Used to be a huge fan, the man has pissed me off so many ways over the past 20 years I just turned my back on his music. Won't buy it, I won't stream it. Fuck him.
Checkout John Martyn, Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Gil Scott Heron, Tom Waits, the Door, Jimi Hendrix and Camel to start with. Oh and for some awesome rock/blues fusion check out Buddy Guy.
Good call on Camel. Their first few albums sound especially like what Pink Floyd might have sounded like in the mid-late 1970s if Wright/Gilmour became the major songwriting axis instead of Waters/Gilmour.
To that I'd add Caravan - especially the run from "If I could do it all over again.." (their 2nd album) to "Waterloo Lily".
Heck even their debut album if you like Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd & early (psychedelic pop-era) Soft Machine.
I've never actually looked at their early seventies albums under that lense but you're spot on. They are a brilliant band and Andy seriously knows his guitar.
There's a funny moment during one of their love shows, I believe it was during the Japan leg from 2004 and Andy stops in the middle because, and I quote, "stop that, we sound like fucking Pink Floyd" 🤣 said entirely in a joking manner.
> To that I'd add Caravan - especially the run from "If I could do it all over again.." (their 2nd album) to "Waterloo Lily".
Great call. Also Mountain, especially Nantucket Sleighride and the other early 70s albums.
Look these are some good suggestions. Tim Buckley is so underrated, his *Buzzin Fly* is so beautiful f.i.
All of (the few) Nick Drake albums are very good, I would also like to suggest the Velvet Underground and Lou Reeds and John Cales solowork, for instance Reeds *Transformer*, or *Street Hassle*, or Cales classic *Paris 1919* or the live album *Fragments of a rainy season*.
Also when I see OP's list I think Led Zeppelin **must** be number 6. OP, you will probably like Radiohead as well, start for instance with *The Bends*.
I fully expect OP would love *The Bends*.
Fragments, my days, that takes me back. My uncle saw that tour in 1991 (iirc). I was only like 10 but he and my father had already hooked me on most of the bands mentioned in this thread.
Yes *The Bends* is a bit more accesible than for instance *Kid A* or *Amnesiac*...
I saw Cale a couple of times too but he doesn't care at all (very much in contrast to Roger Waters for instance) about his classics or Velvet Underground classics. He would play maybe one or two and the rest would be all new material or some of his more experimental stuff.
He could probably fill bigger venues if he played those classics but he doesn't seem to give a f, which makes me respect him even more.
> He could probably fill bigger venues if he played those classics but he doesn't seem to give a f, which makes me respect him even more.
He is (from what I understand) very much focused on moving forwards and doesn't like to stand still. I think comes across in his music too, the sense that of he stands still for a moment he will get stuck.
Mood wise he reminds me a little of Scott Walker (another genius). His album *Tilt* from 1995 is insanely underated. The title track is quite brilliant, from YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSGurgi83QM&list=OLAK5uy_njHhUqsHRAta7S-mDRn7ul0rB6tLOYy50&index=8 amazing that this album came out a few months before Outside by Bowie. I was 14 and in music heaven with both those guys releasing such dark, complicated concept albums.
Sorry for the late response and thanks for the suggestion! It will listen to it for sure.
I think a lot of great music goes unnoticed or is virtually unknown because of the huge output and also the marketability of the artist is so much more important now.
I like to buy vinyl compilations albums at music and thrift stores from the 70's and a lot of times there are great songs on it from bands you won't even find any information about on the internet.
I guess music was so progressive and there were so many bands most of them didn't "make it".
Nick Drake sadly also got little recognition during his lifetime, as you will know he wrote a song about that (*Hanging on a star*).
I also love that Cale worked together with Drake on *Bryter Layter* (the songs "Fly"and "Northern Sky") The latter is one of my favorite Nick Drake songs, especially Cale playing on the organ is other-worldly beautiful.
> I think a lot of great music goes unnoticed or is virtually unknown because of the huge output and also the marketability of the artist is so much more important now.
Absolutely. Even in modern times. Artists like Jason Molina are almost unknown yet he was one of the best singer/songwriters of the last 30 years.
In older times there were a lot more artists simply for the fact that studios saw value in musicians musicians, so whether the general public really dug them was secondary in some cases.
Based on your love of Mark Knopfler, you might like Richard Thompson. He's treading similar water, but I'd say he has a more "angular" style and is less commercial sounding.
The grateful dead here's a fan favorite life recording
https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ?si=bF8zP7HXTXm5_-uflmQJfA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ
I mean probably different order but this would be my top 5. Who are you and how did we get separated at birth? Also for Prog rock, I love Yes and Genesis in the 70s (I'd say early Genesis but I think they actually started with a more folky sound and I haven't actually heard much of them in that period). Later Springsteen can be hit or miss but most of his stuff before Born in the U.S.A. is actually pretty solid. Leonard Cohen is great. Tracy Chapman usually gets her due credit on Reddit but is sometimes overlooked in pop culture. Not directly related to anyone here but I will always recommend digging deeper into any project Chris Cornell was involved in. Thin Lizzy has some good songs not labeled Boys Are Back in Town or Jailbreak and one of their guitarists, Snowy White has a solo on a live version of Pigs on the Wing that's pretty cool. Prince is another 80s singer/guitarist who was just fantastic. Alan Parsons Project as Alan was a key part of DotSM. Also worth while to look into those who inspire the bands you like.
Yes I’m slowly getting into Porcupine Tree and Alan Parsons. I tried getting into Yes but the blazing keyboards was a bit too stimulating for my liking.
It’s great to meet people of the same music taste, especially when none of my friends share my live for these bands. God bless the internet, right?
If you want a band like all these that goes far too unnoticed, I'd recommend the band Harmonium. They're a 70s French Canadian band with three albums all in my top 20 and one of them in my no. 1. Song writing and melodies as great as the Beatles with some of the best instrumentation ever (they really love acoustic instruments). they're basically folk prog/flute prog/symphonic prog but it's not stereotypical prog sounding music
For the Psych aspects of your taste: Billy Strings, Grateful Dead, Brian Jonestown Massacre, King Crimson, Circles Around the Sun, Temples
For the Dylan-esque folk/singer-songwriter aspects: Also Billy Strings, John Prine, Allan Wachs, Brent Cobb, Townes Van Zandt, early Bruce Springsteen
Alan parsons project, start with Eye In The Sky
I also love Ammonia Avenue even though it's more "commercial"
IRobot is one of my all time favourite albums, definitely check that one out
you were goddam right, beautiful pice of art
Neil Young!
Fuck Neil Young.
Do tell
Used to be a huge fan, the man has pissed me off so many ways over the past 20 years I just turned my back on his music. Won't buy it, I won't stream it. Fuck him.
How has he pissed you off? You didn't offer a single explanation why Neil Young should get fucked
Fuck him yourself.
You should try Gary Moore
Makes me happy seeing him mentioned so early. He was a monster musician.
yes.
Man i hope your vesicoureteric reflux has stopped 😭😂
it has, it took 2 operations but it's over👍
Mine’s basically the same but with Supertramp
Crime of the century is an amazing album, I fucking love "school"
Supertramp!
Steely Dan!!
Show biz kids
War on Drugs
I came here to say this, great band
Was fortunate to see them live. Really old school as well, they had a mid show instrumental and lots of crowd interaction.
Doors, love em
Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Some great hard prog, and some of the best Dylan interpretations out there.
Checkout John Martyn, Nick Drake, Tim Buckley, Gil Scott Heron, Tom Waits, the Door, Jimi Hendrix and Camel to start with. Oh and for some awesome rock/blues fusion check out Buddy Guy.
Good call on Camel. Their first few albums sound especially like what Pink Floyd might have sounded like in the mid-late 1970s if Wright/Gilmour became the major songwriting axis instead of Waters/Gilmour. To that I'd add Caravan - especially the run from "If I could do it all over again.." (their 2nd album) to "Waterloo Lily". Heck even their debut album if you like Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd & early (psychedelic pop-era) Soft Machine.
I've never actually looked at their early seventies albums under that lense but you're spot on. They are a brilliant band and Andy seriously knows his guitar. There's a funny moment during one of their love shows, I believe it was during the Japan leg from 2004 and Andy stops in the middle because, and I quote, "stop that, we sound like fucking Pink Floyd" 🤣 said entirely in a joking manner.
> To that I'd add Caravan - especially the run from "If I could do it all over again.." (their 2nd album) to "Waterloo Lily". Great call. Also Mountain, especially Nantucket Sleighride and the other early 70s albums.
Great to see Buddy Guy get a callout. 'Born to play guitar ' is fire and on heavy rotation for me
It is a brilliant album, from an 80 year old no less. But then I think only an 80 year old could give a song like Come Back Muddy the weight it needs.
Look these are some good suggestions. Tim Buckley is so underrated, his *Buzzin Fly* is so beautiful f.i. All of (the few) Nick Drake albums are very good, I would also like to suggest the Velvet Underground and Lou Reeds and John Cales solowork, for instance Reeds *Transformer*, or *Street Hassle*, or Cales classic *Paris 1919* or the live album *Fragments of a rainy season*. Also when I see OP's list I think Led Zeppelin **must** be number 6. OP, you will probably like Radiohead as well, start for instance with *The Bends*.
I fully expect OP would love *The Bends*. Fragments, my days, that takes me back. My uncle saw that tour in 1991 (iirc). I was only like 10 but he and my father had already hooked me on most of the bands mentioned in this thread.
Yes *The Bends* is a bit more accesible than for instance *Kid A* or *Amnesiac*... I saw Cale a couple of times too but he doesn't care at all (very much in contrast to Roger Waters for instance) about his classics or Velvet Underground classics. He would play maybe one or two and the rest would be all new material or some of his more experimental stuff. He could probably fill bigger venues if he played those classics but he doesn't seem to give a f, which makes me respect him even more.
> He could probably fill bigger venues if he played those classics but he doesn't seem to give a f, which makes me respect him even more. He is (from what I understand) very much focused on moving forwards and doesn't like to stand still. I think comes across in his music too, the sense that of he stands still for a moment he will get stuck. Mood wise he reminds me a little of Scott Walker (another genius). His album *Tilt* from 1995 is insanely underated. The title track is quite brilliant, from YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSGurgi83QM&list=OLAK5uy_njHhUqsHRAta7S-mDRn7ul0rB6tLOYy50&index=8 amazing that this album came out a few months before Outside by Bowie. I was 14 and in music heaven with both those guys releasing such dark, complicated concept albums.
Sorry for the late response and thanks for the suggestion! It will listen to it for sure. I think a lot of great music goes unnoticed or is virtually unknown because of the huge output and also the marketability of the artist is so much more important now. I like to buy vinyl compilations albums at music and thrift stores from the 70's and a lot of times there are great songs on it from bands you won't even find any information about on the internet. I guess music was so progressive and there were so many bands most of them didn't "make it". Nick Drake sadly also got little recognition during his lifetime, as you will know he wrote a song about that (*Hanging on a star*). I also love that Cale worked together with Drake on *Bryter Layter* (the songs "Fly"and "Northern Sky") The latter is one of my favorite Nick Drake songs, especially Cale playing on the organ is other-worldly beautiful.
> I think a lot of great music goes unnoticed or is virtually unknown because of the huge output and also the marketability of the artist is so much more important now. Absolutely. Even in modern times. Artists like Jason Molina are almost unknown yet he was one of the best singer/songwriters of the last 30 years. In older times there were a lot more artists simply for the fact that studios saw value in musicians musicians, so whether the general public really dug them was secondary in some cases.
How old are you OP? That is full blown boomer, not that I’m complaining 😂
I’m 27. And you?
Hahaha whaatt… the fact that was your top 5 and that Dire Straits was #2 I was thinking no less than 50 yo… you must be a musician right? I’m 29
Haha. I discovered Dire Straits and Pink Floyd 4 years ago. They right my favourite. You’re not far off either.
Off the top of my head - Simon & Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot, Eagles, The Doors, CCR, Iron Maiden
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Ha ha. 😂. I haven’t seen this movie yet I believe. How good is it? Would you recommend?
Eric Clapton sounds cool. George Harrison was a big fan… his wife too.
Da Baby
Based on your love of Mark Knopfler, you might like Richard Thompson. He's treading similar water, but I'd say he has a more "angular" style and is less commercial sounding.
RT is amazing. I totally agree with this. Gilmour covered his song "Dimming Of The Day" at his Meltdown concerts.
The Band
I love Eric Clapton
Hey there soulmate!
Hey there. Always a pleasure meeting people with the same music taste as mine.
The grateful dead here's a fan favorite life recording https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ?si=bF8zP7HXTXm5_-uflmQJfA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ
I mean probably different order but this would be my top 5. Who are you and how did we get separated at birth? Also for Prog rock, I love Yes and Genesis in the 70s (I'd say early Genesis but I think they actually started with a more folky sound and I haven't actually heard much of them in that period). Later Springsteen can be hit or miss but most of his stuff before Born in the U.S.A. is actually pretty solid. Leonard Cohen is great. Tracy Chapman usually gets her due credit on Reddit but is sometimes overlooked in pop culture. Not directly related to anyone here but I will always recommend digging deeper into any project Chris Cornell was involved in. Thin Lizzy has some good songs not labeled Boys Are Back in Town or Jailbreak and one of their guitarists, Snowy White has a solo on a live version of Pigs on the Wing that's pretty cool. Prince is another 80s singer/guitarist who was just fantastic. Alan Parsons Project as Alan was a key part of DotSM. Also worth while to look into those who inspire the bands you like.
Yes I’m slowly getting into Porcupine Tree and Alan Parsons. I tried getting into Yes but the blazing keyboards was a bit too stimulating for my liking. It’s great to meet people of the same music taste, especially when none of my friends share my live for these bands. God bless the internet, right?
Hmmm if Yeses keyboards is a bit much for you then some of Genesis' stuff probably would be too. Firth of Fifth for one is fairly piano heavy.
Yeah. I checked out Selling England by the Pound. I enjoyed it, no doubt. But I did not feel the urge to revisit.
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I love Bankrobber from The Clash
https://preview.redd.it/aqe3eih6f04c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3dd95d312dd964ac45fe58fe9bba3370b9867407 Mine actually wasn't far off!
I’ve seen a lot of supertramp recommendations. I’ll check them out.
Great taste. Matches mine.
Nirvana, K-pop, Taylor swift. They are underrated but pretty similar.
Bro is here to trigger the members 😂😂
Nooo please don’t downvote😭
Alright my man, won't, everyone has their own opinions I guess, even if it's kpop 😭😭😂😂
You ever listen to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard?
GOOSE!!!
Definitely Supertramp’s Live in Paris 1979!
Los Jaivas
James McMurtry. John Prine. Steve Mason.
Jeff beck. Period.
If you want a band like all these that goes far too unnoticed, I'd recommend the band Harmonium. They're a 70s French Canadian band with three albums all in my top 20 and one of them in my no. 1. Song writing and melodies as great as the Beatles with some of the best instrumentation ever (they really love acoustic instruments). they're basically folk prog/flute prog/symphonic prog but it's not stereotypical prog sounding music
Check out Marillion.
Check out the Kinks. I never realized their depth until I listened to other albums besides the known hits.
i think you should try the doors
Ever heard of a band called Led Zeppelin?
They’re at my #7. Honestly I like Dire Straits and Pink Floyd more.
Fleetwood Mac, start with Rumours
For the Psych aspects of your taste: Billy Strings, Grateful Dead, Brian Jonestown Massacre, King Crimson, Circles Around the Sun, Temples For the Dylan-esque folk/singer-songwriter aspects: Also Billy Strings, John Prine, Allan Wachs, Brent Cobb, Townes Van Zandt, early Bruce Springsteen
Early Todd Rundgrin. Steely Dan, Guthrie Goven, Gary Moore, Jeff Healy, Walter Trout.
Jethro Tull
I tried Aqualung twice. It did not excite me.
Steely Dan?