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Favorite Songs And Recording Artists
SandyFla:
--- Quote from: Chuck on March 18, 2008, 09:09:50 AM ---I love topics like these.....songs are pretty difficult....artists, easy. No particular order.
1. Styx
2. Def Lep
3. Foreigner
4. Journey
5. Boston
6. The Eagles
7. Doobie Brothers
8. Petra (Christian reference)
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Chuck - my list would look very similar to yours, except I'm not crazy about Def Lep or the Doobies. Others I like:
1. Little River Band
2. Bee Gees
3. Air Supply
4. Abba (people laugh at that, but their harmony is SUPERB)
5. Steve Miller Band
6. Beach Boys
7. Chicago
8. Elton John
9. James Taylor
10. REO Speedwagon
11. Toto
12. Smashmouth (yes, I've come into the 21st century with at least one, LOL)
hillsbororiver:
1. Beatles (no one even close to the impact and effect they had on me, the rest of the list is more categorical than anything else)
2. Steely Dan (and all the solo jazz/rock/pop artists they introduced, Tom Scott, Steve Gadd, Michael McDonald, David Sanborn, etc.)
3. Supremes, Temptations, Booker T. and the MG's, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, The Rascals, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, (all the great artists from the Motown and Atlantic labels during the golden age of "soul."
4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues (the "heady" rock)
5. Frank Zappa (bizarre but a true avant-garde composer)
6. Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Cream/Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Group; especially the album "Truth" featuring a young Rod Stewart on vocals who was actually the prototype that Jimmy Page found in Robert Plant when he formed Led Zeppelin a year later, of course Rod Stewart became a bigger (not better) artist (than Jeff Beck) in his own right.
7. Albert King, Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Delbert McClinton, Howling Wolf, B.B. King, Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Rait, Little Milton, Bo Diddley, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Taj Mahal, Lyle Lovett, Susan Tedeschi (American music specialists who combined blues, country, gospel into their own unique styles and sounds)
8. James Taylor, Harry Nilsson, Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, (accoustical extraordinaires)
9. Dave Brubeck, Joe Sample, Peter White, Spiro Gyro, The Rippingtons, Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Chick Corea (innovative Jazz greats IMHO of course)
10. Schubert (my favorite classical composer) all the other greats as well; Verde, Beethovan, Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Handel, etc. (These guys were a lot more interesting and unconventional than most people are aware of especially (again IMHO) Schubert who only lived to 31, existed mainly from handouts and by playing piano for tips in his local tavern, wrote his most uplifting pieces when depressed and his melancholy music when happy.
Patrick:
I'd probably get bashed if I listed my current "taste" in "music"; I enjoy the HEAVY METAL.
Country & Western was what I had to listen to growing up, music was a big part of our family. Some of the "old timers" may remember W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (cousin) and the Light Crust Doughboys/Hillbilly Boys (Bob Wills played for Pappy).
So, I rebelled and went rock & roll crazy; Sugarloaf/Steppenwolf/Three Dog Night/Guess Who/Zeppelin/BTO/Z Z Top/Rush/etc..
Then I heard Iron Maiden, have not looked back since.
John9362:
LOVE the heavy metal tooo...BUT the old version, better known as heavy rock, from the 70's 80's and a few from the 90's after that most heavy metal bands couldn't play or sing and today most are like that.
No.1 never to be dethroned Led Zeppelin......These guys could play absolutely anything and it was great!!
Followed by in no certain order:
Deep Purple
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
Guns 'N Roses
The Cult
The Black Crowes
Foreigner
Van Halen
Pink Floyd
Velvet Revolver
Evanescence...hard to spell BUT what a VOICE.............GOTTA LOVE HER VOICE !!
.....and many others
It's amazing how I can enjoy all this music at the age of 46 without being stoned and drunk ;D
ps...I will probably need a hearing aid soon though :D
Love you guys...........John ;)
Samson:
--- Quote from: John9362 on March 19, 2008, 03:54:13 AM ---LOVE the heavy metal tooo...BUT the old version, better known as heavy rock, from the 70's 80's and a few from the 90's after that most heavy metal bands couldn't play or sing and today most are like that.
No.1 never to be dethroned Led Zeppelin......These guys could play absolutely anything and it was great!!
Followed by in no certain order:
Deep Purple
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
Guns 'N Roses
The Cult
The Black Crowes
Foreigner
Van Halen
Pink Floyd
Velvet Revolver
Evanescence...hard to spell BUT what a VOICE.............GOTTA LOVE HER VOICE !!
.....and many others
It's amazing how I can enjoy all this music at the age of 46 without being stoned and drunk ;D
ps...I will probably need a hearing aid soon though :D
Love you guys...........John ;)
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Hey John,
We are glad to hear that your not drunk and stoned anymore( ;D ;D ;D ), I forgot about AC/DC, love that song, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, that was the theme song at the job I had for twenty years and " We gotta get outta this place by The Animals, that was a long time ago, " in a galaxy, far far away ;)
Thanks for the fun & interesting Posts, Samson.
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