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I thought I'd compile all the shows I've seen this year into one convenient post, and rate them all.
How I rate:
0 - Awful, walked out or considered walking out
1 - Not really enjoyable or interesting, but not really "bad"
2 - Decent, worth the money.
3 - Very cool show
4 - Extremely awesome and would recommend for anyone
5 - Life-changingly good, a concert I'll remember for as long as I have memory

Aranis - 2 - Great skills and some decent compositions.
Charles Hayward - 2 - From This Heat. Weird show with a piano song and some solo drumming with synthesizers.
Cheer-Accident - 4 - Pure badass. This group of weirdos knows how to rock.
Combat Astronomy - 0 - This show made no sense to me. It was extremely long, slow in all the wrong places. Poor concept. I've heard they're good on CD but after that concert I don't know if I can give them another chance.
The Cranberries - 1 - Fairly uninspiring.
dd/mm/yyyy - 3 - Really innovative band, was a pleasure to see live
DOPE BODY - 2 - Local band, they had a couple really good groovy moments.
Dry Season - 0 - Fat singer with such an annoying voice, seemed to hate the other band members and bickered with them the entire time.
Electric Epic - 3 - Groovy instrumental band with the bassist from Magma, and a skilled sax player.
Griffin House - 1 - Seems like a cool guy. He plays acoustic songs, borderline political lyrics. Not interested.
Guapo - 4 - Saw a few (5?) mini-concerts of them attempting some sound spacialization experiments. I don't know how well the experiments worked but the band kicked ass.
Isthmus - 2 - They've got a lot of potential.
Jana Hunter - 1 - Some decent grooves but pretty boring overall.
Koenjihyakkei - 5 - The best show I've ever seen. Technically perfect, highly engaging. So much fun!
Magma - 5 - It's Magma, of course it was perfect.
Mahogany Frog - 3 - I was pleasantly surprised by this band.
Melt-Banana - 4 - A lot of fun.
The Muffins - 3 - Badass group, great fretless bass player!
Oaxacan - 2 - Very atmospheric and eerie, I wouldn't sit down and listen to a CD of them though. The girl's wails got old quick.
Present - 4 -
Sir Richard Bishop - 4 - From Sun City Girls. This guy knows his way around the guitar, and the new Freak of Araby material is very interesting (but better live than on CD IMO)
Univers Zero - 4 -
Yolk - 3 - Cool psychedelic band, the singer did some crazy stuff with her vocals that other people got tired of, but I thought it was fun.

Decided that I want to write a journal, so I made it as random as 25 favorite songs
Also, I am not a critic, thus I will point out only the good things in these songs and the way they struck me.
Let's start with it.. From the end.

25. Isis - Wrists of Kings - I deem post metal as progressive metal. Especially Isis' post-metal. This song defines it clearly, the post-rock, progressive rock influences make Isis the unique band that they are. Great song.

24. Mark Sandman - Patience - Getting used to Morphine's dark moody tunes, this song amazed me on how actually bright and positive sounding it is. A different tune with a similar sound, cool isn't it?

23. Peach - You Lied - So, so catchy. Heard it via Tool's cover but liked the original version much better. Spent one whole day listening to it, then lost interest. It amused me enough though. :d

22. Swans - Beautiful Child - Simply great. Haven't listened to Swans a lot, and when I hear this song I have a feeling I'm missing a lot. Gotta stop being lazy and actually get more of their stuff.

21. Portishead - Elysium - Favorite Portishead track for sure. Didn't pay a lot of attention to it earlier but when it got to my ears I repeated it and repeated it and repeated. Amazes me with the scary vocals lol.

20. Unexpect - Summoning Scenes - Haven't been a fan of Unexpect's mix of high experimentation and black metal, but this is a track that just jumps out of nowhere. Excellent.

19. Nihilist Spasm Band - I Have Nothing to Say - Free Improvisation at it's finest imo. I love these guys.

18. Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven - Just for the record, I hate power metal. Power metal and epic stories, and the way they are presented are everything I despise. Iced Earth is the only power metal band which knows some limits to decency, and isn't loserish like 99% of power metal bands. Excellent album and excellent song.

17.Voivod - Angel Rat - I don't think I will never know why this band is so, so underrated. Angel Rat is one of my favorite albums, holds really fresh songs. The whole band is not that progressive (even though it has elements of prog-rock), but that's what you get for trying to mix trash metal with prog... you get forgotten.

