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  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    It's funny but I don't like genres any longer and there are few bands that I can say I like anymore.  Just songs.  Only a very small handful of bands consistently put out songs that I like and, yet, I can find awesome songs in any genre.  

    That is the very fine thing about being able to buy individual songs nowadays instead of CDs or albums.  The same is true of genres, I think.  I can find songs that I adore in just about any genre you can name but they are few and far between.  I am on a mission, nowadays, to find new songs that I like and I'm having to search far and wide to find them.  Can't say I've found a song by Lana Del Rey yet that knocks me over.

    Can you give me some examples of indie/alternative music you like?  Would xx fall into that category.  I've found a couple of there's that I like.

    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    That sounds like a new thread, WW.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    I have been appreciating Alt-J recently.
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    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Hi Whick- ok so in no particular order here are some of the indie/alternative bands that I tune into:

    Imagine Dragons
    London Grammar
    Bastille
    Muse
    Arctic Monkeys
    The Jam
    The Cure
    Florence & the machine
    Eurthymics (reckon I fudged the spelling there)
    Jake Bugg
    Blondie
    Coldplay
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Having said the above i dont dig every song or every album. I think i gave a selective ear. The melody, sound and beats have to connect with me. I don't care too much for lyrics at times. Sometimes the sound and mood is enough to hold me in.

    Haven't brought a CD in a decade!!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    The older the Blonde Llamas the better!

    Cocteau Llamas, Llamas Can Dance, Tanya Llamally, John "Alpaca" Grant, Antony & the Llamasons, Llamarut, Chris Llameau, Llamas, Happy Llamas, Llama Bush, Llámahann Llámahannsson, Llamette Napolitano, The Llama Bathers, Llama Orphan, The Llama in your House Wants to Sing, WhoMadeLlamas, Llama Budd, Kirsty MacLlama...
    Post edited by iuventus at 2017-09-17 17:03:39
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    Iuventus- only one I've know from your list is Kate Bush. Only because my parents like her music.

    I personally love her song 'wuthering heights' with the video and 'babushka'. When you have studied withering Wuthering heights her song seems to fit it to a T.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down serenity52serenity52
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    How old is Debbie Harry now.

    Personal favourite song is One way or another. Just love it. I know your number, your mother's number, your ex girlfriends number, where you live, even your FACEBOOK PASSWORD!!

    I love their close unionship and how Debbie and Chris Stein have practically grown up together.

    Go Debbie! Go Debbie! Rock on!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Would you feel like listing a song or two for the first five bands, Serenity?  The rest of the bands I know well enough to find my way around.

    There are so few bands that I like more than one or two songs.  So, what do you buy, if not CDs?
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    iuventus said:

    The older the Blondie the better!

    Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Tanya Donelly, John Grant, Antony & the Johnsons, Beirut, Chris Garneau, Eels, Happy Rhodes, Kate Bush, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Johnette Napolitano, The Bathers, Shelleyan Orphan, The Electricty in your House Wants to Sing, WhoMadeWho, Harold Budd, Kirsty MacColl...


    Are John Grant and Kate Bush indie/alternative? Indie possibly by label only. Also the much missed Kirsty MacColl I would not have on that list.
    Coldplay are about as mainstream as you can get. I loved Parachutes and still play it now but they slowly went downhill after that IMHO.
    Blondie always were a great act and always will be.
    Big Muse fans in this house Serenity, but you all know there is a heavy rock stream in the UT household. Some hate Matt Bellemy's vocals and theatricality, but they are a tight unit and Chris, the bass player is s hard working boy, thundering out so many bass figures. He reminds me of Geezer Butler in Black Sabbath. Both play the bass more like a rhythm guitar which was exactly what Mr Butler was before converting to bass. You don't need another guitarist when the first one is Tony Iommi !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Never mind, WW.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    London Grammer

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Muse






    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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