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zelda_pinwheel · 06-22-2008, 08:38 PM

holy cow, 5 pages in one day... i'm going to have to read this thread from the beginning and make a list of all the things i want to look into. i have a hard time answering this question because i don't usually go by genres, and i like so *much* music. but... i'll try.

i keep seeing things in passing that would be on my list (ramones ! yeah ! the pogues ! yeah !!) but i don't think i could possibly even make an exhaustive list... i can talk about music for hours (in fact i frequently do, even when no-one else is listening. just ask marc or taylor...). i have pretty eclectic tastes as well (it seems we all do, around here...). like someone else, it's probably easier to list genres i *don't* like (country music... or what is called "varieté" in french, like céline dion and such).

i do like rap and hip-hop though

: beastie boys ! i love them. public enemy ! NTM, MC Solaar, KRS-ONE, Queen Latifah, IAM... slam : Grand Corps Malade.

i love scratch too : Birdy Nam Nam, DJ QBert, MixMaster Mike...

i like old jazz, and oldschool Rhythm and Blues, Motown, soul... Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Nina Simone, Diana Ross, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding. Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus ! free jazz : Ornette Coleman ! ska : Don Drummond, Skatalites...

funk / soul / tzigane fanfares : Ceux Qui Marchent Debout, Les Fils de Teuhpu, Kočani Orkestar...

tango : Juan José Mossalini, Gotan Project...

and in no particular order, Tom Waits (but you knew that...), John Lurie / the Lounge Lizards, Alain Bashung, Radiohead, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, Charles Trenet, Baden Powell, Boris Vian, Iggy Pop, the Sugarcubes, Les Negresses Vertes, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Yubaba Smith & Fortune, Mano Negra, Morphine, les Portugaises Ensablées, La Familia, L'Orchestre National de Barbès, Woven hand, the Pixies, They Might Be Giants, Devics, Firewater, Massive Attack...

this list is getting out of hand. i could go one, but i will stop here, also because it's past 2.30 in the morning and perhaps i should be going to bed instead of listing excellent bands... of course, if you ask me next week i'll have a hundred other bands to mention.

oh, and obviously, i adore the Squirrel Nut Zippers, of course.

06-22-2008, 08:38 PM	#70
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	holy cow, 5 pages in one day... i'm going to have to read this thread from the beginning and make a list of all the things i want to look into. i have a hard time answering this question because i don't usually go by genres, and i like so much music. but... i'll try. i keep seeing things in passing that would be on my list (ramones ! yeah ! the pogues ! yeah !!) but i don't think i could possibly even make an exhaustive list... i can talk about music for hours (in fact i frequently do, even when no-one else is listening. just ask marc or taylor...). i have pretty eclectic tastes as well (it seems we all do, around here...). like someone else, it's probably easier to list genres i don't like (country music... or what is called "varieté" in french, like céline dion and such). i do like rap and hip-hop though : beastie boys ! i love them. public enemy ! NTM, MC Solaar, KRS-ONE, Queen Latifah, IAM... slam : Grand Corps Malade. i love scratch too : Birdy Nam Nam, DJ QBert, MixMaster Mike... i like old jazz, and oldschool Rhythm and Blues, Motown, soul... Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Nina Simone, Diana Ross, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding. Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus ! free jazz : Ornette Coleman ! ska : Don Drummond, Skatalites... funk / soul / tzigane fanfares : Ceux Qui Marchent Debout, Les Fils de Teuhpu, Kočani Orkestar... tango : Juan José Mossalini, Gotan Project... and in no particular order, Tom Waits (but you knew that...), John Lurie / the Lounge Lizards, Alain Bashung, Radiohead, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, Charles Trenet, Baden Powell, Boris Vian, Iggy Pop, the Sugarcubes, Les Negresses Vertes, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Yubaba Smith & Fortune, Mano Negra, Morphine, les Portugaises Ensablées, La Familia, L'Orchestre National de Barbès, Woven hand, the Pixies, They Might Be Giants, Devics, Firewater, Massive Attack... this list is getting out of hand. i could go one, but i will stop here, also because it's past 2.30 in the morning and perhaps i should be going to bed instead of listing excellent bands... of course, if you ask me next week i'll have a hundred other bands to mention. oh, and obviously, i adore the Squirrel Nut Zippers, of course.