16. Boris - Pink - Still haven't listened to anything but the album Pink, but what I heard, I love. Pink is a great track. I think I would love his drone stuff as well, just to find a chance to listen to it

15. Animal Collective - Peacebone - It's the first song I've heard of them and immediately got me into them. I deem only a few bands to be really psychedelic, this is one of them.

14. Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia - This song made me love Frank Zappa and probably left me with a kid or two of his. I have only Hot Rats, do want to get more stuff, so suggest me an album or two out of a million he made.

13. Meshuggah - Stengah - Love the technical complexity of this, or any other Meshuggah songs for that matter. And overall lyrics on Nothing are some of the best I've heard. This song partially define how awesome they actually are.

12. Tool - Third Eye - Definitely their best song (along with Jambi and both Wings songs). Aenima is not their best album, but holds some pretty unique structured songs (as Aenima and Third Eye). A truly epic song, I don't have much to say about it. Oh, and Tool is prog you rebel idiot!

11. maudlin of the Well - Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the… - Dreamy. Not sure why maudlin is getting classed as avant-garde metal though, most of their stuff is avant-gardeish... post rock? Great either way.

10. Opeth - Ghost of Perdition - Another epic epic song. The change in time signatures and vocal styles is amazing and fits perfectly (saying that because they have songs where it seems completely forced and annoying). Without a doubt their most proggy song. Oh, and ballads don't necessarily mean progressive you rebel idiot!

9. Gentle Giant - Plain Truth - A true art rocky masterpiece. Great musical harmony and very catchy.

8. Menomena - Weird - As much as certain indie rock bands are everything I despise, I love Menomena! Can't call it a lot experimental, but there is a certain difference from other indie rock bands. Weird is a song which defines their sound greatly. Amazing sounding.

7. Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (Retrospektïw 2) - It's a live performance, right? Whatever, I deem all of the 40+ minutes of this track epic. It's practically the MDK album live just in a slightly newer version. I would explain this track more detailed but it has far too many changes in it so you're better off reading a professional review of MDK. Epic track either way.

6. Ruins - Grubandgo - Think this is the first thing I heard from them. Definitely was worth the mention, these guys have a really unique math rockish/zeuhlish/prog-rockish/avant-gardeish sound. This is perhaps their most catchy song, but that's not the only reason why I like it.

5. The Residents - Part One: Edweena - Now that I mentioned The Residents before, why not again. I can't really choose just one Residents song off of Not Available that I love, I love them equally, really. That is one album I can listen to anytime. This song (and album) is the definition of psychedelic-ness and experimentation.

4. Yes - Siberian Khatru - As much as I dislike most of Yes's stuff, Close To The Edge is a brilliant, brilliant album. There is not one minute of it to be boring, very immersive. Siberian Khatru is the highest Close To The Edge, and overall Yes gets. Filled with so much energy, senseless lyrics and catchy tunes is what makes this album so good.

3. Amon Düül II - Soap Shop Rock - I don't know how to explain this song really. It's a progressive rock song that is really psychedelic (as in, The Residents psychedelic). I just wonder why isn't it listened more, it's surely one of the best prog-rock songs I've heard. Amazing band.

2. King Crimson - Lizard - If you don't like King Crimson's Lizard album, guess what; screw you, you rebel idiot! Sure it's not filled with energy and harsh instrumental musicianship like the past albums, but that is exactly why King Crimson is a unique band. They changed band personnel like socks, and with new people come new influences, new sounds. Lizard is much more jazz-fusion oriented, and most of the people didn't like it at first, as they were used to their old formula but this is the album where King Crimson started to evolve. It was the first KC album I actually listened to, and definitely my favorite KC album, not sure why though.

1.Morphine - The Night - And last but not least, Morphine's masterpiece album and song called The Night. Most of the Morphine lovers will agree with me on this, that The Night is their best song they've released. Having many elements from their older albums they've expanded it with more instrumentation (including a cello, a piano and such), getting farther from their alternative jazz-rocky style and scratching the surface of neoclassicism. The piano in this song works greatly as it sets the mood just like the sax did in their older albums.

Give those a listen, definitely worth it. Especially for someone who has any interest in any form of progressiveness or experimentation.

