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If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
what would it be?
For me it would be the letter 'B'. I couldnt give up
Beatles / Beautiful South / Beck / Belle & Sebastian / Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five / Billy Joel / Bloc Party / Blur / Bruce Springsteen.
(h8 away)
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6 Apr 2007, 22:32
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
R. Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Richard Wagner. or B, Bad Religion, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beck, Black Box Recorder, Blur, Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Bach.
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6 Apr 2007, 22:49
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
F : Faithless
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D : Dire Straits
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6 Apr 2007, 23:09
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I have difficulties choosing but if I really must probably the M. It still hurts to let the P go for Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam as they have hours and hours of great stuff.
Metallica, Muse, Machinehead, Ministry, Mars Volta, MF Doom, Massive Attack.
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6 Apr 2007, 23:10
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I've thought for around 10 minutes and this question is impossible.
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B. Beck, Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Beastie Boys
But life without the Velvet Underground, Serge Gainsbourg, Nina Simone, Mozart, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and AFX? I'm tempting to neg rep you.
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6 Apr 2007, 23:47
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I'd like to throw a spanner in the works by saying that I think Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and Bruce Spingsteen should be listed under D, J and S, respectively.
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6 Apr 2007, 23:48
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I would give my answer but I can't look at the songs on my laptop atm.
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6 Apr 2007, 23:50
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Probably "T" as then I'd not just envelop bands beginning with the letter, I'd be able to absorb all bands starting the "The" as their band name.
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7 Apr 2007, 00:13
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Probably "T" as then I'd not just envelop bands beginning with the letter, I'd be able to absorb all bands starting the "The" as their band name.
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I thought about that but considered it cheating!
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7 Apr 2007, 01:04
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
i would find it difficult limiting myself to a genre let alone a letter :/
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7 Apr 2007, 01:13
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I'm with Tom on the T thing.
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7 Apr 2007, 01:23
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Frohike: "Son of a..." [He's tossing files on the floor]
Byers: "Frohike... we've got a deadline here. I need your column ten minutes ago"
Frohike: "I need the file on the Warren Commission in order to finish it."
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7 Apr 2007, 01:28
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
people who file under 'the' or 'a' should be shot
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7 Apr 2007, 02:43
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I file under 'the' and 'a', if that's the proper name, then that's the way I file it.
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7 Apr 2007, 04:32
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
A for arcade fire, aphex twin, arab strap, animal collective, aptain beefheart, anetian snares and aloc party.
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7 Apr 2007, 12:15
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Presumably you just have to look at your music directory and make up your mind.
s: Smiths, Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Strokes, Specials, Stone Roses, System, Spiritualized, Stereophonics
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This plus, Shellac, Sigur Ros, Simon and Garfunkel, Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens and Sun Ra makes S my favourite.
However B is also a strong choice.
Springsteen, Dylan, Marley, Beatles, Beach Boys, Beethoven, Bill Withers, Blink, BRMC, Boards of Canada,
Upon close consideration I'd go for S. B has the big hitters but S has more diversity and in the long run that's got to be the deciding factor.
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7 Apr 2007, 12:19
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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I'd like to throw a spanner in the works by saying that I think Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and Bruce Spingsteen should be listed under D, J and S, respectively.
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Replace Dylan with David Bowie then.
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7 Apr 2007, 12:44
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Checking through my mp3s, it seems "B" would probably be my choice too.
Billy Bragg / Blink 182 / Blur / Beatles / Beck / Beautiful South / Bee Gees / Brand New / Blood Hound Gang / Black Flag / Beethoven / Bach. Oh and Betty Curse!
R and S would probably be secondary choices.
Still if I was going to agree to any deal like this I'd probably pick "D" and then I could always just ask DJ XYZ to make me a "remix" of whatever song that sounds identical to the orignal which would allow me to listen to whatever I want while still technically obeying the agreement (sort of). Failing that, "W" and then just listen to the Weird Al version of whatever.
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7 Apr 2007, 15:54
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Ouch
I'd probably go for K, leaving out my 3-5 favourite bands.
K - Kooks, Klaxons, Kasabian, Killers, Kings of Leon.
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7 Apr 2007, 19:11
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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why don't you just go for N, kila? as in NME mix CDs! blahahahaa
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That would also cover Now <number>, too!
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7 Apr 2007, 21:00
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Beethoven, Bach, Bartok, Belle And Sebastian, Bruckner, Vashti Bunyan, Built to Spill, Bobby Previte, Dave Brubeck, Battles.
