Thread about music

[hendrixfreak70]

I wanted to start a thread that dealt with music. I am a big fan of music and have listened intently to many kinds. Music, if you listen to it, can sort of be a way to get rid of the distractions of life and is pure. People argue about politics (I do alot) and religion so I thought it woud be fun/nice to talk about music. People should post what types of music they like and or the bands they enjoy. Music also has different meanings to different people. Like me, I listen to music for the melody and I am a big fan of progressive rock (such as Yes, Tool, ELP, etc). I like different timing signatures and scales used by lead guitarists. Some people like music for its lyrics. Others like it if you can dance to it.

Here is a list of my favorite bands in mostly correct order:
Yes
Jimi Hendrix
Beatles
Tool/APC
Led Zeppelin
Soundgarden
Anything Steve Winwood
Clapton
Jack Johnson
John Mayer
Alison Krauss
Ricky Skaggs
Queen
Commodores

Honestly there are a million others so I will leave it at that.

Your turn.

[Conveyor Belt]

My tastes blow with the wind. I've listened to about everything at one point in time in my life. I'll list some of my new personal favorites, and my old standby's.

Paolo Nutini
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Folds
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chilipeppers
Merril Bainbridge
Pet Shop Boys
Tupac

[hendrixfreak70]

That is prety eclectic! Pearl Jam to Tupac! LOL. I will have to admit that I have never heard Nutini or Bainbridge though.

[hendrixfreak70]

I would also like to say that I play a little guitar, and consider myself relatively versed in the creation of music.I also left off a 't' in pretty in my previous post.

[hendrixfreak70]

The problem I run into with the guitar is I will read the tabs to a song and get the main riff and then move on to the next song. For example, I can play the hell out of the intro to "Free Bird" but after that capoot. Pink Floyd stuff, a little more than the intro. "Hair of the Dog" the whole song. Etc Etc Etc. Anyone else play any instruments.

[fuzzis]

Beth Orton
Jonatha Brooke
Bon Jovi
Metallica
Dr. Dre
Snoopp Dogg
Bowling for Soup
Alabama
Led Zepplin
Bad Company
Mumbo Gumbo
Kid Rock
Porter Davis
ZZ Topp
George Strait
Willie Nelson
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Duran Duran
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Wilco
My Ruin
U2
Neil Finn
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Keb Mo

To start...off the top of my head. I'll have to check the Ipod when I get home.

[hendrixfreak70]

Beth Orton
Jonatha Brooke
Bon Jovi
Metallica
Dr. Dre
Snoopp Dogg
Bowling for Soup
Alabama
Led Zepplin
Bad Company
Mumbo Gumbo
Kid Rock
Porter Davis
ZZ Topp
George Strait
Willie Nelson
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Duran Duran
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Wilco
My Ruin
U2
Neil Finn
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Keb Mo

To start...off the top of my head. I'll have to check the Ipod when I get home.

Now that is eclectic as hell! I love Neil Finn too! Crowded House is the bomb. You like the darker sound it looks like. Depeche and all. Stevie can get down with his shuffles. George Strait never did a bad song. I also failed to mention I love the heavier stuff such as Slayer, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine etc.

[justme]

This is hard but here it goes:

the police/ sting
u2
Michael buble
harry connick jr
Blue Mountain/ Cary hudson
grupo fantasma
Wilco
John Mayer
Jack johnson
allman brothers
govt mule
white stripes
raconteurs
rl burnside
north ms allstars
son volt
ryan adams
kieth urban
Dierks bently
pat green
rage against the machine
red hot chili peppers
modest mouse
old 97's
Old Crow Medicine Show
Taylor Swift

ok that is all off the top of my head right now

[EricStratton]

Allman Brothers
Jimmy Buffett
Widespread Panic
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica
Danzig
Pantera
System of a Down
Audioslave
Rage Against the Machine
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennnings
Pat Green
Tupac
NWA
Led Zepplin
Emmie Lou Harris
Linda Ronstadt
Allison Krauss

[Blockhead]

Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Pantera
Down
Godsmack (Although, the "Good Times, Bad Times" cover makes me rethink them a little.)
Otep
Kittie
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Iron Maiden
Tupac
Ludacris
Lil John
Slayer
Megadeth
Metallica (Pre-sellout)
Pink Floyd
The Doors
Tool/A Perfect Circle
Black Label Society (Anything Zakk Wylde touches, really)
Type O Negative
Eazy E
Public Enemy
Kid Rock
Disturbed
Evanescence
Skynyrd
CCR
Allman Bros


Just off the top of my head.

