datta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 1 of 19 (Thru Jon Anderson)
13th Floor Elevators
'60s psychedelia from Texas, maybe? I seem to recall Roky Erikson (sp?)
being in the group.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
They were a 60's psychedelic garage band. I don't recall anything about
their music.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
24-7 Spyz
they look like rappers yet play in-your-face thrash. kinda like bad
brains or living colour, but without the reggae or hip hop influence.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
45 Grave
Sorta goth, I guess. Not too bad.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
When they came to Atlanta years ago, a friend of mine went with a group
of his friends and the band to a local graveyard.One of his friends
snuck off with Dinah,the singer,and her husband,also in the band, went
looking for her.Appar- ently he found the two and my friend's friend
lost his leather jacket when the two suddenly had to leave.But he did
get to keep the diamond earrings she left behind.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
8th Route Army
middle 8Ts punk
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
999
a group I'd hear in new wave clubs in the mid 80s and nowhere else.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Did they do "Homicide"? If they did, they were totally pissed-off and
had the guitars on 10.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Hard rocking post punk. A couple songs I like but I wouldn't buy their
records.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
I've seen albums by them in some stores and in WRCT's record library
(Carnegie-Mellon campus station). Some kind of German progressive art
rock group.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
A House
All I've heard is the stuff on the Sire "Just Say..." CDs, but it's
pretty infectious pop stuff.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
I remember hearing "Call Me Blue" however long ago it was, and liking
it, but I was not impressed enough to pursue this band any furthur.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Somewhat melodic band with a song I love "I'll Always Be Grateful" and
an almost as good "Call Me Blue"; my 41st favorite LP of 89
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Philip Aaberg
Usually too mellow.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
John Abaercrombie
An excellent guitarist. The first thing I heard by him was when he was
in Billy Cobham's band, not on the first post-Mahavishnu "Spectrum"
album, but the one after that. He plays wild electric guitar, borrowing
from John McLaughlin's ground-breaking style, but adding his own
personality. He also did a duet album with Ralph Towner of Oregon. Then
he did a couple of albums with Jan Hammer on synth and Jack deJohnette
on drums, which were excellent. I think one is called "Night". He also
did a couple of albums with deJohnette on drums and Dave Holland on
upright bass - "Gateway" and "Gateway 2". These were completely
improvised. He became a member of Jack deJohnette's Directions for a few
years, and then put out his own albums. Haven't heard them.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
ABC
Dance music. All I've heard is "Lexicon of Love" but it's not bad (for
dance music).
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
I knew a lot of people in high school that liked this band, but it never
did much for me.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
I understand Martin Fry is now embarrassed by the earlier stuff the
group came up with (e.g."Poison Arrow"). "One Better World" was pretty
good but I haven't heard anything since. Sort of house music nowadays.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
LEXICON OF LOVE is a great great great album, but it's all been downhill
since then. Last album I liked at all was ZILLIONAIRE, last song I liked
was "The Night You Murdered Love", and everything I've heard off UP!
bites it hard . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Liked "Lexicon..", "Beuty Stab" was a creative try to turn away from
their previous album, but there are to many things on it that don't work
for me. "How to be a Zillionaire"'s title track , 'So hip it hurts' &
'Tower of London' are very funny commentaries on the 80's. "Alphabet
City" sucked big time, a attempt to emulate the sound of "Lexicon.."
that went boring. "Up"'s is nice but has nothing to add to whats around
already, neither the lyrics nor the music.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Liked some of their earlier stuff, then they actually got light enough
that they were Adult Contemporary radio faves for a while ie "Be Near
Me"
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
some disco band, I think.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Paula Abdul
Strange blend of classical funk and house-like dance music. But some of
her re-mixes (specially those made by Keith K.C. Cohen) are very good.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
A good choreographer, (sp?) but can't write songs.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Great dancer, but nothing much to listen to. The vid for "Cold Hearted"
is way-classy if you turn off the music . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Great mostly-brainless dance music. Turn it up loud.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
I always mix her videos up with Janet Jacksons. And if I don't have my
glasses on they even look alike.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
I hate this sort of music. It seems to be popular as well. "Straight Up"
was wildly overplayed.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Like Madonna, her songs aren't all that bad at first until top 40 radio
plays them every 90 minutes for 3 months per song.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Looks great on video and can dance with the best! I don't understand the
violent anti-Paula reactions she gets. I don't think I'll buy her album,
but I'll look for a video compilation.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Nice singles, hot chorography but probably to "producer-dependant".
Wonder how much she can do on her own.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
she has a video every 15 minutes on MTV where she dances with a cartoon
cat. She has a nice smile and sexy legs.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Silly teenybopper S*IT!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Very Top 40. Great dance music tho'.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
AC/DC
Aside from fond memories of a wild party where some guy held two
basketballs in place while their song "Big Balls" played, and my re-
writing of Dirty Deeds to fit a particular situation, no pleasant
memories.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Eternal adolescents of Australian metal. Actually quite enjoyable if you
turn off your brain.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Heavy/Rock band. Sometimes with very humorous lyrics. Rock music with a
driving beat. Makes you wanna just shout!!!!
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Ick.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Perhaps the world's most boring heavy metal band
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
The best AC/DC album is "Electric" by The Cult.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They have a few good songs but I don't think they're good enough to
warrant buying their records
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
This is my favorite hard/heavy band. For some reason, I find it real
easy to dance to their music. (Dancing to heavy metal? How weird!) I
especially like their stuff off of _Who Made Who_. "You Shook Me All
Night Long" has a solid, driving rock beat, and the lyrics have just the
right amount of sleaziness for my tastes!
- Eddie Gulbransen cse1011%eve.wright.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
William Ackerman
Good acoustic guitar work. I have only heard cuts off the radio, but I
really enjoy the songs I hear by him. Windham Hill.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Had perhaps two good albums before they all sounded the same. _Past
Light_ is my favourite.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Act
A duo consisting of Claudia Brucken of Propaganda and Thomas Leer of,
well, Thomas Leer. 'Laughter, Tears And Rage' is the only album so far
and it has two or three decent tracks on it, but it isn't in the same
league as most of Propaganda's output. 'Snobbery & Decay' is probably my
favourite track.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Not as good as Propaganda.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Obsure ZTT goodie, great for fans of the Zang Tuum Tumb sound. Claudia
Brucken's vocals are very classy and as usual the production on their
album is immaculate.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Douglas Adams
This isn't the same guy who wrote the Hitchhiker's Guide series, is it?
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Do you mean the one who wrote HHGG? If so, could someone please tell me
where I can get any tapes of his?
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Don't say he has started a musical Hitchhiker's version. Or is this
someone else?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
He sings? Yeuch. Go for disaster area instead...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Loved the HHGTTG books. "Life... don't talk to me about life."
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Wrote hitchikers guide to the galaxy :^).
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Adeva
Her "Respect" is a masterpiece of New-York Garage Music. The new remix
of "beautiful Love" is terrific. One of the best black music female
singer.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
The kind of crap that teenagers listen to in the UK (and probably lots
of other countries too, I fear).
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Adonis
[Acid] House. "H.O.U.S.E." was on some acid compilation I got. Excellent
track. Also had a track on the video "The Evil Acid Baron Show" but I
didn't know which one it was.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
wonderful re-issue of adian sherwood (of Tack>>head fame)-produced
instrumentals.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
george clinton helps out on this one; straight up funk.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
After The Fire
Didn't they do that awful version of "Der Kommisar" (sp?)? Falco did a
much better job.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
I recall they had a big hit with the English-language version of Tav
Falco's "Der Kommissar". Falco's original German version was much
better....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
One of the early (late seventies, early eighties) British technopop
groups. They had links with New Musik and a similar sound but never
achieved the same success. Some of their music reminds me of late Be-Bop
Deluxe. Anybody know what happened to them or if any of their albums are
available on CD? ..the guy who played keyboards was called Memory Banks.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Alien Sex Fiend
Perhaps a little too punkish/acid-rock rather than eclectic. Truly
psychedelic. Somewhere between technobeat (Sigue Sigue) and Ministry.
Hard to describe.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Carlos Alomar
He was David Bowie's guitarist for a while.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Steamin' guitarist known for collaborations with Bowie.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Alphaville
A West German group. The music is a kind of experimental/ electronic
pop. Their debut album, 'Forever Young', was full of startling melodies,
odd but (mostly) purposeful lyrics, and a sense of rhythm which very
little electronic music manages to present. 'Afternoons in Utopia' was
a move in a new direction. Most of the music was perfomed by other
musicians, although it was composed by Alphaville. The music and lyrics
have an atmosphere of great urgency and expectance; the music is almost
breathless at times, driving and unwilling to stop, while the lyrics are
often urgeing the listener to prepare for 'changes coming soon' and
extraordinary events. The crown of this album is a stunning song,
'Lassie Come Home'. It is delicately detailed with a multitude of layers
which shift and drift over one another, and fairy-tale fantasy lyrics.
The latest album, 'The Breathtaking Blue' was another change in style.
It seems at times almost minimalist in comparison to the previous one,
and in fact the number of musicians was greatly reduced. The lyrics seem
more introspective and far less urgent, but retain the same mystical
quality. This album was produced by Klaus Schulze, and has a
crystal-clear depth to its atmosphere which allows every detail to be
heard.
- Daniele dmp%ukc.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I always wondered why women liked "Forever Young" since at first hearing
it seemed kind of boring cp "Big in Japan". Then I listened to the
words, saw the video, and was glad for its re-release in late 88 as I'd
for the most part missed it first time around. Also like their song
"Lies" which was flip of FY 7" in 88, not the Thompson Twins song.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Pretty boys with pretty synthesizers and misplaced feelings for drama.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Sentimental favorite of billions of US highschool kids who chose
"Forever Young" as a class theme song. Bombastic in most of the right
ways, but their singles are better than their albums (and they couldn't
even manage enough good ones to fill out their hits collection -- had to
pad it with remix versions.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
What is it about "Forever Young" that makes everyone like it so much?
The song is atrociously sappy and EXTREMELY overplayed.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
And Also The Trees
friends of the cure. lush production of guitars & synth under strong
voice.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Ian Anderson
Leader of Jethro Tull. A real "survivor", he's been putting out product
that he doesn't have to be ashamed of for a good 20 years now. Music
tends heavily towards medieval sounds, but can rock.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Sings, plays flute, cans salmon, what more could you wish for.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
the singer/songwriter/flautist of Jethro Tull. Can't praise him enough,
at least on his early albums - I lost touch with Jethro Tull after
"Minstrel in the Gallery" although I love everything up to there.
Favorites are "Thick as a Brick" and "Passion Play", both long involved
progressive epics.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Ian A. Anderson
Not to be confused with the better-known Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.
Ian A. Anderson played electric guitar with the English bands Hot
Vultures, English Country Blues Band, and Tiger Moth. ECBB was an
attempt to cross blues with English trad folk material; I'm quite fond
of their two albums, but I've heard real blues fans pan them. Tiger Moth
was an English electric folk dance band, much like the Albion Dance
Band. After about 20 years with little success, Anderson seems to have
retired from performing to concentrate on editing the influential
magazine Folk Roots and running the Rogue Records label.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Jon Anderson
I like the all the new music by ABWH. As for YES I particularly like
their old stuff. Jon Anderson is great!!
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Best known for his work as lead singer of Yes, but he's tragically
underrated as a solo artist. His voice is very distinctive; it's high,
but not falsetto, and vocal purists generally like it. His lyrics are
always very optimistic; his music has a high energy that can be
appreciated both by the traditional art-rock lovers and the progressive
new music crowd. "Animation" is his best solo work to date (released in
1981, I think).
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
did some solo stuff in addition to Yes. "Olias of Sunhillow" is decent.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Don't attempt to sing along except with medical supervision. Friend of
Mr Cairo.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Dunno about his solo stuff but his work with Vangelis is pretty neat;
sounds like what you'd expect Vangelis with vocals to sound, anyway.
He's done a few good tracks ("In High Places", "Shine") with Mike
Oldfield too.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Either the spacy lyricist/singer for Yes, or conversely, a country
crooner.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
He is my favorite singer. He has some old solo albums that are pretty
good, but not as good as the stuff he does with Yes.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Lead vocalist of Yes and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe. Has a very
good voice. Has a few solo albums out, including '3 Ships', a
compilation of his own Christmas songs. Also sings occasionally for many
different artists.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
On some good stuff (some of the later Oldfield, for instance), but I
don't think he had much to do with their being good
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
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uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 2 of 19 (Thru Azuma)
Laurie Anderson
"Big Science" and "Mister Heartbreak" captivated me totally. I haven't
been able to get into the new album, "Strange Angels", as much; it seems
too lush, and I want it to be more percussive.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
'How to make random noises and odd lyrics into beautiful music.' Our new
correspondance course comes with a set of albums to further explain our
views....
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Considering the fact that I listen to a lot of Kate Bush, Laurie
Anderson's albums are often recommended to me. However, the stuff I've
heard souns a little bit *too* weird for my tastes.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Exceptionally strange ... but very innovative and good.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Her _U.S.A. I - IV_ was her best. Very funny and very interesting.
Everything else seems derivative of this.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Hope she doesn't get any more mainstream.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I don't own any of her albums yet, but when I get rich, I'll by them
all.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I liked her intros for _Alive From Off Center_
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
I love the "Big Science" and the "Walking the Dog" single. She went
downhill a bit after that - "Mr. Heartbreak" isn't quite as good.
Haven't heard "Strange Angels".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I wanted you. I wanted you. Leave it to others for more.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Interesting artist, but I can't stand more than about 10 minutes of her
art.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Intriguing obscurist avantpop . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
More mellowed lately, with less vocoding and unusual violin
arrangements. If you can find the four-cassette recording of United
States, get that. Now has Bobby McFerrin for some backup vocals on her
new album.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
The woman who made avant-garde safe for the masses. Slyly witty and
inventive in all aspects of recording and performing: instrumentation,
structure, presentation.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Worth more as a performance artist than as a musician, IMHO. Some find
her pretentious and boring; others, humorous and inventive.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Anderson Wakeman Bruford & Howe
Their current (and only) album is excellent. I'm looking forward to
their next album. They are very much like the old Yes that produced
'Close to the Edge', 'Relayer', etc.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Great stuff unless you make the mistake of listening to the words.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Hasn't the record-buying public had enough of these dinosaurs?
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Includes members of Yes from the old days (1973 to about 1976) excluding
Chris Squire. Regardless of opinions from the previous survey, I like
their music. The video for 'Brother of Mine' is pretty interesting.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Live, they play great Yes music. I've heard that their album is a bit
disco-ish, i.e. disappointing.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Only song of theirs I heard was "Brother of Mine". I liked the way it
switched several times into different songs, so to speak. I'd like to
know if their album is worth buying. I also thought the video for the
above song was good, though it was confusing.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Rightful heirs to the name of "Yes". Intensely intellectualized rock
with classical underpinnings.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Sigh. Just when we thought we were free from New Age lyrics in popmusic.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Superb use of 1980 hi-tech, electronic sound used within the progressive
style of Yes.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
Adam Ant
Came to prominence during the 15 seconds of fame for "New Romantic"
music. Tried on various adventurous roles: Indian, pirate, etc. His band
featured heavy drumming and lost of whoops and such to add that
"primitive" flavor.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Early 80's progressive. Clever videos.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Early 80's stuff was great. True new wave, not this stuff we hear today
that they tell us is new wave. Hard to explain his music. "Stand and
Deliver" is his best song IMHO. Wait, what about the ANTS? :-)
Recommendations: _Prince Charming_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Great beat, nice catchy songs. His concerts are spoiled by girls
flinging themselves at him.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I enjoyed some of his stuff, "King of the Wild Frontier"etc., dressing
up in pirate costumes, 2 drummers and silly lyrics. He started the
short-lived "new Romantic" revival.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I hear his music and its 1981 all over again.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
I think most people seem to forget that Adam (and Bow Wow Wow)
influenced a lot of people with _Kings of the Wild Frontier_.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
I wonder what Stuart Goddard is doing now. I remember when Adam and the
Ants were the new craze at our school..1980 that was. And then they were
even more successful in 1981. Why do these two years seem to be so good
in terms of music? Chart music nowadays is just bland in comparison.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Where'd he disappear to anyway? (Nevermind, I saw a new 12" from him
last week.) Love the Burundi beat on those old Ants discs . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Aphrodite's Child
VanGellis's early group, supposedly weird synth stuff.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Arkenstone & White
Saw them in a free concert in a mall. Quite good. Music with a nice,
happy feeling to it.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
_Islands_ is great.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
They have just one album at present, on Narada Equinox, called "Island"
(1989). The tracks all vary in musical flavour, and one gets the
impression that the pair are exploring rhythms and harmonies indigenous
to various Island nations - something not completely obvious from the
track titles(!). The melodies are joyful and far from simplistic. The
percussion and drumming is sensitive and meaningful. Most of the music
is moderately upbeat. There are alot of instruments on this album, and
the instrumentations chosen for each track are near perfect. Arkenstone
was trained as a classical pianist for many years, and as a result knows
his music/harmony very well. This is not a "meditation" album by any
means. I recommend it highly!
- Simon Lea csc458@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
David Arkenstone
Arkenstone has two albums at present. His solo project, "Valley In The
Clouds" (1987) is mostly electronic. "Valley" is vastly different to
"Island" (1989, Arkenstone with Andrew White). It is more sedate and
repetative. But these are not necessarily flaws. The music remains
interesting due to Arkenstones superb abilities as a composer and
harmonist. There are a few standout tracks, such as "The Sun Girl",
"Princess", and "Night Wind". As on "Island", Arkenstones
instrumentations are "bang on", and a pleasure to listen to on "Valley".
Arkenstone was trained as a classical pianist for many years, and as a
result knows his music/harmony very well. I recommend "Valley In The
Clouds" if you like the music of Vangelis, Bruce Mitchell, or any other
"Eclectic" artist. I also recommend "Island" to anyone who likes
instrumental music.
- Simon Lea csc458@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Fairly good synthesizer-laden New Age music, from what I've heard on the
radio.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Haven't heard any particular album, just cuts off the radio, and from a
mini concert. His stuff is quite happy.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
_Valley in the Clouds_ was a little sleepy compared to _Islands_ by
Arkenstone and White, I think that the collaboration does him good.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Armando
I can remember his Acid House productions. But now the London Dance
Music scene is in search of new directions, after the Ska House fiasco.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Joan Armatrading
Back in 1980 when our album rock station (WNEW-FM) wasn't busy trying to
compete with its classic rock competition they actually played her, "Me
Myself I" was a good tune but not into her in general.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Her first album(?) was fantastic, the one with "Down to Zero" on it. Her
voice is deep, strong, husky. Don't know about much else.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Her third album ("Joan Armatrading") is a perennial favorite; I've never
been able to get deeply into her other work.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
She should get more credit than Tracy Chapman, but she's not always
politically correct, and if there's one thing the music industry can't
stand it's a talented black female folk/rocker who is NOT politically
correct.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Singer/songwriter known for deeply incisive, if sometimes oblique, tales
of love and other emotions. Also can rock bigtime when the occasion
demands.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Arson Garden
10000 maniacs-ish
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
lester bowies 7Ts radical free-form jazz groups. improv.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Art Of Noise
"Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise" was probably their best studio album.
"Below the Waste" is disappointing, however.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Art of Noise was begat by the Fairlight and other such sampling
keyboards. Originally, the group concentrated on creating songs out of
"found" noises. Surprisingly, much of their early works seem to stand
the test of time; this is generally not true of music that is created
just to highlight a new technology (i.e. "Popcorn" sounds tremendously
dated). I believe this is because Art Of Noise have actual songwriting
and performing talent. Unfortunately, their more recent works are heavy
and lack the energy and innovation of the earlier albums.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
classic 80's technodweebs - "Who's Afraid Of..." is an absolute
masterpiece but they've been turning into shit ever since.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Ha-HAAAA! Gods, bless them all. If only they'd stuck with Trevor Horn
they'd still be producing miracles instead of merely interesting work.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
I liked the 'Paranoimia' and 'Dragnet' singles. They've got an
interesting sound, but I can't say I've been very keen on anything else
I've heard by them.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Liked "Close to the Edit" for the sheer funkiness and because I like
weird pan-flute effects (or whatever it is at the end). Haven't heard
enough of them.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Nifty sounds. What happened to them?
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
These people are great!!!! They use sampled sounds to a very good use.
They have mastered the art of using strange samples (car noises,
footsteps) in music. My all time favorite by them has got to be all the
versions of "Moments In Love". Their later stuff is quite a bit
different than their earlier music, but it is all quite good and
entertaining. Recommendations: _Who's Afraid of..._, _Best of_, _In No
Sense, Nonsense_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Yuppie heaven
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Arvo Part
hungarian modern classical. voice, disonance, organ. brilliant
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Robert Ashley
( Perfect Lives/ Private Parts, Atalanta: Acts of God, other works;
mostly on the Lovely Music label ) Cross a television script, Philip
Glass, Laurie Anderson, stream-of-consci- ousness. Add great riffs on a
cheesy organ ( Kimball? ) by "Blue" Gene Tyranny, and appearances by
Peter Gordon and Jill Kroesen and others of the "downtown" scene. Throw
in a few mottos. Now throw away this description and go *LISTEN* to this
stuff. I don't do it justice. Quote: "Happy she is, the travelling
salesmen say, but boogie- woogie she is not....She has learned that
short ideas repeated massage the brain."
- jim murphy 21329JM@MSU.BitNet
Asia
'70s sludge-rock retreads. Really disgusting.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
After several listenings to the first album, the Howe and Palmer flavors
can be heard influencing the music. Unfortunately, the quality of the
latter albums seems to go by the wayside.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
Considered to be Top 40. "Asia" and "Alpha" were OK. Steve Howe wasn't
on "Astra", and coincidentally, it was their worst album.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
First album is pretty good, the other two are okay. "Alpha" is better
than "Astra" tho'. The albums are pretty much straight forward rock. My
problem with Asia is that they didn't give Steve Howe anything to do.
Where is he on the albums? He is such a great guitar player, but I think
Geoff Downes and John Wetton wanted to steal the show. Recommendations:
_Asia_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Good band, Of three albums #1 was the best #3 was the worst!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Great logo, pity about the songs.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Hey, dinosaurs are really popular now, so why not a dinosaur band. I
will admit a guilty pleasure in liking their stuff.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
It sounded too good to be true, that Steve Howe from Yes, John Wetton
from King Crimson, and (?) drummer were getting together......and it
turned out to be commercial garbage!
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Most people find Asia to be the son of Satan, the first supergroup to
really prove that talented artists will always eventually sell out and
wind up performing arena rock. In actual fact, John Wetton was the true
source of evil, and as the unspoken leader, he controlled the group's
direction. Close studies of Wetton's solo album versus Steve Howe's solo
albums bear this out. As a member of Asia, Howe's guitar work had a lot
of energy on the first album, but he lost interest in the group by the
second album, perhpas because of Wetton's heavy-handedness. By the end
of their second tour, personnel changes made it difficult to know who
was really in the group, and by the time they released their third
album, no-one really cared anymore.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
OK, they were heavily hyped and force-fed down everybody's throats by
the radio stations. They were still pretty darn good, at least before
Steve Howe split.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Superflop.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
used to like them a lot, but perhaps it was just the heat of the moment.
Oh well, only time will tell.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Asleep At The Wheel
Country Swing, et al, in a big band setting. Lots of humor in song
selections as well as killer licks.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I like their song "the letter that Johnny Walker Read" back when I was
into country in '`75.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
leaves me....
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
They did a great live set here 15 years ago. Great acid-bluegrass.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Associates
One of the best 'new romantic' groups to emerge in the early eighties,
they split up before they could become really successful. They reformed
with a new line-up but didn't get anywhere. Lead singer Billy Mackenzie
has a fantastic voice with an enormous range. He's since worked with
Yello on a couple of albums as a backing singer and is, I believe,
currently recording a joint effort with them.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Rick Astley
Best move he made for boosting his ,up to now non-existent, credibilty
was leaving the PWL-stable. Wonder what he will do without Stock ,Aitken
& Waterman.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Fortunately no-one knows what has happened to Rick Astley lately.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good voice but his songs need to go. He and Harry Connick Jr. might make
a good team though.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Has sunk into obscurity. Jason Donovan has taken over for him
completely. In fact, Jase's first single, "Too Many Broken Hearts" was
written for Astley who didn't like it.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
His voice doesn't match his body.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Pantywaist.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Pop fluff at it's fluffiest. I tend to discredit artists that become
successful by other people's talents (i.e. those people that write all
his music, I forgot their names). A comedian that I once saw on MTV (I
forget his name, too) put it best: (sung to the tune of "Never Gonna
Give You Up") "Haven't reached puberty Everyone makes fun of me Big
black voice In the body of Howdy Doody"
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Z-100 had a good parody of him to the tune of one of his songs saying
"all my songs sound the same".
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Aswad & Sly And Robbie
Their classic "3 babylon" is on some early reggae compilations. A good
classic reggae sound.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Dan Aykroyd
"This is a city of criiiiiiiime . . . "
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
A Blues Brother... supposedly, his movies during 1980 were the highest
grossing of any other actor, save Harrison Ford.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Passable whiteboy emulation of Delta/Chicago blues.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Very good on the Blues Brothers soundtrack.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Aztec Camera
first wave of scotch 8Ts pop. _oblivious_ is still a great tune, the
latest release _love_ is less great.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Azuma
Great remake of Montego Bay with a superb video.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
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uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 3 of 19 (Thru David Benoit)
B52s
The old stuff (eg Rock Lobster) was much better, in my opinion. I like
Channel Z, but Love Shack is too "pop" for me.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Another group from the beginnings of the new wave era. Their first few
albums were fantastic. I guess it would be modern 60's music. Some may
consider their music a little strange. _Bouncing off the Satellites_ was
kind of on the pop side, but there are a few good cuts off it.
Recommendations: _B52's_, _Wild Planet_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Gender-integrated new wave group with tongue-in-cheek subject matter and
barely contained chaotics. Really irritating lead singer Fred Schneider.
Brought space imagery back to pop with "Planet Claire".
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Hate to think how many 14 year olds think Cosmic Thing is their first
album. For me, almost every album is the same in this way: I really like
a couple of the songs, find a couple fun, and a couple too bland or TOO
rowdy. Fun in Concert (Beacon Theatre Nov 80) then anyway. Heard that
Ricky Wilson died of AIDS.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
I had written these guys off, but "Love Shack" and the other singles
from the "Cosmic Thing" album caught my attention. Mindless fun. After
ten years they've actually become competent players and writers.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
I kinda like to listen to them when I'm not in a 'serious music' mood.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I really like _Cosmic Thing_ even though I never cared much for the
B-52's. "Love Shack" is kind of annoying because it was a Top 10 (or
whatever) single, but the album is really good (esp. "Channel Z", IMHO).
I haven't heard much of their earlier stuff (except "Private Idaho" and
"Rock Lobster", of course), so I don't have much to compare it to.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Nice hairdos.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
They were fun in the 1970's. I saw them live in 1978 or so. They had no
bass player - just a guitar player. Their latest MTV video about
"roaming around the world" is extremely tasteless and offensive.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
What do people see in this bunch? Way too derivitive for my taste.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Johann Sebastian Bach
A classic!
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Classical giant.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Do you mean the eighteenth century composer? Or is this some other
Johann Sebastian Bach? Loved his Brandenburg concertos and keyboard
works, but his cantatas are a bit weak.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
everything he wrote is Godlike.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Great composer, but hasn't written much lately.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
In classical music as in rock and roll, there is a lot of trash and some
great music. Bach wrote some of the greatest classical music pieces. It
would be interesting to see what he would write today.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
My favorite is Brandenburg Concerto #5, although everyone I talk to says
Brandenburg #3 is better.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Probably the greatest rocker of all time.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C is as close to transcendence as I can
get.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Unless this is some new heavy metal group, one of my favourite
composers. Far superior to Handel who was also born in 1685.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
What can you say? A true master. If you don't enjoy him, your ears need
adjusting :^)
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Anita Baker
Adult contemporary at it's adult contemporaryest. Yawn...
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
The kind of bland yuppie `soul' that people in their mid-30 are so
damned fond of...
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Yuck. Have never liked anything she's done.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Arthur Baker
He did some great stuff with New Order on `Power, Corruption, and Lies'.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Love the remix he did for New Orders "Touched by the hand of God". The
guy knows his sounds.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
One of the bests in Dance Music as a producer, but not as a composer.
His last album is not so good.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Band of Holy Joy
i'd certainly like to know more about this band. i keep seeing it in the
import section of the record store.
