So, I am always trolling the Internet for lists, I am a list kinda person, maybe I’ve read High Fidelity too many times or maybe I have too much time on my hands.. anyway, this morning I stumbled across Fasterlouder.com.au and their list for ‘Most Wanted Album Tour’. With a lot of major bands touring their prized records it’s becoming quite the trend. The first example I can think of is when Sonic Youth toured ‘Daydream Nation’ in its entirety back in 2007. No, I didn’t go. Yes, it still hurts me. But with The Pixies bringing ‘Dolittle’ to our shores earlier this year and Primal Scream about to bring us the spectacular ‘Screamadelica', the people are making demands!
Fasterlouder’s list is a mix of standard classics like The Boss’s ‘Born To Run’ and Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ which came in at top spot. It got me thinking about my top 15 albums I’d like to see tour. Some are strange choices because I mean, some records would just tour better than the way they play alone in my bedroom so they may not be my favourite offering of said band but you know the rest.. here goes..
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Radiohead – Hail to the Thief (Could you imagine '2+2=5' annnd 'There There')
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (hidden track included)
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in People
The National – Boxer
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Arcade Fire - Funeral
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Sonic Youth – Washing Machine (mainly for Diamond Sea playage only reason I chose this over Goo)
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
At The Drive-in – Relationship of Command
David Bowie – Low
Talking Heads – Little Creatures
What would your dream list consist of?
3 comments:
The Pixies need to leave Doolittle alone and do Surfer Rosa, with Come On Pilgrim as the encore.
Nice list :D
I am also a big big fan of lists and like this blog;
http://goodbadunknown.blogspot.com/
he updates it regularly with best 11 songs/albums from different bands... if you scroll down, on the right there a tags for different bands. I particularly like his "top 111 cure songs"
my top 15 albums tours that I would step over my mother own for:
1. Sex Pistols- Never Mind The Bollocks
2. Cure- Disintegration
3. Libertines- Up the Bracket
4. Smiths- Queen is Dead
5. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
6. New Order- Power, Corruption and Lies
7. Cure- Head on the Door
8. Garbage- Garbage
9. Interpol- Turn on the Bright lights
10. Darkness- Permission to Land
11. Arctic Monkeys- Humbug
12. Muse- Showbiz
13. Shins- Oh Inverted World
14. Darling Violetta- Parlour
15. Killers- Hot Fuss
Rad list. I checked out the other blog. Good suggestion!
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