I like all sorts of songs for example songs from musicals (And all that Jazz, Summer Loving, Hey Big Spender) football songs (Hail Hail, You’ll Never walk alone) and Chart/Ex-chart songs from '60s to now (Sk8ter Boi, Uptown girl and some Beatles and Abba) I like songs that make you think (Hotel California).
I dislike a lot of songs too. I don’t like Classical music because I don’t understand it, some football songs (such as Simply The Best, a lie within song form sung by Rangers fans ) and I also dislike heavy metal because I don’t understand the purposes of the songs - the lyrics are sung very loudly) and sometimes they make my headache worse if I have one .
I don’t like songs that are written to shock but I don’t mind it if they’re written for another purpose but do shock, for example political songs (I only like political songs if they are within keeping of my own politics, this may be narrowminded but it’s true.)
No Bowie aficionados? I am astonied! Bowie was something of a philosophizer (not exactly a philosopher, if you understand the nuance) in the seventies. There are allusions to Nietzsche, Kahlil Gibran and Kierkegaard in his early music. I’ve even written a Hegelian interpretation of one of his albums. I implore you all to purchase his early work.
Now, on with the list:
David Bowie- The Width of a Circle
David Bowie- The Supermen
David Bowie- Five Years
David Bowie- Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise)
David Bowie- Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family
David Bowie- Lady Grinning Soul
…Bowie ad infinitum…
Brian Eno- Golden Hours King Crimson- Islands
Lou Reed- Last Great American Whale
The Beatles- Yer Blues
Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left
Elvis Costello- Shot With His Own Gun
The Clash- Guns on the Roof
Pulp- Countdown
The Who- Quadrophenia (The entire album)
Peter Gabriel- Intruder
Talking Heads- Don’t Worry About the Government
…Talking Heads ad infinitum…
Quite frankly I’m appalled by some of the shite you guys and gals subject yourself to. I recommend doses of:
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Neil Young - Comes-a-Time
Rival Schools + Oneminutewarning - Where I’m From
System Of A Down - Sugar
Richard Cheese - Baby Got Back
Nico - These Days
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Tortoise - The Taut & The Tame
Weezer - Across The Sea
Jonny Cymball - Mr Bassman
Anything by the White Stripes (saw 'em last night - wooh!)
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
The Aislers Set - Hit The Snow
Air - Run
Outkast - Spread
Television - Marquee Moon
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Devo - Whip It
Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
There, that’s enough to do yerself a tape that is…
Miles Davis & Thelonius Monk: Blue monk
Portishead: Undenied
Massive Attack (lots)
Jude: Rick James
TMBG: Little Birdhouse
Echobelly: Sanguinary
Cibo Matto: CLouds, 9MM
Butter08: Butterfuker
Artificial Joy Club :Quite a few
Poe: ANother World
i cant list songs… ill have to name bands.
first i have to admit that i listen to commercial hiphop and rap all the time. and i also like classical music (romantic period) so anyway, i like MUSE, placebo, red hot chilli peppers, tori amos, prodigy, alanis morisette. and my all time favourite, german industrial band - das ich. all must check them out okay? dont be fooled by the way they look, the music is good.
Ohhh, you should check out Therion, Pocky. Good German metal chamber pseudo operatic music.
I’m glad to hear SOMEONE out there likes MUSE other than just little ol me. Everyone else generally turns their nose up at them.
You should also check out Zeromancer!! Oh em gee. Their new album is soooo different from their older stuff. It’s more U2-ish and less Orgy-ish. It’s really good. But, hey, I like their visual rock period, too.
The greatest song of all time has got to be Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody! Its got everything, humour, emotion, rock!, classical, depth and much more. Nothing can beat this song
Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell
Kings of the Carnival Creation, Chaos Without Prophecy, Broderskapets Ring, Stormblast, Guds Fortapelse, Puritania, Moonchild Domain, Behind the Curtains of Night - Phantasmagoria - Dimmu Borgir [Well, practically anything from them.]
Mother North - Satyricon
Wintry Grey, Du Nordavind, The Chaos Path, Of Nails and Sinners, Alone - Arcturus
Banner of Blasphemy - Agathodaimon
Needled 24/7, Downfall - Children of Bodom
Haloes, Romeo’s Distress, Spiritual Cramp - Christian Death
this is tough for me because music is my religion
but here goes
the who’s version of “young man blues”
pink floyd “sheep”
rolling stones “monkey man”
frank zappa “titties and beer”
MC5 “skunk”
benny goodman “sing, sing, sing”
nofx “the decline”
dead kennedys “MTV get off the air”
subhumans “from the cradle to the grave”
king crimson “21st century schitzoid man”
the who “baba o’riley”
cream “tales of brave ulysses”
tom waits “jockey full of bourbon”
rush “la villa strangiato”
herbie hancock “sleeping giant”
queen “stone cold crazy”
gwar “sick of you”
alice cooper “halo of flies”
cheech and chong “earache my eye”
the beatles “while my guitar gently weeps”
led zeppelin “no quarter”
mister bungle “travolta”
curtis mayfield “superfly”
public enemy “bring the noise”
miles davis “say it loud”
jethro tull “thick as a brick”
traffic “the low spark of high heeled boys”
ventures “war of the satellites”
loudon wainwright III “drinking song”
stevie wonder “superstition”
bob dylan “its alright ma”
the allman brothers “whipping post”
fishbone “drunk schitzo”
duke ellington “harlem”
spinal tap “rainy day sun”
new ancient astronauts “peter sellers”
the raincoats- no ones little girl
cake- short skirt, long jacket
garbage- you look so fine
artificial joy club- sick& beautiful
goldfrapp- utopia
tori amos- hey jupiter
aimee mann- save me
Hey, Socrates Apology: I realize you posted this list quite a while ago, but on the off chance you may see this post-- I’ve been trying to find out where exactly in TRex’s discography I can find Deboraharobed?? It is better & more special than other versions of Deborah–my ex had it on 45rpm and I’ve been lookin for a digital/mp3 version forever. ANy info??
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King Crimson- Islands
