Favourite music of Perfect Sound Forever interviewees

The magpie wonder that is the Perfect Sound Forever website has some rather fascinating lists of favourite music by people they’ve interviewed including:

Keith Levene (Missing Channel, Public Image Ltd, the Clash)

The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Leonard Bernstein
David Bowie Outside, Station to Station, Low
Brian Eno Before and After Science, Another Green World
Gustav Holtz
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Stone Temple Pilots
Yes Relayer (that’s an intense record)
There’s so many, aren’t there? I used to think that Steve Howe was God- the most incredible fucking guitarist there ever was. It’s great that he’s still with us and still doing it. There’s also a bunch of hip-hop stuff that I love that I can’t actually name.

Merzbow (Masami Akita)

East of Eden East of Eden
Van Der Graaf Generator H to He, Who Am the Only One
Brian David’s Every Which Way (same)
Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick
Spontaneous Combustion Triad
King Crimson Earthbound
Warm Dust Peace For Our Time
Gentle Giant Acquiring the taste
Can Landed
Peter Green End of the Game

Moondog (Louis Hardin)

Tchaikovsky ‘Fourth Symphony’
Beethoven ‘Fifth Symphony’
Wagner
Brahams
Philip Glass
Steve Reich
John Adams
Bach
Wagner made such an impression. Every Saturday afternoon, I used to listen to the operas on the radio from Iowa back in the ’30′s. I’m very friendly with Glass and Reich- at least we have tonality in common. I love Bach but he never analyzed his pieces- I’m sure he realized that there were a lot of mistakes in there. I’m sure he would have corrected him if he had the time but he had kids and wives to take care of.