<p>Some that make me smile:</p>
<p>Trite top 40 but so what, sue me:
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Dirty Pop - N Sync</p>
<p>Some others:</p>
<p>Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
Killer Queen - Queen
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks
Peace Frog - The Doors</p>
<p>I like to keep an eye on Sub Pop records for the young Seattle bands. I It’s 13 songs, but the new album from The Head and the Heart is on my playlist right now:</p>
<p>[The</a> Head and the Heart](<a href=“http://www.theheadandtheheart.com/releases/let_s_be_still]The”>http://www.theheadandtheheart.com/releases/let_s_be_still)</p>
<p>I also have the latest albums of the Maldives and the hyper-talented Moondoggies.</p>
<p>[Music</a> | The Maldives](<a href=“http://themaldivesmusic.com/music/]Music”>http://themaldivesmusic.com/music/)</p>
<p>[the</a> moondoggies](<a href=“http://moondoggiesmusic.com/]the”>http://moondoggiesmusic.com/)</p>
<p>I Will Follow You into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
Love Song – Sara Bareilles
Mad World – Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
Twist in my Sobriety – Tanita Tikaram
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Wade in the Water – Eva Cassidy
Angel and Delilah --Eliza Gilkyson
Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) – Jim Croce
Sail --AWOLNATION
Take Me to Church – Hozier</p>
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<p>I’m against standardization of playlists.</p>
<p>Here are just a couple of doo-wop songs that I dig. There is some good stuff on your lists, but I’m glad I don’t fit into the every adult format.</p>
<p>The Chantels - Eternally
[CHANTELS-</a> ETERNALLY - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>The Skyliners - Since I Don’t Have You
[The</a> Skyliners - Since I Don’t Have You - YouTube](<a href=“The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You - YouTube”>The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You - YouTube)</p>
<p>What I like is seeing what newer works people like who like the same stuff as I do. Pandora used to work that way, but it doesn’t anymore.</p>
<p>I want the “If you like the Kinks try…” suggest listening to The Black Keys, or the Lumineers not the Beatles. I know the Beatles. I want new music!</p>
<p>That said, lots of good suggestions here that are missing from my files - good to be reminded what I still don’t have on mp3s.</p>
<p>This thread made me think of the movie High Fidelity which I ended up watching last night:</p>
<p>[High</a> Fidelity - Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s - YouTube](<a href=“High Fidelity - Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s - YouTube”>High Fidelity - Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s - YouTube)</p>
<p><a href=“High Fidelity - Monday Morning Tape - YouTube”>www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3TYIIpOZM</a></p>
<p>I am going to join those who are suggesting songs that weren’t already classics when we all graduated from high school. That’s not to denigrate those songs, which I love, too, but there are others worth listening to. Pretty randomly:</p>
<p>Paul Simon – Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (I think no one has suggested anything from Graceland yet, which is crazy)
– Born At The Right Time
Wilco – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
– The Late Greats
Old 97s – Murder Or A Heart Attack (best cat song ever)
Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up
– Where The Stars Go Blue
Holly Cole – Cry If You Want To
Lucinda Williams – Passionate Kisses
– Too Cool To Be Forgotten
Juana Molina – Micael
Raphael Saadiq – 100-Yard Dash
Bjork – Venus As A Boy
Counting Crows – A Murder Of One
B=52s – Love Shack</p>
<p>Heard It In A Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band
Brokedown Palace or Ripple - Grateful Dead
Words Get In The Way - Gloria Estefan
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
No More “I Love You’s” - Annie Lennox
Us and Them or Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Woman - John Lennon
With Or Without You - U2
We Are The World - U.S.A. for Africa</p>
<p>I’d had Diamonds on the soles of her shoes on the first version of my post which I managed to lose through stupidity! Forgot it when I was reconstituting it. </p>
<p>I like Counting Crows, and my youngest kept playing me something that reminded me of them, but I can’t remember what it is. I should see if he remembers what it was. Though mostly we were listening to his Arab rock/rap music. I liked a lot of it. Not as rappy as American stuff. (A little softer edged.)</p>
<p>I listened to the singer-songwriter/Americana/cityfolk station in the 1990s, but at some point switched to listening to NPR, so I’m less up on recent music.</p>
<p>JHS–love your list!
How the heck did I leave off Love Shack???</p>
<p>Ok, JHS-- some more not-standards-from-HS:
Paul Simon–“Call Me Al” (because yes, Graceland!)
Bell X One–“The Great Defector”
Mary Chapin Carpenter --“Down at the Twist and Shout”
Muse–“Starlight”
Carbon/Silicon --“The News”
Old 97’s --“Victoria”
Bastille–“Pompeii”
Walk the Moon–“Anna Sun”
Tegan and Sara–“Closer”
The Ting Tings–“That’s Not My Name”</p>
<p>Great adds, JHS and garland - esp Love Shack and That’s Not My Name.</p>
<p>Fatboy Slim - Rockafeller Skank
Trace Adkins - I Left Something Turned On at Home
China Girl - David Bowie</p>
<p>And I hesitate to say this since it’s controversial, but I think Eminem is pretty talented.<br>
I have a friend who says to her teenage son, “If he just cleaned up some of his language, the kids could study him in AP English.”</p>
<p>Good lists! I think I have every one of the songs on westcoastmomof2’s, bclintonk’s and jhs’s lists on my iPhone right now.</p>
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<p>I was thinking the same thing, but then again I don’t think anyone has suggested a Dylan song yet either. So I thought I’d make a “CRAZY OMISSIONS” list of artists.</p>
<p>LIST OF “ESSENTIAL” ARTISTS MISSING FROM THE PREVIOUS SUGGESTIONS (old stuff):</p>
<p>Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Elis Regina
Beck
Blind Willie Johnson
Bob Dylan
Caetano Veloso
Chet Baker
Django Reinhardt
Emmylou Harris
Howling Wolf
Ike and Tina Turner
James Brown
Janis Joplin (unless I missed it! surprising!)
