Favourite other bands

[Silent Reader]

Again, apologies if this is the 1,000,000th time this has been done, but what other music do people like on here?

In no particular order, I’m partial to a bit of Nick Cave, Talking Heads, Talk Talk, Deacon Blue, Gene, R.E.M. The Charlatans, U2 & some Suede. But they can whine on a bit, & the second half of Brett Anderson’s autobiography was pretentiousness defined.

Loads of others as well, but let’s see what people come up with.

 

[Surface]

REM and The Charlatans as per your list. plus New Order, James, Echo and The Bunnymen, Cast, The National, Buzzcocks, Sleeper are the main ones but I slip into other stuff now again while out for a run

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Indie-rock, rock, soundtracks, classical, C & W, Rockabilly, Garage rock, easy listening, Punk rock, classic soul, "world music".....anything from the 30's to now.....though.....not so much the "now" bit.

 

[Silent Reader]

REM and The Charlatans as per your list. plus New Order, James, Echo and The Bunnymen, Cast, The National, Buzzcocks, Sleeper are the main ones but I slip into other stuff now again while out for a run

Oh yeah, I forgot New Order! I love them. And the first Electronic album as well.

Oh, & Carter USM. Another good b-sides band as it happens.

 

[Silent Reader]

Indie-rock, rock, soundtracks, classical, C & W, Rockabilly, Garage rock, easy listening, Punk rock, classic soul, "world music".....anything from the 30's to now.....though.....not so much the "now" bit.

Yeah, totally agree about now, except for anything by the bands mentioned that comes out now.

Maybe not The Charlatans, their last 2 have been a bit ropey. In my opinion.

 

[sad poor not hunting]

Nick Cave, The Courteeners, Radiohead, Lloyd Cole, P J Harvey plus (depending on my mood) jazz.

 

[Silent Reader]

Stephen - since I joined here last week, I’ve been compared by some (negatively I have to say) to you. Or indeed accused of being you under a false name.

You seem perfectly reasonable to me. So I take the comparison as a compliment.

 

[Nerak]

I object to Stephen's neo-Nazidom due to the neo-Nazi bit.... other than that...

 

[Silent Reader]

I object to Stephen's neo-Nazidom due to the neo-Nazi bit.... other than that...

Not seen any of that personally. But it depends if he really is or if he just, I don’t know, votes Tory so gets called a Neo-Nazi.

It has been known to happen. I’ll reserve judgement.

 

[Nerak]

Not seen any of that personally. But it depends if he really is or if he just, I don’t know, votes Tory so gets called a Neo-Nazi.

It has been known to happen. I’ll reserve judgement.

Now I feel I'm being mean - but a proper actual neo-Nazi group has been mentioned.

 

[agent]

Tindersticks.

 

[Silent Reader]

Now I feel I'm being mean - but a proper actual neo-Nazi group has been mentioned.

Ah ok, well you seem very reasonable & honest, so I’ll take your word for that. I can’t be bothered to rake through reams of old posts to find it. I would have thought support for Neo-Nazi groups online was illegal though?

HOWEVER, I think I’ll keep out of this, it’s not my fight.

 

[Raymonde]

2nd best solo artist: Scott Walker (60s and 70s, not the more recent stuff)
2nd best band: Kraftwerk

 

[everydayslikesunday]

In no real order: Suede, early U2, The Housemartins, The Beautiful South, Lloyd Cole, Dexy's, Soft Cell, Deacon Blue, early Marillion, The Cranberries, The Damned, Tears For Fears, The Cure & Pulp

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Stephen - since I joined here last week, I’ve been compared by some (negatively I have to say) to you. Or indeed accused of being you under a false name.

You seem perfectly reasonable to me. So I take the comparison as a compliment.

Not sure why i would make a second account but thanks. I try to be reasonable....I just don't have much time for idiots.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

In no real order: Suede, early U2, The Housemartins, The Beautiful South, Lloyd Cole, Dexy's, Soft Cell, Deacon Blue, early Marillion, The Cranberries, The Damned, Tears For Fears, The Cure & Pulp

Went into the pub that is Clutching at Straws by Marillion's front cover. Long gone....like most old boozers.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

2nd best solo artist: Scott Walker (60s and 70s, not the more recent stuff)
2nd best band: Kraftwerk

Nice to see a fellow Scott Walker fan around these parts.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Not seen any of that personally. But it depends if he really is or if he just, I don’t know, votes Tory so gets called a Neo-Nazi.

It has been known to happen. I’ll reserve judgement.

Is that Nerak discussing me? I can't see, since i blocked her a while back for some outrageous statements.

 

[Nerak]

Imagine being able to recognise yourself from neo-Nazi.

 

[Verso]

Imagine being able to recognise yourself from neo-Nazi.

"Excuse me, I thought I overheard you say the words pathetic f***ing idiot...were you talking about me, by any chance?"