SR26: It's got a love supreme

MovingPictures07 wrote: UndercoverBoy wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: What is the deal with this marathon?  Did you rank the albums or did it come from somewhere else? I ranked them. It took a lot of time and effort (listening to all sorts of albums, thinking about it in the back of my head over a period of months, etc.), but I finally came up with a list I was really happy with. This is the list: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/MovingPictures07/150_essential_albums__music_everyone_should_hear/ Nice list.  I'm going to assume there's no Henry Cow on it because not everyone would enjoy it, right? Thanks! Actually, Henry Cow is on there, but they're at #91. I tried to rank them in order of absolute importance, influence, historical significance, uniqueness, and with inevitably a bit of subjectivity leaking in.

That's what I thought.  Under those qualifications, your #1 pick is very agreeable.

KoS wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: KoS wrote: Is the list supposed to be in reverse? Yes, it's in countdown format. I kinda meant inverted; best top, worst bottom.

Haha, no.

UndercoverBoy wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: UndercoverBoy wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: What is the deal with this marathon?  Did you rank the albums or did it come from somewhere else? I ranked them. It took a lot of time and effort (listening to all sorts of albums, thinking about it in the back of my head over a period of months, etc.), but I finally came up with a list I was really happy with. This is the list: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/MovingPictures07/150_essential_albums__music_everyone_should_hear/ Nice list.  I'm going to assume there's no Henry Cow on it because not everyone would enjoy it, right? Thanks! Actually, Henry Cow is on there, but they're at #91. I tried to rank them in order of absolute importance, influence, historical significance, uniqueness, and with inevitably a bit of subjectivity leaking in. That's what I thought.  Under those qualifications, your #1 pick is very agreeable.

Yeah, I tried my best, and I think I did a pretty good job. I love all the albums on there though, inevitably, in different ways, but still they're all great.

The only things that were excluded from inclusion were units of music that were not albums (hence the lack of Stravinsky, Beethoven, Louis Armstrong, etc.)

A Person wrote: UndercoverBoy wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: UndercoverBoy wrote: I'm going to be honest, Alex, have you by any chance become a hipster recently? LOL, why do you ask that? Some of your picks are very hipster-ish.  John Coltrane, Velvet Underground, Primal Scream, Bob Dylan.  Hipster paradise. Those are all great albums.

No argument there.

To be fair, some music/artists that hipsters have taken over doesn't make you one for liking them.

I like Panera Bread and Chipotle.
HIPSTER HAVENS
Its not gunna deter me

Same with music! Though thankfully I don't like much hipster music....sans all that post metal

JJLehto wrote: To be fair, some music/artists that hipsters have taken over doesn't make you one for liking them. I like Panera Bread and Chipotle. HIPSTER HAVENS Its not gunna deter me Same with music! Though thankfully I don't like much hipster music....sans all that post metal

Yeah, I guess you're right.  I hope you weren't too offended by that, Alex.

In the Court of the Crimson King should be at least 120 places higher. 

UndercoverBoy wrote: JJLehto wrote: To be fair, some music/artists that hipsters have taken over doesn't make you one for liking them. I like Panera Bread and Chipotle. HIPSTER HAVENS Its not gunna deter me Same with music! Though thankfully I don't like much hipster music....sans all that post metal Yeah, I guess you're right.  I hope you weren't too offended by that, Alex.

Not at all.

JJLehto wrote: *Resist urge for Chipotle* MMMmmm being broke has upsides! And yes, Alex has become quite open minded...isn't that why you had to leave the closed minded, arrogant atmosphere of PA and the SR? Glad you've returned....I think you'll find we're open minded or at least not that caring about others tastes. With a few exceptions of course, (no names.....)

*cough*Colin*cough*

rushfan4 wrote: In the Court of the Crimson King should be at least 120 places higher.

I considered ranking it differently, but I believe its placement is just.

When you consider all of the other albums that were going on at the time (and a year or two or three earlier) that were just as experimental in a rock setting, the album sort of loses some of its absolutely untouchable impact. It still was a milestone in history, don't get me wrong, but it all depends on your lens of reference. I believe Red was actually King Crimson's biggest impact in musical history, practically creating the entire genre of grunge 20 years before it occurred.

If this were a "prog" list, In the Court would inevitably be much higher. Every album on that list is essential, even if it's ranked at #3 or #147. The ranking is important, but it doesn't diminish the fact that the albums are all worth hearing.