[i]Originally posted by 49erFan1[/i]@Jan 3 2005, 02:10 PM
[b] My Favorites:
Michael Jackson–Thriller (Truthfully I never was big on thriller the track, but I loved some of the other stuff)
Coldplay–A Rush of Blood to the Head (Pure Musical Genius)
Nirvana–Nevermind (The Death of Hairbands)
Green Day–Dookie (Punk at it’s finest)
Alicia Keys–Fallen (Best Piano I’ve heard)
Nas–Illmatic (Poetry at it’s finest)
Dr. Dre–The Chronic (The birth of an empire)
Linkin Park–Hybrid Theory (Redefined Metal) [/b]
Thriller is great. Michael Jackson, until Black or White, is great. “Baby Be Mine” is probably my favorite pop song of all time.
Coldplay, no comment.
Nevermind = Overrated. And, Grunge bands were hair bands too, people were nuts over Cornell’s hair. Let’s not forget the outrage when he went short. Nirvana gets faaaar too much credit. Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone had already broken into the mainstream and Soundgarden would have been popular without Nirvana. I know I shouldn’t get into that argument, because that is the album people associate most frequently with grunge, but the movement was way better than that. I, personally, was more of a fan of the Portland scene. Everclear’s World of Noise and Skiploader’s From Can THrough String are probably my two favorite grunge records of all time. That said, I do like the record a lot. “Lounge Act” is one of my favorite Nirvana songs. If you are a pretty big Nirvana fan, I would recommend picking up the Nirvana box set. It’s worth it to me, especially hearing all those live songs demoed.
It’s really hard for me to be a big Nirvana fan after listening to Jawbreaker, though, they were so much more honest and have such better lyrics.
Green Day /= punk at it’s finest. Honestly, I think Dookie is a great record, but it is pretty much a staple of the lookout sound that was popular at the time. Screeching Weasel and the Queers did the pop punk thing way better than Green Day, in my opinion, but I was never a big Lookout fan in general. I was into the Epitaph sound when Green Day was getting popular, of which the offspring were a poor representation.
Alicia Keys, I’ve never really sat down and listened to her. I like Vanessa Carlton though.
Nas is okay.
Dre is awesome. Chronic is a great record, but I have to be in the right mood for it. I love Dre as a producer, he’s one of the best men behind the scenes in Rap History. Hell, in music history. He was the mastermind behind the best rap scene in history, I like 2pac better as an MC, but as an all-around rapper, Dre takes the cake. Eminem would be nothing without Dre.
Linkin Park = Overproduced deftones. The Deftones redefined hardcore and to some extent Metal. I like Hybrid Theory though, it was a good record.