Name one musician if you could only have the songs

[exboyfil]

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that the artist played on to listen to for the rest of your life.

For example for Paul McCartney you would have all the Beatles albums along with the Wings and his solo albums and assorted duets.

For me it would be Eric Clapton

[AJT]

1. REM

[exboyfil]

7. Definitely going forward from the 1980s

I still consider them a new band. I guess that says something about me. I don't know about the solo work or other bands for one of their members to boost the catalog (Stipe?).

[Goodheart]

2. Tough choice for me. Either one of two:

Paul Simon

or

Chris Martin.

[skip fox]

3. Bob Dylan

No contest. He was my first poet and has continued as an important poetic consciousness for overr 50 years, 47 of which have been dedicated to poetry.

[exboyfil]

5. You are making me regret my choice

A very good point.

[Docreed2003]

13. My choice as well!

[randr]

89. Absolutely, just by shear volume and diversity of work.

volume

[cbdo2007]

153. Yes definitely Dylan

[hibbing]

167. Dylan too

Never tire of him, his diversity and body of work is why. Songs and styles for any mood.

Second choice Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst. If you are a Dylan fan you might want to give his work a listen.


Peace

[MariaCSR]

4. Prince.

[exboyfil]

11. I didn't listen to Prince when he was popular in the 1980s

My rocker and mod buddies would probably have beat the crap out of me. I have only started listening to him regularly, and I do enjoy his work.

[bettyellen]

108. Such a weird phenomenon- the bullying over music. I shudder to remember the disco sucks people...

Why do they even care what other people listen to? Why did they need to cling to delusions of superiority while obviously being such intolerant assholes?

[First Speaker]

6. Either Gershwin or Ellington...

[babylonsister]

157. Great choices! nt

[emulatorloo]

8. Brandon Flowers of The Killers

But ask me again in an hour

[The empressof all]

9. Leonard Cohen

Although Hallelujah is frequently ruined for me by other singers, I never really tire of his artistry.

[exboyfil]

17. I actually did not know about him until

The Watchmen movie. I am playing a greatest hits album by him now based upon your recommendation.

[Zoonart]

57. Check out The Future.

Democracy is coming to the USA.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

133. Try the movie "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" for a bit of Leonard Cohen.

His "Stranger" makes the opening credits. Or the closing credits. I can't remember. I'll have to watch it again.

[karynnj]

88. My husband and I just went to the Leonard Cohen exhibit at the Montreal Contemporary Arts Museum

I really could only have named Suzanne and Hallelujah before we went a few days ago, but his music was really brought to life in many exhibits many using wonderful visuals. Link to a review before it opened last November - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/08/leonard-cohen-a-crack-in-everything-montreal

[Takket]

10. U2

[Sedona]

52. Yup!

Seeing them again next month.

[SharonClark]

12. Paul Simon.

[Snotcicles]

75. Good choice. JJ Cale is also a good one. nt

[Goodheart]

14. Strange how musical tastes differ

I like his genre, of course, but I've always thought that Eric Clapton was/is the most overrated pop/rock artist of all time.

Never cared much for Billy Joel, either.

I guess I don't find their melodies sufficiently complex.

[pnwest]

34. See, now I think Lenny Kravitz is the

most overrated pop star, and Eric Clapton’s guitar playing is wonderful! The differences in musical tastes is very interesting. I was gobsmacked the first time my bestie said to me she couldn’t stand Steely Dan, I thought it was literally a universal norm that they were genius!

[Goodheart]

38. I think Clapton is a great guitarist, but very boring songwriter

There is just too much obviousness in his music, if you get my drift.

I'm with you on Steely Dan... genius stuff.

[mr_lebowski]

82. Agreed ...

[B2G]

15. Elton John. nt

[sarcasmo]

16. Dave Grohl, I get Scream, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, early QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultuers, Probot.

[exboyfil]

23. Definitely impressive especially moving

from drums to being a front man. I really don't listen to more recent music.

