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Also, regarding how people find contemporary music. Sometimes I hit on something here, but mostly I just follow Pitchfork's reviews. I didn't manage to find another website whose tastes normally correspond to mine. There should be something similar out there for a classic rock fan like yourself. |
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My personal choices from list would be: Pink Floyd ABBA Elton John Stevie Wonder The Moody Blues Supertramp Genesis The Beach Boys Sting (solo and with The Police) Donovan Carole King Jethro Tull Yes Joni Mitchell Simon & Garfunkel My second tier would be: The Beatles Led Zeppelin Bee Gees (underrated by critics most of the time, unfortunately) The Who Eagles Electric Light Orchestra (Eldorado is such an amazing masterpiece) Crosby, Stills, Nash with or without Young, not so much Young solo) The Kinks Alan Parsons' Project Neil Diamond Santana Paul Rodgers (with Free & Bad Co.) Fairport Convention Some of the others on the list I like, but only in a casual way. If I had one piece of advice I would give to 15-year-old just starting out learning about popular music, it's this: be open to hearing other people's opinions/recommendations, but don't be afraid top follow your own gut instinct. Too often people of that age won't listen to something because it's not considered cool by their peers. If you happen to like KISS, great, but don't listen to them or buyh their records just because all your mates listen to them. Make up your own mind. |
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If you like them, check out Sufjan Stevens - but I need to warn you that some of his albums sound very different from others. I recommend Michigan, Illinois, and Carrie & Lowell. Apologies if Sufjan has already been mentioned in the thread; I did try to search, but the search function is returning an error page right now. |
I see you like some of the classic progressive rock bands: Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes, Camel. In that case you probably need to hear some of the "new progressive" bands, many of whom have evolved out of the metal scene but whose music now has little resemblance to heavy metal.
These include: Porcupine Tree Anathema Opeth (began as very heavy, but have mostly left that behind) Lunatic Soul/Riverside ("Lunatic Soul" is a stage name used by Mariusz Duda, the singer fron the band Riverside). |
I'll second Sufjan Stevens, and especially those three albums. A folk artist really (I happen to love folk). Sometimes depressing (One of his best songs, off Illinois, is a summary of John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer from Chicago), he none the less is quite melodic.
This one is off Carrie and Lowell |
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This track for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThKDqLwmeo As the title suggests, the song is about twelve king fishers. :) |
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Anyway, thanks a lot for all your recommendations!!!! |
Hey Eleanor, I’ve just been rereading this thread, and I noticed you mentioned that JImmy Page played on a Donovan track.
He might’ve played on one, in fact so did John Paul Jones and John Bonham. However it’s not „Sunshine Superman”, but „Hurdy Gurdy Man”. The personel on that song is very confusinh however, with various people present at the sessions credit different people and change their versions over time (including Donovan). Jimmy Page does list „Hurdy Gurdy” as a song he played on as a session musician on his website though |
Wiki lists Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of having worked on Sunshine Superman. I think I remember a Youtube bio on Jimmy Page mentioning Sunshine Superman too.
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I had no idea Thanks for the notice :beer: |
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