I never knew anything about Quentin Crisp until yesterday but I agree with stuff he says here.
Amusing but true.
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FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 1960s
"Are You Experienced" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles
"White Album" - The Beatles
"Abbey Road" - The Beatles
"Waiting For The Sun" - The Doors
"The Velvet Underground and Nico" - The Velvet Underground
"Led Zeppelin 2" - Led Zeppelin
"Astral Weeks" - Van Morrison
"Arthur or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire" - The Kinks
"Are The Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks
"Eli And The 13th Confession" - Laura Nyro
"Gilberto Gil" - Gilberto Gil
FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 1970s
"Blue" - Joni Mitchell
"Songs in the Key of Life" - Stevie Wonder
"More Songs about Buildings and Food" - Talking Heads
"Closing Time" - Tom Waits
"L.A. Woman" - The Doors
"Eldorado" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Houses of the Holy" - Led Zeppelin
"Breakfast in America" - Supertramp
"Desire" - Bob Dylan
"The Man Who Sold The World" - David Bowie
"Marquee Moon" - Television
"Siren" - Roxy Music
"Hunky Dory" - David Bowie
"The Kick Inside" - Kate Bush
"A Wizard, A True Star" - Todd Rundgren
"Lola Vs Powerman And The MoneyGoRound" - The Kinks
"The B-52s" - The B-52s
"Lionheart" - Kate Bush
"Taking Tiger Mountain(By Strategy)" - Brian Eno
"Ladies Of The Canyon" - Joni Mitchell
FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 1980s
"You're living all over me" - Dinosaur Jr
"The Stone Roses" - The Stone Roses
"Too Rye Aye" - Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Green" - REM
"Spring Hill Fair" - The Go-Betweens
"Iron Maiden" - Iron Maiden
"Skylarking" - XTC
"The Dreaming" - Kate Bush
"Hup!" - The Wonder Stuff
"From Langley Park To Memphis" - Prefab Sprout
"Charm & Arrogance" - Toasted Heretic
"Document" - REM
"You Can't Hide Your Love Forever" - Orange Juice
"Surfer Rosa" - Pixies
"The Affectionate Punch" - The Associates
"Hounds Of Love" - Kate Bush
FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 1990s
"Promenade" - The Divine Comedy
"The Good Will Out" - Embrace
"Songs for a Blue Guitar" - Red House Painters
"Crooked Rain Crooked Rain" - Pavement
"Dummy" - Portishead
"Attack of the Grey Lantern" - Mansun
"Come on Die Young" - Mogwai
"13" - Blur
"Giant Steps" - Boo Radleys
"In Sides" - Orbital
"Brighten the Corners" - Pavement
"Dusk" - The the
"Viva Dead Ponies" - Fatima Mansions
"Green Mind" - Dinosaur Jr
"Dubnobasswithmyheadman" - Underworld
"Dog Man Star" - Suede
"Second Coming" - The Stone Roses
"First Band on the Moon" - The Cardigans
"Odelay" - Beck
"Dirty" - Sonic Youth
"Midnite Vultures" - Beck
"Mezzanine" - Massive Attack
"Emperor Tomato Ketchup" - Stereolab
"A Steady Diet Of Nothing" - Fugazi
"Wowee Zowee" - Pavement
"Disintegration" - The Cure
"Rest Proof Clockwork" - Plaid
"Guerrilla" - Super Furry Animals
"Brutal Youth" - Elvis Costello
FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 2000s
"Agaetis Byrjun" - Sigur Ros
"Poses" - Rufus Wainwright
"Rings Around the World" - Super Furry Animals
"Magnolia Electric Co." - Songs:Ohia
"Regeneration" - Divine Comedy
"Is a woman" - Lambchop
"Rockin' The Suburbs" - Ben Folds
"Vehicles And Animals" - Athlete
"Apologies To The Queen Mary" - Wolf Parade
"Destroyer's Rubies" - Destroyer
"The Loon" - Tapes 'n Tapes
"Winter Hymn, Country Hymn, Secret Hymn" - Do Make Say Think
"At War With The Mystics" - Flaming Lips
"Demon" - Envelopes
"Trials Of Van Occupanther" - Midlake
"Friend Opportunity" - Deerhoof
"Has A Good Home" - Owen Pallett
"The Meadowlands" - The Wrens
"Come on Feel the Illinoise" - Sufjan Stevens
"We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank" - Modest Mouse
"Release The Stars" - Rufus Wainwright
"Bring It Back" - Mates Of State
"Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" - Of Montreal
"Friend And Foe" - Menomena
"Easy Beat" - Dr Dog
"Fever To Tell" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Red, Yellow & Blue" - Born Ruffians
"Sky Blue Sky" - Wilco
"Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
"The Mysterious Production Of Eggs" - Andrew Bird
"Gulag Orkestar" - Beirut
"Elephant Eyelash" - Why?
