7) Brian Eno - 'On Some Faraway Beach'
Besides being the most aptly named song for this list, it is one of the most perfect. There is nary a note out of place (nary), the music is perfect, the lyrics lovely, the production divine. From Eno's first solo album, Here Come the Warm Jets from 1973. The band is essentially Roxy Music without Bryan Ferry but throwing Robert Fripp into the mix on guitar. Eno split from Roxy right before this album and he's finally doing what he wants with the music...still arty, damaged pop but lots of atmosphere and texture and no crooning vocals. Some of the vocals on this album are pretty nasally but I think Eno's voice sounds great on this track. He is probably the most influential music-maker in my world - playing in and/or producing some of the best albums from Roxy Music, Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Coldplay, David Bowie, and David Byrne. I'd say his next solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy) is in my top couple albums ever list.
Plus, if you were the coolest person ever, you could arrange to play Uno with Eno, Yoko Ono, Bono, (Sonny) Bono, and Emo (Philips) and that would be really funny, no?
I don't know why the video is of Iwo Jima but, it is.
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