Our other favourite bands
 

Hi everyone,

So.. this is the first thread I've started on this section of The Ledge.

Since this is the chit chat part I thought it would be cool for us to know a bit more about each other if anyone is cool with that. So other than Fleetwood Mac and everyone associated with them, who are our other favourite bands?

I totally agree with John Cusack in High Fidelity when he says that you can tell a lot about a person by their music taste and that it's very important for starting conversations etc (in a non-judgmental way of course) so here goes my list of other favourites...

Oh, and that film of High Fidelity sucks - the book is amazing though!

Counting Crows
Emmylou Harris
Sheryl Crow
Carpenters (Karen was the best female pop singer ever in my opinion)
Bonnie Raitt
Ryan Adams
Matchbox 20
Beverley Knight
Neil Young
Kylie Minogue (all the way back from hear early late 80s stuff. You guys in the US missed SO much!)
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Pearl Jam
Steve Earle
Bruce Springsteen
Jackson Browne
Sara Evans
The Beatles
Dixie Chicks
Belinda Carlisle
Roxette
Sugarland
Linda Ronstadt (who has the same birthday as me - cool!)

Phew - I didn't mean to put so many! As you can see, bit of a country fan here, which can sometimes suck living in the UK!

Anyone else like many of the ones on that list? Looking at it I'm struck, as ever, by the fact of how un-British it is! I suppose I should add The Jam to help even it out!

Thoughts?

I may do a thread about favourite films and actors if this one goes well...

ANOTHER RYAN ADAMS FAN!!!!! Yes!

I'm a HUGE believer in Cardinology :) After Fleetwood Mac and Stevie, he's my favorite musician.


Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Ryan Adams (& the Cardinals), Arcade Fire, Beirut, Metric, Explosions in the Sky, Bon Iver, Led Zeppelin, Jose Gonzalez, Radiohead, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, TV on the Radio, Wilco, Horse Feathers, Wolf Parade, Bob Dylan, Rocky Votolato, Architecture in Helsinki, Damien Rice, Chad Van Gaalen, Isis, Iron & Wine, Eagles, Allman Brothers, Andrew Bird, Of Montreal, Isis, Girl Talk, White Stripes, Streetlight Manifesto, Guided By Voices, James Taylor, Heart, Modest Mouse, Neil Young, The National, The Who, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths, Okkervil River, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Television, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Andy McKee, M.I.A., Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Doors, David Bowie, Devendra Banhart, Santogold, Regina Spektor, Rocco deLuca and the Burden, David Ford, Seabear, Interpol, the Shins, Grateful Dead, Snow Patrol, U2, Sufjan Stevens, Ugly Casanova, Dario Marianelli, Vampire Weekend, Velvet Underground, the Weepies, Whiskeytown, Without Gravity... to list a few.

Lets definitely do films and actors! I'm a music and movie fiend-- more so music, but I'm always up to talk about great films.

Hi Danielle,

Ryan Adams is fantastic - although Cardiology hasn't grown on me yet, it will though! Heartbreaker, Gold, Easy Tiger to name a few are all great. Good call on Jose Gonzalez. Have you heard his cover verion of Kylie Minogue's Hand On Your Heart? It's really cool! Although you have to know the original to get just how different it is... Good call on James Taylor, although I prefer Jackson Browne, and of course the awesome Heart!!

I can't believe I forgot to put them on my list - I love Heart!! Oh, and Journey!

You have to keep trying with Cardinology-- once it hits you, its in your blood for life :) I like it better than Easy Tiger because its just a more solid album-- Easy Tiger has some great tracks but as one work, it isn't nearly as consistent IMO.

I have heard that cover-- phenomenal, like everything he does. I am a really really big fan of Jose's original work but he also has never failed me with a cover. His version of "Teardrop" is beautiful, too.

I've seen Heart like 4 times-- SUCH a great show again and again!

I'd LOVE to see Heart live but alas, one of the setbacks that comes from living in the UK. I know they've just done a tour with Journey - wow!! I live in the wrong country musically. I'l see them one day, I hope!

Hmm...well my musical taste is pretty limited I'm known for being very blinkered when it comes to music... Other than FM and FM related stuff (all 16 members) I also like the following:

• Bob Dylan (pride of place at the top of the list)
• Bonnie Tyler
• Eric Clapton
• Bruce Springsteen
• Heart
• Pat Benatar
• Janis Joplin
• Tom Petty
• John Mayall
• Elton John
• Billy Joel
• Rod Stewart
• Bob Seger
• Jackson Browne
• Eagles/Don Henley

Oh and a couple of new additions over recent years:

• Lily Allen
• Amy Winehouse
• James Blunt

Abba
The Eagles
The Carpenters
ELO
Queen

Hurrah! Another Carpenters fan! I have everything they've done, including Karen's solo stuff. Also grew up listening to Abba.