[BayFly]

Allman Brothers
Marshall Tucker Band
Charlie Daniels
Skynrard
Bad Comp.
B.B. King
Ray Charles
Allison Krauss
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Jimmy Buffett
ZZ Top
Steve Earle

[hendrixfreak70]

Allman Brothers
Jimmy Buffett
Widespread Panic
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica
Danzig
Pantera
System of a Down
Audioslave
Rage Against the Machine
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennnings
Pat Green
Tupac
NWA
Led Zepplin
Emmie Lou Harris
Linda Ronstadt
Allison Krauss

I was wondering where NWA would fit in there because of your avatar and all!

[hendrixfreak70]

Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Pantera
Down
Godsmack (Although, the "Good Times, Bad Times" cover makes me rethink them a little.)
Otep
Kittie
Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Iron Maiden
Tupac
Ludacris
Lil John
Slayer
Megadeth
Metallica (Pre-sellout)
Pink Floyd
The Doors
Tool/A Perfect Circle
Black Label Society (Anything Zakk Wylde touches, really)
Type O Negative
Eazy E
Public Enemy
Kid Rock
Disturbed
Evanescence
Skynyrd
CCR
Allman Bros


Just off the top of my head.

Your a metal guy I see (or a female?). And old school rap. Love it!

[hendrixfreak70]

I guess I should break it down too.

Rap: Outkast, Lil Flip, UGK, Paul Wall, Bone Thugz (E.1999 Bone Thugz), Snoop, Trick Daddy, Dayton Family

Bluegrass: Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, many others

Country: Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Don Williams (my fav), Willie Nelson (Red Headed Stranger), Charlie Pride (Perhaps the most underrated of them all), John Anderson, this list could get too long.

I am not a fan at all of the hair bands (Poison, Skid Row, etc)

R n B: Mostly old school stuff like the Commodores, the Manhattans, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder

Rarely heard on the radio: Fats Domino, Blue October, Ray Lamontagne, Matt White, Chad Fischer(Scrubs theme song Superman guy), Paul Simon, Toad the Wet Sprocket (super talented musicians), School of Fish

There is so much more that I will post later because this may bore some people.

[Blockhead]

Still a guy, last time I peed.

People used to ask me how I could go from listening to Guns n' Roses to NWA in the same day. Wasn't such a stretch to me. Angry guys dropping countless F Bombs. The only thing different was the beat.

I'm always pissed off about something, so metal speaks to me. I remember still how deeply ...And Justice For All hit me. I remember laughing at the people who actually believed Ozzy was a "devil worshiper", nevermind the fact that his kids were in catholic school at the time. Even funnier were the people doing a 180 when MTV put "Mama, I'm Coming Home" into heavy rotation. Suddenly, I was Petal High's Ozzy authority or something. "Do you think he's changed his ways? That's a really pretty song!" Ignorance: Fun stuff.

Even now, Otep's "The Lord is My Weapon" relates to my desire to have people's religious believes out of my way and the way of people who believe differently.



Contrastingly, country music just doesn't do anything for me. Nothing about singing through one's nose and wearing ugly hats/shirts speaks to me.


Dance music makes me physically ill, so, ya know.

[hendrixfreak70]

I really have a sort of disdain for modern country mostly. It has gone the way of pop as far as I am concerned. However to me the older stuff has often times a good melody. Mostly it is not difficult music to arrange or produce. Mostly the same keys too. Dance music=shiite. And gay too.

[Blockhead]

There are definitely some strong country tunes from a lyrical sense. That's about as complimentary as I can get, though.

Does it count if I like watching Shania Twain videos with the sound turned off?

[hendrixfreak70]

Absolutely!! Shania can shake her a**. Plus she is a babe.

[PHDPLEASE]

1. Staind
2. Alice in Chains
3. Seether
4. Chevelle
5. Deftones
6. Incubus

Country - gotta be old school
Rap - again...must be old school (pre-bling)

[Fire Extinguisher]

Lynard Skynard
John Mayall
Bb King
Johnny Lang
Susan Tedeschi
Allman Brothers
Eric Steckel
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Molly Hatchett
Kenny Wayne Shepard

[hendrixfreak70]

I have noticed thus far alot of you guys like guitarists. SRV and Clapton particularly. Why no Hendrix??

