*Deathstars *Marilyn Manson *Limp Bizkit *American Headcharge *Fall Out Boy *KoRn Well those are some of my favourites, how about everyone elses?
Too many to name, but off the top of my head: Great Big Sea Blue Rodeo Carbon Leaf Nickel Creek The Duhks Beach Boys and the list goes on...
Rush and Porcupine Tree take up about 90% of my listening time. I also like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, The Cure, REM, Dire Straits....
Oops. I first read the thread title as "Favorite Musicals" and was going to suggest "Singin' in the Rain" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Not quite the same thing, I guess.
In no particular order: Social Distortion Screeching Weasel Reverend Horton Heat Duke Ellington Benny Goodman Steve Roach NOFX Isham Jones The Queers Cab Calloway Gene Austin The Riverdales Hank Williams Sr. Django Reinhardt
The Beatles Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Yes The Rolling Stones Frank Sinatra Norah Jones Maynard Ferguson Jack Johnson Matt Wertz
The Beatles The Who Bruce Springsteen U2 Elvis Costello Oasis REM Johnny Cash The Clash XTC Spinal Tap
The Chieftains, Billy Bragg, Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Doors, Pink Floyd, David Bowie to concentrate on those that have a livelier contemporary presence. Or in a different format, John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Howard Shore. All pretty standard. For me, the ever increasing indifference to whether the lyrics can be heard has sharply diminished interest and pleasure in pop music.
My favorite classical composer is, without a doubt, Philip Glass. It's only because of him that I own any recordings of operas (Einstein on the Beach, Monsters of Grace). And his soundtrack work is great as well (such as the Qatsi films). The endless repetitive electronic stuff isn't for everyone, but I likes it. So I guess you're not fond of the Cocteau Twins then?
Led Zep Yes Pink Floyd Van Morrison U2 Coldplay Dave Matthews band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers One Republic Imagine Dragons
Some favorites: Ludwig van Beethoven Claude Debussy Art Tatum Raymond Scott Quintette Lambert, Hendricks & Ross J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding Octet Zappa/Mothers (1970 band, Wazoo Orchestra, '73 band, '80-81 band) Deep Purple (Mk II) Pink Floyd Jethro Tull ('76 band) Jeff Beck ('75 & 2007 bands) Talking Heads (1980 touring band) King Crimson ('81-84 band) Soundgarden I got more.
Owl City (And other Adam Young projects) Pink Floyd Keane Sunrise Avenue Lights Coldplay Fleetwood Mac He Is We Gorillaz The Killers Death Cab For Cutie Snow Patrol Ed Sheeran The Fray Oasis Train Muse Ellie Goulding Starting to get into 10cc and Dire Straits That's a lot of them but there are still a lot more, if you're interested the rest's there if you follow the link in my sig.
I'm going to guess you're Canadian. Not many people outside of Canada know of Blue Rodeo. Mine would be The Beatles and The Alan Parsons Project. Blue Rodeo used to be up there but I didn't really like Palace of Gold in 2002 and that was the last BR album I bought. I heard Are You Ready at a friend's and it did nothing for me so I stopped following them.
Yes, I am And I agree, even though they did have an appearance on Letterman in the 90's, they never caught on down there!