S would be my next choice (Shostakovich, Sonic Youth, Steve Reich, Slint, Silver Jews, Suede, Sleater-Kinney, Erik Satie)
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Still if I was going to agree to any deal like this I'd probably pick "D" and then I could always just ask DJ XYZ to make me a "remix" of whatever song that sounds identical to the orignal which would allow me to listen to whatever I want while still technically obeying the agreement (sort of).
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7 Apr 2007, 22:59
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Oh built to spill, I remember them. Uninterestingly they were the first ever band I saw live as they supported Foo Fighters in 1995.
Obviously the nice thing about having Sonic Youth would be their gigantic back catalogue.
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Shame that apart from Daydream Nation, most of their albums I've heard have about 3-4 good songs max (although Rather Ripped is good) :/
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7 Apr 2007, 23:11
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
T:
Tristania, The sins of Thy Beloved, Therion, Trail of Tears...
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I simply couldnt do it ..
go without a Queen, or a REM or a Chilli Peppers or a floyd :-(
life just wouldnt be worth living...
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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O for Oasis
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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I simply couldnt do it ..
go without a Queen, or a REM or a Chilli Peppers or a floyd :-(
life just wouldnt be worth living...
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if your life wouldnt be worth living without RHCP, your life isnt worth living.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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if your life wouldnt be worth living without RHCP, your life isnt worth living.
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Dude you think Hadouken are good, you're in no position to comment.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
M
Mozart, Manu Chao, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Muse, Michael Jackson, MC Hammer, Massive Attack, Madonna, Metallica.
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8 Apr 2007, 13:55
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Dude you think Hadouken are good, you're in no position to comment.
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It´s hella hip though. HIP
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8 Apr 2007, 15:31
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Theres actually no words for how often ive thought about this question over the last 5-6 years
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8 Apr 2007, 15:58
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
Try using numbers then.
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8 Apr 2007, 15:59
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
111111!!!11!
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8 Apr 2007, 16:37
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
This was more difficult than I thought!
Muse and Massive Attack made an excellent case for M, while R had the heavyweights Radiohead, REM and RATM (maybe Razorlight, but they're only ok) and K had the Killers, Kasabian and the Klaxons.
Maybe this would be easier if we had to listen to all the shit stuff in the chosen letter too. If so M would win, because Kaiser Chiefs annihilate K and good god I just don't think I could live without Museic.
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8 Apr 2007, 16:49
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Maybe this would be easier if we had to listen to all the shit stuff in the chosen letter too. If so M would win, because Kaiser Chiefs annihilate K
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If you think the Kaiser Chiefs are an example of a terrible band, then god knows you haven't experienced much music. Try listening to, say, the Butthole Surfers or a similarly terrible group.
I also suspect there exists noone on this board who has even come close to listening to a significant minority of the music from a single letter of the alphabet, let alone the majority or entirety.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
You're probably right in that respect, I suppose in my head I imagined the discussion revolving more around more well known/infamous bands.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
D = Debbie Boone
I could then listen to "You Light Up My Life" over and over until I shot myself (about 30 seconds) thus ending the deal.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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9 Apr 2007, 01:13
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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the butthole surfers are good though
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I like stupid annoying sounds Beck-style, not post-punk-noise style.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I wansn't going to reply to this thread, because when I looked at my library there was no one letter that really stood out above the rest, but on reflection (and based on what i've actually been listening to lately), i've got to say the letter M, because of:
Metric, Mozart, Motorhead, Muse, and a lot of things that are good when you're in the right mood:
Millencollin, the Magic Numbers (no idiot files 'the' bands under 't'), Massive Attack and metallica.
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Theres actually no words for how often ive thought about this question over the last 5-6 years
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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Fair enough. Out of interest what do you think of the birthday party?
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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A for arcade fire, aphex twin, arab strap, animal collective, aptain beefheart, anetian snares and aloc party.
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i b what u did there
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
I know there is no many bands starting on "I" but since I can't live without Iron Maiden I quess I would choose it
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Re: If you could only listen to artists starting with one letter of the alphabet
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M
Mozart, Manu Chao, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Muse, Michael Jackson, MC Hammer, Massive Attack, Madonna, Metallica.
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Think I'd go for M aswell... Good variety of really good artists
Can add stuff like Madrugada and Minor Majority(Norwegian bands) here aswell as many others...
Edit: Also Mark Knopfler and Marilyn Manson got some stuff worth listening too
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