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| From | "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@attbi.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Big Five |
| Date | Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:25:15 -0800 |
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The point of Bruce's original thread was:
> Five bands from folks' earliest of music listening 'careers' that forever
> changed, shaped, molded, influenced and enhanced your life, putting
> you on the road to ridiculous expenditures on music.
So, going by personal historical influence instead of a list of all-time
favorite artists, mine are:
Simon & Garfunkel (BOOKENDS was the first LP bought with my own money,
started my singer-songwriter infatuation)
Yes (who led me to their prog brethren)
Beach Boys (discovered late, after their commercial peak, but set a vocal
standard to which I would hold all other singers evermore)
Brian Eno (opened me up to new places where a pop song could go)
The Beat (Paul Collins and company ignited the power-pop flame that still
burns within)
Kind of a weird list when you look at it, especially when I realize I
haven't listened to any of these artists in months. Time for a journey to
the past, maybe.
-- Drew
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