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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ratioci nation on January 05, 2004, 11:59:00 am
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I saw this elsewhere, seems like a good time suck, list a favorite band for each letter of the alphabet. Z was tough and this is certainly not my top 26 -
Angels Of Light, The
Ballboy
Cave, Nick And The Bad Seeds
Dismemberment Plan
Eels
Fruit Bats
Guided By Voices
High Strung, The
Imperial Teen
Jayhawks, The
Kinks, The
Lucero
Mclusky
Neutral Milk Hotel
Okkervil River
Postal Service, The
Q and not U
Rilo Kiley
Superdrag
Tyde, The
Uncle Tupelo
Vanderslice, John
Wilco
XTC
Young, Neil
Zombies
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and you will know us by the trail of dead
built to spill
clash
dinosaur jr
elastica
fugazi
guided by voices
henry's dress
interpol
karl henricks trio, the
les savy fav
modest mouse
neutral milk hotel
outkast
pavement
q and not u
replacements
sleater-kinney
ted leo and the pharmacists
unicorns
velvet underground
wu-tang clan
xtc
young, neil
zappa, frank
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A3
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Cash, Johnny
Derailers
Eat
Fulks, Robbie
Gatton, Danny
Hair & Skin Trading Co.
Intveld, James
Joy Division
Killing Joke
Los Straitjackets
Masters of Reality
New Order
Old 97's
Portishead
Queen
Roxy Music
Soft Boys
Thin White Rope
Undertones
Vincent, Holly Beth
Waco Brothers
X
Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction
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Ash
Billy Bragg
Clash
Delgados
Eels
Fall
Gomez
Hell, Richard
Idlewild
Jam
Kinks
Lambchop
Massive Attack
New York Dolls
Only Ones
Pernice Brothers
Queen
Robbie William
Smiths
Tyde
Undertones
Vic Godard
Wedding Present
X-Ray Spex
Your Pal Pete
Zwan
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Wow Markie picks Pernice Brothers over Postal Service?
I will post mine tomorrow.
Are ties allowed?
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does not have to be *the* favorite, only *a* favorite
my list would probably change day to day
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ash
badly drawn boy
clash
divine comedy (the)
elastica
fiona apple
gomez
high strung (the)
idlewild
jeffrey lewis
kills (the)
libertines (the)
mull historical society
new order (really new kids on the block but i don't want you guys to take the piss)
oasis
pulp
queen
robbie williams
smiths (the)
travis
undertones (the)
verve (the)
white stripes (the)
x-ray specs
zzzzzzzzzzzzz i'm bored of this now!!!!!
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ash
blur/bjork..tie!
the cure/coldplay/clinic...
oh screw this, too hard.
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I don't think first names should count
eg Fiona Apple is A, not F
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I don't think first names should count
eg Fiona Apple is A, not F
too bad your not a moderator and so your opinion is null and void.......................
raaaaaaaaaaaaaaasp :p
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Arthur Alexander
Beulah
Johnny Cash
Drive By Truckers
Steve Earle
Robbie Fulks
Grant Lee Buffalo
Billie Holiday
Ivy
Jason and the Scorchers
Killbilly
Luna
the Mavericks
Willie Nelson
Old 97's
Pernice Brothers
Queen
Rolling Stones
the Smiths
Teenage Fanclub
Uncle Tupelo
Townes Van Zandt
Hank Williams
X
Neil Young
the Zombies
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Apple, Fiona (you're welcome Rhett)
Beck
Chemical Brothers
Dinosaur Jr.
Eels
Front 242
Genesis
Harper, Ben
Interpol
Jesus & Mary Chain, The
Kinks, The
Led Zeppelin
Misfits, The (w/ Glenn)
Nine Inch Nails
Our Lady Peace
Pink Floyd
Queers, the
Radiohead
Soundtrack of our Lives, The
Tragically Hip, The
U2
Velvet Undergound
White Stripes, The
X-men (X-ecutioners)
Young, Neil
Zombies, The
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Originally posted by twangirl:
Hair & Skin Trading Co.
Wow that brings back memories. Saw them at the old club open for Medicine, have Overvalence, never been able to find "Alice in 9g hell" or whatever it is called. Great band.
