MUSIC TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO
MUSIC TO READ BY
Both playlists taken from my ebook “hownot2suck @businessnbeing”
Ron’s Current Playlist:
The National
Woody Herman
Explosions In The Sky
PG.Lost
Steve Reich
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Elbow
Tom Jones - saw him in Vegas recently and it smoked. This Letterman performance is pretty awesome. Tom, guitar, drums. that’s it. that’s all u need.
Misc All Time Music Fav’s
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Some of the most wonderful music ever composed...hip, radical, street-wise, romantic, playful, dramatic... it's all here
The Beatles: Revolver
Finally over the top with two of the best tracks ever, “She Said She Said”, and “Tomorrow Never Knows”... to this day I've not heard anything to match these tracks
Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons
an under-rated musical genius from the entertainment of my childhood
Anne Dudley: Ancients and Moderns
Art Of Noise co-founder strikes a beautiful classically inspired soundscape. One of the better contemporary classical records available
The O'Jays: Greatest Hits
BackStabbers, For The Love Of Money, Love Train...the hits just keep on comin'
Prince: Diamonds and Pearls
He might be a little odd, but man, can this guy lay it down! I just wish Hendrix were alive to see where Black music in America would have gone.
Vanessa Daou: Zipless
A vastly under-rated record of cool jazz n groovin. Sexy and sensual.
Malcolm McLaren: Paris
Love him or hate him, this guy's a genius working it out in his own way. Another under-rated record. I can listen to this endlessly.
Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia
The definitive big score from a big movie. It doesn't get any better than this.
misc: Ivy, Gomez, Eno, Todd Rundgren, Sinatra, Debussy, Eno, King Crimson, Ella, and so many more...
TV
30 Rock...fast, funny, charming
Breaking Bad..is this the most well-written show on TV.
Dexter...writing, writing, character, writing...
CNN...pay attention!
The Daily Show...you can't watch CNN and not watch this.
Letterman...hey, i like stupid pet tricks
any poker show...anytime, anywhere.
FILMS
To Kill A Mockingbird...I read the book first... probably my favourite film ever
Elephant Man...beautifully sad and human
The Dirty Dozen...perfect popcorn film
The Great Escape...i've seen this like 20 times
Bridge Over The River Kwai...one of my earliest moviegoing memories
Ben Hur...big big big big big
A Clockwork Orange...and its all come true hasn't it?
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest...first i read the book, then i saw the play, then i saw the film. so should you.
Slaughterhouse Five...I was a Vonnegut junkie in high-school.
West Side Story..the best musical ever
Moulin Rouge...the second best musical ever
The Man With The Golden Arm...Sinatra, Junk, Gambling, Black and White, Jazz, Cool.
The Third Man...Orson Welles, the zither, the story, the shadows.
Casino...you like Vegas? you like this.
Goodfellas...guilty pleasure. better to like this life from afar!
Danny Deckchair...what a beautiful story, and a vote for the indie filmmaker.
Ferris Buellers Day Off...who doesn't love this film?!
