# Who are your favorite musicians? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700 "2001-02-24T06:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/41 "2001-02-28T03:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\*oo! oo! oo! I forgot PJ Harvey and Shellac! \*\* Funny! I was just going to add steve albini to my list. ---
**Author:** ![Shatzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Shatzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shatzi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/42 "2001-02-28T04:55:37Z")
Diana Krall Jay Geils Oasis Miyaah :\> ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/43 "2001-02-28T05:06:12Z")
Just off the top of my head: _Classical:_ J. S. Bach (of course) Mozart Beethoven Wagner _POP:_ Ennio Morricone Jimmy Buffet _New age:_ Vangelis Ray Lynch Kitaro _Jazz:_ Preservation Hall Jazz Band Herbie Mann Ramsey Lewis Louie Armstrong Al Hirt Pete Fountain Count Basie Duke Ellington Cab Calloway Tall Jazz Dave Brubeck _Folk:_ Chad Mitchell Trio Tom Paxton Simon & Garfunkel _Word_ Ken Nordine _Swing:_ Benny Goodman Glenn Miller _Blues:_ Ray Charles Michelle Willson Eric Clapton (for his Unplugged album) B. B. King Leon Redbone Julie London Rosemary Clooney Jo Stafford _Classic Rock:_ Procol Harem Country Joe and the Fish Pink Floyd Steely Dan _Cowboy Boogie Band:_ Asleep at the Wheel _Country:_ Willie Nelson Kathy Mattea Mary Chapin Carpenter Roy Clarke _Just to see if anybody would read this far:_ The Black Watch\* _In a Class by himself:_ Gershwin I may have put some people in the wrong categories, and I know that if I went and looked at the records, tapes and CDs I’d have five times as many, but this is enough for now. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/44 "2001-02-28T05:15:06Z")
My musical taste is pretty basic, really: Beatles Pink Floyd The Who The Rolling Stones Blues Traveller “Weird Al” Yankovic Queen The Beach Boys Jan and Dean Louis Armstrong Led Zepplin Creedence Clearwater Revival The Moody Blues Eric Clapton Blue Oyster Cult Simon and Garfunkel Jethro Tull Monty Python (yes, they are not so much known for music, but their songs (The Bruce’s Philosopher Song or The Lumberjack Song, for example) were works of great art and high comedy) 3 Doors Down I might get more into different genres later on. I’m looking into buying a Radiohead album, or possibly Talking Heads. Heck, maybe even a Nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/45 "2001-02-28T05:33:52Z")
Ok…since the OP asked for musicians…i’m not gona name bands: Martin Gore Cevin Key Trent Reznor Moby Jim Thriwell Boyd Rice Jan Van Ryn Claus Larsen Jean-luc Demier Robin Fink Dwayne Grotell Dj Miyer … … … ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/46 "2001-02-28T05:43:37Z")
Moyses Kolesne - guitar - Krisiun (Oh, what I’d give/pay/do to hear him play an all-classical guitar set) Flo Mounier - drummer - Cryptopsy (we’re letting drummers count here, right? Sorry, old joke) Vincent Cavanagh - vocals/guitar - Anathema ok, the rest of Anathema too The Amott brothers - guitar - Arch Enemy Richard and Jensen - guitar - Witchery the mighty Michael Akerfeldt - guitar - Opeth Marko Tervonen - guitar - The Crown Gregor Mackintosh - guitar - Paradise Lost Ginger Wildheart - guitar/vocals - Silver Ginger 5 the Tea Party Rick Nielsen Andy McCoy John Waite Phil Lynott Gary Moore Mick Ronson Ok, you can wake up - I’m done now! ---
**Author:** ![Brainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Brainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/47 "2001-02-28T07:30:23Z")
1.Beatles 2.Elvis 3.Roy Orbison 4.Brenda Lee 5.Marvin Gay 6.Leon Russell 7.Andrea Boccili 8.Stones 9.Fleetwood Mac 10.Roy Buchannon 11.Everything else ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/48 "2001-02-28T18:49:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jomo Mojo \* > With my liking for **Vas** and other World Music, [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) suggested I would like **Dead Can Dance** , but I have not heard them. Anybody think DCD is any good? \*\* Yes, I think so. Some of their songs are sung by Lisa Gerrard (who has solo albums and can be heard on many soundtracks) and some are sung by Brendan Perry, so don’t give up if the first thing you hear is, say, Brendan’s voice and don’t like it (some fans don’t). You have a great list! I’m definitely going to check out the people I haven’t heard yet (such as Vas). Here are mine. We have some artists in common… \*\* Peter Gabriel (my main musical God) Kate Bush (my main musical Goddess) Happy Rhodes (an unknown indie artist, an undiscovered gem)\* Jane Siberry (quirky, funny, heartbreaking)\*\* and, in random order, I love all these people too: \*\* Jeff Buckley Victoria Williams Eddi Reader Mary Margaret O’Hara Sheila Chandra Bjork Bel Canto (Anneli Drecker) Loreena McKennitt Anna Domino Kirsty MacColl Lisa Gerrard (and much of Dead Can Dance) Rufus Wainright Virginia Astley Lisa Germano Vanessa Daou Zoe The Cocteau Twins