For Peter (and All): Best $100 to introduce a music genre?

Post #337,928 by Another Scott 1/1/11 1:57:15 PM Reply	For Peter (and All): Best $100 to introduce a music genre? An interesting thread at MarginalRevolution: Enda asks: Loyal MR reader and consumer of alternative/indie/rock music here. If someone asked me for a broad introduction to the best of the genre with a budget of $100, my personal recommendation would be to purchase Sgt Pepper (The Beatles), skip most of the next two decades, Doolittle (Pixies), OK Computer (Radiohead), Pinkerton (Weezer), Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins), Loveless (My Bloody Valentine), Is This It (The Strokes), Songs for the Deaf (Queens of the Stone Age) and Funeral (Arcade Fire).I have a $100 budget for an introduction to classical music and an essentially blank canvas. Your recommendations? It's mostly a Classical thread, but there is some pushback on the Rock stuff. Reviving the old "music I'm liking at the moment" threads here would be nice. :-) Cheers, Scott. (Who hasn't found much "new" stuff that he likes lately.)
Post #337,940 by beepster 1/1/11 7:11:58 PM Reply	Think I'd have to make room for Kings of Leon in there. Pretty good new stuff. As for what I'm liking at the moment...I will be on a smoky bar music kick for a while as I wait for my Feb 4 show (xmas present) of Diana Krall. As for the last disk tracked on my ipod....that was OMD - Crush. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #337,941 by boxley 1/1/11 7:42:50 PM Reply	Re: For Peter (and All): Best $100 to introduce a music genr Sgt Pepper? if one MUST listen to the bugs the white album is almost listenable. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #337,943 by static 1/1/11 9:03:27 PM Reply	Hmm. For electronica, I'd go for Oxygene and Equinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre. These were absolutely ground-breaking for their time, however Jarre seems to have forgotten why with his more recent concerts. Other people might recommend early Kraftwerk, but I haven't heard them. My classical experience is a bit limited, by comparison, but I do know a few gems. Holst's The Planets is a worthwhile inclusion. Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries is good, but I'd be fussy about the orchestra (I have one that is only average). For classical crossover, I'd suggest Bond's first album (Born). Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #337,944 by beepster 1/1/11 9:11:16 PM Reply	on kraftwerk Computerworld and if one must, autobahn also. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #337,954 by crazy 1/2/11 5:02:50 AM Reply	There was a song Makes me think of Ice Castles (song name) of the same time frame as Kraftwerks. Beep: Any Idea?
Post #337,958 by crazy 1/2/11 5:29:53 AM Reply	Non music aside: TV910 So this video shows a Televideo 910 terminal on the cover. http://www.youtube.c...k&feature=related My brother had several of these terminals in 1980, and I think he still has one in a shed. I learned Wordstar on CP/M on that terminal. We also used it with a 300 based acoustic coupler to talk to "online" (compuserve) at the time. Piece of shit, but amazing at the time. Think about how hard doing electronica was in those days.
Post #337,986 by static 1/2/11 5:58:46 PM Reply	Creative electronica. Oxygene has a picture of Jarre in amongst a mess of things: numerous analog synths and organs interconnected together with patch cables. (As an amateur synth programmer myself, I know that some of the iconic sounds on Equinoxe are very difficult to re-create with recent synth hardware, requiring modulation links often not provided.) Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #337,953 by crazy 1/2/11 4:58:44 AM 1/2/11 4:59:03 AM Reply	oooohh, kraftwerk. Yeah, thanks. It's been a long time, I forgot about them. http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=gChOifUJZMc Edited by crazy Jan. 2, 2011, 04:59:03 AM EST Expand All History
Post #337,985 by static 1/2/11 5:38:40 PM Reply	Okay, that was interesting. Many thanks! Sadly, I think Autobahn has dated more than Oxygene has. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #338,225 by crazy 1/7/11 5:32:18 PM Reply	Now go listen to Tangerine Dream I LOVE pandora. I've just started isolating all the songs I've missed since my youth. It seems to be there.
Post #338,229 by static 1/7/11 6:26:50 PM Reply	I've already got some Christopher Franke. He wrote all the music for Babylon 5. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #337,966 by malraux 1/2/11 10:23:58 AM Reply	Talking Heads too Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #337,968 by scoenye 1/2/11 10:55:56 AM Reply	At the moment: Triggerfinger Great little band from near Antwerp with Animal on the drums. Wonderful live act driven by music, not gimmicks. Hunt you down http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=CTKzpcSkzlI
Post #337,969 by boxley 1/2/11 11:13:34 AM Reply	need a frontman, voice doesnt match the style Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #337,971 by SpiceWare 1/2/11 12:29:18 PM Reply	mom's been here so lately it's been Christmas music :D Prior to the holidays, these were my aural addictions: Ting Tings - Hands http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=ms1C5WeSocY Linkin Park - The Catalyst http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=51iquRYKPbs Neon Trees - Animal http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=gM7Hlg75Mlo Chromeo - Don't Turn The Lights On http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=KP7mxcvGejQ Delphic - This Momentary http://vimeo.com/8077287 I still get goose bumps from the Delphic video: http://www.promonews...ntary-by-dave-ma/ The aim for this video was to focus on the people still living in and around the Chernobyl area. I wanted to show portraits of the abandoned town near the power plant then move outwards to abandoned villages where a lot of elderly people still live and on to the towns where people were relocated to.
Post #338,003 by pwhysall 1/3/11 11:40:09 AM Reply	Re: For Peter (and All): Best $100 to introduce a music genr This reminds me - any of you guys use last.fm? I'm "peter_wh" on there, if you do.

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