haha, nice poll. Can't see any of these bands being hugely popular in off-topic though.

I voted for the Fall. :D

Anyone who tells you kid A is great is not your friend. Kid A is sub-par for a band like radiohead. Amnesiac blows it out of the water.

fiscope

While I disagree with you saying Kid A is sub-par, you're right about Amesiac being severely underrated. I've never understood why it wasn't better received.

If you found OK Computer too depressing then the odds are strong that you won't enjoy Kid A (even though it's their best album since OK Computer, IMO). Check out Hail to the Thief or In Rainbows.

If memory serves me right, according to christianity, if you don't get babtized then you end up in hell or the purgatory. I might be wrong on this.Treflis

That is (I think) true in Roman Catholicism but I remember reading that they recently changed the 'rule' surrounding un-baptised babies going to hell. It's all very silly.

To be prefectly honest, they all suck now. South Park, however, doesn't suck quite as much as the others do so I guess I'd have to say that. But in it's prime (seasons 1 -9) The Simpsons was in a different league than any other animated comedy I can recall. They really should have pulled the plug on it by the end of season 13.

BTW, can anyone else give me recommendations for these bands?-Pred-Alien-

REM Murmur and Reckoning (their first two albums) are their best. Automatic for the People has recieved quite a lot of critical acclaim as well but I'm not a massive fan.

Led ZeppelinI - IV are all regarded as classics - as are Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. I don't really like Zeppelin anymore. III is my favourite (and the only one I really listen to these days) but IV is generally regarded as their best.

Pink FloydDark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are regarded as their best albums.

QueenI don't like Queen but A Night at the Opera is regarded as their best studio album.

Aerosmith/Not Worth your time

Rolling Stones (way too many albums) You're right, The Rolling Stones have such a huge discography that they can be hard to get into. Their best album is Exile on Main Street. If you're going to get one that should be the one you get. If you're going to get two get that and Sticky Fingers. But both of those albums, Aftermath, Between the Buttons, Beggars Banquet and Let it Bleed are all essential Rolling Stones albums.

Kiss (these guys have way too many aswell!) Don't bother with Kiss

Megadeth or these guys

Def Leppard or these guys either

Bob Marley Legend

As for Beatles albums, everything post-Help! up until (and including) Abbey Road is essential. Well, apart from the Yellow Submarine album.

and to be honest there are far better artists on the Rolling Stone top 500 list (which is a pretty poor list by the way) than the ones you listed. Like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Love, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Tom Waits, The Band, Patti Smith, Captain Beefheart,the Zombies, Television, Talking Heads, Joy Division, The Stooges... Check some of those guys out too.

Also, on a slightly unrelated note, why is the word "cl.ass" forbidden on here? :?

No more than I currently do.

bangell99

Ditto

just a few favourites...

John Fante (Ask the Dust)

Cormac McCarthy (Blood Meridian)

JD Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)

Albert Camus (The Stranger)

Franz Kafka (The Trial)

Haruki Murakami (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle)

[QUOTE="fidosim"]Atlas Shrugged was 1200 God-forsaken pages. It could have been condensed a lot, but I guess she really wanted to be thorough.achilles614

I wouldn't read anything by Ayn Rand if I were you. Her writing is rather poor and objectivism is dumb. It's just attempted justification for selfishness. Not to mention Rand was an evil ****. Just my opinion of course :P

by the way, A Farewell to Arms is brilliant. Great taste.