My Favourite Album

[May]

OK, sorry if this has been posted, but just watched Spicks and Specks, and the ABC is running a comp to see which album is everyone's favourite.

Let's all get in there and vote for our boys!

Choices are (duh):

The Living End
Roll On
Modern ARTillery
State Of Emergency

linkage (http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/)

Go! Vote! :)

[Caity]

I just made the same thread in Off Topic :p See, *this* is why we need a separate Music section :p

[May]

In the celebrity pics, Chris had this:

Chris Cheney from The Living End
Favourite Album: Stray Cats - Runaway Boys

Comments:
Yes its hard to pick one but Ive chosen 'Runaway Boys' by the Stray Cats.

Its not just my favorite album but one that has also greatly influenced me and my career. Prior to buying this album i was very interested in and listened to a lot of 50's rock n'roll. That was the first music i really fell in love with. I was obsessed with artists like Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, early Elvis and pretty much anyone who sounded like they meant it. I really dug the rawness of the performances and the rebellious nature of what they were doing. I think it may have been called the Devils Music.....COOL!!

In contrast to this, the other kind of music i liked was early 80's new wave probably because it was the music on the charts when i was a kid. I remember my older sister having records like '81 off the wall' and '1982 with a bullet' which were compilations of chart hits. kind of like todays So Fresh but better! I'm pretty sure this is where i first discovered the Stray Cats. Singles such as 'Rock This Town', 'Stray Cat Strut' and 'Runaway Boys' featured on these albums and i remember hearing them on the radio too. I think I first saw them on Saturday morning music shows where their Tattoos and peroxided quiff stood out from the rest of the bunch. As far as i was concerned a band not only had to sound great, they had to look the part as well.

Basically they had a sound that was rooted in 50's rock'n'roll with an Image that was a mixture of rockabilly, punk and new wave. I was hooked!! I was about 13 and just starting to buy my own records so i decided i would try and find one of their albums. I went to Brashes in Bourke street Melbourne and bought their debut album which was called Runaway Boys". This was before CD's when album covers really meant something so the first thing that knocked me out was the photo on the front. It was a simple photo of Three quiffed up punks armed only with a guitar, a snare drum and Double Bass standing in what looked like a back alley. They looked menacing and ready to rock. On the back was a collage of live photos, a tin of hair grease, a comb and a dirty ashtray along with some cool 50's type. And what the hell was with the song titles....'Fishnet stockings'??'Rumble in Brighton'?? 'Crawl up and die'?? "wild Saxaphone'?? I had a feeling it was going to be a fun listen if nothing else!

It also had the three singles that i'd heard on radio and TV etc. Its difficult to describe how i felt when i first played it but it changed my life, no doubt about it.. It had everything i loved about the fifties stuff but it sounded like it was being played by snotty punks who had way too much energy to burn . The Guitar sounded tough but twangy with the right amount of Sun records echo, the drums sounded live and exciting and the double bass sounded like a big wooden double bass. This sound is hard to achieve but the album was produced by Dave Edmunds who is a master at dialling in top vintage tones and updating them. From the first song until the last it doesnt let up and every song is a winner.

Its quite a diverse album and the high level of musicianship set them apart from all the other rockabilly bands then and now even. From the new wave descending bassline of "Runaway Boys", the Ska tinged "ubangi stomp", fast paced rockers like "double talkin' baby", political punk of "storm the embassy" to the cool jazz pop of "stray cat strut" this album has it all.

The band sound as though they have a point to prove and the musicianship is amazing...particularly the guitar playing. I read somewhere that 'Double Talkin' Baby' was recorded live in the studio, guitar solos and all and it captures perfectly a band that had the correct mix of energy and classy playing Brian Setzers playing in particular encompasses all of the great guitar styles whether it be fingerpicking, jazz lines, country bends and just straight up balls to the wall rock'n'roll.

I also think hes an underrated singer and on songs such as 'Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie' and 'Rumble In Brighton' he has a growl that would have given even the mighty Bon Scott a run for his money. I spent hours learning all the guitar licks and it became such an important album to Scott and I that when it came time to name our little suburban garage band , there really wasnt any decision to be made. From the end of high school until 1995 we were called The Runaway Boys. In hindsight not the most original name but you gotta start somewhere.

I think we always knew we would change it at some point but for the time being it was in homage to our heroes and considering we covered most of this album, it kinda worked. I was lucky enough to see them in 1990 at the Palace and i got the album signed by all three members and I count it as one of my most prized possessions.