"There Is No Enemy" - Built To Spill
"Skeletal Lamping" - Of Montreal
FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE 2010s
"Lonely Avenue" - Ben Folds
"Broken Bells" - Broken Bells
"Man Alive" - Everything Everything
"Heartland" - Owen Pallett
"LP4" - Ratatat
"The Age Of Adz" - Sufjan Stevens
"Nine Types Of Light" - TV On The Radio
"Mirror Traffic" - Stephen Malkmus
"Disguised As Ghosts" - Mock Orange
Some of my favourite songs not on aforementioned albums are...
"Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jeff Buckley - "Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run"
"The Drowners" - Suede - "Would someone give me some fun as the skin flies all around us?"
"The Dancer" - Pj Harvey
"Woodstock" - Joni Mitchell
"I Know It's Over" (live) - The Smiths
"Fake Plastic Trees" - Radiohead
"All Out Of Love" - Air Supply
"Nightswimming" - REM
"Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" - Queen
"Line Up" - Elastica
"Piano Man" - Billy Joel
"Hyper Ballad" - Bjork
"Caravan Of Love" - The Housemartins
"The Winner Takes It All" - Abba
"Close To Me" - The Cure
"Galveston" - Glen Camp Bell End
"In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" - Neutral Milk Hotel
"Cruiser" - Red House Painters
"Hey Jude" - The Beatles
"River Guard" - Smog
"Blue Line Swinger" - Yo La Tengo
"Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons" - Pixies
"HotelLounge" - dEUS
"Something Changed" - Pulp
"Second Best" - Pedro the Lion
"The Vagabond" - Air
"Daddy's Car" - The Cardigans
"Your Daddy's Car" - The Divine Comedy - "Can you feel the sadness in our love?"
"Everything In Its Right Place" - Radiohead
"Ribcage" - Elbow
"Hand In My Pocket" - Alanis Morrissette
"Laughing" - REM
"On Your Own" - Blur
"Neil Jung" - Teenage Fanclub
"Mersey Paradise" - Stone Roses
"Harder Better Faster Stronger" - Daft Punk
"Say It Again" - Badly Drawn Toy
"Leave Them All Behind" - Ride
"Slow Life" - Super Furry Animals
"The Cedar Room" - Doves
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"Save Me" - Aimee Mann
"Mr. Harris" - Aimee Mann - "You've waited too long and I've waited long enough for you"
"Johnny Mathis' Feet" - American Music Club
"Negative Vibes" - Damien Dempsey
"In My Arms" - Rufus Wainwright
"In The Mouth A Desert" - Pavement
"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" - The Postal Service
"Good Advices" - REM
"Tomorrow Never Knows" - The Beatles
"No Surface All Feeling" - Manic Street Preachers
"Welcome To The Cheap Seats" - The Wonder Stuff
"I Don't Know Where It Comes From" - Ride
"Me And The Major" - Belle And Sebastian
"All Along The Watchtower" - Bob Dylan
"Eclipse" - The Beta Band
"Letter From An Occupant" - The New Pornographers
"Style" - Orbital
"Flying Lesson [Hot Chicken ..1]" - Yo La Tengo
"A Boy Like Me" - Patrick Wolf
"Paper Plane" - Status Quo
"Sally MacLennane" - The Pogues
"Peg" - Steely Dan
"Mass Romantic" - The New Pornographers
"Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery" - Graham Coxon
"Free Range" - The Fall
"Station Approach" - Elbow
"Do Not Feed The Oyster" - Stephen Malkmus
"You're My Best Friend" - Queen
"Harvest For The World" - The Christians
"Murmur One" - Add N To X
"Dry County" - B-52s
"Herman Loves Pauline" - Super Furry Animals
"The Entertainer" - Scott Joplin
"Whatever" - Oasis
"Slow Bicycle" - Múm
"Brat" - Green Day
"Life's What You Make It" - Talk Talk
