# I’m missing, oh, about twenty to thirty years of good music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418 "2005-04-21T14:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/21 "2005-04-21T20:34:53Z")
Bobbie Gentry ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/22 "2005-04-21T20:53:46Z")
[Cowboy Junkies](http://cowboyjunkies.com/) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/23 "2005-04-21T20:54:55Z")
And as far as auditioning any of the suggestions here, I recommend getting an iTunes or Napster account and listen to some free samples before you buy. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/24 "2005-04-21T21:42:16Z")
Maybe I missd it, but if Debbie Gibson and Debby Boone are on the suggestion list, maybe Cass Elliot and Karen Carpenter should be added. And I’m not sure I saw Gladys Knight mentioned either. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/25 "2005-04-21T22:56:35Z")
Wow, thanks guys! I haven’t heard of many of these people. I don’t know that I’m really into singers like Whitney Houston and Wilson Phillips. They’re just a little too soft to me. When a female singer or group constantly sings love songs they just get old. But I’m going to check out these other recommendations. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/26 "2005-04-21T23:03:56Z")
Ellen McIllwaine: sings and played killer guitar as well. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/27 "2005-04-21T23:06:18Z")
[Tracy Nelson](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002N78/qid=1114124885/sr=8-3/ref=pd_csp_3/104-8388086-3622309?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) (no, not that Tracy Nelson). Check out “Down So Low.” ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/28 "2005-04-21T23:34:04Z")
Nobody’s yet mentioned: Abba Quarterflash 😕 Unbelievable (that I’m the first to mention them, that is). One that’s a bit obscure (except maybe in Canada): Spoons Two that nobody but me has ever heard of: Clout Night ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/29 "2005-04-21T23:40:56Z")
Oops, thought of three more that nobody but me has ever heard of: Lazy Racer Private Lightning Thieves And one that’s borderline rock: Clannad ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/30 "2005-04-21T23:51:02Z")
Check out these collections: Intimate Portrait: Women in Rock The Rolling Stone Women In Rock Collection Women for Women (2 vols) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/31 "2005-04-22T00:22:55Z")
> [@Roadfood](#): > > Two that nobody but me has ever heard of: > > Clout > Night a) _Substitute_ b) _Hot Summer Night_ I’ve got both of these singles! So now I guess we’re a club. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/32 "2005-04-22T00:24:50Z")
Wow am I the only **Carly Simon** fan on the SDMB ? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/33 "2005-04-22T00:29:50Z")
**FishBicycle** I liked “Night” even though they were One Hit Wonders. “Hot Summer Noghts” and I believe it was Stephie Lange who belted that one out (summer of 1979 if I remember correctly). Guitar player Robbie MacIntosh went to the Pretenders on their “Learning to Crawl” album. “Night” also appears in the 1980 movie “The Monster Club”. > **[The Monster Club (1981) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081178/)** > > The Monster Club: Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anthony Steel, Roger Sloman. A writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him;... ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/34 "2005-04-22T00:38:54Z")
I have the Night version of that song, even though where I lived, in Toronto, the Walter Egan version with Fleetwood Mac backing him was the hit. I heard the other version on the radio from the US, and had to track it down many years after it went out of print. P.S.: Robbie MacIntosh also played with Paul McCartney for the period 1989-1993. Best group Paul ever assembled. Well, best _other_ group. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/35 "2005-04-22T01:51:16Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > a) _Substitute_ > b) _Hot Summer Night_ > > I’ve got both of these singles! So now I guess we’re a club. Ok, I guess they’re not quite as obscure as I’d thought. But I bet I’m the only one who has both Clout albums and both Night albums. On vinyl. Now, anyone heard of Private Lightning? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/36 "2005-04-22T02:10:09Z")
I’ve never seen a Clout album, and didn’t know they had two of them. Were they a Canadian group? Or do I just have their single from another country, licensed by a Quebec label? And can I take it that you are a Guess Who fan? ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/37 "2005-04-22T11:11:52Z")
You mentioned Janis Joplin in the OP, but she’s done a lot more than the one song (and if you mean _Me and Bobby McGee_, that was originally a Kris Kristofferson song anyway). You might want to check out some of her other stuff. Another one is Nina Simone, although she’s more folk and blues than rock. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/38 "2005-04-22T13:03:33Z")
Ooh! I just remembered two more lesser-known ladies I’m in love with: [Lauren Hoffman](http://www.forlauren.com/), and [Erin Mckeown](http://www.erinmckeown.com/intro.php) I know you’re getting a lot of new music to check out here, but _don’t pass these ladies up!_ ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/39 "2005-04-22T13:06:00Z")
And thought she’s not really rock, [Nellie McKay](http://www.nelliemckay.com/) has gotten a lot of press and big reviews last year. Think Doris Day crossed with Randy Newman. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/40 "2005-04-22T13:13:54Z")
One more: [Michelle Shocked](http://www.michelleshocked.com/). She’s been recording since the early 80’s, blending folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, gospel and probably several more genres I’m not remembering right now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418.md?page=3)