Okay, if I'm even starting up a topic like this, I must be really bored. So I'd like to know about everyone's disc collection...as in the number you've got and what artists. And maybe what's coming.
Me: I'm up around 230 discs or so, about half are cd-rs and U2 bootlegs. Also quite a few are actually 2-cd sets. I've got mostly U2 (the bootlegs and cd-rs), but I've also got a smattering of other artists, like Jewel, Collective Soul, Belinda Carlisle...well I won't name them all. I was briefly into Civil War era music (still am, a little), so I've got a few discs of that. I've also got around 22 cd-rs of just random songs that I like either from downloaded mp3s or just individual tracks from my and my brother's regular albums. Oh, yeah, a few soundtracks as well. The only thing I've got coming right now is a U2 single.
So there you have it. What about you? I hope I'm not the only nut.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
240 to 250 CDs. 260 to 300 tapes.
If you want, I really CAN list them all out for you...but it'll take a while, so I'll wait for tomorrow.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The only reason I'm typing all this, is because it's almost 2:30a.m., and I ought to be in bed, but sleep isn't coming yet. So, no, I'm not all that interested in listing all my CDs, but I'm doing it anyway, because I've nothing better to do.
3 Doors Down - The Better Life A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms The Beatles - The Beatles ["The White Album"] The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume Two The Beatles - 1962-1966 The Beatles - 1967-1970 Black Sabbath - Paranoid Dido - No Angel The Doors - The Best of the Doors The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead The Grateful Dead - American Beauty Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Incubus - Make Yourself Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine Kraftwerk - Computer World Kraftwerk - The Mix Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin - Early Days - The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volume One Led Zeppelin - Latter Days - The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volume Two Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis Pearl Jam - Ten Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd - Meddle Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - The Final Cut Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? Radiohead - Pablo Honey Radiohead - The Bends Radiohead - OK Computer Radiohead - Kid A Radiohead - Amnesiac Rage against the Machine - Rage against the Machine Rage against the Machine - Evil Empire Rage against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles Rage against the Machine - Renegades Red Hot Chile Peppers - Californication Rush - Retrospective 1974-1980 The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Staind - Break the Cycle Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 Supertramp - Supertramp Supertramp - Classics, Volume 9 System of a Down - System of a Down System of a Down - Toxicity They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants ["The Pink Album"] They Might Be Giants - Lincoln They Might Be Giants - Flood They Might Be Giants - Miscellaneous T They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incadescent Gas) They Might Be Giants - John Henry They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom They Might Be Giants - Severe Tire Damage They Might Be Giants - Mink Car Tool - Opiate Tool - Undertow Tool - Ænima Tool - Lateralus The Urge - Too Much Stereo
There. That's what you get for asking such a question...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Now that's telling.
Because I can hear the gnashing of teeth of a certain respected friend of ours half a world away, what if, instead of simply listing albums, we select a few we feel are representative or meaningful in some way and share, if we can, just why we feel so. I can't really do that without listening to them, and I've got nothing ready to play at the moment, so I'll wait, but for an example: I think I'm going to talk briefly about the albums In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel, which is possibly the best single collection of music I have ever heard, and Cee-lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, by Cee-lo, as you might notice, and which bucks the trend of the albums I buy being narrowly defined "indie rock" fests, and which is instead an expansive and mindblowing hip hop album, and which you can dance to.
Or possibly something else.
Posted by thoughtychops (Member # 480) on :
My tastes run too eclectic for me to give an honest sampling that's representative of the whole. But right now, I'm listening to these in Sonic Mix, set on shuffle:
Four Tet: Pause DMX: Flesh of my Flesh Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile Flamenco Guitar, Nardia Collection Willie and Lobo Joe Satriani: Surfing with the Alien The Best of U2 Moby: Play and 18 and fourteen different movie soundtracks, including the original Dracula, which has one of the best scores in movie history.
Altogether I think I have about a hundred legit discs. I was a Napster bitch, too, and thanks to that illegal service (and it's peers) I probably have twice that amount in burnt discs.
Posted by thoughtychops (Member # 480) on :
I'm really starting to like certain World music, especially Japanese traditional drum groups and "westernized" arab musics.
Anybody groove on stuff like that, or am I going to far in my search for new things?
It's a tricky game when you venture from the mainstream music scene. You may love it, or absolutely hate it. Being as such, it makes the typical consumer wary of spending fifteen dollars on something with such "risk" involved. (it's the only reason I think Napster and the like were sometimes a benefit to the music world...I would have never heard things like Eyeless in Gaza or even a lot of old Johnny Cash if not for peer to peer file sharing...
