Sadchild's "high fives" (every artist I like at least five songs from)
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Carole King
Genre: singer-songwriter / AC
Discovered: No clue
Other: Love the first two below (couldn't believe it when I learned she'd written a song about my birthday!!). The rest of her stuff, I'm a passive fan.
HIGH FIVE:
1. So Far Away
2. The First Day In August
3. I Feel the Earth Move
4. It's Too Late
5. Jazzman
I was noticing how coincidental it was that early '70s female singer-songwriter & James Taylor cowriter Carole King came up right after early '70s female singer-songwriter & James Taylor partner Carly Simon. Then I realized you're using the first letter of first name alphabetizing. I go by last name on people, and first letter on groups.
Using my mp3 collection which, according to Microsoft, goes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D.... In my CD collection I have people by last name "Ezra, Adam" like you, but I didn't want it that way in my mp3 collection so that is "Adam Ezra".
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbet is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
iTunes ordered it the same way. First name letter determines the sort order unless the first word is The.
Cars
Genre: new wave, pop-rock
Discovered: No clue
Other: I do like their pre-Heartbeat City stuff too, but I was sick of their early hits for a couple decades (thank you FM) and have just started getting back into those songs. Their 2011 album has two great songs: "Blue Tip" and "Sad Song" -- I listen to those two more than any other Cars songs because they haven't been overplayed.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Hello Again
2. Tonight She Comes
3. You Might Think
4. I'm Not The One
5. Why Can't I Have You
Cat Stevens
Genre: singer-songwriter, folk rock
Discovered: Don't know, guessing my mother and/or step-father
Other: I love Tea For The Tillerman and Teaser And The Firecat start to finish. Aside from those, I only like a handful of his other songs.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Father And Son
2. Moonshadow
3. Where Do The Children Play
4. Sad Lisa
5. Miles From Nowhere
Celldweller
Genre: industrial rock, electronic metal
Discovered: Was a fan of his previous project Circle Of Dust
Other: One of the music acts I've spent the most money on. He's been indie all along. If you want new tunes, you gotta buy the merch (though I've heard he gets most of his money from licensing instrumental music to movies and video games). I've probably bought a dozen t-shirts and 2 copies of every CD. Plus I've exposed dozens of people to his music in person, and probably hundreds via my FM show. His most known song is "Switchback" but it's not my fav.
HIGH FIVE:
1. The Last Firstborn
2. Frozen
3. Switchback
4. End Of An Empire
5. Under My Feet
Charles Bradley
Genre: soul
Discovered: Looking for new music while writing music reviews 2008-2010.
Other: Was a James Brown impersonator with the stage name Black Velvet. A record label guy heard him and signed him. Put together a band for him. Great stuff! My #1 fav is a collab, a bit different than his norm. The rest of them sound like classic 60s soul. He passed in 2017, RIP.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Grant Green
2. Strictly Reserved For You
3. Ain't It A Sin
4. You Think I Don't Know
5. The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
Cheap Trick
Genre: rock
Discovered: Probably MTV
Other: I like Lap Of Luxury a lot (top 3 below are from it), not quite as into their older 'classics' they're most known for.
HIGH FIVE:
1. The Flame
2. Never Had A Lot To Lose
3. Let Go
4. No Direction Home
5. You Want It
Chemical Brothers
Genre: electronic rock/EDM
Discovered: FM?
Other: Much bigger in the UK with 16 top 40s. None in the US.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Wide Open (with Beck)
2. Go (with Q-Tip)
3. Block Rockin' Beats
4. Let Forever Be (with Noel Gallagher)
5. Hey Boy Hey Girl
Two great bands. They have everything and nothing in common, and rock in completely different ways.
Chevelle
Genre: heavy rock/radio metal
Discovered: FM
Other: They sounded like a Deftones-copycat band to me in the early years (especially "Send The Pain Below", which feels like a "Be Quiet And Drive" ripoff), so I didn't really get into them. But starting with 2009's Sci-Fi Crimes (featuring my #1 & #3 below) I really started digging their stuff. My band opened for them in 2010. They're great live. My band's singer crushed on the frontman for a couple years, so we'd imitate his moves during practices.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Jars
2. An Island
3. Letter From A Thief
4. The Fad
5. Face To The Floor
Chicago
Genre: jazz rock (70s) pop rock (80s)
Discovered: No clue
Other: Just a casual fan.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Stay the Night
2. Along Comes A Woman
3. Saturday in the Park
4. 25 Or 6 To 4
5. Questions 67 and 68
Chimaira
Genre: death metal
Discovered: I think it was the song they contributed to a Cure tribute compilation CD? That was the only song I liked on there if I remember right.
Other: One of the heaviest bands I listen to.
1. SP Lit
2. Army Of Me
3. Pure Hatred
4. Nothing Remains
5. Power Trip
Another band I don't know why I don't own any of their stuff.
Cinderella
Genre: glam rock / hair metal
Discovered: My cousin
Other: Didn't get into them when my cousin introduced me to their first album. But I got hooked on their second album. Their third album's first two singles were okay, but I didn't like them enough to seek out the rest of the album. By their 4th album, grunge and alternative had replaced the genre. I don't think I heard any of it.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Gypsy Road
2. Coming Home
3. Shake Me
4. Fallin' Apart at the Seams
5. The Last Mile
There they are.
Cinderella
Genre: glam rock / hair metal
Discovered: My cousin
Other: Didn't get into them when my cousin introduced me to their first album. But I got hooked on their second album. Their third album's first two singles were okay, but I didn't like them enough to seek out the rest of the album. By their 4th album, grunge and alternative had replaced the genre. I don't think I heard any of it.
HIGH FIVE:
1. Gypsy Road
2. Coming Home
3. Shake Me
4. Fallin' Apart at the Seams
5. The Last Mile
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