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Baffo Banfi
Do you mean Baffo Banfi here? Baffo Banfi is an Italian synthesizer
player; his music is supposedly good, though I've never heard it.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Peter Banks
Original guitarist for Yes. Produced instrumental album called "Two
Sides of Peter Banks" with such notables as Phil Collins, Steve Hackett,
and John Wetton. The others went onto fame and fortune, while I haven't
heard of Peter Banks since.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Tony Banks
Music is decent, but Tony should be advised to stay behind the keyboards
and do background vocals only!
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
the keyboard player for Genesis.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Gato Barbieri
screaming sax solos over latin jazz.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Pete Bardens
Ex-keyboardist for Camel, now has two solo electronic albums. His first
one, entitled _Seen One Earth_ is quite enjoyable. It'll keep you
humming. After listening to his first album, I said "This is exactly the
type of music I wish I could do." I have heard 3 songs from his latest
album, and have found them enjoyable as well, but they didn't seem to
capture the feeling I got from his first album. Recommendations: _Seen
One Earth_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Good stuff, although Camel was better.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Barnes & Barnes
Fish-heads! Classic video. "Fish-heads -- they don't wear sweaters,
they can't play drums."
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
have dr. demento in their back pocket. Or vice versa
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
"Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads,
eat them up, yum!" For that song alone they will receive immortality in
the music world (well, at least that part of the music world that
listens to Dr. Demento.)
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
"Fishheads", great song, great video if you can find it. I think one of
the members was Mr. Mumy who played little Will Robinson in Lost in
Space.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
A comedy staple in my collection.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Comical outfit with unique song "Fish Heads" to their credit. Bill Mumy
participates.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Good band. Weird stuff.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Oh no... not "Fish Heads"! I've had enough, thank you.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
What about Barnes and Noble?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Syd Barrett
Creative genius! Good good good.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Founder of Pink Floyd, led on "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and one cut
off "Saucerful of Secrets". Took too much acid, got weird and would
start playing one chord over and over in concert, refusing to change,
also tried to make a tuba player join the band as a regular member - so
they kicked him out and got his guitar teacher David Gilmour instead.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
He was the leader of The Pink Floyd when the band originally formed. He
wrote some very interesting and inventive music, and some people still
consider the first Pink Floyd album to be the best in many ways. He then
became impossible to deal with; he went insane, largely through dropping
acid. The band first hired David Gilmour to augment Syd, then finally
had to fire Syd -- I've heard that at some gigs he would just stand on
stage and play one note all night. Some time after his firing, he
recorded two solo albums: "Barrett" and "The Madcap Laughs". Opinions
vary on these albums; some say they're inspired genius, others say they
really indicate his insanity and are difficult to listen to after a few
seconds.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Original member of Pink Floyd, largely responsible for off-kilter sound
of "Bike" and "See Emily Play". Now a semi-famous nut/recluse.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
There's something vaguely funny about his _Barrett_ LP. Maybe it's the
fact that someone is always getting off the beat. But the songwriting
*is* clever. And to listen to Syd speak through a song like
"Effervescing Elephant" with almost no breaks for breathing is
remarkable. I still listen to this once in a while.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Rob Base and DJ Eazy Rock
"It takes Tewo" is ok, but Rob Base needs an ego transplant. He's full
of himself.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Their "Get on the Dance Floor" was a very inventive rap beat. We are
waiting for Rob Base new album.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Bauhaus
I consider Bauhaus one of the best bands from the punk era. I like the
raw sound, and the haunting-ness of their music (such as "Bela Lugosi's
Dead," and "The Passion of Lovers."
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
I got into gothic Music a couple of years ago, but quckly gave it up
because Bauhaus was considered the standard, and I wasn't impressed by
them. I really like "Hollow Hills", but I'd rather listen to Love And
Rockets or Tones On Tail.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
yeah yeah yeah!! the ultimate art-rock gloom-and-doomers!! these guys
were just too cool!! (they still are, they're just in different places
now) "She's in Parties" is still a favorite song!!
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Peter Baumann
Liked his cover of "Strangers in the Night".
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Ex Tangerine Dream person. I haven't heard any of his solo work.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Ex-Tangerine Dream guy. Now owns the Private Music label.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
DR. WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Whhhrr Whhrr Zing boing.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Beatles
Amazing to think they were together about 8 years and apart for 20.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
An interesting combination of pop and music. They had some really good
stuff, some really bad stuff, some really strange stuff etc.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Cheap imitation of the Rutles. The Rutles were much better :-)
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Don't think that all these pop bands are original. The Beatles are still
haunting them. And that's not a bad thing.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Great!!!! They are one of my favorite groups, and I still don't have
anything by them. :-( I don't think I need to expand on their music.
Recommendations: _Meet The Beatles_, _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Hardly a cut in their catalogue that I don't enjoy listening to. Set the
stage for groups doing their own thing in the studio. There is still
nothing to compare with the excitement of playing a new Beatle release
for the first time. Try to imagine Rubber Soul or Revolver in the
context of pop/rock music of the mid-sixties.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
I think this was Paul McCartney's group before Wings, right? Didn't they
have a piano player named Ron Lennon who got shot?
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I'm quite tired of the "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Twist and Shout"
stuff, but I like their later work (_Sgt. Pepper_ and _Magical Mystery
Tour_).
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
I'm still amazed when I listen to one of their albums, twenty-five years
after the fact it *still* sounds pretty timeless. Neat trick.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Most people say that the Beatles were the most important, most
influential rock group in history. I disagree; most of what the Beatles
produced was not rock, but was in fact intelligent pop.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
The Beatles produced great rock and roll music. They were the first
group that I really 'got into', I collected almost all of their albums.
I can still pull out Abbey Road and listen to it after hearing it so
many times.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
The most influential pop outfit, ever. Styles ranged from slavish
imitation of American R&B to having their hands in the invention of
psychedelia, country rock, and the introduction of serious themes into
rock.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The only British band to have its own newsgroup.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sidney Bechet
an acknowledged master of the jazz clarinet.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Jeff Beck
Although Beck is universally hailed as one of the great guitarists of
our day, he suffers from the inability to write songs.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Guitar hero of the old school. After the Yardbirds R&B, he went solo
with blues- and later jazz-inflected rock. Often records instrumentals
and has worked with Jan Hammer, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Guitarist from hell.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
He used to rock out with Rod Stewart. Later he hooked up with Jan Hammer
for "Wired" which is fantastic.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
His latest album has some good guitar work, fairly lame songwriting, and
horribly stupid voice-overs and announcers. So stupid that I can't
listen to it.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
I like him in small doses.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Joe Beck
A jazz guitarist. When I was 8 yrs. old I had an album of Joe Beck
playing electric guitar with some Spanish guy playing flamenco.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Harry Belafonte
Deo!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
He sang some real neat pop tunes. His wife is Miriam Makeba.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Love some of his 60's work, especially "Belafonte Returns to Carnegie
Hall" and "Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba." His comeback album
"Paradise in Ganazulu" (sp?) didn't work for me, though; I think his
political goals of avoiding being in South Africa with the backing
musicians sabotaged the performances.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
My mother used to play his Carnegie Hall records for me when I was a
child. The man could mold an audience. His songs were humorous and
touching and optimistic. I highly recommend his two RCA Greatest Hits
CDs, 33 songs in total.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Soulful crooner of calypso songs in late '50s/early '60s.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
That recent live album surprised me; the guy's got the chops! If you
like jazz/pop vocalists he's still a man to listen to . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Adrian Belew
One of progressive rock's best guitarists. Played for King Crimson
(guitar w/ Fripp and vocals), Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, and more.
Can make a guitar sound like anything he wants (including elephants,
rhinos, etc). Solo work ranges from experimental ("Desire Caught by the
Tail...") to pop ("Mr. Music Head"). On stage, he ranks as one of my
favorite performers -- he is very into his music.
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Belgian Waffles
sound experimentors. great sense of humour & use of obscure free form
themes.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Maggie Bell
A rough-edged rock singer, sort of a female Rod Stewart.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Teja Bell/Steve Kindler
I have heard three songs by them, and like them very much. I can't wait
to get the album _Dolphin Smiles_. Electronic and acoustic instruments.
Bell plays guitar, and Kindler plays violin. Very soothing music.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Steve Kindler was a violinist in the expanded "Visions of the Emerald
Beyond" version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Then he joined Jan Hammer's
band. A very precise, tight careful style.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Pat Benatar
A powerful singer with great chops.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Good stuff, but got too popular.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Her old records are pretty good.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Meat & potatoes rocker, alternatings sex kitten postures with
don't-fuck-with-me stances. Competent rock for teens.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Probably the worst thing would be a new release. It's over honey. Good
stuff early 80s but boring concert. Too much eye makeup.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
She murdered Wutherring Heights.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
David Benoit
One of the best and newest jazz artists. Very good new age jazz (I don't
know what else to call it). He does an excellent version of the
"Peanuts" theme entitled "Linus and Lucy". I really think this guy puts
out excellent music. One his best songs is "The Key to You". Get it. I
haven't heard the latest one "Winter into Spring" yet, but it is his
first No. 1 album. Recommendations: _This End Up_, _Freedom at Midnight_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
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Amin Bhatia
Created "The Interstellar Suite", the soundtrack without a movie to go
with. I consider it to be pretty good regardless. He's sort of an
electronic Jerry Goldsmith.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
His one and only album is fantastic if you want to hear what sounds like
a sci-fi movie soundtrack. It's got an overture and everything. Starts
on earth, blastoff, spacewalk, battle, and more. It's great. And it's
all done on analog synthesizers too. Quite amazing. I believe it's his
only album. Recommendations: _Interstellar Suite_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Matt Bianco
Matt Bianco is a group
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
The first album (Who's Side Are You On?) was the best. They went
downhill after Basia left. Their lastest album is disco fluff.
- Brad Crafton bdcrafton@dahlia.waterloo.edu
Wrote some of the best 1988 House Music themes, specially those re-mixed
by Phil Harding.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Big Black
intense drum machine versus feedback guitar and chicago angst vocals.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Big Daddy Kane
Great NYC Rapper. I love almost all his songs.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Eric Bikales
I have heard a tape of his first album _Energy_, and felt somewhat
hesitant with it. The first and last songs I really like, but the songs
in the middle didn't really do much for me. I would call it lite
synth/pop/jazz. I think with a bit more time, this album could have been
quite good. There just seems to be some sort of complexity missing. I
really would like to hear his latest album.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Former members of Mission of Burma got together to make weird noise,
electric version of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" etc. Then Roger Miller
left.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Only have one album, "Magnetic Flip". Then again, they only made 3
albums, and 1 CD compilation. They're New Age, New Wave, Punk, and a
touch of Classical all rolled into one.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
They have been categorized as "Punk jazz classical car-wreck music." Not
a bad description. All instrumental. I like their first eponymously
titled CD the best, but it's hard to listen to all the way through. I
like to program about ten tracks pseudo-randomly. Ranges from
hard-rocking to Philip Glass-styled repetitive pieces. They make good
use of polyrhythm, phase changes, and repetition.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Blaze
A group of 3 remixers from NYC. Theirs mixes are always among the bests
in the world. They have the secret of a hot, funky-like dance tempo.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Serge Blenner
A bit like Jean Michel Jarre I believe. Can't say I've heard anything by
him yet, but he's on my shortlist of people to investigate.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Swiss "Newage" type music. Similar in some ways to Jean-Michel Jarre.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
What some might describe as "New Age" but I won't because the term is
overused. "Nice" bouncy electronic music. Is "Muzak" the right word?
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Carla Bley
A great jazz pianist/composer/arranger who got lots of real big names to
play on her albums. Can't remember any album names offhand but it's all
good.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
In 1978 a live show with her big band blew me away. My favorite album
from that period: "Dinner Music". I have not kept up with her.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Kurtis Blow
one of the earlier new york rappers. this still holds up a decade later.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Blue Oyster
First two albums are very heavy but patchy; "Secret Treaties" their
third is the best example of their classic sound. "Agents of Fortune"
(contains 'The Reaper') is their most rounded album. Next two or three
albums are fairly disappointing. Recent album "Imaginos" is an excellent
fusion of their early inventiveness and a modern, commercial approach.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
some great rock and roll.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
If so, then they are good, and outside of the mainstream so they don't
become boring monotonous repititions of the same old formula for
popularity.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
(Blue Oyster Cult I assume) I like a few of their songs, but in general
I'm not impressed.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Cult? If so, guitar-driven rock with overlay of naive mysticism. Plays
small clubs as Soft White Underbelly.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Cult? _Don't Fear the Reaper_ was a great song.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
I think this is "Blue Oyster Cult"?
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Bon Jovi
Anyone who dumps Julie Brown can't have much for brains.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Bruce Springsteen heavy metal wanna-bes.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
He's basically doing the same things Peter Frampton did way back when,
except he's not as good at it.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
I can't understand why they are as popular as they now are. They don't
write tremendously original songs. I do like a few of their songs, but
I can't sit through a whole album. As far as metal goes, they don't
compare to the early albums of 'Black Sabbath' or 'Van Halen' (somewhat
metal). Maybe they are just too polished or overproduced for my tastes.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I like one or two songs. Maybe. Don't tell anybody.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
one of the more obnoxious and forgettable teeny-bopper acts.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Perfecters of pop-metal currently burning up the charts. Dangerous and
wholesome at the same time, with well-crafted radio fodder.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
seems to be the 2nd hottest act after the New Kids on the Block at top
40 stations in New York City. I like "Livin on a Prayer " and runaway.
Used to live on Robin Hood Dr. in Sayreville. Bought his parents a house
near Holmdel and bought himself one in Rumson. MTV gave away the house
in Sayreville.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Should be cast into the Tenth Circle of Hell, reserved for pop-heavy
metal bands (actually, there are some nice guitar riffs on a few of
their songs, but they have no substance).
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Yawn. I hope Jon Bon Jovi's marraige will decrease their popularity so
we don't have to listen to them anymore.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Bongwater
droning endless 6Ts psychadelic retro. i cant take it any more. but they
do sing led zeppelins _dazed & confused_ in chinese.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Boogie Down Productions
rap verging on hip hop. some great tuz: _who protects us from you_, but
not quite living up to his ego.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Gary Brooker
The man behind the sound of Procol Harum. Interesting solo recordings
especially Lead Me To The Water. Recorded in 1982 with the help of Phil
Collins, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Chris Stainton and more.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Book of Love
Another band that everyone seems to love that does nothing for me.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Art-school-educated dance/synth band. Much better than disco.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Breathy erethrodancepop, lots of fun but I think that like Frankie Goes
To Hollywood, most of their strength is in who's producing them (Trevor
Horn for FGTH, Ivan Ivan for BoL).
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Boomtown Rats
"I don't like mondays" is great, haven't heard much else.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Helped make my Mondays tolerable!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Launching pad of Bob Geldof. Adequately snotty pop.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Produced some rather interesting music before they broke up and Bob
Geldof got the urge to save the world.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Quite an interesting group. I was wondering about any albums since MONDO
BONGO - what are they and how are they in comparison. One strange thing
about their first two albums is that they changed labels and put two
songs from their first album on the second one. Anyone know the rational
for that?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
The funny thing about this band is that they were good. Some great songs
you've probably heard, like "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Diamond Smiles".
But they just couldn't break through in the States. I think they were
really good straightforward new wave music. I've even seen them twice.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
the lead singer Bob Geldorf was the star of Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
movie and he also led the "We Are the World" thing. Boomtown Rats big
hit was "I Don't Like Mondays". I think the Bangles did a cover that
became a hit.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
David Bowie
A rock innovator. He shows incredible variation of music styles in his
many albums.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Godlike. "The Man Who Sold the World" is his best, along with "The Rise
and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". He started the
"glitter rock" phase, in the 1970's, along with the New York Dolls and
Mott the Hoople. He's done lots of other stuff since then.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Has returned from the wilderness. If Bowie can go from Tonight to Tin
Machine then there may still be hope for all the other dinosaurs.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Protean genius capable of inhabiting several personae and using them as
platforms for creating cutting-edge rock at several different times.
Gives outstanding live shows with heavy theatrical content.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Somewhere between great and terrible.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
The best thing he ever did was re-record "Space Oddity" for the B-side
of his "Alabama Song" single, which is the second best thing he ever
did. And then there is his _Hunky Dory_ LP, which is also quite good.
And half of his _Scary Monsters_ LP is fine fine fine, especially the
unbelievable (and probably unplayable) guitar solos by Robert Fripp.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Lester Bowie
ex art ensemble of chicago jazz trumpeter. does a great cover of _howdy
doody time_.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Liona Boyd
Sensitive guitarist who shouldn't waste her time with pop music or
vocals. And a Canadian.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Billy Bragg
working class british pseudo activist. he started out with a purpose but
has graduated to full orchestration production. the earlier the better.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Kevin Braheny
All I have by him is his works with Steve Roach and Michael Stearns on
_Desert Solitaire_. This album is very well-crafted space music, and I
would highly recommend it.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Michael Brecker
almost too tom scott-ish sax player.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Very refreshing sound; probably progressive or at least postmodern. The
songs tend to be catchy.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Julie Brown
As in "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" and "Earth Girls Are Easy"?
Hilarious. Yet another reason for listening to Dr. Demento...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Didn't she do "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun?" Other than that, I haven't
heard anything. It was ... amusing.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
She actually had the idea for the film _Earth Girls Are Easy_ at least
as early as 1982, when the idea appeared as a fake newspaper column on
the back of her "I Like 'Em Big & Stupid" 12-inch. The B-side to that
single was the incomparable "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" ("Johnny?
Who's Johnny?). She's funny, but also can be horrendously annoying, and
she knows it. How else would she be able to stay on MTV?
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Jackson Browne
Lawyers in Love is incredible. It gets better with age.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
The epitome of the "sensitive singer/songwriter". Earnest as all hell,
but often boring after his first few albums.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Dave Brubeck
Mr Interesting Time Signature. A very cool listening choice among the
"good music" snobs of my high school.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Responsible for "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk", jazz favorites
for people like me who aren't really jazz fans.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Was his early 50's stuff recorded in a trash can or what? But I guess it
doesn't matter.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Bill Bruford
Original drummer for Yes. Also worked with King Crimson. Made a few solo
albums, haven't heard them.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
The best drummer I can think of. Period. Check out his playing on King
Crimson's _Larks Tongues in Aspic_, _Discipline_, and _Three of a
Perfect Pair_, among others. Also check out the drumming on UK's
eponymously titled LP, the Earthworks LPs, and his few hard-to-find solo
LPs.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
The one, the original progressive-rock/fusion drummer. Accept no
imitations. If you haven't already got some of his solo works, as well
as his collaborations with P. Moraz, UK's first album, etc., go out and
buy them now.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Well-respected percussionist who goes way beyond keeping the beat. Bangs
on a whole lot of things besides the regulation rock drumkit.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Buggles
"Video killed the radio star". Good song, also spawned some other
groups.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
'Video Killed The Radio Star' was the first single I ever bought. They
were 'absorbed' by Yes just before Yes disbanded, I think. Trevor Horn
became a producer and Geoffrey Downes went on to join Asia and record
solo stuff too.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Bit of trivia: the first MTV video was Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio
Star." Don't you feel priveleged to know that??
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Hey! There's that nasty ol' Trevor Horn again! Pretty much defines New
Wave, at least AGE OF PLASTIC does. All those songs about computers and
shit. Kids today are already laughing at the fact that we listened to
this stuff . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Nerd rock too smart for its own good. Infamous for MTV's very first
video shown, "Video Killed the Radio Star".
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
One of the better bands of the late 70s. Lots of good vocals by Trevor
Horn and keyboard playing by Geoff Downes. The Buggles disappeared from
the music scene ~1979 when Downes and Horn were hired by Yes as
replacements for Wakeman&Anderson; Yes's _Drama_ album features their
work, and is also well worth listening to.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their "Living in the Plastic Age" single had some terrific lyrics. "They
send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest" - all about
plastic surgery and suchlike. Plastic pop music, but none the worse for
that.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their song, "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first played on MTV!
They were very interesting to listen to kind of industrial.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Video killed is still a great tune. Makes me sad though.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
_Living in the Plastic Age_ (or is it now called _The Age of Plastic_)
is a great album, full of good pop music, with inventive and interesting
production. But it's full of hiss. I can't listen to it any more. Damn.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Richard Burmer
"Across The View" used to be my favorite New Age piece. It is a very
beautiful and moving piece. I was slightly disappointed with _On The
Third Extreme_. The songs are really good, but they just tend to do a
lot of repeating. You basically get the same 8 or so measures through
the whole song, with more voices being layered on top of it every so
often.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Kate Bush & David Gilmour
An interesting mix; I think they work well together.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
As embarrasing as it is, I can't place what they did together.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I really like her stuff, I guess because I'm impressed by originality.
It's kind of annoying when people I know ask me how I can stand
listening to her "whiney" voice so much... but I guess it's a matter of
taste. As good as _The Sensual World_ is, _The Kick Inside_ is still my
favorite Kate Bush album.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
KATE BUSH IS GOD! DG proves he is a great supporting artist.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
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Kate Bush
"Hounds Of Love" is her best. Her new album "Sensual World" is patchy.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Buy _The Dreaming_. Listen to it. Over and over. Loud.
- John M. Relph relph@presto.ig.com
Certainly a dangerous, dangerous topic on the net. I, like many others,
find her music beautiful and classy; some think she's... well, I don't
understand what they think, naturally.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Ethereal, sensual, wacky, brainy cult heroine responsible for doggedly
personal recordings heavily laden with emotions we'd often prefer not to
talk about. Very inventive in sonics and production.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Geez, I love the woman, but I think THE SENSUAL WORLD was definitely
*not* one of her best albums. A couple of good tracks but her sound on
there is at once not cohesive enough and too uniform . . . huh. Pick up
HOUNDS OF LOVE instead . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
I've heard a few albums of hers, and I liked what I heard. Her musical
style is fairly unique.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Never heard of her (ha ha just kidding). Used to be great - buy The
Dreaming and Hounds Of Love, DO IT NOW - listen to the rest first,
before you decide, however. The Sensual World continues to disappoint.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
One weird chick.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
The best female art-rock singer to ever grace the planet. Especially
recommended: her 4th album, _The Dreaming_. If you listen to this album
and don't like it, there's obviously no hope for you :-).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Very sensual (please, nobody call her sensuous -- that's a term reserved
for inanimate objects), very well-developed music. I like the fact that
she sings on a much wider variety of topics than the usual group.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Well the place I saw this survey was rec.music.gaffa.....
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Who else has had at best one top 40 hit yet has a bulletin board section
devoted to her. Love her voice, great range. Will leave it to everyone
else to RAVE
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Wonderful lyrics, bizarre (good) songs, just don't get fanatical about
her or people will avoid you.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Butthole Surfers
Any group who starts out a song by screaming "SATAN! SATAN! SATAN!"
can't be too bad...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I am dying to hear these guys.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I have a few records of theirs, which contain an extreme variety of drug
induced tunes, varying from short tripped out guitar bits, to a cover of
Sabbath's "sweetleaf" (redone as "sweatloaf"), to songs with lyrics that
will make anyones head spin, over excellent progressive music. Now, what
really makes the 'Surfers excellent is their live show, which I've seen
twice. They had an ugly, naked dancer (f), intense, but not too fancy
lights, and Gibby, the lead singer, banging a cymbal filled with burning
kerosene! If you aren't sure, but interested, I recomend getting
"Hairway to Steven", a record any diverse minded person would love.
- Paul Harding guru@pnet51.orb.mn.org
I have their album `Hairway to Steven'. A gift from a friend who either
didn't know what he was doing or suddenly wanted to be sadistic towards
me. The lyrics become intelligible when you play the album at 45 rpm.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Buzzcocks
essential early punk pop. this cassette is live cassette-only release.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
David Byrne
"Hey! What's with the big suit!"
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Done some interesting music with the Talking Heads, but alas never
achieved enough commercial success to where he could afford to buy suits
that fit. :-)
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good guy, good tunes, go see "True Stories".
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I found that, though I like his solo stuff, I don't think it has the
same continuity and "zaniness" that Talking Heads had.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Mastermind of the Talking Heads, he's very sly at incorporating
different sounds into his unconventional pop. Could turn out to be an ax
murderer, who knows?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The worst thing ever to happen to Phillip Glass.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Very few people know that he is Scottish by birth. I like the stuff he
did with Talking Heads; he is a good singer and songwriter but lately it
seems that he has run out of good ideas.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Cabaret Voltaire
among the founders of industrial music, their early works play with
effects and feedback. the later works depend upon samples & disco beats.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
They seem to have mellowed as the years go on. Their early output is
what would be termed 'industrial' today (was it called that back in the
late seventies?) but they've progressively moved towards dance music as
time goes on. A comment in the last survey said they had split up. Have
they? I picked up what seemed to be a new single just a couple of months
ago. My favourite album is 'Micro-Phonies' - not too dance-oriented but
not too harsh either.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
originally an industrial noise group, degenerated into disco.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
John Cage
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- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Interesting, maybe even disturbing, but possibly good.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
try the "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano", on Tomato records,
composed in the 1930's. Or "HPSCHD" on Nonesuch. Great stuff. He doesn't
care if his music sounds good or not, or even if people listen to it, so
a lot of it is unlistenable.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
_Atlas Eclipticalis_ was written in the library across the hall from
this office (at Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University). Wanta wager
how?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Randy California
Drummer(?) for Spirit.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Call
This one tends to get forgotten, I believe, because it's a "The C*" band
and one normally thinks of The Cure, The Clash, occasionally The Cult.
I think The Call has a definite style but it is broad. My favorites
include "Oklahoma" and "Everywhere I Go" -- the latter is haunting; try
listening to it some dark and stormy night. Progressive, a little bit
hardcore-ish at times.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Camouflage
I have their album _Voices and Images_. My favorite song off it is "The
Great Commandment." Their songs are good (tho I thought TGC was the best
off the album by far), but their pronunciation of English is horrid.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Camper Van Beethoven
californian hippies with a real flair for songwriting. early works used
strange foreign influences and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm. they since have
lost their GREAT violin player (jonathan segel) but continue onward.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Can
a 1970's European space-rock group. Holger Czukay was a member; he also
did an album more recently with Jah Wobble of Public Image Ltd. and the
Edge of U2.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Experimental German music group of the mid-70s. Don't know too much
about them and have never heard their music. Holger Czukay was in them,
I believe.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Caravan
a fun poppy 1970's progressive rock group. "For Girls Who Grow Plump in
the Night" was a good album.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Probably the best musical group to come out of Canterbury (and there
were a *lot* of excellent musical groups to come out of there).
Especially recommended: _Caravan and the New Symphonia_. Think of the
Moody Blues's _Days of Future Passed_, but with more of a jazz influence
and not so heavy on the keyboards.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Wendy Carlos
Interesting musician. Lots of synthesizers, worked with Moog in the
early years.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
great stuff. try "Switched on Bach" or the soundtrack to "A Clockwork
Orange".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I liked Walter better... Columbia/CBS/Sony/whatever it's called should
get off their duff and reissue the long out-of-print early albums: "The
Well-Tempered Synthesizer", "Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange" (the
all-Carlos version, NOT the film soundtrack album -- this one's probably
hopelessly mired in legal snarls, from what we've heard about the delays
in releasing the official sdtk.), and "Sonic Seasonings", the last of
which should sell well to the New Age/Ambient crowd.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
I'm still looking for the release on CD of the solo Clockwork Orange
album. More Carlos and less soundtrack filler.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Nee Walter Carlos, pioneer of "serious" use of electronics in music.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Pretty influential dude . . . uhr . . . person. Best stuff's the
CLOCKWORK ORANGE s'track and the recent goofy disc with Weird Al . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The pioneer of electronic music. She is not only a genius with the
machines she uses, but she is a musical genius as well. Really
understands everything about music and recording. Lately she has been
fiddling with non-traditional tones and scales and has come up with some
interesting stuff. Recommendations: _Switched On Bach_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Larry Carlton
a dull disco guitarist who got severely mutilated in a robbery and
turned Christian. yuck. Some people mistakenly call him a jazz player.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Carmel
John Carpenter
Hey, Spike Lee may be able to do just about anything but he still hasn't
managed to WRITE AND PERFORM HIS OWN SOUNDTRACK MUSIC! Haaaaa! Love the
music for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA -- pure cheese.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Jim Carroll Band
the author is convinced to make a record. studio band plays while he
recites. typical rock lineup. interesting at times.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Martin Carthy
Cashbow and the Marvelous
2 rappers from NYC. Not the best rap, but their "A real Mutha for Ya" is
always in my mind!
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Castlebeat
Jimmy Castor Bunch
"what we gonna do here is go back" sampled alot. experimental funk.
