OT: - Favorite Music - What Artists, Groups, Genre, Do You Love the Most?? | The Boneyard

OT: Favorite Music - What Artists, Groups, Genre, Do You Love the Most??

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For genres, I like R&B (funk, quiet storm and 80's old school hip hop), contemporary jazz (George Benson, Grover Washington, Stanley Clarke, Brian Culberson, Fattburger, etc.) and soft rock. My favorite non soft rock - rock back is Boston.

 
Having graduated high school in 1965, I was right in the beginnings of the British Invasion. Groups like The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Dave Clark Five dominated the air waves. I couldn't get enough.

Arguably the "best" Beatles song, IN MY Life appeared on the 1965 album, Rubber Soul. Covered by many, I personally like Judy Collins version the best.

 
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Back in the fifties and sixties, black music was hard to find on the radio. I have only come to love doo wop music retroactively, being too young in the fifties to fully appreciate it. Actually some of the most beautiful harmonies.

Although Bobby Vinton made this song famous, The Clovers version came first, and is much more soulful. If you haven't heard it, this is a must listen.

 
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During the British Invasion, I particularly liked The Dave Clark Five, with lead singer Mike Smith. So glad to see them inducted into the Rock and Roll HOF. Departing from their big raucous rockers, this song displays their talents on slow romantic songs as well.

 
Like many here, I love most kinds of music, although I shy away from a lot of popular stuff since probably the early 70's. I discovered Eurometal (symphonic and progressive metal) a scant decade ago and was boasting to my wife how I'm listening to something entirely new when I was in my 50's. She said "That's the same sort of thing you've always been listening to." And I realized that for me it all comes back to progressive rock (as well as traditional folk). The band that best exemplifies this is Gentle Giant. They could be extremely noisy, but at the same time they often had a strong early/folk flavor to a lot of their music.

This is one that shows off their artistry.

 
Going to traditional folk, Steeleye Span is probably the most consistent band in my listening over the last 50 years. This is one of my faves of theirs:

 
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