I like Cat Stevens (technically, a guilty pleasure, as I tend to listen mostly to frenetic bebop and punk rock or heavy blues and old school dub reggae and ska).
I was a kid when a lot of folk artists were making the rounds.
That said, I was drawn more to jazz and swing when I was a little kid, but Cat Stevens et al were in the heavy rotation for adults, so something like that was always on somewhere nearby...
Why?
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Originally Posted by Zoren 370
Queen was my ultimate fantasy!
Too bad Freddie is gone already.
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It's almost impossible to not like at least one or two Queen (R.I.P.: F. M.) songs, although they aren't on my all-time favorite bands lists. Bowie is like that for me -- its all so good, but at the end of the day, I can listen to Iggy Pop (with or without the Stooges) over and over again, but I prefer both Queen and Bowie in smaller doses.
Also, I will never, ever, ever forgive Bowie for his remastering of the Stooge's Raw Power. He completely ruined it. Get the original if you don't already have it -- amazing album.
Different vibe, but since we're talking about favorite bands: Weirdly, I cannot find a single Led Zeppelin song I don't like, although I hardly ever listen to them anymore... (tho', Plant is apparently touring again -- new album... kinda weak...), same for the Rolling Stones up to about Steel Wheels (speaking of the stones, if you don't have Sticky Fingers, you should).
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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0
He came back.
The show was amazing. I really can die happy now.
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Ohhhh. Okay, I see. Glad you got to see him.
I had a moment like that for the last (not the most recent, sadly) Black Flag "reunion" show. Slamming to Nervous Breakdown, with Keith Morris on vocals and Dez on drums was like a dream come true. There's two more recent versions of Black Flag reunion bands, but neither have come anywhere near me as far as I know.
Got to see the Cramps a few times -- Lux is no longer with us. Very sad. Missed out on Jay Reatard's last show like a month before he O.D.'d on coke. If you like punk, garage, low-fi, etc., pretty much all of his pre-solo work/side projects (The Reatards, Bad Times, original Destruction Unit line up, Terror Visions, etc, etc) is unbelievably good. Raw, angry, crazy music. His solo stuff was getting too "pop"... he kinda checked out right on schedule. Still sad tho'.
I could go on... all the amazing bands fronted by now dead guys and gals. It sucks. Glad you got to see the Catster.