the Top Tens thread

1.Arckanum "Kostogher"
2.Iron Maiden "Killers"
3.Impiety "Kaos Kommand 696"
4.Metallica "Kill 'Em All"
5.Dødheimsgard "Kronet Til Konge"
6.Kruder & Dorfmeister "K&D Sessions"
7.Kampfar "Kampfar"
8.Aborym "Kali Yuga Bizarre"
9.Arckanum "Kampen"
10.Tenhi "Kauan"

10. Tortured/Eccentric Genius
9. 3 minute radio song
8.any 'scene'
7.guitar solo
6.going to the next level/advancing your sound/etc.
5.concept album
4.wailing divas
3.sex sells
2.putting a dj in your rock band
1.Love songs

1. National Chain - White Hassle (later stuff, though better, is with three people)
2. What We Do - Doo Rag
3. The Big Come Up - the Black Keys
4. Hand Me that Door - Chris & Tad
5. Bad Man - T-Model Ford (w/ drummer Spam)
6. the Orange Sessions - Cash Audio
7. Song Sparrow - the BlackElles
8. White Blood Cells - White Stripes
9. Duotang - the Bright Side
10. uh...

ahthankyouverymuch

10. "Deep Deep Down"
9. "Hangin' On To You"
8. "Somebody's Song"
7. "Can I Do The Thing"
6. "That Prozac Moment"
5. "Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba"
4. "I Fell For You"
3. "Sackcloth and Ashes"
2. "Dumb Little Band"
1. "You're The Only One"

1. Dr Octagon Dr Octagonacologyst
2. N*E*R*D In Search Of...
3. Ol' Dirty Ni**a Please
4. Latyrx/Talvin Singh/live Mr. Bungle mp3 comp.
5. Kool Keith Black Elvis/Lost in Space
6. Mr. Bungle Disco Volante
7. System of a Down System of a Down
8. Buckethead Electric Tears
9. The Roots Illadelph Halflife
10.Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom

1. Henry Threadgill & Make a Move - "Everybody's Mouth's a Book"
2. Michael Moore/Lindsey Horner/Michael Vatcher - "Jewels and Binoculars: The Music of Bob Dylan"
3. Kool Keith - "Spankmaster"
4. Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book"
5. Rovo - "Tonic 2001"
6. Bob Dylan - "John Wesley Harding"
7. Various - "Dub Gone Crazy: The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby's 1975-1979"
8. Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
9. Chick Corea - "My Spanish Heart"
10. John Zorn - "IAO"

1. A.C.
2. J.W.
3. V.R.
4. J. S.
5. A.K.
6. C.S.
7. R.A.
8. N.M.
9. F.B.
10. K.O.

10. 10
9.9
8.8
7.6
6.7
5.23
4.0
3.3
2. 3.14
1. 1345

5 Things I recently listened to that I enjoyed
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1 Ray Davies - Live at the Jane Street Theatre
2 Spoon - Girls Can Tell
3 The Jazz Butcher - A Scandal in Bohemia
4 Southern Culture on the Skids - Liquored Up & Laquered Down
5 Spoon - A Series of Sneaks

1. Ballad of Mott -- Mott the Hoople
2. Ballad of John and Yoko -- Beatles
3. Team Theme -- Bis
4. Bo Diddley -- Bo Diddley
5. The Real Slim Shady -- Eminem
6. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream -- Bob Dylan
7. American Band -- Grand Funk Railroad
8. Don't Believe the Hype -- Public Enemy
9. Astronomy -- Black Star
10. Cadallaca Theme -- Cadallaca

Top 10 Songs by Bands/Artists About Other Bands/Artists
1. We're the Replacements -- They Might be Giants
2. Alex Chilton -- The Replacements
3. How Do You Sleep? -- John Lennon
4. Blind Willie McTell -- Bob Dylan
5. Takeover -- Jay-Z (actually qualifies for both lists, I guess...)
6. The Replacements -- Tommy Womack
7. Sweet Home Alabama -- Lynyrd Skynyrd (the Neil Young verse)
8. When Smokey Sings -- ABC
9. Spider Web -- Joan Osborne
10. Range Life -- Pavement (the Smashing Pumpkins verse...didn't they do a song about R.E.M. too?)

1. Ralph Mooney
2. Jimmy Day
3. Shot Jackson
4. Tom Brimley
5. Buddy Emmons
6. Ben Keith
7. Weldon Myrick
8. Don Helms
9. Pete Drake
10. Leon McAuliffe

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10 Great New Orleans Pianists:

1. Professor Longhair
2. Archibald
3. Fats Domino
4. Huey "Piano" Smith
5. Edward Frank
6. James Booker
7. Art Neville
8. Allen Toussaint
9. Salvador Doucette
10. Tommy Ridgley

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10 Pub Rockers

1. Ace
2. Bees Make Honey
3. Brinsley Schwarz
4. Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers
5. Dr. Feelgood
6. Ducks Deluxe
7. Eddie and the Hot Rods
8. Eggs over Easy
9. The Kursaal Flyers
10. Roogalator

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David Bromberg's 10 Favorite Albums:

1. The Real Bahamas (Nonesuch Explorer)
2. The Greatest Ray Charles - Ray Charles
3. Cry From the Cross - Ralph Stanley
4. Penny Whistlers (Nonesuch Explorer)
5. Solo Flight - The Genius of Charlie Christian - Charlie Christian
6. The Pres de Paris - Pierre Ben-Susan
7. Charlie Parker, Volume 5 - Charlie Parker
8. Uncle Pen - Bill Monroe
9. Blind Willie McTell
10. When I Die I'll Live Again - Reverend Gary Davis

(All of the preceding random lists I pulled from The Book of Rock Lists, first edition, by Marsh and Stein).

