Artist/Band of the Week, Week 1: Guns N Roses

joenorwood77 · 04-19-2015, 03:33 AM

ABOUT THE PROJECT
Please join me in my "artist/band of the week" project. My plan is to nominate one artist/band early Sunday of every week. During the week, anyone who wants to participate with me can listen to all of their albums (studio, EPs, live). Regarding greatest hits albums, I plan to list only songs that are different versions than the originals and songs not released on other albums. At first I was torn if live albums should be included, but I decided to keep them as they help to provide a full spectrum of the band/artist and their strengths/weaknesses.

If time allows, I suggest listening to each song at least twice. The goal by the end of the week is to select your favorite five songs. If you know the artist/band well enough to likely identify your top five right away, I still encourage you to listen to the songs before submitting your list.

Of course, the more people who participate, the more interesting this project will become. It will also be nice to use these lists to initiate some discussions. Even if there are disagreements, it should be fun seeing different perspectives.

My ultimate goal is to eventually have my top five favorite songs for each of my favorite 1000 bands. With this being said, I do not plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Hopefully I will get some people who will join me throughout, and even for bands they may not be a fan of. Even for artists I dislike, I know I can still usually identify their best music.

If you miss the timeline for any specific bands but you still want to participate, feel free to add your favorite five songs whenever you are able.

I will also include a link to a Grooveshark playlist for each artist/band I post. This should include all songs from start to finish (and cross referenced with Wikipedia). This takes me a little time to compile, but in the long run is better as Youtube and other websites have commercials or are not free.

I suggest not getting too caught up putting your top five in order. I consider it an accomplishment in itself narrowing down to five songs per band. You can rank your top five if you prefer. However, I will list mine in alphabetical order instead.

WEEK 1 ARTIST/BAND OF THE WEEK
Guns N Roses

Here is a playlist of all 100 Guns N Roses songs.
Grooveshark - Free Music Streaming, Online Music

My top five favorites are:
It's So Easy
November Rain
Rocket Queen
Sweet Child O' Mine
Welcome To The Jungle

Thank you for reading and I look forward to seeing your top five! Good luck and enjoy!

Trollheart · 04-19-2015, 09:41 AM

Oh yeah, this'll catch on...

**Janszoon** · 04-19-2015, 10:06 AM

Off the top of my head, my five favorite GnR songs:

Think About You
Rocket Queen
Don't Cry
Civil War
14 Years

joenorwood77 · 04-19-2015, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Oh yeah, this'll catch on...

Haters gonna hate...

joenorwood77 · 04-19-2015, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Off the top of my head, my five favorite GnR songs:

Think About You
Rocket Queen
Don't Cry
Civil War
14 Years

I personally am glad to see Rocket Queen here. Civil War is a solid song and Think about You is hugely underrated. Don't Cry has the longest sung note in the history of music, so worth top 5 alone for that LOL. 14 Years is alright but so many others I would put ahead of that one. Not a diss on that song, but just they have so many great songs from Appetite and the Illusions.

Trollheart · 04-19-2015, 11:32 AM

Come on: you seriously expect people to listen to a whole discography, twice, each week? Best of luck...

joenorwood77 · 04-19-2015, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Come on: you seriously expect people to listen to a whole discography, twice, each week? Best of luck...

Why not? Once for sure so you can actually choose from their entire library (because of course singles are not always the best songs from any band) and I suggest twice or more if time because especially for bands/songs someone has not heard before or in a very long time, sometimes it takes twice or more to get a good feel for which songs are best.

We are all here because we love music, right? Why not choose a different band a week and focus on them? You can listen when doing whatever if you what; relaxing after school/work, while getting ready for school/work, while eating, while doing errands/chores, while doing pretty much anytime. Heck, some people can listen to music while at work. GNR has an average length discography at around 8 hours probably with 100 songs. Some bands will have only a few albums and of course some have much more.

I don't know. If this sounds like too much work, then pass. I just thought I came to the right place where people would enjoy listening to different music and sharing their thoughts.

CoNtrivedNiHilism · 04-19-2015, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by joenorwood77

Why not? Once for sure so you can actually choose from their entire library (because of course singles are not always the best songs from any band) and I suggest twice or more if time because especially for bands/songs someone has not heard before or in a very long time, sometimes it takes twice or more to get a good feel for which songs are best.

We are all here because we love music, right? Why not choose a different band a week and focus on them? You can listen when doing whatever if you what; relaxing after school/work, while getting ready for school/work, while eating, while doing errands/chores, while doing pretty much anytime. Heck, some people can listen to music while at work. GNR has an average length discography at around 8 hours probably with 100 songs. Some bands will have only a few albums and of course some have much more.

