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Music Novice Needs to Know Essential Bands and Cd's

et21et21 Posts: 112
edited May 2008 in Other Music
I'm pretty much a beginner in exploring music, somewhat. I'm nowhere near as fluent as some of you here!

So, anyone give me a rundown of the must have artists and CD's I should listen to to have a pretty decent music collection?

Since I also can only keep up with a few artists as I don't listen to music as much as many of you guys, I'd like the things that are most 'necessary' to have in my music collection. It doesn't have to sound exactly the the bands I list below, but you get the general gist of what I go for. A good mx of the old and new would be good, if possible.


I only really like a few bands so far.


Bands I already Like:
Pearl Jam (my favorite for 6 yrs) The only band I've heard all the albums of and love all of them.
REM - But my interest in them is wanning

others:
Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Decemberists
Postal Service
Neko Case
The Shins
System of Down


Recently Listened to, but might like more when listen to more:
Muse
Band of Horses
My Morning Jacket
Liam Finn


Music I probably will never like:
Motley Crue, AC/DC type music
Eagles type
Slayer/Type 0 Negative /Static X type
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  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
    Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Just pasting my favourite artists list across from my rateyourmusic.com profile, here are some bands and artists your life will be improved by listening to:

    Arvo Pärt, Autechre, Bad Brains, Big Black, Boards of Canada, Boredoms, Burzum, Charles Mingus, The Clancy Brothers, Die Kreuzen, Eric Dolphy, Eyvind Kang, Glenn Branca, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, György Ligeti, John Coltrane, Krzysztof Penderecki, Madlib, Minor Threat, The Modern Lovers, Nas, Nico, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pharoah Sanders, Port-Royal, Rites of Spring, The Replacements, Wire, Wu-Tang Clan.

    The ones in bold being extra-special favourites.

    It might seem like a big list but I have upwards of 1000 albums counting all CDs, vinyl and downloads so that really is cutting it back to just the stuff I feel you NEED to hear :) Also, I know that none of them are anything like the type you mentioned but hey, you really can't go wrong with these. You might not like all of them, you might even not like any of them but they are all good bets.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Kings of Leon
    Pixies
    Led Zeppelin
    Soundgarden
    Wolfmother
    Tool
    The Strokes
    Beck
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Raconteurs
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  • hguz73hguz73 Posts: 245
    Of good use if you wish to expand your music tastes...

    Bjork - Homogenic
    Pixies - Surfer Rosa
    Bob Marley - Exodus
    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
    At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
    Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
    Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
    Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
    Morphine - Cure For Pain
    Husker Du - Zen Arcade
    Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
    Massive Attack - Mezzanine
    Portishead - Dummy
    Sparta - Porcelain
    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
    Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
    Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
    Radiohead - Ok Computer
    The Smiths - Hatful Of Sorrow
  • melodyman22melodyman22 Posts: 326
    Arcade fire, toss that crap in the garbage. Here's some real music you should listen to.
    -Soundgarden
    -Guns n Roses
    -Alice in Chains
    -Pink Floyd
    -The Tragically hip (Canada's finest)
    -Mother Love Bone.

    These bands will make ya fall in love with music.
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    The Beatles
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • oktacomaoktacoma Posts: 335
    My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
    Wilco - Kicking Television
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    Modest Mouse you would probably enjoy.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    melodyman22 wrote:
    Arcade fire, toss that crap in the garbage. Here's some real music you should listen to.
    -Soundgarden
    -Guns n Roses
    -Alice in Chains
    -Pink Floyd
    -The Tragically hip (Canada's finest)
    -Mother Love Bone.

    These bands will make ya fall in love with music.
    Yeah jeez, a little fucking variety is just wrong. Let's only stick to classic bands. And nothing from the last 15 years.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Booyah
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    Kings of Leon- any of their albums
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Yeah jeez, a little fucking variety is just wrong. Let's only stick to classic bands. And nothing from the last 15 years.

    Or anything that isn't based directly off the blues. Or that uses instruments other than guitar, bass, and drum. Fuck originality and harmony. Rock music should sound exactly the same all the time. . . I don't even know the word to describe people like this. Sad, maybe?

    Anyway, suggestions:

    Beck- Sea Change
    Idlewild- The Remote Part
    Chris Cornell- Euphoria Morning
    Radiohead- The Bends
    Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica
    Incubus- Morning View
    Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
    Elliott Smith- Either Or
    Faith No More- The Real Thing, Angel Dust
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    These are some of my favs that haven't been mentioned

    Neko Case
    PJ Harvey
    The Strokes
    Whiskeytown
    Mark Lanegan (try the Gutter Twins album but any Lanegan is great)
    Band of Horses
    Wintersleep

    Sorry.....you said Neko Case.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    my morning jacket-OKONOKOS
    my morning jacket- evil urges

    Both of these cd's kick ass, especially okonokos. this band totally put my "new music sucks" mentality out the door.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    NIN - The Downward Spiral
    Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
    Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
    The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    of the ones mentioned, get these:

    Minor Threat - Complete Discography
    Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
    Husker Du - Zen Arcade (my favorite of the bunch)
    Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
    Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
    My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
    Ben Folds Five - the Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
    Faith No More - The Real Thing
    The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
    Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
    Cracker - Cracker

    my additions are:
    Bob Mould - Workbook
    Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
    The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
    Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
  • san pedrosan pedro Posts: 169
    sonic youth-evol/experimental,jetset,trash,& no star
    the refreshments-fizzy,fuzzy,big & buzzy
    meat puppets-up on the sun
    minutemen-double nickles on the dime
    the replacements-let it be
    phish-billy breathes
    rolling stones-some girls/tattoo you
    butthole surfers-rembrandt pussyhorse
    bloodhound gang-hooray for boobies
    mike watt-ballhog or tugboat
    dead milkmen-bucky fellini
    camper van beethoven-telephone free landslide victory
    cracker-cracker
    pixies-bossanova
    "DON'T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME"
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    transplant wrote:
    Minor Threat - Complete Discography
    I actually don't think I could live without that album.