For me, honestly I dont have a terribly varied interest. I have basically 2 bands that I LOVE besides Fleetwood Mac. they are:


1. The Stereophonics

2. The Sundays



I first heard the Stereophonics when I was on holiday in Europe in 2002 getting on the ferry to crosss from Calais to Dover when their song Have A Nice Day came on the sound system on the boat. It was one of those moments where a lighning bolt hits you and you have to find out who this artistwas IMMIDEATELY! I fleew home the next day and bought the album that song was on that night, and the rest is history. TO me, Kelly Jones, the Stereophonics lead singer is one of the most incredible songwriters in modern music! As for The Sundays, I have ben a fan of theirs since their inception in 1990. Their lead singer is a lady named Harriet Wheeler, and to me she has the most angelic voice of any woman I've ever heard. Unfortunately they havent made an album since 1997.:( Incidentally, that large picture in my sig is when I met the Stereophonics back in 2005 when they came to Minneapolis. on the far left is Richard Jones the bass player. Kelly Jones the lead singer and guitar is on the other side of me with the hat on and Javier Weyler the drummer is on the far right.

Love these...(to name a few):

The Beatles
U2
Gin Blossoms
Queen
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Goo Goo Dolls
Rolling Stones
The Police
Journey (with Steve Perry)
The Band
Coldplay
New Order
The Cure
The Pretenders
Tears For Fears

Pretenders - good call! They're coming to Glasgow soon. Hoping to go see them if I can afford it.

I've really recently started getting into Def Leppard. There is so much power in that music- I love 80's hair metal!!!

I've been an Abba fan for over 30 years and the Carpenters for almost as long. In fact I liked them way before I discovered Fleetwood Mac

I got into Carpenters about 15 years ago afte5r seeing that awful tv moie The Karen Carpenter story. Im 27 now so was only 12 but just loved the songs. Since then I've been a huge fan. Do you have Karen's solo stuff? The album is ok but patchy and the unreleased songs, well, there's onlureally one good one...

Yep... I have everything

Cool! What are your faves? I so rarely get a chance to talk with people who have everything!

My all time favourite Carpenters song is 'A Song For You'

You're kidding?! It's in my top 3, along with Rainy Days and Mondays and Superstar! I can't quite out the 3 in order though. I love A Song For You. As for their other covers I also love their version of Desperado. That, Eagles amd Ronstadt's version are all fantastic. Their version of Help is mad - haha!

I think in terms of albums I'd have to go for A Song For You and Horizon as possibly the best 2. I do have a very soft spot for Made In America and Lovelines though. Passage and A Kind of Hush, not so much (with the exceptions of I Just Fall In Love Again and I Need To Be In Love, which was apparently Karen's favourite of all their songs).

I think my least favourite songs are probably Man Smart, Woman Smarter and Beechwood 4-5789 (as much as I like Made In America).

The only thing I don't have is Richard's Time album from the mid 1980s, which is IMPOSSIBLE to get apart from stupidly priced vinyl copies on ebay. The cd version has completely disappeared. It's frustrating. The one thing I need to get to complete my collection. Do you have it, is it any good? I've never thought I was missing out on much because I have Something In Your Eyes.

Too many to list...

But I will say as of late I have been enjoying Fish era Marillion.

Ok correction.. I don't have everything as I don't have Richards album. lol

Yes.. Desperado is lovely and I also love Rainy Days and Mondays.

Yeah, that album is impossible to get! I have heard his second solo one from the late 90s but not picked it up. It's instrumental.

The Pretenders
Peter Murphy (solo stuff)
Level 42
The Chameleons U.K.
Concrete Blonde
The Style Council
Paul Weller (solo stuff)
Del Amitri
Virgin Black
Diana Krall
Luka Bloom
Bryan Ferry
Bob Marley
Sade
Lenny Kravitz
The Police
Jack Johnson
Ben Harper
The Wake
David Sylvian
and so many more

Del Amitri - fantastic!

This is by NO means a complete list...


