What music do you love?
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One of the great one hit wonders of the 1990s was Harvey Danger, a group of University Washington journalism students from Seattle who hit it big with this song in 1997, which was their one and only hit before they disbanded in 2009, never having remotely achieved the same success. To me, the song "Flagpole Sitta" was somewhat anthemic and it still is a very representative song of the decade of the 1990s in my mind:
Another song that I really like from the 1990s was this huge hit from Duncan Sheik's debut album, Barely Breathing, which came out in May 1996. For some reason, whenever I hear this song, I think of the 1996 World Series Champion New York Yankees, a team that holds a place deep in my and many other Yankees' fans hearts. I lived closer to New York City back then and went to many games that year. That team was NOT a juggernaut, and did not have the strong starting rotations of the later teams of the 1990s that would win 3 more World Series. They won the World Series that year (1996) over the heavily, heavily favored Atlanta Braves (who may have had the better team) on the strength of one of the great bullpens in Major League history, and a deep bench, which included one of my favorite players of all time, Darryl Strawberry, an immensely talented power hitter who was as dangerous a pinch hitter as the Yankees ever had. I think the song reminds me of the team because everyone was barely breathing after their run through the playoffs that year and particularly the World Series, when they rallied from being 2-0 down with 4 straight wins to win 4-2, using timely and clutch hitting and exceptional performances by their bullpen in a series of heart-stopping, dramatic wins. This song is for that team:
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Two Classics from the Talking Heads, Life During Wartime and And She Was. Arguably among their finest songs:
RoboSapien - Annie Lennox was always a unique artist. I always loved SexCrime(1984) from when I was a kid. A big hit over in the U.K., but not so much in the U.S. Recently I spent a year searching for a download of the original song before I finally found it. Glad to know that there are other people who appreciate a rather obscure song.
Another great artist who is one of my favs. A true original who has so many great songs. None better than this.
U2, Mysterious ways
To go from Joshua Tree/Rattle & Hum to Achtung Baby was such a bold move.
Almost sounds like a completely different band and they pulled it off.
Not many groups or artists can claim to accomplish such a feat.
To go from Joshua Tree/Rattle & Hum to Achtung Baby was such a bold move.
Almost sounds like a completely different band and they pulled it off.
Not many groups or artists can claim to accomplish such a feat.
For me U2 as always been on one side or the other. Either I love a song or not at all. But in general, more positive than negative.
I have the exact same feeling about them.
Here is the timeless 1972 classic from the Main Ingredient "Everybody Plays The Fool", which is one of those songs that you hear in supermarkets all the time. I did the other day while shopping. Most interesting is that this song was this group's biggest hit and came right after Cuba Gooding Sr. became their lead singer (he is the guy in the middle and he bears a stunning resemblance to his actor son Cuba Gooding Jr.):
Live version on Bert Sugarman:
U2 - I Will Follow (Live At Red Rocks)
Not a U2 fan but this one will be in my heart forever
Radiohead - High and Dry
I always loved this song.
I always loved this song.
Nick Cave, one of my favorites
Nicholas Edward Cave AO (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor, best known for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Cave's music is generally characterised by his baritone voice, emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.[2]
Born and raised in rural Victoria, Cave studied art in Melbourne before fronting The Birthday Party, one of the city's leading post-punk bands, in the late 1970s. They relocated to London in 1980, but, disillusioned by life there, evolved towards a darker, more challenging sound that helped inspire gothic rock, and acquired a reputation as "the most violent live band in the world".[3] Cave became recognised for his confrontational performances, his shock of black hair and pale, emaciated look. The band broke up soon after moving to Berlin in 1982, and Cave formed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds the year after, later described as one of rock's "most redoubtable, enduring" bands.[4] Much of their early material is set in a mythic American Deep South, drawing on spirituals and Delta blues, while Cave's preoccupation with Old Testament notions of good versus evil culminated in what has been called his signature song, "The Mercy Seat" (1988), and in his debut novel, And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989). Also in 1988, he starred in Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, an Australian prison film which he co-wrote and scored.
