Pimp my music

“I haven't bought a CD in years. I listen to lots of sports radio when I'm in the car and am behind on the times. Help me pick out some tunes to updgrade things a bit. I've historically listened to classic rock and need to branch out.

Likes:
Classic Rock (Clapton, etc)
Bob Dylan
Lyle Lovett
Some bluegrass (Nickle Creek)
You get the picture.

Things I've heard that I might like:
I've heard a very little bit of Black Eyed Peas and liked it
I like what little of the Latin influenced music I've heard (Marc Anthony?)

Dislikes:
Rap

Basically, if I went in a music store I'd come out with something I already know. That's not the point. I want to branch out.

Help this rhythmless white boy branch out.
last edited: 5/09/06 12:42:37 PM”

“Matisyahu! Jewish Reggae! LOL!

The new Paul McCartney is awesome.”

“more cowbell.


seriously, there's been very little that excites me musically in a long while. i mostly just cycle through my same ol' favorites.
i think it's just part of gettin old DH.
as far as the latin thing, i kinda like shakira. i think it's cause i know what she looks like though. once you see her shake those hips, it's hard not too enjoy listening to her songs for some reason.”

“sacco has a point there.”

“VH1's show where they visit celeb's houses went to Shakira's house. Nice.

I think the age thing is part of it too, like you say. My prob is that in high school I listed to late 60's early 70's music. By now that music is going on 40 years old. I gotta branch out fo shizzle.”

“I have many of the likes you have as well. Save your money and e-mail me your address. I will hook you up with some of my favorites.

backpakn2@sbcglobal.net”

“Thanks for helping me out.”

“seriously, there's been very little that excites me musically in a long while. i mostly just cycle through my same ol' favorites.
sacco
2:01:33 PM
5/09/06

Sacco's turning into an old fart. 8D”

“The Darkness' Permission to Land. You will LOVE IT!”

“Heck, all sacco has to do is knockup the wife and he really will be old.”

“which point?

gettin old?
shakira?
more cowbell?

a short list of sorta recent stuff i sorta like:

michelle branch
joe dee messina
shakira (mentioned why)
loreena mckennitt - if you're lookin for something a little different. here's a link to one of her albums. you can grab some quick audio bites to see if you might be interested. try out the mummers dance and marcopolo snippets http://www.quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/bookofsecrets.asp”

“I bought Kelly Clarkson's CD a month or so ago.
Only the first three songs are any good.

I know, I know, *head hanging in shame*”

“I believe you two are looking for the guilty pleasures thread. Michelle Branch and Kelly Clarkston? Really? And you guys are heteros right?

Anyhow, now that I'm done straightening out those two Mo's...Dayhiker you absolutely MUST get the sountrack to Rent CD.”

“sadly, DH saying "knock up the wife" seems more out of place to me than zac calling me an old fart. sigh.

i'm not really old, but i know exactly what yer saying DH. i was mostly a classic rock guy and 80's. i fell out of style musically by the time nirvana/grunge was peaking”

“Nigal is questioning us as heteros????
Rent!?!? LOL!

I did watch the DVD and one of the songs is pretty catchy.”

“LOL at SS.

hey, nige, you tell'n me you don't like those couple songs MB did with santana? never been a huge fan of either, but those songs got me interested in both of them.

and (whispering) i can't blame SS, that since you been gone song is kinda rockin. (ducking)”

“Yep, that's the one I crank up full volume when in the car by myself.”

“hook yourself up with satellite radio. all the music you could want in any type...all commercial free. plus you still get the sports, news and weather you could want.

i a big fan of sirius (NFL Radio), but i've heard good things about xm too”

“LOL, so do i when it's on the radio...

man, SS, can you imagine us on a road trip?

what was that movie, tommyboy?”

“I have been thinking of getting satelite radio.

sacco - I was in hs in the late 80's and didn't listen to 80's music, well, at least not the hair bands variety.”

“I am an old headbanger who also liked more traditional 70s rock. My fav album of all time is Van Halen's 1st album Van Halen. What I listen to these days if I can't find some good smoking 70s tunes are bands like:

Linkin Park
System of a Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nickelback
Flyleaf (possibly cus I think the lead singer is so damn hot. I'm so sick, infected with )
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Gorillaz
Godsmack
BuckCherry (crazy #&%!$)
Slipknot
Evenescence
Green day
Avenged Sevenfold
Korn
Papa Roach
...
and others like that”

“We have more posts than views on this thread. Kinda neat.”

“if you do, you'll never go back to fm/am, heck i hardly listen to any of my cds anymore. its the shi-nizzle.

as a side note, if you like sports, i'd go with sirius...they have way more in that category...like everything but MLB”

“i think i get it, so 80's hair band was to you, what grunge was to me.

you're a few years and one music cycle older than me :) fart knocker.”

“that means no one but the posters are viewing”

“I would recommend:

http://www.gardenstatesoundtrack.com/

Phoenix is good...you can watch/listen to a video:
http://www.wearephoenix.com/s/en/phoenix-multimedia.php

And another all-time fave is Esthero, Breath From Another...it's from 1998, but better than the one that came out last year.

And of course, Kelly Clarkson! :-D”

“so did you check out those couple songs from my link above?

curious b/c my brother graduated in '87 and sounds identical to you musically. i turned him on to LM and he thought it was wicked. very different from everything else he likes.”

“garden state soundtrack is one of the best. i couldn't believe all of the cool songs on that disc. my kind of stuff”

“sacco, I admit it, I liked 80's hair bands too LOL. Quiet Riot and Ratt rulez!!!!”

