lend me a hand, fellow bigsoccer members...

[ndp21f]

i was hoping that each of you could give me 5 songs that i should listen to. i'm not putting any stipulations on this, just give me 5 songs that will help me expand my music library.

i'll try and listen to your guys' suggestions, and then get back to you. thanks, and i look forward to seeing your suggestions.

[amerifolklegend]

The Young New Mexican Puppeteer by Tom Jones.
M-A-R-T-I-N-A by Phranc.
Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison.
Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies.


These 5 should cover the five worst songs in your little collection.

Your welcome.

[ndp21f]

The Young New Mexican Puppeteer by Tom Jones.
M-A-R-T-I-N-A by Phranc.
Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison.
Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon.
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies.

i've heard the last three. if the tom jones and the phranc song are half as bad, i think i'll save myself the torture of listening to them. then again...

[Unorthodox Yank]

The Amps- Pacer
The Breeders- Huffer (theres another song called huffer by a band called the breeders thats totally different, and its pretty bad. the one im thinking of has a girl (kim deal) singing)
Pixies- Debaser
Ramones- Judy is a punk
Modest mouse- Wild pack of family dogs

[odg78]

Pixies--Gigantic
The Yardbirds--Heart Full of Soul
Cream--White Room
Al Green--Let's Stay Together
Run DMC--Christmas in Hollis

[Unorthodox Yank]

Originally posted by odg78
Pixies--Gigantic


i was going to suggest this one, partly becasue my band does a cover of it, but i didnt because i already had 2 kim deal songs on there.

[BlueMeanie]

Neil Young -- Cortez the Killer
Slayer -- Mandatory Suicide
John Williams -- Theme from "Jaws"
Toni Basil -- Mickey
Pantera -- &^%$*n' Hostile

[655321]

the La's "There She Goes"
John Coltrane "India"
the Jam "Ghosts"
Orbital "Belfast"
Sly and The Family Stone "Family Affair"

That should about cover it. History in a nutshell.

[amerifolklegend]

Okay, okay, I'll give you five great songs to go in as well.

$10 Bill by Cop Shoot Cop.
James Connolly by Black 47.
Cultural Zero by Brainiac.
Surrender remake by Paw.
13 Men by Miss Ann Margaret.

[Dolemite]

stranglers- golden brown
12 rods- girlsun
built to spill- carry the zero
the shins- girl on the wing
jurassic 5- jurass finish first

[obie]

What an interesting thread.

Me And The Farmer by The Housemartins
Little Musgrave by John Wesley Harding
Up With People by Lambchop
The Mortician's Daughter by Freedy Johnston
1963 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson

[otterulz]

El Scorcho - Weezer
You and Me - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Digital Bath - Deftones
Bar Room Hero - Dropkick Murphy's
Special Olympics - Stephen Lynch

[ndp21f]

thanks for all of the replies so far, guys. i haven't heard of many of the songs, other than the weezer and deftones song. so, i am excited to hear the new stuff.

if you haven't replied yet, do so, and i'll try to get all of the songs at once. thanks for your input.

nathan

[DoctorJones24]

If the goal is to "expand" your collection, we'd have to know what you like already, but here are 5 from different genres:


WORLD MUSIC
"Aicha" - Cheb Khaled
My favorite example of "Rai" music, a very cool fusion of Eastern (Arab/Berber) influences with modern Western pop.

CLASSIC ROCK
"Madame George" - Van Morrison
In case your "Van Mo" exposure is limited to the overplayed stuff like "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Moondance." This long "story in song" is the center piece of his best (and one of my favorite of anyone) album, "Astral Weeks."

PUNK/IRISH FOLK (admittedly, an obscure genre)
"Fairytale of NY" - The Pogues with Kirsty McColl
Fantastic duet with Shane and Kirsty about a drunk tank in NY on Christmas eve. If you haven't heard the Pogues, I'm not sure there's much like them out there.

COUNTRY/FOLK (tie)
"Angel From Montgomery" - John Prine and Bonnie Raitt
Prine is way undervalued as a song writer, and his voice has a unique quality that harmonizes beautifully with Raitt here...

"If You Were the Woman, and I Was the Man" - Cowboy Junkies w/John Prine
...and with Margot Timms here.

[Parkhead_Faithful]

How Soon is Now By The Smiths
The Irish Rover by the Pogues and the Dubliners
Rocket to the Moon by Runrig
In a Big Country by Big Country
and
Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer

[Col Mustard]

Seven Minutes To Midnight - Wah Heat
The Great Dominions - The Teardrop Explodes
Poor Leno - Royksopp
Open Heart Zoo - Martin Gretch
Equator - Sparks

[Unorthodox Yank]

Originally posted by Dolemite
[B]stranglers- golden brown
[B]

i freaking love that song.

[eneste]

Heavenly "Tool"
Slits "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Mission of Burma "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"
Modest Mouse "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine"
Zombies "This Will Be Our Year"

[whirlwind]

Lesser-known songs by fairly well known bands

Rammstein: "Links (Zwo Drei Vier)"
The Who: "Eminence Front"
Megadeth: "A Tout Le Monde"
U2: "Bad"
Ministry: "Thieves"

Great Covers:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)"
Type O Negative: "Black Sabbath"
Metallica: "Turn The Page"
Godhead: "Eleanor Rigby"

[zpjohnstone]

Boards Of Canada- "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country" from In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country The only song this band(?) should have recorded. Sublime.

Anti-Pop Consortium- "9.99" from Tragic Epilogue The worlds most inconsistent experimental/furturist/primitivist rap collective has a lot of great songs, but this is one of the more accesable ones.

Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Gatherers- "Words Of My Mouth" from Words Of My Mouth There are many, many versions of this song, but the Gatherers version is far and away the best. Lee Perry is a bad man.

Thelonius Monk- "Japanese Folk Song (Kojo No Tsuki)" Straight, No Chaser Goddamn, this is such a great song. Too bad an ex-girlfriend ruined it for me.

Morton Feldman- "Piano and string Quartet" Piano and String Quartet OK, this technically isn't really a song, per se, but I consider it an absolutely essential part of my listening collection.

Cannibal Ox- "Iron Galaxy" Cold Vein So this makes six, but I'm not counting the last one since it's not a song. plus, I couldn't really leave this off. If i could only listen to one rap album, it would be Cold Vein.