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Who are your favorite bands or artists?

OK, this one s a total guilty pleasure

 
enderpotato00 said:
Mine are: VNV Nation, Covenant, Nine Inch Nails, Apoptygma Berzerk and Assemblage 23
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Great job on the thread man. I was ten years old on the first one.



This is who so many of us were growing up back then.



This one popped up on the playlist. Australia Live

 
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Checkerboard Strangler said:
I'll just say that Leon Russell is at the top of a very very long and diverse list and it changes quite a bit.

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You ask and you shall receive. So many other great versions of 'The Letter' too. (As with Hey Joe)
Leon looks just like my older buddy who went to Vietnam.



We get by with a little help from our friends ...
 
Linc said:
You ask and you shall receive. So many other great versions of 'The Letter' too. (As with Hey Joe)
Leon looks just like my older buddy who went to Vietnam.



We get by with a little help from our friends ...
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The whole reason my Leon concert film even exists is because Leon stole the show on Mad Dogs and Englishmen. It was clear that the time had come for Leon to have his OWN "Leon movie" and that's what my concert film was intended to be, a theatrical concert film which was to serve as a bookend to Joe's film. Many of the people in Leon's band in my film are MD&E personnel!

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It was the concert video OF the 3 LP album "Leon Live", the video of the Leon Live album tour.

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enderpotato00 said:
Mine are: VNV Nation, Covenant, Nine Inch Nails, Apoptygma Berzerk and Assemblage 23
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PBS did a really nice documentary on the Vietnam War. Several parts to it. It was such a big ordeal they actually had a short documentary on making the documentary. And to my surprise one of the two people in charge of the music score was Trent Reznor.
 
I'm sure there's a lot more but off the top of my head...

Alice in Chains, Helmet, Corrosion of Conformity, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Hank Williams Jr., Tool, OK go, Oasis.
 
One of the greatest to ever tickle the ivory.

Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues

Live in Denmark,1964.
Oscar Peterson on Piano
Ray Brown on Bass
Ed Thigpen on Drums

 
enderpotato00 said:
Mine are: VNV Nation, Covenant, Nine Inch Nails, Apoptygma Berzerk and Assemblage 23
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Ozzy, Slayer, Kiss, Metallica (until the black album), Rammstein, Boudewijn de Groot, Elvis Presley, Queen, Billy Joel, Abba, Iron Maiden (until seventh son of a seventh son), Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rage against the Machine and the beatles of course

Which are bands or musicians I like the vast majority of music from.
 
Peter King said:
Ozzy, Slayer, Kiss, Metallica (until the black album), Rammstein, Boudewijn de Groot, Elvis Presley, Queen, Billy Joel, Abba, Iron Maiden (until seventh son of a seventh son), Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rage against the Machine and the beatles of course

Which are bands or musicians I like the vast majority of music from.
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I'll agree with any of these music choices since they're not god awful pop.
 
enderpotato00 said:
I'll agree with any of these music choices since they're not god awful pop.
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The issue with pop songs is not that there are no good songs among them, there are just not great bands among them.

A song like Vienna by Ultravox, great song, the rest not so good.

OMD-maid of Orleans, the rest not so good

Duran Duran had a couple, the chauffeur for example. But still except a few nuggest the rest is not that great

Dire straits had a few good ones

the Stranglers had golden brown, good song

the cure had a forest

the jam was good with should I stay or should I got

O love like blood was good

And one of my favorites, but I guess not many people remember this one:



I had a rather eclectic love for music, but most songs of the 80s who were not of the groups I mentioned usually had just 1 or 2 good songs, the rest was absolut crap IMO.
 
It may not be a band but one of the most impressive things I saw in the 80's was when my school went to the West End and went to see Evita, what a musical, what an experience. If for no other reason the great songs



 
Genesis - Phil Collins - ZZ Top - Maroon 5 - Alabama - Journey - Foreigner - 38 Special - Boston
Def Leppard - Clint Black - Taylor Swift - Hank Williams JR - 3 Doors Down .




Major Lambda
 
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Steely Dan will always be near the top of my list.



Thx :)
 
I am a computer-illiterate senior citizen who does not know how to link. Sorry.

Just today I came across a YouTube music video that greatly touched my soul.

If at least one other member/guest is affected as I was, I will be happy.

*****

The video features John Lennon singing (in the 1970s) his version of that 1960s hit "Angel Baby."

Go to the Web and enter all of these words (including the hyphens):

John Lennon - Angel Baby - Lyrics - You Tube 3.53 minutes
 
MovingPictures said:
Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rush, Pink Floyd, Rainbow, Chuck Berry, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Dio, Ozzy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robin Trower, Yes, Frank Marino, Saxon ...

You get the picture.
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Robin Trower huh? Did you ever get into Pat Travers?
 
Thx said:
Steely Dan will always be near the top of my list.



Thx :)
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On my thread about 'most insufferable bands', someone listed Steely Dan. I can't see how Steely Dan could be considered insufferable. I like them a lot. In a way, they remind me of another band from that same mid 70s era, Alan Person's Project.

That 'band' was also made up of 2 core members, who were experts in recording, editing and producing recordings in the studio. Both guys(Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson), had worked in recording studios before they created the band. Alan was a recording engineer from age 18. At age 20 or 21, he engineered 2 Beatles albums(Let It Be and Abbey Road). He produced Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as well.

So he and Woolfson decided to start a musical collaboration, with varying musicians recruited to play on songs where their particular style fit best. They had as many 3 different lead singers on a single album, because they felt that one singer may be a great fit for certain songs, but not every song.
 
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Nightwish and Lacuna Coil are awesome metal bands, although this morning I'm listening to Enya. Big difference. :)
 
ModerationNow! said:
Robin Trower huh? Did you ever get into Pat Travers?
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Yeah, my dad introduced me to his music way back.

'Putting It Straight' and 'Heat in the Street' are his best works.
 
Hari Seldon said:
At the moment, these guys.

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It's always irked me how Iron Maiden STOLE this song from ^these guys way back in the early 80s, and never acknowledged them, paid any royalties, or gave them songwriting credits! Damn them!! Lol
 
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