60mls from VaporWatch Music Contest

[bluraff3]

UPDATE: I will be ending the contest at 11:59 AM tomorrow, 10/3.

After winning the big VaporWatch contest, in the spirit of @VaporWatch, I would like to do a little giveaway of my own. The winner can choose any 30ml bottle of juice from vapingwatch.com. Also, I talked to Watch and he has volunteered to match my giveaway and give a second 30ml bottle to the winner. If you win, just PM me your address and the two flavors you want and I will place the order and Watch will mail it to you.

So here's how the contest works:
I'm a bit of a music geek, so the winner of this contest will be whoever here on VU has the best musical taste. I have made a list of my top 32 albums of all time. To enter, post your top 5 favorite albums. Each album/artist on my list has a corresponding value (based on a somewhat complex algorithm, see below). If something you name is on my list, you will earn the points. Whoever earns the most points wins!

Contest ends 10/3/2014 @ 11:59PM. I will do my best to post the results that weekend (my schedule is kind of crazy these days).

The algorithm:
My first overall ranked album is worth 32 points. My 32nd ranked album is worth 1 point.
You will also earn points for naming an artist on the list (even if the particular album you list is not on it). There are some artists that appear on my list multiple times. The artist value is the sum of all the album values by said artist on the list. Complicated? Maybe, but it's my contest!

Notes/disclaimers:
- If you know me in real life, you are disqualified (not sure if there's anyone on here that actually knows me).
- In the event of a tie, the winner will be whoever posted first.
- I am somewhat of a snob, so while there are some mainstream albums on the list, there is a chance that no one will earn any points. If that happens, then the winner of this contest will be based entirely on my subjective judgment of the albums listed.

Good luck everyone!

 

[BigGunn]

Here are my top 5

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles - White Album
Led Zeppelin - IV
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
AC/DC - Back in Black

 

[Ace]

Social distortion- live at the roxy
rush- a farewell to kings
Dropkick murphys- blackout
Metallica- master of puppets
Iron maiden- number of the beast

 

[Celtic Fog]

Enigma-MCMXC-AD
Face to Face-Don't Turn Away
Hank III-Rebel Within
Jose Gonzales-Veneer
Coheed and Cambria-Second Stage Turbine Blade

 

[Lorem Ipsum]

Cool contest! Here are a few albums that come to mind:

1. Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
2. Revolver - The Beatles
3. The Nutcracker Suite - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4. The White Album - The Beatles
5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles

I was a band and orchestra geek, sang in choirs, and took dance lessons for a number of years. As a result, I have an eclectic taste in music.

 

[InMyImage]

Ouch! Just 5!?!

Top 5:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Rush - Moving Pictures
Metallica - S&M
Nine Inch Nail - Head Like A Hole
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

Honorable Mentions:
U2 - Joshua Tree
Front 242 - Tyranny (For You)
Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Taste
Nickleback - All The Right Reasons
REM - Document
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

 

[bluraff3]

Some great responses! I'm really happy with how quick people jumped in.
Just realized a flaw in my contest: I want to discuss everyone's answers but I can't since I don't want to skew anyone else's answers. I guess I have to wait til it's over

 

[MacFalic]

Pat Methaney Group - Secret Story
Jon and Vangelis - Friends of Mr. Cairo
Enigma - The Cross of Changes
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children

Very Honorable Mention:
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Tannahill Weavers - Cullen Bay
Tannahill Weavers - Capernaum
Chinga Chavin - Country Porn
David Allen Coe - Underground Album
Shel Silverstein - Freakin' at the Freakers Ball

Now that is eclectic!