1. Phish
2. Smashing Pumpkins
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Sonic Yoof
5. Rolling Stones
6. Elvis Costello
7. Michael Jackson ;-)
8. Beck (ok, so that was Futurama)
9. The Who
10.Paul McCartney

or don't, you don't have to, i won't force you to.

10. dunt-dunna-dunt-duh!
9. nuhnt-nuh-nuh, nuhnt-nuh-nuh-nar!
8. ddvvv, deet-dee-dee!
7. wang chung
6. chicka-chicka wahn-waaaau!
5. bount-chicka-wow, bount-chicka-wow!
4. ch-chjang, chjang!
3. junt-chicka-junt-junt, je-junt-junt!
2. auuu-weeeoooh, weeeoo, meyahrup-eowww, wannanunt-now-ee-wupp-e-naow, eeer-be-deeent!
1. deedle-y deedle-y deedle-y deedle-y deedle-y eeeeeeh!

"Okay, who ordered the string quartet? Somebody ordered a string quartet...possibly while high...Cypress Hill, I'm looking in your direction..."

B-Real: "So, uh, you guys know 'Insane in the Brain'?"

String quartet guy #1: "Well, we could wing it."

Oh yeah, Georgey certainly was on before McC...and I just like Georgey more, so yeah, ixnay on the cCartneyMay.

*tabla break*

10. James Todd
9. Cable in the Classroom
8. Daddy, What's a Hard Drive?
7. Eggs Benedict
6. Community Newspaper
5. Eddie Murphy Stars In Dr. Doolittle
4. When Archie Met Veronica
3. Jameson Vitamins
2. Hong Kong Phooey
1. Big Shot

1) Nosebleed vs. New White Sweater
2) No Margaret, No... You Can't Do This To Me... Margaret... No...
3) Vishikon City Deathsquad NNNxN
4) Fruit, But Oh, That Summer
5) They Is Seed Of
6) I am Happariah of Fourth Next Last Thursday Yes/No/OK
7) St!ephen Pureah
8) Ghoti Psswymme Ynne Dheappe Hairspray
9) Greens Of Taiwan: A Guide
10) Levitation Plus Plus Plus! But No, For It Was Too Heavy Alas Once Maybe, But Never Now

1. accordion
2. theremin
3. glockenspiel
4. vibraslap
5. slide whistle
6. nose flute
7. kazoo
8. melodica
9. jew's harp
10.tuba

This is among the funnier things I've ever read. Thumbs up!

1. New Order: "Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Mix)"
2. Omni Trio: "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"
3. Sneaker Pimps: "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)"
4. Public Enemy: "Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)"
5. Instant Funk: "I've Got My Mind Made Up (Larry Levan 12-inch)"
6. Josh Wink: "Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix)"
7. Soulwax/Basement Clash: "The Magnificent Romeo"
8. Wildchild: "Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix)"
9. Craig Mack: "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)"
10. Everything But the Girl: "Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)"

1. Top 100 songs with a rippin Moog solo
2. Top 100 Songs Over Seven Minutes
3. Top 100 Under 3-minute Songs
4. Top 100 Metal Albums
5. Top 100 IDM Songs Of All Time
6. Top 100 Soppy Ballads
7. Top 100 - Album tracks (no singles)
8. Top 100 - Cover Versions
9. Top 100 Beverage Songs
10. Top 100 singles of the 21st century - so far

10) Super Furry Animals ("She may be placid casual, but that don't make her a ho, y'all")
9) Cornelius
8) Wire
7) Cerys Matthews ("She take me off to Carmar-THEN, and other places I ain't BIN...")
6) Liam Lynch
5) Black Box Recorder ("Hey PVC lay-day, you wanna come my way?" "*sigh* No.")
4) Air ("Yo-oh-oh-oh-oh! Uh, le soleil est pres de MOI, when I be drivin' in my CAR...")
3) Paul Weller ("Introducin' Modfatha, straight outta Wo-king")
2) John Peel ("Cat be spinnin' all my tunes all up at the wrong speed, and I be like 'OH!', and he be like "Interestingly, a similar thing happened the first time I met Low...")
1) Kelly Jones ("I mean, to all intents and purposes, the Stereophonics have been a black dance band from the very start, isn'it. What've you been, eh? Exactly.")

