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brampta
22 Sep 2002, 22:44
Does anyone else have CDs in their collection that just absolutely go against the grain of everything else you own??
What is your most "out there" CD?
I think mine would have to be Shania Twain - Come on over
Harry Bosch
22 Sep 2002, 23:25
all my old inxs stuff...
PrincessPark
22 Sep 2002, 23:55
Don McLean - "American Pie" is a definite what the - ? of my collection.
vanders
23 Sep 2002, 00:00
Frank Sinatra - New York New York (im pretty sure thats what the albums called, i dunno though, havent looked at it/listened to it in a while)
ahhh...
http://www.froggy.com.au/vandelay/bg/morris.jpg
Docker_Brat
23 Sep 2002, 04:55
Originally posted by vanders
Frank Sinatra - New York New York (im pretty sure thats what the albums called, i dunno though, havent looked at it/listened to it in a while)
Ditto.
The Hitman
23 Sep 2002, 07:17
Queen: Greatest Hits
Coldplay: Parachutes
The Hitman
Craig David - Born To Do It
Basically the only non punk/ska album I own.
Mooster7
23 Sep 2002, 10:36
If six months ago you would have told me I would start growing a Beach Boys collection, I would have said....well why try to beat the swear filter?
Lioness got me started on the BB's, and I've gained an enormous appreciation of them since. On the surface, they clash with the rest of my collection like brown shoes and a tux. In reality, I have a bunch of kick ass CD's. :D
Santos L Helper
23 Sep 2002, 11:34
Tom Jones Greates Hits......but I love the man so I'm proud to have it.
Mooster, what if you have a brown tux?
In the middle of all my Blondie, DEVO, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Rollins Band and Grinspoon CD's is a Best of Abba Double CD.
Voulez Vou (spelling. who cares) is a classic, write up there with the best any of the aformentioned bands could offer.
Macca19
23 Sep 2002, 11:46
Probably my Nelly cds. Dunno why but i get into his stuff
Mooster7
23 Sep 2002, 12:05
Originally posted by Santos L Helper
Mooster, what if you have a brown tux?
Brown tux demands orange Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star High Top Sneakers.
I imagine Tom 'The Welsh God' Jones does clash with...The Clash? He's cool as hell though, isn't he?
Rusty Brookes
23 Sep 2002, 12:15
Amongst my collection of punk, early metal, 60s garage rock and Australian 80s garage is The Best of Boney M. Oh, the shame of it all.
Dogwatcher
23 Sep 2002, 14:30
Destiny's Child The Remix album
The Wrecking Crew and John Hiatt are two though that I never listen to.
carneagles
23 Sep 2002, 15:59
Once got a Tommy Dorsey CD in a job lot at a police auction.
All of my Michael Jackson cds. They really don't fit, but I love them so go figure.
And errr... Enrique Iglesias *hides*
brampta
23 Sep 2002, 20:38
Wow and they all come out of the woodwork...like Richmond supporters.
How sad that I seem to have a lot of the "black sheep" in my CD collection....I am obviously THE black sheep!
Porthos
23 Sep 2002, 21:33
Originally posted by coxon
ahhh...
http://www.froggy.com.au/vandelay/bg/morris.jpg Wow!!
Gilbert and Sullivan Highlights - The Gondoliers, The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial By Jury, Patience and Ruddigore all on one CD!
Weirdest, most ****ed up album I own is Mike Patton - Adult Themes for Voice.
Pet Shop Boys discography.
I also one day about 2 years aho bought Wham's "Everything she wants" single on vinyl in a second hand record store in the city. Played once. I think I was expecting a remix on it I heard at a club.
clucas91
23 Sep 2002, 23:43
Probably the Bomfunk MC's In Stereo or the Apollo Four Forty Gettin' High on your Own Supply
Mine would have to be.
The Clash - Combat Rock from 1982.
Ok album but Rock the Casbah is the reason I bought it.
CowboyFromHell
24 Sep 2002, 00:54
Hmmmm...
Huey Lewis and the News - Greatest Hits: Can't go wrong here, with "Hip to be Square", "Jacobs Ladder" and "Power of Love" on the collection!
Lionel Richie - Back to Front: :o :o :o
East 17 - All their albums..... again.... :o :o :o
"Highwayman" by Cash/Nelson/Jennings/Kristofferson. Bought it last month for $7.
I also have a CD of German Military Marches from mainly the 19th century. :o
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
OK. I'm leaving now........:(
Leaping Lindner
25 Sep 2002, 09:15
Originally posted by BT
Mine would have to be.