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Tras mucho investigar e indagar por varias páginas de la red que tratan sobre música, recompilé la información necesaria para encontrar los mejores grupos y solistas de la historia de la música.

Todo el mundo sabe que la mejor música siempre será la música clásica pero para los que no están aún preparados ante tal maestría y talento se puede acceder a música más "fácil" de escuchar como lo es el Rock o similar.

A pesar de no ser música tan grandiosa como Mozart, Beethoven, Bach o compañia, se puede encontrar verdaderas preciosidades dignas de ser escuchadas para el oído entrenado o la mente abierta.

Repito, he indagado mucho para encontrar, al fín, la lista de los verdaderamente mejores músicos de los ultimos tiempos. Son para degustar delicadamente por esas personas que de verdad sepan apreciarlos. Abtenerse los necios.



After much investigate on several pages of the net about music, I re-compiled the necessary information to find the best groups and soloists of the history of music.

The whole world knows that the best music always will be the classic music, but for those who are not prepared such mastery and talent, one can accede to "easier" music to listen like it is the Rock or similar.

In spite of not being a music so grand as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or company, it is possible to find real preciousness worth being listened for the trained ear or the opened mind.

I repeat, I have investigated very much to find the list of really better musicians of last times. They are for these persons with delicately taste and who indeed can estimate them. Don't for fools.



La lista/the list:


- A Tribe Called Quest

- AC/DC

- Agalloch

- Al Green

- Albert Ayler

- Alice Cooper

- Andrew Hill

- Arcturus

- Aretha Franklin

- Art Blakey

- Arvo Pärt

- Big Star

- Bill Evans

- Bill Hicks

- Billie Holiday

- Björk

- Black Sabbath

- Blind Guardian

- Bob Dylan

- Bob Marley

- Boogie Down Productions

- Boredoms

- Brian Eno

- Bruce Springsteen

- Caetano Veloso

- Camel

- Can

- Candlemass

- Captain Beefheart

- Carcass

- Cecil Taylor

- Cocteau Twins

- Coil

- Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Current 93

- Curtis Mayfield

- Charles Mingus

- Danny Elfman

- David Bowie

- Dead Can Dance

- Death

- Deep Purple

- De La Soul

- Depeche Mode

- Devin Townsend

- Dream Theater

- Duke Ellington

- Elvis Costello

- Elvis Presley

- Ella Fitzgerald

- Elliott Smith

- Emperor

- Ennio Morricone

- Eric B. & Rakim

- Eric Dolphy

- Fairport Convention

- Faust

- Fleetwood Mac

- Frank Sinatra

- Frank Zappa

- Fugazi

- Funkadelic

- Gal Costa

- Gene Clark

- Genesis

- Gentle Giant

- Glenn Gould

- Godspeed You! Black Emperor

- Gong

- Grateful Dead

- Guided by Voices

- Herbie Hancock

- Howard Shore

- Howlin' Wolf

- Hüsker Dü

- Ice Cube

- Iron Maiden

- Isis

- Jackie McLean

- James Brown

- Jay-Z

- Jethro Tull

- Jimi Hendrix

- John Coltrane

- John Fahey

- John Lennon

- John Williams

- John Zorn

- Johnny Cash

- Joni Mitchell

- Jorge Ben

- Joy Division

- Judas Priest

- Judee Sill

- Kate Bush

- Keith Jarrett

- King Crimson

- Klaus Schulze

- Kraftwerk

- Kreator

- Led Zeppelin

- Leonard Cohen

- Los Hermanos

- Lou Reed

- Magma

- Marillion

- Marvin Gaye

- maudlin of the Well

- Melvins

- Mercyful Fate

- Metallica

- Miles Davis

- Modest Mouse

- Motörhead

- Neil Young

- Neu!

- Neurosis

- Nevermore

- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

- Nick Drake

- Nico

- Nirvana

- Nobuo Uematsu

- Opeth

- Ornette Coleman

- Os Mutantes

- Otis Redding

- OutKast

- Pain of Salvation

- Parliament

- Paul Simon

- Pavement

- Pearl Jam

- Pere Ubu

- Peter Gabriel

- Philip Glass

- Pink Floyd

- Pixies

- PJ Harvey

- Porcupine Tree

- Portishead

- Premiata Forneria Marconi

- Prince

- Public Enemy

- R.E.M.

