One of My Fave CDs...

[The Senator]

Billy Joel has always been a favorite of mine. Captain Jack is one of my favorite songs.

 

[The Chairman]

Billy Joel has always been a favorite of mine. Captain Jack is one of my favorite songs.

Mine too. Hearing it live like I did last Summer is awesome. The lines about *********ing and smoking pot draw huge applause from the audience. And I love the un-PC graphics of the lyrics. Amazing song.

Oddly enough, as I finished typing this, the song just came on the radio.

 

[The Senator]

I wonder if Brian Littrell sings songs about *********ing and smoking pot...

 

[The Chairman]

I wonder if Brian Littrell sings songs about *********ing and smoking pot...

Maybe, but he probably denounces them. Then again, "Captain Jack" doesn't exact present them in positive lights, either.

 

[The Senator]

David Gray's Greatest Hits collection is also, simply put, amazing.

 

[Mee]

One of my favorite albums...

Abbey Road. The best Beatle album, and that's saying a lot. I love how bluesy/rocky most of it is. Really showed their potential, (I like their heavier stuff more then the early pop stuff) makes me dream of what could have been.

 

[JLBats]

Possibly my current favorite album.
John Darnielle's album long examination of the deep love between two alcoholics. A love that's quickly turning to hate. And the crumbling Tallahassee house they live in.

Best lyrics ever. Very emotional singing, even if it's technically horrrrible.

The best thing is, at different points in your life, you WILL feel different things about this album.
At first you will probably laugh at this melodramatic, over-the-top, grotesque couple as they try to drink themselves to death.
But rest assured, if you're anything like me, you'll probably go through some kind of break up or bad time or general falling out, and then you will see the deep well of pain every song on this album springs up from.

Oh, and I appreciate any album that's brave enough to feature a ****ed up anti-love song with the line "I hope you die. I hope we both die."

The best album to SCREAM at the top of your lungs while you drive down the road at 150 in the middle of the night after everything has gone the kind of horribly wrong it can only go in late summer.

"Southwood Plantation Road, where the dead will walk again, put on their Sunday best, and walk with unsuspecting Christian men
LALALALALA!"

It's... It's beautiful

 

[Swordmaster]

The Who is my favorite band, bar none, and this is possibly their greatest work overall (save for Tommy). It's got Baba O'Riley, Bargain, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again, and my personal favorite, Gettin' In Tune.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Apparently, he used to be one of the Backstreet Boys, but I don't think his solo career has been especially successful.

Actually, quite the opposite.

Welcome Home is the debut solo album by Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell. The album was released on the Sony BMG Jive/Reunion Records label. The album peaked on the Billboard 200 at #74 and #3 on the Christian Charts. Three singles we released from the album: "Welcome Home", which charted at #1 in various radio stations, "Wish", and "Over My Head". The album has sold over 100,000 copies as of April 2007.

Personally, my favorite tracks are probably "My Answer is You", "Wish", and "Angels & Heroes".

 

[cerealkiller182]

Favorite albums of mine:
Less Than Jake- Hello Rockview

Alkaline Trio- From here to Infirmary

and pretty much any of Living Ends albums since their self-titled release.

 

[Apollo]

I also like the new TV on the Radio album, Dear Science.

Great Artist and great album!

 

[The Senator]

Great Artist and great album!

Excellent taste, sir.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

My favorite album of all time is without question:

It effects me in ways that are difficult to articulate. I never tire of it. What more needs to be said?

 

[Manic]

Actually, quite the opposite.

Oooh, 100,000 copies sold. 5x that, and he'll have gone Gold.

But it looks like it did well on the Christian charts, so good for him.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Oooh, 100,000 copies sold. 5x that, and he'll have gone Gold.

Brian once did a cover version of the song "In Christ Alone"; to quote some of the lyrics...

"I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands; but those trophies would not equal to the grace by which I stand."

 

[Manic]

Profound words coming from a once platinum-selling singer who made millions off of selling his music and likeness to 12 year old girls.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Profound words coming from a once platinum-selling singer who made millions off of selling his music and likeness to 12 year old girls.

Teenage girls weren't the Backstreet Boys' only audience. I personally started listening to their music at age 15, and I have all their CDs so far (including last year's "Unbreakable"). While I don't agree with every song's message, most of them I do find appropriate.

As for Brian's involvement, he once stated he believed that God had used his career thus far to prepare him for a gospel recording. I think that's rather awesome, to acknowledge God's blessings in your life (and not just on-stage at award shows, either).

 

[Halcohol]

White Stripes vs. Backstreet Boys - Seven Nation Army vs. We've Got It Going On

 

[JLBats]

Teenage girls weren't the Backstreet Boys' only audience. I personally started listening to their music at age 15, and I have all their CDs so far (including last year's "Unbreakable"). While I don't agree with every song's message, most of them I do find appropriate.

As for Brian's involvement, he once stated he believed that God had used his career thus far to prepare him for a gospel recording. I think that's rather awesome, to acknowledge God's blessings in your life (and not just on-stage at award shows, either).

You've gotta be some sort of hyper real satire.

 

[Mee]

White Stripes vs. Backstreet Boys - Seven Nation Army vs. We've Got It Going On

Blasphemy.

 

[The Senator]

Teenage girls weren't the Backstreet Boys' only audience. I personally started listening to their music at age 15, and I have all their CDs so far (including last year's "Unbreakable"). While I don't agree with every song's message, most of them I do find appropriate.

I listened to the Backstreet Boys. And by "listen," I mean watched, with my eyes, because Brian Littrell and Nick Carter were sweet eye candy.

As for Brian's involvement, he once stated he believed that God had used his career thus far to prepare him for a gospel recording. I think that's rather awesome, to acknowledge God's blessings in your life (and not just on-stage at award shows, either).

Or-- and this may be a shot in the dark-- perhaps Mr. Littrell realized that the Backstreet Boys were sooo 1990s, and that he has no chance at a solo career as a pop artist, so he decided to bank on his fame in a different genre of music. It happens all the time.

 

[JLBats]

Dude, being Christian doesn't excuse awful taste in music

Try Sufjan Stevens or something.

 

[Manic]

NSync was better, anyway. Hell, I'll go so far as to say 98 Degrees had more soul (I thought they were an R&B group the first time I heard them).

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Dude, being Christian doesn't excuse awful taste in music

Try Sufjan Stevens or something.

Or Bob Dylan's Christian albums.

Or U2

 

[Halcohol]

Blasphemy.

Yeah, but it's pretty unusual so I thought I'd share it. There's a whole bunch of spectacular mashups on that same site.