Recommend Elok some music

[SlowwHand]

Perhaps you misunderstood me, Al. I think I should have said "blues-rock" instead of "blues/rock," to make clear that I was referring to the fusion of the two exemplified by some of the bands I'd mentioned--the Stones, Zep, White Stripes, Black Keys. I do like some blues as well, though.

Allman Brothers, Humble Pie, Eric Clapton and/or John Mayall.

[molly bloom]

So, I like to listen to music while I'm making my ongoing attempts to write seriously.

Have a look through Music Thread for some suggestions from yours truly. I've been digging through my old vinyl collection so there's a fair amount of vintage soul, rhythm and blues and funk and some psychedelia and folk too.

Some old and new electronica as well, and some African artists (mainly from North & West Africa ) too.

Here's the groovetastic Garnet Mimms:

The Sir Douglas Quintet:

Nick Drake:

Rokia Traore:

Cabaret Voltaire:

[Al B. Sure!]

Regarding the songs you all posted, I think I'll be looking more into Funkadelic, and 70s funk in general. A lot of the other stuff is good, though not exactly my style. But who knows, I could stand to branch out a little. I think I generally go for a somewhat "hard" sound.

See this is why I'm confused. You say you're curious about 70's funk but you don't like the Ramsey Lewis track. I know that song isn't an entire genre obviously but I'm a little puzzled since that is 70's funk yet you feel it's diametrically opposed to what you like.

[Dinner]

Dinner, could you maybe sober up before posting in this thread again? Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that this time you managed to refrain from racist slurs against the people who have taken my wife and I in and treated us like family, but you're not making terribly cogent or, uh, non-repulsive points.

Seriously? I made exactly one two sentence off hand joke months ago and you're still butt hurt about that? Have a tampax, *****.

I'll give you drunk people don't make cogent points though.

[Barnabas]

Have you ever heard of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion? You may like that band

[Elok]

Oh, you were a racist dick MONTHS ago (aside from sundry other racisms), that explains everything! Bugger off, Din-Din.

See this is why I'm confused. You say you're curious about 70's funk but you don't like the Ramsey Lewis track. I know that song isn't an entire genre obviously but I'm a little puzzled since that is 70's funk yet you feel it's diametrically opposed to what you like.

I'm not really well-versed in the history of music (or basically anything related to music), but when I think funk I think stuff like what Bugs posted, along with Car Wash, Jungle Boogie, etc. Summer Breeze doesn't sound like it's even in the same genre. Really, though, it's just that our tastes differ. Outside of rap you generally seem to like things smooth and mellow, while I normally prefer...uh, almost the exact opposite. Fast and riotous?

It's actually causing a problem that's recently come to light; I have a hard time singing the baby to sleep since almost every song I like is of the crashing-drums and wailing-guitar variety. Luckily the kid will sleep when exposed to almost any music, however inappropriate. I just can't bounce him along with the rhythm.

[Al B. Sure!]

crashing-drums and wailing-guitar variety.

You like noise.

[molly bloom]

I have a hard time singing the baby to sleep since almost every song I like is of the crashing-drums and wailing-guitar variety.

I was reading an article on 'Moon River' in a recent magazine and author used it as a lullaby...

Nancy Wilson's more up tempo version...

Satchmo:

If the baby's having trouble sleeping, try Eno: 'Music For Films' and 'Music For Aiports' and Harold Budd and Brian Eno's 'The Pearl' and Harold Budd's 'Pavilion of Dreams' :

[giblets]

You like noise.

It doesn't seem like you're trying to be constructive and helpful in this thread.

[Elok]

You like noise.

Damn straight. Here, have some awesome noise. They don't contain any highly cerebral excerpts from somebody's community college philosophy of religion essay, but you'll notice there's an actual TUNE in all three!

[Al B. Sure!]

You fool, I like the Killers and posted about them before. The middle one you posted isn't even rock music and the Raconteurs sounds annoying as **** with their high-pitched squealing.

[Elok]

I don't read all your posts, dude (unless you're saying you said something about the Killers in this thread). And I never said the SNZ were rock.

[kentonio]

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

[C0ckney]

i second cort's suggestion, maximo park are great (first album in particular). given what you have posted so far, here is a random selection you might like. the bluetones, the auters, the violet may, the wave pictures, the chameleons, theatre of hate, fu manchu, blueboy, dag for dag, the horrors, the raveonettes and thee faction (socialist rhythm and blues!).

btw if you are looking for some modern blues, check out cj stoneking.