# Required listening. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372 "2004-08-31T04:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/41 "2004-09-01T00:29:50Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > WA Mozart - Requiem Amen. And since Requiem has already been mentioned, I’ll nominate **AC/DC - Back In Black** ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/42 "2004-09-01T00:47:02Z")
\*\*\*The Dreaming \*\*\*Kate Bush _ **Miss America** _ Mary Margaret O’Hara _ **When I Was a Boy** _ Jane Siberry _ **The Downward Spiral** _ NIN _ **English Settlement** _ XTC (Jeff Buckley’s \*\*\*Grace \*\*\*would’ve been on the list, but someone already mentioned it.) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/43 "2004-09-01T00:50:14Z")
And now you get to hear from the old guy. Gather round and listen to Grandpa **Rico** tell you about the days of _real music_… **Chicago** - Chicago II **Steely Dan** - Aja **Supertramp** - Breakfast In America **Garth Brooks** - Sevens **Willie Nelson** - Stardust Eclectic it may be, but I love 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/44 "2004-09-01T00:50:15Z")
Urge Overkill’s Saturation. ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/45 "2004-09-01T03:45:47Z")
This was incredibly hard given my inability to make decisions. \*\*Where Have all the Flowers Gone- The Songs of Pete Seeger \*\* A number of talented musicans pay tribute to Bob Seeger. **Peace and Love** -The Pogues \*\*Má Vlast (My Country) \*\*- Bedrich Smetana **Stabat Mater** - Giovanni Pergolesi **Wild & Beautiful** - Silly Wizard ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/46 "2004-09-01T03:54:08Z")
Now that I think about it, if I had to pick only one, I’d go with something that’s not on either of my lists: Arcturus’ _The Sham Mirrors_. The reason I didn’t put it there earlier is quite simple: I don’t know which list it goes on. ---
**Author:** ![brzrk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@brzrk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brzrk)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/47 "2004-09-01T04:37:31Z")
Another vote for: **The Clash** - London Calling ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/48 "2004-09-01T04:41:06Z")
**Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus** ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/49 "2004-09-01T05:13:16Z")
> [@Aitara](#): > > \*\*Where Have all the Flowers Gone- The Songs of Pete Seeger \*\* A number of talented musicans pay tribute to Bob Seeger. An album called the songs of Pete Segger is a tribute to Bob Seeger? OK, my top five pics…only 5 is hard, but… 1. **Feeding Of The Mojo** - _Night Ranger_ 2. **Songs from the Big Chair** - _Tears for fears_ 3. **Pure Moods, I** - Various artists 4. **Montrose** - _Montrose_ 5. **Atlantic Crossing** - _Rod Stewart_ ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/50 "2004-09-01T13:42:46Z")
> [@Master Control](#): > > An album called the songs of Pete Segger is a tribute to Bob Seeger? I would think it to be more of an admonition to Bob Seeger, if anything. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/51 "2004-09-01T13:50:58Z")
\*\*1999 \*\* - _Prince_ \*\*Graceland \*\* - _Paul Simon_ ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/52 "2004-09-01T13:57:54Z")
**Ben Folds Five** - \*Whatever and Ever Amen \* (it’s a perfect album-my personal all-time favorite) **Tori Amos** - \*Little Earthquakes \* (I’m seconding **Dancer\_Flight** ’s nomination) **The Tragically Hip** - _Fully Completely_ (it’s hard to pick just one from The Hip, but this would be it) \*\*Barenaked Ladies \*\* - _Gordon_ (great lyrics and fun, upbeat music) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/53 "2004-09-01T14:43:08Z")
Parochial and all, but not enough Aussie albums will be mentioned. Back in Black - AC/DC Diorama - Silverchair Gossip - Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls Easy - Easybeats Starfish - The Church Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil Hi Fi Way - You am I The Boatman’s Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Living in the 70’s - Skyhooks East - Cold Chisel 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil Crowded House - Crowded House ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/54 "2004-09-01T15:07:49Z")
> [@Master Control](#): > > An album called the songs of Pete Segger is a tribute to Bob Seeger? Pardon my poor phrasing, it is a tribute to Pete Seeger in that a number of talented artists cover his songs. I am not sure how else to describe it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/55 "2004-09-01T15:15:16Z")
> [@Aitara](#): > > Pardon my poor phrasing, it is a tribute to Pete Seeger in that a number of talented artists cover his songs. I am not sure how else to describe it. I think you’re missing the part where you actually sid it was in tribute to BOB Seger, and not Pete Seeger. Which is understandable, because I hadn’t noticed it until it was pointed out. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/56 "2004-09-01T15:17:53Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > Parochial and all, but not enough Aussie albums will be mentioned. > Gossip - Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls Thanks for mentioning Paul Kelly. It’s a shame that no one in the US seems to have heard of him. He came to my college in 1988 or 1989 and I became a fan. I had lost track of him for a few years, but I picked up his most recent CD and have gotten reacquainted with him this summer. He’s a great songwriter. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/57 "2004-09-01T15:28:31Z")
“Violent Femmes,” by the Violent Femmes “La Traviata,” written by Verdi, performed by Cotrubas and Domingo, directed by Kleiber “Greatest Hits,” by Simon and Garfunkel (those live recordings!) "Charlie Brown Christmas,’ by the Vince Guaraldi Trio “There is a Time,” by the Dillards ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/58 "2004-09-02T01:05:15Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I think you’re missing the part where you actually sid it was in tribute to BOB Seger, and not Pete Seeger. Which is understandable, because I hadn’t noticed it until it was pointed out. Doh. I did not see that until just now. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/59 "2004-09-02T03:16:19Z")
Ludicrous to be limited to just one, but… partly because no one else has mentioned them… _Something Else_ – The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372/60 "2004-09-23T16:31:11Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical. > > Some of the best songs from Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Maria Bethania, Gilberto Gil (the current Minister of Culture in Brazil), Chico Buarque, and Milton Nascimento all on one CD!!! Ordered this based on your recommendation – thanks. No, wait, let me reprhase that – _ **thanks!** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/required-listening/262372.md?page=4)