Artists/Bands you can't live without

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Archaic Torso of Apollo

The Beatles (second half of career, starting with Rubber Soul)
The Kinks (1966-71)
The Band (1968-70)
The Byrds (1967-68)
Tom Waits
King Crimson (early albums)
Leonard Cohen
Richard Thompson
Pentangle (original lineup, 1968-72)
Fairport Convention (early albums, up to Full House)
Steeleye Span (early albums, up to Parcel of Rogues)
John Prine
formerly VELIMIR (before that, Spitvalve)

"Who knows not strict counterpoint, lives and dies an ignoramus" - CPE Bach

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 07, 2020, 09:23:04 AM
Emmy Lou and Dire Straits are favorites of mine too!   :)  Need to revisit ELH.  Are you familiar with her Red Dirt Girl album Sarge?
PD

Oh yes, one of her few albums in which she wrote all the songs. Absolutely gorgeous.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 07, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
Serge Gainsbourg

The past couple of days I've been devouring Jane Birkin/Gainsbourg vids on YouTube  8)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on July 07, 2020, 02:20:05 PM
The Band (1968-70)
The Byrds (1967-68)
Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
John Prine



Sarge and the Boys
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

71 dB

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 07, 2020, 10:11:17 AM
Thank you Poju. A good reminder I should listen to Tapestry as well at some point. What's a good entry point for Tangerine Dream please ?

edit:ignore that bit, i mixed up Carole king and Carly Simon..  ::) I'll check Carly Simon as well  ;)

You're welcome!

Good entry point for Tangerine Dream is like asking good entry point for J. S. Bach.  ;D I Started myself with the late 70's/early 80's stuff and the first album I bought was Force Majeure (1979).

As for Carly Simon, her second Album Anticipation, (1971) could a place to start. She had one of the biggest hits of the 70's, "You're So Vain", but frankly it's not even close to her most interesting stuff imo. She sung the theme song of the Bond Movie The Spy Who Loved Me and she also won the Oscar for the best song for the movie Working Girl.
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Quote from: 71 dB on July 07, 2020, 04:42:50 PM
You're welcome!

Good entry point for Tangerine Dream is like asking good entry point for J. S. Bach.  ;D I Started myself with the late 70's/early 80's stuff and the first album I bought was Force Majeure (1979).

As for Carly Simon, her second Album Anticipation, (1971) could a place to start. She had one of the biggest hits of the 70's, "You're So Vain", but frankly it's not even close to her most interesting stuff imo. She sung the theme song of the Bond Movie The Spy Who Loved Me and she also won the Oscar for the best song for the movie Working Girl.

As an American (OK, boomer) of a certain age, the song Anticipation was forever spoiled for me when a big food corporation (Heinz? That was long before the days of megamergers) used it in a TV commercial for ketchup.

I rate Carly Simon's ex-husband James Taylor very highly as a musician.

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Papy Oli

Quote from: T. D. on July 07, 2020, 10:15:24 AM
Less than 25 for now (may edit later). Jazz favorites, some obvious, others maybe less so, somewhat random order.

Thelonious Monk
Sonny Rollins
Hank Mobley


Thank you for your list T.D.  I do not have much Jazz on the shelves but these 3 made it and I like them.
Olivier

Papy Oli

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2020, 02:05:22 PM
Natalie Merchant

Another one for me to check out, thank you Greg.

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on July 07, 2020, 02:07:30 PM
Fantastic! I saw Gillian Welch and her partner, David Rawlings perform at The Ryman in Nashville, it was amazing. My wife and I agree that in the three years we've lived in Nashville it's the best concert we've seen here.

Oh colour me green with envy on this one. I hope one day they pass these shores again so that I can see them.

That concert is not too bad either in the meantime:

https://www.youtube.com/v/9eF7gywHMxw
Olivier

Papy Oli

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2020, 02:17:56 PM
1. Moondance, Into the Music, Avalon Sunset are three of my favorites
3. She sings pop and jazz standards. This is, I think, her masterpiece:
6. Prisoner in Disguise
7. Avalon or Stranded
8. Stand in the Fire, a live greatest hits album, played in a very hard rock style.

Cool, added. Thank you.  8)
Olivier

Papy Oli

Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on July 07, 2020, 02:20:05 PM
The Beatles (second half of career, starting with Rubber Soul)
The Kinks (1966-71)
The Band (1968-70)
The Byrds (1967-68)
Tom Waits
King Crimson (early albums)
Leonard Cohen
Richard Thompson
Pentangle (original lineup, 1968-72)
Fairport Convention (early albums, up to Full House)
Steeleye Span (early albums, up to Parcel of Rogues)
John Prine

Thank you.

