@sp4cetiger - Who's your favourite multi-instrumentalist?
Hmm... interesting question. Most of the great musicians were multi-instrumentalists to some degree, but I can only think of one guy who I would put on just to hear him play, regardless of the instrument -- Ray Charles. He only played piano on most of his recordings (and for some horrible reason, was mixed down in many of them), but he had a number of jazz-oriented recordings in the late '50s, including Ray Charles at Newport where he showed off his skills with the saxophone.
@sp4cetiger any songs or albums you associate with your job?
One time when I was in grad school, my advisor came into my office while I was listening to Never Mind the Bollocks and said, "Working hard, I see." That's about it, though.
@swedenman What are some of your friends' favorite artists/bands?
Interesting question. Well, my best friend is really into Soundgarden (we've seen them twice together), Tool, Rush, System of a Down, and Rage Against the Machine. He used to be really into Dream Theater and Megadeth but I think he's mostly outgrown those.
Then there's my friend Evan who actually joined this site for a little while and made a chart.
I have three brothers, but the one who is most into music is really into bands like Pain of Salvation, Atheist, and that sort of thing, as well as stuff like Can, Parliament/Funkadelic, all prog rock (Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Gong, Camel, etc.), Mars Volta, David Bowie, Alice in Chains, The Flaming Lips, Mastodon, Magma, Pink Floyd, and Primus (I could go on for a while, but I'll stop there).
Of my two other brothers, one is into Skrillex and Bassnectar and that stuff so idk, and the other is into random shit like Radiohead and Jason Mraz and Dixie Chicks and Gotye so I really dk.
My mom listens mostly to Taylor Swift and some Lady Antebellum. I've recently gotten her hooked on the new Paramore album, as well.
My dad likes Dream Theater, Dixie Chicks, that Paramore album, Rush, The Beatles/Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd, The Eagles, and a bunch of random shit.
Pretty much all of my other friends listen either exclusively to hip-hop or exclusively to post-rock.
I hope this has been enlightening 😁
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My faves have to be The Sparrow and The Medicine by tallest man on earth, Black Crow Blues by TVZ, Talking Bird by DCFC, Hummingbird by BB King, Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron and Wine, Little Bird by The White Stripes, Blackbird by the Beatles, where Eagles Dare by Iron maiden, and that is all I thought of just now. Birds are cool. They also make for great song ideas when you hit writers block. Also I just thought of tht great final line in "Love minus Zero/No limit" about the bird.
Oh man! I totally forgot "The Dreamer" by TMOE.
"Sometimes the blues is just a passing bird/and why can't that always be"
That is just beautiful, I love it. The way he sings it, the melody, that line, just everything. That whole EP is magic.
Also, maybe "Eagle Fly Free" by Helloween, but not because it's beautiful art or anything, it's just a kickass song and I have a shameful weakness for power metal _________________ Progressive Rock
@RockyRaccoon - Where is Leonard Cohen on your favorite artists list?
Good question. He's high up there, like really high. I've loved him forever and I firmly believe that "Hallelujah" is one of the most beautifully written songs, both lyrically and melodically, in human history. I've also always loved his poetry, I got "Let Us Compare Mythologies" a long time ago, really great poetry book. I saw him in concert years ago and sat through three straight hours of rain out on the lawn at Merriweather Post Pavillion watching him, and I still think it was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. He's incredible.
So to ultimately answer your question, were I to make a favorite artists list, Cohen would easily be in my top 15, if not my top 10. _________________ Progressive Rock
@swedenman what is your favorite album from the 50s?
I have heard an embarrassingly low number of full albums from the '50s, but at the moment it would have to go to Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingues, hands down.
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