My personal music catalog is awesome. I was born in the 60s, in the shadow of the babyboomers, so I grew up knowing all about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, et al. I was a child in the 70s, witnessing disco and new wave; my first album after Shaun Cassiday’s “Born Late” was “Saturday Night Fever.” I was a teenager in the post-punk 80s, listening to Elvis Costello & the Attractions, the B-52s, the Pretenders, the Psychedelic Furs, Echo and the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, George Michael/Wham!, Beastie Boys, Prince, Roxy Music, and English Beat (by the way, Duran Duran’s NOTORIOUS was the first CD I ever bought). In the 90s my interest in music waned considerably, but I still managed to sneak in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Moby, and Beck. For the aughts, it’s again pretty slim pickings, but have been buying Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams, Sam Sparro, and the Scissor Sisters while rediscovering the genius of George Michael in a major way, as well as Joy Division and Pet Shop Boys. In the future I foresee foraging into classical music territory, particularly Beethoven and baroque in general.
Below is the complete list of music artists currently on my iPod. I plan on adding a ton more over the next several months, but here’s the lineup so far. So what do you listen to?
ABC
Air
Amy Winehouse
Beastie Boys
Beck
Bill Withers
Britney Spears
Bronski Beat
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
David Bowie
Deee-Lite
Depeche Mode
Dirty Vegas
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Elton John
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Erasure
Filter
Fiona Apple
George Michael (duh)
Gnarls Barkley
The Go-Gos
Heaven 17
The Human League
Information Society
The Jackson 5
Jamiroquai
Jeff Buckley
John Lennon
Joni Mitchell
Joy Division
Justin Timberlake
The Knack
Madness
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Modern English
Naked Eyes
New Order
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Townshend
Pink Floyd
Prince
The Psychedelic Furs
Queen
R.E.M.
Robbie Williams
The Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Sam Sparro
Scissor Sisters
Seal
Simple Minds
The Smiths
Spandau Ballet
Squeeze
Sting
The Stone Roses
Tears for Fears
Traffic
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Wham!
The Who
William Orbit
Yaz
10cc
Below is the complete list of music artists currently on my iPod. I plan on adding a ton more over the next several months, but here’s the lineup so far. So what do you listen to?
ABC
Air
Amy Winehouse
Beastie Boys
Beck
Bill Withers
Britney Spears
Bronski Beat
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
David Bowie
Deee-Lite
Depeche Mode
Dirty Vegas
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Elton John
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Erasure
Filter
Fiona Apple
George Michael (duh)
Gnarls Barkley
The Go-Gos
Heaven 17
The Human League
Information Society
The Jackson 5
Jamiroquai
Jeff Buckley
John Lennon
Joni Mitchell
Joy Division
Justin Timberlake
The Knack
Madness
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Modern English
Naked Eyes
New Order
Pet Shop Boys
Pete Townshend
Pink Floyd
Prince
The Psychedelic Furs
Queen
R.E.M.
Robbie Williams
The Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Sam Sparro
Scissor Sisters
Seal
Simple Minds
The Smiths
Spandau Ballet
Squeeze
Sting
The Stone Roses
Tears for Fears
Traffic
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Wham!
The Who
William Orbit
Yaz
10cc
2 comments:
Let's see. I grew up in the 80s, and my parents listened to a lot of Bryan Adams, Tina Turner, Elton John, Rod Steward, Phil Collins, Bon Jovi, ABBA...the typical 'old-fashioned' 80s music I guess, none of that newer stuff like Wham! or anything like that. I was a teenage girl in the mid/ late 90s, so I was the perfect target for all those boybands that came out around that time, like 'NSync, Backstreet Boys and some other European ones. These days, I listen to pretty much anything...I know 'radio' is not a musical style, but most of the time, I just turn on the radio. But the CDs I bought over the last couple of years were R.E.M. (LOVE them, best band ever), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse, Black Eyes Peas, Travis, John Major, Kate Nash, Lily Allen, Joss Stone, Duffy...pretty basic when you think about it... My favorite artist/singer/songwriter for the last years has been Jason Mraz though. If you haven't checked him out yet, please do...he's awesome. It's often said that his music is a bit like Jake Johnson, but that's so not doing poor Jason justice IMHO.
I also listen to a lot of German music at the moment (I am German BTW). Our music scene has really received quite a boost over the last couple of years, with German bands and singers from all kinds of musical backgrounds finally getting played on the radio. And they are singing IN German as well. Previously, we had German artists, but if they wanted any kind of success and airplay, they had to sing in English, German was not cool...
"My Song", Brandi Carlile, 2007
Everything I do surrounds these pieces of my life that often change
Or maybe I've changed...
Sometimes seeming happy can be self destructive even when you're sane...
Or only insane
But don't bother waking me today
Here I am!
I'm so young
I know I've been bitter, I've been jaded, I'm alone
Every day I bite my tongue
If you only knew my mind was full of razors,that cuts you like a word if only sung...
But this is my song
It is my song...
Now I live every day like there never be a last one till they're gone
And they're gone...
And I'm too proud to beg for your attention and your friendship and your time...
So you can come and get it from now on!!
I'm not sure I can take it
I'm nothing strong to hold to
I'm way too old to hate you
My mind is full of razors
That cuts you like a word if only sung,
This is my song!!
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