_birtha butt_ was a big hit.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Eugene Chadbourne
a wild dude who plays electric rake, etc. and makes obnoxious
country-acid noise. Shockabilly was the name of his group for a while.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Country and Western music will never be the same again....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I once ate pizza with him.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
Loose cannon rock revisionist, has recorded with Camper van Beethoven as
Camper van Chadbourne.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Champagne
I can remember a record they made with Shana Douglas called "My love is
Right". Meaningless.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Sheila Chandra
a/k/a Monsoon (pretty much everyone on the Monsoon album is on her solo
efforts, right down to the songwriting credits). I like the way she (and
Steve Coe & company) blend New Wave and traditional Indian music; sort
of like Ofra Haza half a continent eastward and five years too early.
Nice to see her stuff on CD now . . . pick up THIRD EYE for "Ever So
Lonely", the best song she's ever worked on.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Very young English woman of Indian descent who issued five fine albums
between 1983 and 1985, the first as the band Monsoon. The albums mix
dance pop and Indian motifs in varying proportions. I don't know why
Chandra disappeared; I have hoped that it was to complete her education.
She re-emerged in 1989 with one vocal track on the "Ancient Beatbox"
album. While we're waiting for new material, fans might want to check
out "Qareeb" by Najma, in a similar style but more Indian traditional,
I think.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Harry Chapin
a folksinger "Taxi" was his big hit. He died in a car accident.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
A one hit wonder in my book. 'Cats in the Cradle' was an excellent song,
but I can't name another.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Good music, not quite rock-n-roll, but still good.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I heard "Cat's in the Cradle" last night. His songs still hold up. He is
missed.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
The man who put his money where his mouth was (World Hunger) long before
it was fashionable to support Whatever-Aid. Is there a funnier song than
Six String Orchestra?
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
WOLD is still a great tune.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Yarnspinner with an acoustic guitar beloved by many for open-eyed
exploration of personal relationships. Deceased.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Tracy Chapman
Depri-Pop. Nothing on the second album she hadn't already stated on the
first.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
I like Tracy Chapman if for no other reason than because she sings about
things that are important, and the sings them well. I can't listen to
too much Tracy Chapman at a time, though, because it is very
self-similar (excuse me, I've been doing fractals).
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
It's rumored that she is the girl who played "Dee" on the old TV show
"What's Happening".
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Last year's Next Big Thing. Incessantly downer folk surely not aimed at,
but succeeding at, assuaging the guilt of the Greed Decade.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Music for listening to in cars or when you have something else to
concentrate on. I don't like it.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
what do you think, her 3rd album will go nowhere and in a year her first
lp will be a $1.99?
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Cheap Trick
I really enjoyed the LIVE AT BUDOKAN album and I have another one by the
name of NEXT POSITION PLEASE (or something like that) which is quite
enjoyable.
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
I used to really like their older stuff a lot, but I definitely do not
like their recent pop songs. I don't listen to them much anymore, but I
do still enjoy their first few albums. Heavy rock style. "I Want You to
Want Me" is NOT their typical older style. Recommendations: _In Color_,
_Live At Budokan_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Standard rock outfit with the reincarnation of Huntz Hall doing a pretty
good imitation of Pete Townsend. Mostly teenybopper stuff, but "Live at
Budokan" delivers the goods.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Chicago
Older music is heavily jazz oriented. A clear example is their fifth
album. The new vocalist sound a lot like Cetera. New music sounds the
same...unfortunate...
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
Chick Corea
excellent Latin jazz pianist, played with Miles Davis in experimental
fusion "Bitches Brew" period, then formed Return to Forever with Stanley
Clarke.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Jazz -- I hate jazz.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Chieftains
Good music for studying. The arrangements are good. Fun music.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
hot Irish band.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
If you want to listen to traditional Irish music this is your first
stop.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Traditional Irish folk.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Fredric Chopin
Another classical biggie.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Is this the Chopin? If so, then he's another master, you gotta love him.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
try the piano nocturnes. Very moody.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
The Chordettes
Lollipop-lollipop-oo-loll-i-lollipop. Used to sing with Arthur Godfrey.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Christmas
not quite as retro or psychadelic as some bands. but, live, christmas
are intense and talented.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Chubby Checker
A classic case of the right place at the right time. Probably made the
charts more times with the same song than anyone else.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Popularizer of "The Twist".
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Chuck II Booker
Sort of a soft soul/dance vocalist guy, I think "Turned Away" was his
one big single (it's "Chuckii," btw). I picked up his album as a promo
from work once, didn't impress me too much but then I haven't gotten rid
of it either.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Very good funk. I love the new remix of "Turned Away".
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Church
the best guitar pop band. try to figure how they make these songs
without synths.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
The Church
You didn't include this band in your original list, but it deserves to
be there, so I added it. The Church are an Australian band who have been
working together for about 10 years. They could be described as a blend
of rock, neo-psychedelia, and folk. Lead singer Steve Kilbey writes
brilliant, poetic lyrics. They achieve an original sound and feel, and
are not to be missed -- better albums include _Starfish_, _Heyday_, and
I would guess their upcoming release _Orange Afternoon Fix_ would be
equally high in goodness.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Suzanne Ciani
Her music is very simple and soothing electronics. Just very relaxing to
listen to. Her _Seven Waves_ album is older than the rest, quite
different, but in my opinion, quite possibly the best one.
Recommendations: _Seven Waves_, _Neverland_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Mellow, kind of mushy, boring
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
More synthesizer-laden New Age music. Quite good, from what I've heard,
especially stuff from her _Neverland_ and _The Velocity of Love_ albums.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
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uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 6 of 19 (Thru The Creatures)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Anything they do with Erich Kunzel on Telarc is guaranteed to be a lot
of fun, probably the best-known Pops orchestra in the country right now
short of the Boston Pops (who don't have a label hyping them the way
Telarc hypes Cincinnati). Fave discs: ROUND-UP! and HAPPY TRAILS:
ROUND-UP II, two CDs of classic Western themes . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Their Telarc recordings with Kunzel will drive your system to the
limits. Almost always exciting interpretations, unfortunately excitement
isn't always what is needed. Ein Straussfest is a GREAT CD.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Clan Of Xymox
Actually their name is just 'Xymox' now. "Medusa" was too loaded with
darkness for it's own good. "Twist Of Shadow" is less slick and much
more bearable.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Are these the same guys who were simple "Xymox" about 3-4 years ago?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Dark and gloomy on 4AD, somewhat lighter on Wing/Polygram. Either way,
one of the great atmospheric bands . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Clannad
should be heard in one's lifetime.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
great Celtic group.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
In the 70's they were a brilliant jazz-tinged Irish folk band, and not
very successful. In the 1980's they turned into a successful bland
Celtic New Age group. For me, the only albums worth playing are "2",
"Dulaman", "In Concert", and "Crann Ull". Enya is the baby sister of
3/5ths of the band.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Went from the best celtic folk group to really dire electronic mumbo
jumbo BBC theme tunes. Fuaim!
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Dire Straits & Eric Clapton
Why are these listed together? Straits is largely a manifestation of
Mark Knopfler's ego, but they do know how to put together a song you can
hum. "Sultans of Swing" came out of nowhere and I could've sworn it was
an oldie. Clapton also graduated from the Yardbirds, blew folks' minds
in Cream, sleepwalked through the '70s, and has been feeling feisty
again lately.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Stanley Clarke
Bassist known primarily for jazz inventions, but who's occasionally
dipped into the rock arena with the Stones offshoot The New Barbarians
and lately with Andy Summers in Animal Logic.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
one of the best bassists in jazz history. Has done a lot of disco crap,
but all his early stuff (before the Clarke/Duke Project) was incredible.
Check out Return to Forever, or his first four solo albums, especially
the second self-titled "Stanley Clarke" with Jan Hammer and Tony
Williams on it (the orange cover). His first solo album is very hard to
find and is Latin jazz. I've heard that his "If Only this Bass could
Talk" is a sort of return to his good stuff, away from the pop disco
crap. Hope so!
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
The Clash
I always thought they were boring.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Important British punk outfit that stretched the boundaries of that form
and those of rock in general. Early records are uninterrupted squawks of
alienated rage, later they developed into politically conscious
proclaimers. Essential.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
They don't make rock bands like The Clash anymore...
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
What I've heard of theirs I liked; very hard-hitting.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
George Clinton
solo projects by george clinton. _atomic dog_ was a big dance club hit
in the early 8Ts. keeping funk alive during the retched decade.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Clive Pig
word humourist/songwriter. worth finding!
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Clock DVA
"The Hacker" is way-evil stuff, hard to even call it "dance"-industrial
-- you'd have to really work to dance to it. Haven't heard "The Act"
yet. (It's ClockDVA, BTW.)
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
That's ClockDVA (all mushed together, and DVA is correct, not DNA).
Their CD compilation "The Hacker/The Act" is not terribly original or
wonderful but The Hacker is a good song and some of the more ambient
pieces are nice.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Clockwork
House Music from Florida. We are waiting for better productions.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Cluster
German synthesizer duo (Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius).
They've done 3 or 4 albums with Brian Eno. Never heard their work, but
everyone I know who has recommends them.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn is in western canada still wondering where the lions are.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
"If I had a rocket launcher, I'd blow everybody away". Stupid political
rock.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Insufferable Canadian soft rocker just burning with righteous
indignation and without a clue as to good music. A for effort.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Pronounced "COE-burn" is a Canadian artist who has been recording
steadily since c.1969. His music is very socially/environmentally
conscious and would best be classified as light rock. His lyrics are
highly poetic and often exhibit a tempered rage. His most recent album,
_Big Circumstance_, was recorded mostly "live" in the studio and
contains a nine-minute song called "Radium Rain," the last 3 and a half
minutes of which are an eerie, bluesy guitar solo that is the best I've
heard in a long, long time.
- Robbie Davis rdavis@en.ecn.purdue.edu
Too pretentious for me, wears his heart on his sleeve. Some VERY catchy
tunes though. Another Canadian.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Joe Cocker
Definitive singer of With A Little Help From My Friends, now imortalized
as The Wonder Years theme. Voted the man least likely to see 1970, in
1969.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Good and bad, depending on the song. I hate his more emotional stuff.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I never really liked his music. I extremely dislike his cover of 'With
a Little Help from My Friends'.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Recovered alcoholic with gritty vocals pulled up from beneath the
earth's crust. Can also serenade effectively.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Cocteau Twins
Elizabeth Frasier's voice melts me. Who cares if they use a drum
machine? "The Spangle Maker" and "Lorelei" are my favorite songs by
them.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Once you get used to not trying to understand the lyrics but instead
learn to appreciate the song as an entity they are wonderful and
responsible for more than is immediately obvious. Copernicus is made of
bacteria.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
This is the standard against which all other synthesizer bands should be
compared. Try "The Pink Opaque" as an introduction (a sampler). The bad
news: most of their albums are imports in the US, and that means $$.
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Very unusual "brilliant" sounding vocals.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Linda Cohen
Acoustic guitarist with a great sense of humor, very reminiscent of
Kottke instrumentally. Her "Angel Alley" album has just been reissued,
and it's probably all that's available. She used to be on the Poppy
Records label, for whom she recorded "Lake of Light" and "Leda". She
lives in Philadelphia and performs locally, but doesn't tour to the
midwest, darn it.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Coil
Made the "Unreleased Themes to Hellraiser". I don't think it's as evil
as the director said it was. But it's still good. Guess I should watch
the movie while I play the record. Also think it sounds good at 33 and
45 rpm.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Cold Cut
I don't think the album stands up as well as the singles. But the good
stuff is great!
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
I sorta liked "Doctor In The House" (w/Yazz) but I don't mind House
much.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
This is very good House Music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
David Cole and Robert Clivilles
They made the Garage sound of NYC as producers of "Two Puertoricans, a
Black Man and a Dominican" ("Scandalous" etc...) among others.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
british pop. europe ate them up until the breakup in 1988. sincere
lyrics.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Edwyn Collins
ex frontman for the band orange juice. he continues to write great
tongue-in-cheek songs. roddy frame from aztec camera helps him out on
his new solo work.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Phil Collins
'Ever wonder what Popeye would sound like doing vocals???
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
Blecch blecch blecch except for "In the air tonight" "Lonely man there
in the corner" and one other in the same style whose name I forget.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Did some good work (both with Genesis and solo), but now has gone top-40
and been reduced to singing Michelob ads. Another example of good
musicians selling out.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Does he really have to sell Michelob to make ends meet?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Great drummer...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
he lost it when Peter Gabriel left Genesis. He was a good drummer, too
bad he decided to sing. His drumming with the electric jazz group Brand
X is hot - he formed Brand X as a fun diversion while still playing in
Genesis.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I've had enough, thank you.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Impish drummer/singer for Genesis who knows popcraft cold. Also produces
and acts.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Some of the older genesis albums after Peter Gabriel were very good. His
first solo album was pretty good, but not great. His latest works are
not very good, he doesn't have an edge in his music any more. I don't
consider buying anything by him anymore, whereas in the past it would
have been a sure buy.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Used to be a great drummer, but now that his solo career has reached
critical mass, it seems that Mr. Collins has given up drumming
completely. This is more proof that he is musically corrupt and should
be ignored.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Why is this man praised and Neil Diamond shunned? Is there a difference?
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Colourbox
Fantastic british pop duo - they haven't been heard from in years but
they tell me there's a new album on the way some day soon. Their only
full LP (self titled) is a masterpiece.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Hey, samplecrazy edge-boyz! Due for new stuff someday, I hope?
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Julian Cope
You didn't include Cope in your original list, but he deserves to be
here, so I added the entry. Julain Cope got his start in the band The
Teardrop explodes, and in England he gained a reputation for being weird
by taking acid, flipping out on stage, and other such antics. As a solo
artist, his career has been somewhat mixed. He quit drugs right after
going solo, but his public image hadn't changed, and he had a reputation
to live up to. By his third album, he had a direction and a focus, and
the result was brilliant: _Saint Julian_ was slickly produced but
contained all the raw energy and spontaneity of a wild horse. Although
his next album, _My Nation Underground_ was a disappointment (Cope
reports that it didn't turn out quite the way he expected), reports say
that his next album will be another killer work. At this writing it is
being prepared for release.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Concrete Blonde
"Dance Along the Edge" is the only thing I've heard, but I liked it. A
good mix of voices in the singers. Progressive.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Connells
college guitar pop. this is the only release worth getting.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
The Contortions
great stuff. Led by James Chance, also known as James White and the
Blacks. Lydia Lunch played sax for them. "Contort Yourself" was their
first album. Sort of like James Brown on acid.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Cookie Crew
I don't usually listen to rap music, but I really liked their song "Born
This Way". I haven't heard anything else, but I've thought about getting
their record.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Rap music. Two girls from South London. Ripped off "Numbers" by
Kraftwerk and some track by Edwin Starr for "Got To Keep On" which was
top 20 in the UK. I hate them.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Terrific blend of House Music and Rap. (Also called Hip House)
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Alice Cooper
He's too old for this. Who does he think he's kiddin' ?
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
I loved "School's Out" when I was in 7th grade.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Most of his stuff is a bit before my time, but his new single "House of
Fire" sounds a lot like most of the heavy metal/hard rock stuff on the
radio today.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Originator of shock rock, one-time protogee of Zappa. Off-putting visual
show often accompanied by exciting guitar-heavy songs.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Stewart Copeland
As the drummer for the Police, Copeland was very influential in creating
a new sound for the 80s. As a solo artist, he's created some very
interesting works. He created ground-breaking rock under the pseudonym
"Klark Kent"; he gave us the haunting and bouncy soundtrack of
"Rumblefish". Now he's a part of the group Animal Logic, which goes in
an American pop direction and is not for everyone.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Drummer for the Police, partly responsible for their incorporation of
non-Western music into big-selling pop. Now fronts Animal Logic.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I hear he's playing with Stanley Clarke now, could be awesome if it's
not commercial.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Originally started out in the British art-rock band Curved Air as their
drummer (got the job originally by being the boyfriend of their lead
singer). Only appears on Curved Air's last album, _Airborne_, which was
(IMHO) one of their better albums. After Curved Air broke up, he and
some other former art-rock musicians formed The Police, which everybody
has heard of and sounds nothing like Curved Air or the Kevin Ayers Band
(Andy Summer's former band).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Since leaving the Police, he's turned into a fantastic
keyboardist/guitarist as well as drummer. Pick up The Rhythmatist or The
Equaliser - both full of twisted rhythms and great tunes. (all
instrumental except for some cool African vocals on The Rhythmatist in
places)
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
_The Equalizer and Other Cliffhangers_ album is very good.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
One of my all time favorite groups. Favorite album has to be Regatta De
Blanc. Most of Sting's solo stuff is pretty good. Nothing Like the Sun
in particular.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Copernicus
Didn't he have a wooden nose? No, that was Tycho. Or is that a train
set?
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
He was right about the solar system, give him credit for that.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Scott Cossu
Nice in a peaceful, dreamy kind of way.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Excellent, stupendous genius of early '80s new wave/punk/ whatever.
Clever wordplay and constantly shifting musical backdrops make for
interesting albums. Likely to come up with strange cover versions in
concert.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Has anyone found out whether the remastered versions are in the stores
yet? There was a lot of discussion on Elvis in the past few months,
especially wrt SPIKE. Has anyone conducted a poll here on his albums? I
also am interested in comments of his albums after PUNCH THE CLOCK, but
before SPIKE.
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
I loved watching the detectives, but most of his stuff leaves me cold.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Interesting music. I have a few albums of his (theirs) and I kind of
like them because they're not very pop or standard fare rock and roll.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Alexander Courage
Never heard anything he did, except of course the classic Star Trek
theme.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Composer of the Star Trek theme for the TV show. Nothing else known.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
The Cramps
A british band that has grungy, groovey guitar rifs, with catchy vocals.
A late punk band I think, from Britain. They have put out records like,
"The Smell of Female", and specific songs I love, "Can Your Pussy Do the
Dog?", And "People Aint No Good", with a refrain of youngsters singing
how worthless people are.
- Paul Harding guru@pnet51.orb.mn.org
Great album covers, but never heard much of their music.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
mind-bending fun degenerate trash.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
The world's foremost practitioners of Voodoo Punkabilly. Songs about
drugs, bad sex, just plain weirdness. Can make a cover song their own
with lots of reverb and such.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Robert Cray
The Great Black Hope for the blues. Very silky and supple, if a trifle
boring.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Creatures
Seem quite good from that which I have heard. Nontraditional, definitely
progressive; seems to have a better mix of voices than Siouxsie and the
Banshees.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
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uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 7 of 19 (Thru Devine & Statton)
Cream
The bass riff of Sunshine Of Your Love was the foundation of my life for
a long time. How could three guys make so much racket?
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
The best psychedelic blues rock you could ask for. Absolutely swimming
in drugs.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
the best was their long melted-down jams, also "Wheels of Fire" and
"Disraeli Gears". Eric Clapton, before he became a heroin addict or a
Jesus freak. Jack Bruce, great bassist, and Ginger Baker, great drummer
before he did too much speed.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Marshall Crenshaw
Sounds a little like Lou Reed, but with heavier guitar (at least what
I've heard of Crenshaw). "All At Once You Unzipped" is what I have heard
most often; a very strong rhythm to it.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
The Cult
givi me their older stuff or give me death!! buy the beggars banquet
re-release of "Dreamtime"- it has a great live album on the b-side (at
least the tape does...) that's not noted anywhere on the sleeve. stuff
from days as "death cult" or southern death cult is good too. try in
god's zoo!!
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Their musical style has led to a new word being coined : "Cock-rock".
The only times I have seen it used it is when referring to The Cult.
Their lyrics are cliched. And I LIKE their stuff. "Electric" is one of
the best hard-rock albums of its kind.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Culture Club
Blechh Blechh Blechh.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Everyone freaked and bitched on Boy George but shit that guy sould sing!
I peg THIS TIME, their hits collection, as a must-own. So sue me.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Great singles band for their time. I passed on their greatest hits CD
because none of the songs grab me anymore.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
I loved Boy George, he was so silly.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I never liked this group when they first came out and were the rage. I
still don't.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Sexually, culturally ambiguous dance pop courtesy of Boy George.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Cure
I could never understand why anyone liked them. yawn.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Inessential murmured dirges en masse.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Oblique pop saved from the doom&gloom brigade by lots of creativity.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Some people consider The Cure to be progressive; I don't, and though I
can't cons up a definition of what "progressive" means, I think The Cure
fails to fit the category (though at times barely) because they seem to
follow the trends (not just in their musical expression) rather than
seek new ideas. Admittedly, this is a biased judgement.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
This was the first "alternative" band that I listened to, but I didn't
like _Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me_, though I really like _Head On The
Door_. As with Love And Rockets and Depeche Mode, I lost interest as the
band became really popular.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Billy Currie
Ex Ultravox keyboard and viola person. His solo album 'Transportation'
is pretty good. Anybody know if there's any more albums in the works?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
In Ultravox. Also produced solo album with Steve Howe, "Transportation".
I think it's quite a departure from the regular Ultravox albums.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Tim Curry
Famous as Dr. Furter in "Rocky Horror", has had a tepid career on vinyl.
Fluke hit "I Do The Rock" savagely namedrops mid-'70s L.A. music scene.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
So how come nobody plays "I do the rock" anymore? He wasn't too bad in
rocky horror, but musically it wasn't that good.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Holger Czukay
he was in "Can". Also worked with Jah Wobble of Public Image and the
Edge from U2.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
D.O.C.
rap. _the formula_ is a great song. the rest is interesting too.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
D'Atra Hicks
Very good hot metallic funk.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
D.J. Pierre
Made very good re-mixes for Samantha Fox and produced Acid House Hits.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Jerry Dammers & Simple Minds
Jerry was the keyboard player for the English Beat, a great "two-tone"
white/black ska group featuring Ranking Roger.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Dag Nasty
One of the last of the great hardcore bands. The music has honesty, and
gives the listener the impression that he/she "knows" the band. "The
Godfather" off _Wig Out at Denkos_ has a lot of meanings, especially for
what one might consider to be a superficial music type.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Dalbello
As Lisa Dalbello, she looked like Canada's all-time disco queen. Still
a super performer and well worth sampling.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Great voice. Knows how to use it to communicate the emotion she wants.
Strong lyrics. Very interesting approach to the arrangements on
"WhyoManFourSays". Played almost all the instruments on it. Lost a
little amidst the guitars in "She" but still very powerful music.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Dalis Car
off shoot project by bauhaus member peter murphy & japan members. kinda
self-indulgent bass lines & key signatures, but impressive nonetheless.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Neal Davis
Neal Davis I went to high school with one.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Danielle Dax
Little known fact: Danielle Dax was the Wolf Girl in the film "Company
of Wolves."
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Twisted shevox . . . DARK ADAPTED EYE is a great compilation if maybe a
little overlong for my tastes.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Wow! Danielle combines a fantastic voice (comparable to Kate Bush on
"The Dreaming") with upbeat synth music, ranging from pop sounds to some
FANTASTIC middle eastern influenced rock. "Dark Adapted Eye" is a
collection of several earlier albums, and I recommend it strongly.
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Datura Seeds
in your face hard guitar pop. great harmonies & lyrics.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
dBs
boring 80's new wave group. Lead singer was Chris Stamey.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I first saw them with R.E.M. a few years ago and bought _The Sound of
Music_ which is a really good record, but I haven't heard anything else.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Now disBanded, the dBs were a sleeper band through the 80s. This is
unfortunate, because lead singer Peter Holsapple is one of America's
greatest songwriters. Some people discredit the dBs as being so much
grungy rock-n-roll, and certainly there is an element of grunge in
practically everything they've done. If you enjoy that, or can overlook
it, what a great band!
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Chris De Burgh
Another top twenty casulty. The Getaway is fantastic.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Dont pay the ferry man, don't even listen to this guy.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Dont Pay the Ferryman was one of my 10 favorites of 83. I never liked
"The Lady in Red" till I had a girlfriend that I love however.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
I hate his music. I think he is tone-deaf. (cf. Swing Out Sister)
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sorta borderline folk-rock Irish artist who gets a lot less attention
than he deserves. My favorite album of his is probably _The Getaway_.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
He seems to be mellowing out as he gets older (not that I'm complaining,
as Chris' voice is well-suited for lush vocal passages; I just miss
songs like "High on Emotion" and "One Word (Straight to the Heart)" as
a mixer). A few Irish-Celtic based songs on his next album would be
nice; he hasn't done those in many years, but he was very good with this
genre in his early career, and a semi-return to them would be much
appreciated by more than a few of his fans.
- Tom Gryn TAG2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Del Amitri
very talented acoustic guitar & intricate harmonied scotish band. only
get their self-titled debut; the new stuff sucks as they have dropped
essential members.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
De La Soul
Fat rap artist. What sort of people buy his records? Totally dull.
Dullsville Idaho.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
interesting hip hop sampling.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Proof that rap and baaaad attitude are not necessarily one and the same;
De La are sort of the "Anti-Enemy". Enough creative sampling to get the
boyz in legal trouble, some cold groove in spots and a great party
record.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The bests in rap, to my opinion.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Their album sounds like three intelligent, aware young men smoked a
bunch of joints and did whatever occurred to them when they were in the
studio. Rap for people who aren't really into rap.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
_3 Feet High And Rising_ wins the honor of being the only rap album I
own. It's not as I good as I thought it would be, but "Magic Number" and
"Say No Go" have become two of my favorite songs.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
De Lite
Bad imitation of Inner City Detroit Techno sound.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Dead Can Dance
The angels have traded in their harps for synthesizers and all variety
of percussion... Classical music, from a modern perspective. This is not
just Tomita playing the classics, these pieces are original and just as
beautiful (and ambitious) as Brahms, Haydn, or Dvorak. (If that doesn't
start a flame war... ;-) Try "Dead Can Dance" for a more percussive
approach, or "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun" for the choral flavor.
You cannot go wrong.
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Dead Milkmen
For their "Bucky Fellini" LP they billed themselves as "America's only
pro-crack band" Pretty good music, though.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Another group I'm dying to here.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
As the cover sticker on their latest album said "They're fast. They're
loud. They're funny. They're my band." Lead singer Rodney Anonymous has
tremendous ranting ability, and the sarcastic humor that the band
produces is very true, very believeable. It seems like their world has
been one filled with obnoxious trailer park owners and snotty
adolescents; they paint a bleak picture of the world, but we know
they're having fun as they thumb their nose at it.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
How Long Can This Go On? Hey, they're still funny at least . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
One of the most hilarious bands I've ever heard.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Punk Rock Girl should prove to be a classic song.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Deep Purple
You know, I really liked these guys at the time, and still listen to
them today. For a heavy metal band they could play. And they were around
before heavy metal became completely formularized.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
"In Rock" first album worth owning, forget "Fireball", "Machine Head" is
their most consistent. "Made in Japan" & "Made in Europe" are two
excellent live albums showing the band in two different styles. "Burn"
is good but sounds more like Rainbow than 'classic Purple'. Their recent
reformation albums are patchy with "Perfect Strangers" being the best.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Bronto-rock at it's finest. Gone through several personnel changes.
Their "Smoke on the Water" probably convinced a lot of kids that they,
too, could play guitar.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I liked "motorhead" when it first came out and I was 15.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Sad to say, I lost interest after they did River Deep Mountain High. One
of the first real heavy bands.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
The original deep purple was great.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Def Jef
L.A. rap sounds to be very promising.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Defunkt
I heard that this is an amazing punk-funk group with some great free
jazz players in it, maybe Lester Bowie on trumpet?
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Constance Demby
I picked up a copy of her Novus Magnificat about two years ago on the
strength of the fact that it was highly praised in a "30 CD's every New
Age Listener Should Own" kind of article in one of the audio magazines.
It is a synthesized "space symphony" which leans heavily on the deep
oooooming chords. As music, it is unadulterated pap and shows few hints
of talent. As atmospheric material, it is interesting. I'd say: worth
fast forwarding through just to get the gist if you can borrow it from
someone.
- Garth Snyder garth@cs.swarthmore.edu
Incredible!!! All I have is "Novus Magnificat", and I think it is
marvelous. Electronic Space Music. She laid this thing down directly,
and then just did overdubs. The Emulator II sounds are fantastic.
Recommendations: _Novus Magnificat_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
_Novus Magnificat_ is the only album of hers I've heard, but it is
excellent. One of the best New Age albums around.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sandy Denny
She was the lead singer for a famous Irish group. Great voice.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Deodato
dull jazz keyboard.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I play his _2001_ to annoy people who take classical music too
seriously.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Instrumentalist who had a hit with his synth version of "Also Sprach
Zarathustra" in the '70s.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Depeche Mode
5 members, all of them play synthesizers. IMHO, "Speak and Spell" was
their best album.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Another group whose every album had some stuff that I love and some
stuff so boring I'd want the CD just for quick advance.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
dull synth disco.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I like the darker stuff. Someone buy me those insane Japanese remix
sets!
