Archive for March, 2010
I was listening to an AM radio station a few years ago and came across a really good instrumental track that sounded as if it were from the late 50′s or early 60′s. It was a very calm song, in 4/4 time with triplets, the way so many popular songs were at the time. The most distinctive part was an opening and closing guitar riff that sounds almost identical to the introduction of Electric Light Orchestra’s "Shangri-La". Does anyone know this song title?
You can pick your favorite song or album by them, just pick whatever artists you want to answer about, don’t tell me about the ones who you think suck or you know nothing about. This is a question part five, other such questions posted later for other letters of the alphabet. Opinion poll/survey. Not in alphabetical order, but the E’s.
Edgar Winter
Edie Brickell
Earth Wind & Fire
Edison Lighthouse
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Presley
EMF
Endwell
Erasure
Escape Club
Europe
Evelyn Champagne King
Everything But The Girl
ElePrunes
Emery
Eminem
Eve
Eve 6
Every Avenue
Every Time I Die
The Exciters
Response to comment: I didn’t put Evanescence in here because I made this list using my iTunes, and I guess I just don’t have them. I like a couple of their songs, I guess.
IN:
Madonna, Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, LaVern Baker, Jimmy Reed, Johnny Cash, Ruth Brown, Lloyd Price, Dusty Springfield, The Staple Singers, The Moonglows, Brenda Lee, Gene Ptney, Percy Sledge, Miles Davis.
Not IN:
Alice Cooper, The Moody Blues, Rush, Yes, Chicago, Kiss, Steve Miller Band, Kansas, Steppenwolf, Emerson – Lake & Palmer, Canned Heat, Warren Zevon, Blue Oyster Cult, Electric Light Orchestra, Genesis, Jeff Beck, Dire Straits, Ten Years After, Mountain, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Rick Wakeman, Guess Who, Journey, Cars, Cheap Trick, ELO, Metallica, Deep Purple, Doobie Brothers, Pat Benetar.
I remember an LP (I thought by ELO) in 1972, the cover of which had a surrealistic picture of a woman with a shaved head and light bulbs on the end of chords coming out of her head.
Can anyone remember who this was by?. I thought it was ELO but have looked at all their album covers and its not there.
Many thanks James but its not the one. The ladies head definately had wires (or something) with light bulbs on the end. Similar project though.
This is the stuff on my iTunes. If I really like an artist I’ll put a star by them. 
Abba
AC/DC*
The Academy Is…
Aerosmith*
The Afters
Aha
Airborne Toxic Event
Alanis Morissette
Alannah Myles
Alice in Videoland
All Time Low
Amy Grant
Anna Nalick
Antsy Pants
The Ataris
Augustana
Avenged Sevenfold
B-52′s
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Barenaked Ladies
Bay City Rollers
The Beach Boys*
The Beatles****** (Favorite band EVER!)
Ben Harper*
Ben Lee
Blindmelon
Blink-182*
Blondie
Bob Dylan*
Bob Marley
Boston
Boys Like Girls
Brad Paisley
Bread
Breathe Carolina
Bright Eyes
Bryan Adams
The Cab
The Calling
Camera Can’t Lie
Capra
Captain and Tenille
The Cardigans
Carole King*
Carrie Underwood
Cartel
Cash Cash
Charles and Eddie
Charlotte Sometimes
Chemical Brothers
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Chicago
The Church
City and Color
The Clash
Cobra Starship
Cold War Kids
Coldplay*
Collective Soul
Counting Crows
The Cure
Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews Band*
David Bowie
Dead or Alive
Dean Geyer
Diana Ross
Dido
Dire Straits
Dishwalla
Disney
Disneyland/Disneyland Paris
Dispatch
Does it Offend You, Yeah?
