en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal The Last.fm journal for gimmeshelter31. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/11/08/50t7x6_songs_that_make_life_easier_to_live,_and_the_world_easier_to_sort_out Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:49:18 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/11/08/50t7x6_songs_that_make_life_easier_to_live,_and_the_world_easier_to_sort_out I will add songs to this list when I have the time:

1. Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones (1969)
This is the greatest and most important piece of music ever written. It sums up the state of the world in a more poetic and dire manner than any other song in the history of modern music. The theme of the song is very grim. It explains in detail the numerous ways (war, rape, murder) in which the world we live in is fucked-up. These occurrences are so prevalent ("it's just a shot away"), we are forced to take shelter from them, lest we "fade away". This song was written during the Vietnam War and so it's very much about the awareness that war is always present; it was very present in life at that point. However, the track takes a hopeful turn with the ending ("I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away"). This is the great message of the song: even though people are capable of great violence and hate, they are also capable of love- it is which one they choose that makes all the difference. The song warns about how easy war is to create, and finishes with how close love can be. It is a statement of cold, dark reality, yet shimmering hope. This is what makes this song, in my opinion, a beacon for humanity, and what all of us should aspire to, both as individuals and as a species.

2. Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
This song has always brought me up in times of trouble. It sends shivers down my spine whenever I listen to it. One of the best songs ever written. So simple, yet so amazing. A fantastic testament to friendship.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/10/29/4wn7kj_my_60_desert_island_albums Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:32:22 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/10/29/4wn7kj_my_60_desert_island_albums *In no particular order:

Achtung Baby
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin IV
Physical Graffiti
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Revolver
Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall
Wish You Were Here
Tommy
Who's Next?
Deja Vu
The Velvet Underground and Nico
The Doors
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden
Paranoid
A Night at the Opera
Queen II
Are You Experienced
Plastic Ono Band
Imagine
In Utero
Hot Rocks1964-1971
Fragile
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
London Calling
Ramones
Electric Warrior
Disraeli Gears
In the Court of the Crimson King
Breakfast In America
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Surrealistic Pillow
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
L.A. Woman
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rumours
American Beauty
Electric Ladyland
Welcome to Sky Valley
Houses of the Holy
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Days Of Future Passed
Question of Balance
White Light/White Heat
Machine Head
Powerslave
Boston
Let It Bleed
Superunknown
Black Holes and Revelations
Them Crooked Vultures
Back in Black
Highway to Hell
Pet Sounds
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/10/28/4w9wwi_my_top_15_led_zeppelin_songs Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:43:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gimmeshelter31/journal/2011/10/28/4w9wwi_my_top_15_led_zeppelin_songs
1. Dazed and Confused
2. Whole Lotta Love
3. Stairway to Heaven
4. Kashmir
5. Achilles Last Stand
6. How Many More Times
7. Heartbreaker
8. When the Levee Breaks
9. Ramble On
10. Ten Years Gone
11. Misty Mountain Hop
12. Over the Hills and Far Away
13. Since I've Been Loving You
14. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
15. Good Times Bad Times]]>