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
I prefer their early, lightweight material like, say, 'New Life'. The
doom and gloom of their later material just isn't for me. Although I
have to admit I did like 'Personal Jesus'.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
O.K., but the more popular they get, the less I like them. _Black
Celebration_ is the only DM album I have.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
One of the most underrated bands in the UK. Somehow, because of their
early association witn Vince Clarke (now of Erasure fame) they got a
teenybopper image. As anyone who has bothered to listen to their
post-Vince Clarke stuff will know, they're anything but uncomplicated.
Martin Gore is one of the most intelligent songwriters around.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
This used to be my favorite group; though now I find that their songs
tend to be very centered on the "sex = death" equation (Black
Celebration, the album, in particular). I like their most recent stuff
better than their older stuff (eg Speak and Spell) because I feel the
latter is too "bubble- gum"ish at times (please don't ask me to
explain).
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Rick Derringer
Blues rock sidekick of Johnnie Winters, had a hit with "Rock and Roll
Hootchie Koo".
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
rhythm guitarist for Edgar or Johnny Winter, went out on his own.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Deuter
German musician who was doing New Age music back before they called it
that. Highly recommended.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The love of my life cannot, or will not, pronounce this man's name. It's
DOY-TER. GOT that, Asha? :-)
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Devine & Statton
alison devine was in the young marble giants. here she connects with the
talanted songwriter ian statton. all acoustic, minimally produced songs
which showcase alisons superd voice. unlike any other female vocalist i
have heard: very nice.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
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Part 8 of 19 (Thru Eurythmics)
Devo
THE band. No record collection is complete without "Are We Not Men",
"Duty Now For the Future", "Freedom of Choice" and "Live EP." Heck, you
need to own them all.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Bizarre college guys who were extremely bored with popular music and set
about redefining it in a dilapidatedly futuristic style. Looking
thoroughly uncool in their yellow jump suits, they helped redefine
sartorial style at the same time. Albums got steadily more boring, but
their impact was great.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
First time I saw them (on SNL 10/78) thought they're the closest thing
to Sparks, as far as being quirky, that I'd ever seen. They give a good
concert, have gone from Westchester to Trenton to see `em. Still, I
don't love everything they do. But I do wear an Energy Dome every
Halloween.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Great stuff.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Headed for obscuredom. The early stuff's the best and they haven't had
a respectable album in the past three (though Ivan Ivan's mixes of
"Disco Dancer" are killer). No offense, boys, but maybe it's time to
devolve *musically* too?
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
I used to think Devo had no reason for existence (I liked them though)
until I heard a few songs that actually seem to have a meaning (some are
well- hidden). I consider Devo to be one of the more innovative bands
for its time, and also an example of why Punk and New Wave were two
totally different things.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
loved "Q:Are we not men? A: We are Devo!"
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
The spud boys! The last album was a bit disappointing, although it took
quite a while for "Shout" to grow on me. Could it be time for a change?
Industrial Devo perhaps?
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Al Di Meola
Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke's Return to Forever originally had Bill
Connors as guitarist, who left. They replaced him with Al DiMeola, who
plays real fast but lacks sublety.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Expert acoustic guitarist with prediliction for Spanish- sounding
figures.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
_Dinner Music of the Gods_ is a hell of a song.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Diamonda Galas
what exactly *should* a voice sound like? she screams, she rants, she
read passages from the bible and plays distorted guitar and piano. kinda
cool.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
great voice, great Satanic songs.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Manu Dibango
African drums.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Dissidenten
Dissidenten is a German band from West Berlin. They usually collaborate
with musicians from other continents. I have their album "Sahara
Elektrik", recorded in Morocco with the Moroccan trio Lem Chaheb.
Energetic, dance-oriented, non-trivial. I saw them live in Denmark two
years ago, this time with Algerian musicians, and I wasn't disappointed
! Check them out !
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
DJ Doktor Megatrip
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Does this count as music?
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
I know Jeff only from the video for "I Can Take Mike Tyson". Pretty
funny stuff.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Their rap is quite different and more jazzy. Very good
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
DJ Prince Ice
Made some good mixes of Hip House.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Dominique
The singing nun? Blecch, should be restricted to girl scout campfires.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Double Fantasy
The only group I have heard that can actually sound like Tangerine
Dream. Do others feel this way? Some of the drum beats sound exactly
like something Franke would come up with. Needless to say, I really like
the group. Recommendations: _Food For Thought_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Double Trouble and the rebel MC
Initiators (among others) of Ska House. We like their "Keep Rock'in".
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Geoffrey Downes
Ex Buggle and Asia person. What's his album 'The Light Programme' like?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I have a tape of his "New Dance Orchestra" release, and it's really
pretty good instrumental stuff. Liked him better with Buggles though.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Keyboardist for Buggles, Asia, and Yes for one album, "Drama"
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Will Downing
I found "A love supreme" fantastic and terrific.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Downy Mildew
watch out for these guys. male & female singers over intense guitar pop.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Dr. Derelict
London Acid House groove.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Duran Duran
Actually, their first two albums were fairly good music. Not great, but
at least listenable. Then came their third album, which I couldn't stand
and which got them *lots* of airplay. Bletch.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
dull synth disco.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Early stuff is okay, but they got popular.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Great production and mixes on all their albums, but are much to busy
with soul-searching on their latest album to be any fun. At their best
when exploring the dark realms of glamour.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Haircut band.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I like a very few of their songs (only one comes to mind -- "Hungry Like
the Wolf"); but they (like other "pop" bands) seemed to be too concerned
with duplicating previous success. IMHO (completely unsubstantiated),
when bands become successful, they tend to do that because they now have
an interest in preserving the money they just made.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
liked em on their first album before teenage girls discovered them. I
think they have had it. Time for a career.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Suprisingly the first two albums are good. Damn, there goes my street
cred...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Teenage popular music at best, trash at worst.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Yet another early '80s band that gets no respect even though they did
some very cool stuff when they were hitting it big. RIO is one of the
classiest spins of the decade, surely.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Bob Dylan
Everybody Must Get Stoned.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Great songwriter, but couldn't sing his way out of a paper bag. Dylan's
songs are best when performed by someone besides Dylan.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
He should probably get an award for longevity if for nothing else. His
voice may be annoying at times, but he writes some of the most
intelligent lyrics I've ever heard. "Blonde on Blonde" and "Blood on the
Tracks" are especially good.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
I like him more as I get older. When he started I couldn't get past the
whiny voice and harmonica. But I always loved the covers of his songs by
The Byrds, Peter, Paul & Mary, Gordon Lightfoot and The Turtles.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Jeez, what's left to say? Probably the greatest writer in pop history,
but frustratingly inconsistent in the later years. As seminal as Elvis
was in his time.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Some good songs, despite his singing. He's a good song writer but his
music is too slow for me in general.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Eagles
I enjoyed their sound until Joe Walsh joined.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Successors to the Byrds/CSN style of So. California folk rock. Lots of
desert and cowboy imagery in a more or less pared down rock sound, at
least for the '70s. Later evolved into a more grandiose outfit with
"Hotel California", which one is guaranteed to hear once a day on the
radio here.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Sheena Easton
Good looking (and so is Shiela E). Shiela E's music is better, Sheena
Eastons is just pop.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Her "101" is terrific!
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Nice voice and thanks to the 'Lover in Me' video we now know: nice body.
Her attempt at singing '101' was pathetic, she can't scream from
heartache. Needs a good team arround her.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Scottish siren.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Easy E
The shocking Rap of NWA. Very good singer and rapper.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Echo and the Bunnymen
Another band on my "to listen to" list.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
OK, but monotonous.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Their "Ocean Rain" from 1984 is one of the best albums of the decade. I
bought it just after a very heavy exam and I have been fond of it ever
since.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Very sad to see them go. It's about all I can say...
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Julia Ecklar
Mostly unknown outside filk circles, she has tremendous vocal power and
versitility. I'm surprised some big-time label hasn't hired her for
background vocals, at least; her talent is impressive.
- Tom Gryn TAG2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
The Edge
Monotonous guitarist for U2.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
U2's guitar player. Slow playing, lots of echo.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Max Eider
ex 2nd guitarist fo the jazz butcher does some lounge-y sarcastic love
songs. a good purchase.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Einsturzende Neubauten
this is industrial. straight up. pounding on highway overpasses with air
hammers. cutting sheetmetal. screaming in german. not as annoying as it
might sound, these guys and brilliant.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Hanns Eisler & Bertolt Brecht
Brecht wrote "Mack the Knife", contender for all-time coolest song.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Elements
If I recall correctly, this is the duo of Danny Gottlieb and Mark Egan,
both formerly of the Pat Metheny Group. Guess which jazz group they
sound most like....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Danny Elfman
Fascinating, isn't it, how the same guy can be responsible for both the
Batman soundtrack (some of the best pseudo-classical music I've heard in
a long time) and the weird stuff Oingo Boingo used to do? If nothing
else, he wins big points for musical diversity?
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
His current Oingo Boingo work is kind of lame, but his BATMAN sound-
track was a very enjoyable listen.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
TWISTED boy, from Boingo to his soundtracks. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE and
BATMAN and MIDNIGHT RUN are all so completely different but they all
kick ass in their own different ways. Movie Music Man for the '90s,
watch it.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Eloy
So, someone besides me has heard of them! Words fail! Plannets/Time to
Turn are among the best albums I have heard. Metromania is.... well....
manic. RA, unfortunatly, contains too many re-hashed earlier ideas. The
imports ( to the UK ) by Heavy meatal International some of Rodney
Mathews' best covers.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Emerald Web
California based duo, playing electronic and flute music in the "New
Age" genre (whatever that is :-). Their album _Catspaw_ is highly
recommended, and impossible to find since Audion/JEM went bankrupt.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Kieth Emerson
Classically-trained keyboardist known for stealing riffs from classical
biggies. Originally in the Nazz (the Nice?) and went on to found...
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I've lumped these three together since no matter whether it was Keith
Emerson by himself, with the Nice, or with either ELP, it was still
basically the same sort of music. Heavy on the synthesizer and organ,
stealing every piece of classical music that wasn't nailed down, and a
whole lot of fun to listen to.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
One of the greatest keyboardists around, good concerts.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Another guilty pleasure. I wish their CD re-releases were better
mastered.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Art rock writ larger. The darker side of Yes.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Fantastic!!!! Emerson on KBs, Palmer on Drums, all that classical
stealing ... uh .. I mean influence.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
great group. Loved "Tarkus", "Pictures At An Exhibition".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Emerson Lake & Powell
A mistake.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Not too bad, Powell was interesting in the ELPo concert.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
The Enid
A very unusual type of band. Their sound could be described as
"classical with heavy guitar and traces of opera"! They had constant
arguments with their record companies & eventually formed their own
label. They split 2 years ago. Best albums that I've heard are "In The
Region of the Summer Stars" & "The Spell".
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Brian Eno
Always liked MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS as BGM . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Electronic-dependant weirdo who ranges from extremely airy sound
collages to grinding, crunching rock. Has played in Roxy Music and the
short-lived 801, and with Fripp and Byrne.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Roxy Music's electronic noise/synth player. Went out on his own and did
great stuff. "Here Come the Warm Jets", "Another Green World", "Taking
Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and "Before & After Science" are my
favorites - they're all rock-oriented. He's done lots of weirder stuff
since.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Enya
Both her albums _Watermark_ and _Enya_ are excellent. Sorta mixture of
Celtic music and synthesizer-based New Age. Trivia bonus: her full name,
in Gaelic, is Eithne Ni Bhraonain. No wonder she goes by "Enya" on all
her albums...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Got out of Clannad in time to avoid BBCism. Sounds like elevator music
but it gets to you.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Try playing both her albums after another. They have their moments but
are rememebered as a blurr of Muzak.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Two wonderful albums, very mellow but strong. Nothing mushy here just
plain relaxing music. Added lyrics to New_Age music :-).
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Very nice, and soothing new age. Watermark is one of my favorite albums.
Pleaseant piano, and light string sounds. The music just kind of flows.
Recommendations: _Watermark_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Very relaxing, new-age type music. Good to meditate with, also good to
go to sleep with, but not boring. I wish I knew what the lyrics meant.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Very very *nice* stuff. If you like the idea of nice you prolly like
Enya.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Wonderful voice.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Erasure
First albums were good, each gets progressively worse (Is that why they
call it progressive? :-) ).
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
One of Britain's biggest exporters of synth-pop, and one of the only
bands of that sort to survive the 80s. The guys in Erasure are
homosexual, but none of their lyrics reflect that -- in fact, they try
to be very universal with their lyrics, so that everyone can relate. If
you like synth-pop in general, you'll like Erasure.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Their best stuff, IMHO, always seems to be on the B-sides . . . "Like
Zsa Zsa Gabor", "Sweet, Sweet Baby" . . . too prolific on the releases
for their own damn good, too!
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Vince Clark's tunes are fun but Andy Bell has one of the most irritating
voices in the business..shame..
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Eurythmics
A great example of linear droop. In The Garden was great, each sucessive
album a little worse.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Credit for trying to be innovating. Credit for very often succeding in
their efforts. Wonderfull vocals.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox. The remnants of another band, the
Tourists. Stewart handles the production and some guitars while Lennox
provides superbly soulful vocals and stage presence.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
disco group, but did a good soundtrack for remake of "1984".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Gone through more shifts in mood and style than I can believe. From the
Tourists in 1978/79 (?) to We Too Are One today, a fine experience.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Good stuff, sometimes it just doesn't click with me, but I especially
like that song "Love is a stranger" of the first album.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I never liked them very much. One of their albums a few years ago had a
rock and roll feel to it and wasn't too bad though.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I think they got steadily worse with time; my favorite song of theirs is
still "Sweet Dreams" (love those cows in the video), perhaps because its
meaning is unclear.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
SWEET DREAMS and 1984 are still faves. Not too vehement about the newer
stuff, though.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
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Survey Posting February 1990
Part 9 of 19 (Thru Bob Geldof)
Exchange
A Canadian electronic/keyboards duo (Gerald O'Brien and Steve Sexton).
Their first, and only, album thus far is titled "Into The Night". The
title track of the same name was quite a hit over here (so I was told).
Their music has been used for some television shows (Brian Orser's
special from Lake Louise, Alberta; Barbara Walter's specials; several
radio station (tv) commercials; and (I suspect) 48 Hours(?)). EXchange
is definitely not "New Age". "Synth-Pop/Instrumental" would be more
appropriate (I've seen HMV put them in the Jazz section, the New Age
section, and the Pop section - so classifying their music obviously is
not easy - at least for some people anyway). Some of the tracks on
"Into..." are quite rhythmically intense and upbeat (i.e. "Into The
Night", "Magnetic Movements", "Visions of Sin", and "Stonewalk"). "Into
The Night" is available on CD (Penta Disc - PCD 10004), and vinyl on the
now defunct "Audion" label. So you may have more success finding the CD.
- Simon Lea csc458@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Canadian Newage music. Their 1988 album "Into The Night" is very
melodic.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their one and only album is quite interesting. "Golden Point" is
currently my favorite newage song. "Golden Point" has a lot of emotion
and feeling behind it. I almost feel like there is a real orchestra
playing the music. The title track "Into The Night" reminds me of
something Yanni would do. Light, up-beat and moving. "Stonewalk" is
another favorite of mine off the album. (Too bad I had to scrap a song
I did because I thought it sounded too much like it). They have a
definite lite and newage/electronic feel. Recommendations: _Exchange_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Fabulous Pink Dots
I thinkm you are thinking of the LEGENDARY PINK DOTS here... they are a
group from Amsterdam who do weird trancey/synthy shit with Edward
Ka-Spel's wispy vocals over the top. I like The Tear Garden which is a
Ka-Spel/Skinny Puppy collaboration.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Fabulous Poodles
A fun band for awhile.Opened a few dates for Tom Petty on his Damn The
Torpedoes tour.Their first American album is a compilation of tracks
from two British albums.The pictures on their "Think Pink" album were
taken primarily in the Atlanta area.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
Inexplicably reviled one-shot wonders who encapsulated the entire
rock&roll experience with the song "Mirror Star". The rest of that album
sounds like Kinks outtakes.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
My wife loves these guys: "Think Pink" she says.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Fairport Convention
great Irish folk rock group.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
I've never heard an album by them, but I saw them open for Jethro Tull,
and they were very good live.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
The original British folk-rock group. It isn't quite true that every
British folk-rock group was a Fairport spinoff, but a surprisingly large
number of them were (e.g.Richard Thompson, Fotheringay/Sandy Denny,
Steeleye Span, The Albion Band). Still going strong these days, even
though half the band are also simultaneously members of Jethro Tull,
which sounds more and more like Fairport all the time.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
There are billions of Fairport Convention albums, almost every one
featuring a different lineup, but unless you become a dedicated fanatic
the only albums you need are the 1968-1971 releases when the young
Richard Thompson was a member: "What We Did On Our Holidays",
"Unhalfbricking", "Liege and Lief" and "Full House" are the canonical
studio albums, and "House Full" and "Heyday" collect important live &
radio broadcast material. The 1989 album "Red and Gold" showed promise,
but these guys need a fulltime vocalist if they want to become more than
a Britfolk nostalgia act.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Fast Eddie
(Acid) house artist. "Jack to the Sound" was "borrowed" by Hithouse.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Fatal Flowers
Heard a few of their songs, liked them, but they are a lot alike. A very
"longing" sound, in my opinion; the songs I've heard seem to have to do
with personal hardships but aren't "preachy" like some of the more
popular stuff gets.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Fear
Totally zany, somewhat offensive. Their album _More Beer_ (or perhaps
_Have a Beer with Fear_) is Animal House set to music. WARNING: do not
take this band seriously (for instance: "The trouble with women is ...
the mouth don't shut.") Good music for college brew parties. Try and
find this one, it could be a cult classic.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
The Feelies
Allegedly the inventors of what became known as the "R.E.M. sound". The
Twin Tone/Suite Beat CD of "The Good Earth" is, sonically, the finest
rock guitar CD I have encountered; don't know if the reissue was as
good, and I hear the LP was very muddy. "Only Life" is also worthwhile.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Brian Ferry
Best known as the leader of Roxy Music, Ferry's two latest solo albums
are overlooked but brilliant. Ferry is very good at producing a certain
mood; ask anyone who's heard Roxy Music's "Avalon". Live, he has an
interesting stage presence; he's at once the typical torch singer and a
haunted, dangerous personality.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Black kids bussed to white schools soaked up white rock, blended it with
inner city funk and strapped it to ska wheels. Extremely kinetic.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Former lead singer of Roxy Music. Good singer, and good songwriter, but
somehow his solo work was never as interesting to me as the early Roxy
Music (the first 5 albums, before Jobson split).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
leader of Roxy Music. Has a real weird Martian voice but his songs are
usually pretty stupid.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Ooooooooohhhhhh such very calculated emotions.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Fields of the Nephilim
Progressive-rock band, I believe. Real obscure. Never heard any of their
music, and considering how rare their records are, I possibly may never
get to here them.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Figures On A Beach
I love "Absolutely Fourth Street" but again, that's one of those Ivan
Ivan things. Dunno how I'd like their other stuff.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Fire Engines
Edinburgh indie group from the early eighties. They started out as
totally guitar based but eventually added keyboards. They were never
successful enough to hit the charts (or even think about it) but they
did evolve into Win, who have been rather more successful. They only
released one (very rare and recorded in a single day) album 'Lubricate
Your Living Room'. Their best work was the single 'Big Gold Dream' which
was, IMHO, chartworthy, but needless to say it didn't make it.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Fishbone
As "pop hardcore" bands go, this one isn't bad.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Grab yer ASS and PAAAARTYYYY!! LPs are damn fane and still manage to do
them no justice at all . . . must see 'em live at least once before you
die.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Fleetwood Mac
Adult rock. Pretty much ruled the '70s charts, making songs with more
mature themes than Ted Nugent. Started in the late '60s as a blues-based
outfit similar to John Mayall.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I could never get into this band... they always seemed a bit like hair
that hadn't been washed in a long time.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Naff music of the first order. If they get a good snatch of melody they
do not have a clue how to expand on it (eg "Sweet Little Lies"). It's
advertised on TV - say no more *chuckle*
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The Fleshtones
Never heard 'em, but they have the greatest name of all time.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
A Flock of Seagulls
another dull synth disco band.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
English band, early 80s, fairly good synth&guitar playing and singing,
extremely bizarre haircuts. Quite enjoyable to listen to, but seemed to
disappear into obscurity after their first album. Shame.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Get a haircut, dudes!
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Good band. What happend to them?
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Haircut band.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I love their first album, but then they started practicing on their
instruments. DONT GO TO A FOS CONCERT! The singer can't stay in tune!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Their '82 lp was great. I Ran my favorite song of the year. Especially
like the 12" with the seagull sounds. 2nd album almost as good. They're
still around, playing big towns like Poughkeepsie.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Their first two albums were quite enjoyable. Has anyone heard their
other albums?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Flying Lizards
a joke, a guy in the studio with his wife talking into the mike. great
versions of "Summertime Blues", "Money money", etc.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Joke band known for deadpan readings of early rock classics, accompanied
by wheezing, farting synths. Singer sounds as if English is her second
language.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Only heard 30 minutes of them ever. 3 saxophonists, one of them also
plays guitar. They definitely make interesting music. Not necessarily
good, just interesting. I must listen to more of them.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Way-goofy covers!
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
What was her name...Jayne Cunningham? A brilliant singer. She sounded
totally disinterested in what she was singing. Their first single was
produced on a budget of about 5 pounds and was a big hit in 1979. File
under Those Were The Days.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Foetus Interruptus
one man band, jim thirwell likes to write songs of violence. strong
lyrics over pounding syth-driven chaos. great!
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
John Foxx
Former member (keyboard player?) of Ultravox. Not surprisingly, his solo
work (at least the album I've heard, _The Golden Section_) sounds like
Ultravox; if you like Ultravox, check him out.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Lead singer with Ultravox before Midge Ure. His best stuff was released
in (guess when) 1980. "Burning Car", "Underpass". Harsh electronic music
with surreal lyrics. "She was dressed in a white suit/She looked like a
bride too/It's a burning car/It's a burning car". Still stands up today.
Maybe they should be re-released..went downhill after 1980..his music
became more "sapsy".
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The founder of Ultravox and their original vocalist. More influential
than successful. Foxx era Ultravox is a lot different to Ure era work,
being a lot more experimental and avant-garde. His solo work began by
sounding very like Gary Numan (although it was Numan who was influenced
by Foxx and not vice versa) and became gradually more mainstream and
poppy as time went on. Anybody know if he released anything after 'In
Mysterious Ways'? What is he doing now?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
A band whose real strength is in their production (Horn/Lipson);
...PLEASUREDOME is absolutely *must-own* material and most of their
mixes are pretty substantial.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Someone once said they were "the band who put a smile back on Mr Pop's
face." "Relax" spent a staggering 52 weeks in the UK singles chart, 48
of them were consecutive, even thought it was banned. I think most of
their success was due to Trevor Horn's production though..Holly Johnston
had a few good tracks on his solo album (the first 3 singles) but the
rest was dire.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The best ever cover of Ferry Across The Mersey.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Freiheit
Also known as "Muenchener Freiheit" - from Munich. "Keeping the Dream
Alive" sounded much better in German..not so much like the Beatles.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Freur
Never heard their stuff as this name, but I like Underworld.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Second generation (83-84) technopop. A weird image and some equally
weird (but very melodic) songs, like 'Doot Doot'. They didn't really
achieve the recognition I feel they deserved. Does anybody know if they
released a single called 'The Devil And The Darkness' circa October of
either 83, 84 or 85? I can remember it clearly and I'm sure it was Freur
but I've been unable to confirm it or find a copy (if one exists).
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their name was a funny squiggle which probably deterred some potential
customers. Thus "Doot Doot" only got to number 59 in the UK in 1983. I
have no idea what they sounded like. Stupid gimmick though.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Glenn Frey
Ex of the Eagles. Nothing much else to report.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Fripp & Eno
I have one of their albums (they only have 2 together I believe). It is
not standard music, but more like semi-melodic sounds. It is very
bizarre and it may take a few more listens before I appreciate it.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
wonderful stuff. Try "No Pussyfooting".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Robert Fripp
The anti-guitar-slinger. Suave, educated, frantic. His "Exposure" is
quite an exploration, with moody art pieces, straight ballads, guitar
squonk, found sound, the works. Was in King Crimson, which I know little
about. Likes to tinker with tape loops, making sleak, shiny tones that
drift in and out of the fog. Produced the Roches first album.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
the Beethoven of 20th century rock. Everything he touches sounds golden.
Try middle period King Crimson - "Starless and Bible Black", "Red",
"Lark's Tongues in Aspic". Or "Exposure", or Frippertronics.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Edgar Froese
Founder of Tangerine Dream. What I've heard of his solo work (Stuntman)
was pretty good, but I prefer his work with Tangerine Dream.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Stalwart Tangerine Dream member. His best solo album is "Stuntman".
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Funkadelic
can you say funk? george clinton is god. funkadelic is one of the most
sampled bands by hip hoppers currently. find out where it began!
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Fuzzbox
BIG BANG! is a fun album, thick sound and a good mix of stuff.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Early stuff used a genuine fuzzbox, sounded a bit amateurish though. New
stuff is slick but a bit bland. They have bigger hits with the bland
stuff.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their new album "Big Bang!" is such fun! Overproduced breathy girl pop,
but such a party to listen to...
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
G love E
created with Ice T the song "Alice": low level Hip House
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Peter Gabriel
Ex-leader of Genesis suddenly popular for the retrofitted Motown of
"Sledgehammer". Extremely iconoclastic and deeply committed to world
political issues.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
excellent. Try his first four albums, the ones all named "Peter
Gabriel".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Former Genesis lead singer. His earlier solo work (e.g "Games Without
Frontiers", "Shock the Monkey") was interesting and innovative
progressive music, but I have to side with the people who say that his
album "SO" stands for "Sold Out". However,what I've heard of his most
recent work, the soundtrack for _The Last Temptation of Christ_, sounded
good, so maybe there is hope for him after all...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
GREAT great great. Get his stuff.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
He is a major force in music today, and a good one in my opinion. His
work with Genesis was excellent. His solo albums very good but are
inconsistent. He doesn't have a totally great (every track) solo album,
but how many groups can manage that. He also produces a lot of good
music, Kate Bush would probably never have made it if not for Peter
Gabriel.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Like a lot of people it seems, I like his older stuff better. I think
that "Sledgehammer" was very good but overplayed; I do like the way in
which he says things without making them so obvious that they slam you
on the head.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Most albums are different from each other, due to him choosing different
producers for each album. My fav. is PG IV, also known as "Security in
the US. The best introduction would be his live album.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
PASSION.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Peter Gabriel is a musical genius!!! He was fantastic in Genesis, and
his solo material is quite amazing as well. Most of his solo stuff is
just basically straight-forward rock, but his writing style is great.
The albums _Birdy_ and _Passion_ are just electronic music, but these
albums are fantastic as well. Recommendations: _Peter Gabriel_ (melty
face), _Birdy_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Raspy, former lead vocalist for Genesis. Unlike _So_, his music has an
unusual flavor. Security is one of his best works.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
So was one of his best albums. I loved it.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Gang of Four
Amazing up to "Hard",which blew.Jon King and Andy Gill supposedly are
reviving the band,though it is doubtful they'll get participation from
from former members David Allen(King Swamp),Sara Lee(B-52's), or Hugo
Burnham(a&r for IslandRRecords).I'm supposed to be introduced to Hugo
sometime.Should be an interesting reunion , as Gill's solo 12" was
horrible as well.I'm curious. Gang of Four section that REM have covered
two of their songs live in recent years, "What We All Want" and "We Live
As We Dream,Alone".
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
Avowed communists who wanted to shake some serious booty. Some of the
most pointed lyrics in punk linked with jarring bass and jagged shards
of guitar.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
their first two albums were good, before their original bassist left and
League of Gentlemen's Sara Lee replaced him.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Michael Garrison
Anyone know where to get his albums? The one out in 86 (the one with
Synthation Flow -- was it called Synthetic Pleaseure) is on some small
label out of Oregon. No wonder even Tower records didn't have it. My
copy of it - a taped record has skips and scratches. Nifty synthesizer
stuff. Nice to know someone else has heard of him.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Bob Geldof
Meager musician, master scenemaker.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
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Gene Love Jezebel
At one time, Gene Loves Jezebel, Love And Rockets, and the Cure was all
I would listen to. This is the only band that survived. They generally
got better with each album, with _Discover_ as the best, but _House of
Dolls_ broke the trend. It's O.K., but nothing to get excited about. I'm
hoping that the new one will be better.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Genesis
One-time art-rockers turned into pop hit factory. Even so, their pop has
a lot of taste behind it so that they don't have to look around to "the
latest thing" to know what will work.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The band has gone through 2 vocalists & two phases of music. To me,
Gabriel sounds nothing like Collins. Music of today is simple pop (save
1 or 2 songs). _Foxtrot_ is a "must have".