Don Henley
Don McLean
Donna Lewis
The Doors*
Dot Dot Curve
Drake
Duncan Sheik
Eagle Eye Cherry
The Eagles*
Eddie Grant
Eddie Money
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Edwin McCain
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John*
Elvis Presley*
Eminem
Eric Clapton*
Eve 6
Everclear
Family Force 5
Ferras
Fiction Plane
Five For Fighting*
Fleetwood Mac*
A Flock of Seagulls
Flyleaf
Foo Fighters
Forever the Sickest Kids
The Four Seasons
Framing Hanley
The Fray
Free
Fuel
George Harrison*
Gin Blossoms
Goo Goo Dolls*
Gordon Lightfoot
Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead*
Green Day*
Gregory and the Hawk
The Guess Who
Hall & Oats
Hit the Lights
Hollywood Undead
Hootie and the Blowfish
Howie Day
Huey Lewis
The Hush Sound
Hypnogaja
Imogen Heap
The Incredible String Band
Incubus
Ingram Hill
Jack Johnson*
James Taylor*
Janet Jackson
Janis Joplin
Jason Mraz*
Jason Reeves
Jay-Z
Jay Ferguson
Jeff Buckley*
Jefferson Airplane*
Jet
Jewel
Jim Croce
Jimi Hendrix*
Jimmy Eat World
John Butler Trio*
John Cougar Mellencamp
John Denver
John Lennon*
John Mayer*
John Waite
Joshua Radin*
Journey
Justin Nozuka
KC and the Sunshine Band
Kid Cudi
The Killers
Kim Carnes
Kimya Dawson
The Kooks
Lady Gaga
Landon Pigg
The Last Goodnight
Led Zeppelin*
Lifehouse
Lily Allen
Live
Loggins & Messina
Love and Theft
Lynard Skynard
The Maine
Marcy Playground*
Maroon 5
Matchbox Twenty*
Matt and Kim
Matt Costa
Matt Kearney
Matt Nathanson
Mayday Parade
Melissa Etheridge
MGMT*
MIA
Michael Buble*
Michael Jackson*
Mickey Avalon
Mika*
Mike Posner
Modest Mouse
The Moldy Peaches
The Monkees
Motion City Soundtrack
Muse
Natalie Cole
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Merchant
Neil Young
Nevershoutnever
Nevertheless
New Radicals*
Nickasaur!
Nirvana*
No Doubt*
Norah Jones
Notorious B.I.G.
Oasis
The Offspring
The Ohio Players
One Republic
Owl City
Parachute
Paramore
Passion Pit*
Paul McCartney*
Paul McCartney & Wings*
Paul Young
Paula Cole
Pearl Jam
Phantom Planet
Phil Collins
Pink Floyd*
The Pixies*
PlayRadioPlay!
Pogo
The Police*
Prince*
Queen*
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers*
REO Speedwagon
Righteous Brothers
Rocket Summer
A Rocket to the Moon
Rod Stewart*
The Rolling Stones*
Ron Pope
Rooney
Rusted Root
Santana
Say Anything*
Seals & Crofts
Shawn Mullins
She & Him*
Sheryl Crow
Shiny Toy Guns*
Sister Hazel
Smash Mouth
Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths*
Sparks the Rescue
The Spin Canvas
The Spinners
Stain’d
Steve Miller Band
Steve Perry
Stevie Nicks*
The Strange Familiar
Strawberry Alarm Clock*
Stray Cats
Sublime
Sugar Ray
Temple of the Dog
The Temptations
Third Eye Blind*
TJ McCloud
TLC
Tom Petty*
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers*
Toto
Train
Tupac
U2
Van Morrison
The Veronicas
Vertical Horizon
The Verve
The Verve Pipe
Violent Femmes*
The Wallflowers
War
Weezer*
The Who*
Wild Cherry
The Wombats
Yesterday’s Revenge
Everyone says I listen to weird music. I guess it’s because I’m 14 and most kids my age listen to most of this stuff but yeah. & Yes I know some of it’s really cheesy… don’t be mean haha.
I don’t mind Lady Gaga. I mean I have about 5 or 6 of her songs, but I’m not a huge fan. Some of her songs are quite.. uh… annoying.
The Beatles aren’t still considered a good band…?
Uh… I disagree…
Some bands/singers I only have a few songs by (ex.- Brad Paisley, I have like two songs of his) but most of them I have full albums.
If your bored like me do this: Band face off (chose your favorite)?
Just bored so I made this up. Pick who you think the better band/artist is. There is a very big mix of music here.
If you don’t know the bands look them up on myspace
And don’t say neither..look them up and choose.