 

[dave/jayce]

phish -albums not so much but live shows HELL YEA!!!!
pink floyds - dark side
velvet underground - loaded
beatles - yellowsubmarine
beatles - white album

 

[bystander]

Ugh, this is a tough contest @bluraff3! Not saying it's anything but awesome since I think it's as creative as @VaporWatch's LOL

Let's see - Top 5, in no particular order:
U2 - Rattle And Hum
The Police - Every Breath You Take
REM - Green
Pearl Jam - Ten
Oasis - (What's The Story) morning Glory

 

[JediTT]

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Beatles - White album
Nirvana - Nevermind
Bob Dylan - The times they are a-changin
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country

 

[bluraff3]

Ugh, this is a tough contest @bluraff3! Not saying it's anything but awesome since I think it's as creative as @VaporWatch's LOL

Let's see - Top 5, in no particular order:
U2 - Rattle And Hum
The Police - Every Breath You Take
REM - Green
Pearl Jam - Ten
Oasis - (What's The Story) morning Glory

Hahaha yeah it's tough. It was tough to whittle a list down to 32 (seems like an arbitrary cutoff, but this was the number of albums I needed to include 25 total artists). It's killing me not to comment on the selections!

 

[VapeOn86]

Well I'll comment on the selections then! Lol I see a lot of pretty awesome musical taste here! Looks like the Beatles are the most mentioned band, followed by Pink Floyd I think. Good stuff Well @bluraff3 , you can message me and say whatever you want. I can't enter, and I won't tell.

 

[bystander]

Hahaha yeah it's tough. It was tough to whittle a list down to 32 (seems like an arbitrary cutoff, but this was the number of albums I needed to include 25 total artists). It's killing me not to comment on the selections!

LOL, I know what you mean. I was wondering why it was Top 32, but now that you mention 25 artists...

You really have to be a math geek to be able to come up with this contest!

 

[KREAM]

Nice contest bluraff3. My musical tastes run the gamut so here are mine in no particular order. The songs on these albums I could listen to everyday and never get tired of them. I feel pretty much the same for the honorable mentions.

Genesis - Abacab
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Bob Marley - Legend
Eric Clapton - Slow Hand
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Honorable Mentions
U2 - Joshua Tree
MJ - Off the Wall
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Pearl Jam - Ten

 

[Ace]

Now I need to do my (long) honorable mention list. Most of which could easily have gone on the 1st 5 list too.

 

[simplynewt]

Mine are as follows:

Bob Seger - Night Moves
Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes
Van Halen - Van Halen II
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Platnum & Gold
Nickelback - All The Right Reasons

Thanks

Simply Newt

 

[bluraff3]

LOL, I know what you mean. I was wondering why it was Top 32, but now that you mention 25 artists...

You really have to be a math geek to be able to come up with this contest!

Haha. Yeah, I'm a total nerd. I made an Excel sheet, which was really fun for me. Did I mention I'm a nerd?

 

[bluraff3]

Well I'll comment on the selections then! Lol I see a lot of pretty awesome musical taste here! Looks like the Beatles are the most mentioned band, followed by Pink Floyd I think. Good stuff Well @bluraff3 , you can message me and say whatever you want. I can't enter, and I won't tell.

Sucks that you can't enter (not really considering you have the VW juice hook-up already), but thanks for joining the conversation anyway! I'm just going to keep my thoughts to myself for now and enjoy everyone's entries.

 

[bystander]

Sucks that you can't enter (not really considering you have the VW juice hook-up already), but thanks for joining the conversation anyway! I'm just going to keep my thoughts to myself for now and enjoy everyone's entries.

We can discuss in PM - I entered my picks in already

 

[InMyImage]

LOL, I live by Excel sheets! My wife hates it, but I live for this kind of stuff, and yes, my previous life was as a computer systems engineer so tech is pretty ingrained in me. Even Sprint said so when I was 16...

 

[WiSilverVape]

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973
Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Kenny Rogers - 20 Great Years

 

[bluraff3]

LOL, I live by Excel sheets! My wife hates it, but I live for this kind of stuff, and yes, my previous life was as a computer systems engineer so tech is pretty ingrained in me. Even Sprint said so when I was 16...