“sacco - I haven't checked it out yet. I'll do that now. I will fess up to going to a Motley Crue concert in the 9th grade. GNR opened up for them and it was before anyone had heard of GNR. We all thought they sucked and then 2 months later they were huge. I did like U2 from the 80's, but that was one of the few ones. I was partial to the Robert Palmer video though.

hyway - I know what causes it, just thought it was neat that it happened. Dang, you're a head banger aren't ya?

lyra - I'll check those out too.”

“"...once you see her shake those hips, it's hard not too enjoy listening to her songs for some reason.”
sacco
1:01:33 PM

Here we go with the ass stuff again.

"...the mummers dance and marcopolo snippets..."

Stop obsessing on me, stable boy!!

Ha ha!!
I have a Loreena McKennitt album with Mummer's Dance on it.......or does baume66 still have it?”

“Dayhiker, Its metal month on VH1 Classic. thats the only channel I watch lately :). Reading science fiction books while watching headbangers. I am such a geek.”

“Yupp!”

“DH, I just picked up Springsteen's new one yesterday. Judging from your tastes, you may enjoy this one. It's the Pete Seeger sessions CD. I didn't expect to like it this much, but the arrangements on these songs are phenomenal!

Also, not sure if you can get this in your average record store, but a new artist I saw last week has me floored. It's the John Ginty Band (CD is Firside Live - double CD) on Shark Attack label. Ginty is a grammy nominee. Played with Santana on the album he put out in 2002. Also played with Sheryl Crow, Jewel and a few other big names. He plays the Hammond B-3 organ and this guy is the real deal. There's national potential here. The music is reminiscent of Santana and some of the driving Allman Brothers sound.

Just a few suggestions...”

“Lately I've been liking:
Rock:
The Killers
Franz Ferdinand

Marc Broussard
Brandi Carlile

Newgrassy/rock
Ryan Shupe and the rubberband
The Duhks

American Roots
Old Crow Medicine Show
All of Johnny Cash's "American" recordings

If you dig Latin stuff skip the prepackaged American massmarketed Latina-on-a-stick and go for the real thing.
Buena Vista Social Club. Basicly it's a collection of Cuban master musicians. Great stuff.

And suprisingly enough BarlowGirl, a Christain girl band who can actually rock.”

“screw that mamby pamby crap...

Bang your head! Metal Health'll drive you mad
Bang your head! Metal Health'll drive you mad

Metal Health'll cure your crazy
Metal Health'll cure your mad
Metal Health is what we all need
It's what you have to have”

“Robert Randolph and The Family Band
They are like a cross between SRV and Sly and The Family Stone.....kinda happy but not too happy.
Randolph plays a 13-string pedal steel the way Stevie Ray might have played it.....incredible chops!
This dude plays his instrument the way Jerry Lee played the piano......INSANELY!!
He kicks out the chair and dances while playing!!
He also plays six-string guitar and jams with others doing great renditions of Jimi Hendrix songs.

Blackie And The Rodeo Kings
Canada's greatest country rock band......just ask Helinka!!

Sue Foley
From Toronto, age 36, 5' 2" and cute as a button.
She plays acoustic country blues and a mean-as-hell Pink Paisley Telecaster through a Fender Pro Reverb with no effects.....pure Telecaster twang and growl!
She is a W.C. Handy award winner who has done the Austin, Texas thang.
I sat about eight feet from her......I had my foot on the stage in a small joint in Pa.

Ana Popovic
From Belgrade and another knockout player and looker.....28-30 years old.
This blues chick plays soul, R&B, raw blues(I love the pictures of her sweatin' on the Stratocaster!!) and kinda jazzy style too.
Ana's website plays her albums and has pictures, too!!

http://www.anapopovic.com/
Czech it out!!
No wait, she is Serbian!!”

“I saw Wayne's World I and II on cable recently.
Good music! ;-)”

“sacco - I sorta liked that McKennit stuff.”

“sacco - don't diss the "knocked up." Your time is coming.”

“How about Government Mule/Warren Haynes??

Yesterday while driving I heard The Mule playing "What Is Hip?", a Tower Of Power song.

I recognised the song in a few seconds and when Warren "Soul Man" Haynes started singing I was knocked out.
Luckily I maintained control of the car!!
He had no horns with him and a Hammond organ and bass and drums and of course his hot-hot guitar!!!

"What Is Hip" is one of my all-time favorite songs and Warren Haynes did it justice!!

I love his song, "Soul Shine"!”

“Treebeard's suggestion wasn't an option on BMG. Neither was lyra's. I did add a John Prine album to the list.

HPM - which Johnny Cash album do you recommend. I watched the movie this past weekend and really enjoyed it.

MarkO - I'll look into that one. Is it a Motown sounds?”

“Sorry, DH. Didn't catch the BMG thing. I belong to that also. Sometimes, their selections can be a bit limited.

The Man Comes Around album by Johnny Cash is awesome!”

“TB - I just threw the BMG thing out there. I figure if I'm going to upgrade I might do the most I can in one fell swoop.”

“Depends DH.
If you want just Johnny pick up a best of cd.
The American recordings are mostly covers but damn what covers they are. Says a lot about Johnny what songs he chose to cover.

I particularly like the last one I think it was #4. #3-solitary man is good too.
last edited: 5/09/06 2:38:16 PM”

“BMG isn't listing any of those. Dang. I actually like Willie Nelson on occaision. Sometimes, if I get to work really early (4am) I'll blast the honkey tonk to get the day going.”

“Christina Aguilera will make you feel "dirrty".”

“That last one was awesome HPM. I've used his version of "Personal Jesus" on my show many times.”

“He was old, tired and dying but to the end his voice and what he had to say resonated with me.”

“"hey, nige, you tell'n me you don't like those couple songs MB did with santana?"

Those are the ones I hate the most because they are the ones they run into the ground. The first one she brought out was good.”