Chris. C

:)

[Aaron]

Damnit May, I just came here to post that :p

Hopefully the poll turns up some interesting results, moreso than when I used to listen to Triple M and they did something similar (you can guess the answers...)

[May]

I just made the same thread in Off Topic :p See, *this* is why we need a separate Music section :p

Even with a seperate Music thread, I still woulda posted it in here, cos I'd want folks who are checking out all things TLE, to vote for them! :)

[hillaas]

I cast my vote for MUSE but with my other email adress i will vote for ST. MAybe we should all pick one album and all vote heaps for it and hopefully it will win.

[Aaron]

That's not the point of it. The terms and conditions clearly state that that sort of behaviour will be weeded out, anyway. Don't be a jerk about it.

[May]

That's a good idea Andre.

I too voted for S/T.

We've just gotta be careful that the judges dont deem it to be rigged, cos that would rule TLE out of the running... and we dont want that!

But given the amount of time S/T spent in the charts, and all the accolades it received, S/T seems like a good choice to vote TLE in with! :)

[hillaas]

I wasn't planning to be a jerk about it. And i didn't actually realise that that was a rule.

Anyway - with my other email i voted for ST by TLE.

[The Dying Start]

Thanks guys!

[hillaas]

What for? Voting?

[The Dying Start]

No....for the information you twat.

[Aaron]

It'd be great to get The Living End up there, but only if it wins legitimately. Dunno where I got these old-fashioned values of fairness from, but if there's going to be a legitimate poll done it'll be by the ABC. Keep the vote spamming for everything else that's on commercial TV.

[hillaas]

Well no one it setting any 'rigged vote' up now. I just seggest that everyone vote and that we all love ST the most!

[kyle_182]

sorry, i voted for Blink-182 self titled.

[The Dying Start]

Argh! Off with your head!

[hillaas]

TLE - S/T
TLE - S/T
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TLE - S/T


Subliminal Messaging

[May]

sorry, i voted for Blink-182 self titled.

Wrong self titled dufus! lol

[Colezy]

Just voted!

TLE - TLE :)

[hillaas]

Good work. Hehe - my crap unofficial sceme is working!

[The Dying Start]

I don't think it is. :D

[Colezy]

It wasn't because of your scheming, Andre. Trust me.

[hillaas]

Why should i trust you??

[Colezy]

Because. I said. And I am older than you. So ner.





(I really don't know why, but you should, ok?)

[The Dying Start]

Because Nicole is a police officer.

[hillaas]

Yamums older than me!


(i felt it was nesessary for a yamum joke)

[Sarah]

done.

and I voted for S/T also.

[hillaas]

_________________S/T



ST

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________________________________________ S/T

[May]

(let it go Andre...)

[hillaas]

Fine - if i must.







_______________________________________S/T

[BeaglesRule]

I voted for Self-Titled:D

Totally love Chris' choice for fav. album:cool:

[Erin]

i voted for s/t too :)

[*M!]

i voted!

and although Andre's lame attempt at subliminal messages was NOT the reason...

i voted for The Living End, The Living End...

reason: this album changed my life and my listening habbits, it's taken me through so many momentus points in my life and the world would be a sadder place without it!

because it sounded wanky enough to get away with... and it's true!

*M!

[graverobbin'bastard]

I'm not sure I could pick a favourite when it comes to the Living end. I go back and forth through phases where I listen to one of the albums heavier than the others I dunno

[The Dying Start]

Self Titled will always be my favourite i think. Sentimental Value + Sheer awesomeness.

[*M!]

it's pretty hard to beat...

i have friends that don't like it though (and prefer their other albums)
i think that frustrates greatly...

strange friends!

*M!

[The Dying Start]

it's pretty hard to beat...

Ha! Not touching that one!



And I agree with your other comment. In the past we have had polls and such that show quite a divide between those who prefer ST and those who prefer Roll On. Generally one group can't understand why the other feels that way, and they have a strong connection with their favourite. And i think most people presumed that those that heard ST first, loved it more than Roll On, and those who were introduced to the band via Roll On liked that better...but it proved to not always be the case, although I think for the mst part it probably was.

[*M!]

