Is it just me? Or is the intrinsic value of KISS never brought up? Sure, Gene Simmons is a cock; sure they overdubbed (with studio dudes)on "Live" albums; sure they were warmed over heavy glam when that fad had already dried up. But some of those records REALLY KILL! Stuff like "Love Gun", "Rock &am...

Anything by James Jamerson, Motown Singles 1950-1970 Box Set, esp.: "I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5 Anything by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, esp.: "Ramble On", "The Lemon Song", "Bring It On Home", etc. etc.! Anything by Jack Bruce of Cream, esp. "Badge" Anything by Phil Lesh of the Grateful D...

Gosh, I couldn't agree more with the Rush fan above. Probably just for the reasons the haters hate it, I eat up the stuff. It's cool that a band would have so little regard for what was considered "tasteful" or "stylish" at the time. Led Zeppelin records are generally better than 95% of "indie" reco...

What cgarges wrote above I couldn't agree with more (as far as "Real" jazz). For the Rock player just getting into the possibilites of jazz/rock fusion, you gotta check out: Steely Dan - try their Decade of Greatest Hits thing for starters. Most of the soloists are jazz trained guys who also play ro...

The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
Top Jimmy - Van Halen
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

(Shock Me by KISS is another excellent answer)

"Afternoon Delight" is an amazing tune. Never heard a damn thing else from 'em...they remind me of "Up With People".

Oh, forgot painting: Maybe something by Kandinsky, to accompany the Miles Davis record?

Book: The Riverside Shakespeare might take a while to finish...plus they bear repeat readings, so that ain't a bad choice... Disc: I never seem to get tired of "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis & co....seems to cover all of the human emotions, so good for any mood... Movie: Maybe "The Apartment" wit...

There's actually so much stuff I listen to it's silly to try to list it all, but had to mention that I love the British fingerpicking school of guitar, sort of championed by Stefan Grossman and his ilk. Shanachie has some indescribably beautiful comps of this style, in particular look for fingerstyl...

I know they came out with a monster Philadelphia Int'l box set that had like 7+ CD's in it...Whew! Didn't know they came out with so many records (and great ones, at that). Of course, the Motown 1950-1970 box set is mandatory for any music fan, and I'd say James Brown's "Star Time" is pretty unbelie...