Re: What Music/Artists Do You Like?
Having been a local authority youth worker for 40 years (until taking early retirement three years ago this month - Oh Joyous Day!!!) I kept up with most of the trends in music between the '50s and today.
My first real musical interest was Adam Faith - I can remember having arguments with my older sister about who was better - Cliff Richard or Adam Faith (Presley never got a look in). Then in the '60's my real baptism began. After getting in to the R&B scene and being lucky enough to see bands like The Stones, Manfred Mann, Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, Pretty Things, Yardbirds, The Who (still the High Numbers in those days) and the Kinks on a weekly basis in the clubs around London, I gradually moved towards an appreciation of the blues and folk music. In those days, artists like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and BB King found a new audience ion the UK on the foundations layed for them by The Stones, Yardbirds etc.
I also loved the new "hippy" folk music - Incredible String Band, Tim Buckley (Jeff's dad) and others.
Nowadays, my I-Pod's most played songs are from the '60's and '70's - Jethro Tull, Cream, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan.
In the late '70's I loved the arrival of punk and reggae and am still a massive Clash fan. I also like "heavy" reggae - Burning Spear, Peter Tosh etc.
As a parallel interest, I have always loved classical music - in particular Mahler, Brahms, Bruckner, and some modern jazz - Miles Davis, John Coltrane etc.
My abiding favourites are Dylan, Cohen, The Band and, of course Tom Waits.
At the moment I am listening to a new band that my daughter introduced me to - Mumford and Sons - a kind of folky, rocky mix with great lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJf9qJHR3E&feature=fvw
Mick