And I agree with your other comment. In the past we have had polls and such that show quite a divide between those who prefer ST and those who prefer Roll On. Generally one group can't understand why the other feels that way, and they have a strong connection with their favourite. And i think most people presumed that those that heard ST first, loved it more than Roll On, and those who were introduced to the band via Roll On liked that better...but it proved to not always be the case, although I think for the mst part it probably was.
that is my assumption too - it often happens with other artist that i've liked, whatever i hear first i like best... same goes with cover versions of songs (generally) whatever you hear first you like most...

it kinda stems from where you're at when you first connect with the album/artist/song

i'm not feeling very articulate otherwise i'd write down more on the subject but yeah - it's a little off topic so i might stop now...

i'm going to make my parents vote for their favourite album - they'll probably want something John Denver or the Beatles... hehe!

interesting...

*M!

[May]

i'm going to make my parents vote for their favourite album - they'll probably want something John Denver or the Beatles... hehe!

interesting...

*M!

What? The Living End isn't their favourite album of all time?

Oh the humanity! :p

[*M!]

haha - i wish The Living End was their favourite album May...

i've tried...

i think the best i can hope for is to have lots of babies who absolutely love them!

mum likes a lot of stuff on their ST album though - so hopefully they'll play something she likes when we go see them live!

*M!

[hillaas]

Tell her to vote for S/T. I'm makin my family listen to it non-stop from now so they vote for it. I just love it so much. So many great songs and unforgettables on it. And most of my fav TLE songs are on it, eg. Prisoner Of Society, Monday, Second Solution, West End Riot. Those would all be in my top 7/8 TLE songs and that is why i lurve the album so much. Ant is is so upbeat and rocky which hooks the listener from first hearing.

[Belinda]

Voted! But my reason sucked. Im half dead today! I thought it was fucking Monday.

[Erin]

i said 'its an awesome album all the way through' i didn't want to ramble, i do that too much already :p

[Belinda]

I said something like, "It was an album through my teenager years and it made me realise a lot of things about life and my surroundings."

It probaly didn't make sense. Some ABC person is reading it and thinking, "Another teen on drugs".

[Habibster]

I just voted for S/T....and not because everybody is voting for it and trying to persuade people to vote for it, it's just my favourite album ever. If that makes any sense....:D
I was gonna post up my reason but i can't remember it. :confused:

[MissyA]

I voted for self titled. Has been my favourite album out of the four and it has my favourite TLE song on it

[DP SOIA]

Well like many on here, I voted TLE self titled, cos funnily enough it is my favourite album of all time, *omgzzzz!!* London Calling would be my second choice. Nice idea this voting thing is.. and it was good to have Chris involved, great read about Stray Cats. I pretty much felt the same about TLE when I was 13 like he was with Stray Cats at 13... good times.

[The Dying Start]

You're practically twins!

[Rhiannon]

Oh that was awesome. Geez, Brashes, I remember that being the huge music store when I was a kid. Isn't that not around anymore?

*runs off to vote*

[Disease]

I voted for OK Computer. First one that came to mind.

[The Dying Start]

Brashs was the best! I think i still have a Brashs voucher!

[mel_bound]

I finally got around to voting. 30 votes for Self Titled.. the joys of having access to 3 email accounts :p

*edit OH yeah, I didn't see if anyone said, but the top banner has a sillhouette of what seems to be Chris and his White Falcon. Very nice :D

[hillaas]

Good work voting Mel!

What top banner?

[mel_bound]

Good work voting Mel!

What top banner?

The banner at the top of this page Black shape, but not 'HELP' (http://www2b.abc.net.au/votecentral/Client/Login.aspx?E=2)

[hillaas]

It does look a bit like him doesn't it. It is a Gretch for sure because of the head and the hair looks pretty similar. I reckon it is him.




EDIT: Just voted for S/T again under school email address.

[Rhiannon]

I thought that looked like Chris, then I convinced myself I was probably seeing things.

[Julian]

I voted once. Now THAT'S commitment

[mel_bound]

Good work Julian! :p

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, you could pass that off as Chris!

[Ally]

Oh man, i just came in here to ask about the banner. (Says Alina. Who is at Ally's house. In BAYSWATER!!! Yeah, i've hogged her computer. I feel bad. Someone make me feel better about it!). I thought it was Chris 'coz of the Falcon headstock.
Anyway, i've been voting for S/T and so has Ally.

[hillaas]

When is the winner announced?

[The Dying Start]

The site says the winner will be announced in a 90 minute television special aired in December.

[*M!]

just thought i'd put this back in everyones minds - voting closes midnight tonight - anyone who hasn't voted...

well get to it! :p

*M!

