I must have been a sick puppy when I spent so much time putting this list together back in 2004. Sooo many famous people were dying. I took note of it here.
Perhaps outside the range of most younger listeners, but I'd have to add one of Elvis' first Sun EP's. Maybe throw in Jason & the Scorchers Reckless Country Soul.
Might I suggest including the Who's release of "Live at Leeds" in 1970. Drenched in all matter of guitar, it's considered by many (including myself) to be the greatest live album ever recorded.
Just one request... is there anyway to increase the default font size. I do believe in my earliest years on this site it was a little larger. At it's current size you (I) sometimes get lost reading across a 1280 screen. Good enough for simple 3-4 words lists, but not reviews or extended conversations.
I honestly tried to get into trance - downloading about 50 tunes on your list of "bests". It took me directly back to a time when I was doing coke regularly and generally just bad memories of where I've been and of a time I'd just soon forget. Having kicked that habit years ago - listening to trance today just gives me a bad "vibe". Not that the music itself doesn't sound great on a good sound system. I guess you could say I can still appreciate it from a distance (if that makes any sense.)
This list is pretty much worthless without an explanation on the risk of addiction and probability for overdose. Without details on which drug is more likely to kill you on the first dose?
Also, the strength of addiction and to what lengths a typical addict will go to finance their next fix. What about cost? How likely is an addict to sell their 10 year old daughter to a pimp or smash open the head of a senior citizen for a months supply of the drug. (Yes, it happens.)
Cannabis before LSD and tobacco before cannabis tells me "availability" has to be a factor in this list.
46,000+ reads keeps this online.
I must have been a sick puppy when I spent so much time putting this list together back in 2004. Sooo many famous people were dying. I took note of it here.
How were your lists compiled?
I always liked the bad-ass opening lines of "Who Do You Love" by Bo Diddley. Couldn't edit down the first verse to fit your list, tho
Perhaps outside the range of most younger listeners, but I'd have to add one of Elvis' first Sun EP's. Maybe throw in Jason & the Scorchers Reckless Country Soul.
Might I suggest including the Who's release of "Live at Leeds" in 1970. Drenched in all matter of guitar, it's considered by many (including myself) to be the greatest live album ever recorded.
Steve Earle.
Just one request... is there anyway to increase the default font size. I do believe in my earliest years on this site it was a little larger. At it's current size you (I) sometimes get lost reading across a 1280 screen. Good enough for simple 3-4 words lists, but not reviews or extended conversations.
Just my two-cents.
I honestly tried to get into trance - downloading about 50 tunes on your list of "bests". It took me directly back to a time when I was doing coke regularly and generally just bad memories of where I've been and of a time I'd just soon forget. Having kicked that habit years ago - listening to trance today just gives me a bad "vibe". Not that the music itself doesn't sound great on a good sound system. I guess you could say I can still appreciate it from a distance (if that makes any sense.)
I'd clone this list, but I can't decide if it might be easier to list bands and artists I don't like first. ~;^)
A couple of points...
This list is pretty much worthless without an explanation on the risk of addiction and probability for overdose. Without details on which drug is more likely to kill you on the first dose?
Also, the strength of addiction and to what lengths a typical addict will go to finance their next fix. What about cost? How likely is an addict to sell their 10 year old daughter to a pimp or smash open the head of a senior citizen for a months supply of the drug. (Yes, it happens.)
Cannabis before LSD and tobacco before cannabis tells me "availability" has to be a factor in this list.
Not me!
Now that's a coincidence. Mine, too. No doubt you know this list well:
Asher, Peter - 1944
Bradley, Ed - 1941
Brenneman, Amy - 1964
Campbell, Bruce - 1958
Daly, Carson - 1973
Dillinger, John Herbert - 1903
Greene, II, Graham - 1952
Kristofferson, Kris - 1936
Lauper, Cyndi - 1953
Pollan, Tracy - 1960
Prinze, Freddie - 1954
Streep, Meryl - 1949
Wagner, Lindsay - 1949
Warner, Kurt - 1971
Wilder, Billy - 1906
Dang! lukeprog, too!
I must say I like your style - despite the fact that you have my garage floor in your kitchen. ~;^)
I appreciate the time you spent at "genre labeling", but some of these are just plain funny.