Nina Simone Dot Allison Katell Keineg Mary Coughlan Zap Mama Tori Amos Sinead O’Connor Caryn Lin Milla The Innocence Mission Nona Hendryx Marianne Faithful Penguin Cafe Orchestra Kronos Quartet Marta Sebestyen Laurie Anderson Madeleine Peyroux Maria McKee Ryuichi Sakamoto Wendy MaHarry Holly Cole Nico Anne Pigalle Iris DeMent Haris Alexiou Enya Ekova Mandalay Madredeus Portishead Hooverphonic Stereolab Sinead Lohan Siouxsie & The Banshees West India Company Danielle Dax (mainly “Dark Adapted Eye”) Nan Vernon La Pat Komeda Nina Hagen (mainly “Nunsexmonkrock”) \*\* …whew! There are so many others, but those are off the top of my head. Most of these artists can be found on Napster, and \ on Bearshare and AudioGalaxy. Eq “My ears are lucky to hear these glorious songs…” Happy Rhodes \*If you try and like Happy, go to her website [http://www.auntiesocialmusic.com](http://www.auntiesocialmusic.com) and plunk some bucks down for a CD (or CDs). She truly is an Indie artist, and deserves the support. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/49 "2001-03-01T00:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > some are sung by Brendan Perry, so don’t give up if the first thing you hear is, say, Brendan’s voice and don’t like it (some fans don’t). But some of us prefer Brendan! I wish he’d put out another solo album. Lisa Gerrard’s can be kind of… plodding? Equipoise, you left Heidi Berry off your list! A crime. And St. Etienne! Still, it’s an impressive list. And you should check out Ataraxia (Lost Atlantis is lovely) or Love Spirals Downwards if you didn’t just forget to put them in there 🙂 -fh ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/50 "2001-03-01T02:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hazel-rah \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > some are sung by Brendan Perry, so don’t give up if the first thing you hear is, say, Brendan’s voice and don’t like it (some fans don’t). > > But some of us prefer Brendan! I wish he’d put out another solo album. Lisa Gerrard’s can be kind of… plodding? > \*\* I do like his voice, but I tend to prefer Lisa’s. I haven’t heard his solo album yet. \*\* > [@](#): > > Equipoise, you left Heidi Berry off your list! A crime. And St. Etienne! Still, it’s an impressive list. And you should check out Ataraxia (Lost Atlantis is lovely) or Love Spirals Downwards if you didn’t just forget to put them in there 🙂 > > -fh \*\* I do love Heidi Berry and Love Spirals Downwards! Shame on me for forgetting them. I haven’t heard much St. Etienne, and I haven’t heard any Ataraxia. Thanks for the tips! Eq “My ears are lucky to hear these glorious songs…” Happy Rhodes ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/51 "2001-03-02T00:26:41Z")
1: My Band! I love you guys (But if I say your name everyone will know who I am) 2: Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Admiral Mountbatten 3: The Victoria Police Pipe Band 4: A bunch more, but I really can’t say… ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/52 "2001-03-05T12:49:03Z")
**hazel-rah** , thanks for your recommendations! I am just now beginning to groove to **Dead Can Dance** and I wonder what on earth took me so long to find out about them. I got Lisa’s album _The Mirror Pool_ and it is just the thing when you need to slow down . . . while putting your soul through an intense aesthetic experience. So far the **DCD** song I like the most is “Indus” – it picks up where Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” left off – and I caught the direct quote from “Within You, Without You.” I love that stuff that just engulfs you in that Oriental mystical mood like a cloud of hashish. ---
**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/53 "2001-03-06T06:21:09Z")
It would max out the board if I named all my favorite artists, but I find it interesting that in all the lists so far (some of which have been relatively mainstream, too) no one has mentioned Neil Young. I nominate him as a musician, songwriter and singer. You can name a million guitarists more technically skilled that he, but few who play with so much emotion and passion. And that’s without mentioning his acoustic guitar work, which is similarly excellent in the service of his songs (as opposed to flash for its own sake). I appreciate that he throws himself equally into very different styles of music, never staying in one place for too long. And though many can’t get past his voice, I find it very moving. Just my .02. ---
**Author:** ![Tie-Dye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tie-Dye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tie-Dye)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700/54 "2001-03-06T06:51:12Z")
Paul Simon Dave Matthews The Beatles Ben Harper Bob Dylan Bob Marley Grateful Dead Al Stewart They Might Be Giants Crosby, Stills, nash, and Young Eve 6 String Cheese Incident Phish REM and a healthy mix of everything else… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-musicians/55700.md?page=2)