Bands/performers you really should know about, but don't have a clue.

[sundog]

Example: Beck. I have absolutely no reason not to listen to him. That's right up my alley as far as digable music.

It's more a matter of not having the motivation to devote time & energy to catching up with him. If ya know what I mean.

If Beck comes up in conversation, I really don't have a clue.

How bout you? Don't be shy. No one will be reprimanded for their lack of pop knowledge.

[JimmyJazz]

1. The Dave Matthews band.

I can't name a song that Dave Matthews performs, I wouldn't know if I heard him on the radio and I surely wouldn't know if he was sitting next to me at a lunch counter.

[luvLLB]

8. Los Lonely Boys.......

Are a cross between Stevie Ray Vaugh and Santana...great guitar work..very underated..a must to listen to live.

[tridim]

2. I dig Beck's music too

I've heard some ugly rumors about him, so I kind of avoid learning about his personal life. I don't want a reason to dislike him. All I know is that his parents were hippy artists.

[mvd]

3. Many hip-hop stars

It seems like Nelly, Eminem, and Missy Elliott are the only ones I can tell you about a little. I'm behind the whole Kanye West thing.

[WildClarySage]

4. Air. I keep hearing about them

and I did get the soundtrack to Lost in Translation which has them on it, but just haven't gotten round to seeking more.

[sundog]

7. Get Talkie Walkie

great album ;)

[CrownPrinceBandar]

9. Air is incredible..............

My album pic for a good intro is their "Premiers Symptomes" ep on the Astralwerks label. Pure bliss.

[Squeech]

5. I want to know

about the people I've never heard of. I want somebody who knows my (peculiar and archaic) tastes to tell me about artists working in the 21st century that I could love. I know enough about Beck and Dave Matthews to know that they're not what I'm looking for.

[ALago1]

6. The Clash

I don't know why I've never picked up a CD of theirs. From what I've heard (snippets here and there) they sound pretty interesting. Just never got around to it I guess.

[JimmyJazz]

12. I have only one thing to say to that.

:spank::spank::spank::spank:

:P

ON edit: Seriously, London Calling is an awesome album.

[BurtWorm]

10. I'm similarly clueless about Beck.

I could go on and on about bands I maybe should know but don't. Like Led Zeppelin, for instance. I like a lot of Led Zeppelin songs, but I can't tell you the names of most of them. I never bought a single LZ record. The whole death/speed metal thing passed me by. The Grateful Dead are largely a mystery to me, as are Phish. British rock of the 1980s and 1990s? :shrug: And on and on and on...

[Aiptasia]

11. Most modern pop and R&B.. Can't stand overproduced tripe..

Beck is hardly obscure, and chances are you've heard songs off of Odelay or Midnight Vultures and don't even know it. HBO was on a Beck kick for years when Odelay came out.

But then again, i'm into obscure bands.

[maveric]

13. "The Smiths". I was drunk during that decade.

[ben_packard]

16. Took me a while to get to the smiths

but i haven't regretted for a second

[jonnyblitz]

14. radiohead. I meet these trendy alterna boys in chat rooms

and they all loooove radiohead and I have no clue about anything about them. never listened to them. :shrug:

Beck's new CD is good btw, the one that isn't out yet.:P

on edit: also tori amos people. i meet many of those and am clueless about her.

[bif]

15. Ornette Coleman

[ben_packard]

17. Neil Young

The amount of bands he has influenced that i enjoy is ridiculous, and yet i've only ever heard 4 or 5 songs (which I really liked but for some reason didnt bother following up)