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Post by Nickleby on Oct 25, 2004 11:15:31 GMT -5
Hey everybody ... in the spirit of the last thread I started ... Besides Cat Stevens, who are your musical idols? Mine include, to name only a few: Nick Drake Simon and Garfunkel (both as a duo and as solo artists) Led Zeppelin The Beatles Blues Traveler The Carpenters Beethoven Rachmaninoff America Johnny Cash James Taylor CSN Buffalo Springfield Neil Young (most of the time--some of the time he really sucks  ) Dave Brubeck Duke Ellington John Coltrane Tchaikovsky |
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Post by dottie on Oct 25, 2004 12:49:48 GMT -5
BeeGees
Barbara Strisand (sp?)
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Post by Jancat on Oct 25, 2004 13:29:04 GMT -5
In no particular order:
< Paul McCartney
< Dan Fogelberg
< Carole King
< Paul Simon
< Anita Baker
< Chaka Khan
< Joni Mitchell
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Post by that’sDOCTOR2u on Oct 25, 2004 17:10:04 GMT -5
I'm substituting 'fav' for idol. Not a real big secret that I'm a big Steve Earle fan. Others of include:
Roseanne Cash
Emmylou Harris
Bruce Springsteen
John Prine
Johnny Cash
Bruce Cockburn
Allman Brothers
James Taylor
John Mellencamp
gosh.....so many more
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Post by robinssong on Oct 25, 2004 20:25:53 GMT -5
I love ... ~ Simon & Garfunkel - like Nickleby both as a duo and as solo artists ~ Leonard Cohen I very much like ... ~ Johnny Cash ~ Ladysmith Black Mambazo ~ Loreena McKennitt and sometimes ... ~ Jackson Browne ~ Kate Bush ~ Elkie Brooks Love, Sanna  |
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Post by Chris on Oct 25, 2004 21:06:45 GMT -5
Van Morrison,
Simon and Garfunkle,
Bob Seeger,
Neil Young
Arlo Guthrie
CSNY
Jethro Tull,
Eva Cassidy,
Melanie
Lorenna McKennitt
Tracy Chapman
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Post by Turan on Oct 25, 2004 21:19:22 GMT -5
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Post by Turan on Oct 25, 2004 22:32:33 GMT -5
Can77 (don't know what he calls himself here) has taken it upon himself to educate my family about Turkish pop music. One of my favorite groups is 'Sefarad'. www.tulumba.com/icy_itemdesc.asp?ic=MU940910ED845The groups name refers to Sephardic jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition by going to Turkey. There they have a vibrant community of some 500 years age now. Turan |
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Post by Catsdeb on Oct 26, 2004 3:59:10 GMT -5
These are the ones I considered my idols as a teen Barry Manilow (he and Cat have alternated as my favorites. I met him once in a local restauarant)
Bobby Sherman
Paul Anka
These are ones I like(d)
BeeGees
Fleetwood Mac
Billy Joel
Neil Diamond
I lean now toward the Christian artists.
The late Keith Green and Denny Correll
2nd Chapter of Acts
Michael W. Smith
Steven Curtis Chapman
Carman
There are more but these are the main ones.
Catsdeb
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Post by DJ on Oct 26, 2004 5:35:18 GMT -5
The love all the music of the artists from your list below too... Nick Drake Simon and Garfunkel (both as a duo and as solo artists) Led Zeppelin The Beatles James Taylor CSN Buffalo Springfield Neil Young ... and would add the following, with my favourite album of theirs in brackets - John Martyn ( Solid air) Joni Mitchell (Blue) David Sylvian (Secrets of the beehive) Peter Gabriel (Us) U2 (The Joshua tree) R.E.M. ( Out of time) The Zombies (Odessey & oracle) Crowded House (Woodface) For the majority of the above, it's their earlier work I like most. I tend to go for singer/songwriters music which I can play on acoustic guitar, I love trying to figure the songs out. |
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Post by Vivian on Oct 26, 2004 15:19:00 GMT -5
Other than Cat: Okay Paul McCartney Simon and Garfunkel Neil Diamond John Denver Elton John The Beatles And many others. Those are the famous ones. Now for the "not" famous ones, my own Hairy Hippie Busker makes great music, and if anyone wnats a copy of his CD, PM me your address, and I'll send you one. Also, I've mentioned this before, but Hairy and I have a friend who is a street musician in London who makes grest music. Check out his website. www.alonsomusic.com He does some great Cat covers, including Father and Son, and you can hear a snippet of it on his site, including some of his own orginals. Peace,Vivian |
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Post by that’sDOCTOR2u on Oct 26, 2004 15:40:21 GMT -5
Oooooo Christine, you hit on alot of my other favs as well.