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AM/FM
Beulah
Case, Neko
Death Cab for Cutie
ELO
Folds, Ben
Gilberto, Astrud
Holiday, Billie
Ivy
Jayhawks
Krauss, Allison
Long Winters
Miller, Rhett
New Order
Old 97s
Pernice Brothers
Queen
Replacements
Shins
Teenage Fanclub
Uncle Tupelo
Van Halen (pre Hagar)
Wilco
XTC
Yahoos
Zeppelin
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Originally posted by Celeste:
Zeppelin
cheater! :p
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american analog set
built to spill
cub
dead milkmen
eels
flaming lips
guided by voices
helmet
interpol
joy division
komeda
luna
mercury rev
new pornographers
ocean blue
pavement
red house painters
spiritualized
tarnation
underworld
velocity girl
ween
xtc
yanni
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Abc
Beautiful south
Clash
David bowie
English beat
Faithfull marianne
Gough Damon
Housemartins
Ian dury
Joy division
Kinks
Lena lovitch
Morrissey
New order
Oasis
Pogues
Queen
Roxy music
Stranglers
Smiths
Undertones
Voidoids and richard hell
Waterboys
X-ray specs
Young neil
Zevon Warren
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not all time favorites just random favorites
Afghan Whigs
Billy Bragg
The Charlatans
The Decemberists
Elbow
Fatima Mansions
Go Betweens
House of Love
Idlewild
Jayhawks
Kula Shaker (gonna get flamed for that one) :D
Luna
Ministry
Nirvana
Old 97s
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
The Remnants
Shins
The The
U2
Velvet Underground
Waterboys
X
Neil Young
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Afghan Whigs
Black Sabbath
Calla
Drive-by Truckers
Elbow
Ferry, Bryan
Green, Al
Harvey, PJ
Idlewild
James
Kills
Led Zeppelin
Modest Mouse
Ness, Mike
Old 97â??s
Pavement
Queen
Replacements
Spoon
Tragically Hip
Ugly Casanova
Von Bondies
Whitley, Chris
X â?? Iâ??ve got no Xâ??s :(
Yo La Tengo
Zombies
I had a hard time choosing reps for P, R & S.
Could just as easily have been Pixies, Prince, Rolling Stones or Slobberbone.
Other than that, It's a pretty representative list of my favs for each letter.
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a house
big country
curve
donelly,tanya
echobelly
fiction factory (they released one great single)
gene
house of love
izzo,diane
james
kreviazuk,chantal
leona naess
mighty wah,the
nova,heather
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
PURESSENCE
queen
ride
spear of destiny
the jesus and mary chain
u2
vincent,gene
williams,robbie
x- :roll:
yo la tengo
zwan
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Afghan Whigs
Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Clash
Dinosaur Jr
Electric Prunes
Flaming Lips
The Germs
Husker Du
Interpol
Jesus and Mary Chain
The Kinks
Love
The Misfits
Nirvana
Ours
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
The Replacements
The Shins
Them
U2
Velvet Underground
Wire
X
Neil Young
The Zombies
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Ace of Base
Black Eyes
Crispus Attucks
Delgados
Erasure...
oh I give up, too.
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Ace of Base (sorry walk, i had to copy you)
Black Eyes (ok that wasn't copying)
Coheed and Cambria
Dismemberment Plan, the
Eels
Faint, the
GYBE
Heart (Crazy on You is such a good song)
Interpol
Joy Division
Kills, the
Ladytron (first name that came to mind!)
Mars Volta, the
Neutral Milk Hotel
Orchid
Pinback/Postal Service/Pig Destroyer/Pixies (huge tie with 0835 bands)
Q and not U
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Tears for Fears (kidding!)
Uncle Tupelo (yay celeste!)
Verve, the
Wham! (ok another joke).. Wilco
inXs (last joke)
Yo La Tengo
zzzzzz oh god this was boring. why did i do that
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Afghan Whigs....Beach Boys.....Cramps.....Dead Kennedys......Ether Family Presents....Flaming Lips.....Guided By Voices....Hopewell....Ice T...Joe Jackson....Kraftwerk....Love & rockets....Mooney Suzuki....No Trend...Ozric Tentacles...Pond...Quicksilver Messenger service....Ramones....Supersuckers....Ten Years Gone....Ultravox....Vue....X....Yello....Zappa
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Aereogramme
Blur
Charlatans/The Cooper Temple Clause/ Calla - there are a lot of C's!
Dandy Warhols
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
Fugazi
Gang of Four
Hoggboy
Idlewild/ Interpol
Joy Division
Kinks (The)
Liars
Mogwai
Neutral Milk Hotel
Occasion (The)
Pixies
Quails (The)
Radiohead
Seafood
Teenage Fanclub
U2
Vessels (The)
Wrens (The)
X
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zutons (The)
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At The Drive-in
BellRays
Cadallaca
Dandy Warhols
Eek-a-Mouse
Fugazi
Generation X
Harding, John Wesley
Israel Vibration
Jawbreaker
Kamoze, Ini
Living End
Minutemen
No Fun At All
One Last Wish
Pinehurst Kids
Q And Not U
Radio 4
Soundtrack of Our Lives
Toots & The Maytals
Upsetters
Velocity Girl
Wrens
X
Young, Neil
Zevon, Warren
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Angels,The
Bowie,David
Cope,Julian
Dream Syndicate
Elvis P.
