OMG what a topic. I could type all day. I grew up in the 60's with a Dad who was a DJ (a real DJ, not what we nowadays call hiphop morons abusing turntables). He was also a concert promoter. Brought The Dave Clark 5 and others to Memphis.
So, to this list, I'll just say, most of the already mentioned, and add The Moody Blues :san:
I enjoy listening to strange instruments and odd music styles lately...
Here's a hurdy gurdy:
Here's some Siberian throat singing... That girl really has a helluva voice..
Some more throat singing.. It's like eskimo beatboxing...
I've also been looking up jazzy french '60s music lately:
Pretty much I'm all over the map, basically I like anything that's not country or rap... I don't mind country so much as long as it's not all twangy honky tonk singing about how your truck broke down and your dog died and your woman left you for another man.
Random list of bands I like:
Dresden Dolls, Radiohead, Moldy Peaches, Pixies, Frank Sinatra, White Zombie, Slayer, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Operation Ivy, Fugazi, The Unicorns, Mars Volta, The Killers, Electric Six, AC/DC, Bjork, Beck, NOFX, Pennywise, Sepultura, old Nine Inch Nails (downward spiral and earlier), old Metallica (pre black album), Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Leonard Cohen, Bad Religion, Frank Black, You Say Party We Say Die, Franz Ferdinand, They Might Be Giants, Moxy Fruvous, Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, Louis Armstrong, Girl Talk, Pizzicato Five, The Doors, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Faint, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Lagwagon, Screeching Weasel, SNFU, Devo, Men Without Hats, The Kinks, The Clash, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Ween, Phish, Muse, The Postal Service, Sublime, Buckethead, Cradle of Filth, Dimmuborgir, Opeth, Elliot Smith, Dead Kennedies, Dead Milkmen, Five Iron Frenzy, System of a Down, The Beatles, Aphex Twin, and so on in that order.
Army of the pharohs
Jedi mind trick
flobots
jack johnson
basshunter
Kid Cudi
Nas
Elton John
Billy joel
Common
People under the stairs
everlast
jason mraz
Bob dylan
dispatch
red hotchill peppers
citizen cope
the shins
mayday parade
four years strong
forever the sickest kids
lupe
matisyahu
pepper
supermash bros
Mos Def
And of course lots of others. I listen to all kinds of music.
I'm a big Floyd head! Others favs might be and not limited to.........
U2
Spooky Tooth
Super Tramp
Dire Straits
Roxy Music
The Who
David Bowie
10cc
Frank Zappa
Stones (early stuff)
Beatles (later stuff)
REM
Moody Blues
Elvis Costello
Alice Cooper
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Leo Kottke
The Grass Roots
XTC
And so on, and so on.........................
Pantera
Iron Maiden
Lamb of God
Rammstein
GWAR
Otep
Slayer
Megadeth
Dethklok
Pink Floyd
ACDC
Killswitch Engage
Cannibal Corpse
Dio
Down
Johnny Cash
The Saints of Pain
Tenacious D
I could go on and on... this is all... for now...
