First, Rod composed it. And then Mrs.Tanya picked it up. Then I ripped it off of her. And then Eric ripped it off of me. So I figured it's high time for a sequel!
Last Five Albums you bought/burned:
A Matter of Life and Death by Iron Maiden
Nineteeneighties by Grant Lee Philips
The Greatest Gift by Scratch Acid
Beg to Differ by Prong
The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
....although the last three were to replace vinyl/cassette incarnations.
Five great albums that are not available on compact disc:
Let Them Eat Jellybeans by various artists (Alternative Tentacles compilation)
Headkick Facsimile by Cop Shoot Cop
Belfegore by Belfegore
Teen Babes from Monsanto by Redd Kross
Drunk on the Pope's Blood by the Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch
The Echo & the Bunnymen e.p. by Echo & the Bunnymen, a blue-sleeved 12" which featured an ass-whuppin' live rendition of "Do It Clean" that -- to my knowledge -- cannot be found elsewhere.
Albums you wish they'd re-master/re-release (w/ deluxe bonus tracks, expanded artwork -- the whole nine):
Well, I'm still waiting for them to re-release the next five Killing Joke albums, but beyond that…
Headkick Facsimile by Cop Shoot Cop
The Lion & the Cobra by Sinead O'Connor
Chronic Town by R.E.M.
The Sprit of Eden by Talk Talk (though it's already perfect)
Album you're looking for but have yet to find:
The internet has made the world a smaller place, thus things aren't nearly as hard to find as they once were (which is sort've a shame, really -- half the fun was in the search). That said, I've never been able to find any albums by the Matt Stagger Band (British Punk band from the mid-70's that briefly featured Big Paul Ferguson and Jaz Coleman, later of Killing Joke). And there's a record by a calypso singer named Blind Blake that my grandparents used to play to death that was actually pretty amusing -- I'd love to find a copy of that on disc (note: there's a blues singer also named Blind Blake -- this ain't the same guy).
"Seminal, cannonical" album that you've never owned/heard:
I regret to confess that I've never heard Tago Mago by Can, which I'm told is the greatest thing since the invention of Nutella. I do have Monster Movie, though, and that's pretty great.
Album you love, but wouldn't want randomly lying around when your in-laws come over:
Scatology by COIL
Five songs you never want/need to hear again:
"The Day the Music Died" by Don McLean
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
"déjà vu" by Beyonce
"Lovin' You" by Minnie Ripperton
"Alright Now" by Free
The dealbreaker album: if you spot this album in the person you're dating's collection, it's OVER!
Well, technically, I'm already married, so it's too late. That said, my wife did (and still does) own several albums by Van Morrison, who I fuckin' hate. That said, she also owned the 7" of "Love Like Blood" by Killing Joke, which significantly redeemed her. But if I'm ever unsolicitedly thumbing through someone's record collection and come across, say, any albums by Toby Keith or Shania Twain, I'm pretty much immediately convinced that they're an idiot. Of course, I have an awful lot of dubious crap in my collection as well, so what the hell do I know?
Do you own any albums autographed by the artist
Yeah, tons. Most prized would be a copy of Too Tough to Die by the Ramones signed by Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and…er…Ritchie. I also have a copy of Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds upon which Nick scrawled "To Alex -- LOVE, NICK!" Nick Cave loves me!
Unlistenable album you'd never part with:
Ignore the White Culture by Missing Foundation
Favorite song in a genre you otherwise hate:
I cannot lie: "Cry Me A River" by Justin Timberlake is a great goddamn song.
Songs Played at Your Senior Prom:
I vividly remember "You Spin Me Round" by Dead Or Alive" and "The Rappin' Duke" by Shawn Brown
First concert:
Devo at Radio City Music Hall on Halloween of 1981 (on the New Traditionalists tour).
First album you ever bought:
Dressed to Kill by Kiss, purchased at a long-defunct store named Sam's on main street in Westhampton, N.Y.
Favorite Elton John song:
"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
Favorite David Bowie song:
"Moonage Daydream" (and countless others)
Favorite Bob Dylan song:
Don't have one. Never been a member of that faith.
Favorite Bruce Springsteen song:
"For You"
Favorite Michael Jackson song:
Really don't have one. Hated him then, hate him now.
Album you'd leave on continuous play to torture your neighbors over the course of a long weekend with:
Hysterie by Lydia Lunch
Worst Cover song ever:
The Goo Goo Dolls' butchering of the Plimsouls' otherwise flawless "Million Miles Away," swapping the timeless Rickenbacker chime for ham-fisted power-chords. They should be brutally hurt for this.
3 Albums owned by both your parents and yourself:
Arrival by Abba, Teaser & the Firecat by Cat Stevens, Take Five by Dave Brubeck
3 Albums you'd wager are in the collection of everyone who might fill this out:
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, Back in Black by AC/DC and The Joshua Tree by U2
3 Albums that SHOULD be in the collection of everyone who might fill this out:
Funhouse by the Stooges, The Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk, Singles Going Steady by the Buzzcocks
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