Excels the best!

 

[Dutzy]

Manfred Mann-Nightingales and Bombers
Led Zeppelin IV
Eagles-Hotel California
Guns n Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Aerosmith-Rocks

 

[InMyImage]

Although I had to kick Microsoft to the curb while working for IBM before going on disability. Had to move to Lotus Symphony which then got sucked into OpenOffice. It's free and works well so I haven't looked back.

Bill

 

[Lorem Ipsum]

Although I had to kick Microsoft to the curb while working for IBM before going on disability. Had to move to Lotus Symphony which then got sucked into OpenOffice. It's free and works well so I haven't looked back.

Bill

Years ago, I worked in the IT industry, too. Never tried Lotus Symphony. I too am unable to work due to medical issues. I used to write vb scripts for Excel, and have a couple of outdated certifications. I suppose that I am a geek, too!

 

[bluraff3]

Although I had to kick Microsoft to the curb while working for IBM before going on disability. Had to move to Lotus Symphony which then got sucked into OpenOffice. It's free and works well so I haven't looked back.

Bill

OpenOffice is really great, but it doesn't have the Vba capabilities that Microsoft has.

Years ago, I worked in the IT industry, too. Never tried Lotus Symphony. I too am unable to work due to medical issues. I used to write vb scripts for Excel, and have a couple of outdated certifications. I suppose that I am a geek, too!

I write Vba scripts for my job a lot. Love them! Maybe we should start our own geek thread and stop nerding up this one?

 

[jae]

Good god people. This is how you win:

• King Crimson- anything from the Belew era
• Baroness- Yellow/Green LPs
  
• Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
• The Posies- Frosting on the Beater
• Afghan Whigs- Gentlemen

• BONUS! Midlake- The Trials of Van Occupanther

(Kidding - i actually love ALL of the choices above, without exception!!*)

*ok maybe Nickelback is an exception

 

[kelli]

Built To Spill - You In Reverse
REM- Automatic For The People
Evanescence - Fallen
Garbage - Garbage
Live - Throwing Copper

not necessarily my top 5 of all time, but just ones i could think of that i love at this time of night.

 

[jae]

Damn! Some really, really solid picks here! Joshua Tree! Throwing Copper! The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Taste! Songs in the Key of Life! Damn the Torpedoes! Document! Tyranny (For You)! Ten! Abacab! Kind of Blue!

 

[jae]

I would like to add, just for shits and giggles,

• The first four Black Sabbath LPs
• Todd Rundgren - A Capella
  
• Danzig - Lucifuge
• Joy Division - Closer
• TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
• The Cure - Disintigration
• Band of Gypsies (Hendrix) - Band of Gypsies
• The Police - Ghost in the Machine
• The Cocker Spaniels - Withstand the Whatnot
• The Clash - London Calling
• Utopia - POV
• Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
• Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
• New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
• Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (or Violator)

 

[kelli]

I would like to add, just for shits and giggles,

• The first four Black Sabbath LPs
• Todd Rundgren - A Capella
  
• Danzig - Lucifuge
• Joy Division - Closer
• The Cure - Disintigration
• Band of Gypsies (Hendrix) - Band of Gypsies
• The Police - Ghost in the Machine
• The Clash - London Calling
• Utopia - POV
• Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
• Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
• New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
• Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (or Violator)

i like a lot of the same stuff, esp depeche, cure, clash, joy division and new pornographers.

 

[Cyber111]

Beatles - White Album
Bob Marley - Legends
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Eagles - Hotel California
Jimmy Buffet - Songs You Know by Heart

 

[Cyber111]

Artists of mention would be: Sinatra, Police, Clapton, Buble, Elvis, David Allan Coe, B.B. King, Groban ... man, my tastes are eclectic.

 

[Cyber111]

And a shout out to the women.....Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, K.D. Lang

 

[jae]

i like a lot of the same stuff, esp depeche, cure, clash, joy division and new pornographers.