Rock/Blues/Reggae:
The Beatles (individually & collectively)
The Rolling Stones
anything "Eric Clapton" (that means, Yardbirds, John Mayall, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominoes, solo, etc)
Allman Brothers Band (including spin-offs...Dickey Betts Band, Sea Level, Derek Trucks Band, Gov't Mule, etc)
Little Feat
ZZ Top
The Grateful Dead
Marshall Tucker Band
The Band
Traffic (individually & collectively)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Jackson Browne
Linda Ronstadt (up until she went "mariachi" on us)
Eagles (kind of have a "love/hate" thing going with them)
Bob Dylan
Leon Russell
Delaney & Bonnie And Friends
The Traveling Wilburys
Electric Light Orchestra
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (including Mudcrutch)
The Who
The Guess Who
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Wishbone Ash
Jeff Beck
Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
The Byrds & Buffalo Springfield (and all of their intertwined family tree)
The Motels
Concrete Blonde
The Police
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
The Clash (and Big Audio Dynamite)
U2
Heart
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Carl Perkins
Roxy Music
The Pretenders
Pat Benatar
Squeeze
The Church
Gin Blossoms
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Peter Tosh
Burning Spear
Robert Johnson
Big Bill Broonzy
Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Little Walter
Albert King
Freddie King
BB King
Otis Rush
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Jimmie Vaughn
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Robert Cray
Butterfield Blues Band
Elvin Bishop
Mike Bloomfield


Jazz:
Modern Jazz Quartet
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Charles Mingus
Mose Allison
Weather Report
Return To Forever
Jazz Messengers
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Lionel Hampton
Cab Calloway
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
George Benson
Les Paul (& Mary Ford)

Country:
Hank Williams
Hank Williams Jr
Johnny Cash
Big & Rich
Dwight Yoakam
Patty Loveless
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Chet Atkins
Floyd Cramer
Toby Keith
Brooks & Dunn
Garth Brooks
Kentucky Headhunters

GREAT call on Neil Young (I'm obsessed), Wilco, Neko Case, Cat Power (awesome live), Dinosaur Jr, Elliott Smith (although Damien Rice is even better-- check it out), Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley?, My Morning Jacket (Evil Urges is amazing), Tom Waits and, of course, Ryan Adams. :)

My other top favorite band is Hanson. It goes with the territory for people to think they're just those kids who sang "MmmBop", but they were so much more than that song even then and have only continued to grow as musicians and songwriters over the past twelve years. I essentially grew up with them having been a fan since the early days, I adore their music and style and their live shows are among the most fun I've ever had at concerts (and they never fail to bust out a kickass classic rock cover or two). Great guys and great tunes.

I'm also really into Kings of Leon. I'm one of the fairly new fans in that I wasn't aware of them until Only by the Night came out, but I love their entire catalogue. Their sound is amazing and they are another band that gives me faith that people of my own generation can still put out some quality music.

Also high on the list are REM, the Bee Gees, the Beach Boys (especially Dennis), Matt Nathanson and Sister Hazel.

The Beatles, The Who, Heart, Three Dog Night, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Ambrosia, Andy Williams, Simon & Garfunkel, Sly & The Family Stone, Jackson 5, The Carpentars, The Hollies, Alice Cooper, Frank Sinatra, Helen Reddy Roberta Flack, The Bee Gees, Sheryl Crow, The O'Jays, The Spinners, 5th Dimension, Seals & Crofts, Gordon Lightfoot, The Violent Femmes, Romeo Void and a billion others I can't think of right now.

Hip Hop: #1 favorite= Ludacris
Mos Def, Styles P, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Bubba Sparxx, Eminem, The Pack, The Game and a million more rappers I know none of you give a crunk about.

I pretty much love all of those artists, especially Springsteen and Juliana! Nice taste.

To that I'll add: Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Concrete Blonde (my love for Johnette Napolitano is really quite ridiculous), Bat for Lashes, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Velvet Underground and Lou Reed.

Bonnie Raitt
The Pretenders
Heart
Sam Phillips
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Rosanne Cash
Alison Krauss and Union Station
ELO
Emmylou Harris
Dolly Parton
Sarah McLachlan
Dixie Chicks
Bob Seger
Tonic
Don Williams
Alice Cooper
Angie Aparo
The Cox Family
CSNY
John Hiatt
Joey + Rory
Sheryl Crow
Grayson Capps and the Stumpknockers

I really like what I've heard of their music, especially the tribute to Emmylou Harris, 'Sweet Emmylou' - that's just perfect!

I honestly can't stand alot of the newer country music out there. (I think much of it stems from the fact that a TV playing CMT/GAC sits in front of me all day at work.) But I looooove them. I've seen them live twice. They were the local opening act for Pat Benatar at the Wildhorse and then I saw them at CMA Fest. Excellent both times except for the fact they don't have a backing band yet...

Lucky you, I'm going to make a point of catching them live sometime! I agree about a lot of newer country stuff, I actually think there is some great stuff out there but it's not what gets the airplay. I do love Miranda Lambert though. :o

GREEN DAY - I love them about half as much as I love Stevie, which clocks in at right about 'unhealthy obsession.' Sadly, even though I begged everyone I know who can drive, I found no one available to take me to their concert. I cried.

