I really look forward to hearing this. I downloaded their discography a while back but there is so much in it that I've only got around to listening to Deadwing and In Absentia. I can't wait to give this a listen. :)

Can someone make me a beginners guide for Tom Waits, pretty please?

lol - On the first page mate :p:

1st page.

Thanks for the Nick Cave. I saw his song "Breathless" in Girl Skateboard's Yanks n' Planks video and loved it so I was looking into his music. You saved me a lot of searchin!

Well if you enjoyed Breathless, prepare to be blown away, especially considering that would have to be his worst song this decade :p: nah jk, just really loathe it... Either way, hope you enjoy. I think you'ld enjoy 'The Boatman's Call' or 'Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus' (Breathless was on Lyre)

haha i need to get my head out of my ass

It's one of my favourite songs :o:

Great list though. I'd have included at least a song off Nocturama and No More Shall We Part, but some top picks there all the same :)

Yeah not huge on NMSWP... And Nocturama was just a bore for me... I only wanted 10 picks per list, so I probably would have chucked Hallelujah on there if I added more.

Dunno why I dislike Breathless...

Each to their own eh.

You're right about Nocturama, it has a couple of really good songs on it but otherwise it's a pretty lame album - somehow manages to be overlong and rushed at the same time.

Just think that it falls under the 'nothing special' category... It all feels too similar, which is annoying because we know for a fact that Cave can keep on pulling new ideas/sounds/combination's from anywhere. It's a nice chilled album, but nothing on it that is memorable.

Any particular songs you would swap in/out? I was a little hesitant on 'The Hammer Song' but felt TGS deserved to be recognised despite being a down tempo album overall.

With the more intense list I was a bit 80's heavy, and a bit 00's/late 90's heavy with the chilled list... But thats his natural progression in a lot of ways...

I think you're more or less bang on target with the tracklisting, it's a great intro (and hopefully one a few people round here will put to good use). The only things I would've done would be to have the Witness Song in for the Hammer Song (but then again, they are two terrific songs) and have Brompton Oratory represent the Boatman's Call. Again though, the one you chose is another one his finest, more chilled-out numbers.

But, yeah, great mix. I'd be on it like a fly on a bowl of trifle if I didn't already have it :thumb:

From Boatman's I was close to chucking in Black Hair, but thought the better of it, Brompton was my close to getting the gig though.

But really can't go wrong with The Boatman's, an amazingly consistent album.

It was only a matter of time :D

A Beginner's Guide To Elvis Costello
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Seeing as I hope to bring my thread back from the dead sometime soon, I think I might as well publicize it this way. By the way, the reason there's nothing from My Aim Is True is simply because I forgot to upload a track from it and, frankly, I can't be arsed to delete the playlist I've got online to accommodate it. Anyway...

A Beginner's Guide To Elvis Costello and the Attractions.rar
1. Let Them All Talk
2. Success
3. The Beat
4. Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
5. Possession
6. New Lace Sleeves
7. Two Little Hitlers
8. You Little Fool
9. The Other End Of the Telescope
10. Sulky Girl
11. Sour Milk-Cow Blues

^ His better-known stuff.

A Beginner's Guide To Elvis Costello's Other Stuff.rar
1. Either Side Of the Same Town
2. American Gangster Time
3. Someone Took the Words Away
4. Tears, Tears and More Tears [w/ Allen Toussaint]
5. Veronica
6. Tears At the Birthday Party [w/ Burt Bacharach]
7. Harpies Bizarre
8. Dissolve
9. Pouring Water On a Drowning Man
10. Poisoned Rose
11. Romeo's Seance [w/ the Brodsky Quartet]

^ His not-so-better-known stuff.

This is an excellent comp. Before now I'd only heard a couple of their songs from a friend of mine and wasn't that impressed. You did a really good job of making a very ecclectic mix here. It shows a wide range of styles and talent. Good job!

BTW...I have to say my personal faves were the songs off of "Showbiz", especially "Falling Down". Very bluesy feel to it, IMO.

Is there any interest in a Mozart comp? I might be able to put one together.

Thanks a lot for this. I've been wanting to get into Elvis Costello for a while now.

i'd like to hear one. my classical section needs building.

Beginner's Guide to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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In the interest of keeping it short and sweet, I included only my favorite movements of the selected works. I hope the formatting is okay. Enjoy!

1. Don Giovanni - Overture
2. Requiem - Introitus
3. Requiem - Dies Irae
4. Requiem - Lacrimosa
5. Le Nozze Di Figaro - Overture
6. Piano Concerto No. 20 (1st Movement)
7. Piano Concerto No. 21 (2nd Movement)
8. Symphony No. 25 (1st Movement)
9. Symphony No. 38 (1st Movement)
10. Symphony No. 39 (2nd Movement)
11. Symphony No. 40 (1st Movement)
12. Symphony No. 41 (1st Movement)

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I wish my name was Wolfgang

One person satisfied makes it all worth it! Though to tell the truth, I have been whoring this comp to other friends online too :D

i'd just like to re-iterate that gunnels' flawless Rush compilation changed my life forever since you philistines seem to have ignored it.

