I'm enjoying this stuff about music...It's good how we share a lot of common stuff here... 'My Aim is True' for example.

Can I just indulge myself in a spot of name-dropping regarding aforesaid Mr Eno?
I shared a table with him at the Marquee in London back in the late 70s at a 'Brand X' gig... remember them? Bill Bruford on drums I think but could be wrong. Don't remember much else about them except they were jazz/rock and I think they had an album out called 'Morrocan Roll' at the time. Anyway the young Brian was not at all pretentious and was quite happy to chat about how St Pauli were doing that season and drink lager.

What do you guys think about 'Another Day on Earth'? I can't make my mind up about it.

(I lied about the St Pauli bit)

WaddockHunt wrote:

Deathside. Now see what you've done!! John x

It wasn't me..

Just to throw my anorak onto the peg, Eno produced 3 Talking Heads albums: More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light. Fear of Music would probably make my top ten, and the other 2 as well.

Actually, Talking Heads were instrumental (ahem!) in bringing Ms. Zim and me together. The first time she came back to my flat, the first thing she asked was if I had any Talking Heads. I just reached out and picked up the Storytelling Giant vid and asked "What do you mean, have I got any Talking Heads?"

Nice to see so many people on the board with excellent taste in music as well as football!

AC/DC-If you want blood
SLF-Hanks
The Jam-Setting Sons
Stone Roses
U2-Boy
Daft Punk-Discovery
Belle & Sebastian-Tigermilk
Catatonia-Equally cursed and blessed
Deacon Blue-Raintown
Polyphonic Spree-in the begining.

I realise I may have put my membership of this board in jepordy with some of my selections!

WxmCelt - discovery was just outside my top 10 but here goes -

My number 1 is Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
the next 9, (in no order)

REM Automatic for the people
DJ Shadow entroducing
Oasis Morning Glory
Love Forever Changes
Abba Arrival
Ben Folds Five - can't decide between his first 2 albums, both absolutely brilliant and underarted
Pixies - Surfer Rosa/Come on Pilgrim
Grateful Dead - skelatons from the closet
Talking Heads - fear of music

Best 10 albums ever eh? This will almost certainly change in the next few days but in no particular order...

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy No 1
OK Computer - Radiohead
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
If I Should Fall from Grace with God - The Pogues
Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
The Clash - The Clash
Quality Control - Jurassic 5

Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Air - Moon Safari
Belle and Sebastian - If you are feeling sinister
The Smiths - The Queen is dead
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
Catatonia - Paper Scissors Stone
Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
Joy Division - Closer
Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Good to see Manchester Gloom Rock featuring highly in your list Petra, excluding the Roses of course!

actually, the Roses would be the one album I grabbed if the house was on fire

I find it hard to compile a list like this, though, and - like someone wrote before me on this thread - the list would always change slightly, depending on what mood I am in generally

still, looking through my collection, Mancunian bands have always ranked high on my all my lists!

I meant in the sense that they weren't gloomy. Actually, neither were The Smiths come to think of it. Well, perhaps half the time Lambasting Moz as miserable was/is thoroughly lazy. I find 'There is a light that never goes out' to be one of the most uplifting songs ever written.

The Stone Roses were in my 10 as was 'The Queen Is Dead'. Fine choices. I see Mr O'Banton is of similar mind

Kowalski wrote:

The Stone Roses were in my 10 as was 'The Queen Is Dead'. Fine choices. I see Mr O'Banton is of similar mind

To tell the truth there isn't much released these days that would get near a top ten for me, however I agree though with Antics by Interpol, which is fantastic. The only others that I can think of is 'Underdog World Strike' by GolGol Bordello, 'Keep on your Mean Side' by The Kills and 'Hot Fuss' by The Killers.

I saw Gogol Bordello on some MTV Coverage of the South By Southwest Festival. Looked bloody mental....but good. May have to check out some more stuff.

Interpol are just one of those bands that I instantly 'got', but it would normally take at least 5 years for me to consider anyone that highly. Have you seen them live? Marvellous they are!

Kowalski wrote:

I saw Gogol Bordello on some MTV Coverage of the South By Southwest Festival. Looked bloody mental....but good. May have to check out some more stuff. Interpol are just one of those bands that I instantly 'got', but it would normally take at least 5 years for me to consider anyone that highly. Have you seen them live? Marvellous they are!

Haven't seen them or many bands live recently. It was one of the things that I meant to correct when I moved up norf but so far I have only got to the Pogues and Golgol Bordello - who were absolutely cracking live. Indeed the next concert that I am going to is Echo and the Bunnymen and that's going to be back in Norf Landaaaan.

Golgol Bordello's album is superb but if you get the chance to see them live grab it. Seen them at Manchester University and they were storming (then again a large dose of Newcastel Brown ale before meant anyone would have sounded good at the time!)

I know what you mean about Interpol their is something about them that really hits the mark, its strange because I think that 'The Editors' can sound similar but are not really a patch on Interpol.

It changes for time to time but the top 3 is always the same. Anyway, here is my current list -

1. Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners
2. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
3. Forever Changes - Love
4. Fireworks - Pele
5. Neither Washington Nor Moscow - Redskins
6. The Wisermiserdemelza - The Prisoners
7. This Is London - The Times
8. No Lumps Of Fat Or Gristle Guaranteed - Makin' Time
9. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
10. In The Studio - Special AKA