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Great but obscure music recommendation thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by vwiggin, Sep 27, 2006.

  1. percicles

    percicles Member

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    You think they're glam????? They seem more like a post-modern Elton John/Bee Gees.

    Edit: How do you post YouTube links???? is it the same as pics???
     
  2. weakfromtoday

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    Copy the EMBED code that is next to the video you want to post (on the youtube page) and place it in your post here.
     
  3. vwiggin

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    Oh man, you guys f-ing rock! Keep up the soundy goodness. :D

    "Wind" Cat Stevens - One of my all-time favorite chill out songs

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    "White Reflection" Two Mix - anime trance/techno/pop

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    "Rhythm Emotion" by Two Mix - anime trance/techno/pop

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  4. FranchiseBlade

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    That's a great list.

    Also try:

    Of Montreal - Wraiths Pinned to the Mist and Other Games.

    I didn't know how to you tube it on this site, but here is the link.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8cCPH1qnYI

    Broadcast - Goodbye Girls

    T - Rex - Children of the Revolution

    The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers

    Lush - For Love
    Ladykillers
    500

    The Pixies - I've been tired
    Gouge Away
    Hey
    Dig for Fire

    Kings of Leon - The Bucket
    Day Old Blue
     
  5. vwiggin

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    Isn't it weird when we think we "discovered" a band even though they've been around forever? That's what's going on with me and Deat Cab. :D
     
  6. the futants

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    Suburban Lawns
    The Waitresses
    Standing Waves
    Esplendor Geometrico
    Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons
    Dancing Cigarettes
    Mechanical Servants
    Peppermint Lounge
    Los Microwaves
    Fred Frith
    The Naughtiest Girl Was a Monitor
    Nervous Gender
    Thrift Bakery
    Severed Heads
    Napalm Babies
    Hepatitus Risk
    Ceramic Hello
    Pelvic Thrust
    Comateens
    Bill Nelson
    Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

    enjoy.
     
  7. weakfromtoday

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    Minus the Bear - Pachuca Sunrise

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  8. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Crazy Anglos.

    EDIT: Hey, that's post #1000 for me.
     
  9. finalsbound

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    Speaking of Minus the Bear, if you're looking for some reeeally good music to listen to, check out their album "Highly Refined Pirates." Definitely their best one. Pachuca Sunrise and everything off "Menos El Oso" is good but almost sounds like a different band.

    Haha vwiggin...tell me about it. I had heard of but never listened to Death Cab for Cutie before the Postal Service released "Give Up," and now I'm still discovering everything I've been missing. Such as...the album "We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes." SUCH a great album. Can't wait for that second Postal Service one though!
     
  10. weakfromtoday

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    One of my all-time favorite bands.There isn't much of them on YouTube, but they are one of the best live acts I've ever seen. Check out their albums No Kill No Beep Beep, Different Damage, and Power. These videos don't do them justice.

    Q and Not U

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  11. Davidoff

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    I just found this chick a few months ago (Regina Spektor)... She's got talent falling out of her ass IMO.. Her CD "Begin to Hope" is crazy good (reminds me of a mix of Fiona Apple & Sarah McLachlan)

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    Also, Sting with Chris Botti - Moon Over Burbon Street

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  12. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    @Mr. Brightside...

    Royksopp is always a good thing!!!

    Architecture in Helsinki- "Do the Whirlwind" - sounded a bit like the Tom Tom Club...but with a kick ass video.

    @hooroo...

    Jesus & Mary Chain...good stuff from my growing up years!!!
     
  13. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    I can recommend stuff that many people are not familiar with as it is not in the mainstream (and these are all albums).

    "Monster Movie" - Can
    "Future Days" - Can
    "Tago Mago" - Can
    "Agaetis Byrjun" - Sigur Ros
    "( )" - Sigur Ros
    "Takk" - Sigur Ros
    "A Tribute to Jack Johnson" - Miles Davis
    "Get Up With It" - Miles Davis
    "Heaven Or Las Vegas" - Cocteau Twins
     
  14. rimrocker

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    Get back...

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    Anything by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five or Hot Seven

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    The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
     
  15. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    Here's some crazy techno (Freeland), hippy house (Hoxton), and electro house madness (Collins/Mason)...

    Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul
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    Hoxton Whores - Cream Vs. The Hoxtons - Sunshine Of Your Love
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    Sandra Collins Mixing Live @ Aeropuerto - playing Mason - Exceeder
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  16. FranchiseBlade

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    I can't believe I forgot the godfathers of Great but obscure music - Velvet Underground.

    I would start with the album Velvet Underground, and then go from there. Some other songs by VU that are easier to grasp for new listeners are:

    Sunday Morning

    Sweet Jane

    Who Loves the Sun

    Then of course there are plenty of great songs by Lou Reed.

    Try a very underated and obscure one called Street Hassle. Get the full version. The song is great and strange, and made stranger when Bruce Springstein makes a cameo appearence in it.
     
  17. Deckard

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    Reed's Berlin is brilliant. Very, very dark, but brilliant.
     
  18. Blake

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    Go out and buy or download OK Computer by Radiohead. Right now. Trust me.

    If you want to start out semi-mainstream but leaning towards the indie genre, I suggest The Strokes-Is This It? or The White Stripes-White Blood Cells.

    I could name about 30 indie bands that I love, but those are decent starters (though not indie)
     
  19. JayZ750

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    she is real good. do you listen to Feist at all?

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  20. Blake

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    I love Feist. Broken Social Scene as well
     

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