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Post by Justin on Oct 26, 2004 15:42:08 GMT -5
Jimmy Page
John Paul Jones
John McVie
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Jon Anderson
Bill Bruford
Phil Collins
Rick Van der Linden
+ others, can't remember
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Post by boneheadedwoman on Oct 26, 2004 20:06:35 GMT -5
Can77 (don't know what he calls himself here) has taken it upon himself to educate my family about Turkish pop music. One of my favorite groups is 'Sefarad'. www.tulumba.com/icy_itemdesc.asp?ic=MU940910ED845The groups name refers to Sephardic jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition by going to Turkey. There they have a vibrant community of some 500 years age now. Turan Interesting post, as usual, Turan! I'll have to check this out. To the question on the thread: Jethro Tull John Denver Elton John Also, anything with a good beat (fun to work out to) Greek music, particularly our Bay Area band, Fotia |
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Post by Turan on Oct 26, 2004 22:53:44 GMT -5
Interesting post, as usual, Turan! I'll have to check this out. To the question on the thread: Jethro Tull John Denver Elton John Also, anything with a good beat (fun to work out to) Greek music, particularly our Bay Area band, Fotia I am glad it intrigued you.  I am especially fond of your top choice. ;D 'Songs from the Wood' was the first album I ever bought, and still a favorite. The members of BrotherhoodBand, one of my choices, also like Jethro Tull and John Denver quite abit. Some of you here will recognize this band as three CScom members. So I will shamelessly plug their website again. www.brotherhoodband.net/I especially recomend 'I am the River', 'Black eyed Joey' and 'Morning Returns' Turan |
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Post by that’sDOCTOR2u on Oct 27, 2004 0:58:51 GMT -5
So I will shamelessly plug their website again. www.brotherhoodband.net/I especially recomend 'I am the River', 'Black eyed Joey' and 'Morning Returns' Turan good to see this plug. beautiful music! |
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Post by Nickleby on Oct 27, 2004 1:06:06 GMT -5
This is great. I'm learning about great music that I would never have heard about otherwise. I'm always on the lookout for obscure good musical artists. Keep 'em coming.
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Post by Girlhowdy233 on Nov 15, 2004 6:06:07 GMT -5
In this approx. order:
1. Jacques Brel
2. Claude Debussy
3. The Beatles
4. Hank Williams
5. Van Morrison
6. The Doors
7. Peter Green(during his Fleetwood Mac period)
8. Willie Dixon
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Graham Gouldman
11. Elvis Costello
12. Paul Simon(during his period with Art)
13. Waylon Jennings
14. Johnny Cash
15. Nick Drake
It literally blows me away at the sheer VOLUMN of landmark Blues recordings that were written and/ or featured musical solos by Dixon. Had he never lived, Blues would surely NEVER have fully developed into what it became.
The same goes for Williams. I find it IMPOSSIBLE to fathom what Country music would be today had it not been for this man's STELLAR contributions in his all too short time on this earth.
Same goes for Van Morrison and The Doors on their IMMEASURABLE influence/contributions to Rock(and in the case of Morrison and Costello, modern popular music, period).
For sheer VOLUMN of truely QUALITY songs they have written and performed as SOLO artists, Morrison and Costello IMHO simply have NO peers. Their work has remained cosistently BRILLIANT:something VERY HARD to do in such a LONG career as each has enjoyed.
As for Gouldman, he may not be a well-known name here in the U.S., but he wrote a STAGGERING number of truely CLASSIC Rock songs in the '60's("Bus Stop", "Heart Full Of Soul", "Listen People" to name but a few). He has always been one of my all-time favorite songwriters and I've always thought his music defined that era in Rock.
As for Peter Green, well, DON'T get me started on ALL the reasons WHY I think he deserves to be in this list...TOO MANY to list here!
;)Gosh, there are MORE, but I had to stop at some point, and 15 seemed like a good place to stop,LOL!
