The Song Fight Bulletin Board

OK, so I got myself a new laptop the other week, and I decided that out of the 80GB drive in it I would dedicate 5GB to mp3s, which I figured would easily be enough to contain all my favourite albums, and a few others thrown in for good luck.

Selecting the albums turned out to be a lot harder than I expected, and I had to cut quite a few for space that I really wish I could have kept.

Well, after much umming and aahing and wailing and whining, I now have a list thatI think represents the best 5GBs worth of music in my collection, or at least my favourite 5GB.

So what else to do but post it here?


AllAboutEve-AllAboutEve
Black-WonderfulLife
CarterUSM-101Damnations
CarterUSM-30Something
ChrisIsaak-WickedGame
Cure-Disintegration
Cure-Wish
Curve-Doppelganger
Curve-Gift
DeadKennedys-FreshFruitForRottingVetetables
DepecheMode-Music for the Masses
DepecheMode-PlayingTheAngel
DepecheMode-SongsOfFaithAndDevotion
DepecheMode-Violator
Electribe101-ElectribalMemories
FieldsOftheNephilim-Dawnrazor
FieldsOfTheNephilim-Elizium
FieldsoftheNephilim-MourningSun
FieldsOfTheNephilim-TheNephilim
FineYoungCannibals-FineYoungCannibals
GaryNuman-Exile
GaryNuman-Jagged
GunsnRoses-AppetiteforDestruction
HazelOConnor-BreakingGlass
HumanLeague-Dare
HumanLeague-Hysteria
IronMaiden-SeventhSonOfASeventhSon
Jam-GreatestHits
JesusAndMaryChain-Darklands
JoyDivision-Closer
JoyDivision-Substance
JoyDivision-UnknownPleasures
LeonardCohen-MoreBestOfLeonardCohen
Marionettes-AveDementia
Marionettes-BookOfShadows
Marionettes-Carousel
MerryThoughts-EmpireSongs
MerryThoughts-Psychocult
Mission-CarvedInSand
Mission-Children
NewOrder-Substance
NIN-PrettyHateMachne
NiN-TheDownwardSpiral
NMA-Thunder&Consolation
PetShopBoys-Actually
PetShopBoys-Disco
PetShopBoys-Introspective
PinkFloyd-DarkSideOfTheMoon
Placebo-OnceMoreWithFeeling
Pulp-DifferentClass
Radiohead-KidA
Radiohead-OKComputer
Radiohead-TheBends
Republica-Republica
RollingStones-40Licks
RosettaStone-AnEyeForTheMainChance
RosettaStone-FoundationStones
ShakespearsSister-HormonallyYours
Siouxsie-OnceUponATime
Sisters-FirstAndLastAndAlways
Sisters-Floodland
Sisters-SomeGirlsWanderByMistake
Sisters-VisionThing
TalkingHeads-OnceInALifetime
TearsforFears-TheHurting
XmalDeutschland-Tocsin

GUNS AND ROSES?

This sounds like a fun game. I have no idea what size it ends up as, but:

My Favorite Albums That I could Not live Without

AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
Alice Donut - Mule
Anal Cunt - 40 More Reasons To Hate Us
Anal Cunt - Morbid Florist
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - S/T (White album)
Black Sabbath - first 6 albums
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie - Alladin Sane
David Bowie - Scarey Monsters and Super Creeps
Cars - S/T
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Cheap Trick - S/T
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
Deftones - White Pony
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Fugazi - End Hits
Fugazi - The Argument
Gandharvas - Sold For A Smile
Helmet - Strap It On!
Led Zeppelin - I, II, and III
Motorhead - Bomber
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - Nevermind
Police - Outlandos D'Amour
QoTSA - S/T
QoTSA - Songs For The Deaf
Radiohead - OK Computer
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Sloan - One Chord to Another
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Voivod - Nothingface
Weezer - S/T (blue)
Weezer - Pinkerton

I gotta say though, Obs- I never had you pegged for a G'n'R fan

Sven wrote: Fugazi - The Argument

Fuck. Yes. Their older stuff is classic, but this one is years beyond everything else.

Sven wrote:GUNS AND ROSES?

Yeah. Got a problem with that?

obscurity wrote:

Sven wrote:GUNS AND ROSES?

Yeah. Got a problem with that?

Showing surprise at someone's taste in music = having a problem with it? Since when? I must have missed the memo.

Sorry, I didn't intend my reply to come off like I thought you were having a go or anything. You should read it in a light-hearted tone of voice. I was, tho', surprised that you were surprised.

Well, I admit that I still don't know exactly what 'goth' is, but I had always imagined that G'n'R were basically the antithesis of 'goth'...

Of course, if a goth would ever explain what 'goth' is to the unwashed masses, these misunderstandings wouldn't happen as often.

I promise you, if I ever find two goths who agree on what is or is not goth, I'll be sure to tell you. If it helps any, I don't think of g'n'r as anything like the antithesis of goth. That would be more like, say, the spice girls.

If you're up to it, could you tell me if this song is goth or not? Oddly enough, it's called 'Obscured'. I have a lot of music in my collection which I wonder about re: gothness.

From the same band: Drown In Ashes

Definitely one of those cases where the answer you get will depend on who you ask. I'd personally put it firmly straddling the border between goth and metal. I'd love to remix it.