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
they were good until Peter Gabriel left. Try "Foxtrot", "The Lamb Lies
Down on Broadway".
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
You can't go wrong if you buy an album by Genesis from the 70s. Even the
80s albums are very good, although I didn't like 'Invisible Touch' very
much. In general the albums with Peter Gabriel were the best, especially
'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'. They are a great band to see live
also. I would have loved to see a Gabriel era Genesis concert, but it
was before my time.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
You mean Phil Collins?
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
_Duke_ and before Yay!!!! After _Abacab_ Nay!!!! _Abacab_ I kind of
float between. At their best when Gabriel was singing. Their older stuff
with Peter Gabriel is defintiely progressive rock. Great stuff. _Duke_
is my all-time favorite album. Musically, that album is just excellent,
and very well-crafted. Their later stuff (after _Abacab_) has become on
the pop side, which I can do with out. Recommendations: _Selling England
By The Pound_, _The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway_, _Duke_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
I like most of their old music. Lamb Les Down on Broadway is very good.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Giant
An excellent debut album. Their lead singer is also their lead guitarist
, a strange combination. Still, they look promising for the '90s.
- Tom Gryn TAG2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Gillian & Glover
Deep Purple alumni, otherwise disapponting.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
David Gilmore
Guitarist/writer for Pink Floyd. His playing seems out of date now.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Is it Gilmour or Gilmore? Without a doubt, he is my favorite guitarist.
He doesn't have the speed/technique that lots of steves have, but his
music is 20 times better! Listen to anything by him, but he is at his
best in the earlier PF stuff.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
He was Syd Barrett's guitar teacher.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Gist
the moxham brothers (orinally of the young marble giants) write nice pop
songs with intelligent use of instrumentation. check it out.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Philip Glass
Looks a lot like Steve Reich,but is easily more boring.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
One Two Three Four, One Two Three Four...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
try "North Star", "The Photographer", "Einstein on the Beach". Some of
his stuff gets boring.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Gary Glitter
Another one of those people who hit it big in England and the US
audience basically ignored for the most part. I was in England in the
winter of '73 and heard the countdown of the year and he had a number of
songs placing quite well there. I liked the music quite a lot at the
time. I've heard he has tried a few comebacks since those days.
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Where would hockey games be without this guy?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Wrinkley and knows it.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Go Betweens
scotish pop with a desire to make fun of notions of pop.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Go Go's
I like their first album the best. Good stuff, but downhill from there
on out, winding up with the lead singer (cant remember her name) doing
generic female pop.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I still love 'em. Beauty and the Beat one of 10 favorite lps of 80s.
What energy. I think I liked Belinda chubby. Love Jane Wiedlin in "Head
over Heels" video. Bright and bouncy pop at its finest, with decent (ie
thoughtful) lyrics (see Lust to Love). Jane Wiedlin's rush hour my
favorite song of 88. Not too impressed with the Graces other than "Lay
Down your Arms" however.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Way fun all female band born as a joke on the L.A. punk scene. Went on
to fabulous debut album, then crashed and burned three albums later.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Whoopi Goldberg
Singing?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer of numerous soundtracks. Excellent composer. His style is very
orchestral.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Jerry Goodman
incredible fast, raunchy electric violinist for the first Mahavishnu
Orchestra ("Inner Mounting Flame", "Birds of Fire"). Also did some good
progressive rock/"new age" albums on Albion.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Martin L Gore
Lead singer of Depeche Mode, now has a solo effort out, entitled the
"Counterfeit EP" which is not too bad. They're all covers of various
tunes (not especially famous ones), so he didn't expend any songwriting
effort on it. But it's soft and somewhat techy.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
classic pre-rap. still funky but noting the coming change in black
music.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Grandmaster Melle Mel
His group the Furious Five wrote and performed "The Message", considered
the first rap song with serious intent.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Al Green
A girl in my high school worshipped Al Green. He did a ripoff version of
"Take Me To the River."
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Sexy soul singer who doubles as ordained gospel artist.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Dick Gregory
Singing?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Started out as a comedian, turned into a political activist and weirdo
nutritionist on some macrobiotic diet.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Vince Guaraldi Trio
"Linus and Lucy" will live forever.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
H
Nina Hagen
Beverly Sills fights Popeye the Sailor for the control of one set of
vocal cords! Extremely weird East German with an impressive set of pipes
and not much taste. Very irritating.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
She looks real sexy and was a trendy new wave singer star for a little
while. Her bass player was bald which was cool.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Paul Haig
Ex lead singer and guitarist with Josef K. He's released a number of
albums (most on the Belgian 'Crepuscule' label) which are what I suppose
you would call guitar technopop. His 1985 single 'Heaven Help You Now'
is a classic (although, for some reason which escapes me totally, it
didn't even chart). His 1989 album 'Chain' was good, probably in my top
two or three for the year.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Hall & Oates
I prefer the Righteous Brothers.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Kings of blue-eyed soul, modern division. Good vocal control, even some
adventurous songs here and there.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Teeny bopper pop music. I've never heard a song by them that I liked.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
They're a top40 sugar pop act but Darryl Hall did some neat stuff with
Robert Fripp at one point, proving that he was cool. He sings on one
song off Fripp's "Exposure" - they had actually recorded more but Hall's
record company wouldn't let them release it and damage his teen idol
image, so Fripp got Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator to redo the
vocals ("I Smile Like Chicago"). Hall then released "Sacred Songs" which
also had some interesting stuff, i.e. a Frippertronics number.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer ruled when he was in the Mahavishnu Orchestra and he invented
the idea of playing a Minimoog Synthesizer in a horn section. He was a
damn good jazz keyboard player. Eventually he got TV, sold out to do the
Miami Vice soundtrack. now who knows? I hear that everyone in the
original Mahavishnu Orchestra wanted to rejoin for a reunion....except
Jan Hammer who was making too much money after selling out!
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Keyboard whiz known for collaborations with Jeff Beck, and providing
soundtrack for TV's "Miami Vice". Not especially interesting as a
musician.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Sort of defined a style for soundtrack music for a while. I do like his
Vice stuff; too bad the soundtrack albums don't have more of it on them.
ESCAPE FROM TELEVISION has some great driving music on it.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Yuppie rock.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Peter Hammill
The God of weird vocals. His group Van der Graaf Generator was a cult
favorite for many years, and he did lots of solo albums after that.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
The Hard-Ons
Make no bones about it, this is a skater hardcore band (I distinguish
this from hardcore, ie. "real" hardcore, which is nearly dead). Fast
tempo, not much of substance to say, not as much of the feeling of power
you might get from an older hardcore band, but still good.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Emmylou Harris
She has a pretty but unusual voice. It's almost spectral. She writes
some of her own stuff, but not very much. On "Bluebird", her latest
album, she wrote one song and co-wrote another, leaving eight written
entirely by other people. She's a good (if not prolific) writer, and the
songs she chooses are usually very good. Of course, a friend of mine
once remarked that she could sing the phonebook and make it sound good.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
Simon Harris
british samples & hip hop. lame compared to contemporary american
offerings.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Debbie Harry
Ex lead singer with Blondie. Solo stuff not as fun.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Good stuff with blondie. Listen to it.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Loved her in Blondie. Especially Parallel Lines.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
May be the only one who likes her album "Koo Koo". I think she's caught
in a tough spot and no stations will play her.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
She looks real sexy, if you turn off the sound she looks great. I guess
she sings OK too.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Cory Hart
Canadian boy desperate to prove he can sing Can't Help Falling In Love
worse than Bruce Springsteen. Catchy original stuff.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Proves anyone can be a star. (pure garbage)
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Grant Hart
husker du drummer after the breakup. bob mould continued the fuzz guitar
while grant chose to use more acoustic and synth. i like.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Dan Hartman
Best white guy impersonated by a black man in a music video and film. (I
Can Dream About You, from Streets Of Fire) Played with the Edgar Winter
Group for a while.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Richie Havens
acoustic guitar/singer, was there at Woodstock singing "Freedom."
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Self-taught folk singer/guitarist. Went on first at Woodstock when
openers were caught in traffic. Very emotional performer lyrically,
using the guitar in a percussive manner, strumming furiously.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Hawkwind
lords of frightening acid rock - the "Sonic Ritual" ruled.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Justin Hayward
How have his solo albums been? Only for a Moodies completist or what?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Justin Hayward & John Lodge
_Blue Jays_ is probably the finest album of Moody Blues-style music ever
made, even though only two of the Moodies appeared on it. I like it more
than I like the "real" Moody Blues albums. Highly recommended.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Ofra Haza
"Yemenite Songs" is one of the best albums of its kind. The orchestral
arrangements are flawless and the woman sure knows how to sing. The
lyrics are rather trivial, though (but who cares, they're in Arabic,
Aramaic, and Hebrew !) I hope she doesn't become too Westernized in
time.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I dunno, I liked her better in "Pump Up The Volume" than on most of her
"real" releases . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Heaven 17
Ex-members of the Human League, never quite as successful. They needed
a decent singer.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Michael Hedges
One of the few acoustic guitarists in the New Age field who doesn't put
me to sleep. Especially check out his _Live At The Double Planet_, where
he treats us to his rendition of "All Around The Watchtower".
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Heino
Hey, he's got Andy Warhol's hair, Roy Orbison's glasses, and Arnold
Schwarzenegger's gap between his teeth. Sings like Arnold too, but he's
been around since *forever* in Germany. Like Englebert Humperdinck, I
guess. Way-camp!
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Jimi Hendrix
Fantastic Guitarist: combine David Gilmour with Eddie Van Halen!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
The greatest guitarist ever. Jimi *was* the guitar.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Very little needs to be said here; though I don't think he is the
greatest guitarist ever from a technical point of view (Steve Vai, Eddie
Van Halen, Steve Morse, etc. beat him on this, sorry). From an "emotion"
point of view, perhaps. I'd still like to have seen him cut heads with
Vai or Van Halen.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Nona Hendryx
Heard a bit of her stuff in a "Sound Warehouse" it was good.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Herman's Hermits
A big favourite of my wife. These were the songs we sang on the bus
during school field trips and summer camp. Herman played in the area
recently and his show was broadcast on local television, he's pretty
much lost it.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Beatles knock-off with enough charm and luck to actually record a few
respectable hits. Produced by Mickie Most, who later produced Jeff Beck.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Nick Heyward
ex haircut 100 vocalist continues his syruppy smooth crooning over lush
production. nice to make a girl by.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Hiroshima
I liked _Go_ a lot.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Light jazz/pop stuff, kinda tasty too.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Hit House
"Jack To The Sound..." was a good party 12".
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Alias Peter Slaghuis from DMC England. Average House Music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Dutch house artist (Peter Slaghuis - "Slaghuis" = "Hithouse"). Pretty
good. Had hits with "Jack to the Sound of the Underground" (cf Fast
Eddie) and "Move Your Feet to the Rhythm of the Beat". His basslines
often imply the wrong chord for the tune which is typical of Dutch house
music and somewhat endearing.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Michael Hoenig
"Departures from the Northern Wasteland" was an excellent new age album.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Yet another ex-Tangerine Dream synth player. His first album, _Departure
from the Northern Wasteland_, is one of the best TD-like albums I've
heard. If you like Tangerine Dream in their mid-late-70s incarnation,
you'll like this Hoenig album. I haven't heard his 2nd album, _Xcept
One_, so I can't comment on it.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Allan Holdsworth
He was the guitar player for Tony Williams' Lifetime after John
McLaughlin left the band, that's how I first heard of him. He plays a
mean guitar.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
Jools Holland
What has he done outside of Squeeze?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Mic Holwin
Synthesizer-laden New Age music, I believe. What I've heard of his
_Starting to Remember_ album, I liked.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
John Lee Hooker
Blues is great, but I don't know much about him in particular.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Last of the real-life bluesmen who learned the idiom first-hand. Gruff,
no bullshit attitude. Idolized by all those brit bluesboys like Clapton,
Richards, Mayall.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Peter Hope and Richard Kirk
Is this Richard H. Kirk from Cabaret Voltaire?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Lightnin' Hopkins
A song by REM, found on "Document".
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
James Horner
Composed many soundtracks. At the moment, I can only remember "Willow",
but he has done better ones.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Housemartins
Sadly the boys from Hull have broken up. I really like this band, but
it's hard to describe music. The band once used the term "garage
gospel." Ex-Housemartin P.d.Heaton is now in the Beautiful South.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Musical trainspotters.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
One of those bands whose every thing I've heard I love but I never
picked anything up. "Happy Hour" is just too cool for words . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
....uwm!uwpvacs!datta
uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 11 of 19 (Thru Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)
Whitney Houston
AARRGGHH!! Absolutely empty of content. Disproves the theory that all
black people have soul.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
BLECCCH!!!!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Performs live better than on her albums, but she shouldn't be afraid of
making an actual statement in her lyrics or her music.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Perhaps the world's most boring top 40 singer. She has a great voice but
has absolutely no idea what to do with it.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
Uhhhhh . . . yeah.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
James Newton Howard
Robert Howard and Kim Mazelle
The single "Wait" was a one-off. House. A brilliant track and a bigger
hit than either of the two have had (or ever will have) independently.
Robert Howard is Dr Robert of the Blow Monkeys. Trivia - originally Sam
Brown was supposed to sing Kim's part. Daft lyrics - "Even though it's
shallow I was shipwrecked on the shores of your loving".
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They decided to undergo the Dance Music test. "Wait" (through various
remixes) is good but I don't like the other titles.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Steve Howe
Exceptional guitarist most notably with Yes for many years. His
inventive solo spots like "Mood for a day" & "The Clap" are constant
live favourites. Solo album "The Steve Howe Album" is incredibly diverse
& eclectic but his very individual style shines through.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Former guitarist for Yes, Asia, GTR. If you can find his solo album _The
Steve Howe Album_, it's highly recommended; it contains both somewhat
Yes-like pieces of music and all acoustic-guitar excursions rather
reminiscent of Michael Hedges.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Guitarist for Yes; Anderson, Bruford...; Asia. See comment for Billy
Currie. Did some solo albums. I only have "Beginnings". Great guitarist,
but can't sing very well.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Human League
A reminder of the Good Old Days in the early 80s..."Empire State Human"
was excellent..the album "Dare" is a classic..they've practically
disappeared now though.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good band. Better in the early 80's.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
I know it's supposed to be trendier to like early, pre-Heaven 17 Human
League, but I like their later material. 'Mirror Man' is great. Are they
still around? I'm sure I remember hearing a Human League track where it
was just the two girls singing and there was no Phil Oakey. Has he left?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The dark haired girl was really cute, but I kept gettin her confused
with that guy! Some good songs, some bad.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Ashley Hutchings
"The Godfather of English Folk-Rock," Hutchings was a founding member of
Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and the Albion Band, the three most
successful groups in the genre. The Albion name became applied to
whoever Hutchings was working with lately, so the albums under that name
show a wide range of styles and quality; Carthage has reissued the best
ones on LP. In the early 80's Hutchings & the Albions went into a
tailspin, producing sappy original songs which I found difficult or
impossible to stomach; however, he seems to have learned how to write
decent songs, because the Albions' 1989 album "Give Me A Saddle, I'll
Trade You A Car" was solid, if quirky.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Husker Du
Another band with two very different styles, though I've heard only one
of them (the later stuff, I think). The band's two major influences,
Hart and Mould, each gave a very different sound -- I like Mould's
better because I think it's more developed and is more musical. Mould's
style in what I've heard (off of _Warehouse Songs and Stories_) is much
like what you hear off of his solo album. Definitely progressive.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
what a rock band hopes to be. serious engery with a purpose. never a
compromise.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Ice Cube
From NWA. Very good.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Ice-T
Good Rap from NYC.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
A rapper with a hard, dangerous edge; for hard-core rap fans only.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Whatta guy to put on Oprah Winfrey!!! The dead kennedys (jello biafra?
Bianca jaffrey?) guy was better.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
IdeoLA
Often spelled "iDEoLA" this is a one-man group, that man being Mark
Heard. The only album I know of by this "group" is called _Tribal Opera_
(1988?) and is worth picking up. Heard has recorded in the past with a
mostly acoustic pop sound, I think, and created IdeoLA to accomodate a
stylistic change. _Tribal Opera_ is slickly produced and contains some
eccentric and provocative lyrics and rock. My favorite song from the
album, "How to Grow Up Big and Strong" was recently covered by Olivia
Newton-John, I think. (Oh well, you can't win them all.) From what I
understand, IdeoLA has broken up, so to speak, and Heard is forming a
real band, a.k.a. The Mark Heard Band.
- Robbie Davis rdavis@en.ecn.purdue.edu
Iggy Pop
Possibly brain-damaged singer once known for masochistic stage act. Has
cooled out some, but is still uglier than Jagger. "Lust for Life" song
and album are priceless rock.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Incantation
"Cacharpaya" got to number 12 in the UK in 1982..Wind pipes of the
Andes. Pleasant enough in small doses.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Incorporated Thang Band
george clinton produced contemporary funk.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Information Society
One dance band that I like!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
What I've heard sounds very like the Human League. Does all their
material sound like this? If so, I'll have to buy some, since the Human
League don't seem to be releasing much these days..
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Interior
I bought their first album, because of the song "Hot Beach". I was
extremely disappointed with the rest of the music. I seriously think the
rest of the music is quite poor and lacking in a lot of ways. I am very
curious to hear their second album, and see if it's any better.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
INXS
I especially like their album Kick.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Iron Maiden
Forget anything after "Number of the Beast" as they become
self-plagiarising and seem content to rest on old laurels. First three
albums are essential.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good heavy metal.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak is an amalgam of the fifties and the 80s-90s. Many people
have compared him to Elvis, and his style and voice certainly reflect
the Elvis influence. But one senses that he's not just a one-trick-pony;
he has a sense of what music has come to in recent times. He is
absolutely not to be missed live; his stage banter is marvelous and he
has better comic timing than most comedians.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
His lp a couple years back was neat. The one in 89 was disappointing,
almost easy listening.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Strangely dark rockabilly revivalist. Stretches the genre past simple
I-IV-V progressions and 4/4 time. Looks really cool in his blonde
pompadour.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Isley Brothers
do-wop funk.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
David J
mostly acoustic songs by the love & rockets (& bauhaus) bass player.
very enjoyable.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Joe Jackson
I *love* the live album.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Jackson 5
the best band of all time. to hear 8 year old michael tell a woman to
"show me what you can do" is worth any price.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
James
intelligence in songwriting. tight, talented. in a word: buy.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
James Kirk
ex orange juice guitarist tries his hand. his best tune is still
_felicity_.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Jam
what a guitar-based pop band hopes to be. they ruled the british charts
for 4 years and then disbanded while still on top and in their early
twenties. then paul went onto form the style council.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
The Jams
I assume you mean the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu here - they were a
scottish hip hop group (yes!) and they were hilarious. Unfortunately,
they got into trouble over their sampling practices and they've since
dissolved. They came back to life recently as The KLF which doesn't do
the sampling/rap stuff as much, unfortunately. Their is a greatest hits
album available in America now. Their first (and best) album has been
deleted due to the long samples of ABBA...
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
You mean the Jam? If so, leading mod revivalist band revved up to punk
speed and attitude while retaining some semblance of lyricism. At least
one excellent album, "Sound Affects" (sic).
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
_Doctorin' the Tardis_
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Jean Michel Jarre
Another of my favorite electronic musicians. He really takes his
equipment to it's limits. _Zoolook_ shows how he can use samples to
create great music, while _Oxygene_ is more analog synths, and shows
what fantastic music he can create with this much older technology. He
has several live albums as well, with the China Concerts being the best.
Recommendations: _Oxygene_, _Zoolook_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Anything up to 'Zoolook' and bits of 'Rendezvous' are great. Anything
after this is, well, um, er. Listen to 'Jarre Live' or 'Revolutions' to
see what I mean. He's been really disappointing recently.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Edgecutting guy but he burned out bad after ZOOLOOK. Thinks he's some
sort of pop god now, and I guess the number of people at his concerts
bears that out somehow but I have no idea why. Destined to be the next
Liberace if he doesn't shape up REAL SOON NOW...
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
French synthesizer player. Has done some of the best work in the
synth-music realm, with his early albums like _Equinoxe_, _Magnetic
Fields_, etc. _Zoolook_ was also an interesting album, with its bizarre
little bits of taped vocals popping up here and there throughout the
piece. His more recent work hasn't been as interesting, though.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
GOD. What Tangerine Dream aspires to be.(I'm gonna get killed for that
one, but that's how I feel) His earlier albums tend to be simpler in
comparison to his later works, but if you look at them as a natural
evolution of sounds, then it all makes sense.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Great synthesist, but I think he made more live and best-of albums of
his studio album material than actual studio albums.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Oxygene is a work of art. Bose Speakers used to use part of it for their
radio ads. Equinoxe is neat too. My first CD.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Oxygene, Equinoxe & Magnetic Fields are excellent. Some people didn't
seem to like his experimental album Zoolook, however I thought it was
innovative. Rendez-vous was ok, and his last album, Revolutions was
awful. Don't buy any of his live albums except for The Concerts in
China.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
_Oxygene_ was all right.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
John Jarvis
One of my favorites! Has threee albums. Whatever Works is his most
recent (As far as I know) and contains the song "Paul Wants a Pig" It is
definitely interesting. (I am listening to it as I type!)
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Jazz Butcher
do i like the jazz butcher? by my count, the most consistently improving
and transmorgrafying band of the 8Ts. pat fish is one witty gentleman.
buy all of his records and chat with him the next time he comes over.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Jefferson Airplane
As far as my corner of the world was concerned, JA WAS the San Fransico
psychedelic music scene.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Founding members of the San Francisco psychedelic sound. Lots of garbled
new-worldism and plenty of acid anthems. Birthed Hot Tuna, Jefferson
Starship, Starship, and finally, Jefferson Airplane.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Good stuff, but then they changed their name
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I'm still holding out against the new one. Second best band ever to come
out of the USA.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Remember them for a couple epochal songs. Otherwise a decent band.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Marshall Jefferson
Aknowledged as the "Best US Dance Music Producer" according to DMC 1989
awards.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Jesus And Mary Chain
great chaotic psychedelia!! blazing art-noise!! feedback is wonderful!!
get any of their albums!! darklands is not as good as the rest.
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
I like to think of them as the Smiths with feedback. I really like
"April Sky" from _Darklands_. However, it's hard to listen to a Jesus
And Mary Chain album from beginning to end (esp. _Psychocandy_) because
the buzzing gets on one's nerves.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Not bad, but over-hyped.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The last great band to come out of Scotland. ZZ Top meets Marc Bolan.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The one song I heard by them was great.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Two Scottish brothers in 1982 decided they could become a band. So they
did, playing lousy clubs in Europe, wearing only clothes that were
either black or covered with offensive words (to some), and never
removing the sunglasses because supposedly sunlight in their eyes would
induce a violent reaction with the 35% LSD content of their bodies. Had
a "live" album entitled "S.E.X" then the successful "Psychocandy" then
the hit British single "Some Candy Talking" then "Darklands," which saw
the virtual disappearance of their heavy feedback sound and the
development of lyrics with some meaning. Then "Barbed Wire Kisses," a
collection which actually offered "Upside Down," their first and rare 7"
release. Now "Automatic," which, although it offers some good music, a
couple of new rhythms (for them, anyway), and a unity of sound, doesn't
please many of their earlier fans. The video for "Blues from a gun"
actually has groupies in it, a drummer (they gave up their drummer for
the Darklands tour, angering many fans) who isn't playing, and Jim (?)
isn't even wearing sunglasses. Anyone know any concert info on these
folks?
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Jethro Tull
anyone figured out what G__R suggests? Must be something british. Guess
where I first heard them? On a top 40 station! yes, WKBW in Buffalo NY
had a radio version with "edits".
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
At their peak, they're one of my favorite bands. I haven't heard much of
their newer music, but I'm not very optimistic about it. I don't mean to
belittle them, they have many great songs.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Classic rock the way it should be, with Anderson's own wonderful style
of flute playing. My favorite album of theirs is probably _A_, but
that's because I'm also a confirmed Jobson fanatic as well.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good, though I don't quite know how to classify him (perhaps, the dot
product of Jazz and Metal??)
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Great music for 16-19 year old guys. I loved 'em when I was that age. If
you are over 30 and still love 'em, grow up!!
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
MTV thinks they're heavy metal! He invented a seed drill. Gave Marillian
their start, so I can forgive them the last two albums.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
See Ian Anderson.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Some good sacreligious songs...
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Thousands of albums and you'd have to be a complete addict to buy them
all. Content yourself with "Aqualung" & "Thick as a Brick"; and "Crest
of a Knave" for an excellent example of post-Brothers in Arms heavy
rock.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Very good band. Great on tour. And how many other rock bands have a
flute as their main instrument?
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Inspired Weird Al's classic: I Love Rocky Road.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Joan Jett wears too much black leather, and "I hate myself for loving
you" sounds like a line from _Fatal Attraction_.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Rockingest woman on the scene. Owes a lot to punk's fury, but also has
one foot firmly in AM radio rock. Don't fuck with her.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
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Eddie Jobson
Great keyboardist and violin player; alas, those who've only heard his
~1985 release _Theme of Secrets_ on Private Music have never heard his
awesome skills on the electric violin. He started out as Darryl Way's
replacement in the art-rock band Curved Air, and played on their 4th
album _Air Cut_. After that, he left and joined Roxy Music as Eno's
replacement and stayed there until ~1976. Then he played in Frank
Zappa's band for a while, and then was invited by Robert Fripp to join
the new re-united King Crimson he was forming. Fripp backed out at the
last minute, and the other musicians (Jobson, Wetton, and Bruford)
joined up with Holdsworth to form UK. After the UK breakup, Jobson
released a solo album, _The Green Album_, which I think contains some of
his best violin and keyboard playing ever. Then around 1985 he released
an all-Synclavier album _Theme of Secrets_, which was good, though his
violin playing was sorely missed. As far as I know, he hasn't recorded
anything since. Anybody know what he's doing these days??