[Blockhead]

Well, for me, I didn't mention Hendrix because some thing just go without saying. He's the reason that guys like Satch, Vai, and Van Halen said "Wow. I wonder what else this thing can do."

If rock music had a Mount Rushmore, Hendrix' mug would definitely be up there.

[hendrixfreak70]

I started listening to Jimi when I was a senior in high school. Man, I will tell you that there is none better. The man made the guitar make sense.

[Blockhead]

http://www.nonelouder.com/

[Echo Four Bravo]

Partial list off the top of my head:
Alice in Chains
Tool/Perfect Circle
Soundgarden
Audioslave
ZZ Top
Tesla
Skynyrd
Chevelle
Disturbed
Mudvayne
Collective Soul
Pink Floyd
Led Zepplin
Metallica (there was no sellout, Blockhead)
Skid Row
GNR
Ozzy
Luscious Jackson
Bush
Candlebox
Dave Mathews
Days of the New
Def Leppard
Fiona Apple
Fluke
Great White
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Linkin Park
The Crystal Method
Queensryche
Saigon Kick
Sarah McLachlan
Shinedown
Staind
STP
Allman Brothers
Allison Kraus
Little Big Town
Dwight Yoakam
B.B. King
John Lee Hooker
Ralph Stanley
LeAnn Rimes
Bad Co.
Moody Blues
Brother Cane
Pantera
The Eagles
2pac
Veruca Salt
Dark New Day
10 Years
SRV

[hendrixfreak70]

Everytime I read someone's list I think again 'dammit I forgot several bands I like'. I mean how could I forget Alice in Chains on my list?!

[MamaTyson74]

Theres no way I can list all the music I like!! I love everything. I flip channels on sirius and I can tell ya, I listen to them all!! I change my music like I do my mind :laugh: I can go from classical to rap in a split second and most people that ride in the car with me think Im nuts.
But I'm going to try to list my most favorites, of course I will remember some after I post this:

Van Halen (Sammy & Dave)
Whitesnake
Coheed & Cambria
HIM
Chevelle
Disturbed
Ozzy
Metallica
Megadeth
30 Seconds to Mars
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Primus
Lupe Fiasco
50 Cent
Timberland
Snoop Dogg
Coolio
Justin Timberlake
Fergie
Lenny Kravitz
Seal
Ternacious D
Insane Clown Posse
311
Smashing Pumpkins
Talking Heads
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Tim McGraw
Rascall Flats
Kid Rock
Kenny Chesney
Tobie Keith
Keith Urban
Josh Groban
and lets not forget Elvis :smt001

[Blockhead]

Everytime I read someone's list I think again 'dammit I forgot several bands I like'. I mean how could I forget Alice in Chains on my list?!
I hear ya. I had thought of one that I really wanted to add. But I forgot them again. :smt009

[Southern_Belle]

i love almost all music. right now in my car cd i have michael buble, carrie underwood, superchic, celine dion, rascal flatts, and kelly clarkson. and my song on my myspace page is george harrison - "Got my mind set on you" LOL!

[hendrixfreak70]

I cried a little bit when George died. 104.5 did a whole day's worth of tribute for him,I listened to it all day.

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[Scarlett O'Hara]

I have noticed thus far alot of you guys like guitarists. SRV and Clapton particularly. Why no Hendrix??

Excuse me while I kiss the sky!:kekeke:

I love Hendrix.....................except for "Hey, Joe" That's the first song Rhett ever learned on bass and I grew tired of it very, very quickly!!!!

[Southern_Belle]

another group that i really like is Nickel Creek. i love their harmonies. anything with good vocal harmonies.

[MamaTyson74]

another group that i really like is Nickel Creek. i love their harmonies. anything with good vocal harmonies.
Never heard of them. Only heard of Nickelback. Guess Im gonna youtube some nickel creek to see what they sound like :clap:

[Echo Four Bravo]

another group that i really like is Nickel Creek. i love their harmonies. anything with good vocal harmonies.
I forgot about them! Have you ever listened to the Greencards? Somewhat similar to Nickel Creek.:smt023

[hendrixfreak70]

Nickle Creek are the bomb. Nickleback, not so much.

Ok, here are the bands (musicians) I do not like!

Creed, Nickleback, Linkin Park, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, the Doors, the Rolling Stones, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, R.E.M., Live, Saliva, Kanye West, Garth Brooks to name a few.

[Mike'sGirl]

There are definitely some strong country tunes from a lyrical sense. That's about as complimentary as I can get, though.

Does it count if I like watching Shania Twain videos with the sound turned off?

