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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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Jennifer Rush.

..ashamed as I am to know this.

scorch
Community Member

Matty, I've never even seen back to the future so I wouldn't have a clue what music is on the soundtrack lol.

 

Cancerianmoon... Massive Attack.  Good choice 🙂  Brilliant.

guest75
Community Member

Wow....Never seen BTTF? ...wow

Its happening a lot lately, people not having seen classic movies...

My psych told me she'd never seen the blues brothers....Katy has never seen Blues Brothers or Rocky Horror, and now scorch has never seen any of the BTTF movies..

 

What is happening in our society? LOL

 

Also, this thread inspired me to dig out some of my old music....and has made me remember back to the days when i used to get out to live music every weekend, and how awesome most aussie bands are live..

Spiderbait definitely heads the list of best live bands ive seen, closely followed by Area 7

scorch
Community Member

I haven't seen blue brothers either... and I started watching Rocky Horror but only got like 15 minutes in before I turned it off.  I didn't like it lol.

I only watched Top Gun for the first time last year.  I've been deprived a I tell you!!!

scorch
Community Member

Just thought I'd revive an old thread by sharing the song that I've been playing every day for the last week or so.

It's called 'Falling in Love with Glaciers' by Listener.

I don't know why I love it so much, I just do.  Highly recommended if you like something a bit different from the stuff that seems to get circulated out there.

Stitch
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

I just checked out Corb Lund on You tube 'cause I love a bit of banjo action.  Thanks for the tip.

Ryan Adams is a favourite of mine, in particular his first album "Faithless Street" under his first band's name of "Whiskeytown".  Check out the double CD             "Cold Roses" (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals) for great southern blues guitar.

Another current favourite at the moment is Ryan Bingham.  His version of 'Never far behind' that he played on the TV programme "The View" always blows me away.

Cheers

My husbands current favourite is the band London Grammar- they have some lovely music, classically trained so they sound a bit like Florence and The Machine crossed with a choral/church music.

GA

another good one ive gotten into lately is a song called "demons" by Imagine Dragons...worth a listen if you get a chance

Catlady
Community Member

Girl_anachronism - I love London Grammar. Beautiful, powerful music. Has helped me get through dark days. 🙂

Flux_amp_Flow
Community Member

Been listening to a lot of Warpaint lately, their latest record is fantastic as is their first. Also recently started listing to Sky Ferreira.