[unblock]

18. phil spector

is that cheating?

[exboyfil]

20. Only if you take him with his wig

[Mendocino]

19. Van Morrison

You can listen for years with never getting to the bottom of his craft.

[exboyfil]

29. Enjoyable my first exposure was from

The Last Waltz.

[notdarkyet]

158. Listen to him a lot.

[a kennedy]

21. Barry Gibb and of course his brothers.....

[exboyfil]

26. The Bee Gees were definitely another group

that I would have taken my life in danger if I listened to in high school or college given my peer group. Ironically my first real exposure to Beatles music was through Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club which I enjoyed but my more sophisticated rocker brother thought I was a doufus.

I have recently cranked up some Bee Gees, and I enjoyed it.

[Mr. Ected]

22. Neal Morse. I just discovered his music last month and, oh boy!

Ask this question again in a few months, though, and I may have a different answer!

[Sedona]

53. My SO is a big fan!

Saw him in tiny supper club last year in Atlanta.

[BootinUp]

24. Taco Bell.

It’s in reference to the only restaurant left in Demolition Man. Don’t be cruel!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

134. If you're going to reference "Demolition Man", ...

... you have to at least TRY to explain the three shells.

[lamp_shade]

25. Billy Joel

[elleng]

79. YES!

[lamp_shade]

84. Why do I cry whenever I hear him sing that? Maybe it reminds me that...

he sang it at the concert that was held after 9/11. That's probably it.
BTW - I saw him in concert recently (Tampa). It was awesome. What a show. He was awesome. He still has it all... never missed a note.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Kiri te Kanawa.

[Aristus]

42. Wonderful choice.

I would have to alter my wish to include the proviso that she sing to me in person.

A stunning woman who sings with incomparable beauty...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. She's the best.

Unfortunately she has recently retired from performing, but fortunately she has left many wonderful recordings, like this:

[nightwing1240]

28. Robert Plant & Jimmy Page

Hard to beat Led Zeppelin

[exboyfil]

33. Jimmy Page

also gets you The Firm which I loved because it was one of the albums I listened to with my wife when we were first dating. Those albums really stick with you.

[nightwing1240]

47. Excellent point!

Had forgotten about The Firm, thank you!

[Sedona]

59. OMG! Paul Rogers singing with Page

[OriginalGeek]

77. Same here

But it's somewhat bittersweet. My girlfriend (now wife) and I went to Jacksonville with my best friend and his girlfriend to see the Firm on their first tour. Magical weekend all around.

On their next tour we all had tickets and we were ready to go but a few weeks before the show my friend died in a motorcycle accident. His girlfriend didn't want to go and she gave us their tickets to sell or whatever but I couldn't handle someone else sitting in his seat so I just basically sat next to an empty chair silently cried through an entire Firm concert.

But I'd still pick Jimmy Page for all the same reasons. And Mike would haunt me poltergeist style if I didn't lol.

[Mendocino]

64. Led Zep...?

I don't count cover bands.

[oberliner]

101. That's not one musician

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Van Morrison

[Hoyt]

31. Gene Clark.

Tom Petty covers Gene Clark --

[Ferrets are Cool]

60. If you like Gene Clark, you should love Michael Hedges.

Give him a try. A bright spark that was extinguished much too soon.

[Hoyt]

99. Used to listen to him and other Windham Hill musicians. Need to get those records out.

[WestMichRad]

124. I was fortunate to see Michael Hedges twice

(Well, 3 times if you count a Windham Hill dog-and-pony christmas show.)

What a phenomenal talent! His concerts were just mesmerizing.

So sad to lose him so early. Every album of his I've heard is stunningly good.

[Ferrets are Cool]

137. I am very jealous of you for being able to see him live...

thanks to Youtube (the time machine) I can watch his majestic playing on stage at any time.
There have been many imitators since, but he was an original.

