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Ever listen to Rufus Wainwright? Check Want Two out on Spotify. Skip the first sound though...

Originally posted by Trev33
Ever listen to Rufus Wainwright? Check Want Two out on Spotify. Skip the first sound though...

Never listened before. He sounds quite creative and sort of original but I really dislike that style of singing. He should get himself a good vocalist IMO.

So far a day's listening has given me:-

La Vie En Rose: Louis Armstrong
It Don't Mean A Thing: Duke Ellington
The Way You Look Tonight: Billie Holiday
Ice Ice Baby: Vanilla Ice
Israelites: Desmond Dekker & The Aces
I Can See Clearly Now - Edit: Johnny Nash
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover: Paul Simon
Fernando: Abba
Enjoy The Silence: Depeche Mode
Celebration: Kool & The Gang, Eumir Deodato

I'd heard all of them before but now at least I have a list of tracks to buy. Actually, I've probably never heard the real lyrics to Israelites--I remember the tune being used to advertise a spread called Vita-Lite 🙂.

And a new-to-me classical piece:-
An Evening Hymn, Z. 193: Henry Purcell

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Never listened before. He sounds quite creative and sort of original but I really dislike that style of singing. He should get himself a good vocalist IMO.

He is genius.

What about Christina Perri, Jar of Hearts. Cheesy lyrics but it's pretty decent.

Did I just admit that? Jesus.

Also the Zoe unplugged version is good as well... Spanish though. And again pretty cheesy lyrics.

The airborne toxic event

All for a woman (alternative version)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1xIhq1Fh4

All I ever wanted

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaMWRKRzJEk

The kids are ready to die (alternative version)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7HD_JWIdQ

Sometime around midnight

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UYPoMjR6-Ao

The Boss

Jungleland

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JR_0nbEzVdY

Meeting across the river

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbX2LYZx2A

Dream Theater

The count of tuscany

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YkEzATW8Ubs

Octavarium

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVMIk3xYaYo

Have you ever heard of a band called the Beatles?

Originally posted by Trev33
What about Christina Perri, Jar of Hearts. Cheesy lyrics but it's pretty decent.

Did I just admit that? Jesus.

It's OK, I admitted to liking Ice Ice Baby 😉
But, IIB is about 47 times better...

Originally posted by darvlay
Have you ever heard of a band called the Beatles?

There are some local legends about at a band with that name, but no sane person believes them. According to lore, they claimed they were bigger than Richard Dawkins. And I've already got all their decent records.

Originally posted by Great King Rat
[b]The airborne toxic event

All for a woman (alternative version)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1xIhq1Fh4

All I ever wanted

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaMWRKRzJEk

The kids are ready to die (alternative version)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cU7HD_JWIdQ

Sometime around midnight

http://m.youtube. ...[text shortened]... youtube.com/watch?v=YkEzATW8Ubs

Octavarium

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVMIk3xYaYo[/b]

Airborne Toxic Event seem like nice, creative people, but their music does nothing for me.

Bruce Springsteen-- well, I must bow to his popularity but all of his songs just wash over me.

Dream Theater--to me, this fits into the 'aggressive' category I mentioned above.

Some more Finch and Keita:
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And Laura Marling:
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Simon & Garfunkel:
YouTube

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
A few weeks ago I bought a few "pop" (the modern R&B form, I think) songs on iTunes. I'm a classical buff really, but I'm feeling a desire to listen to some pop music, and wondered if you can suggest anything truly outstanding. I just looked up 50 "Great Debut Albums" on the iTunes store and sampled most of the frequently downloaded songs I didn't kn ...[text shortened]... ed and dreamlike Future Strings by Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita from their album Clychau Dibon.

This is one of my all time favorites. For me this and Country Western is easy listening.

YouTube

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I had to add the second song 😕

Given your love of classical and your folk tendencies, you may enjoy Annie Clark aka St. Vincent, who is not just your run-of-the-mill songwriter. She has a little more edge to her, isn't afraid to delve into different genres herself and sculpts very unconventional pop songs.

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/st-vincent-mn0000574035/biography

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
As soon as I heard the first track I wondered if it was her that sang 'True Colors' which I remember liking back in the 80s. But she's not really my cup of tea any more—her voice doesn't appeal to me at all now, even though I must have found it alluring back then.

Eh, to each their own. Be prepared to look high and low, sometimes it takes a while to find what speaks to you. Good luck. 🙂

Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Actually, I've probably never heard the real lyrics to Israelites

I grew up thinking that was a song about "his red eye." 😛

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
I grew up thinking that was a song about "his red eye." 😛

Is that like "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy."?