John Coltrane
Leadbelly
Leonard Cohen
Loretta Lynn
Louis Prima
Mahalia Jackson
Muddy Waters
Nick Drake
Nina Simone
Nirvana
Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn
Patti Smith
Pavement
Police
Ramones
Ray Charles
Robert Johnson
Roxy Music
Santana
Sex Pistols
The Smiths
Stan Getz/ Joao Gilberto
Sting
Tom Waits
Velvet Underground
Woody Guthrie</p>
<p>Have we spent the OP’s $150 yet? </p>
<p>(P.S. I’m sure I missed some of these artists in the posts above, so apologies in advance!)</p>
<p>I just played the Beethoven 3rd. Sublime.</p>
<p>And lately I can’t stop listening to the Schumann 2nd, especially the Scherzo. Wow. He was (literally) a mad genius.</p>
<p>If you are looking for something new, get the new Pentatonix album. It’s amazing what the human voice can do.</p>
<p>Ladysmith Black Mambazo–Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes
Black Sabbath–Iron Man
Bonnie Raitt–Thing Called Love
Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits–Money For Nothing
Ted Nugent–Cat Scratch Fever
Peter Frampton–Do You Feel Like We Do(live version, of course)
Clapton(Unplugged)–Layla
Nirvana(MTV Unplugged)-All Apologies
Led Zeppelin–When The Levee Breaks
Yes–I’ve Seen All Good People</p>
<p>Okay… besides The Fox:</p>
<p>Bruno Mars - Marry You
Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God - Testify
Less Than Jake - The Rest of My Life
Heart - These Dreams
Adele - I Found a Boy (but really anything on “21”)
Ben Woolman - Sunday Shine
Beyonc</p>
<p>Stevie Wonder-I Just Called to Say I Love You
Jackson Browne- Fountain of Sorrow
Bob Dylan- Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
Tim McGraw- Carry On and Annie, I Owe You this Dance
Alan Jackson- 1976
Dan Fogelberg- Centerfield
Eric Church- Springsteen and It’s Over When It’s Over
Four Seasons- Opus 17
George Strait- Amarillo</p>
<p>garland–first time I have ever come across anyone else listing Bell X One. Love that song. Managed to sneak a clip of it into a swim team slideshow one summer.</p>
<p>Also like these two on your list:
Bastille–“Pompeii”
Walk the Moon–“Anna Sun”</p>
<p>Random songs:</p>
<p>Foster the People–Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
Electric Guest–This Head I Hold
Style Council/Peter Weller–My Ever Changing Moods
Fitz & The Tantrums–MoneyGrabber
Grouplove–Tongue Tied
REM–Shiny Happy People
Wolf Gang–The King & All His Men
The Last Royals–Crystal Vases
Jackson Browne-- Load Out/Stay
Queen & Bowie–Pressure
English Beat–I Confess
Blondfire–Waves
Cure–Just Like Heaven
Naked & Famous–Young Blood
The Proclaimers—I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)
Yaz–Situation & Nobody’s Diary
U2–Beautiful Day and Walk On (cliche, I know
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Alphaville–Forever Young
Capital Cities–Safe & Sound
David Wilcox–Eye of the Hurricane
Dire Straits–Skateaway
General Public–Tenderness (EP version)
Don McLean–American Pie</p>
<p>Now that I have finished typing, I realize this list is a total hodge-podge!
Will now have all these song clips running in a loop in my head. Fun thread!</p>
<p>I’ve already added more than my share, but had to add “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals under “glaring omissions”.</p>
<p>Also, I want to throw a little love to Ben Harper (Blessed to be a Witness) and Lenny Kravitz (Are you Gonna Go My Way).</p>
<p>“Gondaline,
Enlighten us, post a list. Many of us have mentioned elsewhere that we enjoy being introduced to new music by friends, our kids, etc…”</p>
<p>Ok, blueiguana…</p>
<p>Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Arvo Part - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
The National - Mistaken for Strangers
Mazzy Star - Into Dust
Max Richter - Arbenita (11 Years)
Stars of the Lid - Articulate Silences, Pt. 2
Tom Waits - Saving All My Love For You
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Other Lives - Tamer Animals</p>
<p>Meh… only ten? Can I do ten more tomorrow?</p>
<p>Will say, my D and I have been influencing and enriching each other’s tastes. She’s trying to get me to love Bon Iver and I’m trying to get her to love Radiohead! </p>
<p>A good resource for OP might be Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Artists, as well as Pitchfork.com.</p>