lonestar's Top 50 Albums v. The Soundtrack of My Life-Honorable Mentions....

[King Postwhore]

Yeah.  In 87 you couldn't walk by a radio without hearing "Touch Of Gray"  Great tune.

[lonestar]

Yeah.  In 87 you couldn't walk by a radio without hearing "Touch Of Gray"  Great tune.

Yep, imagine my surprise when I found out it was very "middle of the pack" as far as Dead tunes go.

[King Postwhore]

It helped them (not as if they needed it) to a whole your group of young fans who went back through their catalog.  Sound familiar?

[lonestar]

Not denying it one bit.

[The King in Crimson]

Hmm.

Lotsa stuff I haven't heard but also Styx, Yes, Beyond the Bridge, Pink Floyd and Rush.   

Anyways, one thing I noticed, isn't "Awaken" on Going For The One?

[lonestar]

Crap, you're right, To Be Over is the third track. Relayer was the last minute addition, I must have gotten confused. I usually listen to the Keys version of the song. Nice catch, way to shoot my credibility to shit. 


I'll leave Relayer there, if only for Gates. Sorry folks about the mental fart.

[lonestar]

And not to change the subject , but let's do another update...




14-Dream Theater- Images and Words(1992)
It’s the early nineties, and I am working in a small sports bar kitchen listening to the local rock station, KSEG. A song comes on, and I am immediately sold. I buy the album, and am hooked at how fucking awesome and new it sounds. Twenty years later, I am making a top fifty list for their fan forum, some of the guys reading this weren’t even alive then. So began my love affair with DT, and it just keeps on going.
Nuff said.

"When temptation brings me to my knees, and I lay here drained of strength, show me kindness, show me beauty, show me truth."

Suggested Songs: Nah...



13-IQ- Subterrenea(1997)
IQ’s epic double concept album, and a brilliant piece of music to boot. IQ , and specifically singer Peter Nichols, speak directly to my soul like no other band can. I relate to them on a personal, intimate level that is unparraleled.  They tend to write with enough wiggle room in their concepts and lyrics that they can be applied to many, deeply personal issues, of which I have plenty. The concept behind this one is a guy is raised for his first eighteen years of life in a sensory deprivation chamber, everything is taken care of. Then he is let loose to learn about life and love, and at most times it’s not pretty, but the few beautiful moments are sheer bliss. It closes with a beast of an epic, The Narrow Margin, that features some godlike drumming by Paul Cook. It’s really hard to single songs on this one out because of how closely knit the concept is to it all, just a masterpiece. Speak my Name is in my top five all time songs, so damn beautiful.

"There's a place where all my dreaming, will free me from what I became, and I know no one can reach me, every time you speak my name."

Suggested Songs:The Narrow Margin, Speak My Name, Failsafe, Capricorn, Somewhere in Time



12-Yes-Yessongs(1973)
My love of Yes is born from this one, as was my introduction to music in general. My four older brothers and I would do pretend rock band to this when I was six(I played drums). It truly all started here, and I still spin Yessongs on a very regular basis. As to the music, it is incredible. Yes expands on almost every one of their classic pieces to that date, making them more epic than they allready were. Just great stuff, one of those that make me regret not being a bit older so I could have seen it personally.

Suggested Songs-Close to the Edge, And You And I, Seen All Good People, Yours is no Disgrace, etc, etc, etc......


OK, down to the last eleven. Eleven songs, eleven different bands, these are the big ones. Though a lot of this list was hard to come up with, the top eleven were pretty much no brainers...

[lonestar]

Teh list to date...

50- Pete Townshend- All the Best Cowboys have Chinese Eyes
49- Montrose-Montrose
48- Demon- British Standard Approved
47- The Plimsouls- Everywhere at Once
46- The Kinks- Give the People What They Want
45- Pat Benatar- Crimes of Passion
44- Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events
43- The Who- Who Are You
42- Rush- Exit Stage Left
41- Blind Melon- Blind Melon
40- Styx- Pieces of Eight
39- Tesla- Five Man Acoustical Jam
38- Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
37- The Beatles- Abbey Road
36- The Who- Tommy
35- Triumph- Just a Game
34- Tool- Undertow
33- Fish- Fortunes of War
32- Metallica- Master of Puppets
31- Rush- 2112
30- Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
29- Mechanical Poet- Woodland Prattlers
28- The Who- Who's Next
27- Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
26- Yes- Relayer
25- Dream Theater- Scenes from a Memory
24- Pink Floyd- Wish you Were Here
23- Pete Townshend- Empty Glass
22- IQ- Frequency
21- Marillion- Brave
20- Peter Gabriel- Us
19- Yes- The Yes Album
18- Rush- Moving Pictures
17- Styx- The Grand Illusion
16- Beyond the Bridge- The Old Man and the Spirit
15- The Grateful Dead- Europe '72
14- Dream Theater- Images and Words
13- IQ- Subterrenea
12- Yes- Yessongs

[Zydar]

Images

It's Top 5 for me (I shouldn't really reveal these things, in case I'd do a list myself sometime).

[DebraKadabra]

Images and Words started my DT journey too.

[SomeoneLikeHim]

Images and Words started my DT journey too.

Mine too! Although that was in 2011 

[DebraKadabra]

Yeah... mine was in 1992/1993 so...

[lonestar]

Same here Deb, fogies unite!!!