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
One of the lesser-known art rockers of the 70s, who made his mark in a
number of bands (Roxy Music, the fourth incarnation of Jethro Tull). his
most notable contribution to art-rock was his synthesizer and violin
contributions in UK; stunning. Equally stunning was a hard-to-find solo
work called "The Green Album" which was instrumental art-rock; he then
made a solo album for Private Music, which highlighted his recent foray
into the Fairlight EMI keyboards. This all-instrumental album is NOT
"New Age", and it will be interesting to see what Jobson puts together
in the coming decade.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Matt Johnson
frontman for the the. this is one of the best records of the 8Ts:
innovative use of found sounds and synth. kinda eno-esque.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Jomanda
The sound of Garage Music from NYC.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Howard Jones
Sensitive synth guy prone to inspirational ditties. Can get funky if
called upon.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Wish I had some albums. I've liked what I've heard.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Jill Jones
She takes to much songwriting credit on her first album, half of it at
least shoulkd go to Prince.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Tom Jones
He is my least favorite singer.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
My mom liked his TV show, I liked "What's New Pussycat" even before I
knew what it was about.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Josef K
Cult Scottish indie group of the early eighties. Similar in some ways to
the sound of Aztec Camera or Orange Juice. Malcolm Ross, their guitarist
and violinist, went on to become a member of the aforementioned Orange
Juice. Paul Haig, their lead vocalist, went on to a solo hit. More
people have probably heard Propaganda's cover of their song 'Sorry For
Laughing' than have actually heard Josef K themselves.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
early 8Ts scotch tongue-in-cheek pop band.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Journey
A bad copy of bad Starship.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Don't know any of their pre-popular albums; however "Escape" &
"Frontiers" are probably the two best AOR albums ever recorded. "Raised
on Radio" is slightly less consistent but still excellent.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
their music is really good. It's a shame they Broke up.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Yucch Yucch Yucch. I hate steve perrys voice. I hate journeys music. I
hate bands who are popular with 12 year old girls.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Joy Division
some feel that joy division holds a place in the annals as THE most
important post-punk band. debatable, but essential nonetheless. go for
_unknown pleasures_ and keep in mind that this band went on to become
new order after ian killed mimself.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
This is arguably the most influencial progressive band ever; many
current progressive bands claim JD as their influence. JD gave rise to
New Order when Ian Curtis hanged himself. I like JD for the range of
their style and because their songs tend to mean a lot to me. I consider
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" to be in the top five progressive songs,
possibly #1. Ian Curtis, however, could not sing on key.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
With bands far more obscure than New Order on the list, Joy Division
shouldn't have been overlooked. It is different from New Order, of
course, with Ian Curtis' agonizing voice (you either like it, endure it,
or hate it) and a much less dance oriented sound, although it had the
elements, if not the rhythm and upbeat lyrics.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Judas Priest
"Sad Wings of Destiny" is superb; as is "British Steel", "Screaming for
Vengeance" and "Turbo". The rest range from average to terrible.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I'm not a big Metal fan. But I do like these guys.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
One-time hard-rockers who slipped into the heavy metal stream.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Jungle Brothers
Their "Can U feel it" is a masterpiece of 1987 house music. Recently
they turned to hip house and it's very good.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
soul brothers of the band de la soul. pastiche hip hop & lovable rap.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Chaka Kahn
Full-throated vocalist who started with Rufus and then established her
own presence. By turns bluesy, funky, sexy, or wailing.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I love them.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Mark Kammins
Very interesting NYC producer. He decided to sample all musics from the
world. The result is a strange and repetitive house music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Nik Kershaw
Engaging British popster. His "Wouldn't It Be Good" is universally
liked, but for some reason he never really caught on in this country.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Keyma
The dub version of "Tell it" is good.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Killing Joke
Has two VERY different styles; one (as evidenced by _Revelations_) is
their older style and could be called "atonal hardcore"; the other one
(for example _Brighter than a Thousand Suns_) has a different sound
which is harder to name but which I'd say is definitely progressive. A
little like the late era Joy Division and early Love and Rockets, but
not much. Their songs have some good images (eg. "The magic of our
science / Shines brighter than a thousand suns") but the words are
usually impossible to understand.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
B.B. King
Wrings heartache from his guitar "Lucille". Makes commercials for
McDonalds.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
King Crimson
Challenging art rock that spans three decades.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Classic progressive-rock/jazz band from the early 70s/early 80s. The
member- ship changed on practically every album, except for Robert
Fripp, who played guitar on all of them. Many of the finest musicians in
the prog-rock world are ex-Crimsonites (Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, John
Wetton, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They are a group of very skilled musicians. I even like their music.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
The Kinks
Somestimes cerebral, sometimes loud, sometimes sappy, always fun-loving
British Invasion outfit that fooled 'em all and lasted quite a while,
though their output of late has been tame.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Kiss
Corporate hard rock for brain-damaged teens.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Have you seen that magazine "Kiss Guitarists?" Need I say more? Ok:
BLECCH!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Kitaro
Mainly "ambient". I hate ambient music.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Much too sleepy, I'm afraid. Some use as background noise.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Soothing, new age artist. However, most of his songs are very repetitive
and slow paced. IMHO, "Light of the Spirit" is the only album worth
listening to.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Space-age Newage music. He did the soundtrack for a Japanese telly
program "The Silk Road", this supposedly is his best album.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Klark Kent
ex police guitar player goes solo. neato K-shaped album cover & 10"
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Mark Knopfler
Great guitarist, okay songwriter.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Great soundtrack work, especially "Local Hero". One of the best guitar
players in the world, too.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
One of the more literate of the "pop" stars. _Local Hero_ was good.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
possibly the world's greatest guitarist. Like his vocals too
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins
I love the song they do together. I wish someone would start selling the
video in Canada. Chet's CDs are nearly impossible to find here, I'm not
sure if they sell out so fast or if the record stores just don't
recognize a great roots artist. Probably the latter :-(
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Kodo
If you mean Koto . . . "Dragon's Legend" is one of the best Eurodance
tracks I've *ever* fucking heard, right up there in cool quotient with
Yello's best stuff. Their other stuff I've only heard bits and pieces
of. Too bad they don't really get out of Europe.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Kon Kan
Techno pop using old songs. It has a beat and you can dance to it.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Leo Kottke
"My Father's Face" was a welcome return to the inspired lunacy which
originally attracted me to him in the 70's. Always a fine live
performer.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
I think I can dance.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Unique, self-taught guitarist with a whimsical streak to song titles.
Hard to pin down stylistically. How about "baroque folk"?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Kraftwerk
A very strange band. I have two of their albums, and from my experience,
you can either take them as humorous or serious, but not in-between, or
you'll find it too silly.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Are they still around? 'Autobahn' must be my favourite album of theirs,
but I like most of their material. Good, no nonsense, electronic music.
No messing around with string synths or vocal effects, it's just 'beep
beep bloop'.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Flash in the Old Pan.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
German, electronic band. Their early stuff was their best. Then they
gradually got worse and worse, until they became what they are today.
IMHO, "Autobahn" is their best.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Great electronic pop band, but before their time. They were creating
music somewhat similar to New Order and Depeche Mode, but back in the
70's. Don't be misled by this, I just mean they were one of the early
groups that led up to the groups we hear today, not that they sound
EXACTLY like them. They can be quite humorous at time. Recommendations:
_Man Machine_, _Computerworld_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Haven't done anything in ages. "Computer World" is the best album -
"Tour De France" was a great single and is still played in niteklubs but
it never had a corresponding album, unless "Techno Pop" really exists.
It is mentioned on the spiel on the back of the "Computer World" CD but
I have never seen it.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Might sound a bit out-dated now. Although they are quite unique.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The original synth band. Four Germans who disdain any kind of
non-electronic sounds, with results ranging from soothing to grating.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Very machine sounding -- synth pioners -- sequencer based -- didn't sell
out and moved to USA like other german synth pioner groups I can think
of. Tour De France -- European Single Hit (!) They do tend to bring
their MANMACHINE tendensy a bit to far to my taste. Latest desent album:
Don't remeber the title but it's something like: Music-Non-Stop Techno
POP. One could possibly say that they are not instrumental, but they
usually succeed in making their vocal 'unhuman'.
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Kraze
Good house music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Robby Krieger
Doors guitarist.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Held the Doors together musically.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
I hate the doors.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Kronos Quartet
Every album a gem. I even like the Bartok!
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I haven't heard much, but would love to hear more of these people.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Joachim Kuhn
German jazz/"new-age" pianist. I've only heard his work on the Private
Music _Piano One_ sampler (which features him, Eric Watson, Ryiuchi
Sakamoto, and Eddie Jobson), but what I've heard I liked.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
L-Trimm
"Drop that bottom" is funny. But their rap is conventionnal.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Uh . . . yeah.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Patti La Belle
Soul diva fond of elaborate wigs. Graduated from the group La Belle.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Laibach
silly poseur east europeans do beatles & rolling stones covers. they
*almost* succeed in pulling off their proto-nazi front.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Landscape
Early eighties British technopop group with a rather original sound. I
don't know of any other group from this genre who made use of electric
trombones and flutes. 'Einstein A-Go-Go' is their best known song, but
doesn't strike me as particularly typical of their work.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Now we're talking. (UK) Electronic pop music from 1981. "European Man"
never charted (in 1980), "Einstein A Go-Go" reached number 5 as a sort
of novelty record, and "Norman Bates" got to number 40. One album -
"From the Tearooms of Mars to the Hellholes of Uranus." Still stands up.
The last three tracks on the album are cute electronic versions of a
Tango, a Beguine and something else (maybe a Mambo). "And now live, from
the Tearooms of Mars.. The Beguine!" Lightweight and fun.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
kd lang
A fellow Albertan.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Excuse me while I try not to barf.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
I tried to like "Angel With A Lariat" but eventually decided to file her
as "fake country music" and then forget her.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Lower case avant-country without compromise yet with enough brains to
dig up Patsy Cline's old producer for her traditional tribute
"Shadowland".
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
That should be: kd lang! She no longer claims to be the reincarnation of
Patsy Cline. A Canadian.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Who is this woman? Who granted her those godlike vocal powers? Yow! More
interesting than even Kate Bush lately, in my estimation . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
David Lanz
David Lanz & Paul Speer
I have a copy of their album "Desert Vision", Narada Equinox (1987).
It's quite an interesting album. Lanz & Speer manage to create some
wonderful "images" with their music. In my opinion "Eagle's Path",
"Desert Rain", and "Tawtoma" are a few of the better tracks on "Desert
Vision". Their other album "Natural Elements" (also Narada Equinox(?))
is less musically interesting than "Desert Vision".
- Simon Lea csc458@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
_Desert Vision_ is great. If you have a friend who wants to listen to
some new age music, this isn't a bad choice.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Laraaji
Latitude
A pair of "New Age" type musicians on the "Life Style" label. They have
two albums "Latitude", and "40 degrees North". The latter album is much
better than their first release ("Latitude"). If you have ever heard
EXchange's music, then the best way to describe Latitude would be a more
"honest", less "synthetic", less "dense", and less "intense" EXchange.
- Simon Lea csc458@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Leadbelly
Real Americana. Blues before it was anything near popular.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Led Zeppelin
A truly great rock and roll band. They played good 'hard' rock which
influenced much of today's heavy metal music. My favorite song of theirs
is 'The Rain Song'.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Astonishingly popular and influential blues rock/hard rock outfit years
after its demise. Songs held quasi-mystical themes good for smoking hash
to. Played at every single party I went to in High School.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Great, what more can you say.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
IV is the worshipped album although I've always preferred the heavyish
II and the relatively commercial "In Through The Out Door". "Houses of
The Holy" and "Physical Graffiti" should only be attempted once you're
into the band.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Some of their stuff I think is very good, but a lot of it just doesn't
do anything for me. I still think "Stairway" is one of the best, if not
THE best, classic rock songs.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
You know, if you program over all those tracks you hear on CLASSIC ROCK
RADIO! ALL YOUR FAVORITES, OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU PUKE!, there's
some really good stuff on their albums.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
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Alvin Lee
Brit guitar slinger who reached apogee playing "Going Home" at
Woodstock. Still powerful.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Okay hippie music.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Thomas Leer
Half of Act, see above. Never heard any of his solo work.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Legendary Pink Dots
almost lush synth-based songwriting with obscure 3rd person lyrics.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Grungy.And it's Legendary not Lonesome.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
John Lennon
"I don't believe in Beatles... I just believe in me" R.I.P.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
A heart-on-his-sleeve genius. The pied piper of his generation, whose
compositions haven't aged a day since their release.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
He wrote some good music after the Beatles, but he suffered a lot from
the loss of Paul McCartney as a co-songwriter. He was writing some real
good music around the time of his murder.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Some really good stuff, some really bad stuff. Mostly good.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Liaz
I love "house sensation".
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Little River Band
Some is okay, especially Lady.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Living Colour
"Vivid" ihas been one of my favourite albums for almost a year now.
Great lyrics, great tunes, ARSE-kicking sound.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good band, I like the guitarist of course. Should be required listening
for socially (un)conscious people.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Savvy, upstart hard rock band that happens to be black. Too soon to say
where they're headed, but "Cult of Personality" points to longevity.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
VERY impressive guitar work. "Cult of Personality" as an example --
there is a lot of emotion, a lot of hard-driving feelings coming through
that guitar. The songs beyond that are good in my opinion, too, but I
have a feeling that they might disappear as quickly as they came.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
LL Cool J
Stupid name.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
The best rapper before De La Soul.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
John Lodge
_Natural Avenue_ is, as far as I know, the only solo album Lodge did.
It's probably the second finest work done by solo members of the Moody
Blues (right after Hayward&Lodge's _Blue Jays_). This one, too, sounds
like the Moody Blues at their best.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The Long Ryders
I liked this band (Progressive, definitely), but it seemed to sink back
into oblivion rather quickly. Their song "Gunslinger Man" was a good
example of their work.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Lonesome Stardust Cowboy
Isn't "Paralysed" supposed to be one of the worst songs ever? I never
heard it though.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Long Fellow
I love the Garage-like house theme "This is penis".
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Love and Rockets
Their album _Express_ is, in my opinion, one of the top five progressive
albums I've ever heard. "An American Dream" (my favorite) off of that
album is very haunting; love those voices singing/chanting "ohhhhh!
ohhhh!" in the background, and also the way it builds up one way and
then suddenly shifts to something else. I think _Earth Sun Moon_ isn't
as good, and I believe that the newest one (_Love and Rockets_) is
terrible. I don't like "So Alive" for instance, because there's nothing
going on in the music beyond the obvious, and it doesn't say anything.
I think they sold out (in an interview, they even stated something to
the effect that they were now trying to write music to get them on the
charts -- tho don't flame me if I got the quote wrong).
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
This was one of my favorite bands arounfd the time of their _Express_
album. _Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven_ was ok and _Earth Sun Moon_
didn't impress me. The new album sounds a bit like _epress_ but is
nowhere near as good.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Loverboy
Blecch: commericial rock.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Lyle Lovett
Another great songwriter. He combines country with jazz, and his lyrics
are really off the wall. All of his albums are excellent.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
Lush
\'lesh\ adj - 1. characterized by abundance; 2. sensuous; 3. a hot new
band on the 4AD label, characterized by a sensuous layering of guitar,
synthesizer and voice, and highly recommended in the form of their
mini-LP "Scar".
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Ray Lynch
_The Sky of Mind_ is excellent ambient music, mostly synthesizers and
bells. Very nice to listen to.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Jeff Lynne
From ELO?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
He is a good producer. He wrote some excellent songs with ELO. He is
highly underrated in my opinion.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Mr. ELO. Overly swift studio technocrat, also capable of gettin' down
with the Wilburys.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
M
famed by Pop Musik. A good industrial band. I heard they have some new
material.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
M.A.R.R.S.
Pump Up The Volume, yup. that one. the songs made entirely of other
peoples samples. a hint of the future.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Sarah MacLachlan
Did she grow up loving Kate Bush? Who cares what she looks like, that
girl can SING!
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Madness
Mid 80's band. They were an interesting bunch of dudes.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Our house: a bizzare yet happy little ditty. Nothing special.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Some absolutely great stuff by these guys.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The only song I can name by them is 'Our House', which I like.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Ultrafun ska outfit. Not quite as jet-propelled as some of their peers,
but that gives more time to appreciate witty lyrics. Had a designated
dancer in the group.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Magma
Ah yes, Magma, the progressive rock/jazz-fusion/Carl Orff-ripoff band
from France. The singing by Christian and Stella Vander is excellent, as
is the drumming, bass playing, and guitar work. Their best album is
probably _Mekhanik Destruktiw Kommandoh_.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masakela
Banished South African performers that were popularized by Harry
Belafonte in the 50s and Paul Simon in the 80s.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
For my tastes, Makeba tended to do too much wimpy middle-aged Europop
during her commercial exile to Europe; her 60's US work and her two new
albums are folksier and more appealing. She deserves immense respect for
introducing black South African music to the US around 1960.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Henry Mancini
Another great! Listen to his stuff.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Soundtrack god responsible for the themes to "Peter Gunn", "The Pink
Panther" and countless others.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The John "film soundtrack" Williams of the 50s and 60s. Baby Elephant
Walk, Moon River and others were the bane of any youthful music student
in the sixties. Jim Hensen and his Muppets got their start with an
interpretation of his Mana-mana.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Manfredo Fest
Mannheim Steamroller
One of the best mixing of old world and new world sounds that I have
ever heard. I thought that YELLOWSTONE was a great album.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Everybody's heard of these guys. Classically influenced music that is
reminiscent of some of the better art-rock-classical-ripoff bands (e.g.
Ekseption, Sky).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Fresh Aire III is my favorite; I haven't liked too much of their work
after Fresh Aire V.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Instrumental musig. Relaxing and pleasurable to listen to.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
New age before it was called it.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
One of my favorite groups. Extremely well-crafted and well-recorded
music. Chip Davis really knows his stuff. Their style blends old and new
music together. Fresh Aire I-IV have a Renaissance blend to them, while
V and VI have a slightly more traditional sound. Their music is
extremely expressive. Fantastic!!!!! Recommendations: _Fresh Aire III_,
_Fresh Aire V_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Michael Manring
"Journey to the Center of Night" is another must-listen.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Zeke Manyika
extrovert drummer for orange juice after the breakup. african influenced
songs of unity.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Phil Manzanera
Former guitarist for Roxy Music. Good stuff, both with Roxy and solo.
Especially recommended: _801 Live_ with Manzenara, Brian Eno, and
Francis Monkman (ex-Curved Air).
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Ziggie Marley And The Melody Makers
A worthy heir to his father's musical contribution.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
He has the voice of his father, but not the talent, not the subtlety.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Martini Ranch
Hey! There's Ivan Ivan again, what the heck? "Hot Dog" on the Sire disc
is lotsa fun, I don't know about the album but hey, Bill Paxon from
Aliens is half the band, how stupid could it be?
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Umm...their album "Reach" was produced at Devo studios..I have to say
that their choruses are good but the verses are completely uninspired.
Sort of dance music, I guess.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Richard Marx
Great voice, good background. Has anybody but me noticed that "Hold on
to the Nights" and "Right Here Waiting" are in the same position on each
of his albums, and they seem to be a statement and reply combination?
'Course, it could be coincidence, but...
- Tom Gryn TAG2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Kathy Mattea
A country singer, she has one of the best voices that I've EVER heard.
Has a very pure sound.
- Tom Gryn TAG2@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
MC5
The first punk band? Known for overly sweaty rock when compatriots were
more or less tripping out slowly.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Meat Beat Manifesto
white boys with samplers and funk sensibilities.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Meatloaf
Slightly theatrical belter from the comedic fringe of rock.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Glen Medeiros
Appalling. I once bought a Glen Medeiros single for a friend. I was so
careful explaing that "it's not for me, it's for a friend" that the guy
behind the counter probablyt didn't believe me. Now I know what it feels
like to buy hardcore pornography...
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Megabyte
I heard an album of theirs once. Sort of electronic. I don't remember it
too well except that it was unremarkable and you could almost hear it
speeding up when they got to the "good bits".
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Nice, up-tempo, TDish electronic music. Who are they?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Melanie
A very gifted folk singer songwriter that got labled a flower-child and
could never live it down.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Winsome songstress of the hippie days. Delightful.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Men at Work
A band from down under that had some good songs but did not get the
airplay on their really good songs that they deserved.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Men Without Hats
Good band with good music. It is too bad they did not hit it big.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
They get written off as one-hit wonders, but their stuff like POP GOES
THE WORLD is pretty solid if you can get past the grundled vox.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
What a disappointment the Pop Goes the World album was. Some songs were
easy listening. But how can I dislike a song with lyrics like "5,6,7,8
and 9 everyone here is a friend of mine" and Moonbeam was nifty too.
Tired of Safety dance by now but "I Like" from the same lp's good.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Freddie Mercury
All pomp and surface attitude. Love it! If he and David Lee Roth ever
get into the same room the world will explode.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Incredible range!!!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Pat Metheny Group
A group that my girlfriend and I both agree on. Could liste to them for
hours.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
George Michael
needs a shave.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Pretender to Michael Jackson's throne. Might just make it.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Michelle Shocked
One of the most promising new songwriters. Her three albums show
enormous stylistic range, united only by consistent blues touches:
"Campfire Tapes" is mostly acoustic folk, "Short Sharp Shocked" is
country and rock and pop, and "Captain Swing" veers towards jazz and
swing stylings. Don't call her "the new Dylan", it might jinx her!
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
The Mighty Lemon Drops
These four Liverpudlians have a half-decent recipe for good albums --
write simple but solid pop songs, then perform them with loud guitars,
lots of enthusiasm, and a talented producer. Their latest album,
"Laughter", is their best; although the songs are somtimes
one-dimensional, they're very effective.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Ministry
More from Alain Jourgensoun (sp). This guy puts out more music in a year
than most groups in their entire career. "Twitch" and "Cold Day" were
industrial, but "With Sympathy" just dumped everything and went for the
bland commercial sound. Now "The Land of Rape and Honey" and "The Mind
is a Terrible Thing to Taste" bring that back, along with guitars and
synths comparable to jet engines. And a dentist drill as a featured
instrument.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
My absolute favorite industrial/techno/dance/punk/whatever band. Energy.
Energy. Energy. Favorite album: "The Land of Rape and Honey" Somehow,
"The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste" doesn't move me...
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
My current faves. Early stuff was heavy electropop, they had an
industrial dance phase (apparently) and now they make industrial thrash.
Violent. Brilliant. It's pretty hard to get in Glasgow though. I would
like to hear KMFDM as well..
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Minutemen
until their drummer lost his life, the minutemen, along with husker du,
were among the few voices of sanity & intelligence in alternative hard
pop.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Missing Persons
Early 80's punk. I miss them.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
I have their album with 'Destination Unknown' on it. I like that song
but not the rest of the album.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Okay, but went downhill. I like "Mental hopscotch" best of all. I also
liked the good looking dale bozio.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
The Mission
Gloom band from Liverpool.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Mission UK (in US)
good stuff. not as good as the work when hussey was with the sisters of
mercy, but still good.
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Joni Mitchell
Once she was personal and simple. Then she tried to get wider and
deeper, with varying success. Some of the jazz-tinged efforts work, but
she's basically out of her element.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Modern English
The only thing I've heard of theirs is "Melt with You" (correct title?),
I liked it. I wonder what ever happened to them.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Moev
white boys with samplers and no funk sensibilites. a coupla good dance
tunz: _crucify me_ & _open mind_.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Momus
Airy vocals, sometimes a tad too "precious" but his latest album "Don't
Stop The Night" is great. He writes about sex a whole lot, usually in
really twisted ways. His lyrics are excellent and detailed.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
too witty for his own good. nicholas currie, the only member of this
band parodies the current british top-of-the-pops musical style.
fabulously talented at synth and acoustic sonwriting. new order-ish at
times, prince-ish at times, bob dylan-ish at others. a must.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Thelonius Sphere Monk
As far as I can tell -- don't know much about jazz -- he was pretty damn
brilliant.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
The Monkees
Actually fairly nice music to listen to. Better than you probably think.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
enough talent, and the right songwriters, to notch respectable hits.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Of all the bands that didn't write their own music (for the most part),
they were the best. I commend some of their songwriters for some good
songs. I hear that Mike Nesmith actually has some talent as a musician.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
One decent song + one TV show = ....
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
the flipside of this 7"er is their best song: _goin down_.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Monks Of Doom
camper van beethoven members play.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
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Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 14 of 19 (Thru William Orbit)
Monsoon
See Sheila Chandra . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Sheila Chandra and two British men who wrote the songs and played most
of the instruments. The two men continued to write and play for Chandra
through her four solo albums, so it doesn't seem that the band broke up,
just changed its marketing strategy to push Chandra into the spotlight.
Good tunes.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Montreaux
Yet another alias for the group consisting of Darol Anger, Mike
Marshall, Barbara Higbie, Michael Manring and friends who record for
Windham Hill. Mostly acoustic guitar, mandolin, and violin music, with
an occasional bit of synth. If you like Montreaux(sp?), you'll probably
like the albums _Chiaroscuro_ by Mike Marshall&Darol Anger, and
_Tideline_ by the Anger-Higbie Quintet. It's all the same group of
musicians, recording under different names to confuse the heck out of
the consumer.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Ronnie Montrose
Buy the first album its IMMENSE. The rest are slightly less than
inspiring.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Some of his solo stuff might surprise you...
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Monty Python
Beats the heck out of me what they have to do with music (with a few
occasional exceptions like "Sit on My Face" and "The Philosopher's
Song"), but they're definitely the funniest group of comedians the world
has ever seen. Makes you wonder how people could stand the drivel that
passed for televised comedy in the B.C. (Before Cleese) era.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Great funny songs: Oh I am a lumberjack and I'm okay...
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
is it possible my life changed, when I finally watched that show that
everyone was giggling over in Spanish class in 11th grade? It must have
now that I've hosted five Monty Python festival weekends! Say no more!
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
This band is dead!
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
_The Spam Song_ is surely an epochal work in twentieth centruy music.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Moody Blues
Spiritual rock for contemplative people. Often soaring and beautiful,
with lots of textures borrowed from classical music. Later incarnation
not as much fun.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The first rock band to record an entire album with an orchestra. It was
supposed to be a stereo demonstration record! Soon to be followed by
Procol Harum, Deep Purple and Jesus Christ Superstar.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
They are supposed to be starting the Threshold label up again to gain
further control of their albums.
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
James Moody
smooth, cool west coast school saxman.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Christy Moore/Paul Doran
Moore was the original lead singer for Moving Hearts, an interesting but
ultimately flawed Irish folk-rock band. Now he's back to solo work.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Patrick Moraz
Brilliant synthesizer player. Has performed with Refugee (formed by the
members of the Nice who were left after Emerson split), Yes, and the
Moody Blues, as well as doing solo work. Especially recommended from the
solo albums is _i_, his first one (good luck finding it!), and _Flags_
by Moraz and Bruford.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
If you sift through his stuff there are some really good dance tunes to
be had.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Keyboardist for Yes for "Relayer", possibly also "Yesterdays"
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Ennio Moricone
One of the *all time* great s'track composers. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE
WEST is pure classic stuff . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
_The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly_
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Georgio Moroder
The man behind Eurodisco as well as Donna Summer. Svengali or
benefactor? You decide.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Morrissy
I hate his music. It jumps straight into the charts at a high position
and falls straight back out again (the Bros syndrome). Self-pitying.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Oh please can't somebody stop his endless whining ???
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I liked him better with the Smiths.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Oh yeah, let's all wear black and listen to Morrissy and the Smiths and
get depressed .... actually, I like his stuff now and then, but it's too
into how terrible life is.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Pukey whiner.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Steve Morse Band
Good new age/rock hybrid.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
If this is the same Steve Morse who did "Highland Wedding," I think he
may eventually become the best guitar player ever. A very wide range of
styles and techniques.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Mike Mothersbaugh
Bob Mould
Much like Husker Du. His album _Workbook_ has a very informal feel to it
which I like. Also a progressive artist.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Muddy Waters
An American classic. Until his boxed set was released last year, his
music was always more available to European record buyers than those of
us in North America. Why do US record companies treat the rock musical
hertitage with such disdain and neglect?
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Another dinosaur from the early days of recording. Blues from the gut.
Had his career resurrected by Johnny Winters a couple of years back.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Mudhoney
60's psychedelia meet's 80's punk!! to awesome and raw to pass over!!
get it or regret it!! on SUB-POP (seattle label)
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Touch Me I'm Sick is one hell of a song !!!! Wow !
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
MX-80 Sound
early punk from indianapolis, of all places. fairly rare. they also have
some later cuts on ralph records.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Michael Murray
Perhaps the best organist going today. Get _The Great Organ at Metheun_
and play it loud.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Youssou N'Dour & Gabriel
N'Dour is interesting when he's not bogged down in Europop stylings, as
he was on most of the "Nelson Mandela" album. "Immigres", despite hiss
and dropouts, is very good, apparently authentic mbalax -- supposedly
that album was a big hit on cassette in Africa. I like what I've heard
of "The Lion".
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
R Carlos Nakai
american indian flute player.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
NASA
Saturn V was great, but Shuttle was just a flash in the pan.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Negativland
Do you know how many timezones there are in the Soviet Union?
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Mass media culture in a blender, cutting edge stuff and very cool.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Bill Nelson
a sound composer. he experiments with themes but seldom writes complete
songs based upon those themes. hence the albums are snippets of mood,
but not quite new-agey. lots of CD re-issues out now.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Neneh Cherry
Bright and sassy rap that says "Up yours!" to machismo. A tad heavy on
the electronic beat for my taste.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Don's daughter.Was at one time in both The Slits (from what I've heard)
as well as the New Age Steppers(with whom she definitely recorded.)
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
More teeny-bopper crap. Proves the decline of society.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
One of the best of the breed when it comes to the new wave of dance/pop
babes (incl. Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, et.al.) . . . very classy
material all around
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
She's boring now. Always the same music...
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Neuronium
Spanish synth-playing duo, Michael Huygens and some other guy whose name
I've forgotten. Never heard their music, but intend to one of these
days.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
New American Orchestra
Fucked up BLADERUNNER soundtrack. Burn all copies and force Vangelis to
release the real thing at gunpoint instead of throwing bones (THEMES).
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
New Birth
funk vocalists.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
New Musik
Probably the first successful British technopop (emphasis on pop) group.
They released three albums. The first, 'From A To B' was probably the
best, yielding the singles 'Living By Numbers' and 'World Of Water'. I
believe Tony Mansfield (who was, basically, 90% of New Musik) went into
production. Anyone know what happened to the rest of the group?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
New Order
getting better with time. Technique my favorite LP of 89 despite three
mediocre songs towards the end (run, Mr. Disco and the next one) so many
killer songs on it though. Plus True Faith makes me feel extraordinaary,
leaves wierd images in my head from the video, was my favorite song of
87.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
"Fine Time" was an excellent single although some fans hated it. I wish
they would do more stuff like this. Uhh...electronic.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Like their synth work more than their noise. One of my favourites is the
remix of 'True Faith' on the soundtrack of "Bright Lights, Big City".
