The Coffeeshop 100 (lyrics, singer, electronic, alternative, country)

swim · 08-18-2007, 08:54 PM

Cheers for taking up this project. A few stuff I've never even heard of and I'll definitely check out.

coffeeshop · 08-19-2007, 06:29 PM

94. Ciccone Youth- The Whitey Album- 1988

Ok this is the first presence of Sonic Youth on the list and not the last. This album is so complicated to explain that I might die trying.

First let's ask the question now what would happen if Thurston, Kim and Mike Watt's obsession with Madonna would ever actually be acted on in the form of covers? Ok first answer would be Burnin' Up from Watt with the Blag Flag guitarist and Into the Groovy from Thurston with a Madonna sample.

Secondly what the hell would happen if Sonic Youth wanted to make a completely crazy experimental album with dance elements? Answer, it would probably be not very well received so in the late 80's Ciccone Youth was spawned, Ciccone being Madonna's real surname.

Added to that a karoke version of Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love from Kim and you are already onto a winner!

This is probably the most insane album I own and I love it. Whether it be the pointless minute of silence, dance version of a Confusion is Sex song, Thurston Moore ghetto rapping or Kim and a friend listening to Krautrock band Neu this album has it all for an ardent Sonic Youth fan. NB. The Whitey Album title refers to Sonic Youth's threat to record a whole album of Beatles covers.

Key Songs- Macbeth, Into the Groovey, Addicted to Love

coffeeshop · 08-19-2007, 07:12 PM

93. The Libertines- Up the Bracket- 2002

Some people called them the most important band of this generation and others said they were overrated junkie tabloid scum. The answer is probably a mixture of both. Clash, Beatles, Stones and Stooges for the modern age I would describe this record therefore it very understandable why they became famous so fast. The Americans had the ultra successful Strokes and record labels were hot on the heels of any similar bands so finding the Libertines was probably like finding the gold at the end of the rainbow for them.

The relationship between Doherty and Barat is what makes the Libertines. Listening to the lyrics it is hard to pass any time without hearing references, although more so on their nearly as good burning out follow up. Ok Doherty is the worst rock star symbol we have seen for a very long time and he has pissed around since predictably releasing lower quality material and trying to stay alive/out of jail/with Kate Moss. Barat has made the middle of the road Dirty Pretty Things borrowing the Libertines sound and drummer. But I think most people who liked them think they were only truly something together and whether it'll ever happen again who knows.

Key Songs: Time For Heroes, Death On the Stairs (If Your Copy has it), Up the Bracket

coffeeshop · 08-19-2007, 08:07 PM

92. Be Your Own Pet- Be Your Own Pet- 2006

Thurston Moore liked this band so much he signed them to his own record label Estatic Peace. It is quite easy to see why with the slightly insane Jemina Pearl singing and shouting away and the noise pop sound of the music. While recording this album they were all still in high school and they all look very fresh faced and ready to rock. The evidence of this can be shown at none other than at the All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 curated by Sonic Youth were they were joined by Thurston himself more interested in helping them completely trash the set than helping with the music side of things.

Be Your Own Pet are definitely not for everyone with vocal schizophrenia from Jemina blasting out of your speakers only interupted by a couple of high quality slower songs and these are probably the picks of the album. If they expand on this album next time and slightly refine their sound then my top 100 will be different.

Key Songs- Adventure, October, First Account, Ouch

91. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights- 2002

So what Interpol are Joy Division in the new millennium they have enough about them to still be a very good band. The similar case is for Editors and the Bunnymen although the former were less lucky about being included in the list.

This is a sweaping debut of solid songs from the New Yorkers from Untitled to Leif Erikson this is a dreary listen but if you are prepared to take it then you might find it quite rewarding.

Key Songs: NYC, the Obstacles, PDA

90. AC/DC- Highway to Hell- 1979

There just had to be an AC/DC album here somewhere. The greatest band ever to have all of its songs somehow connected to sex and women (look at the track list on this album for proof if you need it). Although die hard fans might know better albums by them in my mind Highway to Hell is the only one I could put into the list.

