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Post by Kapitan on Jul 7, 2021 20:23:06 GMT
Artist: ABBA Album: Abacab Song: Abracadabra Funny guy. But this does remind me of an OBVIOUS song choice that I could have gone with:
ABC - Jackson 5
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 7, 2021 23:45:31 GMT
Artist - Al Jardine Album - A Postcard From California Song - And I Always Will
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Post by B.E. on Jul 7, 2021 23:58:32 GMT
Wow, 'A' is really slim pickings for artists. Songs? There are SO many great ones. I think I'll attempt not to repeat any selections by others. So, with AC/DC and Abbey Road removed from contention, here are my selections:
Artist: America
Album: A Hard Day's Night or Another Side of Bob Dylan or All Summer Long
Song: "Across the Universe" or "American Girl" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2021 0:01:05 GMT
Artist--Alice in Chains. Yeah, I noticed it was picked on the first page, but hey, I love me some AiC!
Album--Abbey Road-The Beatles. Going for the obvious, but hey, it's greatness!
Song--All Over the World-ELO. I'm generally not into disco-y songs, but this is the ultimate party song in my book. I hear it; it makes me happy...instantly.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 8, 2021 12:11:12 GMT
B All You Can B
Artist: the toughest letter, I'd bet, with the Beach Boys, Beatles, and Byrds as towering classics and Big Star as a perennial dark horse, Beastie Boys as an early rap classic, Beck, Ben Folds Five and Belle & Sebastian as important GenX acts, Beyonce as maybe the biggest pop solo star of the past 20 years, plus plenty of other great bands. It has to be the Beatles for me.
Album: Blonde on Blonde
Song: Ballad of Mr. Steak. OK, this isn't the best song or even my favorite song starting with B. There are so many! But it's a relatively recent (2014) tune that I LOVED, I think it's just irrepressibly fun, and I wish it were a classic. So to me, it's a classic. Kishi Bashi's "The Ballad of Mr. Steak" from his album Lighght. ("Mr. Steak, you're Grade A"? BOOOO! LOL.)
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 8, 2021 12:23:43 GMT
By the way, there are a LOT of "Ballad of/in" songs! My iTunes alone has about 20, and it represents maybe 1/5 of my overall pop/rock music collection. Dylan, Beatles, George Harrison, Herman Dune, Mountain Goats, Big Star, Father John Misty, The Late BP Helium, Aidan Moffat, Beulah, the Byrds ... who doesn't have a "Ballad of..."?
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Post by kds on Jul 8, 2021 12:24:18 GMT
B
Artist: Black Sabbath - The Beach Boys and Beatles have been mentioned, BOC would be my next runner up.
Album: Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Song: Burn - Deep Purple
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Post by carllove on Jul 8, 2021 12:42:11 GMT
Artist: The Beatles (Since The Beach Boys was already mentioned! ) Album: Berlin (Lou Reed). The album is a downer and intense and I love it. Song: Brick (Ben Folds). One of the saddest songs I have ever heard and I think it is brilliant in capturing the emotions of a couple dealing with an abortion.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 8, 2021 17:01:22 GMT
Artist - the brothers Bouchard, Al and Joe, the original drummer and bass player of Blue Oyster Cult, and what a duo they were!
Song - Big Bang Baby by Stone Temple Pilots, and I am obsessed by this song, big time, I'm talking "Be My Baby"-like. I can't stop listening to this song; that bridge of "Nothing is free, nothing is free, take it away boys..." is spectacular.
Album - Butts Band - the self-titled first album by the group formed by Robby Krieger and John Densmore after the breakup of The Doors, and possibly one of the worst names for any band in the rock era. I STILL don't know how they came up with that name.
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Post by kds on Jul 8, 2021 17:23:40 GMT
Another just for fun
Artist - Buffett, Jimmy - Who has a four disc boxset called Boats, Beaches, Bars, & Ballads
Album - Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
Song - Battle Hymn - Manowar
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Post by jk on Jul 8, 2021 17:40:17 GMT
Artist: Chuck Berry, the only pop artist with a track on Voyager's Golden Album Album: The Beta Band (1999), a strange flawed album of compelling beauty Song: "Barbara Ann" ~ The Beach Boys
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Post by jk on Jul 8, 2021 17:48:08 GMT
Artist: The Beatles (Since The Beach Boys was already mentioned! ) Album: Berlin (Lou Reed). The album is a downer and intense and I love it. Song: Brick (Ben Folds). One of the saddest songs I have ever heard and I think it is brilliant in capturing the emotions of a couple dealing with an abortion. Oh yes, I love side one of Berlin but I find side two (like side two of The Cure's Faith) to be so depressing as to be utterly unlistenable. Stuff to bump yourself off to. Just my opinion, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2021 21:47:56 GMT
Artist: Bad Company
Album: Bad Company
Song: Bad Company
How do you like that?
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Post by B.E. on Jul 8, 2021 22:16:20 GMT
By the way, there are a LOT of "Ballad of/in" songs! My iTunes alone has about 20, and it represents maybe 1/5 of my overall pop/rock music collection. Dylan, Beatles, George Harrison, Herman Dune, Mountain Goats, Big Star, Father John Misty, The Late BP Helium, Aidan Moffat, Beulah, the Byrds ... who doesn't have a "Ballad of..."? I, too, have been using iTunes sort to aid me, but unfortunately I changed the album sort from title to a numerical value in order to sequence the catalogs the way I like.
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Post by B.E. on Jul 8, 2021 22:26:37 GMT
Artist: The Beatles. The popular pick, but I just can't go with anyone else!
Album: The Beatles. Not just my favorite 'B', but one of my all-time favorites. Period.
Song: "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan. Runner-up goes to "Bring It On Home To Me", written by Sam Cooke.
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