Ok, first of all take a look at this web site:
http://www.jaguaro.org/feature/03-09-02_wesk.shtml
Some folks have come up with a list of 100 albums that lot of people own and hold in really high regard, but secretly aren't all that great. I first read the list and figured out which ones I had and was a little bit offended. But then I thought about. Just when was the last time I listened to REM's "Out of time" CD? And how much joy does it bring me? Not a lot.
So I went through the list of my apparently unncessarily CDs and wrote about just why the list is to true. That can be found here:
http://www.secret-passage.com/disco/badalbums.html
Ok, so what do y'all think about the 100 albums list? Any sacred cows being slaughtered?
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I reckon that person is an ...
I reckon that person is an idiot!!
Just because that person doesn't want to listen those albums, doesn't mean I have to, fuck them!!
I still listen to that Nirvana & RHCP album they listen, both great CD's
The only CD I don't listen to anymore is MetallicA Reload
While I agree with most of the chap's ...
While I agree with most of the chap's choices, I was stunned to see in his list three of the best albums the 90's had to offer:
Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call (fuck "OK Computer" - this was the best album of 1997)
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (a modern prog rock masterpiece)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (OK, it's not his best, but Waits is incapable of writing anything remotely terrible, and "Take It With Me" is one of the most beautiful songs, like, ever)
And what about these two undeniable classics:
David Bowie - Hunky Dory (his best, besides "Low", that is)
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper (one of my great faves)
Two I do agree with, however:
The Presidents of the United States of America - self-titled (I agree with this one whole-heartedly. I bought it back in '96 - even though "Lump" and "Peaches" bring back some nice memories of 3rd form and pop tarts, I think this one is somewhere behind my bookcase attacting dust and cobwebs)
Green Day - Dookie (yeah, I remember this one - it was huge at the time. I think I gave it away to a younger cousin)
Others he forgot:
Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill (like most other nippers at the time, I bought into this one hook, line and sinker. I like to think I've grown past those days)
Various - Mortal Kombat: Film Soundtrack (I sold this on to the second-hand music shop. A worthless techno and metal mix)
Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists (an almost unlistenable amalgam of glam rock and punk over a double album. Does contain "Motorcycle Emptiness Though" - a great song.)
Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth... (Aside from a few goodies, like "If You Tolerate This...", much of it is forgetable soft-rock and the lyrics are pretentious twaddle)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (The song "Teardrop" is a classic. Unfortunately, the rest of the album doesn't do much for me)
Bernard Butler - People Move On ("You Light The Fire" is a gorgeous love song, but everything else is bad imitation Neil Young)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (yep, the one with "that" cover)
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina: The Machines Of G-d (mostly an overblown monstrosity)
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen... (aargh - a batch of mediocre songs given the Phil Spector treatment)
Blur - 13 (they ditch britpop and become Radiohead-wannabes. Woohoo!)
The Feelers - Supersystem (I won it off Channel Z all those years back. Gave it to my brother)
David Bowie - Hours (bad, bad, bad)
The Cure - Bloodflowers (one of the worst examples of flogging a dead horse - why, Robert, why?)
Kular Shaker - Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (mock 70's psychedelia)
Queen - Made In Heaven (an insult to their glorious early-70's albums)
Oasis - Be Here Now (self-explanatory)
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The attempts of purging cd inflictions ...
The attempts of purging cd inflictions I've read so far:
*Leaving them behind when moving flat (casts a glance in Robyn's direction)
*Palming them off to younger relatives who have yet to develop good music taste.
*The age old 'see no evil, hear no evil' technique.
Other possible fates of unwanted cds:
*Frisbees, coasters, a bagel plate or add string for a cheesy mobile.
*Trade & Exchange. (Personally I think it would be more trouble than it is worth)
*Sell them to cash converters for $5 (the going price in New Plymouth) & saving up to buy yourself something really cool. If Cash converters won't buy them, how about generously donating them to a charity op shop (note: the salvation army isn't fussy)
*NZMers pooling their hated cds, get a radio station involved, head along to a park or public meeting place and have 'cd free-for-all-scramble'
*NZMers sending in their hated cds, and a stamped self addressed envelope to a predetermined PO Box for a non-biased person to re-distribute the cds making sure that you don't get the same cd you sent in.(note: this is just a more civillised varient on the previous fate)
*Going to a bus stop, leave the cd there and briskly walking away. This would be interesting to see if the cd is still there the next day (note:this is a varient on Robyn's cd ditching attempts)
*Wrap all your hated cds in a fluffy blanket, put them in a basinet and leave it on someone door step with the note attached. "I have been neglecting these, I am terrified that I may end up hurting them....please, please provide a good home for them" maybe add something like "God bless you" for extra tear jerking effect.
If all else fails you could always just tell yourself that the sole purpose of the 'dreaded cds' existence is a yard stick by which to measure, compare, reassure and emphasize how glorious your favourites collection is and not because you can't get rid of them.
Brilliant. I especially love the ...
Brilliant. I especially love the "random re-distribution" idea.
Very good points, you savvy?...
Very good points, you savvy?
Do cash converters really pay $5 for a ...
Do cash converters really pay $5 for a CD? I buy quite a few there, a lot for not much more than that, some for less. I've been selling a few CD's on trademe - things I'd bought to try and decided I didn't want no more no more or had duplicates of.
As for the list of 100, I have about half of them - the only one I solidly agree with is the Celine Dion album, whichever one they're talking about (I can't stand that woman - putting her voice on a CD is the best copy protection there is).
On Cash Converters.... When I sold some ...
On Cash Converters.... When I sold some CDs there, any ones older than a year, the value went down. But the guy told me they never pay more than $5.
Cash Converters in New Plymouth pay $5 ...
Cash Converters in New Plymouth pay $5 per CD, as long as it is in good condition, then on sell them for $8-$10. Hows this?... I've even seen a promotional burger king CD with a price tag of $8 in Cash.C, that I'm sure would've come complitmentary with a double whopper combo.
Just as an aside, I think the every Warehouse should have a stand exclusively for past & present NZMusic.
Damn, you have some good ideas funky!...
Damn, you have some good ideas funky!