# Recommend some music to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464 "2004-06-21T16:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/1 "2004-06-21T16:52:13Z")
I used to be into music, oh, say, 15 years ago. Since then, I’ve turned into the proverbally Mature Adult who knows nothing about what’s going on with music today. Add in the fact that I live in a town with virtually NO radio stations that play anything other than 10 year old+ music (seriously; the songs they play are the same that I heard 10 years ago as “new alternative music” when I lived in a larger area) or top 40 Brittney Spears type stuff, and I’m hopelessly lost. Now that The Wonder That Is Tivo allows me to play songs from my computer through the hi-fi ( 😃 ) in the living room, I’d like to actually have some music that’s new to me. I’ve listened to all my CDs at least a gazillion times. So, given the list of what I like, what else can you recommend? I prefer things available on iTunes, but will actually get off my butt and order from Amazon if needed. I also prefer upbeat happy music - I want stuff I can play at a party, for example, not stuff to drown my sorrows with. What I Like: Funk - I’ve been really liking old Funk lately, Funkadelic & Earth, Wind & Fire Red Hot Chili Peppers Sheryl Crow Led Zeppelin Aerosmith (old stuff more than new) Opera Country Music (well, Mr. Athena aka **Booka** likes country more than I do, but I can live with it) Santana ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/2 "2004-06-21T19:07:52Z")
Check out Stevie Wonder’s albums from the 70s. I got _Innervisions_ recently, and it’s awesome. Just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Kings\_Gambit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kings\_Gambit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kings_Gambit1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/3 "2004-06-21T19:18:48Z")
I offer up two from my all-time Top 10: **Talking Heads** - _Stop Making Sense_ **Prince** - _Sign 'O The Times_ 🆒 ---
**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:** [June 21, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/4 "2004-06-21T19:27:32Z")
UTV recently released a CD of [Three Dog Night’s hit singles](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=3002336). ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/5 "2004-06-21T19:40:49Z")
**Nikka Costa** - Everybody Got Their Something Any- and everything by **Dave Matthews Band**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/6 "2004-06-21T21:58:58Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Funk - I’ve been really liking old Funk lately, Funkadelic & Earth, Wind & Fire > Red Hot Chili Peppers Check out Primus. > [@](#): > > Opera If you don’t mind branching out a little bit, I’d suggest Therion’s _Vovin_ or Lacrimosa’s _Elodia_ (although that’s just the _least_ bit tough to find). Both should appeal to fans of opera who don’t mind more rock/metal stuff. I’d also strongly recommend Dream Theater…maybe _Images & Words_. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-to-me/251464/7 "2004-06-21T23:57:42Z")
**Cracker** in the iTunes Music Store: [ul] [li]This is Cracker Soul[/li][li]Mr. Wrong[/li][li]Get off This[/li][li]Sweet Potato[/li][li]Euro Trash Girl[/li][li]Seven Days[/li][li]Sweet Thistle Pie[/li][li]The World is Mine[/li][li]Trials & Tribulations[/li][li]1000 Flower-Power Maximum[/li][li]How Can I Live Without You[/li][li]Been Around the World[/li][li]What You’re Missing[/li][/ul] Cracker is “American Traditional Rock” with with alternating country and alternative influences. Frontman David Lowery was also formerly the frontman for the genre-spanning Camper Van Beethoven, but fragmented away with a desire to create more “roots-rock” styled music, though the band still retains a tongue-in-cheek, quirky edge.