Your favorite popular music artist?

[Dr. Dread]

Just curious.

Mine is still The Beatles, with Bob Dylan snapping at their heels. I wasn't into Dylan much until I read his Chronicles, Volume 1. Now I consider him a genius.

He needs to get to work on volumes two and three.

[Harry]

LAURA PAUSINI & PAT BENATAR.

[bhodges]

Hi Dave!  Just based on quantity of recordings in my library, I have a tie between three singers: k.d. lang, Diane Schuur and Siouxsie Sioux, all quite different from each other.

--Bruce

[Dr. Dread]

LAURA PAUSINI & PAT BENATAR.

I like Pat Benatar. Don't know the other one.

[Dr. Dread]

Hi Dave!  Just based on quantity of recordings in my library, I have a tie between three singers: k.d. lang, Diane Schuur and Siouxsie Sioux, all quite different from each other.

--Bruce

I was listening to a Roy Orbison/k.d. lang duet just the other day: two nice voices.

Diane Schuur. God, that name sounds familiar. Is that Costello's wife?

Siouxsie Sioux: not a huge fan but there are one or two songs I like. She also ripped on Freddie Mercury once, which didn't sit well with me.

[bhodges]

I was listening to a Roy Orbison/k.d. lang duet just the other day: two nice voices.

Diane Schuur. God, that name sounds familiar. Is that Costello's wife?

Siouxsie Sioux: not a huge fan but there are one or two songs I like. She also ripped on Freddie Mercury once, which didn't sit well with me.

That duet was probably "Crying," yes?  I love the way Orbison and lang do that song.  Just before the holidays, PBS here was showing a concert video with him that was excellent.

Diane Schuur is a fantastic jazz singer (who's blind) with a huge, brassy instrument.  A favorite CD is below.  Costello's wife is Diana Krall (whom I also like).

--Bruce

[Dr. Dread]

That duet was probably "Crying," yes?  I love the way Orbison and lang do that song.  Just before the holidays, PBS here was showing a concert video with him that was excellent.

Diane Schuur is a fantastic jazz singer (who's blind) with a huge, brassy instrument.  A favorite CD is below.  Costello's wife is Diana Krall (whom I also like).

--Bruce

Was the Orbison concert the black and white one with all the rock celebs? I haven't seen it yet.

Hey, jazz isn't popular music.

[bhodges]

Was the Orbison concert the black and white one with all the rock celebs? I haven't seen it yet.

Yes, that's the one.  Do check it out if you're inclined; it's a great concert.

Hey, jazz isn't popular music.

Very well. 

--Bruce

[Hollywood]

Mine include The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. Yes, I am from SoCal and when I was a kid we spent every weekend (plus two weeks in the summer) at the beach. Mostly Manhattan, Newport and Long Beach. Cowabunga and gnarly dude! 

[Dr. Dread]

Mine include The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. Yes, I am from SoCal and when I was a kid we spent every weekend (plus two weeks in the summer) at the beach. Mostly Manhattan, Newport and Long Beach. Cowabunga and gnarly dude! 

Every so often, I attempt to chip away at my indifference to The Beach Boys; they do have a few songs I like.

[SonicMan46]

Dave - dead or alive?    If the former, then Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, & Louis Armstrong - even some of my other favorites have passed away in recent years, such as Ray Charles & Mel Torme - 

[Dr. Dread]

dead or alive?

Yes.

Some good taste you got there.

[karlhenning]

Not surprisingly, I cannot light on a single artist (or band).

Judging by mine shelf, the top contenders are (in alphabetical order):

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Chicago
Jethro Tull
King Crimson/Robt Fripp
Talking Heads
Zappa

[karlhenning]

If pressed . . . Zappa clearly occupies the most shelf-space.

[Dr. Dread]

Not surprisingly, I cannot light on a single artist (or band).

Judging by mine shelf, the top contenders are (in alphabetical order):

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Chicago
Jethro Tull
King Crimson/Robt Fripp
Talking Heads
Zappa

Out of those, I would have to go with Talking Heads.

[Père Malfait]

I rarely listen to popular music anymore, and am woefully ignorant of anything being done in that field currently, despite being a weekly attendee of our local Goth/Industrial club night (which I, along with two other people, both since deceased, started in 1982).

So, I tend to fall back on my favorites from "back in the day":

Bauhaus
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Cure
Sisters of Mercy

. . . and a sentimental favorite album, Yaz, "Upstairs at Eric's".

And, since I wasn't online throughout the holidays, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and I wish everyone a happy and fortuitous new year! 

[Dr. Dread]

I rarely listen to popular music anymore, and am woefully ignorant of anything being done in that field currently, despite being a weekly attendee of our local Goth/Industrial club night (which I, along with two other people, both since deceased, started in 1982).

I bet you have some good stories.

Sorry about the other owners.

[bhodges]

I rarely listen to popular music anymore, and am woefully ignorant of anything being done in that field currently, despite being a weekly attendee of our local Goth/Industrial club night (which I, along with two other people, both since deceased, started in 1982).

So, I tend to fall back on my favorites from "back in the day":

Bauhaus
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Cure
Sisters of Mercy

. . . and a sentimental favorite album, Yaz, "Upstairs at Eric's".

And, since I wasn't online throughout the holidays, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and I wish everyone a happy and fortuitous new year! 

Cool, another Siouxsie fan!  And as for your Goth/Industrial night, were you (or are you) a DJ?  I agree with Dave...you probably have some wonderful mental snapshots of that time.

--Bruce

[Bulldog]

Richard Thompson.

[Père Malfait]

Cool, another Siouxsie fan!  And as for your Goth/Industrial night, were you (or are you) a DJ?  I agree with Dave...you probably have some wonderful mental snapshots of that time.

--Bruce

I was indeed! I don't DJ anymore, but I did from 1982 - 1988, and then again from 1991 - 1994. I DJ'd at the first Convergence, and that was my final hurrah. I may not spin anymore, but I *can* still work a velvet, lace & brocade wardrobe!!! 

And I do have wonderful memories of that time. Our scene is lucky to now have a resident photographer who captures the night's attendees. Would that we had someone like that (and the digital photography that makes it practical!) in the 80's . . .