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Only heard _Substance_ and selected others. Some of their stuff is very
intense though I like that. I also can't ever understand their lyrics.
I liked them better as Joy Division, though.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Colin Newman
vocalist for the band wire. guitars effected into nice things.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Randy Newman
A one-man ragtime revival. Writes deceptively simple piano songs that
reveal an acid wit and razor teeth upon closer examination. Proved
America was stupid as a brick by releasing "Short People" to an outraged
populace of small individuals.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I really like his stuff a lot, and am suprised more people dont.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Randy Newman is God. I love this man with all my heart, I really do. I'm
not sure how to classify the music, though it's pretty "normal" stuff -
mostly it is just songs accompanied primarily by piano, often with drum
or guitar backup. His style is down-to-earth, simple, and honest without
being folksy or touchy-feely. His personality shines through his work
bright and clear. The two albums that I'm most familiar with, "Sail
Away" and "Land of Dreams" are both wonderful. They always make me
smile.
- Garth Snyder garth@cs.swarthmore.edu
Niggers With Attitude
I love their shocking Rap. And Eazy E is fantastic.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Never heard of them before, but I definitely like their name!
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The crappiest of the crap. Worse than ADC.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Nightnoise
Gary Numan Did some interesting synth-pop in the early 80s. About the
only song I can remember at the moment is "Cars", which was pretty good.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Nikki Sudden
creation records has cornered the market on jangle-y guitar and drunken
angst vocalists.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Mojo Nixon
Definitely a social commentator, best classified as progressive, for
lack of something else. Can be extremely satirical and the satire might
be overwhelming at times, but funny nonetheless.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Klaus Nomi
He wanted to be an opera star, but didn't *quite* have the talent; so
after a stint as a backup singer for David Bowie, he recorded an album
that is basically wierd rock songs with his operatic vocals. It's a very
bizarre album; at times, you think that ol' Klaus has undergone a sex
change operation. After that album, he disappeared and there was a rumor
that he died.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Peter Noone
He'll always be Herman to me.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
See Herman's Hermits.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Ken Nordine
the man who did "word jazz" and wrangler jeans TV ads in the 7Ts.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Gary Numan
Cars is great technopop, don't know about the rest.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Kraftwerk with a touch of humanity. Composed abstract/ futuristic tracks
with compelling dance beats. Hung about with Robert Palmer for a while.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Made music like John Foxx..more successful though, but not as good IMHO.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Right out there on the edge of the new wave scene at the beginning, and
a pretty solid artist all the way through to today. Like "Warriors",
et.al.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Sinead O'Connor
Eeeeeehhhhhmmmm.... nice try but not my cup of tea. Tries too hard to be
new and far-out and agressive on her first album. Great cover of
Prince's 'Nothing compares 2 U'.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Excellent. What more can I say?
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Great voice. When's the next album?
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Great, almost enough to push KT out of her godhead.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Patrick O'Hearn
Former keyboard player for Missing Persons and Zappa. His solo work,
mostly solo synthesizer pieces, sounds nothing like his work with the
aforementioned bands. His first album, _Ancient Dreams_, was probably
his best; the second one was almost as good, but the 3rd one, _Rivers
Gonna Rise_, I found too "commercial" for my tastes. Sounded too much
like he was trying to make Generic Big-Selling Synth/NewAge Album
#23943....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Good, although some people do this kind of music better (such as Lanz &
Speer).
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Alexander O'Neal
We want a new album!!!
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Two hit wonder with "Clare" and "Alone Again, Naturally". Out of the
same stable as Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
go to when they grow up?
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Their only album is Human League-ish, but with that distinct Moroder
sound. Most people will have heard 'Together In Electric Dreams'.
'Good-Bye Bad Times' is used as the theme music to the BBC Scotland
political programme 'Left, Right & Centre'.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The Ocean Blue
American group in the style of their heroes in the British new music
scene. Their songs are simple, but the inside story has it that Sire
signed them and released their album with very little artist
development; this first album suffers because they are novices. My
opinion: they have the talent and ability to do much better, and they
will go a long way with a little luck.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Opened for Tom Tom Club at Club Bene in June 1989. Nobody had heard of
them yet. Wound up liking their album a lot more than first listen.
Original impression: Morrissey collaborates with Crowded House.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
What I've heard of them seems good and innovative. I'm waiting to see
how/if their style changes.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Oingo Boingo
Do these people get on every movie soundtrack ever made, or what?
Originally the "Knights of the Order of the Mystic Oingo Boingo" or
something like that, headed by Danny's brother (?) until 1976 or so,
when (I think) his brother got jailed for something. Made a truly
bizarre and pretty lousy movie about themselves. Supposedly a musical.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Mike Oldfield
Ah yes, Mike Oldfield, the talented multiinstrumentalist from Canterbury
(originally in the Kevin Ayers band before going solo.) The one album I
have, _Hergest Ridge_, I like a lot. From what I've heard, his later
albums were not as interesting...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Composer and multi-instrumentalist of "Tubular Bells" fame.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
My vote as the "rock" artist most likely to be remembered for his music
in 100 years or so. _Taurus II_ is solid music. And now doing some very
likeable pop.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Ommadawn is the best. Avoid the horse song. People give you starnge
looks if you sing the hornpipe.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
One of the best prog/instrumental composers and bright young boys of the
70s, turning pretty poppy of late but with a lot of spark still and an
ear for who sounds best with the material. Lots of good stuff here, only
album to avoid for newbies is probably ISLANDS and even that one isn't
too painful for the completist to get. Faves: CRISES, DISCOVERY,
INCANTATIONS.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Sally Oldfield
Got "Strange Night in Berlin" on a whim, ready to hate it, and the first
side blew me away. But "Celebrations" is the worst CD I own.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Orange Juice
my fave sarcastic popsters of the decade. edwyn collins continues with
solo work now.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
William Orbit
Really cool sound, especially with Torch Song and vocalist Laurie Mayer.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
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Orchestral Manoevers In The Dark
Are they still on the go? I can't say I'm universally enthusiastic about
their work, but some of their singles ('Electricity', 'Souvenir' and
'Genetic Engineering', to name just three) are really good, and I
wouldn't like to think they've split up.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Another band from Ye Good Olde Days. Made excellent singles. "Joan of
Arc", "Maid of Orleans", "Souvenir", "Enola Gay"..went downhill at a
rate of knots after "Genetic Engineering". Electronic, semi-lightweight
(welterweight?)
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
OMD has grown nicely from simple to more complex syth songwriting. synth
pop at its almost best.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Orion The Hunter
The group in question was (now defunct) known as 'Orion The Hunter '
(oops, sorry). The only album released was self titled. Orion was headed
by former Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau (as many know was the only
original member not to play on the 3rd Stage album). I firmly believe
that if this record had been released as the third Boston album, it
would have probably sold more copies than 3rd stage. It is great.
Personally, I place this album on par with Boston's first album, the
influence is clearly present. Vocals were done mostly by Fran Cosmo,
though the lead singer from Boston (I can't remember his name at the
moment) did a lot of work also. (which is why it sounds a lot like
Boston too) In my opinion the top three tracks are 1. Dreamin' (a
definite classic along the lines of Don't Look Back) 2. Stand Up
(reminiscent of peace of mind) and 3. So You Ran (simply great) Anyway,
the music isn't a rehash of the tunes on the 1st two Boston records, the
sound simply shines through. Wonderful stuff. If anyone out there has a
copy of this (I own an old LP and a very stretched out cassette) on CD,
PLEASE tell me where you got it. I think this was pre- CD era (1983) so
it may have never made it that far.
- PATRICK JEROME O'LEARY JR gt0987c@prism.gatech.edu
The Oyster Band
The most important English folk-rock group of the 1980's. They have been
journeying towards a more aggressive, rockish stance over their last
three albums without losing sight of their roots. "Liberty Hall", "Step
Outside" and "Ride" are the best albums. Fairport/Steeleye/Thompson fans
owe it to themselves to check this band out!!!!
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
P'Cock
Pale Fountains
_pacific street_ was honest & fresh acoustic-based love songs. the rest
bite.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Parachute Men
Another group I thought no one else had heard of. Their female vocalist
has a slightly unique but very good, fairly smooth voice and their album
"The Innocents" was one of my top ten faves of 89. Looking forward to
their new album. Hey nobody mentioned For Against.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Parliament
george clinton along with funkedelic. ruled the funk charts in the 7Ts.
still great stuff.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Park Ave
The Alan Parsons Project
I don't normally recommend 'best of' albums, but the 'best of Alan
Parsons Project' is very good (if not the only stuff worth listening to
by them).
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
More guilty pleasures. For some reason _Turn of a Friendly Card_ is a
favorite.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Steve Parsons
Harry Partch
Did some really weird things with percussion to create some quite
interesting music. Very hard to find these days. Trivia item: You know
the bits of music they play on Dr. Demento to introduce the Funny Five
songs, where you hear someone play on the xylophone and say "Number
Five" (or whatever)? That's from Harry Partch's _Barstow_. Probably
about as much of the lyrics of _Barstow_ as FCC regs regarding
unsuitable language would allow one to air, too...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Don't be put off by his reputation as a serious 20th century American
composer; he's amazingly accessible. I fell in love with his music when
I was 15. Very percussive, influenced by non-western traditions: he
threw away western musical instruments and scales and started building
his own system of music from the ground up. Unfortunately there's only
about four recordings you have any hope of ever finding.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Jaco Pastorius
Brilliant, self-destructive, jazz bassist. Fancied himself the best
bassist in the world.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
PDQ Bach
parody of Bach. great stuff.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Dave Pegg
Bass player for Fairport Convention since 1971 and Jethro Tull since
about 1979. Reportedly he's a workaholic who reorganized Fairport so
he'd have something to do in the spare time between Tull albums and
tours.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Perfect Disaster
the creme de la creme guitar/vocal songwriting for non-boppers. spaceman
3-ish, but less droning and more variety.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Pet Shop Boys
dance music. arrangements which put other bands to shame.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
The songs tend to sound the same, but they do have some good songs every
once in a while.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Anthony Phillips
Was in the first incarnation of Genesis, but felt artistically
restricted; he quit after the first album to return to college and study
music there. A few years later, he began to release solo albums; these
vary greatly in content and style, from all-acoustic, all-instrumental
works (most of the "Private Parts & Pieces" albums) to pop albums
("Sides") to electronic symphonies ("1984", released in 1982). Most of
them are pretty good.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Phuture
"Acid Tracks" was supposedly the first ever acid house track. Good
stuff.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Pretty generic-sounding (to me anyway) acid house . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Pierre's Fantasy Club
The video "The Evil Acid Baron Show" credited them on the cover and I
suspect it may have been the first track on the tape. Wish I knew for
sure though.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Pink Floyd
My favorite band, even though their listeners are prone to fanaticism.
Great music with lots of feeling behind it. I don't care if everyone
does listen to it.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Psychedelic pioneers who eventually toned down the radical nature of
their sonic approach to focus on bitter lyrical broadsides at authority
and society in general.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
They wrote a lot of good music. It's too bad they get the same songs
overplayed on the radio. I haven't heard anything by them since Roger
Waters left.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Pixies
A very exciting band from Boston. I love the "Doolittle" LP. One of
two U.S. bands on the 4ad label.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
A band from Mass. with both female and male singers, in a style almost
similar to the sugarcubes, with really hip disonant, tinny guitar riffs.
"Surfer Rosa", I like better than their new one, with "This Monkeys Gone
to Heaven", because the songs have simpler roots, simply not thought
about as hard as the new one. Not to say the new one's not good, it
definitely shows more diversity in styles of the band. Could it be they
go to/went to Berklee school of music in Boston? I bet.
- Paul Harding guru@pnet51.orb.mn.org
If the Dead Kennedys were the punk band for the Reagan era, then the
Pixies are the punk band for the Bush era. Guitar...bass...drums...
vocals that are as much screamed as sung... fast pace... And they look
like such normal people on stage! For a first dose, try "Doolittle".
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
and harmonies.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Robert Plant
I like a lot of his stuff ("Heaven Knows" -- that is Plant, isn't it?)
and his stuff before that; I think he has a unique style that doesn't
get old after listening to it for awhile.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Plastic People of the Universe
As of yet unheard (by me) Czech(?) group continually harassed by
authorities for playing jazz rock that didn't uphold the Communist
Party's pleasantness. Reorganized in a slightly different lineup as
Pulnast, or something that sounds like that.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Pogues
One of the few folk acts that I like. I saw them on TV not so long ago.
The other 7 (!) band members did their best to explain that they weren't
just a bunch of drunken Irishmen. In fact they sounded like a rather
sensible lot. Then Shane MacGowan was interviewed, and he started out by
saying that "Hell, I've been drinking since 10 o'clock. Maybe I'm a
little relaxed, well I guess I am. But I ain't drunk"...
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Totally drunk Irish band that seamlessly blends punk to Irish folk.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Pointer Sisters
Groovin' act that started as novelty '40s-style trio and went on the
record modern ballads and love songs.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Police
I didn't like the Police when they were at the height of their
popularity. But since that has settled down, I've listened to their old
music and I like it. I know that sounds prejudiced against popular music
but that attitude saved me from the Bee Gees.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
New wave power trio that helped popularize reggae in the U.S. with
"Roxanne". Consistently tight power pop for six or seven albums.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
One of the most definite sounds of any band I listen to. I like their
later stuff more than their earlier, because I think they lost some of
the silliness and developed more.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
One of the penultimate bands of the edge/wave scene, ca. '77-83. Sting
solo just as good if not better.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The best trio since the Kingston!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Sanford Ponder
Did a couple of synth-music albums for Private Music; the first was
_Etosha_ and the second was _Tigers Are Brave_. Good, but not
outstanding.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Pop Will Eat Itself
Started somewhere between mild punk, short addictive songs which all
sounded pretty much alike, developed into a heavy rock/rap combo with
only the occasional throwback to mildness. Claimed they sold out and
seem to be proud of it, but that doesn't seem to be bad.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Baden Powell
Boy Scouts (?) :-)
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Sliding along on the crest of a wave...
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Prince
A musical chameleon. I respect his varied musical style and musical
ability (he plays all his instruments on his albums). Maybe one day I
will break down and buy an album of his.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Funkster who's not afraid to rock out. Sex and God share the spotlight
in his funkutopian vision of freedom for all and a dirty good time.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Genius. It's that simple.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Probably the most versatile and creative guy in the biz right now,
always has something to play that's worth listening to. Still think 1999
and PURPLE RAIN are his best though.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
What is all the fuss about, anyway?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Jamie Principle
From Acid House to ... : we don't know how to call the current London
Dance Music Style. Interesting anyway.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Propaganda
Another brainchild of ZTT - also produce by Trevor Horn, just like FGTH.
"A Secret Wish" was my favourite album until I heard Ministry. They had
a few hits in the mid-80s when I payed no attention to the charts
whatsoever.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Great ZTT band, solid sounding stuff with a little industrial edge to
it.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
So when's this new album going to be released? It better be up to the
excellent standards set by 'A Secret Wish' and 'Wishful Thinking'! Their
best track, IMHO, is 'Duel' but I also like their cover of the Velvet
Underground's 'Femme Fatale'. Anyone know if the latter is available on
CD anywhere (the Japanese 'Dr. Mabuse' 3" CD, fr'instance)?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The Prophet L- Cee
I love their "Prophecy": they rapped on a Soul to Soul beat!
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Psychic TV
genesis p orridge is a chameleon. where is the money this week?
sometimes industrial, sometimes acoustic, sometimes house music. pays
your money & takes your chance.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Public Enemy
On the strenth of "Fight the Power", I'd say they're a band to look out
for.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The BEST rap group. Period. Chuck D. is the most amazing voice in music
today and their tracks are put together with such amazing abandon -
producer Hank Shocklee deserves sainthood. Now.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Pyewackett
In the early 1980's they rivalled The Oyster Band for prominence in the
English folk-rock world, but like Steeleye Span they could not write
good original material and when they tried to do so their career
faltered. Sensibilities more similar to Pentangle than to Steeleye; no
electric guitars. "The Man In The Moon Drinks Claret" is the best album.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Queen Latifah
the new queen of hip hop rap. strong bass lines & rappin.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Queen
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is among the strangest songs I've ever heard.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Any news on all their CDs being released domestically? $16-$20 is just
too much to pay. I definitely want to get A NIGHT AT THE OPERA and A DAY
AT THE RACES on CD.
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Any of their old music. Their last album disappointed me though.
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
Pomp rock at its finest. Totally overblown in their heyday, haven't the
slightest what they're up to now.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The first three albums have some of the finest and most intelligent HM
ever recorded. "A Night at the Opera" is the definitive Queen album.
After this they went downhill into blandness rapidly, "Jazz" being the
exception. Their recent stuff is atrocious.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They have many good songs, but some of their best music doesn't get
played on the radio very much (remember 'Bicycle').
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Trevor Rabin
I have his latest solo album and I like it a lot. He has an ability to
write catchy guitar riffs. I think the direction he has taken Yes is
good, its kind of a change in style for them. I know many Yes fans think
that's blasphemy, but I really liked the last two Yes albums with Trevor
Rabin (though I do like the older stuff more).
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
One of my favorite guitarists. Alas, much of his best work, both with
the South African band Rabbitt and solo, is out of print, and frankly I
don't think his time with Yes really allowed him to show off his full
talents much. Did you know this guy not only plays guitar and sings, but
also can play bass and keyboards as well? His first 3 solo albums were
almost true "solo" albums; Trevor played all instruments except drums on
them.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Raze
Very good house music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Obnoxious, in-your-face funk from blondes.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Lou Reed
He's another of those "haunting" music/lyrics types. I think he's
getting better as time goes on.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
The grandfather of punk? Came to attention in the seminal Velvet
Underground espousing heroin and nihilism with some kind of raga grunge.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Steve Reich
Who might this gentleman be?
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
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Part 16 of 19 (Thru Siouxsie and the Banshees)
R.E.M.
Just goes to show (ie South Central Rain) that you don't have to be able
to understand much of a song to like it. At least they realized that and
gave us a clue in videos for Cant Get There from Here (philomath?) and
Fall on Me (magnets) the latter my # 1 song of 86.
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
"Reckoning" and "Fables of the Reconstruction" are just brilliant
albums. Work since then is pretty good, but it's been sabotaged by
producers or engineers whose hearing has probably been shot by too much
live rock and roll. If they get back to a good producer like Mitch
Easter or Joe Boyd, they could do great albums again; the songs on
"Green" were pretty good. (Scott Litt seems to have trashed the "Indigo
Girls" CD too; it's harsh, almost unlistenable, just like R.E.M.'s
"Document".)
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Another favourite of mine. Not ground-breaking in any way, but very
listeneable. Beatles meets Neil Young. And they support Greenpeace, too.
One day I'll buy "Reckoning" and "Murmur" and then I'll have all of
their albums.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
College radio faves who graduated to arenas and haven't suffered for it
unduly. Indecipherable lyrics on early releases gave way to merely
opaque lyrics later on.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Doubtlessly, my favorite band. It kind of upsets me that so many people
dump on them because they're popular, _Green_ wasn't that good, etc...
Either way, I'll still love 'em. _Lifes Rich Pageant_, _Murmur_ and
_Chronic Town_ are my favorite albums by them, but all the others are
excellent, too.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Great songwriter, can't say enough good things about her. One of the
most intelligent, down-to-earth songwriters I know of. She's usually
classified as country, but I think with "Storms" she's moving out of
that style of music.
- rmiller@sbcs.sunysb.edu
Like just about everything they have done, except "Stand", which I think
is far too repetetive and generic.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Now getting tons of attention, R.E.M. are largely misunderstood by their
new audience. They deserve a lot of credit for being the first band in
quite some time to become very popular while not compromising their
integrity (well, for the most part). For instance, they maintain
complete artistic control over their videos and album artwork. If top-40
returns to guitar (especially acoustic guitar) and/or folk-based rock in
the near future, you'll have this band to thank for it.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
The American Smiths. Music is a bit better though..lyrics not so
depressing.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The Replacements
Definitely has a "college band atmosphere" even after becoming famous.
I like their style, but to someone who doesn't, I can see why they might
hate them; it's very strong in their music.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Trash rock holdovers from another time, they just wail the bejezus out
of their instruments. Also capable of the odd ballad here & there.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Residents
This band is the weirdest of any I've ever seen. They make Laurie
Anderson look mainstream and Weird Al Yankovich look like Michael
Jackson. Try listening to "Bach is Dead," "Lizard Lady," etc.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Rev. Jim Jones
the actual tapes from the jonestown mass suicide.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
comedic songwriter.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Boyd Rice
Has done much great INDUSTRIAL(and that doesn't mean Skinny Puppy) noise
under both his own name as well as Non.A friend of mine played Steve
Reich a Non record because he saw parallelisms and Reich was intrigued.A
Non cd exists.Bad rumors exist regarding his political lean, however.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
Richie Rich
Don't tell me his dad bought him a rock band.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Terry Riley
Never knew one could create such interesting music with just an organ
and some tape recorders until I heard _Rainbow In Curved Air_.
Fantastic.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The harp of New Albian is wierd but good. Is Rainbow in Curved Air still
out there anywhere?
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Risse
Appeared on a Steve "Silk" Hurley remix.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Steve Roach
Does quite interesting synth music. He's got a whole bunch of solo
albums out, as well as a couple with Kevin Braheny and some other guy
whose name I've forgotten.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Roxy Music
glam rock ala david bowie, but with a heart-breaking crooner: brian
ferry.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Run DMC
How a group of people with so little musical talent can be so popular is
way beyond me.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I liked their duet with Aerosmith.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
If you've gotta listen to rap, at least listen to guys like RunDMC who
make rap with amusing lyrics.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Todd Rundgren
A wizard, a true star. A prime example that not all good progressive
rock comes from the European continent. Personally, I like the albums he
did with Utopia a little more than his solo work, but they're both quite
good. And am I imagining things or did you omit his first band, Nazz,
from the list entirely?
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Aging wunderkind with a rabid following. Chooses a wide variety of
settings for almost every album: white soul, autobiography,
electronicized a capella, what have you. An original.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Boring in concert, but I like bang on the drums.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Rush
"2112", "A Farewell To Kings" & "Hemispheres" are all supreme examples
of progressive HM. "Moving Pictures" is THE techno-rock album of the
80s. Their recent albums will probably appeal more to Police/Simple
Minds fans than metal-kids although "Power Windows" is impressive.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Heavy metal on the first album & progressed more into what I consider
the progressive style.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
My personal all-time favorite group. What you get when you put the best
drummer in the world, with the best bass/synth combo man, and a very
talented guitarist together. I hope they never quit!
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Pretty good prog-rock up until _Moving Pictures_. After that, they
started to go downhill and become boring. _Signals_ was fairly good,
_Grace Under Pressure_ had a few high spots, but after that I started
gagging every time their new songs came on the radio.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Save yourself some money. Instead of buying the new Rush album just play
one of the old ones again. You won't notice the difference.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
They are one my favorite groups. I even like their recent albums a lot.
It's too bad they lost that raw energy ala 'Working Man' though. I like
their polished music of late for different reasons.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Tried and true! Success hasn't spoiled this bunch!
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Very good rock group regardless of responses to previous survey. Their
best work was from 1976 - 1982. Most of their songs had some story
connected with it, rather than having ethereal lyrics or endlessly
repeating, meaningless gibberish with extensive sexual connotation. They
started to lose it on "Hold Your Fire", and were pretty bad on their
latest, "Presto"
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
S-Express
"Mantra for a State of Mind" was a big disappointment as far as I was
concerned. The album "Original Soundtrack" was OK but they seemed unsure
as to exactly what sort of house music they performed.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Bad house music.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
I though I'd like the album on the basis of hearing a single or three
but no-go. The "Music Lover" CD-5 is worth getting though, lots of mix
and class.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Sade
If only I had girlfriend who looked like Sade...
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The smoothest arrival of the '80s. Good old-fashioned torch songs with
supple backing.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Ryuichi Sakamoto
I like his album 'Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia'. My favourite track
from this has to be 'Field Work' but the rest of it is good too.
Different.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Merry Christmas Mr. Datta
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Carlos Santana
Santana be way bad. Soaring sustains on guitar while the bad cooks away
in the back. Also, many killer blues leads.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Jean Paul Sartre
French existentialist author. The only work I can remember off-hand is
a short story titled (I believe) "The Wall." I don't know what he's
doing on this list.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Interesting ideas, but basically full of s***.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Singing?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Joe Satriani
Great insrumentalist, but FLYING IN A BLUE DREAM is almost like a Weird
Al album in spots; he kypes licks and vocal styles from everyone from
Prince to ZZ. It's all fun though!
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The newest guitarist from hell.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Kevin Saunderson
Forms Inner City (house group) along with Paris Grey. Also known as
Reese. An excellent house artist whose music is sampled by many others.
_Almost_ as good as Baby Ford.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Initiator, with paris Gray and others, of the Detroit techno house
sound. He made terrific house mixes too. See Inner City.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Peter Schilling
I like "Major Tom (Coming Home)" but can't think of anyother thing he's
done that I can even name . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Well I like him anyway. Major Tom and Different Story were in my top 10s
for their years, if one reminded me of the other well that probably
helped
- Paul Mount prm@whutt.att.com
Johannes Schmoelling
Ex Tangerine Dream member. "The Zoo of Tranquility" is the most varied
Newage album I've heard.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I'd say he's produced the best solo output of any ex TD member. I can't
really decide whether I prefer 'Wuivend Riet' or 'Zoo Of Tranquility'
though. Is there a release date for his new album yet.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Yet another ex-TD musician come out of the woodwork. _Wuivend Riet_, his
first solo album, is one of the best albums in the TD style I've ever
heard. In fact, if I had to pick my two favorite solo works by ex-TD
members, I'd pick _Wuivend Riet_ and Hoenig's _Departure..._, with
Froese's _Stuntman_ a close third.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Tom Scott
Much sought-after L.A. sax session wizard. Was on just about everything
made in the '70s.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Jonathan Segel
ex camper van beethoven violin player does his own thang. quite good.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Bob Seger
Midwestern rocker with riffs as beefy as his midsection.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The man Bruce Springsteen out-Bob-Seger's. Amazing staying power.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Yucch Yucch Yucch: the symbol of modern commercial rock n roll.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
John Serrie
His first album _And the Stars Go With You_ is just FANTASTIC. I highly
recommend it if you enjoy true space music. It's a lot of flowing
chords, and a lite beat once in awhile. Truely amazing. I haven't heard
his latest _Flightpath_ yet. Recommendations: _And The Stars Go With
You_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Severed Heads
Australian weirdoes - they used to be into tape loops and noise but
they've gotten danceable lately. Good toonz.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
at all accesible. make sense?
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Sex Pistols
*The* punk band. Too anarchic to last very long, they lived down to
everyone's expectations. "Never Mind the Bollocks" is quite tuneful in
retrospect.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I was thirteen, had never heard the band , and had no chance of getting
there or getting in, but I wanted bad to go see their American debut
1/5/78 at the Graet Southeast Music Hall here in Atlanta (in a K-Mart
shopping center ). Twelve years later,a bootleg lp from that show (the
first good tape(a board) of that show) called "My Name Is John" is
available, and anyone who cares should own one.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
It's hard to compare the band that was the "basis" for the Punk Movement
to anything else; I like them a lot, though I think some of their songs
were written for pure shock value (not necessarily a bad thing, but
tends to lead to underdeveloped music).
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Shockabilly Between them and Eugene Chadbourne's solo work, Country and
Western music will *definitely* not be the same ever again. Not to
mention their definitive version of Simon&Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound".
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Shadowfax
I think most people outgrow them quickly.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Shaggs
a re-issue of the original late 196Ts records. absolutely the worst band
of all time. girls, lets go into the studio and make a record. so awful
it is brilliant. true punks. almost a decade ahead of their time.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Ravi Shankar
"What is that caterwauling?", my mom.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
I got his autograph after his concert at the Edinburgh festival last
year. The music is good, too.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I saw Ravi in concert once, it was very interesting. I think 'highly
spiritual' is the best way to describe his music. I was very impressed
by the concert. I also think his musical influence on George Harrison
was very positive.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Popularizer of classical Indian music in the U.S. Friend of George
Harrison. Still going as far as I know.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Shelleyan Orphan
I heard "Southern Bess" a few years ago and really liked it. I bought
_Helleborine_, but didn't like it. Oh well...
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Shop Assistants
scotish pop. loose. female vocalists.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Mark Shreeve
Why does he stay with Jive? They won't release any of his work on CD,
and (in Britain at least) every album he's ever released (including
<sob> 'Legion') with the exception of 'Crash Head' has been deleted. I
can't help but think he'd be better off on a specialist synth/electronic
label.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik, best abbreviated as $^3 -- Well, they aren't ruling the
world or owning EMI like they promised on their first album Flaunt It, but at
least they've survived long enough to produce an album which actually has
more drum lines than Love Missile repeated for almost every track of Flaunt
It. They're doing OK, although their attitude might end up looking too 80's.
