Top 5 on Friday

Once again, the blogmistress at Music Memoirs asks the readers their top five. This time, concerning, "live" CDs (official or bootleg). Let's get rolling, this is an easy one!

1. Talking Heads, live at Sun Palace, Tokyo, Japan (1981)
2. Talking Heads, live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (1982)
3. Fleetwood Mac's The Dance (1997)
4. Jerry Harrison, live at Town & Country Club, London, England (1988)
5. Talking Heads' The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1982)

Guess which ones are official! XD

Things I Learned Listening to My Music Collection

I'm honestly bankrupt on blog post ideas, so here are some insightful/mostly-goofy thoughts I tweeted while listening to all my music for the Top 50 list I'm planning... and yes, the title is the hashtag I used (for all but a few).

• I'm being haunted by King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man". The trick is figuring out whether that's a good thing or not. 
• "Poppies" by Patti Smith is awesome.  
• Crystal Stilts: how to imitate Joy Division correctly. 
• Tom Petty is the best of all my Southern relatives put into one person.
• Fleetwood Mac's Mystery to Me gets better with each listen. It may rival Tango in the Night, like big time. 
• No Steve Miller, I wasn't expecting you to be a space cowboy. 
• Bob Welch-led Fleetwood Mac kicked major ass.
• I am a secret fan of King Crimson. Did not know that. 
• Hoshit, A Silent Film = Editors + Keane 
• The Weepies made me realize that I rarely enjoy low-tempo pop. 
• Unlike the chick in Jerry Harrison's "Rev It Up", I can't steer with my knees.
• Neutral Milk Hotel is still weird. And the lead guy reminds me of Jonathan Richman.
• Nope, still don't like the Eagles. "Hotel California" is pretty good, though.
• Franz Ferdinand's debut album is actually excellent, despite my initial thoughts.
• Fleetwood Mac's Rumours has aged well.  
• Bruce Springsteen is actually excellent, despite my initial thoughts. 
• Steely Dan's last two albums try too hard to be Aja 2.0. And FAIL. 

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I'm betting half of y'all will be going "LOL no1curr".

And I'll respond with this and end it:

original from here

It's that old-time meme feeling...

From Music Memoirs, the blogmistress asks us (a week ago) to list:
"Top 5 songs or albums from the first half of 2011"

This may be a hint at my end-of-the-year list, but hey! Here we go:

1. Mondo Amore by Nicole Atkins (standout track: "Hotel Plaster")
2. Salt on Sea Glass by If By Yes (standout track: "Eliza")
3. Verdugo Hills by Caroline (standout track: "Swimmer")
4. Fluorescence by Asobi Seksu (standout track: "Deep Weird Sleep")
5. Zonoscope by Cut Copy (standout track: "Sun God")

Aaaaand the ladies take over the top 4! Whoo!