"Where do I start with ___ ?" Mk. X

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Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

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a kitten posted:

I grabbed Husker Du's New Day Rising and Zen Arcade the other day and I really love them both, so thank you for the suggestions. Going to hit up some record stores on Saturday to see if I can round up a couple Sugar albums too since I do love Mould's voice and used CDs are ridiculously cheap nowadays.

His second solo album was called Black Sheets of Rain, and I've always enjoyed it even though it's dark as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbQ7-w6JefA

# ¿ May 27, 2011 21:00

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 17:40

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Brace posted:

So I'm recently just getting into stuff like The Doors, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc.

Where should I start with some of those juggernauts of music(Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.)

I really like The End by The Doors and Blackbird by The Beatles if that's any indication of what I like, this stuff is entirely new to me.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Volume IV

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

The Velvet Underground - Loaded

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow

# ¿ Aug 22, 2011 06:32

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

EAT DOG TODAYYYY posted:

I've been listening to a little bit of Townes Van Zandt lately and I'd be interested to know where you guys think one should start out with his work and the work of musicians of his ilk. Not really familiar with country music at all.

That live album he did in Houston was pretty amazing.

High, Low, and In Between

The Late, Great, Townes Van Zandt

Also, watch this:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/133829/be-here-to-love-me

# ¿ Sep 26, 2011 03:19

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

tinaun posted:

On the subject of Robert Wyatt, I listened to Rock Bottom and loved it, where should I go next?

ruth is stranger than richard (wyatt's next solo album 1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWwjksiHl0

matching mole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzJwryxoob4

soft machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8pyoCj5rQ

# ¿ Feb 19, 2012 08:16

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Falls Down Stairs posted:

How do I get into The Kinks?

The Kink Kronicles is a pretty amazing best-of.

Their definitive album is The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjDu3E5zDks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT0x9WB9oY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7JPLYzkRwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4SZRiVaoE

If you like that one, pick up Something Else, which is quirkier but just as compelling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3gX47rHGg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmtnHrq9Cwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMHtQciJG-k

and I'll just stop there.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2012 06:44

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Just get Decade.

# ¿ May 21, 2012 03:25

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

I feel like you Neil Young fans are lacking a little perspective when it comes to your recommendations. Archives is not a good starting point for someone wanting to get into Neil Young. It's really for the completists. Decade is an excellent best-of from the first ten years of his recording career; it's an incredibly solid retrospective. And it's cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...2Cpopular%2C321

As far as single albums go, I think the best album to start with is After the Gold Rush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNfbvun0To

There is a newer release which I would also recommend called Live at Massey Hall, recorded in 1971, featuring early versions of some of his most-loved songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDFBMokqlo

# ¿ May 22, 2012 07:39

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Pobrecito posted:

I have been listening to Eight Miles High on repeat for weeks now, so I'm wonderwing where should I start with The Byrds, and what are recommendations for bands with a similar sound (psychedelic rock)?

Albums? Fifth Dimension has Eight Miles High on it and is very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XuMWRHGU8

Just as good or better is Younger Than Yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ODvfc2XvXE

Better yet is Notorious Byrd Brothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pb2pLeR_s

Psychedelic rock is too big a topic, so I'll just recommend some Byrd spin-offs and solo projects.

Gene Clark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfBIMqoGhBs

David Crosby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NNO9DRzTEc

Flying Burrito Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tHoNZp7POA

This went in more a country-rock direction than psychedelic, but gently caress it. There's only two kinds of music, good and bad. I'll be back with more dadrock recommendations later.

# ¿ May 25, 2012 06:13

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

My first Gong album was You, and it's still my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO54hWftlnA

# ¿ Jun 4, 2012 19:52

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Transistor Rhythm posted:

Where do I begin with NRBQ? I was recently reading the Yo La Tengo biography and hadn't realized they were such a big influence on that band. They're probably the only cult band that I've never even listened to and they have like 100 records.

Eh, just start with their first album from 1969. Here they cover Sun Ra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0P5gF-RVU

# ¿ Sep 6, 2012 06:15

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYpwQsHb2_o

# ¿ May 28, 2013 05:34

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Yo La Tengo: I'm a huge fan of President, May I Sing With Me, Electr-O-Pura, I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your rear end, and the previously mentioned Painful and I Can Hear The Heart. Oh yeah, and Fakebook.

Stereolab: really, really into Mars Audiac Quintet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup.

