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Favourite Bands/Singers

scorch
Community Member

Hi guys,

I was inspired by Neil's thread about favourite movies.  I want to know - what are some of your favourite bands/musicians?

Do you have an album that you listen to over and over?  Is there a songwriter who you connect with, that seem like they draw their lyrics directly from your soul?  What is your favourite style of music?  Who did you grow up listening to?

Are you a musician yourself?

And importantly, I'm always looking to discover another band or genre so if you have any suggestions of a great song let me know so that I can look it up 🙂

As for me, I don't really like most of the stuff that gets played on the radio.  The lyrics seem meaningless to me, and the songs are mostly produced just to make money - not to connect with an audience or tell a story.  I prefer songs and artists that are sincere and genuine, that confront important and real life topics or are emotionally touching.  that doesn't mean I live for slow ballads... no, I listen to all kinds of music, fast paced - slow and rhythmic, rap, hip hop, jazz, folk, rock, alternative, metal.... I love it so long as it has some depth.

I'm currently hooked on a band called Twenty One Pilots.  I love em!  Also, I recently discovered a genre called Nerdcore which is rapping about nerdy stuff like computer games and everyday events etc... I love rap but I don't love a lot of the language or topics that are usually rapped about, so chilling out to some lighthearted Nerdcore works for me 🙂  

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Mickey26
Community Member
A while ago I discovered a little thing called 'power pop', and I love it. A few artists in particular have been Big Star, Chris Bell, Jellyfish, Teenage Fanclub and... well that's all I can think of at the moment. Cheap Trick and XTC are similar ("Making Plans For Nigel" has a great backing track!)

Simona
Community Member

oh . ok.    i will google the power pop genre now. making plans for nigel i never heard but sounds like a paranoia song

 

frank zappa

- charva

 

Simona
Community Member

 

Santo & Johnny: Sleepwalk

Mickey26
Community Member

To answer the original post, yes I am a musician, I write my own songs etc. Not singer-songwriter stuff mind you, more "guitar rock" type thing, 90's rock--though by that I don't really mean Pearl Jam (respect tho).  Even Soundgarden... I mean I was hella into them, but it's been a long time since I was thrashing their albums. I love discovering stuff from the 90's I've never heard before, especially if its a good guitar-oriented band who like to rock out but, you know, in a cool way---not like Creed with their shirts unbuttoned in front of a giant fan bahahaha. Some of my favourite discoveries so far have been bands like Swervedriver and HUM. Anything that reminds me of surfing or the beach will usually charm the pants off me.

I was also a huuuuge Nine Inch Nails fan back in the day and from that I've gotten into other bands like Ministry, Godflesh and---my favourite---Jesu. Jesu give me super warm fuzzies even though the music is bleak as hell. I cannot get Conqueror off replay okI'vebeentalkinglotsokbye

Simona
Community Member

 

Captain Beefheart

 

- Ice cream for crow

Simona
Community Member

Recitation Leonard Cohen

- A Thousand kisses Deep

Simona
Community Member

 

the cowsills: i love the flower girl

Simona
Community Member

I'M SORRY

 

 - Brenda Lee

Simona
Community Member

fade to grey

-visage

Simona
Community Member

the severed garden

 Jim