All things pop, rock, electronic….
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We need a thread for non-film music, even though the “What are you listening to?” thread includes all kinds of music. This is for all things rock, pop, and electronic. Anyone have top lists to share?
Pop/rock for me, probably something like this:
1. SUPERTRAMP
2. The Alan Parsons Project
3. Pink Floyd
4. Rammstein
5. Oingo Boingo
6. 10CC
7. Manfred Mann’s Earthband
8. The Beach Boys
9. Elton John
10. Jethro TullOr something.
Electronic, maybe:
1. Jean Michel Jarre
2. Vangelis….and then after that, I have a hard time ranking. But I would need to include Tangerine Dream, Paul Oakenfold, Juno Reactor, Giorgio Moroder, Harold Faltermeyer, Waveshaper, Infected Mushroom, Shpongle, Kraftwerk.
This damn page. I was sitting in the underground, typing my top ten, was already in the honorable mention section as network connection got lost, came back, Page reloaded, everything gone.
Maybe later another try.
Sorry to hear it, Gerate. Not the site’s fault this time, though. Your post isn’t in ‘spam’ or ‘pending’ or anything. Hope you find it in you to redo the list in safer network conditions!
I didn’t reload the form. I switched to another app, when network was lost, then when switching to the browser again it automatically reloaded the form by himself. I miss the good old times when web pages weren’t that complicated and browsers didn’t permanently do stupid things automatically to “improve my internet experience”.
Anyway, here my list again (I already know, Thor is gonna hate it).
The Divine Comedy
The Cure
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Joe Jackson
Kristin Hersh / Throwing Muses
PJ Harvey
Everything But The Girl
The Pixies
They Might Be GiantsHonorable Mentions: The Beatles, Supertramp, Kate Bush, System of a Down, The Smith, The La’s, The Kooks, Interpol, The Cocteau Twins, Hall & Oates, Burt Bacharach, Billy Talent, U2, Sting, Howard Jones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumkins.
Thanks, Gerate, interesting list!
It’s true many of your top favourites aren’t my cup of tea, but I DO enjoy some Joe Jackson and Divine Comedy.
And your honourable mentions have loads of great stuff. Obviously Supertramp, but also Bacharach, Sting, Howard Jones, Cocteau Twins, Bush, Beatles. I even rocked out to System of a Down once upon a time, when nu metal was hot. 😀
But overall, I think you were more in tune with your own time than I ever was.
I’ve never been on a board where the content is saved if you reload before you hit “submit”.
There’s a site called JWFan where this is the case.
I’ve noticed the editor sometimes restores what you’ve written after reloading.
It’s not so much the editor as probably the browser cache.
There’s a site called JWFan where this is the case.
Well, as mentioned somewhere else jwfan uses as commercial forum software. I could possibly try to install a so called progressive webapp plugin that might help with local storing. But there is no guarantee either and it might have other side effects as it may very persistently cache things…
I hadn’t. In fact, I remember accidentally refreshing the page whilst writing a post, and it was lost.
It’s also happened on FSM many times, but then again that board is older than the internet itself.
I always assumed on JWFan the draft posts are stored in the cookie. That is why I can revisit them even though I hadn’t submitted them.
It’s true many of your top favourites aren’t my cup of tea, but I DO enjoy some Joe Jackson and Divine Comedy.
And your honourable mentions have loads of great stuff. Obviously Supertramp, but also Bacharach, Sting, Howard Jones, Cocteau Twins, Bush, Beatles. I even rocked out to System of a Down once upon a time, when nu metal was hot. 😀
But overall, I think you were more in tune with your own time than I ever was.
That might be.
Interesting that you liked System of a Down. To me they were by far the best that came out of that whole Nu Metal movement.I think I liked the lusher sound of nu metal a bit. As you know, I’m a big Rammstein fan (completist, even) after first hearing them in Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY, and while Rammstein certainly isn’t nu metal, I latched on to the more cinematic metal variations that appeared in the 90s.
I never liked Rammstein. I found their sound too synthetic. Most of the sound is computer generated.
When it comes to rock music I look at it from the live performance angle. That is why I hold Pearl Jam in such high esteem. Watching them live at their first tour was a revealation.
Had never seen anything better.But in Germany we have a band named Knorkator which is pretty much a parody of Rammstein. Same sound, but super funny, very self ironic. They are playing with that Rammstein macho image.
I like them a lot. Not because of the music, but because the are funny.Well, the Rammstein “macho image” is in itself deliberately ironic. It’s a band very much about satire and irony.
I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I do like Eddie Vedder’s “Man of the Hour” from the BIG FISH soundtrack.
I don’t like Pearl Jam, but I do like Eddie Vedder’s “Man of the Hour” from the BIG FISH soundtrack.
What about Vedder’s songs for Sean Penn’s “Into The Wild”?
To me that album is his best solo effort so far.A selection of ten of my favorite pop albums, just to show I’m not all Alex North and Pierre Boulez. 🙂
Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
Peter Gabriel – US
Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales
Tori Amos – Scarlett’s Walk
Johnny Cash – American IV
Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor
Heather Nova – Redbird
Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
Aimee Mann – @#%&! Smilers
Lana del Rey – Ultraviolence
I agree with the first four entries of your list, Nick. These are the respective artists best albums.
I found it noticeable in your list, Thor, that there are no ladies included.
In the early 80s there was just Kate Bush for me. And I always wondered why there weren’t more in that music area that I liked.
In the late 80s and 90s it started getting better.Yeah, not a lot of women, pop/rock/electronic-wise, at least not up there among the favourites. I like Madonna like everyone else on the planet, of course. Electronic music has Wendy Carlos, who I really like (yeah, yeah, I know….used to be a man).
I found Bush a bit “whiney” in the 80s and 90s, but when I heard that David Gilmour had helped discover her, I said to myself that there HAD to be something there that I had missed. If my hero Gilmour liked her, so should I. So I gave her another chance, and certainly found things to enjoy. But nowhere near any favourites lists.
I just noticed that the albums I listed are 50% male and 50% female… I assure everyone that was purely coincidental.
I found Bush a bit “whiney” in the 80s and 90s, but when I heard that David Gilmour had helped discover her, I said to myself that there HAD to be something there that I had missed. If my hero Gilmour liked her, so should I. So I gave her another chance, and certainly found things to enjoy. But nowhere near any favourites lists.
If you are in favour of female artists supported by Gilmour, how do you like Sam Brown?
I used to be a fan of her as well for some time. During her great first three albums at least.
If you are in favour of female artists supported by Gilmour, how do you like Sam Brown?
That’s the “Great Gig in the Sky” gal, right? Afraid I haven’t heard much else from her.
I remember that Sam Brown song and her name but that’s really all. Think I never heard anything else by here.
I do like the Beatles, Alan Parsons Project and lots of 70s things. Electronic music like Jarre, Tangerine Dreams non score things or occasionally Vangelis, too.
But I really can name much pop artists I am a clear fan of otherwise currently. It’s really bits and pieces and the odd Of course I know all you all named by at least a few songs but I rarely listened to a full album or explored their work. Not doing them justice at all but always scores get in the way 😉
I do like the Beatles, Alan Parsons Project and lots of 70s things. Electronic music like Jarre, Tangerine Dreams non score things or occasionally Vangelis, too.
But I really can name much pop artists I am a clear fan of otherwise currently. It’s really bits and pieces and the odd Of course I know all you all named by at least a few songs but I rarely listened to a full album or explored their work. Not doing them justice at all but always scores get in the way 😉
With the possible expection of The Beatles (which I like, but just okay), that sounds a lot like my own preference. Cool!
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