[Dave Starsky]

32. Jeff Lynne

You get all the Move and ELO stuff, but then you get Tom Petty, George Harrison, the Traveling Wilburys, and everything else he's played on/produced over the years.

[JenniferJuniper]

35. Joe Strummer or Steve Marriott

[FSogol]

156. +1 n/t

[Guilded Lilly]

36. Your example works for me perfectly. McCartney.

[Pope George Ringo II]

37. Several possibilities here.

David Gilmour has his appeal. Robert Plant is hard to say no to.

Can I be the second person to cheat, and go with Alan Parsons?

[exboyfil]

41. I don't think we have a ref to decide if producing

qualifies. The Alan Parsons Project has some great stuff. His Poe album is still one of the best concept albums ever.

[Ferrets are Cool]

138. Oh, Steven is a great producer, but an even better writer and composer...

Youtube some of his music OR some of Porcupine Trees music. I've never heard Steven perform a bad song.

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[lunamagica]

39. Paul McCartney

[elocs]

162. Agreed. It's Paul McCartney, especially if I get The Beatles too.

For the past 54 years no artist has more of an impact on my life than Paul McCartney alone and with The Beatles. A big downside to becoming a senior citizen is that you experience the loss of so many people who have been important and meaningful to your life and for me one of them is Paul McCartney who is 10 years older than me but someone who I have "known" and enjoyed since I was 11 and if I were to outlive him his death would be a great loss to me.
(Oh, and I've used that John Greenleaf Whittier quote many times myself.)

[exboyfil]

40. I wonder if we truly appreciate what a golden age we live in

With a click or a swipe we can access the music of any of these named artists. You are giving me names to check out and jogging memories of music I may have only heard on the radio years ago.

[leftyladyfrommo]

44. Laura Nyro. nt

[Trust Buster]

45. Art Garfunkel

https://m.

#

[Goodheart]

49. Best singer

[Trust Buster]

63. Agreed. I found the song I posted (Kathys song) on You Tube. The vocals were originally performed

By Paul Simon. This version of Kathy’s Song sang by Art is one of the best sounds I have ever heard. Watch that video twice and you will hooked to it.

[3catwoman3]

121. My husbamd and I were supposed to see...

...Art Garfunkel last month at a community college nearby. The performance got cancelled because he couldn't get out of New York due to snow.

The concert has been rescheduled, at a time when we are going to be out of town at my husband's 50th reunion at the Air Force Academy. Major bummer.

[SidDithers]

46. Stevie Wonder...nt

Sid

[50 Shades Of Blue]

48. David Crosby

[exboyfil]

50. I would probably go with Neil Young

I lose the CSN but get the CSNY and Buffalo Springfield. Of course you get the Byrds.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

90. It was a tough decision, LOL!

But I had to go with the Byrds.

[nmgaucho]

51. Jackson Browne

[shenmue]

54. Jimmy Page

[Ferrets are Cool]

55. Hands down, Steven Wilson. Musical genius!!

[ooky]

107. Good choice.

And Porcupine Tree one of the best bands you never heard of - until you did.

[GoCubsGo]

56. Mickey Hart

That way, I get The Grateful Dead, Dead and Company, and all of his drums/percussion work, such as "Planet Drum." The Dead/Dead & Co. also cover(ed) a number of other artists' songs. They also have had several guests join them, such as Wynton Marsallis, Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin, John Fogerty... They even had Jake and Elwood open for them at the closing of Winterland.

[livetohike]

58. Jimi Hendrix. I've been listening to him since 1967 and

his music still sounds fresh to me 🙂.

[nightwing1240]

94. Love Jimi Too!

[Sedona]

61. Gonna mention Queen here

Because no one has and they totally belong on this list

[nightwing1240]

95. Yes,

Freddy Mercury was amazing! Just my opinion but Robert Plant and Freddy are the top two rock vocalists of all time

[babylonsister]

161. I agree! I'm a huge fan. nt

[hardluck]

62. Gillian Welch

[malaise]

65. Bob Marley n/t

[Cartoonist]

66. Another disappointment of my fellow humans

There are so many mediocre talents named in this thread that I wonder if people have ears. I won't name them as I value my life.