Shirley
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Post by cristalina on Nov 15, 2004 17:25:41 GMT -5
Not idols, but my favourites apart from Cat of course are
Roy Harper
Leonard Cohen
REM
Elvis Costello
Elton John
Moody Blues
Lindisfarne
Simon & Garfunkel - together & solo
old favourites I haven't listened to for a while
The Strawbs
Fairport Convention
Pentangle
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Post by Celticat on Nov 15, 2004 20:47:41 GMT -5
A few of my favourites, besides Cat would be ... Fleetwood Mac John Denver James Taylor Carly Simon Carole King Simon & Garfunkel ... I am a Rock and Cecelia Donovan ... Catch the Wind Gordon Lightfoot Johnny Nash ... I can see clearly now Neil Young ... Heart of Gold Eva Cassidy ... Fields of Gold Peter Frampton ... Baby I love your way Russell Morris ... Wings of an Eagle and many, many more Jackie |
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Post by Chris on Nov 15, 2004 21:16:57 GMT -5
Jackie, I noticed you mention Donovan, another early English pop star I loved. Years ago Donovan was giving a free concert at the Cleveland Zoo to help promote the zoo's attendence. It must have been around 1980 - 1983, it was the year the zoo was doing a series of free concert. There were 2 old couples sitting in front of us listening to Donovan singing. They were just entranced by his songs and voice, never hearing him before or knowing who he was. They turned to us and asked us if we were enjoying the concert, which we said we were. Then they said in an all serious voice, 'He should go professional... he's much better than many of the singers out today.' It was really sweet listening to this old couple who obviously didn't know who Donovan was, go on and on about his voice and music. |
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Post by Celticat on Nov 15, 2004 21:35:59 GMT -5
Christine that would have been such a funny situation! Lucky you for actually seeing him sing live. Donovan was always a fave when I was a teenager. I am trying to play Catch the Wind at present on guitar, er it's sounding a little "rough around the edges" at present.  Jackie |
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Post by cristalina on Nov 16, 2004 17:44:34 GMT -5
How did I forget to include Donovan in my list and Fleetwood Mac and John Denver and the Mama's and Papa's. I guess its never ending really,lol |
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Post by Daddy-o on Nov 17, 2004 15:32:28 GMT -5
John Lennon. Goo goo goo joob. |
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Post by Girlhowdy233 on Nov 18, 2004 0:50:56 GMT -5
A few of my favourites, besides Cat would be ... .....Donovan ... Catch the Wind Gordon Lightfoot Jackie OMG! HOW could I possibly forget Donovan!!!  I swear that not one day goes by that I don't listen to this BRILLIANT Scot's music!!! I especially adore his older classics("Midsummer Day Reflection Song", "Jersey Thursday", "Turquoise")and actually went so far as to dedicate the better part of one shopping day in London to finding a collection of his older hits which would include these songs! God, I have NAGGED the Rock & Roll Hall Of fame for AGES to include him!!!  Gordon too is among my MOST revered artists-his early songs were just EXQUISITE("Pussywillows, Cat-Tails", "Last Time I Saw Her", "If I Could"). There are a couple of really gorgeous lines from "Last Time I Saw Her" that for me sum up perfectly how one feels when reflecting back on memories of a TRULY GREAT love affair now lost: "The last time I walked with her, her laughter was the steeple bells that ring to greet the morning sun. A voice that called to EVERYONE to love the ground we walked upon! THOSE were the good days." "And if time could heal the wounds, I would tear the threads away, that I might bleed some MORE!" One word: Shirley |
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Post by Daddy-o on Nov 18, 2004 13:42:50 GMT -5
Celia of the Seals by Donovan from HMS Donovan is a true gem of a song.  |
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Post by Girlhowdy233 on Nov 18, 2004 18:28:01 GMT -5
Celia of the Seals by Donovan from HMS Donovan is a true gem of a song. "Celia of the seals! She knows the way they feels! Cause she's Celia of the seals!" ;DI too LOVE this song, just adorable! I tell you, if I ever get my hands on this man, I'm gonna :-*HUG THE STUFFIN' outta him! Shirley |
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Post by Girlhowdy233 on Nov 18, 2004 18:54:50 GMT -5
Not idols, but my favourites apart from Cat of course are Roy Harper...... Ah yes, Roy! What a life he has had(from stays in mental institutions and jails and God knows what else)and he is STILL with us, as fresh and vital as ever(and I gotta say that he looks WONDERFUL for a man who is SIXTY-THREE)! Shirley |
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Post by cristalina on Nov 19, 2004 5:14:43 GMT -5
Ah yes, Roy! What a life he has had(from stays in mental institutions and jails and God knows what else)and he is STILL with us, as fresh and vital as ever(and I gotta say that he looks WONDERFUL for a man who is SIXTY-THREE)! Shirley I'm planning on seeing Roy Harper next July in Ireland and if I haven't left it too late to get tickets, his son, Nick is playing locally this Sunday evening. I use to go to Roy's concerts as often as I could, the last was in 1988, there was so much dope being smoked in there, I'm sure everyone must have been high,lol. |
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Post by brainwashed on Feb 1, 2005 21:55:24 GMT -5
Well i Think the list would go like this: Pink Floyd Camel Bob Dylan George Harrison The Beatles (except John Lennon) Alan Parsons (Project) Simon And Gurfunkle Chris Rea Mark Knopfler Solo Works And With Dire Straits Ian Anderson Solo Works And With Jethro Tull Janis Ian Manfred Mann's Earth Band Savatage (yeah i think u all will go  ) SuperTramp |
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