Video Friday (30 albums that changed my life)

From a Facebook tag:
“Think of 30 albums, CDs, LPs, etc., that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life. Dug into your soul. Music that brought you to life when you heard it. Royally affected you, kicked you in the wazoo, literally socked you in the gut, is what I mean.”
This is my list, in no particular order, but as they came to me in deep, deep thought. Some I have set to music, your Video Friday:
(P.S. the music companies are making it fucking impossible to find the videos anywhere. Assholes.)

1. The Replacements, “Pleased to Meet Me”
2. Van Halen “Van Halen”
3. Dead Kennedy’s “Plastic Surgery Disasters," "Riot"

4. Social Distortion, “Mommy’s Little Monster”
5. Electric Light Orchastra, “Out of the Blue”
6. Dave Brubeck, “Take Five”

7. Queen, “A Night at the Opera”
8. Ramones, “Ramones”
9. Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation”
10. Beastie Boys, “License to Ill”
11. Liz Phair, “Exile in Guyville," "Stratford-On-Guy"

12. Sex Pistols, “Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”
13. Morphine, “Cure for Pain” 14. The Ventures, “The Ventures Play ‘Telstar’ and ‘The Lonely Bull,’ ” "Tequilla"

15. R.E.M. “Reckoning," "(Don't Go Back) to Rockville

16. Ahmad Jamal, “Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me”
17. The Cars, “The Cars”
18. The Clash, “London Calling," "Clampdown"

19. Minutemen, “Double Nickels on a Dime”
20. Hoodoo Gurus, “Blow Your Cool”
21. Green Day, “Dookie," "Basket Case"

22. Michelle Shocked, “Short, Sharp, Shocked”
23. Television, “Marquee Moon”
24. Ray Charles, “Genius + Soul = Jazz”
25. Cheap Trick, “Live at Budokan”
26. Pixies, “Doolittle,” "Monkey Gone to Heaven"

27. The Hold Steady, “Boys and Girls in America”
28. Elvis Costello & The Attractions, “This Year’s Model”
29. The Jam, “Greatest Hits”
30. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, “Damn the Torpedoes," "Refugee"

1 comments:

Hal Johnson said...

I love lists like this. The bad thing is it makes me want to spend money. That's a bitch when a guy is part Scottish.