And Party Ranger! Classical belongs on budget-range CD's, shame on you :nono:
I particularly recommend the Naxos library, they are cheap and performances tend to use acclaimed orchestras/composers. So no 'Jimmy Kong and the Trinidad Youth Orchestra'.

Karajan or bust!

Seriously though, I generally pick up what's available and cheaper is always better.

The Beginner's Guide to Jonathan Coulton

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Jonathan Coulton is probably best known for his song work at the end of Valve's 2007 surprise hit "Portal". He also does a back page in Popular Science and proved that you don't need a record label to become popular. All his stuff is self released from his website (Jonathan Coulton). He use to post his songs up for free download, but after his popularity began to rise he now charges, something I'm happy to pay because his work is top notch. His topics range from the joys of being a computer programmer to bacteria, witty and at times very dark, he is not a musician to be passed up.




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Would anyone be interested in a Sufjan Stevens or Ben Folds comp?

I've heard a lot about Sufjan Stevens but never actually bothered to get an album and form an opinion of my own about him.

Go for it :thumb:

eh, here's my contribution


The Beginners Guide to.......Mastodon. Spanning their career and musical evolution.
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Oblivion~Crack the Skye
Blood and Thunder~Leviathan
Shadows that Move~Call of the Mastodon
The Wolf is Loose~Blood Moutain
Crystal Skull~Blood Moutain
Seabeast~Leviathan
Quintessence~Crack the Skye
Sleeping Giant~Blood Moutain
The Czar~Crack the Skye
Capillarian Crest~Blood Moutain
We Built This Come Death~Call of the Mastodon
Megalodon~Leviathan
Bladecatcher~Blood Moutain
The Last Baron~Crack the Skye
Aqua Dementia~Leviathan
Colony of Birchmen~Blood Moutain
Hearts Alive~Leviathan
Call of the Mastodon~Call of the Mastodon
Pendulous Skin~Blood Moutain
Crusher Destroyer~Remission
Elephant Man~Remission
Cut You Up With a Linoleum Knife~Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Colon the Soundtrack
Mother Puncher~Remission
Trampled Under Hoof~Remission


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I'd love a Ben Folds comp, all I have is Brick. Been meaning to get more of his stuff for awhile now.

Kudos for the Mastodon comp.

yeah, no problem. if you download, tell me what you think

I should download it tonight. It looks great already though, I can tell.

So, I have a rar comp, but dammit I can't upload it.

I tried mediafile, took forever to try and upload it only to tell me I couldn't get the link because I didn't have mediapro or something.

Help?

Megaupload?

Either you've got 3 full pages of files, in which case just delete something to make room for it.

Or the filesize you're trying to upload is over 100MBs. You can just up it in two parts if that's the case.

Mediafire only lets you upload thigns that are 100 mb or less, so my guess is that your compilation is over 100 mbs in which case I would suggest Megaupload or Rapid****... err I mean fire.

The Beginners Guide To.............

King Crimson

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For those of you living in the dark. King Crimson were one of the early pioneers of progressive rock, and while the same can't be said for any other prog band, they have stayed fresh and consistant for 5 decades. They mixed elements of classical music, free jazz, european folk, psychedelic rock, ambient and straight up proto metal hard rock, and since Adrian Belew joined the group in 1981 they have also dabbled in world music, new wave and heavy metal. They specialize in heavy, rhythmically complex songs, but also have a taste for bombastic ballads and more challenging avant garde experiments.

Guitarist/Keyboardist Robert Fripp has been the only consistant member of the group, other than him the group has gone through 5 singers, 7 bassists, 6 drummers, 2 guitarists, 2 saxophonists/flautists and 1 violinist. Many greatly talented musicians have come and gone. Because of these many lineup changes the band has managed to change up their sound for pretty much every album. But Fripp's presence gave the band something distinctive and recognisable, now matter what they did.

They are probably the most influencial prog band overall, Tool and The Mars Volta especially owe a lot to them, but their influence goes beyond just prog. They have influenced everyone from Iron Maiden to Nirvana. And fans of the modern post metal movement should especially find something to like about this band, they have been putting out heavy avant rock long before it was fashionable.

So yeah, I LOVE this band, and hopefully this comp will show you why.

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
2. The Great Deceiver - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
3. Thela Hun Ginjeet - Discipline (1981)
4. Cadence and Cascade - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
5. Dinosaur - THRAK (1995)
6. The Night Watch - Starless and Bible Black (1974)
7. Level Five - The Power to Believe (2003)
8. Cirkus - Lizard (1970)
9. Red - Red (1974)
10. Three of a Perfect Pair - Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
11. Easy Money - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
12. VROOOM - THRAK (1995)
13. Fallen Angel - Red (1974)
14. Elephant Talk - Discipline (1981)
15. Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt. 2 - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
16. In the Court of the Crimson King - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

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No Epitaph? pretty good list though. I will have to download it just for kicks.

I wanted to limit it to only 2 songs per album. Though if I was gonna pick another song from ITCOTCK it would be I Talk to the Wind. Luv that song.

Yeah it would be hard to pick 2 off that album. Considering Moonchild is the only track I've ever skipped over occasionally.

DL'd.

King Crimson comp is fantastic!
I need to get their discography.