Fleshtones
Gang Of Four
Hunter,Ian
Interpol
Jason & The Scorchers
Killing Joke
La's
Mama's & The Papa's
Naked Raygun
Orbison,Roy
Pixies
Queen
Red Rockers
Sugar
Talk Talk
Uncle Tupelo
Verve
Williams Sr.,Hank
XTC
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Not all time faves,but could be found on a varied mix tape.....
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I'm probably forgetting a lot, but here are a few of my current favorites that I can think of off the top of my head...
Adorable & The Auteurs
British Sea Power, Broadcast, The Boo Radleys (circa "Everything's Alright Forever") & B.R.M.C.
Catherine Wheel, Chapterhouse, The Cure, Coldplay, Close Lobsters & Colder
David Bowie, Doves & Dandy Warhols
Echo & the Bunnymen & Elefant
The Field Mice
Goldfrapp & The Go-Betweens
The House of Love
Interpol
Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, James
Kitchens of Distinction
Lush & Longwave
My Bloody Valentine, Moose & Mew
New Order
The Ocean Blue & early OMD
The Postal Service
Q- ?
Radiohead & Ride (first 2 albums)
The Smiths, Suede & The Stills
The Trash Can Sinatras
U - ?
The Verve
Wire, Whipping Boy, The Wake & The Windmills
XTC
Yo La Tengo
Z - ?
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what a fine list.
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Whipping Boy
haven't seen these guys mentioned in quite a while
do you not like Boo Radleys post "Everythings allright forever"? Giant steps is their masterpiece for me....
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american analog set (the)
butthole surfers (the)
chemical brothers (the)
dustdevils (the)
Echo and the bunnymen
flaming lips (the)
gomez
happy mondays
imperial teen
jesus and mary chain (the)
king missile
love and rockets
mecury rev
9353
orb(the)
pop will eat itself
queen (more because a lack of good Q bands)
rain parade (the)
spiritualized
tones on tail
underworld
velvet underground (the)
who/wilco
xtc (only if you can include the Dukes of the stratosphear here)
Yo La Tengo
zappa (though mostly with the mothers of invention...)
I agree, some letters (P and S come to mind) were hard as I have a lot of bands I like in those slots and others (Q and X) much fewer.
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This was a tough one...but here's mine:
Aphex Twin
Buzzcocks
Catherine Wheel
Damned
Echo & the Bunnymen
Face to Face
Germs
Husker Du
Iggy
Joy Division
KMFDM
Lush
My Bloody Valentine
New Order
Orbital
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Ramones
Smiths
The The
Urge Overkill
Velvet Underground
Wire
X
Yo La Tengo
the only one I couldn't come up with something
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
9353
YEAH!
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
9353
YEAH! [/b]
Have the LPs and the CDs. Needed to get the CDs for the great extra tracks at the start and end "We were such nice children".
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Originally posted by brennser:
Whipping Boy
haven't seen these guys mentioned in quite a while
do you not like Boo Radleys post "Everythings allright forever"? Giant steps is their masterpiece for me.... [/b]
I do like it. Not nearly as much as "Everything's Alright" but I do like it. I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok...
The reason why I prefer "Everything's Alright" is that, for me, the melodies are more interesting, and the quirky & diverse sounds are better integrated into their overall sound. I think the opening track on that album, "Spainard" is brilliant and "Does This Hurt?" is as good as shoegaze gets. But obviously, it's a subjective thing. I'm well aware that "Giant Steps" is considered their definitive album. But I will admit that I have a bit of a bias towards moody/introspective music and "Giant Steps" has less of that than "Everythings Alright". Also, I'm not a big fan of reggae and I have to be in the right mood for 60s sunshine pop (which some of it reminds me of), so therefore, it's a harder album for me to get into. Having said that, the more I listen to it, the more I like it, with some songs being stronger than others. So maybe someday I'll really be into it big time...
As for Whipping Boy, "Heartworm" is one of my all-time favorites. It's such a sad thing that virtually no one has heard it...
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I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok...
their swansong Kingsize is a very very good CD with the expcetion of one track which is terrible - Kingsize is probably my favorite after Giant Steps, then Everythings alright forever
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Originally posted by brennser:
I haven't heard anything after that one though, aside from the "Wake Up Boo" song which I liked and the "There She Goes" cover which was ok...
their swansong Kingsize is a very very good CD with the expcetion of one track which is terrible - Kingsize is probably my favorite after Giant Steps, then Everythings alright forever [/b]
Thanks for the info---I'll definitely check that one out as well as the rest of their albums.