That's the only way I can watch them. :kekeke: Her song lyrics are incredibly stupid. Who writes that stuff?

She doesn't sing half bad........but her songs are terrible.

[Luvia]

Ok off the top of my head...because there are hundreds and hundreds...

Tool
Radiohead
Tori Amos
Alice in Chains
Dio
Stabbing Westward
Skinny Puppy
Remy Zero
Pink Floyd
Portishead
Massive Attack
NIN
Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
God Lives Underwater
Johnette Napolitano
Morcheeba
Megadeth

I like a lot of old old music too...ok my list is pretty old, but even older!

[justme]

I got to say it would have been easier to list what I don't like than to try to list what I do- I like a little bit of everything- I have went and updated some of my download based on everyones lists.. I forgot some music I used to really enjoy -so thanks for starting this to jump start some new music on the Ipod!

[PHDPLEASE]

Ok off the top of my head...because there are hundreds and hundreds...

Tool
Radiohead
Tori Amos
Alice in Chains
Dio
Stabbing Westward
Skinny Puppy
Remy Zero
Pink Floyd
Portishead
Massive Attack
NIN
Chemical Brothers
The Crystal Method
God Lives Underwater
Johnette Napolitano
Morcheeba
Megadeth

I like a lot of old old music too...ok my list is pretty old, but even older!

'Tis a sin to include Alice in Chains and Tool in the same list as Dio!!!
LMAO!!!:bowrofl:

[ComputerDude]

I am currently re-discovering the awesomeness of Frampton Comes Alive.

[Southern_Belle]

i also like Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke". just thought of this b/c of a preview. really like this song.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Walked into the bedroom a few minutes ago and Rhett was playin "Stormy Monday" That's one of my favorites!!!!

[MamaTyson74]

Im listening to my son destroy "sweet child of mine" on guitar hero LOL

[Blockhead]

God damn.


Downloaded Ozzy - Speak of the Devil. I forgot how f#cking high this album used to get me. I am seriously feeling the need to go break something.

The "Ironman/Children of the Grave" run-together on this album (and on the Ozzy/Randy Tribute album, for that matter) are just...my god.

If I had to go to war, this is what I'd listen to. Maybe not. This shit right here will make you want to throw your rifle down and rip people's heads off bare handed.

[Luvia]

'Tis a sin to include Alice in Chains and Tool in the same list as Dio!!!
LMAO!!!:bowrofl:

No it isn't! I love me some Ronnie James Dio...awesome awesome voice. He made some great music w/ Black Sabbath too.

I love me some real 80s metal--always will.
Motorhead
Dio
Judas Priest
AC/DC
DOKKEN
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Def Leppard (only Pyromania though)
Queensryche
Megadeth
....

I could go on and on...I'm talking real metal here though...not that hair band wuss crap that eventually emerged and called themselves metal. Gag!

A lot of the bands we love have roots in that age of music...

[MamaTyson74]

God damn.


Downloaded Ozzy - Speak of the Devil. I forgot how f#cking high this album used to get me. I am seriously feeling the need to go break something.

The "Ironman/Children of the Grave" run-together on this album (and on the Ozzy/Randy Tribute album, for that matter) are just...my god.

If I had to go to war, this is what I'd listen to. Maybe not. This shit right here will make you want to throw your rifle down and rip people's heads off bare handed.
When my son plays Ozzy or Megadeth I seriously want to kill someone with my bare hands!!! I love the music at times but some of it really gets me angry :ohnoes:

[Kitty]

I am currently re-discovering the awesomeness of Frampton Comes Alive.

One of my favorite soundtracks from my teenage years in the 1970s. :smt023

[Blockhead]

When my son plays Ozzy or Megadeth I seriously want to kill someone with my bare hands!!! I love the music at times but some of it really gets me angry :ohnoes:
See if he'll do some of Rhoads' more classical influenced numbers just for mama, Some "Goodbye to Romance" or "Revelation: Mother Earth", or even "Dee". There's some really nice licks in those tracks and they don't have as much anarchy inducing energy as the more up tempo stuff.

[hendrixfreak70]

If you don't love Ozzy then f*c* you. Lol. Yes, I discovered Black Sabbath when I was 12. Been in love since. I love War Pigs, and rightfully so. We used that song as our 'squad' song in the desert.

