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
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!
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.
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
13th floor elevators
Kinks
Yardbirds
And one more vote for Led Zeppelin; inventors of metal and quite a bit else.
Bob said:
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!
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!
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
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.
[[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.”
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
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
Favourite bands/artists:
Bif Naked
Jann Arden
Dixie Chicks
The Tragically Hip
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
AC/DC
Pink Floyd
Alice in Chains
Black Sabbath
Fugazi
Stevie Ray Vaughn (freakin’ genius)
That cat’s something I can’t explain
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.
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)
The Velvet Underground
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Pixies
Nirvana
Traffic
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)
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
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.