[The Dying Start]

I've done it! I've done it!

[*M!]

well there's no need to brag about it Glenn...

:p

*M!

[The Dying Start]

Oh, ZING!

Pfft, thinks she's a funny cunt.

[*M!]

na - i'm just jealous and toey :p

hence the previous comment

*M!

[The Dying Start]

Take it to the porn thread! :p

[Evil Chris]

Its A tough call. Roll On And State of Emergency Are Brilliant Albums. I vote state of emergency since that was my first TLE album.

[loser06]

Modern Artillery followed closely by State of Emergency.

[The Dying Start]

OoOoOooo, you're a rare breed!

[Evil Chris]

Indeed he is. Modern ARTillery could have been better.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I think people put down too much on modern artillery, really. Personally, I never really had a favourite.

[Rhiannon]

I agree. I really like Modern Artillery, it has some of my favourite songs on there, Short Notice being a stand out in my books.

[The Dying Start]

I don't dislike it. I love it. But in a ranking of TLE albums it'd still come last, i think. But it's pretty close to Roll On in my books.

[Evil Chris]

Umm... you better take that back.. just kidding its your opinion. I think Roll On & State of Emergency Tie As Their Best.

[Rhiannon]

That's the beautiful thing about TLE, what they and many others consider their 'worst' is still pretty damn good.

[Evil Chris]

Exactly. Modern ARTillery is Pretty Damn Good. It's even got my favourite TLE song (End Of The World). But they could have improved. With songs like Jimmy. I didnt really like that. And So What that song was also pretty ordinary. But compared to most Bands. The Living End Seem To release new albums very quickly. That might explain modern artillery.

[Disease]

I love So What.

I love MA. It was my favourite album for a long time.

I don't know. It's hard..

I like SOE, but it hasn't grabbed me like the previous albums. I'm not sure why. I love all of MA except the first 3 songs. I love all of RO except for 2 songs in the middle. I love all of ST.

So it may seem odd that I don't pick out ST as my favourite right up. But I don't because, although there are some songs I may not like as much on MA and RO, the songs that I do like are...

Stuff it.

I have no idea. I can't pick.

I absolutely love the second half of Roll On though. Dirty Man through to Astoria Paranoia. Man, that's beautiful music.

[Adele]

I voted for S/T... even though I can't fully choose a favourite, I just went with the original.

[Colezy]

Yeah, same here. I just went with the one that got me into the guys and their music in the first place.

[AlinaPOW]

I think people put down too much on modern artillery, really. Personally, I never really had a favourite.

Neither. The thing is, each album is so ridiculously unique from the others that i find it impossible to choose favourites.
Nontheless, i voted S/T.

[hillaas]

The Living End - Self Titled got number 45. I was just watching.











Here are the top 100:


1–10

1. Pink Floyd — Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Jeff Buckley — Grace
3. Radiohead — Ok Computer
4. The Beatles — Abbey Road
5. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Nirvana — Nevermind
7. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 4
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Blood Sugar Sex Magik
9. Meat Loaf — Bat Out Of Hell
10. U2 — The Joshua Tree

11–20

11. Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here
12. The Beatles — The Beatles - White Album
13. The Beatles — Revolver
14. Pink Floyd — The Wall
15. Radiohead — The Bends
16. Neil Diamond — Hot August Night
17. Neil Young — Harvest
18. Carole King — Tapestry
19. Pearl Jam — Ten
20. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours

21–30

21. Tool — Aenima
22. Bob Dylan — Blood On The Tracks
23. Midnight Oil — 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
24. Silverchair — Diorama
25. AC/DC — Back In Black
26. The Clash — London Calling
27. The Whitlams — Eternal Nightcap
28. Queen — A night at the Opera
29. The Pixies — Doolittle
30. Missy Higgins — The Sound Of White

31–40

31. Paul Simon — Graceland
32. Anthony Callea — Anthony Callea
33. U2 — Achtung Baby
34. David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars
35. Radiohead — Kid A
36. The Beatles — Rubber Soul
37. The Stone Roses — Stone Roses
38. Wolfmother — Wolfmother
39. Oasis — What's The Story Morning Glory
40. Tool — Lateralus

41–50

41. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
42. Bob Dylan — Highway 61
43. Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks
44. Van Morrison — Astral Weeks
45. The Living End — The Living End
46. The Strokes — Is this It?
47. Silverchair — Neon Ballroom
48. The Eagles — Hotel California
49. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead
50. You Am I — Hourly Daily

