Doug Gilmour
Intelligentleman
Over the past six months or so I have expanded my musical tastes. Once "Classic Rock Dan" I now have grown to accept (and like) more artists and genres. I suppose I have become less stubborn (yes enjoilax and sypher, you have finally won..). I've dabbled with rap (Run DMC, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest) and liked those artists, which are all Golden Age (no gangsta, I refuse to listen to that). I've experimented with 90s Rock (Oasis, Radiohead, The Verve, Jeff Buckley, Beck, My Bloody Valentine) and enjoyed it thoroughly. Some newer rock attracted me (The Music). I got into Trip-Hop (Portishead, Tricky, Massive Attack) which was a bit of a stretch, but I also liked some of it. Another genre that attracted me was the Rave Rock genre (Stone Roses, Kasabian, Happy Mondays) which I thoroughly enjoyed. I can't get enough of the Roses' debut album actually.. I've obtained a large amount of albums from the aforementioned artists. But the question now is; What other artists (and albums) should I get from these genres (and other similar ones)?
Just for reference here is a list of my favourite albums:
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - The White Album
Beck - Odelay
Beck - Sea Change
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Bowie - Low
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Derek and the Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
John Lennon - Imagine
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin - Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin-'nerd
Nazareth - Loud N' Proud
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Ozzy Osbourne - The Blizzard of Ozz
Paul Simon - Graceland
Peter Gabriel - PG 1
Peter Gabriel - PG 3
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Portishead - Dummy
Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Radiohead - OK Computer
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Rush - Permanent Waves
Santana - Abraxas
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
U2 - Achtung Baby
Van Halen - 1984
Van Halen - Van Halen
Also, here are a few albums I have recently obtained:
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pearl Jam - Ten
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
REM - Automatic for the People
For reference here are a couple artists which you may as well not even bother suggesting, because I dislike them:
All gangsta rap
Nirvana
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes
And also a few artists I've been thinking of listening to, but don't know much about (perhaps some of you can advise me, if you think I will like these guys):
Primal Scream
Nine Inch Nails
The Flaming Lips
The Pixies
Sonic Youth
Belle And Sebastian
Soundgarden
Chemical Brothers
So what next? I have some money that I want to spend on some albums, but don't really know what the get.. I'd appreciate artist (and album) suggestions for the Golden Age Rap, 90s Rock, Trip-Hop, Rave Rock, and possibly even some Jazz, which I don't already have (you can check the link in my sig for reference to my entire iTunes library). I only have a puny 5,200 track collection and know there is a lot more out there for me to like!
Thanks to everyone in advance, it is MUCH appreciated!
-(No longer classic rock) Dan
Just for reference here is a list of my favourite albums:
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - The White Album
Beck - Odelay
Beck - Sea Change
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Bowie - Low
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Derek and the Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
John Lennon - Imagine
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin - Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh'-nerd Skin-'nerd
Nazareth - Loud N' Proud
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Ozzy Osbourne - The Blizzard of Ozz
Paul Simon - Graceland
Peter Gabriel - PG 1
Peter Gabriel - PG 3
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Portishead - Dummy
Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Radiohead - OK Computer
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Rush - Permanent Waves
Santana - Abraxas
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
U2 - Achtung Baby
Van Halen - 1984
Van Halen - Van Halen
Also, here are a few albums I have recently obtained:
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pearl Jam - Ten
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
REM - Automatic for the People
For reference here are a couple artists which you may as well not even bother suggesting, because I dislike them:
All gangsta rap
Nirvana
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes
And also a few artists I've been thinking of listening to, but don't know much about (perhaps some of you can advise me, if you think I will like these guys):
Primal Scream
Nine Inch Nails
The Flaming Lips
The Pixies
Sonic Youth
Belle And Sebastian
Soundgarden
Chemical Brothers
So what next? I have some money that I want to spend on some albums, but don't really know what the get.. I'd appreciate artist (and album) suggestions for the Golden Age Rap, 90s Rock, Trip-Hop, Rave Rock, and possibly even some Jazz, which I don't already have (you can check the link in my sig for reference to my entire iTunes library). I only have a puny 5,200 track collection and know there is a lot more out there for me to like!
Thanks to everyone in advance, it is MUCH appreciated!
-(No longer classic rock) Dan
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