Paramore - I absolutely love both of their studio CDs, 'All We Know is Falling' and 'Riot!' and I'm superrr excited about 'Brand New Eyes'. I also didn't go to this concert. Even though my best friend and I had tickets. Our parents wouldn't let us go alone. :/ So we sold them.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I got to see them last summer, and we had 5th row seats! It was an awesome concert!

Cheap Trick - They were 'My Obsession' (hehe, that's one of their songs!) before I discovered who sang Silver Springs. :) I saw them two years ago, and stood on my chair the entire time to see Robin Zander over the 6 foot man in front of me. :)

Katy Perry - Some of her songs are strange, but I think she's pretty cool, and whacked out. :] I read her interview in Seventeen and she sounds more down to earth than the other current poppies. I have a Katy Perry t-shirt. :D

Nirvana - I'm not like a huge fan or anything, but I have their two studio CDs. And I like most of the songs, if I ignore the lyrics.

Secondhand Serenade - He's just cool, and I like several of their songs.

The Fray - I've listen to 'You Found Me' more than most people would care to.

Rihanna - She's also just cool, and her name reminds me of Rhiannon, which is also my name :)

Guided by Voices/Robert Pollard (my actual favorite); The Byrds (and all shootoffs); Wilco; Cheap Trick; Big Star; the Breeders; Material Issue; and the Replacements have been getting up there. And, I've developed a major soft spot for old punk bands (Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, the Stooges, the Rings) as well as bands like Velvet Underground, Wire, and Pere Ubu. I find myself appreciating the ACTUAL eccentric artists (screw you Lindsey).

In addition to that, of course, I love all of the other (main) projects of the other guys in my triubte band. Especially The Tasties and our vocalist Jesse Remnant. Their songs just give me gooseflesh. The other guys' stuff is killer, too (if not available on CD). I'm one of the luckiest people in the world to work with such talent on such a casual basis. I mean, there's nothing quite as cool to having a big practice, and then singing along with somebody in the band's CD on the way home!

I tend to hate "mainstream" music. There's so much more worthwhile out there, that it becomes very limiting. That includes classic rock, BTW. Sure, there are songs that still get me there (Funk #49, Start Me Up), but so much of it is REALLY tired by this point.

Good choice!

LOVE Guided By Voices... and Wilco... and Cheap Trick... and the Ramones/Clash/etc... and Velvet Underground...

:)

Let's see,

1. ELVIS PRESLEY

then in no particular order,

Shelby Lynne
Dwight Yoakam
Johnny Cash
Rosanne Cash
Jewel
Alison Krauss
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Robert Cray
Renee Flemming
Diana Krall
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters
Pat Benatar
Carly Simon
Roy Orbison
Marty Robbins
No Doubt

and a little Welch girl named Duffy

Great taste! I've been listening to Shelby a lot lately, especially Identity Crisis.

Rock/Pop:

Steely Dan
Blondie/Debbie Harry
Belinda Carlisle
Pet Shop Boys
Sting/The Police
Marianne Faithfull
Joni Mitchell
Laura Nyro
Bonnie Raitt
Rufus Wainwright
Cyndi Lauper
Ben Folds Five
Elton John

Jazzy:

Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Billie Holiday
June Christy
Miles Davis
Louis Armstrong
Lester Young
Charlie Parker
Django Reinhardt
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Stan Getz
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Jaco Pastorius
Pat Metheny
Cassandra Wilson
Diana Krall
Jimmy Scott

Bluesy:

Bessie Smith
Muddy Waters
Memphis Minnie
Leroy Carr
Charles Brown
Louis Jordan
Big Joe Turner
Ruth Brown

Country:

Hank Williams
Patsy Cline
Kitty Wells
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Loretta Lynn
Tammy Wynette
Dolly Parton
Jim Reeves
Eddy Arnold

Good thread idea!!!

Some of my faves outside the realm of Mac:
Colbie Caillat (she counts lol)
Vampire Weekend (almost forgot them lol)-saw live
Maroon 5- seen live twice
Jason Mraz
I'm just getting into some ABBA, who are IMO a weak Mac
Franz Ferdinand
the Beatles, of course
Chester French (similar to VW)
the Killers
L'Homme Run (very few songs, but very good)
Lily Allen
Taylor Swift


Honestly, I find myself liking a few songs by one artist moreso than liking a majority of one artists songs. Which is another reason why I hold FM so dear- I only dislike maybe 12 songs during Rumours era, which is where my fandom lies. I mean I saw AC/DC Tuesday, don't get me wrong, they're really talented, but if not for the obv hits I wasn't as into it as the people I went with (but to be fair, I mostly went for a guy...) anyway I also like Alanis Morrisette, Dire Straits, and the Cars- but not everything in their catalogue. Two more honorable mentions are Tom Petty, and Supertramp