- Radiohead

- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

- Rainbow

- Ramones

- Randy Newman

- Red House Painters

- Richard & Linda Thompson

- Robert Wyatt

- Roxy Music

- Rush

- Sam Rivers

- Santana

- Sepultura

- Serge Gainsbourg

- Simon and Garfunkel

- Skinny Puppy

- Slayer

- Sly and the Family Stone

- Smashing Pumpkins

- Soft Machine

- Sonic Youth

- Sonny Rollins

- Sparks

- Steely Dan

- Steve Reich

- Stevie Ray Vaughan

- Stevie Wonder

- Sun Ra

- Swans

- T. Rex

- Talk Talk

- Talking Heads

- Tangerine Dream

- The Allman Brothers Band

- The Band

- The Beach Boys

- The Beatles

- The Byrds

- The Clash

- The Cure

- The Chameleons

- The Doors

- The Fall

- The Flaming Lips

- The Gathering

- The Jam

- The Kinks

- The Misfits

- The Mothers of Invention

- The Olivia Tremor Control

- The Pogues

- The Replacements

- The Rolling Stones

- The Smiths

- The Stooges

- The Velvet Underground

- The Who

- Thelonious Monk

- Tim Buckley

- Tindersticks

- Todd Rundgren

- Tom Waits

- Tool

- Townes Van Zandt

- U2

- Ulver

- Van der Graaf Generator

- Van Morrison

- Wayne Shorter

- Ween

- Weezer

- Wes Montgomery

- Wilco

- Willie Nelson

- Wire

- XTC

- Yasunori Mitsuda

- Yes




Todos estos artistas han logrado cambiar la música de su momento de alguna u otra manera o grabaron discos dignos de ser joyas preciosas de las mejores colecciones.

Si entiendes de música sabrás apreciar a todos ellos, si no, te pierdes la vida chico/a y no puedes llamarte a tí mismo amante con mayusculas de la música. Dejad de perder el tiempo y dedicarselo a lo que de verdad vale, hay mucho alrededor y solo el que sabe buscar encuentra. ¿eres uno de ellos?

Repito, deja de perder el tiempo y sé más exigente, sube un nivel y escucha algo de esto, te aseguró que en un futuro te darás cuenta de como esos grupos que idolatrabas no expresaban nada.


Siento que mi esfuerzo a merecido la pena y he logrado al fín la lista de la mejor música actual definitiva dentro del siglo XX y XXI.



All these artists change the music of his moment or they recorded discs worth being precious jewels for the best collections.

If you deal on music you will be able to estimate all of them, if not, you get lost the life dude and cannot be call you lover with capital letters of the music. Stop losing the time and devoting it what indeed costs, it is very much around and only the one that can search finds. Are you one of them?

I repeat, stop losing the time and be more demanding, raise a level and listen to something of this, assured you that in a future you will realize since these groups that you were adoring they were not expressing anything.


I feel that my effort to been worth it and I have achieved the list of the best current definitive music inside the 20th and the 21st century.

O Magma é uma daquelas belas descobertas que nos ocorre apenas raramente. Existem mais seis bandas com este nome, uma alemã, outra polonesa, um grupo romeno, outro argentino e uma banda de faculdade na Coréia do Sul, sem dizer de uma tupiniquim. Mas a banda em questão é sem dúvida a mais proeminente.
Fundada na Paris de 1969 pelo talentoso baterista e compositor Christian Vander após " uma visão espiritual do futuro da humanidade" que o havia deixado extremamente perturbado o Magma se estabeleceu como um dos maiores icones do rock experimental.
Assimilando elementos do rock progressivo, de Stravinsky e de jazz fusion criou um estilo único e de fácil apreciação, a influência da música erudita dá um tom de intensidade a obra.
Tudo se inicia em 1970 com Kobaïa , álbum que narra a fuga de um grupo de conterrâneos para o planeta de mesmo nome após esgotadas as chances de sobrevivência na Terra, no entanto os Kobaïans ( nativos ) não se mostram hospitaleiros e o conflito se inicia.
As músicas cantadas em Kobaïan idioma inventado por Vander ( assim como a cultura e as crenças deste povo ) narram esta odisséia futurista repleta de lendas que se torna pano de fundo para as obras seguintes, nestas são cantados os momentos de adaptação e dificuldades enfrentados pelos humanos neste planeta hostil e seu contato com novas divindades.
O Magma era aventureiro e não temia mesclar elementos diferencias para produzir um som único. Seu terceiro projeto intitulado Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh de 1973 vigoraria por anos na lista de favoritos de muitos amantes da boa música, caso foi mais conhecido.







