In a blatant change of subject...

[conuly]

I've decided I'd like to cultivate an eclectic taste in music. Because I've found there's very little I don't like, that's why.

Go ahead. Suggest your favorite artists, genres, songs, whatever. The more unusual, the better.

(Oh, and on that note, I've also recently discovered that I rather like (surprise, I really don't dislike much when it comes to music) Rosie Ledet. Why, I cannae say. But I rarely can.)

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[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

Wow, there are a few people who listed some obscure ones that I went "ooh! Ooh!" at. :-)

If I ever get this .mp3 project done, I'll torture you with it let you have a copy...so you can pick and choose what you like. I will have a bunch of recognizable popular tunes, but most will be stuff that not everyone has heard.

My favorite bands and musicians are listed on my interests, but I'll post a bunch of different ones for you.

- Moby (try various albums from various times: his sound varies widely, but it's almost entirely techno-fusion one way or another)
- Alan Parsons [Project] (If you like Pink Floyd but want to try something not so heavy or dark with lots of awesome instrumentals, try this...my favorite album of all time is Eye in the Sky...with a pale green cover with the Eye of Ra symbol)
- Pink Floyd (...of course)
- Utah Saints (excellent techno, deep and lovely, upbeat but not obnoxious, features Michael Stipe of REM on the Two album)
- ABBA (really, they had some good stuff that never made it to the charts)
- Fleetwood Mac (a classic!)
- Deep Forest )take some various cultural folk music and set it to a techno ambience...I LOVE their first three albums)
- Jan Hammer (upbeat pop/rock/jazz type music...did the Miami Vice theme)
- µ-Ziq/Mu-Ziq/Mike Paradinas (do you REALLY want WEIRD? harsh semi-melodic awesomely rhythmic electronic noise...and I love it! All but ONE song so far.)
- Aphex Twin (similar to µ-Ziq but more widely known)
- Mannheim Steamroller (NICE upbeat new age, they had some really excellent Christmas albums, and I LOVE their Fresh Aire series)
- Depeche Mode (I'm sure you're at elast vaguely familiar with them)
- Weird Al Yankovic (OK you probably know about this guy already ;-))
- Dirty Vegas (fairly easy technp-pop, did the "Days Go By" song featured on a Mitsubishi Eclipse commercial)
- Sisters of Mercy (my cold comfort music, "goth" rock)
- The Offspring (haha, lots of political punk)
- POD (I'm not sure how I'd classify these guys, but I was pleasantly surprised to see their album for sale at my favorite Christian bookstore. Whodathunk?)

OK I'll stop.