[DebraKadabra]

DTF FOGEYS IS THE BEST THEM


 

[Elite]

Images & Words = 

I think I heard it for the first time in 2000.

[MoraWintersoul]

I wasn't born when IAW got out - just a couple of months later, though. I first heard it all the way through in... 2009? Yep. Late arrival. 16 and PROGnant


How cool do you guys feel when you see youngsters stumbling upon music you loved when you were our age and adoring the shit out of it?

[Elite]

People born in 1992 ftw.

[Ruba]

I heard I&W the first time in early 2010. And I wasn't born even when Awake was released.

It has aged very well.

[Nekov]

I&W and Subterrrenea  . I was actually thinking that would be around your number 1. And at this point I'm guessing that The Old Road didn't make your list.

[Scorpion]

I&W! 

[Zydar]

I heard I&W the first time around 2000 when I heard Pull Me Under. I bought it and Awake at the same time. Liked them but put them on the shelf for a few years. Revisited them in mid-2007 and became a DT fanboy instantly.

[black_biff_stadler]

Seeing your post for I&W just made me realize how much the girl on the cover looks like a 5 year old violet

[lonestar]

I wasn't born when IAW got out - just a couple of months later, though. I first heard it all the way through in... 2009? Yep. Late arrival. 16 and PROGnant


How cool do you guys feel when you see youngsters stumbling upon music you loved when you were our age and adoring the shit out of it?

I never thought about it. I mean, here on DTF, we all like DT, so it's really no surprise. IRL though, I just like knowing that some kids are capable of escaping the popular music box I guess, don't really run into many young DT fans though.

[King Postwhore]

JR.  You are not going to believe this.  I do not own Subterrenea.  Just got into them a few years ago but haven't gotten around to buying all of their back catolog so this will be my first purchase.

[lonestar]

OK, update time folks.....




11-Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast(1982)
The heart and soul of my high school metal days, and the album is solely responsible for my metal side. Everything about me that is metal sprung from here, and it was such a wonderful starting point. Every song is an ass kicker. The bass lines just tear me up, the memorable gutar riffs, Bruce’s beastly singing, hardly a flaw in my mind on this one. I still use this album today as my housecleaning music, just put it on, crank it up, and the house is cleaned by the end. Personal favorite tracks are Hallowed by The Name, Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, The Prisoner, and Children of the Damned, but that is just splitting hairs, I love the whole thing.

"When you know that your time is close at hand, maybe then you'll begin to understand life down here is just a strange illusion."

Suggested Songs:Hallowed by thy Name, The Prisoner, and Run to the Hills




10-Boston-Boston(1976)
Best debut album ever. Every song is a classic rock radio staple, and deservedly so. Though side one gets all the love with Piece of Mind, More than a Feeling, and Foreplay/Long Time, I would put every other song on this album on a jukebox, and they would probably get recognized and loved. To me, they hit gold here, and though they produced some great stuff after, never hit these heights again. Brad Delps always held a place as one of my favorite singers, just a classic sound. Talk about your first pitch home runs.

"When I'm tired, and thinking cold, I hide in my music, forget the day."

Suggested Songs:More than a Feeling, Long Time, Smokin, Hitch a Ride,Let Me Take You Home Tonight



9-Rush-Signals
I fell in love with this one at first note. Though other Rush albums get more props around here, this was the one for me, such a case of right album at the right time. Being a dissilusioned teen of the suburbs, Subdivisions spoke the right words to my heart at the right time. The imagery in Alalog Kid still leaves me breathless in wonder. There really isn’t a song on this one that I cannot put on right now, that wouldn’t take me back to a certain moment or feeling, it was really close to me, always.

“His mother starts to call him as a hawk goes soaring by, the boy pulls down his baseball cap and covers up his eyes.”

Suggested Songs:Subdivisions, The Analog Kid, New World Man, Countdown

[Zydar]

Another great batch there.

[obscure]

Indeed!

[King Postwhore]

All three are albums that I still spin.  Some albums stick over the years and 3 three have for me.

[lonestar]

Yeah, I felt pretty secure making this update.

[King Postwhore]

Well since your demographics for this thread are old farts, your secure.

[TAC]

The Number Of The Beast is surprising. I am very glad to see it!

Also:
I & W
1992
Fogie!

I can't believe how well Signals has aged. I hated it when it came out.

[lonestar]

The Number Of The Beast is surprising. I am very glad to see it!

I loved a lot of metal back in the day, it's just that so much overtook it since then, but Number of the Beast always had a special place in my heart.

[jingle.boy]

Signals is good, but not top 50 material for me.

TNOTB and Boston... essential for our age group.  Both made my top 50.

Yessongs is a beaut.
Been trying to get in to Subterranea, but it's taking longer than I thought.
I was a couple years late to the I&W party.... it was late '96 for me.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Boston is such an excellent album.  How many albums can you name where EVERY SINGLE SONG is a classic rock radio staple?  This is the only one I can come up with.  Back in the winter, we were out in the garage doing some work and the radio was on.  "Something About You" came on and I was all "Holy shit, I forgot all about this song" and in my mind, I was instantly transported back to when I was a teenager and hearing it for the first time, just floored by the melody and the awesomeness of it all.  It nearly brought a tear to my eye.

[TAC]

I just spun Boston a couple of weeks ago.