my cd survey

one tuesday evening last year i met up with mike at shang and we ended up at starbucks at megastrip. both being music lovers and cd collectors we ended up discussing our favorites and cheap finds. this list pretty much sums it up for me.

1) the first cd you bought
the cardigans first band on the moon. the reason behind my second appearance at the morning brew cd archives.

2) the last cd you bought
urbandub birth

3) what you'd bring to a desert island
ebtg home movies
sting ...all this time
maroon5
radiohead the bends
the police greatest hits (para feel na feel yung message in a bottle hehehe)

4) the most expensive
the smashing pumpkins adore. forgot how much, kasi it was in hk$ at hmv way back 1998. i wasn't really keen on getting it though i was a big sp fan, but my aunt finally convinced me. true enough, the copies sold here didn't have the bonus vcd of the videos for ava adore and perfect.

5) what you will never lend to anyone (or will, but with great reservation)
my uncles' cds, coz they're not mine to lend! other than those, none i think. i'm such a pushover.

6) pinahirapan ka muna bago mo nakuha
belly king. i had the tape for the longest time, high school pa yata. i almost gave up on it because i never see any belly cds at tower. then one sunday i chanced on the only copy at tower alabang. yehey!

7) your current wish list (what you'd buy right now if you had the money)
OST spiderman2
sergio mendes 3 decades (11/20/07 got the mp3s)
eraserheads ultraelectromagneticpop! (11/20/07 got this already)
OST a walk to remember. because of switchfoot (11/20/07 got this already)
keane hopes and fears. if only for everybody's changing (11/20/07 got the mp3s)

8) rarities... sana ma-reissue
ateneo glee club langit. a collection of prayer songs, distributed by bookmark. and conspicuously absent from the jesuit comm catalogs. last thursday i chanced upon lahi (their other album in the series) in abundance at music one and it is now priced at 295 (when i bought it at 420 last year)... meaning it could be a reissue. i found hope. anyway, i loved langit for the choral version of prayer of st. francis, one of my favorite glee club pieces.
clair marlo. my friend/officemate wants a copy because she likes it so much. and because without me is such a favorite, i want one too. (11/20/07 got the mp3s)
color it red hand painted sky. though i have a copy of my classmate's cd, i'd still buy an original just for the inlay.
eraserheads fruitcake. there's a petition going on at the eheads mailing list and there are around 50 orders so far... they need 500 for a reissue. (11/20/07 got the mp3s)

9) not really rarities (nasa #7 sana pero mahirap hanapin sa local record stores)
weezer weezer (blue album). i had the tape and i loved it. thanks to my childhood friend tina for introducing me to weezer.
dominic miller shapes. dominic is sting's guitarist for 14 years now. he can do classical, and he has also done guitar work for the pretenders and julia fordham (girlfriend). but his most famous work is his collaboration with sting on shape of my heart, which is featured in this cd.
sting the soul cages. probably the most gloomy album of sting's solo career. contains the hits all this time and why should i cry for you, one of my favorites. (11/20/07 someone gave me a burned copy :)
hole celebrity skin. in my opinion, this is the better hole album (compared to the one with miss world), even if i know only three songs. two of those i've performed with romily at an open jam.
10000 maniacs mtv unplugged. another band i really admire, but i never went silly over them the way i did for the others.

10) didn't expect to love the whole album
radiohead the bends. the album that gave them cred. like, from one-hit wonder to superband.
oasis (what's the story) morning glory. sure, the gallaghers' attitude can make you cringe, but this is proof that they have something to brag about.
maroon5 songs about jane. i felt guilty about getting this album early last year when i had just maxed my credit for christmas. when i finally got down to seriously listening to it, i have not felt guilty about it again. and this was before this love was played on every other radio station.
parokya ni edgar khangkhungkherrnitz and inuman sessions. one of the few bands that is still intact after all this time. just hope vinci doesn't officially leave the band for many years yet. chito's voice grows on you, promise.
eraserheads circus. the soundtrack of my teenage angst. unlocking the complete chord pattern and the bass intro of alapaap all by myself is one of my biggest achievements as a bass player.
urbandub influence. heck, they won album of the year for goodness' sake!
switchfoot the beautiful letdown. i wished for this album for my birthday on the strength of meant to live. not surprisingly, i loved the whole album even if i found some lyrics kinda corny. i guess they really are good.