10. Barbarella OST
9. Italian Job OST
8. Enter the Dragon OST
7. More Mission Impossible OST
6. Across 110th Street OST
5. Bedazzled OST
4. Harold Robbins Presents Music From The Adventurers
3. La Planete Sauvage OST
2. Superfly OST
1. Diamonds OST

10.melody
9. strain
8. piece
7. measure
6. air
5. symphonic poem
4. potpourri
3. tune
2. opus
1. polyphony

1. Ten As-Yet-Unformed Godspeed Soundalikes
2. Top ten guitar riffs/noises
3. Top ten CDs in my collection starting with the letter K
4. Top Ten ILM Top 100 Threads
5. Top Ten CDs In My Stack Sitting On the Corner of My Desk, Literally, As In #1-Is-The-One-On-Top, #2-Is-The-One-Under-That Etc....
6. Top Ten Remixes (not in order)
7. Top Ten Band Names rejected before they chose Wang Chung
8. Top 10 musical ideas/pieces/bands I'm asked to rip off for commercials
9. The Top Ten Greatest LP Soundtracks of All-Time
10. 10 Great New Orleans Pianists

1) BoC -- Music Has the Right to Children
2) Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
3) The Fall -- Grotesque
4) Mag Fields -- Get Lost
5) White Stripes -- WBC
6) Stereolab -- Mars Audiac Quintet
7) The Only Ones -- Special View
8) Television -- Marquee Moon
9) Velvets -- VU
10) Rainer Maria -- Past Worn Searching

need... new... different... music...

1. 'Da Funk/Musique' Daft Punk
2. 'Dirt' Death In Vegas
3. 'Music (Remix)' LTJ Bukem
4. 'Runaway' Nu Yorican Soul
5. 'Café Del Mar' Energy 52
6. 'Fly Life' Basement Jaxx
7. 'Burnin' Daft Punk
8. 'Narra Mine ('97 Remix)' Genaside II
9. 'The Funk Phenomena' Armand Van Helden
10. 'It's Alright, I Feel It!' Nu Yorican Soul

1. Chic
2. Wire
3. Pulp
4. Love
5. Coup
6. Luna
7. Hole
8. Blur
9. EPMD
10.Devo

Still an ace selection!

1. i am a lonesome fugitive - merle haggard
2. black steel in the hour of chaos - public enemy
3. police on my back - the equals
4. wanted man - johnny cash
5. jailbreak - ac/dc
6. quick joey small - kasenetz
7. jailbreak - thin lizzy

1. Aw-teck-er
2. Oh-tech-rah
3. Aw-degger
4. Ah-tesh-er
5. Oh-teckr
6. Ah-tetch-er
7. Shar-day
8. Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
9. Fuck off, can't you see I'm busy stroking my chin?
10. Lady, if you have to ask...

10. "Strawberry Fields Forever" -- The Beatles
9. "Blackberry Way" -- The Move
8. "Pass the Peas" -- The JB's
7. "Watermelon Man" -- Mongo Santamaria
6. "Green Onions" -- Booker T. & the MG's
5. "White Rabbit" -- Jefferson Airplane
4. "Blueberry Hill" -- Fats Domino
3. "Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries" -- Willie Bobo
2. "Salt Peanuts" -- Charlie Parker
1. "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" -- Louis Armstrong

1. Elvis Presley
2. Charlie Rich
3. Howlin' Wolf
4. Johnny Cash
5. BB King
6. Jerry Lee Lewis
7. Ike Turner
8. Roy Orbison
9. Carl Perkins
10. Charlie Feathers

John Lee Hooker 'Boom Boom'
Scritti Politti 'Boom! There She was'
Outhere Brothers 'Boom Boom Boom'
Genius Cru 'Boom Selection'
Vengaboys 'Boom Boom Boom Boom'
P.O.D. 'Boom!'
Lulu 'Boom Bang-A-Bang'
Shaggy 'Boombastic'
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince 'Boom! Shake The Room'
Definition Of Sound 'Boom Boom'

1) speedy j - r2d2
2) the black dog - sharp shooting on saturn
3) coldcut - autumn leaves (irresistable force remix)
4) selway - flying far
5) 69 - desire
6) the path - praying (cosmos dub)
7) maurizio - m4
8) carl craig - science fiction
9) bola - whoblo
10) global communication - obselon minos

David Bromberg's 10 Favorite Albums:

1. The Real Bahamas (Nonesuch Explorer)
2. The Greatest Ray Charles - Ray Charles
3. Cry From the Cross - Ralph Stanley
4. Penny Whistlers (Nonesuch Explorer)
5. Solo Flight - The Genius of Charlie Christian - Charlie Christian
6. The Pres de Paris - Pierre Ben-Susan
7. Charlie Parker, Volume 5 - Charlie Parker
8. Uncle Pen - Bill Monroe
9. Blind Willie McTell
10. When I Die I'll Live Again - Reverend Gary Davis

this is a great list. who is david bromberg again?

"David Bromberg is best known for accompanying Bob Dylan as guitarist on New Morning and Self Portrait. But he has also distinguished himself as a session player with many other artists and with his own solo recordings and tours."