The Clash - Combat Rock from 1982.
Ok album but Rock the Casbah is the reason I bought it.
This album is superb!!! Why do you consider a 'black sheep' in your collection?
Psyence Fiction - U.N.K.L.E.
the REAL dingo
25 Sep 2002, 14:21
I've got a **** load of Seattle influenced "grunge" music from the early 90s. Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Nirvana...
Then there's the hiphop phase i'm sorta going through now...
In amongst those is the Twin Peaks soundtrack, looks alittle odd, but still gets a play from time to time... dark, chill music, with good visuals from a mute TV it sets the mood... anyone got it?
the REAL dingo
25 Sep 2002, 14:24
Originally posted by Stocka
Psyence Fiction - U.N.K.L.E.
any good?
I looked at it about 3-4 years ago when it first came out, but didn't have the cash at the time, time went by and i kinda forgot about it...
AlfAndrews
25 Sep 2002, 16:11
Originally posted by BT
Mine would have to be.
The Clash - Combat Rock from 1982.
Ok album but Rock the Casbah is the reason I bought it.
There's a track on that album called "Straight To Hell" ... one of the most moving things I've ever heard. I cry every time I hear it.
If you consider that album a "black sheep", then I guess you'd see my CD collection as a whole bloody sheep station.
Anyone remember Boston? :(
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McAlmanac
25 Sep 2002, 16:52
Originally posted by Wally
Anyone remember Boston? :(
I have more than a feeling that I do.
Amongst all my geetar music I have De La Soul Is Dead. Only rap CD I own. Another black sheep CD I have which I love is The Shirley Bassey Collection.
Originally posted by Leaping Lindner
This album is superb!!! Why do you consider a 'black sheep' in your collection?
Only because it's the only one of it's genre, in a collection made up of mainly hard rock & metal.
Leaping Lindner
25 Sep 2002, 17:50
Originally posted by BT
Only because it's the only one of it's genre, in a collection made up of mainly hard rock & metal.
Checking your profile I had a feeling this was the case.Combat Rock is a lot of things but hard rock or metal it is not.:)
GhostofJimJess
25 Sep 2002, 23:39
Soundtrack (by Michael Nyman) to "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" ...
As my CD collection resembles alphabetical order, "The Cook, The Thief ..." actually sits in between "Come The Rubber Pig" & "Cosmic Psychos" !!!
PrincessPark
25 Sep 2002, 23:43
Coxon - I'd be proud to own Morris Minor & The Majors. I have an old taped-from-radio copy of Stutter Rap and am very proud of it!
Damn poxy Audiogalaxy getting neutered before I got around to downloading it.
Originally posted by PrincessPark
Coxon - I'd be proud to own Morris Minor & The Majors. I have an old taped-from-radio copy of Stutter Rap and am very proud of it!
Damn poxy Audiogalaxy getting neutered before I got around to downloading it.
I got it off WinMX, and when I played it back it was the first time I'd heard it in about 13 years. Funnily enough, I still knew all the words. :o
Grimace
26 Sep 2002, 02:47
Garbage - Beautiful Garbage
Staind - Break the Cycle (I hate Aaron Lewis' voice. He's so bloody depressing.)
It was my friend who gave me these CDs as a 'gift' so I'm glad I didn't pay a cent for this trash! :)
Originally posted by mandy5
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
Oh Mandy you didn't!
Originally posted by McAlmanac
I have more than a feeling that I do.
Amongst all my geetar music I have De La Soul Is Dead. Only rap CD I own. Another black sheep CD I have which I love is The Shirley Bassey Collection.
Shirley Bassey. What a voice. She has one of the most incredible voices in history I reckon, she is excellent.
As for Boston, I own every CD they have released. Fantastic band and "More than A Feeling" is one of my all-time favourite songs.
Dogwatcher
27 Sep 2002, 12:38
I've just received my new black sheep.
It's called Travellin' Still....Always Will by Slim Dusty and Anne Kirkpatrick. Received it as part of a work promotion. Scarily, the first bit of listening I've done, I kind of like it.
Leaping Lindner
27 Sep 2002, 21:21
Originally posted by Dogwatcher
I've just received my new black sheep.
It's called Travellin' Still....Always Will by Slim Dusty and Anne Kirkpatrick. Received it as part of a work promotion. Scarily, the first bit of listening I've done, I kind of like it.