A banda sofreu inumeras transformações no decorrer de sua trajetória, lançou compilações e voltou a ativa no inicio deste século com Vander em constante e permanente destaque.

Discografia ( exceto compilações ):
* 1970 Kobaïa
* 1971 1001° Centigrades
* 1972 The Unnamables (também conhecido como Univeria Zekt)
* 1973 Mekanïk Kommandöh (lançado em 1989)
* 1973 Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
* 1974 Wurdah Ïtah
* 1974 Köhntarkösz
* 1976 Üdü Wüdü
* 1978 Attahk
* 1984 Merci
* 2004 K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria)

Tue 30 Jun – Don Byron, Michael Occhipinti Group

Sometimes a night just doesn't work out the way a performer hopes, and that's exactly what I saw in the forty-five minutes or so of Don Byron's set with occasional Toronto co-conspirators the Michael Occhipinti Group that I made it through: competent soloing chops all around, but the group as a whole never quite gelled. The players clearly weren't pleased with the results, either: the friendly banter between songs stopped after the second tune, and the guys were sweating through their shirts before long... which was sufficiently uncomfortable for the audience that I decided to cut my losses and take the last train home.

Thankfully, I had arrived at the Rex about an hour before Byron's group was scheduled to go on, so for an extra five bucks at the door, I got to see the last 30+ minutes of Swiss genre-butcher Christy Doran and his group, New Bag. In those thirty or so minutes, they only stopped for what was ostensibly the end of the set -- a vocally appreciative audience brought them back for a short encore -- and blazed through a fantastic assortment of free-flowing sounds. Magma was the first reference that came to mind, but the vocals were often choppier and more aggressive. (EDIT: It finally came to me... the other "band" that I kept thinking of while they played and gibbered away was The Inflatable Sideshow, the weird buzz-and-jangle insect rock on that "Foxtrot" compilation ages ago.) If the Rex weren't such a classy, sit-down joint, dancing would probably have been required. (And about the Rex: damn, but it's nice to see people of wildly varying ages in a crowd. Talking to one another, even! In Toronto...?!? We need more places like this.) (Oh, and their spinach-and-black-bean quesadilla was really tasty.)

Anyway, it wasn't the night that I had been expecting, but it was far from a total loss. I'll definitely be on the lookout for New Bag recordings, which their web site assures me do exist.

1. What's your favorite song by 14? King Crimson
Lizard, clearly.

2. How did you get into 20? Enslaved
Was trying to prove black metal sucked, played Mardraum: Beyond the Within and became a fan for life. RIP good enslaved :(

3. Who is your favorite member in 8? Led Zeppelin
Going to be boring and say Jimmy Page, basically becuase the guy inspired me to play the guitar.

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by 29? John Martyn
That's a hard one, probably something from Bless the Weather

5. Have you ever seen 22 live? Ulver
Sadly not.

6. What's your favorite album from 10? Magma
Probably MDK or Wurdah Itah

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3? Gentle Giant
No :( and their logo isn't that awesome.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7? Samla Mammas Manna
Discovering them, I swear when I heard Maaltid I was hooked. Always liked RIO but this was something else.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2? Wishbone Ash
Not exactly...

10. When did you first get into 1? The Mars Volta
I liked Frances the mute quite a lot when it came out, and gave it a few spins. But then when Amputechture leaked I was hooked, I overplayed that record to hell, and I still love it.

11. Who likes 4 along with you? Frank Zappa
Anyone who deserves to live.

12. Which song did you first hear from 15? Sleepy Sun
New Age, becuase it's the first song on Embrace.

13. What song made you fall in love with 5? maudlin of the Well
Holy hell that's a tough one, I really doubt there was any one song, more like the whole of Bath.

14. Which song do you not like by 18? Jethro Tull
I haven't heard anything by them I don't like.

15. Why do you like 14's songs? King Crimson
Because they're awesome, only way to describe the Krim.

16. Where did you first hear 6? Dead Kennedys
My dad had the Too Drunk to Fuck single when I was growing up... Yeah.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them? Windir
Fuck you and your pop oriented questions that don't do the greatness of Windir justice.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory? Mountain Ash Band
The whole album is incredibly sad, so probably.