Last album with the alcoholic genius that is Bon Scott before the predictable happened and they were lucky to find a somewhat suitable replacement in Brian Johnson. Whether they are a Scottish or Austrialian hard rock band who cares they are most fun you are going to have in this genre in my opinion. There are so many good songs on Highway to Hell no wonder it made them legends and mainstream all at once. Angus Young is unstoppable and if you try to resist you are sure to be crushed.

Key Songs: Highway to Hell, Walk All over You, Night Prowler

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-20-2007, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coffeeshop

Although die hard fans might know better albums by them in my mind Highway to Hell is the only one I could put into the list.

*cough*Powerage*cough*

Mr Sensitive · 08-21-2007, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coffeeshop

91. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights- 2002

Ah, NYC is just wonderful.

coffeeshop · 08-21-2007, 10:23 AM

89. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine- 1992

In a perfect world rap metal should have just ended after this album. This album out of all the albums in my list probably spawned the largest amount of rubbish imitators which ruled mainstream rock in the late 90s and early 2000s. I won't name them but you probably know the biggest few already.

We have Tom Morello more hard rock and metally charged than Ozzy Osbourne's big toe. Then have Zack de la Rocha who is probably the angriest person in the world rapping and blasting out his politically charged lyrics. Added to that they also have a drummer and a bassist and you can see why they exploded onto the scene in 1992.

I can hardly fault this album at all in any place it does exactly what it was set out to do. Whether it be opening blast of 'Bombtrack', the eternal cries of 'F*ck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me', the Led Zeppelin fueled 'Wake Up' or the all over the place 'Township Rebellion'. Credit to them they already set themselves up for never being able to repeat this record while making it.

Key Songs: Killing in the Name, Take the Power Back, Township Rebellion

coffeeshop · 08-21-2007, 12:07 PM

88. Jamiroquai- Synkronized- 1999

I have always liked Jamiroquai but I have never properly acted on this until I got this from a charity shop! This is probably my favourite style of Jay Kay more dance influenced with the big single Canned Heat. If anybody has seen Napolean Dynamite will love that song even if they don't like Jamiroquai. He of course still keeps all his best attributes though with Jazz and Funk still strongly present like 'Black Capricorn Day' for instance.

Every album they make is top quality so really just pick the one with your favourite musical direction.

Key Songs: Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Planet Home

87. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare- 2007

Ok let's all listen to my Arctic Monkeys history. First single comes out 'I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor' and I think this is pretty good might check out this band. Then holy sh*t! NME, British Press and almost everybody hypes this band into the next universe. The climax of this was when NME put their debut into the top 5 best British albums ever.

That was it I had had enough already add to that I thought the songs on the album were very mixed and there was a lack of maturity mixed in there.

But then low and behold they destroy the first barrier of rock and roll, the second album curse. First of all they have got it out when they are still fresh writing whilst touring the first album and secondly it is actually quite a job well done.

The excellent single 'Brianstorm' opens the album with its 'do anything, go anywhere' attitude which is literally all over this album. Every song is good in its own way apart from maybe the bit where they did go a bit far on the annoying slowdown of 'Only Ones Who Know'. They finish the album with '505', which I can't believe they wrote when I first heard it, really good stuff showing a great maturity of music from the past but keeping it very much in the future and that is the ethos of the whole album. They have matured so much in a year in the process losing their bassist but if they can carry this up they have every right to ride the hype.

Key Songs: Brianstorm, Do Me A Favour, 505

86. LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem- 2005

I only heard them after the latest album which I also love in a different way but when I saw this for £5 in a shop with the bonus disk I lapped it straight up.

James Murphy isn't half a character, I read an interview with him in a music newspaper earlier this year and it was a mixture of depression, humour and happiness. This all comes out on this record but with the added music nerdiness he pocesses. 'Daft is Playing At My House' sounds exactly like it should sound like. Tribulations is a pick with its disco beat and great vocals. He even makes a lost Beatles song with 'Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up' and Brian Eno with 'Great Release'.

The bonus disc continues on with the brilliance where he parades the nerd within him in 'Losing My Edge' which has trendmendously well worked lyrics, 'I was there at the first Can show in Cologne' and 'I was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids, I played it at CBGBs'. 'But I was there!' is the recurring line of insecurity. Another pick from the disk is 'Yeah' with its two versions the vocal one which they often play live named fittingly 'Crass Version' and the instrumental one 'Pretenious version'. Sometimes I feel like saying 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah' too.

