The title says it all: suggest bands and/or songs that either:

A) SENners should be listening to by now; or
B) That SENners should try out -- it's fresh!

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GRADE-A ARTISTS/BANDS //

The Killers ("This River Is Wild"; "Sam's Town"; "Mr. Brightside"; "This Is Your Life")
Arcade Fire ("Rebellion (Lies)"; "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)"; "(Antichrist Television Blues)")
The Beatles ("A Day In The Life"; "Hey Jude"; "Let It Be"; etc.)
Billy Joel ("Piano Man"; "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant")
The Cat Empire ("How to Explain"; "Sunny Moon"; "So Many Nights")
Coldplay ("Green Eyes"; "A Rush of Blood to the Head"; "The Scientist"; "Politik")
Radiohead ("Karma Police"; "Kid A"; "House of Cards"; "Creep")
Pink Floyd ("Brain Damage"; "The Great Gig in the Sky"; "Comfortably Numb")
The Fratellis ("Look Out Sunshine!"; "Babydoll")
Modest Mouse ("Float On"; "Missed the Boat"; "The View")
Muse ("Supermassive Black Hole"; "Map of the Problematique"; "Feeling Good"; "Apocalypse Please")
Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Under the Bridge"; "Tell Me Baby")
Bob Marley & The Wailers ("Three Little Birds"; "Could You Be Loved")

plus, less importantly //

The Strokes ("Last Nite"; "Reptilia"; "You Only Live Once")
The Flaming Lips ("Feeling Yourself Disintegrate"; "Race for the Prize"; "Do You Realize?)
Dave Matthews Band ("Crash Into Me"; "Satellite")
Gorillaz ("Feel Good Inc.")
Weezer ("The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"; "Island in the Sun")
Bloc Party ("Helicopter"; "Uniform"; "Hunting for Witches")
Kings of Leon ("Sex On Fire"; "Use Somebody")
The Libertines ("The Man Who Would Be King"; "Last Post on the Bugle")
Streetlight Manifesto ("Point/Cointerpoint"; "Everything Went Numb")
Vampire Weekend ("Oxford Comma"; "A-Punk")
Flobots ("Handlebars"; "Rise"; "Stand Up")
MGMT ("Time to Pretend"; "Kids")
The Kooks ("Gap")
Queen ("Bohemian Rhapsody"; "Killer Queen")
The Darkness ("I Believe In A Thing Called Love")
The Kinks ("He's Evil"; "Lola")
Pixies ("Where Is My Mind?")
The Shins ("Phantom Limb"; "Girl Sailor")
Sonic Youth ("I Know There's An Answer"; "Superstar"; "Kool Thing")
Cat Stevens ("Another Saturday Night"; "Father And Son")

+ TRY OUT //

The Submarines ("You Me and the Bourgeoisie")
Phoenix ("If I Ever Feel Better"; "Liztsomania")
Cymbals Eat Guitars ("Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)")
Spoon ("The Underdog"; "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb")
Blitzen Trapper ("Furr"; "Black River Killer")
Frightened Rabbit ("The Modern Leper")


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I'm sure I've missed a shit-load of awesome bands, but fortunately for both you and I, that's where you come in!

SUGGEST.

What bothers me is the supposition that music consists exclusively of "bands" and [presumably vocal] "songs". Your tastes fail.

It gets the point across, at least. I'm far too lazy to include more defined categorizations: instrumentals, symphonies, a capellas, etc.

WHY did you create this thread. It's going to be up to page 8 with whiny pop-punk bands by tomorrow noon.

Let's hear your list then; musical appreciation genius.

p.s. I agree that Jamal' (and probably most of SEN'S list for this topic are going to FAIL majorly.)

I don't listen to as much music as perhaps I would like to, but anything Sabine Meyer (being a clarinetist I appreciate her work) has done is good, along with the SFS Brahms series and, a personal favorite is Bernstein doing Rite of Spring and Firebird with the New York and the London Phil.

Not to mention just about anything done by Yo Yo Ma or Itzhak Perlman (the best players of their instruments alive, imo). I suppose I could go on, but what's the point? Nobody listens anymore.

There is no absolute when it comes to music. While to you, Norm, metal music sounds good, for others it will not. But that would not mean the musical tastes of that other person are bad...

I say most musical genres because there are exceptions, which make me want to redefine the term "music". I call a vote for not criticizing everyone else's musical tastes and let Jamal decide what he likes, or what he dislikes

My intention while creating this topic was to expand the musical palette of everybody who viewed it... something that "What the heck are you listening to?" does, but not as well.

Also, try:

I Hate Kate ("Always Something"; "I'm In Love With A Sociopath")

When I was getting big into music I started listening to Akira The Don, and, fortunately, ATD is big on releasing mixtapes.

Thanks to him, my music has broadened across many different sounds.
Such as: Gonzales, Katie Melua, Spandau Ballet, Morrissey, Gnarles Barkley, The 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Heart, Pet Shop Boys, Bravecaptain, and John Cale of Velvet Underground.

He really did open my eyes to the musical world. Now I listen to just about anything.

Still, before I started to listen to Akira The Don, I have always been a huge They Might Be Giants fan.

Elton John - Tiny Dancer / Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Fear - Current Value

I hate most of those songs. Where is We are the Champions, or Crazy Frog, or some decent rap? Or Metallica, or Wierd Al Yankovitch, Tchaikovsky's Nut Cracker Suite, or Pirates of the Carribbean theme, or resident evil theme?(ok- I don't listen to the last two)

Crazy Frog....Omg, olddddddd. Not as old as Spin Me Right Round or What Is Love... ;o

And i meant Queen's Champions song BTW, not Crazy Frogs one.

BLACK MIRROR ISN'T ON YOUR LIST FOR ARCADE FIRE?! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!

http://rorrimkcalb.com/arcadefire.html

I know.. the only Crazy Frog song I know is the remix of Popcorn.

I thought the same for 'She Don't Use Jelly' by the Flaming Lips and 'Clint Eastwood' by the Gorillaz.

Supermassive Black Hole is gross. ;o Other songs are excellent. Needs stuff like Hysteria, Butterflies and Hurricanes, and Stockholm Syndrome.

Metallica is progressively more and more awful. They started out amazing, and are now pure shit.

Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye, Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Blood Red Skies ;o
They have a ton more awesome songs. I can't list them all. ;o

In regards to Painkiller:


Painkiller is also an awesome album.

I wanted to put Ocean of Noise and Black Mirror on the list, but I thought the list was long enough already.



Classics.



Painkiller is also an awesome album.[/quote]

Breakin' The Law? Although I've never loved Judas Priest, they definitely have a unique style.


Interesting, to say the least.

Please tell me all of that is a joke.