19. When did you get into 17? Nick Drake
Hard to tell really, can't remember when I got Pink Moon.

20. How long have you been into 11? Pearl Jam
Ever since I got a copy of their greatest hits years ago, tracked down their albums and it's been a love affair ever since.

21. If 9 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them? Capability Brown
I'd fly halfway across the fucking world.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12? Joanna Newsom
2

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry? Green Day
EPIC ANGST MACHINE SAYS YES

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?The Clash
Everything on Sandinista! makes me insanely happy.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?Comus
Not that kinda band... trust me.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28? Citay
No idea, probably What Was and Never Should Have Been or Moonburn, they're the last tracks of their respective Albums.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times? Ayreon
Nope, maybe over the course of my life I might have listened to THE 20 times.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?Kiran Leonard
None, I listened to Advertisement twice in it's entirety for a review.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?Camel
What are you implying? If you're gonna talk shit about Camel I'll fuck you up.

30. What song got you into 40? Captain Beyond
I still haven't gotten into them, so I might tell you when I do manage.

31. What is your favorite single by 25? Pink Floyd
See Emily Play.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do? Bacamarte
They're Brazillian, they don't hate anyone.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out? Hatfield and the North
Richard Sinclair <3 I'd certainly take him up on the offer, even if I don't swing that way.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend? The Pretty Things
Aren't they all dead? No? In that case they're too old for that shit.

35. Who has the best voice in 46? Agitation Free
Probably the vocalist, what the fuck is wrong with the person who wrote this? Not all of us listen to shitty boybands.

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking? David Bowie
Bowie is the god of sex.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36? Captain Beefheart
You don't listen to Captain Beefheart, you just are.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30? Billy Joel
Not going to count.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad? Drudkh
Black Metal only makes me calm.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group? Rush
That's a tough one, they're all great. All of them should release solo stuff.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of? Riceboy Sleeps
Homosexuality, but in a good way.

42. Did you hate 43 at first? The Lonely Island
No, what's wrong with you?

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33? Caravan
I have a few friends that listen to Caravan.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37? Kings of Leon
Doubt it, they suck now anyways.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance? Bathory
You're Doing it Wrong

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person? Guns N' Roses/artist]
No.

47. Do you like 44's name? The Shadows
Hell Yes.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with? Michael Jackson
TOO SOON FUCKER

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39? Bob Dylan
I hope not, although hating his later work is acceptable.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35? Genesis
Probably

Alright, at http://www.snakenetmetalradio.com we are running a project to determine the top 20 albums of each consecutive year starting off with 1970. Every two weeks a new topic will be posted with the next year in line.
So why don't you sign up and share your view on rock/metal history?


Here's my instalment for 1973:

1. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
3. Camel - Camel
4. Ruphus - New Born Day
5. Flower Travellin' Band - Make Up
6. Amon Düül II - Wolf City
7. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
8. Lucifer's Friend - I'm Just A Rock 'n' Roll Singer
9. Eloy - Inside
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
11. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
12. Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom
13. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
14. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
15. Alice Cooper - Muscle Of Love
16. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
17. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel
18. Magma - Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh
19. Aquelarre - Candiles
20. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans


Honourable mentions:

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny And Mutation
Focus - Focus III
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World
Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of Holy
Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Four
Strawbs - Bursting At The Seams
Spirogyra - Bells, Boots And Shambles
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy
Le Orme - Felona E Sorona
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic
Can - Future Days
Faithful Breath - Fading Beauty
Silmaril - The Voyage Of Icarus
Akritas - Akritas
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io Sono Nato Libero
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Journey
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Ce qui devait être au départ un top 100 précis est en vérité une agrégation de chansons qu'il me plaît d'écouter, avec un vague ordre plus ou moins précis. L'opération est d'ailleurs compliquée par le fait que pour certaines chansons, j'ai choisi des versions bien précises qui perdent de tout leur charme interprétées d'une autre façon voire par un autre artiste.
Enfin bref, enjoy !

