# favorite bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 1999, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/11263 "1999-05-03T03:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
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The Greatest Band to Ever Walk the Face of the Earth… Led Zeppelin Favorite Band… R.E.M. Best Live Band… Live (no pun intended) * * * shiner bock “Now its over, I’m dead and I haven’t done anything that I want, or I’m still alive and there’s nothing I want to do.” – They Might Be Giants “When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hmmm?” – Yoda ---
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Hey, fun thread!! My fav’s (in no particular order): Metallica (if you knew me, you’d know how wierd this is!) Diana Krall - jazz goddess! That voice! Stevie Ray Vaughn Gypsy Kings Ricky Martin (please, no hissing! His last Spanish album “Vuelve” is great!!) Mandy Barnett - for you Patsy Cline lovers out there, check her out! She’s Cline-esqe with the great voice but unique! Pre-Hagar Van Halen - I can’t believe I haven’t seen this listed yet! Maybe I wasn’t paying attention! Will Smith - the only rapper I like * * * Carpe Diem! or at least seize something! ---
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I’m more than a bit partial to The Reverend Horton Heat, also Webb Wilder. And lots and lots of blues. Muddy Waters, Leadbelly, Koko Taylor. . . ]] Just to inject a note of Straight Dopey anal-retentiveness to the thread, Leadbelly was technically a songster (like Mance Lipsomb and, more famously, Mississippi John Hurt). These guys (the songsters) did have a wide blues repertoire, and they tended to a bit play more blues as their careers progressed (due, I think, to the market), they had a lot of numbers from other traditions. ---
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## just bought a new cd yesterday that totally kicks some ass. If anyone likes hard/industrial music, then you definitely need to get STATIC-X, Wisconsin Death Trip. Very supremely super kick ass. Especially song #2- I’m With Stupid. That song has some tremendous ass kickingness to it. Here’s a link to hear it: [http://www.static-x.com/wisconsin/med/track2.ram](http://www.static-x.com/wisconsin/med/track2.ram) I had my speakers on full blast and just about made 'em burst listening to it. Everyone needs to go get STATIC-X. GO NOW! DO IT! Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I’ll show you a man who can’t put his pants on. -Arthur K. Watson ---
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13th floor elevators Kinks Yardbirds ---
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And one more vote for Led Zeppelin; inventors of metal and quite a bit else. ---
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Bob said: > [@](#): > > Just to inject a note of Straight Dopey anal-retentiveness to the thread, Leadbelly was > technically a songster (like Mance Lipsomb and, more famously, Mississippi John Hurt). > These guys (the songsters) did have a wide blues repertoire, and they tended to a bit play > more blues as their careers progressed (due, I think, to the market), they had a lot of numbers > from other traditions. All right, all right, point taken. Also, I dunno who it was that mentioned Louis Jordan, but he’s one of my favorite listens as well. Waste Flick Lives! ---
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Falcon - I consider “Under the Table & Dreaming” his first big release, if only because 90% of Georgetown U. had the album and knew most of the songs by heart within weeks of its release. Initially I **hated** DMB because one roommate would play “Ants Marching” almost constantly and it got annoying. Then another roommate started playing bootleg tapes from live shows and that got me hooked. I still remember a version of “Satellite” with different words (apparently the original lyrics) that fit the song a lot better. * * * All Hail Unca Cecil, or the next best thing available! ---
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Olentzero - I thought that was the album you meant, but I wanted to make sure. I can understand about hearing the songs beforehand - I knew most of the songs on Under the Table and Crash before they were released. And usually the original lyrics were a lot better. (Case in point - “Halloween.” The version on Recently was better.) And I agree the bootlegs are better, since they’re live. Guess that’s why I’m going to see them again this summer. (August 1st, here I come!) * * * “There is such a fine line between stupid and clever.” – David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap ---
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Sorry I’m late… (omitting the obvious) The Modern Lovers Big Star The Jam Buffalo Tom The Lemonheads Lyle Lovett The Trashcan Sinatras The Buzzcocks Sam Cooke The Mighty Mighty Bosstones G. Love and Special Sauce Urban Dance Squad Chris Isaak White Town Everclear Prince (TAFKA…) The Blake Babies The Violent Femmes The Replacements The Pixies …and manny, manny more. ---
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[[Also, I dunno who it was that mentioned Louis Jordan, but he’s one of my favorite listens as well.]] GLWasteful And don’t forget, you snot-nosed punks out there, that’s jump blues, not “swing.” ---
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Tori Amos (glad tohear there’s another Tori fan in here) Ani Difranco Garbage Bjork Bush Beth Orton Poe The Cranberries Alanis Morissette Heather Nova ---
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## Tori Amos They Might Be Giants Oingo Boingo XTC Descendants Shriekback The Vandals The Cure Bjork Cab Calloway Bob Marley Fishbone Stretch Armstrong Underworld (Pre and Post Techno) Harry Connick Jr Ben Folds Five Danny Elfman Ramones Toy Dolls Misfits 10k Maniacs Reverend Horton Heat Aquabats Save Ferris and many many more… To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
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Favourite bands/artists: Bif Naked Jann Arden Dixie Chicks The Tragically Hip The Red Hot Chili Peppers AC/DC ---
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Pink Floyd Alice in Chains Black Sabbath Fugazi Stevie Ray Vaughn (freakin’ genius) * * * That cat’s something I can’t explain ---
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Two Words: ``` WARREN ZEVON ``` If you haven’t heard him (other than “Werewolves of London”), RUN, don’t walk, and buy “Excitable Boy”, his second album. With songs like “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”, “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner”, and the aforementioned WWOL, it’s one of the best albums of the 70’s. You could also pick up “Warren Zevon” which is almost as good. ---
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This is my bread and butter… RADIOHEAD Beck The Beatles Waters-era Pink Floyd REM Beastie Boys U2 (except for “Pop”) The Rolling Stones Dave Matthews Band Nirvana surprisingly, Lauryn Hill These are some bands I’m starting to get into, and might join the others… Ben Lee Len Esthero Wilco Pavement Joan of Arc and a host of other indie rock bands. The following must die: Backstreet Boys N’Sync 98 Degrees Jay-Z Matchbox 20 Third Eye Blind Goo Goo Dolls (masters of the Sell-out) ---
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The Velvet Underground Creedence Clearwater Revival The Pixies Nirvana Traffic ---
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Another one back to the top !! In no particular order: Rush (Well, this one IS number 1 actually !) Queensryche (first time mentioned in this thread !) Savatage Fates Warning Dream Theater Tori Amos Pink Floyd Marillion Dire Straits (Call me corny all you want, but that Knopfler boy sure plays them strings !) Shadow Gallery (first mentioned) Van Halen Aerosmith Foo Fighters Yes Simon & Garfunkel Pet Shop Boys (first time mentioned) ## And Andrea: will you marry me 😉 Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and everything R&B must be stopped ! Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
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Like (in no particular order): Megadeth Old Metallica Pantera Creed Pink Floyd Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin Testament Black Sabbath Bush Jim Croce Old Ozzy Jethro Tull Ted Nugent Offspring Stevie Ray Vaughn Gwar B.B. King Muddy Waters Joe Satriani Old Van Halen (with DLR) Scatter Brain Old Anthrax Dislike (in no particular order): New Metallica STEELY DAN!!! There are more, but I can’t think of them right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/11263.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-bands/11263.md?page=5)