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...and John Cale's Paris 1919, to name a few. Good music is one of the only things that makes me feel that life is too short. --Ventriloquist

YES!! 1919 is lovely for the most part. He and Eno present one of the best pop albums ever with their collab WRONG WAY UP. And I love that thought of yours about life too short... I'm in total agreement, though about 10% of the time I also get touches of something I guess I'd call anhedonia.

Yes to Roxy, yes also to...the first Tears For Fears album!! And what a name for a band BTW. Arthur Janov suggested it to them when they were saving money to go to The Primal Institute (got too succesful and there went the need to actually go). Many others on your list I have, GSC, maybe just not more recent favorites. But The Doors were one of the most influential bands on my life, and I used to idolize Mr. Mojo Risin' as a kid. Led Zeppelin, my God, goes w/o saying. Hendrix... Maybe some of you know the anecdote (no less true) that Jimi was thinking of joining on with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and because of too many cooks in the kitchen, etc., they laughed that the band would then have to be called HELP.

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Gira played "She Lives"? My secret prayers answered! Next only to "My Birth" and some early post-Swans stuff on the big list of songs I want him to play live.

I am also a tad curious why no-one mentioned Ka-Spel's little project. I really like what I've heard. Quirky in a consciously dark way. I prefer the album art of their early cassettes to their later stuff, though. The pictures aren't arranged well enough for the ideal aesthetic effect.

As for Jimi and the rest: HELP, indeed.

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Yeah, I envy people who can absorb themselves in music (or anything) all the time. I sometimes go weeks without really listening to music at all. I don't smoke as much pot these days, but it was a daily habit for a long time... one of my favorite things about it is how music always sounds great, even if I'm otherwise feeling crappy and/or inured to getting high.

I prefer glam/pop Eno above all, for sure.

And speaking of cellists who make wonderful, all-over-the-place music... have I mentioned Arthur Russell?

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Who knows - I won't kowtow to peer pressure (much):

This seems to be in most heavy rotation in my ipod right now:

Dream Theater - Train of Thought / Live at Budokan
Unabashedly pretentious, insanely talented prog rock/metal band - can't seem to get enough

Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral/Fragile/Year Zero
Unabashedly pretentious, semi-talented industrial rocker that has realized what we want to hear - UGLY NOISE - thanks, Trent!

Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Podcast selections
Jam/Trance rock band that carries you away to bizarre worlds

Fairport Convention - Liege and Leaf
Sandy Denny's voice - damn

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet
Sharon Gilchrist on Mandolin - enough said.

Pentangle - Bridge of Light and Sweet Child
Irish Folksters from the late sixties - awesome

Keith Jarrett - Various solo works
He sits in front of the piano with no clue about what he is going to play and 45 minutes later, you are weeping at his brilliance

Frank Zappa - Anything
Nuff said

Thanks

alec.

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Sandy Denny: better voice

Maddy Prior: better singer
(of Steeleye Span)

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Really? I've gotta check them out! Thanks, Swans.

alec...

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Mr. SoilMe,

I'd like to clarify a point. I am Spotbowserfido2. My opinions are my own. Please address your comments to my comments appropriately, i.e. to my attention. Thank you.

Rover

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My apologies, sir. And might I direct your nose to check out a song with your same name -- namely, "Rover," by one trusty rustic-progressive band called Jethro Tull. A quote from it, a line of tribute to your hearty species:

"But I'm simple in my sadness, resourceful in remorse."

You can find the song on the album Heavy Horses. So, stick up your ears!

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I'm astounded at how many of my favorite bands have been mentioned. I have to drop a few more names which have been overlooked (at least in this thread): Blue Öyster Cult, Traffic, The Yardbirds, Procol Harum, Eric Burdon and the Animals, Johnny Winter And, Supertramp, Nazareth, Aerosmith, Humble Pie, Faces, The Bob Seger System (personally preferred over the later Silver Bullet Band), Steely Dan, Rush, The Steve Miller Band, The Cars, Weather Report, Boston, The Police, Split Enz, R.E.M., Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blur, The Jeff Beck Group, Soundgarden, Genesis (but only with Peter Gabriel), The Smiths, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Weezer, Supergrass, Stone Temple Pilots, Adam and the Ants, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Steppenwolf, Mountain, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Santana, Canned Heat, The Modern Jazz Quartet, X, The Cult, Prince and the Revolution, Gang of Four, War, and Rockpile.

I must also acknowledge the following artists for the pleasure that their works have given me over the years: Francis Albert Sinatra, Les Paul (with Mary Ford), Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, Bobby Darin, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, John Mayall (not unlike Frank Zappa, a magnet for amazing musicians), Hank Williams (the elder), Miles Davis, Patsy Cline, John Coltrane, Roy Orbison, and Doris Day. (You laugh. Doris was actually one of the finest singers during the 1940s and the early 1950s. Trust me. And then she moved to the movies, alas. Fun fact: Doris Day and the late Marlon Brando share the same birthdate.)

Dominance and Submission with Tyranny and Mutation for All,
Phil

P.S. Radios appear...

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Strawbs
King Crimson
Kate Bush
Genesis (with Peter OR Phil vocals)

Okay, a jazz cat: Thelonius Monk, for everything except his cute little melodies that get too tired after a few listens