    I have Out of Step on vinyl too. It has the most awesome picture of the band on the insert.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Ween- Chocolate and Cheese or Quebec to start with
    Black Keys- Rubber Factory
    Tool- Lateralus or Undertow
    NIN- The Fragile
    The Ike Reilly Assassination- We Belong to the Staggering Nights
    Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger or Superunkown
    The Smiths- any of them
    Screaming Tree's- Dust or Sweet Oblivion
    Pixies- Doolittle or Bossanova
    Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica (one of my absolute favorite CD's)
    Mad Season- Above
    Goon Moon- Lickers Last Leg
    Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin or Transmissions from a Satellite Heart .
    Faith No More- Real Thing
    Alice in Chains- Jar of Flies...or just buy all of them!!!!
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    san pedro wrote:
    bloodhound gang-hooray for boobies
    did you just throw that in there to see if somebody was paying attention?
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Modest Mouse- Lonesome Crowded West
    Minus the Bear- Highly Refined Pirates
    Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (give it time like a tree it will grow)
    Miles Davis- Kind of Blue

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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I actually don't think I could live without that album.

    I have Out of Step on vinyl too. It has the most awesome picture of the band on the insert.
    that CD is powerful no doubt.
  • san pedrosan pedro Posts: 169
    transplant wrote:
    did you just throw that in there to see if somebody was paying attention?
    oh,you're paying attention,good. i really like that whole album. it's got some very funny lyrics and it rocks! my moto: "maturity is a high price to pay for growing up!"
    "DON'T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME"
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,494
    hguz73 wrote:
    Of good use if you wish to expand your music tastes...

    Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

    cause shes the cheese and im the macaroni

    great record
  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    "if it's gonna be that kinda party, i'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes"

    my suggestions:
    Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
    At The Drive-In - In Casino/Out
    Bad Religion - Recipe For Hate, The New America, New Maps Of Hell
    Beck - Guero
    Cake - Fashion Nugget
    Clutch - Clutch
    Deftones - Around The Fur
    Dresden Dolls - Dresden Dolls
    Eels - Beautiful Freak, Souljacker
    Fugazi - 13 Songs

    I have to go so I will add more later.
    Chicago 8-23-09

  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    san pedro wrote:
    oh,you're paying attention,good. i really like that whole album. it's got some very funny lyrics and it rocks! my moto: "maturity is a high price to pay for growing up!"
    I will admit to loving (still) the Bad Touch. that song just makes me laugh. I've added a few off your list to mine, as they are freaking awesome CD's.
  • san pedrosan pedro Posts: 169
    transplant wrote:
    I will admit to loving (still) the Bad Touch. that song just makes me laugh. I've added a few off your list to mine, as they are freaking awesome CD's.
    RIGHT ON!!! i got to see husker du twice in 86/87 at the fillmore in frisco. i really like every album from zen arcade-warehouse:songs and stories. great songs! husker du should reunite!!
    "DON'T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME"
  • adam42381adam42381 Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,515
    I'd throw the White Stripes in the mix. Their first four albums - Self Titled, De Stijl, White Blood Cells and Elephant - are all great. Get Behind Me Satan was just okay for me. Icky Thump is another solid album by them. I'd start at the beginning and see what you think. De Stijl is probably the most accessible for a beginner.
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    i saw replacements mentioned(they should have been bolded) they are a must. let it be is probably my favorite.

    and i have to agree also with the pixies. surfer rosa is where i started and it served me swell.

    velvet underground is another, im sure some mentioned them i just must have skimmed over it. s/t or loaded are my top 2, but every album is very different so its hard to say which to begin with.
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  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    Okay, so....

    some more suggestions:
    Fields - Everything Last Winter
    Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple
    Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (already mentioned)
    Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut, Downward Is Heavenward
    Jack Johnson - On And On
    Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
    The Killers - Hot Fuss (one of my favorites)
    Led Zeppelin - everything
    Low - I Could Live In Hope
    Mike Watt - Contemplating The Engine Room
    Morphine - Cure For Pain (already mentioned), Yes
    Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
    Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
    Ozomatli - Ozomatli
    Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    The Presidents Of The United States Of America - The Presidents Of The United States Of America, II
    Primus - Frizzle Fry
    Probot - Probot (Dave Grohl's metal project)
    Psycore - Your Problem
    Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
    Retribution Gospel Choir - Retribution Gospel Choir (this is NOT GOSPEL music, fyi)
    RJD2 - Deadringer, Since We Last Spoke
    Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
    Sonic Youth - 100%, Dirty
    Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
    Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
    Sugar - Copper Blue
    Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth (side project featuring Modest Mouse members)
    Urge Overkill - Saturation
    Wolfmother - Wolfmother
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell, Is Is
    Wu-Tang Clan - any one you want
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