Thursday, May 10, 2007

A-Z CDs - Day 4

29. The Beach Boys - 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits (last listen: 1-2 years)
30. The Beach Boys - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (last listen: 1-2 years) - This is a 3-CD set that I bought on the cheap at Best Buy once upon a time. I think this link to Amazon is right. I know you're worried.
31. Beastie Boys - License to Ill (last listen: 1-2 years) - I'm still coming to grips with why those fascists in charge of the 1988 Cossitt Elementary School Talent Show wouldn't let me, McClure, and Danny Baker perform "Paul Revere." So what if its themes are drinking, holding people at gunpoint, and performing sex acts with a whiffle ball bat. Kids are going to learn about that shit anyway. It might as well be from three of their peers.
32. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (last listen: 0-3 months)
33. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (last listen: 3-5 years) - Obviously I was a big fan when it came out in '94. "Sabotage" was a great song with a classic video. "Sure Shot" provided the mantra for the running backs on the '94 LT football team ("We can't, we won't, and we don't stop"). It turns out we could stop. "Root Down" is still solid, as is the porn-music-esque "Sabrosa," although some of the instrumental numbers drag on a bit. Most importantly, this album allowed -- during a brief period of time in the fall of 1996 -- the answering machine in Wright-Nichols room 201 to be "If it's gonna be that kinda party, I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes." Until Grupp's grandma called and left a very confused and concerned message.
34. Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (last listen: 3 months to 1 year) - "So put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself."
35. The Beatles - Please Please Me (last listen: 0-3 months)
36. The Beatles - With The Beatles (last listen: 0-3 months)
37. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (last listen: 0-3 months)

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