This thread is for music buffs who listen to music from last century, when music used to be real music and lyrics did not have to be politically correct -- not the fake plastic dogsh*t that passes for music these days. Name your favourite artists and songs...
As somebody who loves 80s and 90s music, I don't agree that music and and lyrics need to be politically correct these days. That could be true about mainstream music but there is abundant music with the brashness and rebelliousness of the 90s - it is just difficult to find it because of the sheer quantity of music that gets released every day. Having said that, here is a list (was hard work typing out all this on a working weekend, so please give these a listen):
Third Eye Blind - most of their first three albums Foo Fighters - any damn thing! (My Hero, Everlong, Monkey Wrench, Times Like These) - all their new albums still have that attitude - and the music videos are as cool Pavement - Spit on a Stranger Deftones Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Collective Soul - Shine Alice in Chains - Would, Man in the box Sepultura - Ratamhatta Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows, go with the flow Veruca Salt - All Hail Me Kyuss - Demon Cleaner Smashing Pumpkines - 1979 Audioslave - any ducking thing
These are a few that come to mind. Please also share yours.
Tool - entire discography (trust me its that good especially Lateralus) The Strokes - entire discography (especially their debut album Is This It) Radiohead - Kid A, OK Computer, In Rainbows (albums) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (entire album), make it wit chu, I sat by the ocean (songs) Led Zeppelin - I and IV (albums) Bill Withers - Lovely Day, Ain't No Sunshine (songs) Tame Impala - again entire discography
These are just off the top of my head, I can share my spotify playlist if you want :)
Wasting my Sabbath typing a long-ignored playlist:
- Black Sabbath (Paranoid, NIB) - Judas Priest (the entire Painkiller album, Blood Red Skies, Breaking the Law) - Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral- the entire album) - Madonna (a lot of her repertoire; she's one of the century's great musicians) - Iron Maiden (everything) - Bone Thugs n' Harmony (Tha Crossroads) - The Velvet Underground (the eponymous album)
It's also a bit supercilious to claim that this generation doesn't have "good" music. In this century alone, we've got:
- Hey Ya by Outkast - Through the Fire and Flames- Dragonforce - All The Things That I Have Done- The Killers - Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys) - Viva La Vida (Coldplay) - Stronger (Kanye)
In the end, "great music" is what gives you joy. It's not meant to be a pissing contest where you slam everyone else's tastes.
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Third Eye Blind - most of their first three albums
Foo Fighters - any damn thing! (My Hero, Everlong, Monkey Wrench, Times Like These) - all their new albums still have that attitude - and the music videos are as cool
Pavement - Spit on a Stranger
Deftones
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Collective Soul - Shine
Alice in Chains - Would, Man in the box
Sepultura - Ratamhatta
Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows, go with the flow
Veruca Salt - All Hail Me
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Smashing Pumpkines - 1979
Audioslave - any ducking thing
These are a few that come to mind. Please also share yours.
Tool - entire discography (trust me its that good especially Lateralus)
The Strokes - entire discography (especially their debut album Is This It)
Radiohead - Kid A, OK Computer, In Rainbows (albums)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (entire album), make it wit chu, I sat by the ocean (songs)
Led Zeppelin - I and IV (albums)
Bill Withers - Lovely Day, Ain't No Sunshine (songs)
Tame Impala - again entire discography
These are just off the top of my head, I can share my spotify playlist if you want :)
- Black Sabbath (Paranoid, NIB)
- Judas Priest (the entire Painkiller album, Blood Red Skies, Breaking the Law)
- Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral- the entire album)
- Madonna (a lot of her repertoire; she's one of the century's great musicians)
- Iron Maiden (everything)
- Bone Thugs n' Harmony (Tha Crossroads)
- The Velvet Underground (the eponymous album)
It's also a bit supercilious to claim that this generation doesn't have "good" music. In this century alone, we've got:
- Hey Ya by Outkast
- Through the Fire and Flames- Dragonforce
- All The Things That I Have Done- The Killers
- Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys)
- Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
- Stronger (Kanye)
In the end, "great music" is what gives you joy. It's not meant to be a pissing contest where you slam everyone else's tastes.