Damn, @kelli! You get cooler with every post.

 

[bluraff3]

Really good stuff everyone! Keep it going! @VapeOn86 you should submit your five even though you can't win. Also curious what @VaporWatch and @SweetMelissa515 would list.

 

[VapeOn86]

Hmmm... I honestly don't think I can narrow it down to 5 artists, much less 5 albums!!!

 

[VapeOn86]

We do need more shout outs to women! Here are mine, in no particular order:

Tori Amos
Sarah McLachlan
Karen Carpenter
Alanis Morisette
Esthero
Natalie Merchant
Joni Mitchell
Fiona Apple
Billie Holiday
Patsy Cline


And soooo many more awesome women!

 

[MacFalic]

I had a terrible time narrowing it down to 5 also. As mentioned above, there are SO many great albums and genres. One of my favorites are ladies that sing 'soulful jazz/blues'. I like much of the 'Big Band' era. I also have a great 'Classical' library. I dearly love songs by Marty Robbins and Tex Ritter. Leon Redbone falls into his own category. Another favorite is/was Chuck Wagon and the Wheels. Those are just some of the reasons limiting favorites was near impossible. Lastly there is Cat Stevens, I was in High School when 'Tea for the Tillerman' came out. Ah, such great music, so little time.

 

[SweetMelissa515]

@bluraff3 My top 5 albums are.....
Matalica (also known as The Black Album) ~ Metalica
Appetite for Distruction ~ Guns n Roses
Double Live ~ Garth Brooks
Jagged Little Pill ~ Alanis Morisette
Country Grammer ~Nelly
Those are in no particular order

my other favorite artist are......
Salt N Pepa
McLyte
Boys II Men
Reba Mcentire
Whitney Huston
Fleetwood Mac
So many more to list but I don't wanna bore everyone lol. I love music of all kinds.

 

[Dougw63]

ok LOL lets see if we're anywhere close, Bluraffs
Ritchie Black more's Rainbow
Ronnie James Dio - Holy Diver
Disturbed - The Sickness
Shinedown - The Sound of Madness
Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues

Honorable Mention
Dave Brubeck - pick one lol
B.B. King
Rolling Stones
Scorpions
Motley Crue

one of my fav groups (less known overall - UFO - and if ya really know then you know Fastway
I expect to be nowhere close. Way too many out there, Groups, Albums, Genre's, Eras

IF I have even got ONE PART right then I won't get even a pm from ya Bluraffs

 

[InMyImage]

If we go into obscure alternative and punk, then:
Nitzer Ebb
Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Cramps
The Henry Rollins Band
Arson Garden
Lick the Tins
Smashing Pumpkins
They Might Be Giants
The Cranberries
Faith No More
Front 242
Husker Du
Bob Mould
Midnight Oil
The Pogues
Circle Jerks
XTC

 

[bluraff3]

Ahh so many good entries!!!!! I don't know how I'm going to collect all my comments when this is all said and done.

 

[Brian Arthur Doten J.r]

Pink Floyd- darkside of the moon
Pink Floyd- the wall
Metallica- The Black Album
Led Lepplin-IV
Tom Petty- Wildflowers

Thanks for the chance

 

[Jaimie Nicholas]

Korn-Follow the Leader
Metallica-Black Album
Nirvana-Nevermind
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Sublime-Sublime Self titled

 

[bluraff3]

If you entered more than 5 albums, please either clarify the 5 you are entering or just know that I will only accept the first 5 listed.

 

[JadeNic]

Oh man, this is tough. I'm kind of indiepop obsessed, and I fear my taste might not be all that shared, but I'll list my favorites anyway.

The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
The Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Blueboy - If Wishes Were Horses

 

[InMyImage]

My choice stand:

Top 5:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Rush - Moving Pictures
Metallica - S&M
Nine Inch Nail - Head Like A Hole
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

 

[bluraff3]

It's getting quiet in here...