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Sinhead O' Connor, Morcheeba, The Cranberries ( looks like O' Connor ) Sawn Penn, and so on?



Aaah, Blondie, too, on the first albums, till Atomic......

an d what about Pat Benatar???

Best,

Nicolas

...until they lost their original vocalist, Skye Edwards.  She has an amazing voice.  I actually think the world of electronica, and in particular trip-hop, has given us some gorgeous female vocals.  Favorites of mine, off the top of my head, are: Beth Gibbons from Portishead, Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins, and Sia Furler from her work with Zero 7.  The trip-hop genre is practically a breeding ground for breathy, pop, chanteuses.

Cheers,

Daos 

Yes, Trip Hop is a very nice back ground for female Singers.

Portishead is a very Dark, and nice.

As for Trip Hop, there are some very nice Bands, like Kruder and Dorfmeister, Terranova, who are among my very fav.

Wow, Sister, we don't only share watches, but also Music!



Best,

Nicolas

I liked early Eurythmics (and The Tourists!) and Annie Lennox is a very compelling live performer, particularly in recent years. I agree with your comments about John Prine as well.

 

The Cowboy Junkies “200 More Miles” provides some great live performances, if you haven’t heard it already.

 

Andrew

I'll have to check it out. I don't think I know it. The other Cowboy Junkies album I have is called Black Eyed Man (I think).

Thanks for the tip.

Best,

Jed

. . . only one album that is neither an established warhorse nor hopelessly obscure . . . try to find Billy Paul's "War of the Gods" . . .

. . . and yes, I have the original vinyl . . . cordially, Art

More insight to the mind of Dr. No...

My collection is too all-over-the-board. Too much good music out there.

Out right now:

Charlie Haden & Friends - the jazz great does a bluegrass album with his family

Inara George with Van Dyke Parks "An Invitation" - Bird & the Bee vocalist with Brian Wilson's Smile collaborator

Animal Collective - Meriweather Post Collective

Jivan Gasparyan - Tribute

Henryk Gorecki - Symphony #3 (With Dawn Upshaw)

Mad Dogs & Englishman - Joe Cocker (oldie but a goodie)

Baby Mammoth - Best Foot Forward - This message has been edited by mrsnak on 2009-03-14 09:39:08

“Me and Mrs Jones” was originally on Billy’s fourth album: “360 Degrees of Billy Paul” and is also included on “ The Best of Billy Paul”. Are there many other songs about adultery? I believe it was very controversial at the time (1972). The follow up single to was “Am I Black Enough for You?" which, as you can imagine, also put the cat amongst the pigeons back then.

 

Thanks for your list. I have the Gorecki symphony, and you have given me some other ideas.

 

Andrew

. . . as "Götterdämmerung" is to opera . . . cordially, Art

All albums are just FANTASTIC. My fav "Human Clay"

... 'Arms Wide Open' rocks!!!!

You might like the band 'Godsmack' as well?

and now I would recomend the Fratellis (Flathead between others)
Cheers
Luc

I Don't like Music, I love it!

I may have a bit more than 1500 CDs, and I owned quite the same number of Vynils.

The problem is that I an found of different styles of Music: From the New Wave to Rock, passing by Reggae, Punk, well quite everything except Disco ( I hate Village People..LOL ).

I appreciate more English and American Bands, than French, with a strong exception for Bashung " Osez Joséphine ",, Gainsbourg " Aux Armes et Caetera " and with some nice excpetions among the Spanish Bands like Loquillo y Trogoloditas, or Jarabe del Palo.

So, among the American and English Bands, who are my favourites?

The Who, their Live album: " Live at Leeds ".

Led Zeppelin with songs like Cashmire, Stairway to Heaven.

Black Sabbath, their first albums with Ozzy.

AC DC, Highway to Hell, or Back in Black.

Blue Oyster Cult with thier Album " Extraterrestrian Live ".

Deep Purple, of course.

Some new Wave Groups, like The Cure : " Pornography " is a must, or " killing an Arab " in ref to Albert Camus book, or bands like Ultravox ( and John Foxx who created some marvels like " The Garden " ), without forgetting Opposition, too.

A unkown band like " Original Mirros " was one of my fav, too.

Thomas Dolby " Aliens ate my buick "

Talking Heads " Remain in Light ".

A special mention to a band like Pink Floyd: There is no album I don't like!

Beatles and Rolling Stones, who are the fundamentals.

Jimmy Hendrix, for his strong talent and madness.

And a band I appreciated a lot: Spear of Destiny.

In the moderns, the same: I can appreciate the " Smashing Pumpkins ", " Interpol ", " Archive ", " Linking Park ", "Massive attack ", " Arcade Fire ", MGMT, and so on...

Wow, an endless list, indeed.

Best,

Nicolas

Great selection, Nicolas, and I will forgive you for giving us more than 5.

 

I never expected to find someone else still listening to Thomas Dolby’s Aliens album. It is probably the most quirky album I own, but the songs are so catchy and the production excellent. Any only Thomas Dolby could write a love song called “My brain is like a sieve”, the best Ferrari tribute song ever or an observation on “Pop Culture” like no other.

 

For those who don’t know it, here is a selection of the lyrics:

 

My Brain Is Like A Sieve (Chorus)

My brain is like a sieve
sometimes it's easier to forget
all the bad things you did to me, you did to me.
My brain is like sieve
but it knows when it's being messed with
if you wanted you could come in,
so come in.

The Key To Her Ferrari (Introduction)

I don't want your love
don't want your money
I just want the key to your Ferrari
don't want your bed
don't want your body
I said all I want is the key to your Ferrari

Pop Culture (Introduction)

I drove all over Hollywood
looking at the stars
First I ate my Milky Way
and then I ate my Mars
but sucking on a Galaxy
I noticed something pretty bizarre
there’s not a lot of people there,
Just an awful lot of cars.

As you already have a Patricia Barber album on your list, I'll exclude "Companion", which I think is excellent.

These may seem like an off-beat list, but I consider each one to be an excellent example of the genre...

Feist – "Let it Die"

Fela Kuti – "Expensive Shit"

Mouth Music – "Mouth Music"

Jude Swift – "Common Ground"

Tower of Power – "Back to Oakland"

Hi All,

 

Thanks to all who contributed suggestions and particularly to those who described why certain records were important to them. There was a diverse range of music presented and you have given me lots of ideas – and hopefully you will all be broadening you listening repertoire because of this post.

 

Kind regards,

 

Andrew