Starting over, musically

[YGBFKM]

I have a small amount of cash to spend on iTunes today in what essentially will be the first phase in putting together a digital music collection from scratch. What songs must I buy?

 

[dooley_womack1]

Dixie Chicks.

 

[YGBFKM]

Thanks for the input, asshole (TWSS). Actually, the've produced a few really good songs. Maybe down the road I'll add a track or two.

 

[Moderator1]

You into R.E.M.? I got a two-disc set recently, kind of the best of the best of the best. And it was only like 12 bones for 40 songs.

Foo's Wasting Light is a pretty good expenditure, too. Any Foo will do, actually.

 

[Moderator1]

ps - if you are into R.E.M. and Foo, don't use your money on that. I'll get you the discs and you can load 'em up.

 

[YGBFKM]

I love early R.E.M., before they lost their religion. In fact, good reminder I need to purchase "Swan Swan H" and "Begin the Begin," two of the primary songs on the soundtrack of my misspent high school years.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

There are some websites out there where you could have your library completely replenished by the end of the day, free of charge... :D

As Moddy said, you can never go wrong with Foo Fighters.

If I had to replenish my collection, I'd be looking for Pearl Jam, White Stripes, The Pixies, The Killers, Zeppelin, early GNR, early Metallica, Beastie Boys, Roots, Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, very early Springsteen....

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I know I've seen Eponymous (first REM greatest hits album) very cheap out there. I can't remember if it was iTunes or not...

 

[YGBFKM]

I know what I like, but trying to buy music with a limited budget ends up like every trip I ever made to a record store. I put together an extended list in my head and have all kinds of great ideas. Then I walk into the store, my mind goes completely blank and I end up walking out with a ****ty Les Claypool solo album.

 

[BrianGriffin]

I'm a longtime REM fan and I'm a product of that era - your standard U2, Elvis Costello, etc.

Lately, I've been trying to discover stuff post-2000 or thereabouts when I quit paying attention to new artists. So more recent REM stuff doesn't count.

Lately I've been listening to the Eels after I had a chance to see them live. Pretty good stuff.

And I'll second the motion on White Stripes (or whatever Jack White is doing these days).

 

[Iron_chet]

There are some websites out there where you could have your library completely replenished by the end of the day, free of charge... :D

As Moddy said, you can never go wrong with Foo Fighters.

If I had to replenish my collection, I'd be looking for Pearl Jam, White Stripes, The Pixies, The Killers, Zeppelin, early GNR, early Metallica, Beastie Boys, Roots, Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, very early Springsteen....

Feel free to PM me the sites! I lost all of my napster era music in a laptop crash many years ago and then family, career and life meant no more time to look for new music. I do some torrent sites but anm out of the loop since Pirate Bay was shut down.

 

[vicd]

Captain Beefheart or Yoko Ono. Can't go wrong with either.

 

[YGBFKM]

Yoko Ono makes Captain Beefheart sound like Pavarotti.

 

[Machine Head]

Loan Me a Dime, Skydog and Scaggs.

The album has a nekkid pic of Skydog. True.

 

[DanOregon]

So are we talking albums or singles? Used to enjoy figuring out my 5 "Desert Island Discs."

Cash at San Quentin
u2 - Joshua Tree
Herbie Hancock - A compilation (you get old jazz, new jazz, hip-hop, soul, R&B)
Anything by Emmylou Harris
Some Gershwin

 

[bigpern23]

There are some websites out there where you could have your library completely replenished by the end of the day, free of charge... :D

As Moddy said, you can never go wrong with Foo Fighters.

If I had to replenish my collection, I'd be looking for Pearl Jam, White Stripes, The Pixies, The Killers, Zeppelin, early GNR, early Metallica, Beastie Boys, Roots, Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, very early Springsteen....

Feel free to PM me the sites! I lost all of my napster era music in a laptop crash many years ago and then family, career and life meant no more time to look for new music. I do some torrent sites but anm out of the loop since Pirate Bay was shut down.

Tigervols just beat a hipster record-store clerk and doesn't know why. :D

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Purchase Kanye West's entire catalog.

You're welcome.

 

[Starman]

**** iTunes. I got like 4,000 songs on mp3 and they want me to buy them all again at 99c a shot. **** that ****.

 

[Machine Head]

Sly & The Family Stone:

"I Want to Take You Higher" or "Everybody is a Star"

ZZ Top:

"Sure Got Cold When the Rain Fell" or "Brown Sugar"

And to save Bubbler the time:

 

[Machine Head]

The Best is Yet to Come - Sinatra. Something from Sinatra.