[MamaTyson74]

If you don't love Ozzy then f*c* you. Lol. Yes, I discovered Black Sabbath when I was 12. Been in love since. I love War Pigs, and rightfully so. We used that song as our 'squad' song in the desert.
hmmm.....you talking to me? :smt102 Im the one that got him into that music in the first place LOL I think now that Im older I cant handle it like I used to. Not saying I dont like it. I could sit and bang my head for hours on the front row of a concert where now I am in the very back LOL I think I like my hearing now where as back then being deaf for 2-3 days was cool. And yeah War Pigs is probably the best song he did.
OK, now since your a Hendrix fan you might think its cool that my 14 yo. son picked him to do his biography on for his school project. We just printed off tons of info and watched stuff on youtube.

[hendrixfreak70]

hmmm.....you talking to me? :smt102 Im the one that got him into that music in the first place LOL I think now that Im older I cant handle it like I used to. Not saying I dont like it. I could sit and bang my head for hours on the front row of a concert where now I am in the very back LOL I think I like my hearing now where as back then being deaf for 2-3 days was cool. And yeah War Pigs is probably the best song he did.
OK, now since your a Hendrix fan you might think its cool that my 14 yo. son picked him to do his biography on for his school project. We just printed off tons of info and watched stuff on youtube.


Notatall bout you me lady. Just spoofing alittle from Ricky Bobby (the Big Red commercial). Far as Hendrix goes, tell your son he has made a very smart move. Hendrix made the guitar make sense. Music now would likely not be the same without Jimi. If your son does not get an A tell the teach to hit me up. He'll get that A for sure. :clap:

[MamaTyson74]

Notatall bout you me lady. Just spoofing alittle from Ricky Bobby (the Big Red commercial). Far as Hendrix goes, tell your son he has made a very smart move. Hendrix made the guitar make sense. Music now would likely not be the same without Jimi. If your son does not get an A tell the teach to hit me up. He'll get that A for sure. :clap:
he better get an A!! Hes begging me to pay for his guitar lessons and I told him an A will get it :smt023 He has been trying to learn from watching tutorials on you tube and its getting him nowhere! Just giving me a headache :kekeke:
I keep telling him he cant start of learning how to play Sweet Child O Mine, he has to start by learning chords, etc........ Now I need to find somewhere for him to get lessons :smt102

[Echo Four Bravo]

he better get an A!! Hes begging me to pay for his guitar lessons and I told him an A will get it :smt023 He has been trying to learn from watching tutorials on you tube and its getting him nowhere! Just giving me a headache :kekeke:
I keep telling him he cant start of learning how to play Sweet Child O Mine, he has to start by learning chords, etc........ Now I need to find somewhere for him to get lessons :smt102
Our son takes lessons at C&M music center. He's only been playing about a year, but he's really good. He kind of just picked it up by relentlessly practicing on his own for about six months before he decided he was ready for lessons. He plays an acoustic and a classical acoustic. He's really progressing now that he can read music and is exploring different kinds of music. I tried telling him about all kinds of good music for years, but all he wanted to listen to was all the stupid crap that his friends liked. Then, when he started playing, he would come to me asking for my MP3 player so he could figure out how to play a Allman Brothers or Tesla or Metallica song. He's finally developing good taste in music!:smt023

[hendrixfreak70]

he better get an A!! Hes begging me to pay for his guitar lessons and I told him an A will get it :smt023 He has been trying to learn from watching tutorials on you tube and its getting him nowhere! Just giving me a headache :kekeke:
I keep telling him he cant start of learning how to play Sweet Child O Mine, he has to start by learning chords, etc........ Now I need to find somewhere for him to get lessons :smt102

E4B is right. Take him to get lessons at any music place. Mississippi Music prolly gives lessons. C&M Music too. Also another way to learn is to print tabs of the internet. They are, at least for me, easier to read than music. If he has a basic understanding of frets then it should be ok.

[Echo Four Bravo]

E4B is right. Take him to get lessons at any music place. Mississippi Music prolly gives lessons. C&M Music too. Also another way to learn is to print tabs of the internet. They are, at least for me, easier to read than music. If he has a basic understanding of frets then it should be ok.
That's the way our boy got started, with tabs printed off the internet. He still uses them sometimes.

[hendrixfreak70]

i also like Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke". just thought of this b/c of a preview. really like this song.

That is perhaps one of my top three favs by Stevie. That song really shows his range vocally. "I Believe (When I Fall in Love)" is my favorite because it shows his versatility musically. It really is a beautiful melody. "Overjoyed" is my favorite because integrates the melody with awesome range. Love it. Stevie's politics are lacking but musically he is da bomb.

