Three lists for Rock Snob’s Dictionary‘s “real” and “snob” formats, which makes more and more sense as you work on it:
REAL FAVS (changes daily, no particular order)
1. BLONDE ON BLONDE + BASEMENT TAPES + BEFORE THE FLOOD + LOVE AND THEFT, Bob Dylan (w/Band etc)
2. LET IT BLEED, Rolling Stones
3. BAND OF GYPSIES, Hendrix
4. STAR TIME, James Brown box
5. MOONDOG MATINEE, The Band
6. PLASTIC ONO BAND, John Lennon
7. NEBRASKA, Bruce Springsteen
8. JACK JOHNSON, Miles Davis
9. THE COMPLETE BEATLES AT THE BBC (Great Dane), Beatles
10. SIGN O’ THE TIMES, Prince
SNOB SUBS (fixed for all eternity)
1. TIME OUT OF MIND, Bob Dylan
2. SOME GIRLS, Rolling Stones
3. TROUT MASK REPLICA, Captain Beefheart
4. AIRPORT BACKGROUND HUM, Brian Eno
5. LOVELESS (aka MASSIVE ANAL BLEEDING), My Bloody Valentine
6. THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUARTET, Presley, Cash, Perkins, Lewis
7. BITCHES BREW, Miles Davis
8. IMPERIALIZED BEDROOM MELODRAMAS, Elvis Costello
9. BORN IN THE U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
10. SIGN O’ THE TIMES, Prince
FANTASY COVERS [“Title” (Original), fantasy version]
1. “A Man Needs A Maid” (Neil Young), pj harvey
2. “Our Lips Are Sealed” (Go-Gos), Sleater-Kinney
3. “Change Partners” (Steve Stills), Melissa Ethridge
4. “Love For Sale” (Cole Porter), Marie Osmond
5. “White Wedding” (Billy Idol), Martha Quinn (early MTV VJ)
6. “Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell” (Iggy Pop), Britney Spears
7. “The End” (Doors), John McCain (courtesy Robert Smigel)
8. “Baby Got Back” (Sir Mix-A-Lot), Clay Aiken
9. “Stoney End (Laura Nyro), Chrissie Hynde
10. “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” (Nancy Sinatra), Belinda Carlisle