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Dave’s Music Database, or The DMDb for short. So what is it? The short answer is "my little musical obsession." The slightly longer version is this:
As the 20th century turned into the 21st, lists a-plenty from every publication known to man were floating around declaring the biggest and best of everything ever. I scooped up every album and song list that I could find and started pooling them together to create the ultimate best-of list compiled from all the other best-of lists. I continue to add more lists all the time, meaning that the contents of this site are always subject to change. So, there's the slightly longer version. Now…on with the show. Choose a link and go to it, my friend. |
Here’s a few different links you can check out:
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Misplaced Childhood, by the group Marillion, is my personal top choice. This 1985 release was Marillion's third album. Lead singer Fish was only with the band for one more studio album in 1987, but the band soldiered on with new singer Steve Hogarth. The Hogarth-era material is adequate, but doesn't match the Fish-era. |
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This database is even larger than the album database, but for now just a list of the Top 100 Songs of All-Time has been posted. More later.
My personal favorite song, Script for a Jester’s Tear, is also by Marillion. The title song from their 1983 debut album is a powerful epic that hits on the themes of failed romance and lost innocence that the band would explore in even more detail on Misplaced Childhood. Check out My Top 100 Songs page for a complete list. |
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The Acts page still need some work. For now, it does have some links to individual pages created for certain recording acts. Those pages contain information such as a history of the act, a discography complete with links to individual albums, members of the act, when and where the act formed, when and where individual performers were born, and other Web links.
On a personal note, It isn’t particularly original, but I have to declare The Beatles my favorite group. It’s tough to come up with a group that better represents my staunch favoritism for rock and roll, music from the ‘60s, songs that have something to say, and tunes that balance commercialism and art.
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| This page last updated August 4, 2006. |