes - Dead by Sunrise 25. Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cuty 26. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park 27. Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park 28. No Line on the Horizon - U2 29. Good Feeling - Travis 30. Get behind me Satan - The White Stripes 31. It won't be long before soon - Maroon 5 32. La Roux - La Roux 33. Minor Earth, Major Sky - A-Ha 34. This is the Life - Amy MacDonald 35. Yours truly angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs 36. Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 37. All that you can't leave behind - U2 38. A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol 39. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party 40. Billy Talent I - BT 41. Billy Talent III - BT 42. A Beautiful Lie - 30s to Mars 43. All the Lost Souls - James Blunt 44. In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson 45. The Fray - The Fray 46. It's not me, it's you - Lily Allen 47. The Pursuit - Jamie Cullum 48. Hopes and Fears - Keane 49. Songs about Jane - Maroon 5 50. On the Way to Wonderland - Aunrise Avenue my list. not necessarily in the order of quality, but national bands need support! thanks for making this!
February 19, 201016 yr 1. On an Island - David Gilmour 2. Parachutes - Coldplay 3. Little Joy - Little Joy 4. Viva la Vida - Coldplay 5. Chaos and Creation on the Backyard - Paul McCartney 6. Hot Fuss - The Killers 7. Is this it - The Strokes 8. In Rainbows - Radiohead 9. Hopes and Fears - Keane 10. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay 11. How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 12. Under the Iron Sea - Keane 13. Eyes open - Snow Patrol 14. Don´t believe the truth - Oasis 15. In your honor - Foo Fighters 16. X&Y - Coldplay 17. First Impressions of Earth - The Strokes 18. Sam´s Town - The Killers 19. Day and Age - The Killers 20. Memory Almost Full - Paul Mccartney 21. Cosita Buena - Orishas 22. Heathen Chemistry - Oasis 23. 12 Memories - Travis 24. Hail to the thief - Radiohead 25. Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 26. Ça Ira - Roger Waters 27. Final Straw - Snow Patrol 28. Reveal - REM 29. Emigrante - Orishas 30. Spirilling - Keane
February 19, 201016 yr on an island, Chaos & creation in the backyard, and memory almost full?... nice choices! You should also listen to that other Paul McCartney album Electric Arguments, under the psyudonym The Fireman.
February 19, 201016 yr ^^ interesting list Thank you! I listen to a fair bit of music, so I tried to make my choices reflect that. Actually, I'm thinking of replacing Crane Wife with Goldfrapp's "Felt Mountain"... hmm.
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