# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/81 "2012-10-09T16:59:38Z")
I could listen to Dr. John for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/82 "2012-10-10T01:50:58Z")
The Seekers. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/83 "2012-10-10T02:29:46Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > Current 93. Your parties must be a blast. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/84 "2012-10-10T04:17:26Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Easy. Alice Cooper. Likewise! ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/85 "2012-10-10T06:33:52Z")
Well, someone has to pick Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/86 "2012-10-15T04:06:56Z")
Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/87 "2012-10-15T05:58:51Z")
> [@denquixote](#): > > Well, someone has to pick Bob Dylan. My pick,thus far, is unique…Jerry Garcia…including EVERYTHING. 😉 Legions of Mary…his Jug band…JGB…anything and everything! including the \*grateful dead. Nobody covers Dylan better that Jerry. - [tangled up in BLUE…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv7DY27aPyk) ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/88 "2012-10-22T22:26:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **blondebear** [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/buttons/viewpost.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15556590#post15556590) > If you include side projects, guest appearances and production credits, I’d probably go with… Oh, well…if you’re going to relax the grip a bit… I’d definitely pick Neil Schon, provided I could include the full albums from his main projects, side projects, and collaboratoins: Azteca Santana Journey Jan Hammer Sammy Hagar Planet Us Bad English Hardline Paul Rodgers Just If I Abraxas Pool Soul SirkUS Betty Davis Robert Fleischman Sammy Hagar Silver Condor Hear 'n Aid Gregg Rolie Eric Martin Joe Cocker Michael Bolton Jimmy Barnes The Allman Brothers Band Frederiksen/Phillips Trichromes Mickey Thomas Lee Ritenour Eric Martin —G! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/89 "2012-10-22T22:32:34Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > Easy for me…Paul Simon. This. Or Simon & Garfunkel, if that inclues Paul’s solo stuff too. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/90 "2012-10-23T20:42:20Z")
David Bowie. Easy. ---
**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/91 "2012-10-23T20:48:05Z")
Scott Walker. There’s everything from romantic ballads to avant-garde noise in his catalogue. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/92 "2012-10-23T21:14:43Z")
> [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > Scorpions. > And [Wind of Change](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFsZj1aHow&feature=relmfu) still makes me shiver and tear up, reminding me that anything - _anything_ - can happen. I heard “Wind of Change” the other day for the first time in years, and it reminded me of how much I loved that song when I was 12. And I still remembered every lyric. 🙂 For me it’s Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![navpooh\_it\_s\_a\_long\_story](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@navpooh\_it\_s\_a\_long\_story](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/navpooh_it_s_a_long_story)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/93 "2012-10-23T22:36:31Z")
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra! ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684/94 "2012-10-23T22:59:03Z")
> [@JCorre](#): > > The White Stripes I’d expand that and just say Jack White. Then you’ve got The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and, of course, his recent offering under his own name. Add in a touch of Loretta Lynn and other production credits, if you want. I love the man. I could listen to his stuff (including various live recordings) and never get bored. I think. Next month I’m going to see him live for the 17th time. I’m still unspeakably excited. Honourable mentions to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd\* who I would have had to have chosen between without the divine Jack. \*Actually, make that Roger Waters. I’d rather face eternity with Radio KAOS than The Division Bell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-hear-one-artists-or-groups-music-for-the-rest-of-your-life/636684.md?page=4)