Cheeky's birthday is coming up this weekend, and the Crouton family (the feminine portion, at least) is getting geared up for some major festivities. Cups, hats, banners, and god knows what else will all be lovingly assembled for a cacophony of Cheeky's "friends", who will in turn dump said preparations into the pool and cry.
I have my own preparations, including the obligatory birthday post, Ver. 3.0, which I have to get crackin' on. In the interim, I'm going to yet again steal a music meme from my comrades-in-tunes (although also simultaneously posted by DadCentric maestro Jason, who himself stole it from here) and pass it along to you, my faithful reader(s).
The meme: pick your favorite album from every year you've been alive.
Here's my list. Yes, it's very, very long, so consider all your age jokes as delivered and duly received. Leave me a comment with a link to your list so I can steal check it out!
1970: Van Morrison - Moondance
1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1972: Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
1973: Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
1974: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1978: AC/DC - Powerage
1979: The Clash - London Calling (unofficially, the best year in music EVAH)
1980: Dire Straits - Making Movies
1981: Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
1982: Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983: The Police - Synchronicity
1984: Prince - Purple Rain
1985: The Replacements - Tim
1986: Paul Simon - Graceland
1987: Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988: Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
1989: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: P.M. Dawn - Of the Heart, Of the Soul, and the Cross....
1992: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
1993: Urge Overkill - Saturation
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
1996: Semisonic - Great Divide
1997: Mason Jennings - Mason Jennings
1998: Air - Moon Safari
1999: Wilco - Summerteeth
2000: Los Amigos Invisibles - Arepa 3000
2001: Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
2002: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
2004: Palomar - Palomar III: Revenge of Palomar
2005: Goldfrapp - Supernature
2006: The Kleptones - 24 Hours or Wolfmother - Wolfmother (I need more time to let these age to decide)
2007: Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga or LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (See above)
2008 (so far): Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (although the new Girl Talk is lookin' very, very good....)
Kara, is this the summer meme you were looking for?
How about favorite album from every decade I've been alive.? I can think of 4 albums, but 40 is pushing it. You know me, I still listen to Neil Diamond.
Posted by: ilinap | July 08, 2008 at 07:34 PM
1985: The Replacements - Tim
My favorite album of any year. I could do this, but finding favorites from about 2003 on up is proving more difficult that I thought.
Posted by: Kathy | July 08, 2008 at 07:47 PM
We're the same age, which I think is VERY young.
Posted by: MammaLoves | July 08, 2008 at 10:21 PM
I agree with Kathy... it's going to get harder to find favorite albums as the years progress.
Starland Vocal Band is still around, right?
Posted by: Kemp | July 09, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Yes, yes, and yes. I am so on it (well, after my planned evening of debauchery, then I'm on it)
Posted by: Kara | July 10, 2008 at 02:07 PM
Moondance. A perfect opener.
Posted by: mo-wo | July 14, 2008 at 01:00 AM
part 1 is up: http://intothesilentwater.blogspot.com/2008/07/flower-child-of-70s.html
Posted by: Kara | July 16, 2008 at 05:14 PM