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Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Daydreamer — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:32:28 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 07/28/2017 00:32

Komorebi-D wrote:

I really like the instrumentals (they sound New Order-y) but yeah the lyrics are definitely lacking. To be fair though, I haven't heard Everything Now yet (it's out here in Australia) but I was reading the lyrics to one track called "Chemistry" and it takes the absence of subtlety to new levels.

Yes it's quite decent musically but still nothing spectacular and definitely lacking depth

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Komorebi-D — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:20:10 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/27/2017 23:20

Mercury wrote:

I listened to "Creatiure Comfort" due to this thread. Now I am sad. That whole song... not good. But that line about the depressed girl listening to their first record makes me want to hurl.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Mercury — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:01:44 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 07/27/2017 22:01

I listened to "Creatiure Comfort" due to this thread. Now I am sad. That whole song... not good. But that line about the depressed girl listening to their first record makes me want to hurl.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Space-Dementia — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:48:30 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 07/27/2017 21:48

Komorebi-D wrote:

Agreed. Just listen to "Creature Comfort".

Oh my god thank you. Wikipedia claims this song has received "critical acclaim from critics and fans upon release" but it's so weak compared to everything else they've ever done.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

kickerofelves — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:05:31 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 07/27/2017 17:05

authorunknown wrote:

kickerofelves wrote:

1. XTC - Drums and Wires - The Disappointed

2. Free - Free Live - My Brother Jake

3. Fred - Go God Go - Running

4. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen - Missing the War

5. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk - New Mistake

6. The 1922s - The Very Lotust - My Ears and My Big Toes (from when the band was still called Evil Harrisons)

7. Elvis Costello - This Years Model - New Lace Sleeves

8. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand - Best of Jill Hives

9. Yes - Close To The Edge - Heart of the Sunrise

10. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock - The Rainbow

This list contains some quite amazing stuff, "New Mistake", "The Disappointed", "Missing The War" (which I probably should have replaced with "One Angry Dwarf.." though 😄 )

Thumbs Up!

Thanks! It's actually a pretty Powerpop heavy top ten now I look at it.
Jellyfish are insanely underrated, if they'd stuck it out even a couple more years people would have gone mad for that 70s revival stuff. Doing what they were doing at the height of the grunge boom was ... unfortunate timing.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Komorebi-D — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:34:59 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/27/2017 02:34

babyBlueSedan wrote:

It has a subtlety to it that their last couple albums have lacked.

Agreed. Just listen to "Creature Comfort".

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:16:53 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 07/27/2017 02:16

Greendonut227 wrote:

9. Arcade Fire - Funeral - In The Backseat

I listened to Funeral recently for the first time in a while and had completely forgotten how great this song is, good call. So simple musically but it's beautiful and the lyrics are such a great metaphor. It has a subtlety to it that their last couple albums have lacked.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

AwaitingAndrew — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:55:41 GMT

Author: AwaitingAndrew

Posted: 07/27/2017 01:55

1. From Indian Lakes - Able Bodies - American Dreams (Demo)*
2. Genesis - Duke - Entangled*
3. Anberlin - Cities - (*Fin)
4. Copeland - You Are My Sunshine - Choose The One Who Loves You More*
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows - Fake Plastic Trees*
6. City and Colour - Sometimes - Like Knives
7. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - Everlong
8. Night Beds - Country Sleep - 22
9. Jeff Buckley - Grace - Lover, You Should've Come Over
10. Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain - Open Your Eyes And Look North

1-4 are pretty much interchangeable. And if you asked me again in August, I'd likely pick a different #10. There are some artists I truly love but left out.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Infinity183 — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:34:59 GMT

Author: Infinity183

Posted: 07/27/2017 00:34

1. Kate Bush - The Dreaming - Sat in Your Lap
2. Steely Dan - Aja - Black Cow
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - Thunder Road
4. Talking Heads - Remain in Light - Once in a Lifetime
5. Billy Joel - Turnstiles - New York State of Mind
6. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party - Dead Man's Party
7. Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
8. Heart - Little Queen - Allies (Not from Little Queen; in fact, Passionworks is nowhere near their best album, but my God am I smitten over this song)
9. Prince - Purple Rain - The Beautiful Ones
10. Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night - My Clone Sleeps Alone

Toto would be on my list with Toto (1978) and "99" if not for the fact that, like B.o.B., they expressed their credibility-shattering belief in the world being flat. I'm thus constantly forced to separate the band itself from their beautiful music.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

authorunknown — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 17:30:47 GMT

Author: authorunknown

Posted: 07/26/2017 21:30

kickerofelves wrote:

This list contains some quite amazing stuff, "New Mistake", "The Disappointed", "Missing The War" (which I probably should have replaced with "One Angry Dwarf.." though 😄 )

Thumbs Up!

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Komorebi-D — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:05:55 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/26/2017 04:05

saltysurprise wrote:

2. Kanye West, Yeezus, Blood On the Leaves

Blood On The Leaves is amazing has my vote for the best track on Yeezus. The only thing that has ever tarnished it for me is this disgraceful aesthetic video on YouTube someone did for it. Utter garbage.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Ben4 — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:59:25 GMT

Author: Ben4

Posted: 07/26/2017 02:59

1. R.E.M - Murmur - (don't go back to) Rockville
2. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - Superstition
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road - A day in the life
4. Led Zeppelin - IV - Over The Hills and Far away
5. At the Drive-in - In/Casino/Out - 198d
6. Soundgarden - Superunknown - tighter & tighter
7. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R - Mexicola
8. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - Little Wing
9. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Grounded
10. Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Jack the stripper/ fairies wear boots

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Komorebi-D — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:06:49 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/26/2017 00:06

bobbyb5 wrote:

I forgot about how much I used to love Yo La Tengo . Especially Painful and Electro-Pura. Then I kinda lost interest in them. I don't know why.

