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kole 
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 19:36 |
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So, I've been thinking about my musical horizons, and I think I am "only" hooked on prog and all it's subgenres, so I need some non-prog recommendations. Maybe some world music, good classic rock,... anything that well, is not on PA :D. I really like The Beatles (ok, are on PA, but not in the atright prog section), Fourplay, The String Cheese Incident, Dire Straits, Toto, Bee Gees, The Kinks ...
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Textbook
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 20:33 |
Blur
Pearl Jam
REM
Manic Street Preachers
Wire
Pinback
Magazine
The Wrens
Guided By Voices
Sunset Rubdown
Animal Collective
The National
Sleigh Bells
Thrice
Why
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Smiths
Squeeze
Big Black
Soundgarden
These New Puritans
The Fall
Outkast
Fela Kuti
Dirty Projectors
Soulsavers
Elbow
Doves
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Alice In Chains
Mr Bungle
Editors
The Cure
Arctic Monkeys
Panic At The Disco
Dragonforce
Fleet Foxes
iron And Wine
Grizzly Bear
Bell X1
Canibus
Protest The Hero
The Whigs
Arcade Fire
Spoon
The Roots
Busta Rhymes
Pulp
The Ramones
Yo La Tengo
Neutral Milk Hotel
Ash
Busdriver
The Replacements
Will Oldham
Johnny Cash
The Clash
Masta Ace
Tricky
Gangstarr
Death Cab For Cutie
Andrew Bird
Van Morrison
The Go Team
Autechre
Joe Jackson
Robert Plant
Slayer
Pantera
Morrissey
Shearwater
Jimmy Smith
The Jam
Super Furry Animals
Neon Neon
f**k Buttons
Grandaddy
Black Milk
Styles Of Beyond
That's enough for now.
Edited by Textbook - August 16 2010 at 20:50
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 20:37 |
 Textbook wrote:
Blur
Pearl Jam
REM
Manic Street Preachers
Wire
Pinback
Magazine
The Wrens
Guided By Voices
Sunset Rubdown
Animal Collective
The National
Sleigh Bells
Thrice
Why
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Smiths
Squeeze
Big Black
Soundgarden
These New Puritans
The Fall
Outkast
Fela Kuti
Dirty Projectors
Soulsavers
Elbow
Doves
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Alice In Chains
Mr Bungle
Editors
The Cure
Arctic Monkeys
Panic At The Disco
Dragonforce
Fleet Foxes
iron And Wine
Grizzly Bear
Bell X1
Canibus
Protest The Hero
The Whigs
Arcade Fire
Spoon
The Roots
Busta Rhymes
Pulp
The Ramones
Yo La Tengo
Neutral Milk Hotel
Ash
Busdriver
The Replacements
Will Oldham
Johnny Cash
The Clash
Masta Ace
Tricky
Gangstarr
Death Cab For Cutie
Andrew Bird
Van Morrison
The Go Team
Autechre
Joe Jackson
Robert Plant
Slayer
Pantera
Morrissey
Shearwater
Jimmy Smith
The Jam
Super Furry Animals
Neo Neon
f**k Buttons
Grandaddy
Black Milk
Styles Of Beyond
That's enough for now. |
Good list.  A couple of them are on PA, though.
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Ronnie Pilgrim
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 20:42 |
Too many to list
Steely Dan
etcetera
Edited by Ronnie Pilgrim - August 16 2010 at 21:23
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 20:54 |
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The Chameleons
Prince
The Durutti Column
Killing Joke
The Sound
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:01 |
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I'll just recommend two for now: Midnight Oil and the Boomtown Rats. I recommend checking out 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 by the Oils and A Tonic For the Troops by the Rats.
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The Truth
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:05 |
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A LOT, namely Bob Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins, Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Velvet Underground. A bunch more though.
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rogerthat
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:11 |
Far too many. I will keep out jazz proper and stick to rock/pop/funk:
Funk/R&B/soul:
Stevie Wonder Earth, Wind & Fire Incognito Jamiroquai Minnie Riperton Funkadelic Michael Jackson Donald Fagen ?
World music ?
Prasanna Ilayaraja
Alternative: U2 REM Jeff Buckley Soundgarden
Metal/proto-metal Judas Priest Scorpions UFO Megadeth Slayer
Edited by rogerthat - August 16 2010 at 21:13
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:14 |
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U2, the world's biggest selling band, is "alternative"? What the hell...?
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rogerthat
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:15 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
U2, the world's biggest selling band, is "alternative"? What the hell...?
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What do you call Nevermind? Grunge, which is also often put in the alternative basket.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:16 |
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
U2, the world's biggest selling band, is "alternative"? What the hell...?
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What does the sales numbers have to do with the musical style?
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Textbook
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:18 |
U2 are not alternative sorry. They're about as vanilla as they get. Oh I know all the reviewers always go on about the brave new experimental sound they're trying on whatever album is the most recent at time of writing but it's a load of cobblers. U2 are plain janes.
And yeah, Walter, alternative doesn't mean 'selling poorly'.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:19 |
rogerthat wrote:
WalterDigsTunes wrote:
U2, the world's biggest selling band, is "alternative"? What the hell...?
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What do you call Nevermind? Grunge, which is also often put in the alternative basket. |
Grunge is the filth that destroyed music. If I could set every copy of nevermind on fire, I rightfully would in order to avenge the legacy of the dead art. As for U2, they were a pretty good post-punk band up until 1987. They've been making turgid slop ever since.
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rogerthat
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:20 |
Textbook wrote:
U2 are not alternative sorry. They're about as vanilla as they get. Oh I know all the reviewers always go on about the brave new experimental sound they're trying on whatever album is the most recent at time of writing but it's a load of cobblers. U2 are plain janes.
And yeah, Walter, alternative doesn't mean 'selling poorly'. |
Alternative is what they are called a lot these days and that's the word I will use. I would rather call mostly every well known alternative band ROCK, I am just using a label for convenience.
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:21 |
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No, 1984. The Unforgettable Fire was the terrible change of style.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:21 |
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Textbook
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:21 |
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I don't think anyone calls U2 alternative. I've never heard that at least.
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The Truth
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:23 |
Grunge eventually gained some musical characteristics that made a form of prog we listen to today. But you probably hate it.
Can I feed the troll mommy?
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rogerthat
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:23 |
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I have heard them called that a lot....fine, plain vanilla rock, if you like.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Posted: August 16 2010 at 21:24 |
CinemaZebra wrote:
No, 1984. The Unforgettable Fire was the terrible change of style.
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Everything up the first three tracks of Joshua Tree is a logical continuation of what they'd been up to since 1979. After that... god, I still have no way to reconcile their early works to the junk they've been selling ever since.
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