[Gaucho]

Up to now I've been mainly into old music - bands and artists such as Santana, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, The Doors, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Peter Green and JJ Cale. I can also appreciate jazzy stuff like St Germain and The Crusaders and funky people like James Brown and Fela Kuti. Trouble is, I'm finding it harder and harder to find something new to listen to - although by new, I don't necessarily mean "new". Not very long ago I heard Electric Music for Mind & Body by Country Joe and the Fish for the first time. I'd always dismissed him because of that Vietnam singalong at Woodstock, but there are some great bits of psychedelia among the more dated stuff on that album. Slightly more towards the present, I also like Paul Weller, Beck, Kasabian and Radiohead - but a lot of new bands leave me cold.
Bearing in mind the types of music I've described, I'd very much like some new names of explore. Any suggestions would be very welcome.

[squash54]

Originally Posted by Gaucho

Up to now I've been mainly into old music - bands and artists such as Santana, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, The Doors, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Peter Green and JJ Cale. I can also appreciate jazzy stuff like St Germain and The Crusaders and funky people like James Brown and Fela Kuti. Trouble is, I'm finding it harder and harder to find something new to listen to - although by new, I don't necessarily mean "new". Not very long ago I heard Electric Music for Mind & Body by Country Joe and the Fish for the first time. I'd always dismissed him because of that Vietnam singalong at Woodstock, but there are some great bits of psychedelia among the more dated stuff on that album. Slightly more towards the present, I also like Paul Weller, Beck, Kasabian and Radiohead - but a lot of new bands leave me cold.
Bearing in mind the types of music I've described, I'd very much like some new names of explore. Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Hi Gaucho,

You might like some of the older Oz bands that were very good but didn't get a lot of air play outside Oz and NZ. Check out:

Midnight Oil (partic "10,9,8...")
Little River Band
Cold Chisel (try "East")
Skyhooks ("Living in the Seventies")
John Farnham ("Age of Reason")

Regards,

Squash

[Gaucho]

Originally Posted by squash54

Hi Gaucho,

You might like some of the older Oz bands that were very good but didn't get a lot of air play outside Oz and NZ. Check out:

Midnight Oil (partic "10,9,8...")
Little River Band
Cold Chisel (try "East")
Skyhooks ("Living in the Seventies")
John Farnham ("Age of Reason")

Regards,

Squash

Thanks for the suggestions, Squash. Little River Band and Midnight Oil were quite big over here but I'll give them all a listen.

If anyone knows any other stuff I might like - new or old - I'd be happy to check it out.

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by Gaucho

Thanks for the suggestions, Squash. Little River Band and Midnight Oil were quite big over here but I'll give them all a listen.

If anyone knows any other stuff I might like - new or old - I'd be happy to check it out.

Gaucho I will answer your question soon maybe tonight..

When you mentioned Fela Kuti my eyes lit up...
I have to give your post the attention it deserves..

see you soon,

[chris7]

Don't forget the best Oz band - AC/DC

[Gaucho]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Gaucho I will answer your question soon maybe tonight..

When you mentioned Fela Kuti my eyes lit up...
I have to give your post the attention it deserves..

see you soon,

Pandora was an excellent way of hearing new music but, sadly, that's now been taken away (from the UK)

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Gaucho

Pandora was an excellent way of hearing new music but, sadly, that's now been taken away (from the UK)

Hi Gaucho.

Please read this post by super forum member, viracocha: http://www.aom3.org/forum/music-talk...-citizens.html

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by Gaucho

Pandora was an excellent way of hearing new music but, sadly, that's now been taken away (from the UK)

Sorry Guacho,

I will get back to your post...I didn't forget you..have been busy
with home stuff at nights recently...

Have you tried Last.fm few of our members are members
here and we enjoy it quite a bit ,and are"friends"to each other
and you get to listen to their playlists and believe me we are all
different and you pick up a lot of new music this way..
And the best part it is global for this community

Here is our Last.fm thread with all the Info:

http://www.aom3.org/forum/music-talk...t-fm-info.html

Let us know if you are interested....

[Gaucho]

QUOTE=solaris;26365]Hi Gaucho.

Please read this post by super forum member, viracocha: http://www.aom3.org/forum/music-talk...-citizens.html[/quote]

They seem to be having "unexpected technical difficulties." I'll try lastfm, although I don't think they're as specific as Pandora.

Mind you, I once told Pandora I liked the soft rock band America and the first song they played me was Old Durham Town by Roger Whittaker! I was really insulted!

[Starcat]

Originally Posted by squash54

Hi Gaucho,

You might like some of the older Oz bands that were very good but didn't get a lot of air play outside Oz and NZ. Check out:

Midnight Oil (partic "10,9,8...")
Little River Band
Cold Chisel (try "East")
Skyhooks ("Living in the Seventies")
John Farnham ("Age of Reason")

Regards,

Squash

Hi Squash

A few years back, an Aussie friend of mine introduced me to many fine bands from Down Under that I had not heard before.
I was particularly impressed with Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, The Black Sorrows and especially Weddings Parties Anything. After her recommendation I became a big fan of theirs, I have nearly all their albums on CD. My favourites are "Roaring Days" and "The Big Don`t Argue". Not sure how big they were in Aus. but they deserved a lot more recognition. I was lucky enough to see them live in London twice back in the mid 90`s. They were superb live. It`s a shame a lot more Aussie bands don`t get success here in the UK.