Painful is my favourite album of all time, so I guess I'm biased. Then again those ten I chose were all relatively similar in some way or another.

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Daydreamer — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:33:29 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 07/25/2017 22:33

saltysurprise wrote:

1. Radiohead, OK Computer, Let Down
2. Kanye West, Yeezus, Blood On the Leaves
3. Billy Joel, The Stranger, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
4. The Killers, Hot Fuss, All These Things That I've Done
5. George Michael, Faith, Father Figure
6. Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, No Quarter
7. David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Life on Mars
8. Pink Floyd, The Wall, Hey You
9. Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium, Wet Sand

Great list, share 4 artists, 1 album and even 1 song

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Fischman — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:20:53 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 07/25/2017 19:20

AfterHours wrote:

Fischman wrote:

ROCK:
Rush: Moving Pictures, The Camera Eye
Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed, The Story In Your Eyes
Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society, Waterloo Sunset
Kansas: Leftoverture, Questions of My Childhood
Triumph: Thunder Seven, Time Goes By
Shooting Star: Silent Scream, Last Chance
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick, Locomotive Breath
Yes: The Yes Album, Yours is No Disgrace
Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell, Wishing Well
Blackfoot: Flyin' High

Jazz:
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Moanin’, Moanin’
Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder, The Sidewinder
Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay, First Light
Wes Montgomery: Smokin’ at the Half Note, Road Song
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way, Shhh, Peaceful
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Blue Train
Joe Henderson: Power to the People, Black Narcissus
Kenny Dorham: Quiet Kenny, Lotus Blossom
McCoy Tyner: Time for Tyner, African Village
Billy Cobham: Spectrum, Quadrant 4

Classical:
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet, Op 76 #4
Ludwig Von Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Johann Sebastian Bach: Double Violin Concerto
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony #7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony #40
Johannes Brahms: Symphony #3
Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony #3
Leos Janacek: Overture From The House of the Dead
Jean Sibelius: Symphony #5
Carl Nielsen: Symphony #4

Right on, especially like to see Martinu, Janacek and Nielsen mentioned, as they're too rarely featured in lists of "Best Composers".

Glad you approve. I've been a huge Martinu fan since I first heard his work. Funny coincidence, I'm something of a Czechophile musically speaking. (3 of my top 10 are Czech and Novak barely missed the cut).

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Liedzeit — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:33:29 GMT

Author: Liedzeit

Posted: 07/25/2017 15:33

Sparks, Indiscreet, The Ghost of Liberace*
10cc, How Dare You?, I’m Not In Love*
Patrik Fitzgerald, Grubby Stories, Little Fishes
Beatles, Abbey Road, Her Majesty
Electric Light Orchestra, Eldorado, Can't Get It Out of My Head
Kevin Coyne, Beautiful Extremes, Mona Where's My Trousers
Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Scream, Overground
David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Please, Mr. Gravedigger*
Hot Chocolate, Man to Man, A Child's Prayer*
Pop Group, Y, Snowgirl

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Greendonut227 — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:39:20 GMT

Author: Greendonut227

Posted: 07/25/2017 14:39

1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell - Impossible Soul
2. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - Cello Song
3. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush - After the Gold Rush (or Down By The River. Or maybe Cortez. Or...)
4. The Beatles - White Album - Strawberry Fields Forever
5. Radiohead - OK Computer - Let Down
6. Talk Talk - Laughing Stalk - Taphead
7. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - Emily
8. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - Wouldn't It Be Nice
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral - In The Backseat
10. Weezer - Blue Album - Only In Dreams

Most of my albums and songs are the same. yay

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

Lowkey — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:55:28 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 07/25/2017 13:55

1. Kevin Abstract (in Brockhampton) - Saturation - Milk
2. Burial - Untrue - Shell Of Light
3. Kanye West - Yeezus - Runaway
4. Drake - Take Care - Marvin's Room
5. Frank Ocean - Blonde - White Ferrari
6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell - Blue Bucket Of Gold
7. Lil B - 6 Kiss - B.O.R. (Birth Of Rap)
8. A$AP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP - Peso
9. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
10. The National - Trouble Will Find Me - Don't Swallow The Cap

probably my top 10 favorite artists of all-time

the weeknd is in and out of my top 10 though

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

kickerofelves — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:23:48 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 07/25/2017 13:23

1. XTC - Drums and Wires - The Disappointed

2. Free - Free Live - My Brother Jake

3. Fred - Go God Go - Running

4. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen - Missing the War

5. Jellyfish - Spilt Milk - New Mistake

6. The 1922s - The Very Lotust - My Ears and My Big Toes (from when the band was still called Evil Harrisons)

7. Elvis Costello - This Years Model - New Lace Sleeves

8. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand - Best of Jill Hives

9. Yes - Close To The Edge - Heart of the Sunrise

10. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock - The Rainbow

Re: Who are ten favorite artists with album and song by each

saltysurprise — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:43:16 GMT

Author: saltysurprise

Posted: 07/25/2017 12:43

1. Radiohead, OK Computer, Let Down
2. Kanye West, Yeezus, Blood On the Leaves
3. Billy Joel, The Stranger, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
4. The Killers, Hot Fuss, All These Things That I've Done
5. George Michael, Faith, Father Figure
6. Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy, No Quarter
7. David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Life on Mars
8. Pink Floyd, The Wall, Hey You
9. Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Boxer
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium, Wet Sand