And my first offering: Sleater-Kinney.
I have no idea what they sound like. AFAIK, the only song of theirs I've ever heard that I'm aware of was one on Lyra Jane's Buffista frankenmix CD, and it's been awhile, so I don't remember it.
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DXMachina - Sep 03, 2005 1:55:51 am PDT #92 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
sumi - Sep 03, 2005 3:43:00 am PDT #93 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I was going to say the Rolling Stones but there are so many imitators I'm not sure it's really safe to say that.
DXMachina - Sep 03, 2005 3:58:15 am PDT #94 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Dire Straits, maybe, because Knopfler's guitar style is so distinctive. And I agree about Steely Dan.
Jon B. - Sep 03, 2005 5:12:53 am PDT #95 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Bands whose sound is so ubiquitous that even if you'd never heard the song before you know who performed it.
If you mean distinctive, and not ubiquitous, there are a few prolific indie bands that I can always ID by the guitar sound: Greg Sage of The Wipers and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond come immediately to mind. Even when Nick helped Mary Lou Lord on her album with Sony, his guitar sound stood out.
erikaj - Sep 03, 2005 9:14:02 am PDT #96 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Barenaked Ladies?
Gandalfe - Sep 03, 2005 9:14:31 am PDT #97 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Bowie has such a distinctive voice, even throughout all his genre's, you still recognise him.
dw - Sep 03, 2005 9:19:40 am PDT #98 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
If you mean distinctive, and not ubiquitous, there are a few prolific indie bands that I can always ID by the guitar sound: Greg Sage of The Wipers and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond come immediately to mind. Even when Nick helped Mary Lou Lord on her album with Sony, his guitar sound stood out.
I meant distinctive. I re-wrote that statement so many times trying to get what I was saying right that words were muddled.
Sleater-Kinney has a definite guitar and bass sound that signals it's S-K before Carrie and Corin start screeching.
Steely Dan I agree with. REM, not as much. There's some later (post-AFTP) stuff that sounds nothing like what you REM should sound like.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2005 9:37:09 am PDT #99 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Cure.
Bjork.
Rasputina.
JZ - Sep 03, 2005 9:42:54 am PDT #100 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Paul Simon.
BridgetS - Sep 03, 2005 10:56:52 am PDT #101 of 10003
Mercy is the mark of a great man. [beat] Guess I'm just a good man. [beat] I'm alright.
De-lurking to let Bay-istas know that Sonny Rhodes (he of the Firefly theme song) is performing at the Blues Stage of the Art & Soul Festival today at 4p. The Blues Stage is at 12th & Broadway, just outside the 12th St. BART Station.
He might take requests, if you're nice about it.
ETA: that's my feeling, it's not like I know him.