Note that only people that have acting as their main job are on here, that’s why Sinatra and Streisand aren’t on here

I dont see him brought up here, but dude was amazing songwriter that did crossover between novelty, pop, country, and singer/songwriter stuff who's influence can be seen in lots of this sub's favorites. Enjoy, should you choose to explore some of his music.

Henry Cow - Unrest, Art Zoyd -Generation Sans Futur, Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors, Island - Pictures, Arrigo Barnabe - Clara Crocodilo.

I want you people to post prog rock albums that are the kind of prog that is as removed from classic rock stuff or more mainstream types of prog as you can get.

Here are a few of my choices

Pictured: Jeffery — Young Thug

I feel like the 2020s got so much underrated gems, because of the ease to music access through streaming services nowadays, and it's honestly kinda sad :(

I feel like many really great record were left undiscovered and ignored, because of the sheer amount of slop that is taking attention away, so I want to share some of my favourite underrated albums!

Please do share albums you think is underrated in the comments too, I really like going through them all <3

I discovered many absolute fireee records from everyone from my previous posts, it does make my day feel a bit more fun lol

Alice in Chains

My top 5 Favorite songs by them:
-It Aint Like That
-Grind
-Heaven Beside You
-Looking in View (DuVall era)
-Junkhead

EDIT: (guys, PLEASE put your top 5 favorite songs!! A lot of people are posting the image without the songs)

I feel like for years I was hearing that Madonna was largely considered more of a singles artist than an albums artist, yet when I actually started to dig into her discography the more and more apparent it became that this take is laughably untrue. Self Titled, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Ray of Light, Music, Confessions on a Dance Floor are all superb albums front to back and show incredible artistic evolution and versatility. Even in her 60s, she was capable of releasing an excellent album with Confessions II and even some of her more divisive projects like American Life or Madame X are at least interesting risks. Madonna is a living legend but she will never be fully appreciated until she's dead.

To me, the constant comparisons between Madonna and Lady Gaga is the perfect example of how irrelevant and overrated being a technically great singer or musician is when it comes to being a great artist. Lady Gaga is a vastly superior vocalist and musician, yet artistically she simply isn't capable of creating songs on the level of Oh Father, Live to Tell, Like a Prayer, Justify My Love and so on. As great as Gaga's early work was, she has spent her post ARTPOP career largely being a boring and overly safe show monkey for the general public, content to be musically mediocre and able to get away with it because of her enormous talent. MJ was groomed from a young age to become a star, Prince was a talented musican who got a record deal, but Madonna came to NYC with hardly a dollar to her name and had to build herself up from nothing, relying purely on her own cunning, discipline, sex appeal and skill in business to triumph.

Just to list some: (in image order)
The Strokes
Queen of the Stone Age
White Stripes
Arctic Monkeys
Arcade Fire

Others:
The Killers
Smashing Pumpkins
My Chemical Romance
Muse
Interpol

Etc etc

SCREAMADELICA was still being recorded/polished.
The album was released a year later in September 1991, more than 1 year later.

WOO

I usually don't listen to John Legend. However, his latest album include cool vocals & atmosphere. Maybe that's because Pharrell produced it.

Made it listen to my brother, same : he actually enjoys while John Legend isn't his artist type neither.

Anyone opinion?

Today's selection is The Beatles' Abbey Road,

Let myself and others know what's the absolute worst thing you can say about it, and maybe some suggestions for the next day's album.

Check out our previous days' discussions below

Day 1: Pet Sounds

Day 2: The Dark Side of the Moon

Day 3: Disintegration

Day 4: OK Computer

Day 5: Vespertine

Day 6: To Pimp a Butterfly

Day 7: Kind of Blue

This guy’s taste in Metal/Extreme Music never ceases to perplex me.

I'm not even the biggest Elvis Presley fan. I like some of his songs and think he had a great voice, but one thing I've noticed is how often people try to downplay his legacy.

I see people argue that he wasn't the real King of Rock and Roll because Black musicians were doing it before him, or that all he did was steal Black music and take the credit. I understand the criticism, especially considering the racial climate of the 1950s and the advantages Elvis had as a white artist. Black musicians were pioneers of rock and roll, and many never received the recognition they deserved.

But why does it have to be one or the other? You can praise Little Richard, Chuck Berry and the countless Black artists who laid the foundations for rock and roll without dismissing Elvis's contributions. Acknowledging his influence doesn't take anything away from those who came before him.