I don't know. If this sounds like too much work, then pass. I just thought I came to the right place where people would enjoy listening to different music and sharing their thoughts.

It's a mixed bag here. Sometimes you'll get people that will take interest in your topic. Sometimes you'll get people that sort of laugh it off. Sometimes you'll get people that'll haze you over it. I'm used to it.

Off the top of my head:

Paradise City
Mr. Brownstone
Estranged
The Garden
November Rain

YorkeDaddy · 04-19-2015, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by joenorwood77

Why not? Once for sure so you can actually choose from their entire library (because of course singles are not always the best songs from any band) and I suggest twice or more if time because especially for bands/songs someone has not heard before or in a very long time, sometimes it takes twice or more to get a good feel for which songs are best.

We are all here because we love music, right? Why not choose a different band a week and focus on them? You can listen when doing whatever if you what; relaxing after school/work, while getting ready for school/work, while eating, while doing errands/chores, while doing pretty much anytime. Heck, some people can listen to music while at work. GNR has an average length discography at around 8 hours probably with 100 songs. Some bands will have only a few albums and of course some have much more.

I don't know. If this sounds like too much work, then pass. I just thought I came to the right place where people would enjoy listening to different music and sharing their thoughts.

No one's going to be like, "hey this guy told me to listen to a single band's discography the whole way through twice, i'm totally going to use 100% of the free time i have this week to do that."

basically your idea is horrible. there's already plenty of people listening to "different" music and sharing their thoughts all over the damn forum

joenorwood77 · 04-19-2015, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CoNtrivedNiHilism

It's a mixed bag here. Sometimes you'll get people that will take interest in your topic. Sometimes you'll get people that sort of laugh it off. Sometimes you'll get people that'll haze you over it. I'm used to it.

Off the top of my head:

Paradise City
Mr. Brownstone
Estranged
The Garden
November Rain

Estranged barely missed my top 5 list. I am glad to see it on someone else's list. One of their best!

04-19-2015, 03:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
joenorwood77 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Maui Posts: 106	Artist/Band of the Week, Week 1: Guns N Roses ABOUT THE PROJECT Please join me in my "artist/band of the week" project. My plan is to nominate one artist/band early Sunday of every week. During the week, anyone who wants to participate with me can listen to all of their albums (studio, EPs, live). Regarding greatest hits albums, I plan to list only songs that are different versions than the originals and songs not released on other albums. At first I was torn if live albums should be included, but I decided to keep them as they help to provide a full spectrum of the band/artist and their strengths/weaknesses. If time allows, I suggest listening to each song at least twice. The goal by the end of the week is to select your favorite five songs. If you know the artist/band well enough to likely identify your top five right away, I still encourage you to listen to the songs before submitting your list. Of course, the more people who participate, the more interesting this project will become. It will also be nice to use these lists to initiate some discussions. Even if there are disagreements, it should be fun seeing different perspectives. My ultimate goal is to eventually have my top five favorite songs for each of my favorite 1000 bands. With this being said, I do not plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Hopefully I will get some people who will join me throughout, and even for bands they may not be a fan of. Even for artists I dislike, I know I can still usually identify their best music. If you miss the timeline for any specific bands but you still want to participate, feel free to add your favorite five songs whenever you are able. I will also include a link to a Grooveshark playlist for each artist/band I post. This should include all songs from start to finish (and cross referenced with Wikipedia). This takes me a little time to compile, but in the long run is better as Youtube and other websites have commercials or are not free. I suggest not getting too caught up putting your top five in order. I consider it an accomplishment in itself narrowing down to five songs per band. You can rank your top five if you prefer. However, I will list mine in alphabetical order instead. WEEK 1 ARTIST/BAND OF THE WEEK Guns N Roses Here is a playlist of all 100 Guns N Roses songs. Grooveshark - Free Music Streaming, Online Music My top five favorites are: It's So Easy November Rain Rocket Queen Sweet Child O' Mine Welcome To The Jungle Thank you for reading and I look forward to seeing your top five! Good luck and enjoy! Last edited by joenorwood77; 04-19-2015 at 04:14 AM.

04-19-2015, 09:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Oh yeah, this'll catch on... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-19-2015, 10:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Off the top of my head, my five favorite GnR songs: Think About You Rocket Queen Don't Cry Civil War 14 Years __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

04-19-2015, 11:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Come on: you seriously expect people to listen to a whole discography, twice, each week? Best of luck... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018