Your house is on fire. Unfortunately, you only have time to save 5 CD’s from your collection. Forget the couch, forget the clothes, the CD’s are the only things that make it. So, which 5 CD’s that you own are the only ones you deem worthy of saving?
Mine?
1 - Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Greatest Hits 1
2 - Tom Petty’s Greatest Hits
3 - Jimi Henxdrix Greatest Hits
4 - De La Soul is Dead
5 - Great Classical Music Sampler
I figure I get to save my favorite groups and keep a little bit of diversified music based on my mood.
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Sting - Brand New Day
Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits
Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Adam Ant- Antics in the Forbidden Zone
You know, this is not fair. I can carry way more than 5 CD’s.
Why only five? All my CDs are kept in one of those CD holders. I could just grab the whole thing and run. Problem solved. But IF by some freak accident all of my CDs are in their cases and not in my nifty CD holder, I would take
Sting-Ten Summoner’s Tales
Simon and Garfunkle Greatest Hits
The White Album-The Beatles
Band on The Run-Paul McCartney
Beatles Anthology 2
You’ve got to be kidding… In the time it would take me to narrow it down, I woulod be an ember! Dude, I have 3,000 CDs, remember?
Yer pal,
Satan
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Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Chronicle”
“Sweeny Todd” (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Paul Simon’s Central Park Concert
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: “Two of a Kind”
The above four are “locks.” The fifth slot is debatable, but for the sake of finishing this post I’ll say:
“A Little Night Music” (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Hunters & Collectors - Ghost Nation. It’s not my favorite of their albums, but it was the first album of theirs I got, but it was on cassette, and I spent the better part of five years scouring through used-CD racks looking for a copy, as it was discontinued and couldn’t be purchased online. It’s since been rereleased, and I could always order another copy, but I spent too much time looking for it - durned if I’m letting this CD burn.
R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction. The first album I could ever point to and say, “That’s my favorite of all”.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Three Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. This album is the reason I got a banjo. Now, someday I’m going to learn how to play it, because I want an ELECTRIC banjo like Bela’s got.)
Broadcast - Work and Non-Work. Beautiful, relaxing, and weird all at once. Trish Keenan’s voice… melt
Radiohead: “The Bends”
Pink Floyd: “The Division Bell”
Shawn Colvin: “Cover Girl”
Travis: “The Man Who”
Pulp: “Different Class”
(I gave extra points for variety, since I’m only going to own the five CDs after the fire. However, those are my current favorites, off the top of my head.)
Myron: I thought the exact same thing. I was pretty excited to hear about a use for all my coasters…
I’m Not So Tough, Mindy McCready The Whole SHeBANG, SHeDAISY A Man Ain’t Made of Stone, Randy Travis The Hits, Garth Brooks For The Record, 43 Legendary Hits, Merle Haggard
Led Zep-Physical Graffitti–it’s two discs, so I guess I’d take the second one (that has “Black Country Woman” on it, right?)
David Bowie-Hunky Dory
Buzzcocks-Singles Going Steady
Bob Dylan-The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Patti Smith-Horses
I’d hate to rebuild my mp3 collection.