[MamaTyson74]

Our son takes lessons at C&M music center.

E4B is right. Take him to get lessons at any music place. Mississippi Music prolly gives lessons. C&M Music too. Also another way to learn is to print tabs of the internet. They are, at least for me, easier to read than music. If he has a basic understanding of frets then it should be ok.
Thanks for the advice! He taught me about frets today. I was like what the?? :smt102 He knows more then I thought he did! He is just wanting to rush things and play music like metallica, gnr, etc...... I keep telling him they didnt start out sounding like that, it took years of practice and determination to get where they are :-D I tried playing his guitar today and my hand was killing me!! I dont see how they play for hours in a concert. And yeah watching him try to play all those songs brought back memories of me standing front row banging my head at the concerts till I almost fall out:kekeke: I was trying to do that and gave myself a headache tonight :smt103 Oh well, I am not as young as I used to be thats for sure!

[Blockhead]

My dad turned me onto to Sabbath shortly after I discovered Ozzy. He heard the Randy Rhoads version of "Paranoid" blasting out of my room and basically said "Lemme show ya how we used to do it."

Iommi is a god. Bottom line.

After that, it was a daily ritual for me. I'd spend hours beating some old Sabbath tunes to death on my busted up Ibanez "X". War Pigs, Paranoid, Children of the Grave, Ironman (15-20 times a day), Sweet Leaf, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Electric Funeral, Hand of Doom, N.I.B., and on and on. Good times.

I think that might be the only time in my life that dear ol' dad was actually proud of me.

[PHDPLEASE]

he better get an A!! Hes begging me to pay for his guitar lessons and I told him an A will get it :smt023 He has been trying to learn from watching tutorials on you tube and its getting him nowhere! Just giving me a headache :kekeke:
I keep telling him he cant start of learning how to play Sweet Child O Mine, he has to start by learning chords, etc........ Now I need to find somewhere for him to get lessons :smt102

Don't discourage the boy from learning the hard stuff first...especially when it comes to guitar...let him feel his own way.Trust me.

;)

[Blockhead]

Indeed. I started out with the easy stuff and became content with just knowing the easy stuff.

Damn you, Tony Iommi!

[hendrixfreak70]

Don't discourage the boy from learning the hard stuff first...especially when it comes to guitar...let him feel his own way.Trust me.

;)
I agree. I have found that I was able to play a little Led Zeppelin, Boston, Yes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Beatles, Nazareth, Jack Johnson, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and several others before I really got to know chords. Albeit I am not very good but I can do ok. And not the whole song either. So let him wail away. The chords will come but I found that learning 'lead' is easier than learning chords.

[proud MS-ian]

I think this thread is great. But generations apart...I am a golden oldie so I like the OLD stuff....and never even HEARD of some of the newer bands/groups that PHDPlease mentioned...

I listen to and love....
Simon & Garfunkel
Cat Stevens
Dooby Brothers
Santana
CCR
Dobey Grey
Lobo
Bread
The Eagles

Classic Country
Don Williams is also one of my heroes...
Tom T
George and Tammy
Skeeter Davis
Johnny Cash
Waylon Jennings
too many to name

But I also enjoy...
Perry Como
Andy Williams
Little Anthony
Johnny Mathis
Nat King Cole

and I bet some of you never heard of some of them!
Music moves me...thanks HF70

[firefly]

I love The Eagles, The Doors, Moody Blues, Credence Clearwater Revival, Journey, Simon & Garfunkel, Styx, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, Air Supply, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, George Strait, Conway Twitty, Johhny Cash, Willie Nelson, Josh Turner, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Dollie Parton, Alison Krause, Nickel Creek, Rascal Flats, Diamond Rio, Brooks & Dunn, Travis Tritt, Tricia Yearwood, Keith Urban, Alabama, Lynard Skynard. That's all that I can think of right now.:-D

[Ted]

I have noticed thus far alot of you guys like guitarists. SRV and Clapton particularly. Why no Hendrix??Short answer - Television.
Televised concerts didn't come along until later. ;)

And - I think it's because they're mostly listeners - not players.
No mention of Django Reinhart, Jeff Beck, Joe Pass, Mundell Lowe, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, Duane Allman, Dicky Betts, Paul Butterfield, Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, George Benson, Mick Box, Joe Walsh, Kevin Eubanks, Robert Johnson - - on and on - -
I mean - - there are and have been a gazillion really outstanding guitarists that most folks never heard of.