# If you could only hear one artist's or group's music for the rest of your life... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684 "2012-10-04T13:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/61 "2012-10-06T00:04:57Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Their 1988 album, _Starfish_, was pretty big in the US. “Under The Milky Way” was even a Top 40 hit. I heard a lot of Church on the college radio station back then (WVUA 90.7 ‘The Voice of The Univ. of Alabama!’) 😉 “Reptile” and “Antenna” were two other great songs on that album. _Gold Afternoon Fix_ is another great album from The Church. FWIW I bought _Starfish_ on vinyl when it came out. I happened to hear “Under the Milky Way Tonight” on the radio one afternoon, as I was sitting in my car waiting my turn for a car wash, and was blown away. I loved the guitar-cum-bagpipe sound. I should probably seek this out on CD or iTunes, because it was a really good album, that none of my peers had even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/62 "2012-10-06T03:04:56Z")
Willie Nelson… Lyrically and vocally beautiful, and his guitar seems to have a voice of it’s own. Or Leonard Cohen another original and an amazing voice and delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/63 "2012-10-06T03:30:59Z")
I think I’d kill myself. Or stop listening to music. One of the issues I had with The Bestest Boyfriend was that getting him to listen to anything but Metallica involved chaining him down… My playlist just jumped from a romantic duet between María Dolores Pradera and Joaquín Sabina to The Wall; I’m not what you’d call a single-group-listener. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/64 "2012-10-06T23:23:37Z")
Buck Tick, their music has covered most genres in the last 25 years ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/65 "2012-10-07T13:00:13Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > I came here to say exactly that. I’d go with that myself. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/66 "2012-10-08T02:42:56Z")
It is a tossup between The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Mozart. I guess I would go with The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/67 "2012-10-08T13:19:29Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > If you include side projects, guest appearances and production credits, I’d probably go with Todd Rundgren. Even if you confine it to albums with his name on it, or bands he’s led like Utopia, he has such a huge and varied catalog that boredom would take a while to set in. As much as I love Kate Bush, she just was not productive enough. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/68 "2012-10-08T13:26:49Z")
Probably **Massive Attack**. Their variety of guest vocalists would keep things from getting too boring. They’ve not produced a lot of music over the years, though. If not them, **Mike Patton**. He’s always interesting and attention-grabbing. If not him, **Radiohead**. They’ve a quiver full of fantastic songs with eclectic instrumentation and moods. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/69 "2012-10-08T13:53:02Z")
This is harder than any “desert island disc” list… I would have to pick Pearl Jam, as (of the groups that most influenced my musical taste) they not only have the _most_ music of these bands, but are also still making music. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/70 "2012-10-08T13:59:43Z")
Ke$ha, no contest. Now if I had to pick TWO artists or groups, picking a #2 would be a bit more challenging. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/71 "2012-10-08T15:11:09Z")
Toad the Wet Sprocket or Mozart ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/72 "2012-10-08T17:27:29Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Toad the Wet Sprocket or Mozart This reply needs to be used somewhere for a “guess the question” game. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/73 "2012-10-08T17:30:47Z")
Pearl Jam or Foo Fighters. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/74 "2012-10-08T17:53:27Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Thank you. 🙂 Alice is the man! He’s tackled psychedelia, garage rock, heavy metal, top 40, punk, New Wave, pop, whatever Brutal Planet and Dragontown could be classified… Not sure about Dragontown, but Brutal Planet is industrial rock. And I love it. It’s my favorite Alice album. As for my pick–can’t do it. If you asked me to narrow it to 5 I could, but not 1. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/75 "2012-10-08T18:21:26Z")
Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits, the soundtracks to Princess Bride and Local Hero, lots of work. Scott Hamilton might be my second pick, lots of frontman stuff, a very nice album backing up Maxine Waters, among others. Maybe Brubeck, though. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/76 "2012-10-08T18:37:58Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > There are several I’d tolerate but only one I’d never tire of. > > Led Zeppelin +1 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/77 "2012-10-09T04:19:20Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > This reply needs to be used somewhere for a “guess the question” game. That could be a very fun game thread! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/78 "2012-10-09T04:58:25Z")
I could listen to the Pixies exclusively with little problem. The only other choice would be the Beastie Boys, because I will never tire of listening to Paul’s Boutique. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/79 "2012-10-09T07:17:38Z")
I’ll say Yes. I like all their music and love a good chunk of it, and there’s plenty of it to keep me going–18 full studio albums alone. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/80 "2012-10-09T16:54:49Z")
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