"I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" - Wilco
"Helicopter" - Bloc Party
"The Good Life" - Weezer
"Forecast Fascist Future" - Of Montreal
"New Song" - Howard Jones
"Move" - Miles Davis
"The Dubious Circus Co." - Clifford T Ward
"Wild Is The Wind" - David Bowie
"Two Spaces" - Frank Black
"All These Things That I Have Done" - The Killers
"Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane
"Margin Walker" - Fugazi
"7.30" - Pernice Brothers
"Accused Of Stealing" - The Delgados
"Galapagos" - Tortoise
"We Could Be Kings" - Gene
"Two Thousand Places" - Polyphonic Spree
"Airbag" - Radiohead
"Still Flat" - Built To Spill
"Transatlanticism" - Death Cab for Cutie
"This Magnificent Bird Will Rise" - Deerhoof
"Here's Your Future" - The Thermals
"Stockholm Syndrome" - Yo La Tengo
"Suggestion" - Fugazi
"Know Where To Run" - Orbital
"Holes" - Mercury Rev
"Australia" - The Shins
"Instant Street" - Deus
"Arubaluba" - Camel
"Go Or Go Ahead" - Rufus Wainwright
"Majesty Snowbird" - Sufjan Stevens
"Lex" - Ratatat
"Happiness" - Elliott Smith
"You To Thank" - Ben Folds
"Sick, Sober And Sorry" - Gene
"Let Down" - Radiohead
"Slow Yourself Down" - Camel
"Stereotypes" - Blur
"Speedy Marie" - Frank Black
"Greedhead Detector" - Julian Cope
"Could Be You" - Blur
"Timber" - Kind Of Like Spitting
"Nothing Rhymed" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
"Kid A" - Radiohead
"Positive Tension" - Bloc Party
"Air" - Talking Heads
"Kissing The Lipless" - The Shins
"Ocean Pie" - Shed Seven
"Caves Of Altamira" - Steely Dan
"Silver Trees" - The Kingsbury Manx
"Blindfold" - Red House Painters
"Panther Dash" - The Go! Team
"Ibi Dreams Of Pavement" - Broken Social Scene
"Sowing The Seeds Of Love" - Tears For Fears
"Fools Gold" - The Stone Roses
"Brick" - Ben Folds Five
"Breathe On It" - The Hidden Cameras
"Woman Of The World" - The Divine Comedy
"Fashion Crisis Hits New York" - The Frank And Walters
"The End Has No End" - The Strokes
"O Green World" - Gorillaz
"Race For The Prize" - Flaming Lips
"I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys
"Scorpios" - Adam And The Ants
"Rip It Up" - Orange Juice
"Song From The Blue Room" - Boo Radleys
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Manic Street Preachers
"Don't Die Just Yet" - David Holmes
"Best Days" - Blur
"The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" - Human League
"Have You Fed The Fish" - Badly Drawn Boy
"Circus Envy" - REM
"When The Musics Over" - The Doors
"Jimmy The Exploder" - The White Stripes
"Take It Away" - Paul McCartney
"SunShower" - BusDriver - "Artistic merit is questionable"
"This House Is A Circus, Berserk As Fuck" - Arctic Monkeys
"Level" - Raconteurs
"I Was Born Yesterday" - Divine Comedy
"Hospitality On Parade" - Sparks
"Helen Lundeburg" - Sonic Youth- 'Ambiguity Estuary!'
"Objects of My Affection" - Peter, Bjorn and John - 'Life has a certain ability of breathing new life into me'
"I Always Come Back To Your Glove" - Samantha Mumba
"Volcanoes" - Islands
"Matinee Idol" - Rufus Wainwright
"The Taming Of The Hands That Came Back To Life" - Sunset Rubdown - She said, “My sails are flapping in the wind.” I said, “Can I use that in a song?” She said, “I mean the end begins.” I said, “I know. Can I use that too?”
"People's Parties/The Same Situation" - Joni Mitchell
"The End Of Medicine" - The New Pornographers
"No Children" - The Mountain Goats - 'I hope you die. I hope we both die.'
