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Name your go to cannot live without Bands/Artists Top Ten everyone else goes into Music Room 101 these will be the only 10 you can ever hear again This is my Ten 1 The Beatles 2 Stevie Wonder 3 The Killers 4 Buddy Holly 5 Guns N Roses 6 Alexander O'Neal 7 The Who 8 The Kinks 9 Eminem 10 Jim Reeves
1. Pink Floyd - I am more a fan of their 67-73 period. But would say I like all eras of Floyd and it's effected me throughout my life.
2. Spacemen 3 (inc. Spiritualized/Spectrum)
3. Jesus and Mary Chain
4. Television Personalities
5. Felt
6. Stereolab
7. John Coltrane
8. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
9. The Seeds
10. The Byrds
Honorable mentions to The Beatles and Stones obviously, but they're almost too big to be added to the list.
This top 10, also changes all the time, this is just how I see things at the moment and bands that have had the most impact on me since teen hood.
I would also add an 11th - for 60s garage band compilations in general, as these type of groups I am a big collector of, but many of them were one single bands, but it's my favourite genre.
Genre top 5's
1. 60s garage punk/ folk-rock/ beat (USA groups mostly 65-67 some UK 63-68)
2. Psychedelia/early prog/ proto glam/ heavy rock (67 - 69 UK and US)
3. Krautrock (german 71-78)
4. Indie and post punk ( UK and US 79-92)
5. Jazz (most of the Impulse stuff 57- 67)
Lately I have been nostalgic for Brit-Pop era bands, never was into it during my teens as I liked more 80s and 60s stuff but revisiting Britpop groups like Suede and Mansun have really been a head swinger for me. I had originally dismissed these bands as too camp, but they're actually really good. Blur too, at the time, never thought much of them, but they were far more unique and intriguing than Oasis.
Never really liked the Verve, despite having their LPs, and I never really got what the fuss was about with Oasis although do rate Noel as a good song-writer.
The 90s had some real gems, both in popular and underground music both in UK and USA.
Burnt Sofa • The Cankles • I Am Hamster • The Tremblings • Nude Unicorn • The Isleworth Ait • Punishment Farm • Omnivorous Predator • Uttoxeter Bludgeon Party • Prehistoric Fish Tank Farmer
All these supported Half man Half Biscuit I am pretty sure!!
Perfect topic to stimulate me whilst laid up in hospital!!!! Santana Airto Moreira Weather Report John McLaughlin PAt Metheney Stereolab Eivor Heilung Tchaikovsky Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green era
Perfect topic to stimulate me whilst laid up in hospital!!!! Santana Airto Moreira Weather Report John McLaughlin PAt Metheney Stereolab Eivor Heilung Tchaikovsky Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green era
Hope it's nothing too serious and yep it gets you thinking
I'm maybe coming at it at an obtuse angle but I'm like "man, people are gonna be listening to the same pace of music forever". Not top ten, but if they're the only ten I can listen to, I need a good range
Springsteen The National Titus Andronicus Alkaline Trio Mogwai blur Hot Chip LCD Soundsystem TV On The Radio Deftones
Difficult choices 1. U2 2. Coldplay 3. Elbow 4. Led Zeppelin 5. War On Drugs 6. REM 7.Radiohead 8. Pink Floyd 9. Springsteen 10. Fairport Convention
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