Key Songs: Daft Punk is Playing at My House, Tribulations, Losing My Edge

08-18-2007, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
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08-19-2007, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	94. Ciccone Youth- The Whitey Album- 1988 Ok this is the first presence of Sonic Youth on the list and not the last. This album is so complicated to explain that I might die trying. First let's ask the question now what would happen if Thurston, Kim and Mike Watt's obsession with Madonna would ever actually be acted on in the form of covers? Ok first answer would be Burnin' Up from Watt with the Blag Flag guitarist and Into the Groovy from Thurston with a Madonna sample. Secondly what the hell would happen if Sonic Youth wanted to make a completely crazy experimental album with dance elements? Answer, it would probably be not very well received so in the late 80's Ciccone Youth was spawned, Ciccone being Madonna's real surname. Added to that a karoke version of Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love from Kim and you are already onto a winner! This is probably the most insane album I own and I love it. Whether it be the pointless minute of silence, dance version of a Confusion is Sex song, Thurston Moore ghetto rapping or Kim and a friend listening to Krautrock band Neu this album has it all for an ardent Sonic Youth fan. NB. The Whitey Album title refers to Sonic Youth's threat to record a whole album of Beatles covers. Key Songs- Macbeth, Into the Groovey, Addicted to Love __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith**

08-19-2007, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	93. The Libertines- Up the Bracket- 2002 Some people called them the most important band of this generation and others said they were overrated junkie tabloid scum. The answer is probably a mixture of both. Clash, Beatles, Stones and Stooges for the modern age I would describe this record therefore it very understandable why they became famous so fast. The Americans had the ultra successful Strokes and record labels were hot on the heels of any similar bands so finding the Libertines was probably like finding the gold at the end of the rainbow for them. The relationship between Doherty and Barat is what makes the Libertines. Listening to the lyrics it is hard to pass any time without hearing references, although more so on their nearly as good burning out follow up. Ok Doherty is the worst rock star symbol we have seen for a very long time and he has pissed around since predictably releasing lower quality material and trying to stay alive/out of jail/with Kate Moss. Barat has made the middle of the road Dirty Pretty Things borrowing the Libertines sound and drummer. But I think most people who liked them think they were only truly something together and whether it'll ever happen again who knows. Key Songs: Time For Heroes, Death On the Stairs (If Your Copy has it), Up the Bracket __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith** Last edited by coffeeshop; 08-20-2007 at 07:48 AM.

08-19-2007, 08:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	92. Be Your Own Pet- Be Your Own Pet- 2006 Thurston Moore liked this band so much he signed them to his own record label Estatic Peace. It is quite easy to see why with the slightly insane Jemina Pearl singing and shouting away and the noise pop sound of the music. While recording this album they were all still in high school and they all look very fresh faced and ready to rock. The evidence of this can be shown at none other than at the All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas 2006 curated by Sonic Youth were they were joined by Thurston himself more interested in helping them completely trash the set than helping with the music side of things. Be Your Own Pet are definitely not for everyone with vocal schizophrenia from Jemina blasting out of your speakers only interupted by a couple of high quality slower songs and these are probably the picks of the album. If they expand on this album next time and slightly refine their sound then my top 100 will be different. Key Songs- Adventure, October, First Account, Ouch 91. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights- 2002 So what Interpol are Joy Division in the new millennium they have enough about them to still be a very good band. The similar case is for Editors and the Bunnymen although the former were less lucky about being included in the list. This is a sweaping debut of solid songs from the New Yorkers from Untitled to Leif Erikson this is a dreary listen but if you are prepared to take it then you might find it quite rewarding. Key Songs: NYC, the Obstacles, PDA 90. AC/DC- Highway to Hell- 1979 There just had to be an AC/DC album here somewhere. The greatest band ever to have all of its songs somehow connected to sex and women (look at the track list on this album for proof if you need it). Although die hard fans might know better albums by them in my mind Highway to Hell is the only one I could put into the list. Last album with the alcoholic genius that is Bon Scott before the predictable happened and they were lucky to find a somewhat suitable replacement in Brian Johnson. Whether they are a Scottish or Austrialian hard rock band who cares they are most fun you are going to have in this genre in my opinion. There are so many good songs on Highway to Hell no wonder it made them legends and mainstream all at once. Angus Young is unstoppable and if you try to resist you are sure to be crushed. Key Songs: Highway to Hell, Walk All over You, Night Prowler __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith** Last edited by coffeeshop; 08-19-2007 at 08:13 PM.