[Codeine]

69. Perhaps you should name your own preferences

so as to leave them open for our mockery?

[Cartoonist]

76. Okay

The OP mentioned Paul McCartney. I'm cool with that.

Another poster named David Gilmour. I'm way cool with that.

[Brother Buzz]

67. Earl Palmer

I need to upgrade because my Apple iPod brick is gonna be full of all the music I grew up with.

"Twenty of my favorite drummers were all Earl Palmer."

[GReedDiamond]

100. Good choice...I'd select Hal Blaine...

"Twenty of my favorite drummers were all Earl Palmer."

The same could be said about Hal, who has played on upwards of 6000 songs.

He also played on seven total Grammy Records of the Year, six of them consecutively: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1976.

And, like Earl, Hal was one of the first session players to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame (in 2000).

[Brother Buzz]

136. Good choice, too; Palmer blazed the trail, Blaine paved it

Hall did a great job compiling his song list, but sadly Palmer didn't do as well with his list because he played for so many, many artists across so many genres.

Hal was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Palmer's request, and he would agree Earl Palmer was the most recorded drummer in history.

As a side note, I've seen countless videos of Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer and came to the conclusion that Hal Blaine was a huge self promoter while Earl Palmer was much more laid back and reserved.

[Codeine]

68. Hard to choose btwn Morrissey, Robert Smith, or John Coltrane.

Fat Bob gets you the Cure and some of the best of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Mozza gets you The Smiths and his solo catalogue.

Coltrane gets you a host of stuff, from his early sideman gigs to his work with Miles Davis and of course his amazing work as a leader.

I’d also want to consider David Tibet (Current93, Death in June, Nurse With Wound, PsychicTV, 23Skidoo, etc.) and Amanda Fucking Palmer (solo, Dresden Dolls, tons more).

[SidDithers]

86. I love that Amanda Fucking Palmer is married to Neil Gaiman...

who is maybe my favourite author.




Sid

[Codeine]

91. They are an odd but delightful couple.

I bet the arguments are amazing.

[Binkie The Clown]

70. I would ignore anyone who tried to restrict my freedom choice and listen to anything I want. nt

[Tikki]

71. Only one, eh!!! OK,....Jeffrey Lee Pierce

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..or Douglas Glenn Colvin or Jan Paul Beahm.



Tikki

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

72. Tony Dekker...

Solo music is great, but with the band “Great Lake Swimmers” I think his song writing is even better.

[OldHippieChick]

73. My son

He's a classical cellist.

[maveric]

74. Neil Young.

I’ve never heard a “bad” song come him.

[lame54]

78. Stephen Malkmus

[stonecutter357]

80. Joe Bonamassa !

[Shrike47]

81. Paul Simon is my man.

[Siwsan]

83. George Harrison

Definitely a hard choice between him and John Lennon, but I love George's later work.

[karynnj]

85. Paul McCartney

easy choice

[jalan48]

87. Thelonious Monk

[Vinca]

92. Paul McCartney - then I'd get most of Lennon, too, without Ono.

[Stinky The Clown]

93. Janice Joplin . . . . BUT . . . . given her relatively tiny songbook, I'd add Amy Winehouse . . . .

. . . . who also has a tiny songbook.

[dawg]

96. Bill Bruford.

Because Yes is my favorite band, and that would give me the first five Yes albums (through Close to the Edge), plus it would also give me the peak mid-70's King Crimson albums, and (maybe this is cheating) a really good live Genesis album.

[EX500rider]

97. Daniel Ash or Paul McCartney

Daniel Ash of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets
All the Beatles songs.

[Codeine]

150. Daniel Ash also gets you Tones on Tail.

Solid choice.