Wilbur Swain fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Nov 12, 2020

# ¿ Nov 12, 2020 06:16

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Louder Than Love is the only Soundgarden album I can stand, but I saw them touring in support of that album so I'm probably biased. I thought they went downhill after that, got too bombastic. What I'm saying is check out Louder Than Love, it's got some good songs on it.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2021 12:19

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

internet celebrity posted:

I've started digging into Alice Coltrane's discography, where do I go after Journey in Satchinanda and Universal Consciousness if I really like the south Asian influenced avant-garde thing she plays with in those two records? Open to suggestions from other artists as well, I'm not at all well-versed in jazz outside of The Necks so feel free to push me towards more of the psychedelic/atmospheric kind of stuff if you know any.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t88stnbP0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dokLwszdUgY

Wilbur Swain fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Apr 30, 2021

# ¿ Apr 30, 2021 12:42

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

I'm partial to A Quick One.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2021 07:36

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

hexwren posted:

I occasionally run across the name Flipper in relation to other bands I like. What's step one?

Flipper is absolute genius but it's a harsh listen. Generic Flipper is their first and best album.

Here's a taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUsrJGe7SFE

# ¿ Jan 25, 2022 06:24

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

ExecuDork posted:

The Screaming Trees and/or Queens of the Stone Age?

Mark Lanegan died, and the bits of news about him I read talked about these two bands. I just listened to a Youtube playlist of the Screaming Trees but it wandered off to other bands, as Youtube tends to do.

The only Screaming Trees album I really liked was Uncle Anesthesia from 1991. I think it was their major label debut and it's really accessible rock.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2022 09:33

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

I really dug this Wadada Leo Smith album from 2020. Yes, it's four and a half hours long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0NVI_AmdE

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 21:59

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

BigFactory posted:

Get Money Jungle!

# ¿ Jun 23, 2022 07:21

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

I also like Blues In Orbit. It's the space age, baby, and The Duke is ready for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM-J3c19bck

Wilbur Swain fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Jun 29, 2022

# ¿ Jun 29, 2022 04:01

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Start with side 1 of President Yo La Tengo. Then go directly to May I Sing With Me, and then proceed chronologically up to And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out. Skip Summer Sun, proceed to I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your rear end. Then listen to Fakebook.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2023 08:30

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Cemetry Gator posted:

The answer is yes.

Ringo�s self titled album has some pretty good stuff.

John Lennon worst stuff was merely okay. His half of Double Fantasy is also pretty good, but a lot of his early solo stuff is interesting because he�s still John, so he�s getting angry, doing poo poo like writing and recording Instant Karma as fast as possible and stuff like that. A lot of his mid 70s stuff doesn�t do it for me.

Paul McCartney is definitely the one with the widest range. Half of Band on the Run is amazing, the other half is forgettable Paul going nowhere music. He�s always had at least one or two big surprises up his sleeves. At his most gonzo would definitely be McCartney II, from which Coming Up inspired John Lennon to get back to writing music.

Harrison is probably the most interesting because as a Beatle, he got to do so little. So All Things Must Pass is essential. Cloud 9 is a really great album, and a huge come back for him since his previous 2 albums were largely forgettable, except for the Lennon tribute �All Those Years Ago.� The biggest thing is that he�s having fun, putting out stuff like Got My Mind Set On You and just being goofy as hell. But it doesn�t come off forced.

And don�t forget Traveling Wilburys Vol 1. Basically, he was asked to record a bonus track for a European 12 inch single, and through some fortuitous timing, got Jeff Lynne (the guy who produced Cloud 9, do not that surprising), Roy Orbison, Tom Pretty, and Bob Dylan to record a track with him. Warners rejected the track because they just wanted some filler, so he cuts a full album with them because they had so much fun, and is genuinely another great fun record, and a great swan song for Roy Orbison.

Vol 3 you can ship except for You Took My Breath Away.

No, Mystery Girl is the great swan song for Roy Orbison. You should keep Roy Orbison's name out of your mouth if you know so little.

Wilbur Swain fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Aug 9, 2023

# ¿ Aug 9, 2023 08:46

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Strange Cares posted:

drat, thanks for the incredibly comprehensive response! Excited to check all these out.

Also don't sleep on Billy Childish.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2023 09:02

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 17:40

Wilbur Swain: Sep 13, 2007; These are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Junpei posted:

I'm worried that this act is gonna be one of those 'only really good with a few singles' acts but I figured it can't hurt to ask: The Pointer Sisters. I like "Jump" and "I'm So Excited", anything else worth noting?

You're gonna love "Neutron Dance" and "He's So Shy".

# ¿ Jan 1, 2024 09:37

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