The Band could have been in my list, if it was 30  :(

The ones bolded are on my explore list.
Olivier

Papy Oli

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 07, 2020, 02:34:18 PM
The past couple of days I've been devouring Jane Birkin/Gainsbourg vids on YouTube  8)

Sarge

Not a bad way to spend the day...  0:) :laugh:
Olivier

Papy Oli

Quote from: 71 dB on July 07, 2020, 04:42:50 PM
You're welcome!

Good entry point for Tangerine Dream -  Force Majeure (1979).

As for Carly Simon, her second Album Anticipation, (1971)

Noted Poju, thank you !
Olivier

Florestan

Tbh, there's not one single artist/band that I used to like which I can't live without. However, on the celebrated desert island I'd take with me songs by the following:

Jo Dassin
Queen/Freddie Mercury
Metalica
Manowar
Helloween
Dire Straits/Mark Knopffler
Sting
ABBA
Ray Charles
Eric Clapton
Charles Aznavour
Kenny Rogers
Toto Cutugno
Adriano Celentano
Frank Sinatra


"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Papy Oli

Quote from: Florestan on July 08, 2020, 12:54:54 AM
Tbh, there's not one single artist/band that I used to like which I can't live without. However, on the celebrated desert island I'd take with me songs by the following:

Jo Dassin
Queen/Freddie Mercury
Metalica
Manowar
Helloween
Dire Straits/Mark Knopffler
Sting
ABBA
Ray Charles
Eric Clapton
Charles Aznavour
Kenny Rogers
Toto Cutugno
Adriano Celentano
Frank Sinatra

Nice eclectic list, Andrei.

Charles Aznavour should have been on my list but i limit my listening to him. There's a melancholy in his songs that gets me in pieces every time. Like the nod to Joe Dassin too.

Adrian Celentano is a blast from the past for me. My parents were never big in music, only had about 10-12 Lp's...for whatever reason, Celentano was one of them...his name sounded brilliant and cool to me as a wee kid.  :laugh:
Olivier

Florestan

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 08, 2020, 01:10:41 AM
Nice eclectic list, Andrei.

Thanks. There are rpobably more but otomh that was it.

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Charles Aznavour should have been on my list but i limit my listening to him. There's a melancholy in his songs that gets me in pieces every time. Like the nod to Joe Dassin too.

Precisely. Dassin's Caffe des trois colombes and On s'est aimé comme on se quitte describe with uncanny accuracy my own experience two decades ago and exactly in France.  ;)

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Adrian Celentano is a blast from the past for me. My parents were never big in music, only had about 10-12 Lp's...for whatever reason, Celentano was one of them...his name sounded brilliant and cool to me as a wee kid.  :laugh:

Back then my father was a big fan of him.  :)
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Pohjolas Daughter

Quote from: Papy Oli on July 07, 2020, 09:50:26 AM
I'd be happy to live with that list only :

Mogwai
ZZ Top
Rodolphe Burger & Kat Onoma
Grant Lee Buffalo & Grant Lee Philips
Depeche Mode
Status Quo
Neil Young
Crosby Stills Nash
Turin Brakes
Creedence Clearwater Revival

****

Bob Dylan
Loudon Wainwright III
George Brassens
Serge Gainsbourg
Eric Clapton
Johnny Cash
Nick Drake
Lambchop
Chris Rea
Stone Roses
Gillian Welch
Metallica
Guns & Roses
Iron Maiden
Dire Straits

Do you (and others here) have a couple of favorite Gillian Welch albums?  I became aware of her first years ago when I went to see "Oh brother, where art thou?" and purchased the sound track to it.

PD

Papy Oli

Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 08, 2020, 07:35:55 AM
Do you (and others here) have a couple of favorite Gillian Welch albums?  I became aware of her first years ago when I went to see "Oh brother, where art thou?" and purchased the sound track to it.

PD

She's only done 5 of them. "Time (The Revelator)" stands out for me.  Then "Soul Journey".

Listen to the concert on YT i have posted earlier on above, it is top notch and will give you a good idea of their quality.
Olivier

Pohjolas Daughter

Thanks Olivier...will do whilst making lunch.   :)

PD

71 dB

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