[EX500rider]

175. I've seen Love & Rockets live twice...

....the 1st time Jane's Addiction was the opening band.....ahhhhh...what a night.

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[DFW]

98. Can't do it, as I would miss out on too much

I can't unhear what I've heard

In no order, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel, David Crosby, McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, Leo Kottke, Emmylou Harris, Mark Knopfler, Clapton

To cut out all but one would be like the head of a torture chamber asking me which one of my ten fingers I'd like to keep.

[lpbk2713]

102. Willie

That was an easy one.

[oberliner]

103. Almost every response has been a white male

What does that say?

[mbusby]

106. OK....

...Jimi Hendrix, guitar god.

[Codeine]

151. That we are largely an over-40 crowd?

Ask a twenty-something person and you’d likely get a lot more black artists.

[Ms. Toad]

174. Here's a woman: Holly Near

Lots of life parallels.

Or Bernice Johnson Reagon (musically better - and it gets me most of Sweet Honey in the Rock & the Freedom Singers)

[USALiberal]

104. Really? Lounge??? nt

[SallyHemmings]

105. Aretha Franklin

[Old Vet]

109. Iam stuck between Cat Stevens and Neil Young...........Gotta go with Neil

[ooky]

110. Keith Emerson

[badhair77]

111. Carol King - just simple emotion. Along with Jackson Browne.

[madamesilverspurs]

112. Abigail Washburn

[Heartstrings]

113. Clapton here as well....

McCartney a very, very close second.....

[Dr. Strange]

114. Geddy Lee, with Thom Yorke as a close second.

[bbigrob]

115. Artists for the last mile

Marley most definitely. U2, Stevie Ray, Santana following.

[Le Gaucher]

116. Pat Metheny.

He is an American Original.

He can reach the deepest parts of my mind.

[WestMichRad]

123. Think I'd take Lyle Mays instead

... cuz I like his other stuff slightly better than Pat's others.

(Ooh, then I'd lose Pat's New Chautauqua album.... bummer!)

Eberhard Weber also a finalist for me.... wonderful stuff!

[Le Gaucher]

130. I feel PMG was never the same without Lyle. What's your favorite album.

For me its

Life Still talking & the way up

I use Pat Metheny and PMG interchangeably. But I know what you mean.

[WestMichRad]

152. They mesh so beautifully together,

definitely better together than apart.

Yeah those two. The Way Up is just a wonderful composition, start to finish, and with talking every tune just has such a great groove

And there are lots of great tracks from many other of their albums. Yay!

One thing this entire thread shows is how lucky we've been to live through this era of music - such wonderfully creative, great and fun tunes from many artists of many genres, there's so much to choose from and enjoy! And now we've come to an era when it's so easy to connect with so much good stuff. Lucky indeed!

[mindem]

117. John Hartford

I actually study his banjo style. He wrote some really great waltzes.

[Chipper Chat]

118. Nellie Lutcher

[SouthernIrish]

119. Kenny Loggins

Or Kevin Cronin (REO)

[3catwoman3]

120. James Taylor.

Sweet Baby James - I love his work.

[tavernier]

122. McCartney for me, just for the sheer volume,

keeping in mind how bored you would get after decades of same stuff. My hubby would have picked Roy Orbison. He swore that RO penned every decent song ever written.

[Henry Krinkle]

125. Angus Young

There isn't a musician dead or alive that puts out as much energy or attitude...
especially for live concerts during the Bon Scott era.

[exboyfil]

128. You are right about him being the heart of AC/DC

Has he done any solo work or with other bands? AC/DC is one of the few metal bands I regularly listen to.

[byronius]

126. Elton John.

[rock]

127. Bob Bogle (and Don Wilson)

I.e. The Ventures. I'm an old guy and I like instrumentals.

[GetRidOfThem]

129. That one is easy...

Ludwig van Beethoven.