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
quote:Because I can hear the gnashing of teeth of a certain respected friend of ours half a world away
I'm trying to stop, at my dentist's advice.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
I don't have as many as I wish I had, so they're easy to list:
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us The Chemical Brothers - Surrender The Chemical Brothers - Brother's Gonna Work It Out The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong (Live Recordings) Radiohead - Amnesiac Radiohead - Kid A Radiohead - OK Computer The Crystal Method - Tweekend The Crystal Method - Vegas Paul Oakenfold - Swordfish: The Album Daft Punk - Discovery Daft Punk - Homework Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between The Gutter And Stars The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry Underworld - Everything, Everything (Underworld Live) Underworld - Beaucoup Fish Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman Moby - Play Moby - Songs 1993 - 1998 Propellerheads - Decksandrumsandrockandroll Freestylers - We Rock Hard Lo Fidelity All-Stars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind Trainspotting Soundtrack Cirrus - Back On A Mission Fluke - Risotto U2 - The Best of 1980 - 1990/The B-Sides U2 - Pop Tomorrow Never Dies Soundtrack The Verve - Urban Hymns Oasis - Be Here Now Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory)? The Beatles Anthology 1 The Beatles Anthology 2 Robbie Williams - The Ego Has Landed Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
And pretty much everything else below that on the CD case is crap...
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Around 50 or so, mostly anime soundtracks. Mostly Evangelion soundtracks.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"...and which you can dance to.
"Or possibly something else."
Wow. Naughty...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I had intended to mean that I might talk about a different album altogether, but you are quite perceptive; it does contain several odes (or perhaps commandments) to getting it on.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Do you know, I might sit down tomorrow and list my collection, I've never done it so it might be interesting. . . 8)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
No, it won't be.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
The Newsboys, "Shine: The Hits" Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "Christmas Eve" Michael W. Smith, "Freedom" "Babylon 5: Sleeping in Light"
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I got a tiny CD collection. For someone who likes music so much, it certainly doesn't show.
Johann de Meij's Symphony No. 1: "The Lord of the Rings" by the US Air Force Band. Includes some works by Percy Granger and others that is clearly just filler.
The soundtracks for Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Mr. Holland's Opus.
In the current rockish type music stuff, there is Celine Dion's The Colour of My Love, Meatloaf's Back Out of Hell 2: Back into Hell, and Billy Joel's The River of Dreams.
The World's Greatest Overtures featuring Die Fledermaus, Poet & Peasant, Academic Festival, Egmont, Flying Dutchman, and 1812.
Copland featuring Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man," Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring Suite. Performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Der "Ring" Ohne Worte performed by Lorin Maazel conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker. Selections from Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Niblungen without the vocals.
Classical Thunder & Lightning by Mother Nature and the London Symphony Orchestra. It's a few classical works with thunderstorm sound effects on top of it. It's supposed to be soothing. I don't think so. Birthday present.
Carmen Without Words by Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra. Georges Bizet's opera Carmen minus the vocals.
Instrumental Gold collection by the London Pops Orchestra and Ensemble with Nelson Corbin conducting. Classical songs and stuff of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Christmas present.
Other CDs include Sounds of Spirit by the University of Houston Cougar Marching Band 1997. It's basically our stand and marching music for that year. Summon the Heroes by the Boston Pops Orchestra with John Williams conducting. Olympic themes and songs. And The Christmas Attic by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Like I said, it's not much.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
My efforts have yielded 295 CDs & 293 tapes, not counting 3 mixes made for me by people & about 7 or 8 old archival mixes.
Once I feel like formatting out the database file into something web-postable, you can all peruse. And giggle.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
My server is being SUCH a whore lately. I won't even go INTO it. Thankfully...Flare Upload. Yeehaw.
[ June 15, 2002, 11:33: Message edited by: Shik ]
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
HEY! Is that an ORIGINAL "Y Kant Tori Read"???
*Turns lime green*
Ooooh, I HATE you!
Well, at least you don't have "More Pink."
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
I WISH it was original. No, it's burned with scanned & lasered art & such, so I can still see the broosding looks & big hair. I should scan. Is funnay.
My ex back in CT has among her Tori collection: --an intact "Cornflake Girl" cereal box --a "Cool On Your Island" 45 --not one but TWO of the limited edition wooden box sets. Unopened.
I've never heard of "More Pink." What is, eh?
Posted by Alpha Centauri (Member # 338) on :
I have a rather tiny collection. Ten or so old gabberhouse CDs, some trance/techno compilations, and Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP". Now, I usually listen obscure music freely downloadable from the Internet (like this particular artist: http://www.genotrance.com/).
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
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