100ème : Funky Blue Note - Madlib
99ème : Soleil d'Ork - Magma
98ème : Vein - Cannibal Ox
97ème : Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley
96ème : Contort Yourself (first version) - James Whites and the Blacks
95ème : All of You - Miles Davis
94ème : So long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen
93ème : Nodamnbrakes - Manes
92ème : Don't Call Me Nigga, Whitey - Sly and the Family Stone
91ème : You Really Got Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
90ème : Eléanor - The Gathering
89ème : I'm a Man - The Yardbirds
88ème : The Modern Bass Guitar - Squarepusher
87ème : Love Buzz - Nirvana (sic)
86ème : Secret Song - maudlin of the Well
85ème : Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
84ème : On Broadway - George Benson
83ème : Scratch'n'Sniff - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
82ème : Road - Virus
81ème : Beat 70 - Pat Metheny Group
80ème : Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
79ème : Airegin - Wes Montgomery
78ème : Porn Piece or the Scars of Cold Kisses - Ulver
77ème : Brand New You're Retro - Tricky
76ème : Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
75ème : A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who
74ème : White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
73ème : Ca Fait Partie de mon Passé - Fabe
72ème : Rainy Day Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix
71ème : Tutu - Miles Davis
70ème : Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchestra
69ème : Lazy Bird - John Coltrane
68ème : Midnight In a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
67ème : Better Git It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus
66ème : Apelo - Baden Powell
65ème : Peg - Steely Dan
64ème : Michelle - The Beatles
63ème : Chez les Yé-yé - Serge Gainsbourg
62ème : It Could Be Sweet - Portishead
61ème : Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - Miles Davis
60ème : Water No Get Enemy -Fela Kuti
59ème : Crystal Mountain - Death
58ème : Olha Maria - Chico Buarqué
57ème : It's Only a Paper Moon - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
56ème : Just Friends - Charlie Parker
55ème : Penetration - Steve Khan
54ème : Method Man - Wu-Tang Clan
53ème : Heart of Gold - Neil Young
52ème : Horizon - Cinematic Orchestra
51ème : Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
50ème : The Stumble - Freddie King
49ème : Song for my Father - Horace Silver
48ème : Sleep is a Curse - maudlin of the Well
47ème : Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground
46ème : Concerto for Cootie - Duke Ellington
45ème : Big Swifty - Frank Zappa
44ème : Zimbabwe - Bob Marley
43ème : I'm So Green - Can
42ème : Andmoreagain - Love
41ème : The Wizard - Al Di Meola
40ème : La Cancion de Sofia - Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean-Luc Ponty
39ème : Katve - Tenhi
38ème : Pushin too Hard - The Seeds
37ème : Michelangelo' 70 - Astor Piazolla
36ème : Right Off - Miles Davis
35ème : The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake
34ème : Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
33ème : Ad Astra - Arcturus
32ème : You Don't Know Me - Caetano Veloso
31ème : Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield
30ème : Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
29ème : La Cathédrale Engloutie - Naked City
28ème : I Was Made to Love Magic - Nick Drake
27ème : Remembrance of Things Past - Ved Buens Ende
26ème : Heatwave - Univers Zero
25ème : Reflections - Thelonious Monk
24ème : Yes the River Knows - The Doors
23ème : Peaches En Regalia - Frank Zappa
22ème : Lover Man - Django Reinhardt
21ème : Live and Let Live - Love
20ème : It is not Sound - Ulver
19ème : Blueberry Boat - The Fiery Furnaces
18ème : Giant Steps - John Coltrane
17ème : Stardust Hotel - Jaga Jazzist
16ème : Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
15ème : First Movement - Diabolical Masquerade
14ème : Always - Amon Tobin
13ème : Rhinestone Cowboy - Madvillain
12ème : Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
11ème : The Drum Thunder Suite - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

10ème : Saint-Thomas - Sonny Rollins
09ème : She's a Woman - Jeff Beck
08ème : Monk's Dream - Thelonious Monk
07ème : La Mère de la Mer - Mahavishnu Orchestra
06ème : All The Things You Are - Charlie Parker
05ème : Deixa - Baden Powell
04ème : Adios Nonino - Astor Piazzolla
03ème : I'm on my Way to Atlanta - Freddie King
02ème : Autumn Leaves - Ved Buens Ende


1er : Counter Strike - Taille Crayon
Non je déconne, non mais qui écoute ce groupe ? ^.^
1er : Oro, Incienso Y Mirra - Dizzy Gillespie

Obsolète sous peu.

11 août : définitivement obsolète.