You've been living in Loxton too long DW.Move back to Adelaide this instant!:D
doug thomas
1 Oct 2002, 13:58
RACEY-Greatest Hits
Golden Organ Favourites with such classics as: Tie A Yellow Ribbon and Rivers of Babylon.
Geez....I've still got all my old 80s stuff from when I was a wee nipper. Erm, Dire Straits - Brothers in arms leaps to mind, just because my taste in music has changed soooooooo much since.
Oh, and Spandau Ballet - Best of as well.
:confused: :eek:
clucas91
1 Oct 2002, 21:36
Some 1950's electronic music that I found in a junk pile.
TheSheik
1 Oct 2002, 22:26
Originally posted by mandy5
Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
Can you say that a little louder please ??
TheSheik
1 Oct 2002, 22:40
Originally posted by brampta
What is your most "out there" CD?
I suppose my compilations for The Mixtures or the one for Ray Burgess would be right up there.
happy_in_hell
2 Oct 2002, 11:32
I suppose my most 'way out' cd's are the ones from the electronic 90's such as
Ace of Base - the bridge
Aqua - Aquarium
Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
I also have Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors
They don't fit the aussie/soft rock cd's i mainly have (including GANGgajang!).
Leaping Lindner
2 Oct 2002, 11:47
Amongst the pile of punk and new wave classics in my CD collection you will find Skyhooks' entire catalouge on CD! As well as The best of Slade,Gary Glitter and Sweet. In my defence they were my favourites when I was a teenybopper and I haven't managed to let go yet!
McAlmanac
2 Oct 2002, 16:37
Originally posted by TheSheik
I suppose my compilations for The Mixtures or the one for Ray Burgess would be right up there.
Loved Ray's work on hits such as Touch Me and as host of Flashez. :D
TheSheik
2 Oct 2002, 18:04
Originally posted by Leaping Lindner
Amongst the pile of punk and new wave classics in my CD collection you will find Skyhooks' entire catalouge on CD! As well as The best of Slade,Gary Glitter and Sweet. In my defence they were my favourites when I was a teenybopper and I haven't managed to let go yet!
Well, I too have Skyhooks' first album, plus a Slade compilation, a Gary Glitter compilation and a Sweet compilation. I too love them from my high school days, can't get over them really.
TheSheik
2 Oct 2002, 18:06
Originally posted by McAlmanac
Loved Ray's work on hits such as Touch Me and as host of Flashez. :D
It's surprising how many songs old Ray had that you know. Also used to watch Flashez too, really enjoyed it as a kid but always thought his sidekick Mike Meade was a crack up.
gPhonque
2 Oct 2002, 18:12
Originally posted by clucas91
Some 1950's electronic music that I found in a junk pile.
Really!? Cool!
I was actually watching the special features on The Dish DVD the other day.....there happens to be some fantastic footage from the NASA archives of the Apollo 11 mission......shot at a high speed on real film by cameras mounted absolutely everywhere. And in the background is the most awesome trippy 60's "space" music! Reeealy early analogue synths (and definately a theremin in there too) playing random notes/noises rather than "songs." Pretty cool.
What is the CD called?
clucas91
2 Oct 2002, 19:26
Originally posted by gPhonque
Really!? Cool!
I was actually watching the special features on The Dish DVD the other day.....there happens to be some fantastic footage from the NASA archives of the Apollo 11 mission......shot at a high speed on real film by cameras mounted absolutely everywhere. And in the background is the most awesome trippy 60's "space" music! Reeealy early analogue synths (and definately a theremin in there too) playing random notes/noises rather than "songs." Pretty cool.
What is the CD called?
The Collective works of Page and Tutor.
It is VERY strange music. I have no idea who Page and Tutor are...but I will try to explain what the music is like...
Imagine a very distorted bunch of hideous sound effects, then silence...after a moment of silence, a voice will say "Father looks at his watch" followed by another horrible distorted conundrum of sound affects then silence...after a moment of silence a voice "The clock ticks slowly (:confused: )".
Interesting huh?
Leaping Lindner
2 Oct 2002, 20:04
Originally posted by TheSheik
It's surprising how many songs old Ray had that you know. Also used to watch Flashez too, really enjoyed it as a kid but always thought his sidekick Mike Meade was a crack up.
Love Fever (written by Vanda/Young) and Sad Rock and Roll (written by Greg MacAinsh).I've got a demo of the 'hooks doing that somewhere!
