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Yeah, bugger the cd's - which 5 instruments?

You'd need a tuba, of course , a drumkit, an upright piano, an acoustic guitar and a pedal-powered ASB rig, no?

Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of the Moon
Beatles - Abbey Road
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

These are albums I have listened to for the last 25 years or longer. I get tired of them, put them on a shelf, then a few years later take them out and listen to them and they are great all over again. I don't get tired of music that I really like very easily, but in some ways the way that you appreciate them changes.

On 2005-08-16 01:57, braincell wrote:
My taste changes and unlike most people I could not listen to the same music for the rest of my life because after so many listens it would get boring. I would stop listening to music. Even the best music is boring once it is fully absorbed. It's like porn in that way. That's how I feel. It's too bad everyone else isn't the same. There is a lot of stagnation. I can't stand it.

I am definitely in agreement with what you say, Braincell.
It's just a fun exercise and gives more insight into the members' tastes.

On a different day i might pick:

Beethoven - Symphony No.9 (has to be Gardiner's authentic instrument version though)
Bach - probably a selection of Cantatas (again Gardiner)
Philip Glass - the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down (Rome Section)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Gary Numan - Dance (hey you have to have some constants in the universe)

On 2005-08-16 03:58, garyb wrote:
i learn so much here.....

What Brain says it’s definitely true you get tired of listening the same, particularly if it is simplistic music. But what Liquid Len points out is also true, as you all have done it, I’m pretty sure, you come back in time, at least for fun, or out of melancholy, for whatever reason, but you always come back to listen to some of your childhood music. Music is a matter of time in regard to listening. For instance, it’s surprising how many of you have chosen the Beatles! They are so present in people’s minds.

Perhaps the recreation of the atmosphere is sometimes what makes you come back, and not the music itself. For instance, a year ago, a met with a few friends I had not seen for 14 years, it was amazing as we were friends in school, and were also musicians. The first thing we did was get our hands in all the old songs we used to listen at and play together. It was great to listen to these pieces again, we were moved to tears. We did not put these old songs because of them, but as a remembrance of our friendship.

Well, in the same order, there are many situations in which you can “identify” this period of your life with such or such piece of music. You can actually rebuild emotions that were long time hidden or forgotten in the story of your life. Music has the power to “evoke” and “induce” you into emotional experiences you have already forgotten completely.

You could use them to direct the sun's rays towards a passing ship, hence enabling your rescue.

Make a solar cooker using their reflective properties to cook yummy fish.

Glue a stick on the end of one to make a useful fly/bug-swatter.

Use it to reflect the sunlight to scare birds away from your freshly planted desert island crops.

A mirror to shave that Robinson Crusoe beard off with.

Snap them; use their jagged edges as knives.

If "Girl Friday" gets washed ashore, string two together to make a sexy top-half of a bikini.

Break them up into pieces, use the pieces to "feather" your arrows (in a bow & arrow survival stylie).

How could one survive without them on a desert island?

Royston

Hey Royston, you forgot one practical use (I hate the word 'practical' because of my mother saying it always if I disliked a clothing when I was a child) - you could make something to reflect radio waves of radars; to be visible by a radar! It's like on a small ship or boat - 4 cds to different 4 directions on a long stick (or an a highest point of the island) and the fifth cd, hmmm who cares?

Frank Zappa: apostrophe
Goldfrapp: Felt mountain
Massive attack: 1000 windows (I guess that's the title - I'm at work and can't check my cd collection)
King Crimson: The Power To believe
and for that relaxed moment by the campfire with my imaginary friends: mike Oldfield - Tubular bells

1. Gary Numan - Dance
2. Frank Black - Teenager Of The Year
3. Future Trance (Compilation)
4. Madness - The Rise And Fall
5. Billy Currie - Transportation

No room for any Magazine, Pete Shelley, LSG, Orbital, FSOL, The Aloof, Luxuria, Pixies, Monty Python...........

hesnotthemessiah wrote:

1. Gary Numan - Dance

i'm not the only one. Yippee. i implore everyone to at least try this album (you may hate it at first - i did). Overlooked masterpiece - i once played it five times in one day, and then had another listen the next day! Contrary to what braincel said, this is one piece of music i never tire of. It is a bit downbeat though so if you're suicidal you may want to skip it.

On 2005-08-18 03:29, Mr Arkadin wrote:
hesnotthemessiah wrote:

1. Gary Numan - Dance

i implore everyone to at least try this album (you may hate it at first - i did). if you're suicidal you may want to skip it.

LOL - I'm a bit suicidal for the time being, so I've allready ordered it at my local record pusher. I had a Gary Numan album when I was a teen, don't remember the name but I was quite fond of it ... I'll check it out again - thanks for the reminder

If I were to recomend somebody's work, that is Pat Metheny! Man, those of you who have not get in touch with him as a composer, are loosing one of the best composers nowadays the world has. It truly is fantastic. There are about 30 albums in all, or perhaps some more if I think about some minor live performance releases.

I hope doubles are allowed

...though I don't usually consume by lenght

Yes-Yessongs
Zappa-The best band you never heard
Gentle Giant-Playing the fool
Genesis-The lamb lies down (live)
Bowie-David Live

anyway... only 5 is not fair :

On 2005-08-18 03:29, Mr Arkadin wrote:
hesnotthemessiah wrote:

1. Gary Numan - Dance

i'm not the only one. Yippee. i implore everyone to at least try this album (you may hate it at first - i did). Overlooked masterpiece - i once played it five times in one day, and then had another listen the next day! Contrary to what braincel said, this is one piece of music i never tire of. It is a bit downbeat though so if you're suicidal you may want to skip it.

Hi Mr Arkadin. I think Dance is Numan's best album - it is at least the most consistantly good album he has made so far - every track is good (though none are outstanding in my opinion) - no duffers in sight!! What I really like about this album is that each track is so different - you CAN listen to it again and again without ever getting bored of it. I love Roger Taylor's drumming on it and Mick Karn's bass playing sounds great. Apparently Mick Karn was a bit peeved because Gary Numan decided to use his warming up session for She's Got Claws as the outro to to the track without being asked!! Telekon/The Pleasure Principle/Pure come close.

every track is good (though none are outstanding in my opinion)

Well i agree with the first bit, but seeing as this album includes my all time fave track (by ANY artist) "Cry, The Clock Said" i have to disagree with the second part!

this album includes my all time fave track (by ANY artist) "Cry, The Clock Said"

My all time favourite track by any artist "I Die:You Die" - I remember seeing the video on Top Of The Pops and was mesmorised by how cool and menacing Numan looked in it. Three and a half minutes of perfect kick ass in yer face pop!!

G.N.? yerrh
I copied a vinyl record by him to cd lately, for a friend.
I pitied my harddisk

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On 2005-08-19 16:54, hubird wrote:
G.N.? yerrh
I copied a vinyl record by him to cd lately, for a friend.
I pitied my harddisk

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That sort of response is what us Numanoids thrive on.....keep it coming.

I knew it was good for something...