The Great White Hoax
To those of you who couldn't tell, the top 50 albums list I posted here earlier this week was a joke. Our annual albums list has seen a rift develop between those who occasionally listen to music recorded by black artists and those who listen to Genesis, so Mark and I decided to take it to another level and post lists on the same day including no more than four albums by white males. A real preview of my top 50 (with no fewer than 32 albums by white males) follows:
1. Highway 61 Revisited , Bob Dylan , 1965
2. OK Computer , Radiohead , 1997
3. Forever Changes , Love , 1967
4. If You're Feeling Sinister , Belle & Sebastian , 1996
5. The Queen is Dead , The Smiths , 1986
6. The Velvet Underground , The Velvet Underground , 1969
7. Horses , Patti Smith , 1975
8. The Beatles , The Beatles , 1968
9. Kind of Blue , Miles Davis , 1959
10. Pet Sounds , The Beach Boys , 1966
11. Grace , Jeff Buckley , 1994
12. Things Fall Apart , The Roots , 1998
13. Nevermind , Nirvana , 1991
14. Let it Bleed , The Rolling Stones , 1969
15. Revolver , The Beatles , 1966
16. At Folsom Prison , Johnny Cash , 1968
17. Loveless , My Bloody Valentine , 1991
18. Mingus Ah Um , Charles Mingus , 1959
19. Tigermilk , Belle & Sebastian , 1996
20. Paul's Boutique , The Beastie Boys , 1989
21. Rain Dogs , Tom Waits , 1985
22. The Velvet Underground & Nico , The Velvet Underground , 1967
23. I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) , Aretha Franklin , 1967
24. Homogenic , Bjork , 1997
25. Blonde on Blonde , Bob Dylan , 1966
26. New Adventures in Hi-Fi , REM , 1996
27. Electric Ladyland , The Jimi Hendrix Experience ,1968
28. Buffalo Springfield Again , Buffalo Springfield , 1968
29. Songs for Swinging Lovers , Frank Sinatra , 1955
30. The Clash , The Clash , 1977
31. Marquee Moon , Television , 1977
32. Pearl , Janis Joplin , 1971
33. Elephant , The White Stripes , 2003
34. Blue , Joni Mitchell , 1971
35. The Low End Theory , A Tribe Called Quest , 1991
36. Otis Blue , Otis Redding , 1966
37. Chutes Too Narrow , The Shins , 2004
38. The Bends , Radiohead , 1995
39. Under the Pink , Tori Amos , 1994
40. Fear of a Black Planet , Public Enemy , 1990
41. Led Zeppelin , Led Zeppelin , 1969
42. London Calling , The Clash , 1979
43. Bryter Later , Nick Drake , 1970
44. Dummy , Portishead , 1994
45. The Ramones , The Ramones , 1976
46. Siamese Dream , The Smashing Pumpkins , 1993
47. Aquemini , OutKast , 1998
48. When the Pawn… , Fiona Apple , 1999
49. Surfer Rosa , The Pixies , 1988
50. The Cars , The Cars , 1978
posted by Bryan @ 11/12/2005 10:27:00 AM
6 comments
6 Comments:
I kinda like my new list. It's got soul.
Siamese Dream are you kidding me?
"Honky."
Mark, even before I suggested the "cracker-capped list," I had a feeling you'd end up submitting that one. I'm not letting Siamese Dream go too easily. It's probably the one album most responsible for my obsession with music, and maybe the only album I had in high school that still gets a listen now and then (aside from The Bends, which I almost never listened to then). That said, I still haven't made room for "Illmatic," "Ready to Die," or "Enter the Wu-Tang," and I see at least one of them eclipsing Siamese Dream.
Honky Lips
just for that dig at siamese dream, i'm throwing it back in my top 10.
...well since Belle and Sebastian won't have ten albums out by December I'd say there's room.
"Boo-yah."
Damn right Siamese Dream gets a shout, Slowy!
I think The Low wants Skee-lo's 1995 debut 'I wish' instead of the pumpkins! Gordy would be upset too.
I wish I was like six-foot-nine
So I can get with Leoshi
Cause she don't know me but yo she's really fine
You know I see her all the time
Everywhere I go, and even in my dreams
I can scheme a way to make her mine
Cause I know she's livin phat
Her boyfriend's tall and he plays ball
So how am I gonna compete with that
'Cause when it comes to playing basketball
I'm always last to be picked
And in some cases never picked at all So I just lean up on the wall
Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls
Who came to watch their men ball
Dag y'all! I never understood, black
Why the jocks get the fly girls
And me I get the hood rats
I tell 'em scat, skittle, scabobble
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