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obbleobble Posts: 49
edited April 2006 in Other Music
So I am currently in a kind of chilled out, melancholic mood at the moment. Give me any downbeat or laid back songs that you know and I will check them out. Genre is of no consequence, give me rock, pop, hip-hop, trip-hop or opera. If its a beautiful song and pushes my buttons, I'll be stoked. Thanks in advance, I will try and give a bit of feedback.
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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Matthew Good Band - Apparitions

    more downbeat than laid back
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. Excellent song.
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  • obbleobble Posts: 49
    MSG wrote:
    Matthew Good Band - Apparitions

    I like this song. What are some of his other good songs, in a similar mould.
    adam wrote:
    Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. Excellent song.

    Goes without saying =)
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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    obble wrote:
    I like this song. What are some of his other good songs, in a similar mould.

    Prime Time Deliverance
    Fated
    So Long Mrs. Smith
    Advertising on Police Cars
    Tripoli
    Truffle Pigs
    Strange Days
    Born to Kill
    Sun up Running for Home
    Weapon
    Avalanche
    Flashdance II

    Note: a few of these songs have studio versions and acoustic versions that have a very different sound.

    These are a few along those lines. I hope you enjoy them. He has a whole catalogue of great music. If you are interested I highly reccoment the albums "Underdogs" and "Beautiful Midnight" to get you started. These dics contain a lot of the more downbeat stuff and upbeat stuff as well, either way the songwriting is always excellent.
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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    I'd like to add "Hello Time Bomb" to the list. I just can't say enough good things about Matthew Good.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • obbleobble Posts: 49
    Can you narrow that list to 2 or 3 essentials?
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  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    I'd be happy to

    Prime Time Deliverance (studio version although the acoustic version is not bad)
    Strange Days
    Fated (may be tough to find but it's worth it)

    Enjoy with my compliments!
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    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    some albuns:

    black on both sides - mos def
    18 - moby
    mezzanine - massive attack
    love sensuality devotion: the greatest hits - enigma
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

    MCG you love the MGB so much it is awesome. I could see us getting along very well if you ever went to Vancouver
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    album: Jose Gonzalez - veneer

    most amazing melancholic folk/acoustic music you'll hear... well, for a long time. Singles 'Heartbeats' or 'Crosses' are a good intro.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
    Elliot Smith - XO
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Jesus Etc - Wilco
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,154
    Goddamn Lonely Love-Drive By Truckers

    PBM
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  • obbleobble Posts: 49
    Really like that song "Trouble" and the Elliott Smith stuff is great as well. Thanks heaps for that moemoe. Any other recommendations? I like your taste of music.

    Got your song downloading now PBM
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  • chris3chris3 Posts: 43
    Ray Lomantange ... I think i spelled it wrong though.
  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch. Good stuff.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    obble wrote:
    Really like that song "Trouble" and the Elliott Smith stuff is great as well. Thanks heaps for that moemoe. Any other recommendations? I like your taste of music.

    Got your song downloading now PBM

    The whole "Trouble" album is great!


    You need these!!!

    Teitur - Poetry and Aeroplanes
    Damien Rice - O
    Warren Haynes (solo acoutic and AMAZING!) - The Lone E.P.

    I can come up with many more, these are just 3 quickies off the top of my head.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    adam42381 wrote:
    Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch. Good stuff.


    I like that song too, i have not heard the album... any good?
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  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    star by primal scream.
    'Go easy, step lightly, stay free!'

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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    cant you see- marshall tucker band

    always my fav melancholy song.
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Echoes wrote:
    DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

    MCG you love the MGB so much it is awesome. I could see us getting along very well if you ever went to Vancouver

    It is hard not to love the greatness of the Matthew Good Band. The songwriting is among the best I've ever heard. I dunno it just speaks to me I guess. If I'm ever in Vancouver we can go for a pint and talk all things Matt Good :).
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  • Cherry GhostCherry Ghost Posts: 109
    More Wilco:

    Should've Been In Love
    Dash 7
    Sunken Treasure
    The Lonely 1
    She's A Jar
    Via Chicago
    Radio Cure
    Ashes of American Flags
    Reservations

    If you are not familiar with these guys, definitely check them out!!
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    Cherry Ghost wrote:
    More Wilco:

    Should've Been In Love
    Dash 7
    Sunken Treasure
    The Lonely 1
    She's A Jar
    Via Chicago
    Radio Cure
    Ashes of American Flags
    Reservations

    If you are not familiar with these guys, definitely check them out!!


    Add in the first of two Wilco + Bill Braggs cds (the second one is not good in my opinion) Mermaid Avenue.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    On the alt country note, add in

    Ryan Adams Albums:
    Heartbreaker
    Gold
    Cold Roses
    Demolition
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  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    moemoe6434 wrote:
    I like that song too, i have not heard the album... any good?

    I really have no idea. I know that it's on an EP with 3 other songs called 4 Songs but I don't have it. I heard the song several times last year in Virginia on college radio and liked it but didn't know who sang it and forgot about it. Then I heard it on House, M.D. Tuesday night and looked it up on the Fox website and went and downloaded it. If you download it, make sure you get the full version because I got one version that's only 2 minutes long from the O.C. or something but the real song is over 6 minutes. Good song.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    adam42381 wrote:
    I really have no idea. I know that it's on an EP with 3 other songs called 4 Songs but I don't have it. I heard the song several times last year in Virginia on college radio and liked it but didn't know who sang it and forgot about it. Then I heard it on House, M.D. Tuesday night and looked it up on the Fox website and went and downloaded it. If you download it, make sure you get the full version because I got one version that's only 2 minutes long from the O.C. or something but the real song is over 6 minutes. Good song.


    Cool..... Also, i think that song is pretty borderline copying "Pink Moon" which is one hell of a GREAT laid back tune!
    "If she don't love me no more, i know her sister will" Jimi Hendrix
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