Music Meme
D.W. Horskoetter over at Flying Farther tagged me in a music meme. This one takes a little while folks, so prepare yourself. I have to say it is well worth the time. It is interesting to think the music that has helped define your lifespan. So, the meme is to list your favorite albums for each year you have lived. The album doesn’t necessarily have to coincide with the year you listened to it. Although I probably listened to Bob Dylan’s Infidels and Bruce Cockburn’s Stealing Fire when I was a baby, I obviously don’t recall it. This is a difficult exercise and I could probably spend much more time on it, but this is the list I came up with in an hour. I’ll tag Roger, Erin, Steph, David, Joel, Markus, and Drew.
1983: Bob Dylan, Infidels
1984: Bruce Cockburn, Stealing Fire
1985: The Pogues, Rum Sodomy & The Lash
1986: Paul Simon, Graceland
1987: U2, The Joshua Tree
1988: Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
1989: Van Morrison, Avalon Sunset
1990: Uncle Tupelo, No Depression
1991: Pearl Jam, Ten
1992: R.E.M. Automatic For the People
1993: Counting Crows, August and Everything After
1994: Jeff Buckley, Grace
1995: Radiohead, The Bends
1996: Red House Painters, Songs for a Blue Guitar
1997: Radiohead, OK Computer
1998: Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy, Mermaid Avenue
1999: Pedro the Lion, The Only Reason I Feel Secure
2000: Sunny Day Real Estate, The Rising Tide
2001: Low, Things We Lost in the Fire
2002: Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: Bruce Cockburn, You’ve Never Seen Everything
2004: Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
2005: Damien Jurado, On My Way to Absence
2006: Bruce Cockburn, Life Short Call Now
2007: The National, Boxer
2008: Billy Bragg, Mr. Love & Justice
very very interesting. i will have to do some brainstorming and get back to you. but i can see some really awesome overlap.
ben
July 15, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I would have “tagged” you, but you don’t have a blog!
R.O. Flyer
July 15, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Nice list! Thanks for the tag. I’ll try to get mine up in the next several days. There is certainly some overlap.
D. W. Congdon
July 15, 2008 at 4:09 pm
What happened to Roger Flyer for 2007?
roger flyer
July 15, 2008 at 4:46 pm
1983 for you was Raffi
roger flyer
July 15, 2008 at 4:47 pm
and 1995-8 you listened to a lot of PFR and Delirious.
Seriously don’t discount writers with a bent toward worship
roger flyer
July 15, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Yeah, well, that is part of the difficulty with this meme. I did a mixture of albums that I liked at the time (Pearl Jam, Ten, Radiohead OK Computer, Counting Crows, for instance) and albums that I like now that I didn’t listen to until later (Jeff Buckley, Red House Painters, Bob Dylan, etc.) So, surely Delirious and PFR were my favorites during those years, but I chose to emphasize what I enjoy now more than what I enjoyed then. I don’t know, do what you want.
RAFFI!!?? Raffi was anathema in our family! Roger Flyer 2007 was certainly up there, but you have to admit that The National’s album is strong competition.
R.O. Flyer
July 15, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Done! I was up way past my bedtime doing this one.
I don’t know anyone else with a blog besides you Ry,
so I am useless in spreading this any further across the blogosphere, but I did use it as a catalyst for shameful self-promotion. Check out the blog. You will find much overlap! Thanks for the tag.
Drew
July 16, 2008 at 9:20 am