SOME OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC

DEPECHE MODE		Depeche Mode remain as one of my all time favorites. I bought their "Violator" album for the song "Enjoy the Silence" a long time ago, but it wasn't until near the end of 1998 that I really listened to the album. I found their music to have a really awesome sound that I hadn't been exposed to before. Intrigued, I bought "The Singles 86>98". It was a perfect sampling of many of their great songs, and I was hooked. In the following months, I amassed a considerable number of their albums. Once again, this is a group who've been around for a long time. They make very eerie, dark, and sometimes strange music. Martin Gore's lyrics are really something special.

The Smiths/Morrissey		Morrissey is the best lyricist I know of, and great music seems to follow at his heels. His band The Smiths were wonderfully original and boast some exceptional guitar work and lyrics. Once The Smiths broke up, Morrissey continued on and still managed to put together some really great music whether by his own merit or because of the fine work of producers. The guitarist for The Smiths, Johnny Marr, went on to a few new projexts but has not since risen to the level he did in his youth.

INXS		My first memories of INXS are from a few years ago seeing a VH1 peformance and thinking they were some kind of U2 rip off. It took a lot before I decided to buy something of theirs to see how it was. I bought a used copy of "Listen Like Thieves". I didn't think it was that great at first, but after a few listens I started to change my mind. I bought a few more of ther albums pretty cheap, and eventually began to gain more respect for them. Somehow I was under the impression that they were a mediocre 80s rock band. That's far from the truth, though. This is a rock band with a sound that you can't find anymore. There isn't an album I own by them that I can say I am disappointed with. Even their older stuff ranks just as high (or higher!) as their newer stuff. Unfortunately, the lead singer Michael Hutchence is no longer with us. That doesn't change their legacy, though. INXS has a long history of great music.

PRINCE		Prince (now the Artist) is another musician who's work has spanned a long period of time, and has encompassed many sounds. I still call him Prince as opposed to The Artist because I'm into more of his earlier work. I only bought his Purple Rain album at first because I couldn't get some of the songs out of my head, and it was driving me crazy. I really enjoyed it, so I decided to buy a few more albums to see what his other music was like. I was pleasantly surprised with all of it. He has written so much music; anyone who says they don't like Prince probably only judges him by a few popular songs they didn't like. For some really funky R&B, very explicit music, or some great dance songs, Prince is your man.

U2		I first started listening to U2 during the Summer of 1996. I began to collect all of their albums ranging from 1980 to 1993. The great thing about U2 is the astonishing number and variety of songs they have. Early on, U2 tended to play pure rock, and their music was heavily political, dealing with the problems in Ireland. As time moved on, they began to use keyboards more, and developed a new sound. The "The Joshua Tree" was their most successful album, but "Achtung Baby" is still the one I admire the most. Their music has helped me through many years, and they were the first band to expose me to the kind of music and the kind of musicians I would come to enjoy the most.

MY FAVORITES as of 12/4/01

Top 10 albums of all time:

1. Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen
2. Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
3. Violator, Depeche Mode
4. Achtung Baby, U2
5. Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen
6. Black Celebration, Depeche Mode
7. If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle and Sebastian
8. Meat is Murder, The Smiths
9. The Queen is Dead, The Smiths
10. Kid A, Radiohead

NEEDS AN UPDATE BADLY!!!! Here are my top 15 songs of all time. Generally the higer up the song is, the higher it ranks for me, but it all depends on what I'm in the mood for right now.

BAND	SONG	ALBUM
1. Depeche Mode	Black Celebration	Black Celebration
2. U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	The Joshua Tree
3. The Smiths	The Headmaster Ritual	Meat is Murder
4. Depeche Mode	Sweetest Perfection	Violator
5. Morrissey	Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself	Vauxhall and I
6. Morrissey	Used to be a Sweet Boy	Vauxhall and I
7. Belle and Sebatian	Seeing Other People	If You're Feeling Sinister
8. U2	Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses	Achtung Baby
9. INXS	Disappear	X
10. INXS	The Stairs	X
11. U2	Mysterious Ways	Achtung Baby
12. Morrissey	Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference	Bona Drag
13. Depeche Mode	Stripped	Black Celebration
14. The Smiths	Ask	Louder Than Bombs
15. Morrissey	Pashernate Love	My Early Burglary Years

Home

This page hosted by
Get your own Free Home Page