The 1990s saw Cave move to São Paulo and find inspiration in the New Testament. He went on to achieve mainstream success with quieter, piano-driven ballads, notably the Kylie Minogue duet "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1996), and "Into My Arms" (1997). Based in Brighton, England by the early 2000s, Cave wrote the Australian Western The Proposition (2005), composing its soundtrack with frequent collaborator Warren Ellis. The pair's film score credits include The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Road (2009) and Lawless (2012), and their garage rock side project Grinderman has released two LPs since 2006. In 2009, he released his second novel The Death of Bunny Munro, and starred in the semi-fictional "day in the life" film 20,000 Days on Earth (2014). His more recent musical work features ambient and electronic elements, as well as increasingly abstract lyrics, informed in part by grief over his son Arthur's 2015 death, which is explored in the documentary One More Time with Feeling (2016) and the Bad Seeds' 17th and latest LP, Ghosteen (2019).
Cave maintains The Red Hand Files, a newsletter he uses to respond to questions from fans. His work is the subject of academic study, and his songs have been covered by a wide range of artists, including Johnny Cash ("The Mercy Seat"), Metallica ("Loverman") and Snoop Dogg ("Red Right Hand"). He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007,[5] and named an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017.
In June 2020 Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition had its world premiere at The Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. The comprehensive exhibition shows Cave's life and work and was co-curated by the artist himself.[6]
Born and raised in rural Victoria, Cave studied art in Melbourne before fronting The Birthday Party, one of the city's leading post-punk bands, in the late 1970s. They relocated to London in 1980, but, disillusioned by life there, evolved towards a darker, more challenging sound that helped inspire gothic rock, and acquired a reputation as "the most violent live band in the world".[3] Cave became recognised for his confrontational performances, his shock of black hair and pale, emaciated look. The band broke up soon after moving to Berlin in 1982, and Cave formed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds the year after, later described as one of rock's "most redoubtable, enduring" bands.[4] Much of their early material is set in a mythic American Deep South, drawing on spirituals and Delta blues, while Cave's preoccupation with Old Testament notions of good versus evil culminated in what has been called his signature song, "The Mercy Seat" (1988), and in his debut novel, And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989). Also in 1988, he starred in Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, an Australian prison film which he co-wrote and scored.
The 1990s saw Cave move to São Paulo and find inspiration in the New Testament. He went on to achieve mainstream success with quieter, piano-driven ballads, notably the Kylie Minogue duet "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1996), and "Into My Arms" (1997). Based in Brighton, England by the early 2000s, Cave wrote the Australian Western The Proposition (2005), composing its soundtrack with frequent collaborator Warren Ellis. The pair's film score credits include The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Road (2009) and Lawless (2012), and their garage rock side project Grinderman has released two LPs since 2006. In 2009, he released his second novel The Death of Bunny Munro, and starred in the semi-fictional "day in the life" film 20,000 Days on Earth (2014). His more recent musical work features ambient and electronic elements, as well as increasingly abstract lyrics, informed in part by grief over his son Arthur's 2015 death, which is explored in the documentary One More Time with Feeling (2016) and the Bad Seeds' 17th and latest LP, Ghosteen (2019).
Cave maintains The Red Hand Files, a newsletter he uses to respond to questions from fans. His work is the subject of academic study, and his songs have been covered by a wide range of artists, including Johnny Cash ("The Mercy Seat"), Metallica ("Loverman") and Snoop Dogg ("Red Right Hand"). He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007,[5] and named an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017.
In June 2020 Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition had its world premiere at The Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. The comprehensive exhibition shows Cave's life and work and was co-curated by the artist himself.[6]
I prefer the first songs from U2: October, The unforgettable fire, War and Under a blood red sky.
I also love "I will follow"
Met Ohama back in the late 80's, synth days back then. He still puts out music, did a synth version of Thick as a Brick ( entire album ) and recently a synth country cover CD.
Ohama is an electronic recording artist based in Western Canada who has played synthesizers since he bought his first monophonic synthesizer, the A.R.P. Axxe in 1975.
Ohama is an electronic recording artist based in Western Canada who has played synthesizers since he bought his first monophonic synthesizer, the A.R.P. Axxe in 1975.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Free Fallin' (live at the Superbowl)
Jethro Tull, Hymn 43
I love Jethro Tull. Their music is different.
I love Jethro Tull. Their music is different.
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