On the other hand, like many groups (including PWEI), they claim they're the
90's.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Dear Doctor, Sigue Sigue Sputnik are talentless, manufactured and don't
have a musical bone in their bodies. So why do I like, nay, love 'Love
Missile F1-11'?
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I thought "Success" (single) was pretty neat. I liked the way it was
marketed as a sell-out (punks produced by Stock Aitken and Waterman).
And it had more than 3 chords as well...
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Obnoxious, overhyped, stupid stuff. Still listen to it constantly,
though.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Silly Sisters
Originally the title of the album recorded by Maddy Prior and June Tabor
in 1976; a folk-rock landmark which has remained in print through three
successive record companies. Adopted as a group name by Prior and Tabor
for their 1988 followup "No More to the Dance", which is maybe 80% as
good as the original and is certainly the best thing Prior has recorded
since the 1978 dissolution of Steeleye Span.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Paul Simon
Dean of American balladeers. Many long-lasting hits with partner Art
Garfunkel, almost as many as a solo. Teaches songwriting.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
For those people who listen to music without listening to it.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Gets a special place in rock and roll history for his use of South
African musicians and melodies in "Graceland". Peter Gabriel was first,
but Simon broke through to the masses, especially in the US, and so I
give him more credit for the current flourishing world music scene.
Maybe it was just steam-engine time...
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Great, and improving!
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
One of my favourite song writers, but he lifts some of the tunes from
places that are a bit too obvious.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Very inconsistent since 'Simon and Garfunkel' days, but he still managed
to write some great songs since then (e.g. 'Kodachrome') and his last
album was pretty good.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Simple Minds
"New Gold Dream" is one of the best albums ever recorded. Why can't they
make stuff like that nowadays ?
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I thought "This Is Your Land" sounded like Tangerine Dream in places.
Hard to describe...they have changed their style a bit over the years.
Rivals of U2, better IMHO.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The most aptly named band at the moment. Their popularity is totally
unfathomable.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Have a hit every now and then..the old days were the best.."Israel",
"Arabian Knights", "Spellbound" - 1980-81 was their best patch.
"Haunting" music.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I've been listening to this band for a long time. _Peepshow_ and
_Tinderbox_ are the only albums I like as a whole, but they have a lot
of really great songs scattered over their n albums.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Siouxsie Sue needs to get a real name (and tone down the makeup), but I
like their music for its uniqueness and the fact that they sometimes
don't try to say anything meaningful, but don't resort to the
over-worked popular song subjects.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Uncompromising if obscure outfit likely to rock your socks off or
piquing your curiosity with the slow ones.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
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-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
....uwm!uwpvacs!datta
uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 17 of 19 (Thru John Tesh)
Sir Mix A Lot
seattle rapper who pisses all over sterotypes.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Sisterhood
two bands, in actuality. a sisters of mercy side project of andrew
eldritch. (they put out a 5-song ep called the gift) or the intermediate
between sisters of mercy and the mission for wayne hussey (they toured
europe with the cult in '85(?) )
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Sisters of Mercy
oppresive gothic gloom-and-doom. "tune in, turn on, burn out in the acid
rain" to much bass to leave behind...a must have!!
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Skafish
Jim Skafish was/is the band's nucleus. I only know of one album (it was
released on I.R.S.).
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Skinny Puppy
Canadian Noise Terrorists - agressive synths, huge percussion and
screaming tortured vocals from the throat of one Nivek Ogre. Nasty and
wonderful. Scary shit.
- Jon Drukman jsd@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
Sky
A couple wondeful albums. And they introduced me to Rameau's harpsicord
music, for which I am grateful.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Almost new-age, fortunately early enough to not "qualify" under that
category. Interesting instrumentalist work but nothing really special in
my opinion, except maybe for the John Williams guitar work.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Anyone know what happened to Monkman?
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Great Britain's answer to Mannheim Steamroller. Original founding
members: John Williams (the British classical guitarist, not the Boston
Pops guy), Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers (ex-Blue Mink), Tristan Fry, and
Francis Monkman (ex-Curved Air). Highly recommended, if you can find any
of their albums, which you probably won't.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Outrageously talented bunch of musicians led by John Williams phenomenal
classical guitar playing. Herbie Flowers' bass is as domineering as
usual and their music is varied enough to appeal to anyone.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sly And Robbie
Bass & drums duo, powered many reggae hits, branched out to lots of
funky stuff too.
- Chris Koenigsberg ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu
S&L are a roving rhythm section that started out in reggae and then
appeared on tons of albums to give them the kick and spice they needed,
whether inna reggae stylee or not.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The Smiths
"How Soon Is Now?" is one of my favorite songs, and _Louder Than Bombs_
is really good, but most of the rest is kind of ho hum.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Extremely popular in England, to the point of being universally hailed
as gods, they were on their way to becoming popular in America when
suddenly... they broke up. The Smiths is largely a dichotomy of
Morrissey's despairing lyrics and vocals and Johnny Marr's brilliant
guitar and songwriting. Some say Morrissey should just get it over with
and kill himself -- that's how depressed he seems to be when he's
writing -- but I say, a Smiths lyric is always there when you really
need it. Marr is just beginning to get the rich credit he really
deserves as a guitarist -- he has a knack for the subtle, the
understated riff, the kind of guitar part that works perfectly in its
place. Marr is now guitarist for The The.
- Anton C Shepps (Tony)
rochester!moscom!telesci!ashepps%ll-xn.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
Guitar band. Miserable. Why do 99% of all indie guitar bands sound just
like them? Listen to Half Man Half Biscuit instead.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
i have heard someone say that johnny marr is the guitar hero of the
80's. too bad they broke up...too bad they made "strangeways" (lousy for
them...not half as good as the worst of their earlier stuff) too bad
morrissey thinks he can make it without marr. without johnny, he just
isn't the same....
- joel metz mantis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
Saw em in concert, but it didn't make an impression.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
See Morrissey.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Joe Smooth
A pilar of contemporary Black Dance Music. He used to work with Tyree,
Marshall Jefferson and others Chicago House Music inventors.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Soft Cell
early synth pop.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Software
I quite liked 'Electronic Universe II'. Really clear sound, but not very
complicated when compared with, say, Tangerine Dream.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sonic Youth
droning slow guitar & atmosphere.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Richard Souther
Quite good new age synth music. The song "Heartcall" used to be my
favorite new age song. Very light and easy music. Sometimes with a
strong beat, while sometimes there is no beat at all. Recommendations:
_Heirborne_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Soul II Soul
aw, come on. arent you tired of these brits yet? smooth female crooning
over the catchiest hip hop on the dance floor.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
SPK
chameleon band. industrial -> disco. the earlier the better.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Squirrel Bait
thrash & guitars. very tight.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Bruce Springsteen
Captain America. Honestly, a favorite of mine "from before he got
famous." Muscular American rock with a heart and a mind.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
I HATE HIM. He can't sing, he can't write and everybody thinks hes cool.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
I have all his official albums. He's one of the few really popular rock
artists that I like.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I personally don't like Springsteen that much, but I do respect him as
a songwriter.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Like Dylan, much better when other people (like Manfred Mann) sing his
songs. A lot of people like Bruce's singing. Damned if I can figure out
why.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The best live rock act in the world. Endless enthusiasm and humour.
Great respect for his musical roots. IMHO none of his albums are nearly
as exciting or interesting as a concert.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
This guy sure got popular for a while. I'm not sure how he managed that
from an album like 'Born in the USA'.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
SSQ
ill dated synth. the singer is Suzie Q.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Billy Squire
Wank rock.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Chris Squire
Bassist for Yes from start to present. Also did some solo work which is
pretty good.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Ringo Starr
Half-hearted rocker in his dotage, but beloved by millions for his days
with the Beatles. Very tasteful drummer.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
His RINGO album is quite a masterpiece. How is the recent collection
from Rhino?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
Pretty good, surprisingly.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Talk about a lucky guy, having little musical talent and managing to get
in the Beatles :-). His first solo album had a few good songs written
with the help others (notably George Harrison).
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Steeleye Span
Folk-rock at its finest. And _Sails of Silver_ is one of the best
reunion albums ever.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
The most successul English folk-rock band, led by Maddy Prior and Tim
Hart. 11 albums between 1970 and 1978, all decent to excellent, composed
almost entirely of traditional English folksongs arranged for rock
instrumentation. In their heyday, you could buy their albums in mall
record stores! Reunions in 1981 and 1986-date have been marred by the
group's feeble attempts to write original songs, though I hear the
latest album returns to trad material and improves as a result. Tim Hart
didn't come back for the current reunion and he is missed.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Yet another great folk-rock group from Britain. Maddy Prior's voice is
still good after all those years. They just finished a new album,
_Tempted and Tried_, not long ago, which shows they haven't lost their
talent yet.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sterling Void
Average Chicago House style.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Stetasonic
what they do. _talkin all that jazz_ is great!
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Steve Silk Hurley with Risse
See "Risse"
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Rod Stewart
Never-say-die holdover from half a dozen genres with some great songs to
his credit, as well as guilty pleasures like "Hot Legs."
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Stiff Little Kittens
Just to see if anyone knows who they were.
- Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
Sting
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
A very literate pop singer.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
He's okay as a solo artist but I wish he'd stick to the Police.
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I love his solo stuff, especially ...NOTHING LIKE THE SUN. Even better
is seeing him live, though . . . it was a solid three-hour show and
everybody got a shot at the spotlight. He attracts a crowd of really
talented folks around him and his material lives up to them.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Pretentious bandleader aching to taken seriously. Actually quite a
melodyman. I wish he'd rock more.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Strawbs
A couple of former Strawbs "spun-off" to form the Monks. I like the
Monks, but have never heard the Strawbs.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Another folk-rock band from England. Good stuff, but rather hard to
find. All their albums are quite good, so I have a hard time picking out
a particular one to recommend.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Style Council
all these records and i now i hate the band. paul weller started out
fresh and then went stale & staler & then began to rot.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
The Sugarcubes
I really liked _Life's Too Good_, but the new album is another ho
hummer.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
The lead singer's voice irritates me at times (I can't explain why), but
I like this band in general; I find them fresh and inventive.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
icelandic pop band.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Suicidal Tendencies
An OK band, but too many times I've heard people call them the standard
in hardcore. They are too pretentious for that; most "real" hardcore I
have listened to is on a more personal level, and isn't just griping
about things.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Donna Summer
Cute, sings good, and has some good songs.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Disco superstar with highly erotic image who later found God. Great
pipes.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Andy Summers
A jazz-fusion guitarist who was in the band The Police for several
years, but is now back to playing jazz-fusion and is (IMHO) doing a lot
more interesting music.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Ex-Police drummer known for penchant for odd percussion.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Sun Ra
Earth's only interplanetary jazz big band leader.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
From Birmingham, Alabama.A friend of mine's father got inducted into the
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame at the same time as the Ra and she remarked
how bad the man smelled.
- Jon Kincaid dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu
Swans
low growling male voice & feedback noise & sequencers. then they got a
female vocalist and sound like the carpenters.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Sweet Tee
One of the best girls in Hip House.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Swing Out Sister
I hate their music. I think Corinne Drewery is tone deaf (cf. Chris de
Burgh). She certainly has no talent as a singer. Eurovision.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Sybil
Or "how to use the Soul to Soul beat"...
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
David Sylvian
"Voices from the beehive" was beautifull, but when he attempts for
something etheral he just loses touch with the rest of the world.
- Wingerde van FJ fjvwing@cs.vu.nl
Synergy
A combination of Larry Fast and more synthesizer equipment than will fit
in most people's houses. Has done some of the best electronic music
albums to come out of America. Especially recommended: _Electronic
Realizations for Rock Orchestra_, _Metropolitan Suite_, and _Sequencer_.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Larry "Synergy" FAst showed what a synthesizer could do. His work with
Nektar (conspicuous by its absence) is some of the best rock synthesizer
work extant. Check out _Recycled_ if you don't believe me.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Sound interesting.Haven't heard any of their material though.
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Tack>>Head
the most talented collection of DJs in britian. their use of samples and
expertese at mixing and redefining what is dance music is amasing.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Tangerine Dream
I prefer their Schmoelling era work. Their recent stuff is good too, but
I find their early material a bit dull and repetitive.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
My favorite group. These guys are the best in electronic music. It's
hard to pinpoint any specific style, because it changes every few years.
Early stuff is very organic, consisting more of sounds than traditional
instruments and timbres. With the added drum machine, their music took
on more form and structure. Their early 80's period is probably their
best. The best way to describe this period is dreamy music with a beat.
Finally, their latest period contains much more driving music. Heavy
paced with a definite and strong beat. Recommendations: _Rubycon_
(early), _Poland_ (middle), _Livemiles_ (latest)
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
The original electronic music group from Germany, which has spawned off
so many solo artist and inspired so many imitators. There's still
nothing like the original. Practically any album by them is good, so I'm
not going to pick a specific one (if I did, I'd probably end up choosing
10 or 12 "best" TD albums.)
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
The original tangerine dream hater.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Their early 80's music is the most daring of all their varied styles.
Older stuff is too spacey and their recent output lacks punch. "Logos
Live" is one of their most consistent albums.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Their stuff in the early eighties is probably the best. I don't listen
to it much nowadays though. It all sounds a bit "samey" after a while.
Electronic..
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They have been around since Jean was wearing dipers(not really). They
certainly lost track around 82 --and when they signed up to Private
Music I was quite happy actually. At last they would be able to get back
to their previous incredible good style of
20-minuts-musical-sequencial-grand-landscape and what happend? They
started to make American POP jingles! Haven't heard their new one, from
the responses I got, I probably wont either.
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Tangerine Dream & Jon Anderson
I only know of one song Anderson did with Tangerine Dream. It was on the
US soundtrack to "Legend". What else did he do with them?
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Only one song that I know of. They did a song for the movie soundtrack
of "Legend".
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Cecil Taylor
free form jazz & improv for 4 or 5 players. sparce.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Tears for Fears
An overall great band. I liked _The Hurting_ and _Songs From The Big
Chair_ and _Seeds of Love_ is currently growing on me.
- Valerie valerie@athena.mit.edu
Get these people off the airwaves, I am so sick of their pretentiosness
I could "shout". Sowing the seeds of love: glistening slick slimy
teenage pop.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Their new album is nothing like their older stuff. I don't like it, but
some might.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Todd Terry
(Acid) House artist. Not quite as good as Tyree or Fast Eddie.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
John Tesh
Entertainment Tonight reporter, part-time Klingon, and electronic
musician. What I've heard of his _Tour de France_ album sounds
promising.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I though he was some kind of american TV host -- oh no he made some Jan
Hammer kind of music didn't he? He just have to spend some of his money
perhaps on expencive equipment -- Finally he got it all back from the
people who bought his album. Maybe he just laught his head off! And Tour
De France! He just have to rip of the classic KRAFTWERK title doesn't
he! (I know he made it for his Tv-series, but anyway)
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Is his album 'Tour De France' the music from Channel 4's coverage? If
so, I'll buy it. If not, I might buy it anyway.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
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uwpvacs.UUCP!datta@cs.wisc.edudatta@VACS.UWP.WISC.EDU (David Datta) (02/21/90)
Eclectic Music Survey #4 Results
Survey Posting February 1990
Part 19 of 19 (Thru Frank Zappa)
Suzanne Vega
One of my favorites among the innovative female artists; I find her more
understandable than Laurie Anderson, and more compelling than Michelle
Shocked.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Wispy folk revivalist. Earnest as all hell.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Vergiftung
samplers & drum machines & live performances. tape loops of barking dogs
and orgasms over FM hiss and feedback.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Violent Femmes
Their newer stuff seems to blend together in my mind, but their first
album was (IMHO) quite innovative and had an "honesty" to it that I
don't think many bands have.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Vivaldi
Big time classical guy.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Andreas Vollenweider
A very good, very innovative group (man?); his instrument selection and
style probably classifies him as new-age, but not pretentiously so. Can
be listened to when you're trying to sleep, trying to meditate,
thinking, or whatever. I like the use of nonstandard rhythms and such.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Jazz-rock harp? Don't think it would work? Check out _Down to the Moon_.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Nice enough harp playing, but frankly all his albums tend to sound alike
after a while. I have _Caverna Magica_, and while it's a nice album,
I've felt no great desire to buy any more.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
White Winds! I say no more! (Monty Python: 'Say no more! Say no more!')
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Tom Waits
The man who gargles with rocks. Once an chronicler of the down & out,
now some kind of artist. Smokes a lot.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Rick Wakeman
An accomplished keyboard player (notably with Yes and ABWH).
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
I have a single of his called "He's So Straight He's a Weirdo" which
never got into the top 75. It's weird. It's fun. "On holiday I go to
Spain/On a chartered aeroplane."
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Keyboardist for Yes and Anderson, Br... Did LOTS of solo albums. Good
luck finding them. He's very orchestral, and his solo albums have a
jazzish flavor. Unfortunately, the vocalists on the solo albums tend to
be of inadequate quality.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
Rock/Classical mixture. Tends to "show off" in the _Six Wives..._ album.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
The original keyboard wizard. Propelled Yes for a long time with stacks
of keyboards and a white robe. Also has a successful solo career.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
The part that is greater than the sum. I always liked Wakeman better
than Yes.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Wall of Voodoo
Primo wholesome band.
- James Martin <martin@cpsc.UCalgary.CA>
Strange guys who had a film soundtrack business that went belly-up and
decided to name their new band after their last would-be film. Very
atmospheric songs heavy on droning vocals and unexpected sound effects.
Their cover of "Ring of Fire" is quite arresting.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Walton
He got the Celtics a championship, didn't he?
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Was (Not Was)
They look and sound straight but if you listen to the lyrics they're
more off the wall than Dead Milkmen are. Talented combo, both LPs well
worth getting. Fave track of all time: "Earth To Doris" . . .
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
The Washington Squares
Remind me of Indigo Girls a lot. Good mix of voices.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Waterboys
gonna be bigger than elvis. irish songwriter and a big lineup pull off
nice productions and great arrangements.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Roger Waters
Good musician, either with or without PF. Try listening to his stuff
without worring about whose right, or how big anyones ego is.
- John Gateley gateley@m2.csc.ti.com
Jeff Wayne
"The Eve of the War" was a big hit at Christmas in the UK - it was
remixed into a dance track by Ben Liebrand. This was widely criticised
but I liked it - there was always a good tune in the original although
the music was a bit dated. I am sure Ben Liebrand sampled Yello's "Tied
Up" though.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Weather Report
Fusion heavies.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Wednesday Week
Haven't heard much; "Missionary" springs to mind. Very strong melody
(and/or harmony) to that song. I enjoyed it; probably classified as
progressive.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Andy White
irish bob dylan. havent heard anything from him since this refreshing
relsease.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
James White and the Blacks
Contort yourself! Squonking sax desperately attempts smoky jazz and
comes up with something else entirely. Punk jazz anyone?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Karyn White
Whitesnake
Yet another clone pop-heavy-metal band.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
Who
"Hope I die before I get old" were words to live by :-)
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Serious contender for greatest rock band ever. Stunning conception and
execution of sweeping, dynamic music that transcends the rock idiom.
Entwistle has my vote for best bassist.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Will go down in my lifetime as one of the best concerts ever. I saw them
during their Anniversary Tour. They were stupendous!!
- Marylynn Orzeckowski discg1!istda11@bpa.bell-atl.com
John Williams
Fantastic soundtrack composer and conductor. His music has such a good,
and triumphant feeling to it. Very exciting music too.
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
Lucinda Williams
I don't generally like country, but on her eponymous albums the stylings
are close enough to folk to win me over. The "Passionate Kisses" EP
shows her in more of a blues mode. Hope she becomes a success.
- Ken Josenhans 13020KRJ@MSU.BitNet
Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller
Mason Williams & Mannheim Steamroller If you like "Classical Gas" by Mason
Williams, and you like the Steamroller, you'll definitely want this album.
Recommended.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Classical Gas was a good album and was my first introduction to Mannheim
Steamroller.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
I liked the original _Classical Gas_ better.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Mason Williams
Originator of "Classical Gas". Liner notes to that album seem to posit
him as some kind of Renaissance man, but what has he done lately?
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Wrote Classical Gas (exactly 3:00 minutes long) to fit a film collage
shown on the Smothers' Brothers Show.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Brian Wilson
America's Lennon and McCartney. We thought we could surf on Lake Ontario
if the Beach Boys were playing.
- Paul Maclauchlan moore!paul@uunet.UU.NET
Brian is THE musical genius of modern time! It is tragic that his music
has not really received the recognition it deserves. His solo album from
1988 is magnificent!!!! Of course, his Beach Boys stuff is classic also.
The reason I like his music so much is because I feel that it directly
relates to my life. The pain he talks about in his songs is similar to
the pains I have felt in my life. Hence, whenever I am depressed, there
is always a Brian Wilson song that will cheer me up. _Pet Sounds_ is a
masterpiece album. Lyrics like "I know perfectly well I'm not where I
should be......" always make me feel that at least I'm not alone in my
depression. Of course, Brian has several bright, upbeat, happy songs
that are great as well. I highly recommend listening to his new song "In
My Car" off of the Beach Boys' newest album _Still Cruisin'_. This song
will blow any current Top 40 song away!!!! Unfortunately, they didn't
release it as a single.
- Eddie Gulbransen cse1011%eve.wright.edu@RELAY.CS.NET
Mad genius behind the Beach Boys. Total nutcake.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Win
A decent pop group from Scotland (gasp!). Vastly underrated - they
supplied the music for a well-known lager advert but it never charted.
The first album "Uh! Tears Baby" was very good but the newer stuff is
more disappointing - too slow. Their music has a lot going on which
sometimes makes it a bit over-arranged. The only band I ever went to see
live.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Underrated Edinburgh group. Their single 'You've Got The Power' (used in
an award winning lager ad) was very popular in central Scotland back in
87 (I believe it was outselling the then number one, by Rick Astley, in
many areas) but, due to lack of national airplay it failed to reach very
high in the charts. Their early sound was guitar/synth based but
featuring some interesting vocal harmonies. All the members of the group
seem to double up on a variety of instruments. Their first album
'Uh..Tears Baby!' has to be my all-time favourite album - there isn't a
bad track on it. Their latest album 'Freaky Trigger' is a bit more
mainstream though and, while it is by no mean a bad album, just isn't as
good.
- Alan Crawford awrc%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Winter Hours
A song of theirs, "Hyacinth Girl," is one of my favorites, though I have
not heard many others by them. "Hyacinth Girl" is different from most
progressive songs (a bit slower, "softer") and it always makes me feel
happy and sad at the same time. This band is worth a look.
- Bill White bwhite@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu
George Winston
In my opinion, his music is the most romantic and relaxing that I've
heard. I saw him in concert over the holidays and found out that he's
even better live than on Memorex. He also plays a great guitar and
harmonica as well. Still waiting for his next new album.
- Chris Chavez ccmchris@pollux.ucdavis.edu
Paul Winter
More new age before its time. And anyone that has a contrabass
sarussaphone in his band can't be all bad.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Steve Winwood
How was his first eponymous album in comparison to ARC OF A DIVER and
BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE?
- Neil Ottenstein OTTEN@UMCINCOM.BitNet
One-time rocker with Spencer Davis and Traffic, now puts out beer
commercials. C'est la vie.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Wolfgang Press
"Birdwood Cage" is one of my favorite albums. At times I detect a David
Byrne influence. Others I hear early 4AD. Always I hear a fantastic
beat, a melody that keeps my attention ('challenging' as my roommate and
I say). And fun (if not bizarre) lyrics. I wish that there was something
I could compare the Press to... The CD for "Birdwood Cage" also has the
"Big Sex" EP, a bargain at regular CD prices!
- John Willmore jaw@esl.ESL.COM
Stevie Wonder
Extremely talented soulmonger with l-o-o-o-o-ng career. Highlights love
and God a lot, but isn't above getting down.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
X
Criminally overlooked punks who put out tough-sounding squalls for
emotional justice or maybe just a little peace of mind. Guitarist Billy
Zoom seamless blended tired rockabilly riffs into a furious thundestorm
of punk rhythm and came out smelling like a rose.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Xmal Deutschland
German guitar band - female vocalist. The new album "Devils" was a
little disappointing although it was not much of a departure. Their
chord sequences are quite unique. I wish they would sing in German more.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
XTC
"Drums and Wires" was a pretty good album.."Making Plans For Nigel" was
well ahead of its time. "Generals and Majors" was another good single
but they went downhill (and out of the charts) after "Sgt Rock".
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Mellow trio from England that sing on marriage, God and everything.
- David Caldwell macs!dfc@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Yanni
Great stuff. If the first two minutes of _Keys to Imagination_ don't get
your attention you had better check your pulse....
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Stomu Yamashta
_Go_ is one of the great supersession albums of all time. Winwood,
DiMeola, Shrieve, Schulze to mention a few.
- Russ Levreault RLEVREAULT@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Yello
Band Of The Decade for the '80s. No real cohesive albums but every song
is a mini-movie, and every album is worth getting.
- Lazlo Nibble lazlo@ariel.unm.edu
Creators of "Oh Yeah!", a song which everyone has heard at one time or
another, (I know it's used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"). None of their
other songs are widely known. The group has a very interesting sound.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
From the stuff that I've heard "You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess" is
by far the best.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
I got into them after seeing "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" - "Oh Yeah" was
played over the credits at the end. Their stuff is all very good. Pity
they keep putting "Oh Yeah" on their B-sides..nobody is going to buy it
twice so it won't be a hit in its own right.
- Stephen K Mulrine
smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
These guys are from Switzerland I think. They have possibly an overdose
of humor, with certainly are totally lacking regarding Kraftwerk. Their
latest MTV video 'The Race' featured 4 or 5 minuts with crashing cars,
synth based rhytmical music with a HAWAII - guitar! They do sing but it
doesn't matter.Newest album 'Flag' (1988?) If you haven't heard this
check this out!
- Geir Stenstud geirs@ifi.uio.no
Yes
Currently they are my favorite group. In terms of musical skill, they
are hard to beat, and you can't go wrong with a singer like Jon
Anderson. The amazing thing about Yes is that they could produce an
Album as good as Drama without Jon. They have so much talent that no
single member is critical to the band. They have produced their share of
bad songs, albeit when they were starting out ('Astral Traveller' is
horrendous).
- Frank J. Schima francis@pawl.rpi.edu
Excellent, progressive rock group. Although I don't know how they've
been progressing lately.
- Christopher Waldemar Bochna cb2w+@andrew.cmu.edu
If you don't have any Yes in your collection, get _Classic Yes_. Most of
the music is long 6+ mins which turns most people away. It also keeps
them from getting exposure on mainstream radio. Newer music leans toward
pop; giving $$$ and airplay.
- TRM900@PSUVM.PSU.edu
My favorite progressive rock band. Their first two albums are very
different from their following albums. The early 70's brought forth
their most amazing music. They are all great musicians who all know A
LOT about music. Recommendations: _The Yes Album_, _Close To The Edge_
- Steven Seidman sseidman@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (The MIDIman)
No.
- Hans Huttel hans%lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Old albums: "The Yes Album", "Fragile", "Close to the Edge" all
excellent progressive rock. "Going for the One" bridges the gap well.
Their recent output is vastly different, produced by Trevor Horn, very
modern sounding and in the same vein as recent Rush.
- Iain Smith & Jonathan Habrovitsky
jhabrovi%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Probably the most famous British art-rock band. Probably not the best
one, either, but still produced a lot of very nice albums. Of course,
they also produced _Tormato_, too....
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
They made the world safe for imaginary space travel. I never could
figure out what the songs were about, but the setting was so lush I
didn't mind. The current incarnation is an overly mechanized heap.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Young Marble Giants
the moxham brothers play endearing acoustic songs during the post-punk
explosion. refreshing.
- del Amitri del@ab.ecn.purdue.edu
Young MC
L.A. rapper. One of the bests.
- Hussein Yahia hussein@bora.inria.fr
Frank Zappa
Anybody whom the PMRC hates so much can't be too bad :-). Seriously,
he's been producing interesting music and entertaining lyrics for over
20 years now. No record collection is complete without at least one
Zappa album.
- Richard Caley rjc%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK
Unpredictable rock composer who delights in offending boo-zhwah
mentalities. An excellent guitarist unafraid to surround himself with
equally exciting players. Prone to overly complex arrangements, he's
saved by excruciating wit.
- sco!martyst@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Thanks everyone again for responding, I really enjoyed reading all of the
comments, many of you had fun replying and I hope everyone has had fun
reading the results.
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