Bowie has such a distinctive voice, even throughout all his genre's, you still recognise him.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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.
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.
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.
evil jimi - Sep 03, 2005 2:40:56 pm PDT #102 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Gary Numan ... one of the most distinctive voices of the last 25 years.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2005 5:32:58 pm PDT #103 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I can't stop listening to Rilo Kiley's "The Frug." It's so freaking catchy and bouncy-without-being-irritating.
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"Bouncy" isn't the right word. Pre-bouncy.
Seriously, I just. keep. playing. it.
An intervention might be required.
(This isn't in reply to the "distinctive sound" question, BTW.)
BridgetS - Sep 03, 2005 5:59:27 pm PDT #104 of 10003
Mercy is the mark of a great man. [beat] Guess I'm just a good man. [beat] I'm alright.
Apologies to anyone who went to downtown Oakland today -- Sonny Rhodes is playing tomorrow (Sunday, the 4th) at 4.
I have other plans, so don't look for me.
And in answer to the "distinctive sound" question: The Cars.
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2005 6:32:17 pm PDT #105 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Hey, cool: Kate Bush will release her first album in 12 years in November - a double album entitled Aerial.
DavidS - Sep 03, 2005 9:07:36 pm PDT #106 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, cool: Kate Bush will release her first album in 12 years in November - a double album entitled Aerial.
She's been a bit of a name-dropped artist in the last couple years with even Outakast citing her as an influence (for her production). I've been watching a lot of Kate this year 'cause they toss her old and rawther theatrical videos onto The Alternative with some regularity. I'm a bit regretful that I didn't have Jilli write about The Dreaming for the book.