Music suggestions?

[t_h_seacrest]

At the risk of coming off tacky, if I ever come up with something good enough for Spotify... except I have to get better, a lot better, at everything. When that day comes I will certainly let it be known it exists. Alas that day is not today.

 

[Jmanchu]

I got suggestions, but I don't know if they're in spotify. Most are in youtube at least.

If you want something alternative, stuff like Psychedelic Rock, Tribal flavored musics, and thought promoting Jazz and all that good stuff? I have your back:

The Kundalini Genie - It's All In Your Head(Full Album) 70's inspired psychedelic rock
Mother's Cake - Cyberfunk (Full Album 2020) More 70's inspired rock
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean(1972) Good shit
Gabor Szabo - Dreams(1968) <- I really like this one right now
Polestar - Flying thru the Universe <-- This one gives me some Pink Floyd vibes but it's got its own thing going(The first song for some reason reminds me of "Welcome to The Machine" at times)
The Dwarfs Of East Agouzza - Bes(Full Album) <- This one is harder to describe but it's alternative and instrumental. Really sets a tripping atmospheric mood going.
Electric Octopus - Driving Under The Influence Of Jams (2017) (Full Album) <-- Jazzy Funk

Idris Ackamoor ☥ The Pyramids ‎– Shaman! (2020 - Album) This is some Soulful Jazz with some poetry in there. Pure vibes.​

Kokoroko - Could We Be More (Full Album) Love Kokoroko

I also have some other stuff like some ambient and chill vaporwave type music I like to listen to in the background whenever I write.

Moonchild - "Little Ghost" (Full Album) <- Jazz/RnB max chill and smoothness
Vanilla - Into The Dream (Full Album) Smooth Jazzy Vaporwave
Monodrone : 街で夜を過ごす (Spend The Night In The City) if you like classy, smooth jazzy beats. Barber Beats.

 

[Handley_Page]

Shamisen Girls Ki&Ki - Tsugaru Jongara Bushi​

 

[Handley_Page]

Hedwigs theme

 

[alohadave]

I've been listening to Latvian folk music for a while.

Tautemeitas

Auli. (Latvian drum and bagpipe group)

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Here is one I doubt any of you have heard before. It's hard ethno-rock/blues.

Here is the video as well, although the sound is much worse.

You will have to listen it on Youtube though, as it doesn't allow embedding.

 

[RelentlessOnanism]

I'm bored of the music I listen to. I feel somewhat trapped by my Spotify playlists. They seem stuck in amber.

Any suggestions for something to listen to? I like most things, but I'm not really into country & western, or most of the rap that's come out over the last 10 years or so. I find contemporary Top 40 dull. I don't get Drake.

I'm trying to keep my aging mind open. I'm willing to try something different. I'm especially intrigued if there's new stuff out there that I'm just not aware of.

Just some stuff I like that you may like. Or not, as the case may be…

The Mutton Birds
The New Pornographers
Eyelids
Filthy Friends
Lightning Seeds
The Tragically Hip
The Tears
Suede (I think they're called London Suede in America)
Spiritualised
Cosmic Rough Riders

 

[SimonDoom]

One thing is certain: Literoticans have an extremely broad range of tastes in music. Suggestions appreciated.

 

[Euphony]

One thing is certain: Literoticans have an extremely broad range of tastes in music. Suggestions appreciated.

I'm a huge fan of Music-Map (to find roughly similar artist to favorites) and Rate My Music (to get a foggy sense of overall quality but a much better sense of what album/release I should consider starting with)

I will mention with Rate's OVR it skews/artist get a bump for being late 80s to late 90s. Assuming these are the demos who were still attached to albums and replaying vs. later gens who grew up with crazy more music access/could bounce from hits to hits/streaming algos/essentially move on from music quicker so aren't as likely to wax poetic on a ratings website.

I use Ambient Drone as background for writing and/or creative "napping." No idea whether it will work for you but wanted to show you the Music-Map concept.

I've had my disagreements with just how "close" I believe they cluster certain artists to the searched artist but the hits dwarf the number of misses.

So, chose the core artist with search and it builds out a galaxy of similar bands around it. The closer to your core, supposedly more similar to the core artist than one at a further distance away.

It's worked so well for me I consider it a necessary tool. I really do love it.

 

[Euphony]

Also saw you mention exploring the 70s. When I decide to dive in to an era out of my prime music years, I use Best Ever Albums. (google)

It suffers the same bias as RateMyMusic (late 80s to 90s bump) but the beauty of it is the Statistics tab.

Click through. Pick "best albums of the 1970s" and it shows only the albums from the 70s that placed highly in the overall list.

What I've personally felt was anything before the mid/late 80s bump is pretty cultural hits heavy. Not a bad thing b/c music was harder to come by back in the day (to own) and there was also less of it floating around in culture.

Personally, 60s, 70s, mildly in the 80s, I find you can more safely ignore a couple hundred of spots in the ranking and have basic equals as far as music quality go.

Rankings are a subjective space anyway so I see Best Ever Albums as a time frame grouper and a breadcrumb generator to maybe give you a direction to head in rather than specific band recommendations that you'll surely love.

From '85 to about early 00s, I trust the rankings far more as I believe the users rating/curating the chart are best versed in those eras.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

"Moondance" by Van Morrison. Terrific song. As is, "You Are so Beautiful' by Joe Cocker.

 

[gunhilltrain]

"Moondance" by Van Morrison. Terrific song. As is, "You Are so Beautiful' by Joe Cocker.

So somebody revived this thread. And yesterday somebody else favorited my entry for March 22, 2022. Was she going through every post, I guess?

Van Morrison seems to have written this song (was it done before him?), but it's certainly been covered many times since.

 

[alohadave]

Omnia - Fee Ra Huri

 

[Comshaw]

Lot's of good suggestions. Let me throw in a few.

some fo the cover bands are flippin' outrageous!

Comshaw

 

[gunhilltrain]

I could start with "WTF is wrong with Country Music!?!?", but, I won't do that

I would suggest listening to "Ol Blue Eyes" can never go wrong listening to him.

WTF is wrong with country music? There is a song about that.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Comshaw

Those nurses are in drag, aren't they?

 

[alohadave]

WTF is wrong with country music? There is a song about that.

Then there is Bo Burnham:

 

[Comshaw]

Those nurses are in drag, aren't they?

No they aren't. Check this one out:

Comshaw

 

[Comshaw]

I have to mention one of my favorites Santana. From the Abraxas album, Oye Como Va:

Comshaw

 

[Handley_Page]

Jeff Beck:

Hi Ho Silver Lining​

 

[shakna]

Lot's of good suggestions. Let me throw in a few.

some fo the cover bands are flippin' outrageous!

Comshaw

Have ya got any more of 'em sea shanties? I find they work well for my writing, but I've used the medley, Nathan Evans, Master & Commander, and Assassin's Creed. I'm feeling it hard to find something... New?

 

[SimonDoom]

Listening to Beethoven's 9th recently, I decided that it sounded all wrong. And, yes, my speakers were definitely not doing justice to Georg Solti and The CSO. So I splashed the cash on some new Bose kit, and all is well once more.

One of the more entertaining musical experiences of my life was watching the 9th being performed in Boston Common many years ago. There are some musical pieces I never get tired of listening to and that's one of them.

 

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