# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/41 "2005-04-22T13:44:08Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Check out these collections: > > Intimate Portrait: Women in Rock > The Rolling Stone Women In Rock Collection > Women for Women (2 vols) Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for! **Hey you!** , I’m going to try not to pass _any_ of these ladies up. This is all really great stuff here. ---
**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, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/42 "2005-04-22T16:10:40Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > 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? Yup, two albums. The first was self-titled, released in 1979, the second, called “Six of the Best”, release in 1980. They were actually a South African all girl group. [This page](http://www.rock.co.za/files/clout_index.html) has their history. > [@fishbicycle](#): > > And can I take it that you are a Guess Who fan? I’m a HUGE Guess Who fan! I have most of their albums on vinyl, including “Artificial Paradise” with all the cool insert stuff. I also, of course, have it all in CD, too. I also corresponded for a while with John Einarson, author of the the Guesss Who biography book, and got a signed copy from him. If you haven’t read it, it’s really interesting. Oh, and I have all that’s available of Burton’s solo work on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/43 "2005-04-22T16:45:29Z")
> [@MisterThyristor](#): > > You mentioned Janis Joplin in the OP, but she’s done a lot more than the one song Yet “Bobby McGee” is the only one that gets played on the radio these days. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/44 "2005-04-22T16:46:48Z")
4 Non Blondes Letters to Cleo The Distillers Lunachicks Luscious Jackson Belly Throwing Muses Sonic Youth PJ Harvey Liz Phair Veruca Salt Ani DiFranco K’s Choice Heather Nova Juliana Hatfield Mazzy Star Garbage Poe Susan Tedeschi Just a couple for now. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/45 "2005-04-22T16:53:01Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > 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! I mentioned Patti Smith’s name earlier, but I would like to elaborate and recommend her. I think a fan of Janis Joplin would like her. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/46 "2005-04-22T16:53:54Z")
I guess I should have the read the whole thread before posting a bunch of nineties artists. Oh well, since I am on a role Drill Tracy Bonham Alana Davis Joan Osborne Dar Williams I think I am done now. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/47 "2005-04-22T17:14:13Z")
I am chagrined that nobody has mentioned Nico. Chelsea Girls is one of my favorite albums. She had the most amazingly sad voice. Nobody sounds at all like her. But, maybe you don’t want to listen to music that makes you want to blow your brains out… Sadly, now that I think about it, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell (only Blue) and Sleater-Kinney are about the only other females I have in my collection. I am female. Maybe I should open a thread where people suggest things for _me_. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/48 "2005-04-22T20:28:04Z")
[Wanda Jackson](http://www.history-of-rock.com/wanda_jackson.htm) [Janis Martin](http://www.history-of-rock.com/janis_martin.htm) Tina Turner (I’m a big fan of her early '60’s stuff with Ike) [The Slits](http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/slits.html) [Betty Davis](http://www.answers.com/topic/betty-davis) [X](http://www.xtheband.com/index.html) [The Avengers](http://www.randysrodeo.com/punk/avengers.php) [The Rezillos](http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/rezillos.html) '50’s - '80’s? Yep. Classic Rock? As far as I’m concerned. ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/49 "2005-04-22T20:32:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yet “Bobby McGee” is the only one that gets played on the radio these days. 😉 Well, they also play _Piece of My Heart_, but yeah, that’s about it. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/50 "2005-04-22T22:28:05Z")
Another obscure one I just remembered: Storm Another two-album group. Interesting because their first album was self-titled (“Storm”) and their second album was self-titled (“Storm”). And no, the second is not, in fact, entitled “Storm 2”, they’re both just “Storm”. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418/51 "2005-04-23T00:00:37Z")
> [@captaindoesnotlikeyou](#): > > Maybe I should open a thread where people suggest things for _me_. Hey, use this one, I don’t mind 🙂 I was actually thinking of _Piece of my Heart_ as the Janis Joplin song they always play, so maybe there’s actually _two_ Janis Joplin songs. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-missing-oh-about-twenty-to-thirty-years-of-good-music/300418.md?page=2)