McAlmanac
3 Oct 2002, 16:16
Originally posted by Leaping Lindner
Love Fever (written by Vanda/Young) and Sad Rock and Roll (written by Greg MacAinsh).I've got a demo of the 'hooks doing that somewhere!
Also loved seeing Ray get torn to shreds by the audience on Countdown.
gPhonque
3 Oct 2002, 16:23
Originally posted by clucas91
The Collective works of Page and Tutor.
It is VERY strange music. I have no idea who Page and Tutor are...but I will try to explain what the music is like...
Imagine a very distorted bunch of hideous sound effects, then silence...after a moment of silence, a voice will say "Father looks at his watch" followed by another horrible distorted conundrum of sound affects then silence...after a moment of silence a voice "The clock ticks slowly (:confused: )".
Interesting huh?
That's bizarre! I want it!
'Duke Lion Fights the Terror' by Big Dumb Face
*hangs head in shame*
Originally posted by the REAL dingo
any good?
I looked at it about 3-4 years ago when it first came out, but didn't have the cash at the time, time went by and i kinda forgot about it...
U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction . . . .
Yes, it's worth getting. It's a fairly hard album to describe, as there is quite a multitude of content on the album. I guess it's more of a concept album in some ways, in the fact that it has so many guest appearances, and attempts to somewhat capture 'some' of the style of each guest into a trip-hop format.
I don't listen to it very often, but it's worth having.
danzy_rocks
4 Oct 2002, 17:19
Elton John.
Deestroy
4 Oct 2002, 17:28
Originally posted by happy_in_hell
Aqua - Aquarium
:eek:
carneagles
4 Oct 2002, 18:37
The oddest one I have is "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" by Gavin Bryars. Totally at odds with the rest of the pile, although it's not really a black sheep because I quite like it.
Basically it's 10 seconds of a homeless man singing "Jesus' blood never failed me yet" looped for 72 minutes, with a changing orchestral backing and accompanied for the last few minutes by Tom Waits. Strangely hypnotic.
happy_in_hell
4 Oct 2002, 19:06
Originally posted by Deestroy
:eek:
Hey! I went through a period of 90's craptronica!
The fact that I have the Los Del Rio 'Macarana' ALBUM highlights the disastrous period! I'm ok now, i got professional help (AC/DC - Razor's Edge):D
Los Del Rio isn't a bad Album actually, some nice Tango mixes on it.
Guido Hatzis "Do Not Talk Over Me"
Signed by the man himself!
*hangs head in shame*
I have only ever listened to it once, though.
Rolf Harris - Rolf Rules OK
And if we count vinyl, then I've got all sorts of stuff my sister left behind when she moved overseas.
Originally posted by AlfAndrews
If you consider that album a "black sheep", then I guess you'd see my CD collection as a whole bloody sheep station.
Must go a treat when you have the NZ friends around then, Alf . . .
Desredandwhite
8 Oct 2002, 22:53
I like all sorts of stuff, so I have some strange ones in my collection :)
Most of it is 90s alternative/guitar stuff. But some of the gems include:
Ace of Base - Happy Nation
B*Witched (both albums)
Debbie Gibson - all 7(!) albums
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces
Faith Hill - Breath & Faith
Pet Shop Boys - Very
Bear in the Big Blue House Soundtrack :D
Spice Girls - Spiceworld
And I like every last one of them too.
The Hippie
9 Oct 2002, 00:38
If we are talking CD's, my 'black sheep' would be The Hollies and Hermans Hermits.
If you want to talk old tapes, then that is a completely different story. Try PhD, Adam And The Ants, Human League, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson (out of place in my music collection, believe me.)
*shudder* WTF was I on in the 80's??? :eek:
Originally posted by carneagles
The oddest one I have is "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" by Gavin Bryars. Totally at odds with the rest of the pile, although it's not really a black sheep because I quite like it.
Basically it's 10 seconds of a homeless man singing "Jesus' blood never failed me yet" looped for 72 minutes, with a changing orchestral backing and accompanied for the last few minutes by Tom Waits. Strangely hypnotic.
I was trying to work out why that rang a bell. In was referred to in my poetry lecture a couple of weeks ago. Sounds interesting.
Okay... carry on.
Grendel
10 Oct 2002, 02:48
From Al Jolson to Killing Joke, from Hank Williams to RunDMC, from from Patsy Cline to the Pogues, from Richard Wagner Opera to the Bay City Rollers!!!
There isnt any black sheep. Nothing fits together with anything anyway! :)