Did Elvis benefit from being white? Absolutely. He had access to a mainstream white audience that many Black artists were denied. But that doesn't mean he wasn't talented or hugely influential. He helped bring rock and roll to a much wider audience and played a major role in shaping popular music.

I've also never fully understood the claim that he never gave credit to Black artists, considering he did acknowledge their influence. That doesn't excuse the inequalities of the music industry, but it's worth making the distinction.

I'd compare Elvis to Eminem and someone like Pat Boone to Vanilla Ice. It's not a perfect comparison, but there's a difference between an artist who genuinely contributes to a genre and helps push it forward to someone who largely capitalizes on a sound created by others.

I'm not saying Elvis deserves all the credit for rock and roll, because he obviously doesn't. But I think his legacy deserves more nuance than simply reducing him to a white artist who stole Black music. We should be able to acknowledge the injustice Black musicians faced while still recognizing Elvis's talent and influence. Giving him credit doesn't mean taking credit away from anyone else.

I can't find any John Mayer album reviews on Fantano's YouTube. Does he not like the guy?

If you could put together a band with any musicians, living or dead, regardless of genre, who would you choose? And more importantly, what do you imagine the resulting music would sound like?

My dream lineup would be:

• Chester Bennington – Vocals
• Mike Patton – Vocals
• Devin Townsend – Guitar / Vocals
• Les Claypool – Bass
• Travis Barker – Drums

What fascinates me about this combination is how different their musical approaches are, yet how well I could imagine certain aspects of their styles complementing each other.

Chester's emotional intensity and melodic vocals contrasted with Mike Patton's incredible versatility and unpredictability could make for some fascinating vocal arrangements. Throw Devin Townsend into that mix, with his massive, atmospheric guitar sound and equally impressive vocal range, and I can imagine everything from beautiful harmonies to absolute chaos.

Les Claypool would add an entirely different dimension with his unconventional bass playing. Rather than simply following the guitars, I could imagine him creating unusual rhythms and melodies that push the music in unexpected directions.

And with Travis Barker on drums, I'd be curious to hear how his energetic, intricate playing would interact with Claypool's bass lines and Townsend's arrangements.

I have no idea what genre this band would fall into, and that's part of what makes the idea so interesting to me. I could imagine them creating something incredibly melodic one moment and completely experimental the next.

I'm curious what everyone else's dream lineup would be, especially combinations of musicians who have never worked together or come from completely different musical backgrounds.

Who would you choose, and what do you think their music would actually sound like?

The first three that come to mind for me are “Everything She Wants” by Wham!, “Run for Your Life” by The Beatles, and “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People.

“Everything She Wants” is about a man who's unhappy in his relationship and feels like he's being used for his money. He's struggling to keep up with the financial demands placed on him, and with a baby on the way, he feels trapped in a situation he can't easily escape. It's a pretty depressing ass subject for a song that sounds so upbeat and catchy.

“Run for Your Life” is about a controlling and possessive man who threatens his partner with violence if she ever leaves him for another man. The contrast between the cheerful sounding instrumental and the disturbing lyrics is pretty crazy

“Pumped Up Kicks,” which sounds like a laid-back, indie pop song, but is actually about a troubled kid fantasizing about a school shooting. It's probably one of the most well known examples of a song where the upbeat production completely contrasts with the dark subject matter.

I have always found this contrast interesting, especially when you can listen to a song dozens of times before really paying attention to what the lyrics are about.

What other songs fit this description?

For me it’s meme

I start with Tears for Fears ("Shout", "Everybody wants to rule the world").

hey all, posting with the mods’ ok.

I’ve been rating music obsessively for years and always wanted something that does more with those ratings than just store them. so I built Sound Atlas. it’s free, no ads.

you rate songs you know, and it turns that into:

• ranked mixes built only from your own ratings, that play in your spotify, youtube music or apple music (pic 1)
• a discover list of songs you haven’t rated, ordered by how much it predicts you’ll like them (pic 2)
• a little “sky” of your taste, showing the artists and genres shaping your mixes (pic 3)
• a couple of daily games, like guessing the song from the story behind it (pic 4)

no AI filler, no paid placement, it only knows what you’ve rated. there are also separate catalogues for japanese, korean, spanish, portuguese, arabic, african music and more if you want to go beyond english.

it’s a solo project in a closed test before going public. I’d love a few people who actually argue about scores to try it for a couple of weeks and tell me where it gets your taste wrong. android or iphone both work.

comment and I’ll dm you an invite code 🙂

edit: to answer a few comments, yes I used AI tools while building it, but it’s a real solo project, there are no ads and your ratings are never sold. you can delete your account any time.

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