I doubt that the sinking the titanic thing will make it onto the I-pod shuffle. I am surprised that I actually have a lot of this stuff, and if not the actual stuff, then some stuff like it.
But I didn't know David Hidalgo had a non los lobos thing called Houndog. It will be mine. (Once again, this is a very useful and good Internet thing).
Is the James Brown album original work or a compilation? And has anyone heard the Elvis album he speaks of?
Yay To Zappa, Costello and Monk. In that order. Time to fire up the iTunes while still on the broadband, I fear.
The james brown thing is a 4-disc boxed set. It is definitely worth getting. It has been out for a while so you can find it used.
Aphex Twin did a rather great remix of part of The Sinking of the Titanic.
The Elvis album of which he speaks is in my car CD player as I type this. The album is very good, particularly the first half of it. I wouldn't choose it as my one EC pick, though.
Exiles on Main Street would be on my list-of-20, probably, and I can understand James Brown, Lomax prison recordings, etc. All in all, it's about what I'd've guessed from Waits.
The Elvis Costello choice was an odd one, though. I'm partial to that album 'cause I heard the songs introduced live and some of the rehearsals for it, but I'd never have listed it in the top five Costello albums, even, much less all-time-top-20.
I have no idea what the phrase "monkey to man needle time" means, but I like it.
"monkey to man needle time" sounds like taking crack smoking with monkeys to the next level. Unfortunately there are songs "Needle time" and "monkey to man" on the elvis album.