-Killswitch engage vs. All that remains
-Owl city vs. lights
-Coldplay vs. Keane
-City and colour vs. Dustin Kensrue
-goldfinger vs. Less than jake
-circa survive vs. Armor for sleep
-parkway drive vs. I killed the prom queen
-the fray vs. Midway state
-the higher vs. danger radio
-saves the day vs. brand new
-A new found glory vs. set your goals
-maroon 5 vs. one republic
-The mars volta vs. Portugal the man
-Thrice vs. Thursday
-tides of man vs. In: aviate
-Yes vs. The electric light orchestra
-The fall of troy vs. The haman abstract
-coheed and cambria vs. Clouser in moscow
-As I lay dying vs. August burns red
The whole purpose of this is for you to look up these bands and mabey you will find new music you like…not to sit and say i never hear of these bands before and OOO this band is betetr than all of them!! LOOK THEM UP!
Here’s my order for these, and just don’t include the ones you don’t know.
Miles Davis
Stravinsky
John Coltrane
Beethoven
King Crimson
Charles Mingus
Transatlantic
Aaron Copeland
Bach
Gentle Giant
Genesis
Porcupine Tree
Frank Zappa
Kevin Gilbert
Pat Metheny Group
The Beatles
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Stevie Wonder
Weather Report
Herbie Hancock
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Jethro Tull
Yes
The Doors
Electric Light Orchestra
Return to Forever
Camel
Van der Graaf Generator
The Moody Blues
Steely Dan
John Lennon
Soft Machine
Can
Ween
The Beach Boys
Paul McCartney
Jimi Hendrix
Peter Gabriel
Tangerine Dream
The Who
Pink Floyd
Rush
The Kinks
Nine Inch Nails
Kate Bush
Procul Harum
Tool
Metallica
Soundgarden
The Police
The Alan Parsons Project
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Oingo Boingo
Santana
Blue Oyster Cult
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Sly & The Family Stone
Supertramp
The Hollies
Funkadelic
Talking Heads
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Dream Theater
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Stone Temple Pilots
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against the Machine
Queensryche
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Air
Asia
Marillion
Tortoise
Muse
George Harrison
Death
Opeth
Audioslave
Alice in Chains
ABBA
Gorillaz
Michael Jackson
Green Day
Boston
Radiohead
Phil Collins
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Black Flag
Tupac
The White Stripes
Bob Dylan
Lady Gaga
Bruce Springsteen
Tori Amos
Miley Cyrus
Korn
Creed
Robyn
Bush
Nickleback
Jonas Brothers
The Fray
Limp Bizkit
Secondhand Serenade
Insane Clown Posse
BrokenCYDE
The Millionaires
I put some really bad stuff at the end. 
Yeah I’ll cut myself off there… I know I’m missing some relevant stuff but yeah, anyway.
BQ: What is your favorite food?
BQ2: How much fun was this, on a scale of one to ten?
That AREN’T among the following:
Yes, Genesis, Magma, Gong, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Rush, Kraftwerk, Traffic, Dixie Dregs, the Moody Blues, Marillion, Kansas, Tangerine Dream, Caravan, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the Soft Machine, Hawkwind, Family, Mike Oldfield, Uriah Heep, Camel, Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips, Peter Gabriel, the Flower Kings, the Strawbs, Renaissance, Can, Goblin, Wigwam, Electric Light Orchestra, King’s X, Amon Duul, Procol Harum, Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Eloy, the Alan Parsons Project, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Asia, Vangelis, Supertramp, Adrian Belew, Styx, Robert Fripp, the Nice, the Mars Volta, Roxy Music, Roger Waters, Spirit, 10cc, Blood Sweat & Tears, Blackmore’s Night, Giles Giles and Fripp, and John Paul Jones?
Oh, really, Miss Eraserhead? Then which bands, out of these, aren’t progressive, hm?
Read the description, Stuie….
Listening to the music channel yesterday, I heard the Hoosier’s song, "Mr A".
To me, it sounded a lot like "Mr Blue Sky" by ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).
I’m not just saying this because of the title… they just sound very similar to me. What does everyone else think?
So is Floyd, Fish (not Phish, but Fish), Uriah Heep, Godley Creme, ELO (well actually they were better when they were called the Electric Light Orchestra–they were only mediocre after they changed their name to ELO), Marillion, etc. etc.
Everyone is so excited that Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel are reuniting Genesis, but I can’t think of anyone more boring than these 2 guys unless you count the other 3 guys in Genesis.
For those of you think that 10CC and Godley Creme are defined by "Cry", "Things We Do For Love", and "I’m Not in Love" need to do your musical homework. Get the following albums and then tell me that Genesis is a better band: L, Freeze Frame, and How Dare You.