"Hook" - PJ Harvey
"The Space Race" - Destroyer
"Water" - PJ Harvey
"Misty Mountain Hop" - Led Zeppelin
"Mayonnaise" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Rapture" - Pedro The Lion
"Rivers" - Destroyer
"Sing Me Spanish Techno" - The New Pornographers
"Our Way To Fall" - Yo La Tengo
"Dummy Discards A Heart" - Deerhoof
"Thank You" - Alanis Morrissette
"Slow Motion" - Flaming Lips
"Jo Jo's Jacket" - Stephen Malkmus
"Big Trucks" - Pedro The Lion
"Red Rabbits" - The Shins
"These Are The Eyes" - Bodies Of Water
"Water And A Seat" - Stephen Malkmus
"Waiting To Hit" - Lift To Experience
"Clowne Towne" - Xiu Xiu
"Hometown Unicorn" - Super Furry Animals
"Stadiums And Shrines II" - Sunset Rubdown
"Ice Hockey Hair" - Super Furry Animals
"Vulnerability Avoidance" - Ttable Whey
"Winged/Wicked Things" - Sunset Rubdown
"Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" - DJ Shadow
"Waltz #2" - Elliott Smith
"Grace" - Jeff Buckley
"Halfway to Crazy" - Jesus And Mary Chain
"My Name Is Jonas" - Weezer
"Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft" - The Wedding Present
"The Way Of Perpetual Roads" - Destroyer
"To The Heart Of The Sun On The Back Of A Vulture, I'll Go" - Destroyer
"The Temple" - Destroyer
"Panis Et Circensis" - Os Mutantes
"Moonlight Drive" - The Doors
"To The Birds" - Suede
"The Transfiguration" - Sufjan Stevens
"I'm A Flirt"(the version that lasts 5:18) - R Kelly (I Shit You Not)
"Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur" - Sigur Ros
"Science Vs Romance" - Rilo Kiley"
"Can't Smile Without You" - Marry Baniloa
"Myriad Harbour" - New Pornographers
"My Rights Versus Yours" - New Pornographers
"Gentle Moon" - Sun Kil Moon
"You Are A Light" - Pavement
"The Sublimation Hour" - Destroyer
"Release Me On the Floor" - Figurines
"Budgie Jacket" - Felt
"Absolutely Cuckoo" - Magnetic Fields
"To Guard And To Guide You" - Lift To Experience
"This Woman's Work" - Kate Bush
"Siriustar" - Deerhoof
"Jackie, Dressed In Cobras" - New Pornographers
"Beetlebum" - Blur
"Organ Donor (extended overhaul)" - DJ Shadow
"Snoopy Waves" - Deerhoof
"Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Stuck On Amber" - Boo Radleys
"Martin, Doom! It's Seven O'Clock" - Boo Radleys
"Joel" - Boo Radleys
"Throughout Toast" - Ttable Whey
"Rise Above" - Dirty Projectors
"Decent Days And Nights" - Futureheads
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"Who Am I?" - Will Young (I Shit You Not)
"At Home He's A Tourist" - Gang Of Four
"The Classical" - The Fall
"Roll Over Lay Down" - Status Quo
"19-2000" - Gorillaz
"Plasticities" - Andrew Bird
"Springfield" - Sufjan Stevens
"Fireworks" - Animal Collective
"Brassneck" - The Wedding Present
"Drunken Angel" - Lucinda Williams
"What Is gLove?" - Howard Jones
"Hey Snow White" - New Pornographers
"Safesurfer" - Julian Cope
"Find The Answer Within" (album version) - The Boo Radleys
"Your Hands" - Yoko Ono
"Ana Ng"- They Might Be Giants
"Dead" - They Might Be Giants
"Phenomena" - Akron/Family
"How We Fade" - The Thermals
"Strobe Light" - The B-52s
"Wide Boy" - Nik Kershaw
"Third Planet" - Modest Mouse
"Public Service Announcer" - Mull Historical Society
"IPC Sub-editors Dictate Our Youth" - Clinic
"Music: Response" - The Chemical Brothers
"Wrong 'Em Boyo" - The Clash
"Sky Saw" - Brian Eno
"Round The Bend" - The Beta Band
"My Baby Just Cares For Me" - Nina Simone
"The Kiss" - The Cure
"Oh What A World - Rufus Wainwright
"Katy Song" - Red House Painters
"From Now On" - Supertramp
"Frightened" - The Fall
"Can You Believe It?" - Fog
"Kreuzberg" - Bloc Party
"I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" - Blur
"A Walk Across The Rooftops" - The Blue Nile
"Triumph Of Disintegration" - Of Montreal
"Snow In San Anselmo" - Van Morrison
"Where Have You Been Tonight?" - Shed Seven
"Lifelines" - Doves
"Fake Tales Of San Francisco" - Arctic Monkeys
"What Difference Does It Make" - The Smiths
"This Mess We're In" - PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke
"Out Of The Blue" - Robert Wyatt
"Cortez The Killer" - Neil Young
"A Man Inside My Mouth" - The Cure
"Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" - Yo La Tengo
"Sons Of The Silent Age" - David Bowie
"Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space" - Spiritualized
I will add to this list when I think of more...
