Sat night in the mancave

What are in the Top 10? Watches and Music

I'm ripping into my music server the complete Revolver recording sessions right now - some truly amazing stuff and one of my favorite albums from The Beatles - it's either Revolver or Abbey Road.

I don't think I could answer my own question, because there are so many great watches and so many great bands and albums.

But if I had to narrow it down on music (from a rock/pop perspective only - too many great classical composers and too many great jazz recordings)...

1.  Badfinger "No Dice"
2.  Beatles "Revolver"
3.  Cheap Trick "In Color"
4.  T. Rex "Electric Warrior"
5.  ELO "New World Record"
6.  Blue Oyster Cult "Secret Treaties"
7.  Uriah Heep "Demons and Wizards"
8.  UFO "Lights Out"
9.  Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti"
10.  Dwight Twilley "Twilley"

Great question worthy of some thought and we like some of the same music. Who doesn't love Abbey Road and ELO? As for top 10 watches, I'm too fickle and too new too watch collecting. Some future watches I'd love to own are Oris, Longines, Sinn, Maen, maybe a Tudor. For now, loving Seiko.

Same here, different timezone. I dont like looking at my gear strangely, but its spinning on a vintage TD160 and honking through a pair of NS10. and I cant quite focus on my GS if i get it in to frame. 

to add to the thread, my favourite albums are;

Abbey Road - The Beatles

For You - Tatsuro Yamashita

Stone flower - Jobim

Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino - Arctic Monkeys

London Calling - The Clash

Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben

Up the Bracket - The Libertines

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Graceland - Paul Simon

the Stone Roses - Stone Roses

i pretty much hover in and between Japanese, Brazilian, British music. 

Denon TT

Marantz Receiver

Klipsch speakers

Need to add a  phono preamp. 

A couple that come to mind

TVC15 - David Bowie

Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

The Best Of - Credence Clearwater Revival

I had a lifetime of vinyl and equipment destroyed by a hurricane years back. Technology had moved on and I never replaced it. (I had a 500 CD revolving tray player, remember those?) Men of a certain age can argue music with a ferocity that is never brought to watch discussions. (That is obviously sexist, but I have only met men with this affliction.) In no particular order these are the rock albums that are in today's top ten:

King Crimson: Lark's Tongue in Aspic

Roxy Music:  Roxy Music

Big Star: Radio City

The Jayhawks: Tomorrow the Green Grass

Gentle Giant: Octopus

Strawbs: Bursting at the Seam

Elvis Costello: King of America

The Clash: London Calling

The Beatles: The Beatles

tie: The Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society/The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

My top watches change much more frequently. Any list must include an Omega Seamaster, an Eterna Eternamatic, and a Mido Multifort.

I could probably come up with jazz and classical lists but you probably stopped reading at Gentle Giant.

Made of Stone is worth a repeat play every time. It is the perfect power pop tune of its time. Those guitar effects...

Some of my favorite albums:

• David Bowie, Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
• Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
• Fleetwood Mac, Rumors
• The Black Keys Brothers
• Les Zepplin I-IV
• Weezer Blue Album
• Nirvana, Nevermind

Is there a better intro than the intro to Monolith?

That album on repeat while being opiated or stoned was just next level too. Soundtrack of my mid-20s

Part of the soundtrack of my 30's along with the first Fountains of Wayne album and a lot of Elliott Smith. For altered states of perception I always recommend King Crimson's "Lizard" and for shits and giggles, Ween's "Quebec".

ive never heard of Ween, but there is no missing King Crimson, that band rips black holes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE3ffjM5ZuQ

good God. This is like Tom Waits meets Pond with an orchestra led by Joshua Homme 🎇

The album is a masterpiece.

Edit: Dean Ween tells a great story about "borrowing" Carlos Santana's guitar for the solo on Transdermal Celebration.

Not on the weekend man, i work the 9-5………………… 🤪

but thanks for this!

Hmmm…

for me these albums influenced me more than anything else and every time I play them it sure brings me back…

Pearl Jam Vs/Ten

Nirvana Nevermind

Greenday Dookie

Weezer Weezer

 Audioslave debut album

to name a few…

Awesome intro and song - my favorite on the album together with Planet Queen.

Sorry to hear about the hurricane loss. I keep all my music now on a 50TB server that I can access from anywhere (yes - I know there is Spotify and I have that as well).

I can tell that we share a really similar list of favorite bands/albums.

I love The Strawbs - such a fantastic band. The Jayhawks are amazing - those harmonies. Big Star Radio City is one of the best albums ever made. Roxy Music is incredible and the first album was groundbreaking. Who doesn't like The Beatles, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones.

But I will stop here on the music since this is a watch list.

That first FOW album is amazing - Sink To The Bottom is such a brilliant song. They also did a fantastic job on the soundtrack as The Wonders for That Thing You Do.

I can bring it back around to watches. FOW's songwriting was never better than on "Welcome Interstate Managers". From "Hackensack", "I saw you talkin' to Christopher Walken on my TV screen."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-W3aJVA-Pk

And now we are back to watches.

Such a lot of good music and fine stereos here! Allow me add my (current) faves:

Miles Davis - Agartha

Kohsuke Mine - Daguri

Foetus - Flow

Pokey LaFarge - Something in the water

Beat Jazz Vol. 1

Savage Kick Vicious Vicious Vocals

Voodoo Rhythm Records Sampler 3

Thorens TD 115 - B&O 1900 - Sony Discman :)