[Chipper Chat]

132. Waldstein Sonata

My fav

[GetRidOfThem]

169. One of the great ones, but there are so many!!!

I play the tempest....

[LiberalLoner]

131. The great Jim Gordon, for me.

Not even a question.

Check out his discography...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)#Discography

[aka-chmeee]

135. Cat Stevens nt

[dembotoz]

139. Kate bush. Quite simple

[LiberalLoner]

142. Oh I love her too, so much! She would be my second choice.

[Skittles]

140. Neil Young

no explanation needed

[BluesRunTheGame]

141. Either James Burton or Hal Blaine

[LiberalLoner]

147. Hal Blaine is an awesome choice, tons of great music!

[Still In Wisconsin]

143. Neil Young.

[Generic Brad]

144. Tom Petty

He was one of those rare artist that never recorded a bad song.

[Blue_true]

145. Art Garfunkel. nt

[imanamerican63]

146. "I walk the line" by Johnny Cash

He was a singer who did wrong but in the end found away to Walk the Line of life!

[hurl]

148. Robert Fripp or Damon Che nt

[MGKrebs]

149. Dave Brubeck.

Or maybe Dexter Gordon.

[Codeine]

154. Of the two I would opt for Dexter Gordon. nt

[FSogol]

155. Joe Strummer

Runners up:

Richard Hell
Mick Jones
Stiv Bators
Johnny Thunders

[neeksgeek]

159. Natalie Merchant.

[MontanaMama]

160. Tom Petty.

Because I’d get his solo stuff, the Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch and the Traveling Wilbury’s in the bargain. Took my 12 year old son down to Red Rocks to see Tom last summer...felt a little guilty hijacking him out of school to do it but SO happy I did in hindsight. Amazing concert and wonderful memory with my kiddo.

[SHRED]

163. Frank Zappa...full stop.

[saidsimplesimon]

164. No hesitation

Carole King is the winner in all categories.

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[gopiscrap]

165. Mozart

[guillaumeb]

166. Joni Mitchell in English,

Jacques Brel in French.

[saidsimplesimon]

168. How about an oldie, Edith Piaf?

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[guillaumeb]

170. I appreciate Piaf, but with one pick, it would be Brel in French.

An amazing voice and an incredible lyricist.

[saidsimplesimon]

171. Brel

What is the best example for someone who has no knowledge? I will trust your judgement.

[ailsagirl]

172. Pete Townshend

[yonder]

179. great photo, BTW

[DBoon]

173. Frank Zappa

Doo-Wop, Blues, Hard Rock, R&B, funk, Avant garde 20th century and Baroque ("Francesco Zappa&quot all in one artist with a 30-year career

[Sneederbunk]

176. Bill Evans

[Permanut]

177. This thread reads like a hall of fame..

I'm having trouble choosing one, so I'm gonna cheat and go with Stevie Nix and John Fogerty.

[RandomAccess]

178. Very tough question

For the rest of my life . . .

that makes it even tougher. One of my problems is I don't like ANYONE's playbook

I'm going to name some people who haven't been named, but I'll also say Simon and Garfunkel and Paul McCartney are big with me. Leonard Cohen too.

Kris Kristofferson
Bruce Springsteen
Roy Orbison
Sam Cooke
Ben E. King
Elvis
Hank Williams
Roger Whitaker

I'm editing this to add Jay Black (Jay and the Americans). Sooooo many groups I'd love to add. Here's one person to stand in for all the rest -- the Drifters, Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, on and on.

[yonder]

180. Yes, tough question it is. I'd have to say Richard Thompson though.

That way I'd get some Fairport Convention AND Sandy Denny, RIP. Perhaps Maddy Prior for the Steeleye Span aspect. This side of the pond, probably Neil Young/David Crosby for the contributions and mashups of CSN/CSNY/Byrds/Buffalo Springfield, etc. Yes indeed, tough question.

[Chemisse]

181. Locking

Please repost this in The Lounge, or in the Music Appreciation group.