Monday, December 12, 2005

2nd verse same as the 1st

I knew when I began this thing that I would not consistently keep it up, but I had no idea that I would take this long to post my second entry. Oh well.

Sometimes I forget how much I love music. That sounds really stupid, but it's a Goddamn revelation to me.

So I've been thinking about the whole desert island disc thing, and I've come to the conclusion that that's a completely moronic endeavor. First, it's a completely artificially constructed notion that in no way is applicable to my life. If I'm on a desert island, I want my one and only question to be, "Where's the food and water?"

The thing is, I am not a complete fool, and I do understand the intent of the question, which is, "What albums define you?" This question is a slippery slope which leads to other questions, such as: "At which point in my life." Am I required to list songs according to importance to my own person-building, or ones I really love right now, or maybe albums that I think I wouldn't get tired of, but mostly play the role of background music.

Anyway, I just made a list of even more stupid questions to answer a merely silly one. So here goes:

I'm allowing myself 11. Here's the list as of today. These maybe aren't my favorites of all time, or the most important to me or anyone else, but these are the albums that keep me from going completely insane.

Bach-Goldberg Variations-Murry Perahia
Van Morrison-Astral Weeks
Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Kronos Quartet-Early Music
Erik Satie-Complete Piano Works-Aldo Ciccolini
Bela Bartok-Concerto for Orchestra-Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick
Bob Dylan-Blood on the Tracks
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Neil Young-Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
John Coltrane-A Love Supreme

I'm sure I left out some good ones, but I had to stop at eleven.