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Vin 09:24 pm UTC 09/24/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Other Favorites - Jacqueline 09:15 am UTC 09/24/13 |
| Billy was my favorite before there was Jimmy. Probably the greatest live showman I've ever seen, even in his older age. (I last saw him perform about 5 years ago, I guess.) "Piano Man" was my favorite song for a long time, and that started when I was in 5th grade. Kind of weird, since at the time most of the kids at school were into the Beastie Boys' "License to Ill." "An Innocent Man" was the album that turned me on to him, but as it turned out most of his best stuff came out before that record. Like Jim, a once-prolific writer who seems to have just.... stopped....for no apparent reason, leaving fans to wonder WTF? His lack of new material causes me to lapse and sort of forget about him for long stretches, and then I'll hear something on the radio and be reminded how much I enjoy his music. > 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 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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