Jeff's Favorites

These are a few of my favorite things...this page is constantly in-work.

Albums

• Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes - 1992
• Burnt, White, and Blue - Matt Wilson - 1998: Probably my favorite overall album. I started liking Matt's music back in 1989 when I was in college and he was in Trip Shakespeare.  This won a Minnesota Music Award for "Best Indie Album" in 1998 and was the City Pages "Best Album in the Last 12 Months" in 1998.
• The Great Divide - Semisonic - 1996: More former members of Trip Shakespeare. Their best album. Consistently good throughout. Title song is the highlight.
• Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic - 1998: Their breakthrough album w/Closing Time.
• Wildflowers - Tom Petty - 1994: Petty's second solo album. Mostly mellow with the rockers. The mellow songs, especially the title song, are the highlights.
• Powerage - AC/DC - 1978: The turning point for AC/DC.  This album bridges the raw sound of "Let There Be Rock" with the impeccable production of "Highway to Hell".
• T.N.T. - AC/DC - 1975:  AC/DC's second album, but their first with Phil Rudd. AC/DC's sound is finally realized on this album. Many classic AC/DC songs, including Live Wire, It's a Long Way to the Top, The Jack, T.N.T., High Voltage, and Rocker.
• Private Eyes - Daryl Hall and John Oates - 1981: Laugh if you will, but these guys were my favorite band in 6th, 7th and 8th grade. This is their most consistently good album, before they started getting too techno-pop (like on Big Bam Boom). Looking for a Good Sign is a hidden gem.
• The Lonesome Jubilee - John Mellencamp - 1987
• The Flops - The Flops - 2002

Songs

• Modern Love - David Bowie
• Remedy - The Black Crowes
• China Girl - David Bowie
• Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
• Live Wire - AC/DC
• Carnival - Natalie Merchant
• Down Payment Blues - AC/DC
• Day After Day - Badfinger
• No Matter What - Badfinger
• Two Wheeler, Four Wheeler - Trip Shakespeare
• Reception - Trip Shakespeare
• Music For Boys - The Suburbs: A catchy, alternative dance club song about vampires luring young boys to a fake summer camp and sucking their blood.  That's different.  "Come on over to our valley, where boys run free. Run through the lush green meadows in your shorts! Brother John will be your guide in a summer of indescribable earthly delights."
• Love is the Law - The Suburbs
• All Worked Out - Semisonic
• Landing - Matt Wilson
• I Fought The Law - The Clash
• Clampdown - The Clash

TV Shows

• Saturday Night Live
• Six Feet Under
• Sex and the City
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Sopranos
• Friends
• Will and Grace
• E/R
• South Park

Movies

• Amadeus
• Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
• Star Wars
• The Empire Strikes Back
• The Shawshank Redemption

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