# You're making a "Top Ten Music Artists You're NOT Listening To" list...who would be number 1? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171 "2016-05-07T14:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/21 "2016-05-12T18:44:12Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The Magnetic Fields. Love 69 Love Songs. I’ll add Albert Hammond, Jr. to the list. Momentary Masters is pure pop rock gold. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/22 "2016-05-12T19:02:39Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I am. Also known for his earlier hardcore band, Million Dead. A contemporary (the singers have played together) is also the Gaslight Anthem - not unpopular, but it’s still weird meeting someone who has heard of them. > > The Magnetic Fields. I like both. Gaslight anthem seems to be fairly well known in New Jersey, is that we’re you are? Another locations popular band (older now) is Ozo Motley out in Southern California. Also put me down for a fan of Ha ha Tonka listed above. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/23 "2016-05-12T19:20:53Z")
I love me some [Lizzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQaRQe86suA) and so should more people. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/24 "2016-05-12T19:26:12Z")
Well, a few folks on this board (i.e. Bridget Burke) know about him and his band(s) , but I will continue to put Doug Sahm and the [Sir Douglas Quintet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHGjUA9-hVk&list=PLg6TWMBPPtJAdGNwdNnIuCiPnOBVPNsh8) up on a pedestal. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/25 "2016-05-12T20:14:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Love 69 Love Songs. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! In my car now. If I have to explain it, it’s 69 songs about love, but they’re not songs about being in love, many of them very, very far from it. Like that one ^ > [@NAF1138](#): > > I like both. Gaslight anthem seems to be fairly well known in New Jersey, is that we’re you are? Another locations popular band (older now) is Ozo Motley out in Southern California. Also put me down for a fan of Ha ha Tonka listed above. Nope, never been to NJ. I suppose if I did grow up there, I’d appreciate Springstein more, but as it is those references (and GA does em constantly) go over my head. Titus Andronicus is another good NJ band, not as Springsteiny, that isn’t otherwise well known, though the alt-press seems to know them, but I don’t know anyone who knows them either, except on SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/26 "2016-05-13T19:10:41Z")
I’ll go with Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin… their album [Kane Welch Kaplin](http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/kane_welch_kaplin_cd.html)is gorgeous Americana. Mostly quiet tunes, very evocative, with nice understated instrumentation and a feeling of being very plugged into the mainline of American roots music but still fresh. (I also just included this album in the thread “Like the album, hate the cover”.) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171/27 "2016-05-14T01:20:50Z")
I was trapped in a doctor’s office, and had to listen to (among others) a song by Justin Bieber. He zoomed to the numero uno spot on my expungees list. The inept use of falsetto was loathsome. I’d rather listen to a dentist’s drill. I’d rather experience a dentist’s drill. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171.md?page=1)