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rockfenris2005 01:06 pm UTC 09/24/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Other Favorites - Jacqueline 09:15 am UTC 09/24/13 |
> Billy Joel is our (mine and my husband, Martin who is also > a SteinFan to the max) second favourite. Brilliant guy. > And oh how we love our piano based songs. > It's a pity he isn't releasing any new songs but I understand. > > > > It's almost impossible for me to have a favourite album > > from artists that I like. There's so much to consider. For > > example, Pink Floyd, I can't choose "The dark side of the > > moon" over "The piper at the gates of dawn" because I love > > them for different reasons, and "Wish you were here" is > > one of the best followup albums I've heard of. Beatles > > again, I love "Please please me" as much as I love the > > later stuff, and the early stuff too like the album they > > recorded with Tony Sheridan. "River of dreams" Billy Joel > > was one of my first albums and I love that a lot but I > > wouldn't call it my favourite. "The stranger" and "52nd > > Street" are right up there though, but then I love the > > contrast between "Cold spring harbor" and "Piano man" and > > I love the intimacy of "Cold spring harbor". I love Carole > > King's "Tapestry" but I've never heard her other albums. > > I've heard other songs but not the full albums. Then > > Queen, there's something I love about every one of their > > albums, but they all have something that I don't like. > > "Sweet lady" from "A night at the opera" is the song from > > that album I don't like. > > > > What about cast recordings? "Jesus Christ Superstar" and > > "Evita" are amazing to me and I treasure those a lot, Jeff > > Wayne's musical version of "The war of the worlds" (I > > still haven't heard "Spartacus"), and the American > > premiere recording of "Sunset Boulevard" and the soaring > > highs of "Songs from whistle down the wind" and the > > crashing lows, ugh, Donny Osmond... which brings us back > > to Jim :-) > > > > > Who else do you like? and what is your favorite album by > > > that artist? > > > > > > Tom Waits - Rain Dogs > > > Randy Newman - Land of Dreams > > > Dr. John - In The Right Place > > > Muddy Waters - Hard Again > > > Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Wolf > > > Bob Dylan - Together Through Life > > > Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs > > > Nick Cave - Let Love In > > > Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest For The Wicked > > > Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet > > > Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Somethin' Funny Goin' On > > > Captain Beefheart - Doc At The Radar Station > > > Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl > > > Willie Nelson - Moonlight Becomes You > > > Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man | |
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