Top 10 List

So I was asked my some non-Musician friends last night, "If I was stranded on a deserted island and could have only 10 albums what would they be." I usually hate these types of questions but I thought I would explore it in this context. I must admit I was disheartened when only one person knew of the #1 album.

Artist, Album, Favorite Song, Favorite Line
1) Joni Mitchell Blue "The Last Time I saw Richard" - "All good dreamers pass this way some day."

2) ADELE 19 "Hometown Glory" - "I like it in the city when two worlds collide...Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit, Shows that we are united, Shows that are ain't gonna take it."

3) Miles Davis Ballads "It Never Entered My Mind"

4) Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose Set Luna "Guem"

5) John Mayer Heavier Things and TRY (I know I'm breaking the rules) "New Deep" - "You know, I used to be the back porch poet with my book of rhymes, Always open knowing all the time I'm probably, Never gonna find the perfect rhyme, For 'heavier things'" from TRY: "Who Did You Think I Was" - "Here is a line that you won't understand, I'm half of a boy, but twice I'm the man"

6) Stephen Sondheim Sweeney Todd or Company (tough choice)

7) Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus Abbondanza "Amazing Grace" or "Te Quiero"

8) Benjamin Britten Friday Afternoons "The Useful Plough"

9) Jason Robert Brown Last 5 Years "Still Hurting" - "Give me a day Jamie, Bring back the lies, Hang them back on the wall"

10) Jai Uttal Dial M for Mantra "Nataraj"


What are your 10?

Happy Summer...Listening

It's my first day of summer without a "job." That means we need some new summer listening. So let's consider this a "book club" with music. Listen to the following and send your thoughts.

Artist, Album, Song

Joshua Radin, Simple Things, One of These Days or I'd Rather be With You
Thom Yorke, The Eraser, The Eraser
Rokia Traore, Tchamantche, Zen
The Wailin' Jennys, 40 Days, One Voice or Ten Mile Stilts
Joni Mitchell, Blue, River or The Last Time I Saw Richard
The Shanghai Restoration Project, Nanking Road or Avenue Joffre
Charlotte Martin, Stromata, Redeemed
Adele, 19, Make You Feel My Love or Hometown Glory
Summit Brass, Hindemith: Brass, Sonata for Four Horns: I Fugato
Transjoik, Bewafa, Bewafa or In Lahore
The Be Good Tanyas, Hello Love, When Doves Cry
Hem, Rabbit Songs, Leave Me Here
Crosby, Stills, and Nash, So Far, Find the Fight of Freedom
Ani DiFranco, Not a Pretty Girl, Cradle and All
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans, The Dress Looks Nice on You
Sufjan Stevens, Michigan, For the Windows in Paradise...
Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose, Set Luna, Guem

You Tube Links: "PS22 Chorus Landslide" and "Beatbox Flute and Cello"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2p5augniQA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9b1FCmffE


Don't be shy...discuss! Likes/dislikes?