08-21-2007, 10:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	89. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine- 1992 In a perfect world rap metal should have just ended after this album. This album out of all the albums in my list probably spawned the largest amount of rubbish imitators which ruled mainstream rock in the late 90s and early 2000s. I won't name them but you probably know the biggest few already. We have Tom Morello more hard rock and metally charged than Ozzy Osbourne's big toe. Then have Zack de la Rocha who is probably the angriest person in the world rapping and blasting out his politically charged lyrics. Added to that they also have a drummer and a bassist and you can see why they exploded onto the scene in 1992. I can hardly fault this album at all in any place it does exactly what it was set out to do. Whether it be opening blast of 'Bombtrack', the eternal cries of 'Fck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me', the Led Zeppelin fueled 'Wake Up' or the all over the place 'Township Rebellion'. Credit to them they already set themselves up for never being able to repeat this record while making it. Key Songs: Killing in the Name, Take the Power Back, Township Rebellion* __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith**

08-21-2007, 12:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
coffeeshop From beyond the grave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 480	88. Jamiroquai- Synkronized- 1999 I have always liked Jamiroquai but I have never properly acted on this until I got this from a charity shop! This is probably my favourite style of Jay Kay more dance influenced with the big single Canned Heat. If anybody has seen Napolean Dynamite will love that song even if they don't like Jamiroquai. He of course still keeps all his best attributes though with Jazz and Funk still strongly present like 'Black Capricorn Day' for instance. Every album they make is top quality so really just pick the one with your favourite musical direction. Key Songs: Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Planet Home 87. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare- 2007 Ok let's all listen to my Arctic Monkeys history. First single comes out 'I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor' and I think this is pretty good might check out this band. Then holy sht! NME, British Press and almost everybody hypes this band into the next universe. The climax of this was when NME put their debut into the top 5 best British albums ever. That was it I had had enough already add to that I thought the songs on the album were very mixed and there was a lack of maturity mixed in there. But then low and behold they destroy the first barrier of rock and roll, the second album curse. First of all they have got it out when they are still fresh writing whilst touring the first album and secondly it is actually quite a job well done. The excellent single 'Brianstorm' opens the album with its 'do anything, go anywhere' attitude which is literally all over this album. Every song is good in its own way apart from maybe the bit where they did go a bit far on the annoying slowdown of 'Only Ones Who Know'. They finish the album with '505', which I can't believe they wrote when I first heard it, really good stuff showing a great maturity of music from the past but keeping it very much in the future and that is the ethos of the whole album. They have matured so much in a year in the process losing their bassist but if they can carry this up they have every right to ride the hype. Key Songs: Brianstorm, Do Me A Favour, 505* 86. LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem- 2005 I only heard them after the latest album which I also love in a different way but when I saw this for £5 in a shop with the bonus disk I lapped it straight up. James Murphy isn't half a character, I read an interview with him in a music newspaper earlier this year and it was a mixture of depression, humour and happiness. This all comes out on this record but with the added music nerdiness he pocesses. 'Daft is Playing At My House' sounds exactly like it should sound like. Tribulations is a pick with its disco beat and great vocals. He even makes a lost Beatles song with 'Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up' and Brian Eno with 'Great Release'. The bonus disc continues on with the brilliance where he parades the nerd within him in 'Losing My Edge' which has trendmendously well worked lyrics, 'I was there at the first Can show in Cologne' and 'I was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids, I played it at CBGBs'. 'But I was there!' is the recurring line of insecurity. Another pick from the disk is 'Yeah' with its two versions the vocal one which they often play live named fittingly 'Crass Version' and the instrumental one 'Pretenious version'. Sometimes I feel like saying 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah' too. Key Songs: Daft Punk is Playing at My House, Tribulations, Losing My Edge __________________ "In this Catholic Club they never had the **ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that .' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith**