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thought i'd jump on the "band"wagon (ooh me sides 😀 my choice would be trent reznor/nin.his music just seems to resonate with me more than anyone else.
virtually impossible to answer...
Neil Young,
I Am Kloot,
Rolling Stones,
There's three of the top of my head...
Bit of I Am Kloot:
That's an impossible question for an adult to answer.
Impossible to answer, though [i]Unfinished Sympathy[/i] by Massive Attack remains my favourite record ever.
The Pet Shop Boys had a pretty big influence on me as a kid. 8)
Dream Theater.
[i]That's an impossible question for an adult to answer.[/i]
It would seem to be a perfectly reasonable question to ask on here given the standard of discussion of late.
stones
hendrix
the jam
the who
deacon blue
ramones
cheap trick
and ton's more
Bowie.
In rough order:
Neil Young
Gram Parsons/flying burrito bros
Ryan Adams/whiskeytown
Warren Zevon
Wilco
Chosen from;
Elgar
Rush
ZZ Top
Holst
Mozart
Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
2 Unlimited
Mike Oldfield
Thunder
Louis Armstrong
Joe Bonamassa
(One may be a lie....)
Deacon Blue 😆
For me, at the moment, JLS
Robin Trower
Jess Roden
🙂
It really is impossible to answer. I've been listening to and enjoying music for as long as I can remember, one of my earliest memories is hearing Nancy Whiskey's [i]Freight Train[/i] on the radio. That must be around fifty years ago. In all that time there are bands and musicians who've made music that fills me with joy and lifts my spirit, or reduces me to tears, depending on mood, and I'm constantly discovering new music. To pin down one just couldn't be done. Listening to Elbow at this exact moment, and they are one of the most consistent bands I've ever heard for song quality, and I love 'em to bits, but I love Arcade Fire for similar reasons. Sandy Denny is a perennial favourite, but so is Kris Delmhorst, Shawn Colvin and Laura Marling. My favourite is the one I'm listening to at a given moment.
CountZero.did i go on a ride with you around a year ago,we started at pewsey vale (along with cinnamon girl,gilles e.t.c)i was the slow one on the stumpjumper 😉 do you fancy going out riding sometime (i need motivation to get off my ass and do some exercise 🙂 (ps i live in devizes)
If you're talking 'desert Island' then its Elton (although I can't stand his current stuff).
He's fantastic live. Back in the 1970's such a showman and a lovely man, if you get the chance to talk to him.
I miss the Bernie Taupin days.
New Model Army. But I think you all probably know that already 😉
Van Morrison.
Led Zep
Of course it's possible to answer. I listen to a lot of music, it is a real passion for me, and I can easily, easily brush aside countless fantastic, talented people and bands - Miles Davis, Hendrix, Led Zep, Herbie Hancock, Pearl Jam, PJ Harvey, Danny Thompson, Eric Clapton*... the list goes on.
Yet, I haven't yet heard a player who has mastered expression in the way that Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli did. Even without immersion in a piece, their virtuosity is apparent; but the further in one gets, the more and more astonishing their ability and musical relationship appears. Not only were they luminous by themselves, their interplay and sympathy just elevates them to a different level to anyone else I've heard.
They are, without doubt, the musicians who have made the greatest impression upon me.
*just kidding!
If I HAD to choose one it would be Richard Thompson. Saw him last week at the Anvil in Basingstoke and he was as stunning as ever.