51–60

51. The Cure — Disintegration
52. Bob Dylan — Blonde On Blonde
53. Lou Reed — Transformer
54. Bruce Springsteen — Born To Run
55. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication
56. Metallica — Master of Puppets
57. Cat Stevens — Tea for the Tillerman
58. R.E.M — Automatic For The People
59. Muse — Absolution
60. Joni Mitchell — Blue

61–70

61. Prince — Purple Rain
62. ABBA — Arrival
63. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
64. Dire Straits — Brothers In Arms
65. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue
66. Cold Chisel — East
67. The Smashing Pumpkins — Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
68. The Who — Who's Next
69. Yes — Close To The Edge
70. Deep Purple — Machine Head

71–80

71. Rage Against The Machine — Rage Against The Machine
72. Green Day — American Idiot
73. Guns N Roses — Appetite For Destruction
74. INXS — Kick
75. David Bowie — Hunky Dory
76. The Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
77. Def Leppard — Hysteria
78. Foo Fighters — The Colour and The Shape
79. U2 — Rattle and Hum
80. Delta Goodrem — Innocent Eyes

81–90

81. John Farnham — Whispering Jack
82. You Am I — Hi Fi Way
83. Darren Hayes — The Tension & The Spark
84. Crowded House — Woodface
85. Live — Throwing Copper
86. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral
87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines
88. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 2
89. Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells
90. Radio Birdman — Radios Appear

91–100

91. Ben Folds Five — Whatever and Ever Amen
92. Crowded House — Crowded House
93. Powderfinger — Vulture Street
94. The Killers — Hot Fuss
95. The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
96. Silverchair — Frogstomp
97. Queens Of The Stone Age — Songs For The Deaf
98. Portishead — Dummy
99. Soundgarden — Superunknown
100. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground & Nico

[Sarah]

wow! cool, thanks for putting up the list

[Evil Chris]

The Boys made it to No. 45!! w00t!

[Julia]

Yay, Radiohead were number 3, I voted for OK Computer. They had two other albums in there also. That was a good top 5.

EDIT: Oh, and Crowded House had two albums!

[hillaas]

I was suprised American Idiot was only 72. I was expecting it to be much higher because of its popularity.

[Evil Chris]

the album sux anyway. I guess the typical green day "fan" saw their older music and believed that was so much better.

[hillaas]

But that was the highest rating Green Day album.....

[cammo]

I picked 4 of the top 10, didnt think Floyd would be at number 1 (but Im happy because I fkn LOVE that album) but definately top 10. Really really stoked to see TLE at 45 and You Am I at 50.

[hillaas]

Far out. The BEatles did wel to get 5 of ther 12 (i think) in the top 100. And thery were all in the top 36. Not too shabby.

[Julian]

Who would've known they're so popular

[The Dying Start]

American Idiot is pure genius anyway.. I don't see how any one can find anything wrong with it unless they're trying to be a showoff "hardcore old school" fan.

Well done to TLE, and well done to Missy Higgins and the other great aussie artists that got a mention up the top!

[Evil Chris]

no, I just think it sucks. A couple of songs were pretty good though.

[hillaas]

Justify your reason for disliking it.

[The Dying Start]

OoOoo, lookout, Andre's coming on strong!

[Julian]

I just realised no Hendrix made it :O

[WHITE FALCON]

i find it hard to believe that wolmother beat Metallica?

[Julian]

Personally I think it's crap that Wolfmother got in there 'cause imo one of the true tests of a good album is how it stands up over time. Look at Jet, if this poll was done two years ago, Get Born would have been in it. If this was to be done in two years time, I doubt Wolfmother would be in it.

[mel_bound]

Agreed

I'm glad to see Absolution and Songs For The Deaf in there, even if QOTSA only made it in at 97 :eek:

[Lowee]

I was glad to see The Whitlams come in at 27 with Eternal Nightcap, significantly higher than I expected, and R.E.M at 58, and the Oils 23, although I expected to see Diesel and Dust in there somewhere.

[The Dying Start]

For the most part it's a pretty accurate poll. It's just 2 or 3 contemporary albums would dissappear in a few years time, but the bulk of it would stay the same. There are some absolute classics in there! And that's what makes TLE's position so good....That album is 8 years old...so it's not just in there because there are a bunch of groupies on board for today. Although that may have helped! ;o)