Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Friday, July 4, 2008

"a thing to do ..."

"List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive."


This idea came from one of the music blogs I subscribe to and looked like fun. Here's my list (no laughing):

1965 The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads
1966 The Beatles - Revolver
1967 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
1970 The Beatles - Let It Be
1971 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1972 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1975 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
1976 The Eagles - Hotel California
1977 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
1978 Boston - Don't Look Back
1979 Supertramp - Breakfast in America
1980 AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 Styx - Paradise Theater
1982 Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983 Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
1984 Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
1985 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
1986 Paul Simon - Graceland
1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988 Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
1989 The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
1990 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Two Worlds, One Heart
1991 Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
1993 Counting Crows - August and Everything After
1994 Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
1995 Collective Soul - Collective Soul
1996 Dave Matthews Band - Crash
1997 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It
1998 Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
2000 matchbox twenty - Mad Season
2001 Carbon Leaf - Echo Echo
2002 Sheryl Crow - C'mon C'mon
2003 Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
2004 Green Day - American Idiot
2005 Coldplay - X & Y
2006 Five for Fighting - Two Lights
2007 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2008 Radiohead - In Rainbows