Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums
Originally Posted by
Surfermom
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Ha, ok, Floyd. Be prepared for the influences of a California upbringing and parents who loved everything musical genre out there.
Great CN track. It's new to me and so I'm exploring that album. Waiting for the inevitable CSN and CSNY that will show up higher, I am guessing?
There is a great story about how Crosby and Stills formed. Apparently they were at party at Joni Mitchell's (Stills claimed it was Cass Elliot's) house and Nash asked C and S if they would sing this song and if he could sing along, improvising a third harmony part. Apparently, the whole room went silent and Crosby said he knew instantly they had a sound that would be hard to beat. This of course was in the time of great harmony groups like the Everly Brothers, The Byrds, and my Beach Boys (good guees, Psmith
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Oh, and I would rank Coldplay, Parachutes higher. Seminal without a bad track on the album.
Great post(s) Surfermom, and thanks fro joining us in this rather alpha male dominated thread. Good to see you
I didn't know that story about CS&N, very interesting. Those Laurel Canyon types had a great scene going on and to have lived through it, albeit very young, at the time would have been fantastic I guess
Yeah, got some more CSN&Y and all their off-shoots and solo stuff still to come (quite a bit anyway), plus more Beach Boys, The Byrds, Joni et al. Please stay tuned.
Coldplay's Parachutes I used to adore when it came out but have gone off it a tad because commercial radio over here won't stop playing the two big singles and I'm sick to death of hearing them at work every night! But yeah, it's got some nice stuff on it. More Coldplay to come too though.
But, people, please remember that this list is only a personal choice, it's not a "be all and end all what should or should not be" type thing. It's not gospel. Everybody would have a different list of course. But please keep the conversation going, it's great hearing your views